Dangerous missunderstanding?
"I think I could do that. Recalling how you wanted to meet Nadia, you could use that opportunity to ask her to pass my message to the upper echelons. I don't really see any other way to make him contact you without arousing suspicion of the others."
After a short while that Venna took to think about this matter, she came up with something that I didn't really like. Relying on someone's help wasn't a sure way to secure an important meeting! But since we still have an entire week to finish all these matters before the first auction will commence, there is nothing wrong with giving it a try.
"Let's stick with that plan for now. If it won't work, we will need to figure something else out. And about the bribe, do you think that a sword of quality similar to the one I showed you before would be enough? While I know how valuable they are, in terms of shifting the entire sect attitude, I'm worried it won't be nearly enough!"