Many things came down to an information gap. The more closed-off and rigid a world was, the more severe that gap became.
With people acting as intermediaries, Hudson suddenly found himself with many more friends. Many of them had never even met him before, yet now they were friends.
In truth, "making friends" was not difficult. The troublesome part was that exchanging gifts was too sensitive; without government backing, it was easy to invite trouble.
If he had not needed to consider the political repercussions, Hudson would have long since had friends all over the continent.
Of course, it was not too late to come out and make friends now.
The Avalart Kingdom delegation was currently playing the role of a tool. Hudson merely used their mouths to let the outside world know what he needed.
Where there was demand, there would be trade; where there was trade, there would be friends.
If hostile forces learned of this, they would certainly sabotage it and keep his plans from succeeding.
However, Hudson had risen by fighting foreign races. He had not touched the core interests of any faction, and his reputation within the human world had always been quite good.
There might have been many nobles who disliked him, but there were definitely not many who wanted to fight him to the death.
Without conflicts of interest, even if they found him unpleasant, they could still become friends for the sake of magic potions.
The enemies, who were in the absolute minority, had no ability at a time like this to offend so many "friends" and stop everyone from exchanging gifts.
With more friends, the road became easier. Over the following days, Hudson faithfully carried out his duties as host minister.
He gave Prince Peter a detailed introduction to the kingdom's