(First update. Twelve thousand words today!! Please vote!!)
On the day Dark Night Manor suffered a Demon attack, outside the Mage Association in Giant Stone City.
More than a hundred carriages were parked outside, sealing off the entrance completely. Noble Stewards and servants kept peering inside, but the magical Mage Barrier blocked their view, making it impossible to see what was happening beyond the doors.
Not long ago, the moment the Mage Association released Moonlight Wine, it was swiftly snapped up by North Shire's nobles and wealthy merchants.
Having tasted the benefits and caught wind of the profits, nobles and merchants flocked over, making the second sale far more heated than the first.
Inside the association, the attendant in charge of the warehouse returned from the front entrance and quietly asked Mage Madri beside him.
"My lord, the situation outside doesn't look good. There are too many people, and the entrance is already packed with carriages! We only have so much stock. How are we supposed to distribute it among them?"
"Don't panic. Go and give the orders... like this. Once everything is ready, open the doors."
The middle-aged mage spoke calmly, without the slightest sign of concern. In truth, this merchant mage had long used his spiritual power to observe the situation outside in full detail. With a mage's intellect and his years of business experience, such a scene was naturally well within his ability to handle.
Yet after hearing his instructions, the attendant was filled with admiration. He bowed respectfully and withdrew to make the preparations.
"The doors are opening! The doors are opening!"
When the crowd outside saw the association's doors open, the nobles still maintained their dignity, but merchant managers and servants all rushed forward, as if afraid someone else would take their place and