"Madam, you are here."
A man wearing a pure black dress with a pair of silver eyes hanging on the bridge of his nose came forward. Although he respected Sophia's tone, it could be seen that his momentum was not weaker than Sophia.
When Claire looked at the other party, he happened to look at him, and the other party was also looking at him.
But when Claire looked behind him, he understood the identity of this man.
Shane was still following behind him, and he was acting very restrained. He must be Shane's father, the current head of the family of the Ansier Family.
Sophia also responded politely, "Has Count Norton been here for a long time?"
Shane's father shook his head slightly, looked at a room deeper in the palace, and said, "I have just arrived. His Majesty King should be waiting for us. Let's go together."
Sophia nodded slightly, turned around and said to Claire, "I have something to do and I have to leave first. I have already brought you in. The business of attracting investment will depend on you."
Norton followed Sophia's gaze and looked at Claire. He had learned about Claire from his youngest son a long time ago, and this was the first time he saw it.
Claire nodded slightly to Norton, which was regarded as saying hello to him.
Norton took a deep look at Claire, then withdrew his gaze and said softly, "Shane, you should also stay with your friend."
Shane bowed slightly and said, "Yes, Father."
After the two left one after another, Shane finally breathed a sigh of relief. When his father Count Norton was still there just now, he felt like a tight steel wire. After leaving, he was finally able to relax.
"I didn't expect you to be so afraid of your father." Claire smiled.
Shane rolled his eyes at Claire, isn't this nonsense?
"Let's go, find a place to sit."
The two of them walked to a corner with few people. During the process, people kept looking over with strange eyes. They didn't understand why Claire could follow Sophia in, and why he had such a close relationship with the Ansier Family's young master.
"Ha!" Shane lay down on the sofa and made a comfortable sound, then pointed at the food on the table and said, "Try it, the chefs in the palace are pretty good at it."
"Let's eat later." Claire said, "I don't know these people yet. You can introduce them to me later..."
"I will point it out to you now." Shane poked a fat white man with a big belly not far away with his chin, "That is Count Yar, who is also the controller of the Yar Merchant Guild. You should have heard of their chamber of commerce. More than 80% of the waterway shipping in the kingdom is handled by the Yar Merchant Guild."
"And the man with the yellow hair over there, the owner of the Lanluo Family, all the fabrics for my tailor shop are purchased from him..."
"That handsome young man over there, yes, the one who was chatting and laughing with those women. He is Oak Family's young master, and he has now begun to take over their family's business. The most famous perfume brand in the country is owned by the Oak Family, and Oak Family specializes in making money from women. Cosmetics and jewelry are all their family's business."
"And that one over there... is the strong man in armor. His shadow can be seen behind all competition venues across the country. He is the hereditary Duke..."
Shane When he wanted to continue talking, a middle-aged man in his forties with long hair walked towards the two of them holding a goblet.
"Boy, are there any empty seats here?" the man asked softly.
Claire looked at Shane and wanted to ask him who the other party was.
Shane stood up and said in a respectful tone, "There is no one here. Count Lamb please sit down."
Claire also stood up to show respect, nodded slightly and said, "Count Lamb Gui'an."
Lamb laughed heartily, "You two don't have to be so polite. Let's sit down together."
After the three of them sat down, Shane took the initiative to introduce, "I guess you two haven't met yet, let me introduce it to you."
"This is the leader of Count Lamb, Lixis Merchant Guild. Lixis Merchant Guild is one of the top chambers of commerce in our kingdom."
"Hahahaha!" Count Lamb let out a hearty laugh, "The young master praised me, we Lixis Merchant Guild still have to rely on your help Ansier Family."
Shane smiled slightly, "Count Lamb You're welcome, we are working together for a win-win situation."
Then he continued, "Count Lamb, let me introduce this person to you. He is Griffin Barony..."
Count Lamb stretched out his hand to stop Shane's introduction. "No introduction is needed. Although Viscount Claire has not met me yet, I am very familiar with him. We, Lixis Merchant Guild, have also done business with him."
Shane looked at Claire unexpectedly. He didn't know this happened.
Claire nodded, "Yes, I would like to thank your chamber of commerce for being willing to sell me the facilities in the mine."
"I want to thank you for helping us recover those facilities that were difficult to transport. Is the mine still running smoothly now?"
"Thanks to the professionals sent by your Chamber of Commerce, everything went smoothly."
"As long as it goes well, if something goes wrong, Viscount Claire just go to the person in charge of flying over there, Baron Molton, and he will help you solve the problem."
The reason why Count Lamb is so kind is thanks to the fact that Sophia just came in with Claire on his arm. Originally Count Lamb thought There is a cooperative relationship between Claire and Sophia, but now it seems that it is far from that simple, and he is so close to the Ansier Family's young master, so it is necessary to please him.
"Okay, I won't be polite if I have any questions." Claire responded.
The three chatted together for a while. During the process, some nobles nearby turned their heads and looked around from time to time, wanting to hear what they were talking about.
Count Lamb is a smart person. As he chatted, he naturally transitioned the topic to issues he cared about.
"I just saw Viscount Claire and Lady Sophia walking so close. Do you know each other before?" Lamb's question seemed to be casual, but the extremely curious look in his eyes gave him away.
Claire knew the meaning of the other party's words as soon as he heard it. He just wanted to know what the relationship between himself and Sophia was like.
"We had a cooperative relationship before. The goods from our store were resold to the store under my wife's name. We met at that time." Although he knew what the other party wanted to ask, Claire refused to say anything. He still wanted to use Sophia's tiger skin to make trouble for himself.
"Oh, that's it." Count Lamb also pretended to be suddenly enlightened, but he had already inquired about this news in advance, otherwise he would not have sold the facilities in the mine to Claire.
"I recently negotiated a deal with Lady Sophia..." Claire said, pretending not to care.
"Oh? What's the business? Can you tell me about it?"
Claire saw that the other party's interest was piqued by him, and then he slowly said, "Lady Sophia plans to open a magic shop and a chain store under my command in my territory..."