Chapter 397 Another surprise
Chapter 397 Another surprise
There was applause that followed after I received my title.
Though it was definitely considered weak for the amount of people that were here.
It was clear that they weren’t enthusiastic about this.
In fact, most people looked like they would rather eat a pound of shit than to watch this.
But since this was what the king had decided, there was nothing that they could do.
In this kingdom, he was the absolute authority. If he decided to do something, there was nothing that anyone could do.
So they could only just accept it while planning their next move.
I could guess what most of them were thinking judging by the way that they were looking at me.
If my guesses were correct, they would try to contact me when this was all over.
Their goal?
To see if they could establish a trade with the dwarves through me.
But Haley had expected this and had thought of a plan for me.
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He would receive half of the trade, so we would let him deal with the rest of the nobles. We would only trade with those that we had already created a relationship with and those that we had to trade with.
Namely, the princes.
It would be a whole mess later on…
But right now, the mess in front of me still isn’t over yet.
Once the applause died down, the king wasn’t done yet.
He raised his hand for everyone to fall silent before saying, “Before we disperse, there’s one more thing for me to announce.”
The moment that he said this, all of them immediately knitted their brows and focused their minds.
If it was another surprise…they really wouldn’t be able to handle it…
But there was nothing that they could do if he had already made a decision.
So the only thing that they could do was try their best to minimize the damage.
The king gave a pause before saying, “I’m sure that you are all aware of the situation with the Dwarven Kingdom.”
All of them revealed bitter smiles when they heard this.
How could they forget?
It had been less than an hour since they had met with the dwarven ambassadors. If they had actually forgotten, then wouldn’t there be something wrong with their brains?
But why was he bringing this up?
A few of them looked at me with thoughtful looks.
“Could it be that something had changed while the king had talked with him?”
The king gave another dramatic pause while all this happened before he finally said, “In response to this matter, I have deemed it necessary to create a new position to make it easier to negotiate with the Dwarven Kingdom later on.”
All of the ministers were surprised to hear this, but they all slowly gave nods in agreement to this.
After all, the future relationship with the dwarves was something that they all regarded as something important.
They all wanted a part of this for the future.
After all, ore was one thing that they were lacking in this country.
After a moment of silence, the ministers all looked at each other as if they were preparing to fight each other over this position.
But what they didn’t know was that the king had already prepared who he wanted to take this position.
He looked down at me and I could already guess what was about to happen.
Before I could say anything, the king raised his hand and said, “I hereby decree that Count Zwein will be named our ambassador to the Dwarven Kingdom. All matters related to the Dwarven Kingdom will fall under his jurisdiction.”
The moment that he said this, everyone once again turned to look at me.
This time, the looks in their eyes were not as kind as before.
This time, it was clear that they were angry with me for this.
After all, they all wanted to take this position for themselves to benefit from the Dwarven Kingdom.
And now I had taken it without them being able to do a thing.
It would be strange if they accepted it easily.
After a moment of silence, the ministers looked like they were about to say something.
It wasn’t just a single minister that wanted to speak up, it was multiple ministers that seemed like they wanted to say something.
But once again, before they could say anything, the king spoke, “For those of you that doubt this, I only have one thing to say. Can you do the same thing he can?”
As soon as his voice fell, all of them revealed shocked looks.
It didn’t take much thought to understand what the king was implying.
As such, they didn’t know how to respond.
After all, there was truth in what he said.
Even if they wanted to, they wouldn’t be able to achieve the same thing as Count Zwein.
They had all seen how the dwarves acted with him, so they knew that he had already built a relationship with them.
If they could do the same, they would have done it already.
But there was a reason why the dwarves hadn’t formed relations with any human nations before this.
If it could be done that easily, they would have already done it.
Seeing the looks on the faces of these ministers, the king knew that they wouldn’t do anything else, so he turned back to look at me and said, “Count Zwein, will you accept this post?”
The question that he asked was a rhetorical one.
Even if I wanted to refuse, it was impossible for me to refuse in this situation.
Not to mention, even if I did refuse, it wouldn’t benefit me since it would just ruin the relationship between our kingdom and the dwarves. That would make it harder for my plan in the future.
So I had no choice but to accept this post.
With a sigh, I said, “I humbly accept this appointment.”
The king gave a nod with a satisfied smile when he heard this.
The ministers…all looked at me with strange looks.
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