The Craftsman 98 The Deal

Daedalus replyed with a calm look on his face as though the king was any other person he had met "It is nice to meet you as well, King Talorn."

Andromeda replied similarly and they all sat at a table that had been set up in the middle of the room.

The king of Talorn immediately got to the point saying "I do wonder why you to heirs of empires would come to my kingdom?"

Daedalus nodded and smiled before saying "We wanted to try the food here, and I must say it is quite good. However I now have a second reason."

Both Andromeda and the king raised an eye brow before Daedalus continued "I would like your kingdom to join one of our empires!"

The king immediately stood up glaring at Daedalus before saying with an irritated voice "Do you know how hard it is to build a kingdom!? Of course not! I built this kingdom from the ground up! You can't have it!"

Daedalus smiled and said "I know more than well enough how difficult it is, as I helped to form an empire. However I don't mean that you would lose your t.i.tle as a king or creator of this kingdom. Instead you would be a vessel state of sorts. You have many contacts with suppliers of various materials. What I want is to use your kingdom as a trading hub for all these materials. Of course we would provide the necessary protection services as well. What do you think?"

The king having listened to Daedalus proposal had calmed down and began thinking. Andromeda seeing this turned to Daedalus and said "Wow, I didn't know you would come up with something like this."

Daedalus just smiled before looking back to the king. The king having thought it through said "I agree, however if anything you said does not occur the deal is off and you will not be welcomed back."

Daedalus smiled and said "Good, I look forward to working with you!"

That being done Daedalus began chatting with the king about cultivation with Andromeda occasionally b.u.t.ting in to add her own thoughts.

After a good long discussion about cultivation and a more detailed discussion of the deal Daedalus and the king signed a contract stating the deal and how it worked. With that completed Daedalus and Andromeda said goodbye to the king and left the castle.

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As they where leaving Andromeda looked at Daedalus with a annoyed grin on her face and said "So, why didn't you say anything about that to me beforehand?"

Daedalus started sweating before saying "I didn't want to bother you with something so boring."

Andromeda's face then twitched slightly and Daedalus began running towards the city center. Andromeda seeing this smiled and said "Fine, just wait until I catch you!"