"Thank you for your generosity, Miss."
Zawan made several funny salutes one after another.
"Get aside, Zawan, don't infect your stupidity to the distinguished lady... By the way, bring me some of that medicine."
"Medicine? Oh, yes, yes."
The business leader took the "medicine" handed over by Zawan and swallowed it without thinking.
"Medicine? Are you sick?"
"It's just an old problem. It doesn't bother you. Miss, do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"
"I... I have nothing... eh? Strange, how could..."
Syanna didn't think it was anything at first.
But under the concern of the business leader, at this moment, she suddenly felt sleepy coming over her like a wave.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?"
I don't know if it's an illusion.
Syanna seemed to see the humility and respect on the merchant leader's face disappear.
"I feel a little sleepy."
Zawan said with a smile.
"It's just that you feel sleepy. I forgot to tell you that in addition to sugar, I also added some ingredients to it to help you have a good sleep. The medicine the boss just took is the antidote."
"What did you say..."
The previous sense of security disappeared instantly.
All that's left is fear.
These people are not...
Must escape.
But it's too late.
Drowsiness instantly swallowed her consciousness.
Her body seemed to have lost strength and fell to the cold ground.
The last consciousness before falling into darkness was the men's unbridled laughter.
A businessman walked up to Syanna and pushed her. "Did you really faint?"
Zawan chuckled and said, "How can it be fake? This thing can even stun an elephant when it comes over."
Another businessman said, "How much do you release, don't kill people."
Zawan changed his face instantly and cursed.
"Fuck! Do I look like a retard? I'm not stupid. I must have adjusted the dose specially. Don't worry, it's okay. She won't wake up until tomorrow morning at the earliest."
"But let me tell you, boss, how do you know she is pretending?"
Others also looked over curiously.
The business leader asked, "What is the disguise?"
Zawan gestured. "She just said she was Toussaint's 'princess', how do you know she is fake?"
"I just asked you to feed her. When did I say she was fake? Sylvia Anna, she looks exactly the same as the portrait Lord Doug sent her."
"She is the young lady from the Duke's family. It's true."
Zawan was stunned. "Then you still..."
"Zawan, I've been calling you 'idiot', but you're still not convinced. Is it time for you to admit it now?" The business leader sighed, "Have you forgotten the rumors about Curse of the Black Sun that were circulated in Toussaint a few years ago?"
Zawan thought about it for a moment.
"It seems that a young lady from the Duke's family was a child of disaster who was born during a solar eclipse. His Royal Highness, who was still alive at the time, went to Brotherhood of Sorcerers, the most influential person in the north, to exorcise his granddaughter."
The business leader added, "To be precise, it is not called exorcism, but to identify whether it is the son of disaster."
"And then... it is said that Brotherhood of Sorcerers will come to Toussaint in a few years and take him away."
"Could it be said that the child of disaster... is her?"
Everyone else turned pale with fright and took a few steps back, as if Syanna was a believer in Nurgle.
The merchant leader was dissatisfied and said, "Look at your worthless looks, can she still eat you?"
Zawan lied. "The question is... isn't there a curse on her?"
The business leader said disdainfully.
"There is a fart curse. If there is a curse, are there any living people in Beauclair City?"
"Do you know the legend of the vampire bird Temeria? The entire old palace was abandoned because of the vampire bird. Even King Foltest had to move to the new palace. That's called a curse. Do you understand?"
"If you ask me if there is a curse in this world, of course there is, but you want to ask if Curse of the Black Sun is real? I don't believe it anyway!"
After being scolded by the business leader, the others finally began to feel more at ease.
"Then this girl..."
The business leader waved his hand impatiently. "Let's take her with us."
Facing the instructions from the merchant leader, everyone else showed confused expressions.
"Boss, you want to sell her as a slave? She looks so skinny that she won't be able to work for a few days before she will die in the mine. The prerequisite is that she can be sold."
"If you want to sell her to a brothel... she is the daughter of the Duke family after all, and the Duke family still rules Toussaint. If the news reaches Toussaint..."
The business leader explained.
"Who said she was going to be sold to a mine or a brothel? She is our cash cow. I'm afraid of losing it when I hold it in my hand, and I'm afraid of melting when I hold it in my mouth."
"Don't forget, we don't believe in Curse of the Black Sun, but those bumpkins in Toussaint are superstitious. Otherwise, how could the duchess be willing to exile her own granddaughter?"
"Aren't you afraid that your precious granddaughter will give Toussaint to Huohuo?"
"So, this child is not an ordinary little girl. This is a weapon of mass destruction."
"As long as we send someone to send a message to the Duchess Caroberta, asking her to give us Merchants' Guild and grant some privileges to Toussaint."
"In this way, we can not only fill the vacancy left after Lord Doug was arrested, but also further strengthen and expand our power and influence in Toussaint in order to destroy and control Toussaint's local business."
"Gentlemen, in this era, the economy is everything, everything is the economy. When we control Toussaint's business and economy, by then, the Duke family will be just our marionettes. The one who really controls Toussaint is actually us, Nilfgaard Merchants' Guild."
Nilfgaard Merchants' Guild That's it.
It just looks like a trade organization of merchants in name.
But in fact, behind the scenes is an organization with a political background supported by a huge imperial aristocracy.
Merchants' Guild is both the white glove and the black glove of the empire.
Many things that are inconvenient for the empire to do, can be done by the Merchants' Guild.
For example, selling people from conquered areas to mines, plantations, or other places where labor is needed.
It is inconvenient for imperial agencies to take action on this kind of matter.
After all, when the empire denounced the north as the "backward and barbaric" side, it flaunted itself as the "advanced and civilized" side.
Even the North has abolished slavery long ago. If the Empire personally intervenes in the slave trade, doesn't it mean that the Empire will be worse than the backward and barbaric North?
In addition to the slave trade, another place where Merchants' Guild can play an important role is to use the identity of merchant and Merchants' Guild to spy on the intelligence of the north for the empire, engage in espionage activities, etc.
For example, even in the tense North-South conflict in the future, Merchants' Guild can appear reasonably and legally in any city in the north.
Whether it is the pearl of the north Novigrad, the capital of Temeria or Redania.
In fact, it was the spy and secret agent disguised as Merchants' Guild who sent the intelligence of Northern Kingdoms to the empire.
Only then did the future emperor, who was "a white flame dancing on the enemy's grave", make the judgment that "Northern Kingdoms is actually just a piece of loose sand" and launch an attack on Cintra.
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