After Claire asked the question, Shane became a little confused.
"Well, Adventurer's Guild is directly controlled by the royal family, and no other nobles can get involved."
Claire was not surprised when he heard this. It is normal for the country to personally control such a key institution, just like a magic shop. At first glance, it is controlled by the three giants, but Shane and his family and Sophia are the noble families closest to the current King, and the remaining Prince Albert are also from the royal family.
Claire pursed his lips. He didn't know much about the royal family members at the moment. The only one he knew well was Princess Irene. However, even if such a thing bothered her, it would not have much effect. This kind of thing could not be solved by her acting coquettishly with King.
"Instead of following the royal family's path, is there any way to build a Adventurer's Guild from Nafu City?" Claire asked.
"Logically speaking, as long as certain conditions are met, you can apply to the headquarters of the Adventurer's Guild to open a branch in your own territory."
Claire understands this. He had read the relevant information before coming here. Nafu City does not meet the conditions for opening a branch at all. The population cannot keep up. The others are all big cities with a population of hundreds of thousands. Only Nafu City can have a maximum of one hundred thousand residents now. This was only achieved after Claire concentrated the population to Nafu City. In the past, the maximum was tens of thousands.
And in addition to population, many other supporting industries cannot keep up, such as the most basic magic shops, and the number of powerful people in the city.
Claire knows all this, but if he meets these conditions, he will still come to apply for the construction of the Adventurer's Guild! I just want to achieve these conditions, so I built Adventurer's Guild! Attract more high-quality resources for Nafu City!
Claire said truthfully, "Nafu City does not meet the conditions for opening a branch."
"This is not the most important thing." Shane shook his head, "Many of the other big cities have opened before they meet the conditions. The most important thing is do you know who the final approver is?"
Claire felt a little bad in his heart, leaned forward half a minute and asked, "Who?"
"The current Grand Judge."
Claire's eyes widened slightly, but his pupils shrank half a minute. He was familiar with the three words Grand Judge. When Randolph came over with the legal document, it was Grand Judge who stamped it.
Shane knew from Claire's facial expression that Claire had noticed the clue.
Then he said, "Yes, the current Grand Judge has a very close relationship with the church. His wife is a believer of the famous Church of Light in the royal capital. She will not be absent from every event. Grand Judge has also been affected by it and has gradually become closer to the church. So if he knows that the location of the branch is in Nafu City, he will definitely block your approval."
"Hiss." Claire took a breath of cold air. If this is really the case, there will be some trouble.
Although he has a handle on the church, he had already used it to make a deal with Randolph last time and made an agreement. If he threatens the church again, it is not impossible, but it is not the best policy, let alone the worst policy.
It's like someone else has their own handle. It's fine if they trade with you for the first time with the handle, but if you take it out for the second time, you will inevitably feel that the other party is using this thing to defeat you, because the second time will be the third time, and the third time will be countless times. Unless you endure it, you will definitely find an opportunity to kill the other party.
With the church's style, in order to avoid such a situation, they might silence themselves the second time. No matter how well prepared I am, what if I can spread all the negative news about the church after my death? My life is still lost!
Claire tapped his fingers on the table regularly, biting his lip and thinking deeply. If there was no other way, he didn't want to have anything to do with the church.
Shane raised a finger and said, "But there is another way."
"What can I do?"
"Do you remember Guen Family?" Shane asked with a mysterious look.
Claire rolled his eyes and remembered the huge and beautiful Yana that he met at Duke Charlie's wedding banquet. She seemed to be Guen Family's second lady.
"Are you talking about the arms dealer family?"
Claire nodded, "Yes, Guen Family controls more than 50% of the weapons manufacturing and sales channels in the country. Where do you think they get so many raw materials?"
"Adventurer's Guild? The treasures obtained by adventurers through adventures are sold to the Adventurer's Guild, and then Guen Family purchases them through the Adventurer's Guild, right?"
Shane nodded, "Yes, Guen Family's purchasing ratio for the goods sold by the Adventurer's Guild has reached 40%, and the other 60% is contracted by the Sophia family, my family, and Prince Albert's magic shop."
"If you manage Guen Family, and with the support of my father and Lady Sophia, it is not impossible to establish a Adventurer's Guild in Nafu City, as long as that Grand Judge does not specifically target you."
"That's no problem." Claire said. He wasn't using the church's excuse to threaten the other party to make them do things for him. If he just told them not to meddle in their own business, there should be no problem.
"Do you know the owner of the Guen Family? Find an opportunity to introduce him to me." Claire is confident that he can convince the other party after meeting.
"Well, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about it." Shane shook his head.
"Don't you know each other? What about your father?"
"It's not a matter of recognition, it's just that the head of the Guen Family is not here now."
Claire frowned and asked, "Huh? What do you mean you're not here?"
"Blazing Flame Plane is about to fight again. Sword Saint Hubert has been sent back. As the largest arms dealer, the owner of the Guen Family has also been sent to Blazing Flame Plane is gone, not just them, my father and Lady Sophia are very busy these days, running around in various cities across the country every day, just to ensure that the magic potion and Magic Scroll are enough for the front line."
"Are they fighting again?" Claire asked. He remembered that when he helped Sophia deal with those Nightmare Flower a few months ago, Sophia said that Blazing Flame Plane's war had stopped.
"Yes, it seems that the orcs from the three major tribes of Blazing Flame Plane suddenly united and started to counterattack, so the armistice agreement was torn up."
Claire was not very concerned about these, so he asked, "Then when will the head of the Guen Family family come back?"
"It's hard to say. Once the war starts, it won't stop if you want. Even if you have time to return to the capital, there are still important things to deal with, and I probably won't have time to meet you."
Claire's brows were furrowed into a Sichuan shape. Could it be that he had to go to Blazing Flame Plane himself? That was a battlefield where sword masters and Archmage mages could all perish. Even if I, High Mage, were to be used as cannon fodder, I would be drowned by the charge of tens of thousands of knights.
"Then who can make the decision now Guen Family?" Claire asked. He really didn't want to go to Blazing Flame Plane. It was too dangerous there. He should wait until he reaches the Archmage level and then go over and take a look to see if he could miss anything.
"There are two of them, one is Guen Family's Eldest Young Master, and the other one you must know, Patriarch Guen's second lady, is the Miss Yana who took the initiative to invite you to visit her home last time."
"Yana...?"
Shane raised his eyebrows, "Yes, she started taking over the family's business before. After Patriarch Guen went to Blazing Flame Plane, she should be able to control more parts, and she also has a good impression of you, so it shouldn't be a big problem to deal with this matter."
Claire pursed her lips and said, "Okay, help me make an appointment with her."
"No need to go to such trouble. There happens to be a gathering among nobles tomorrow night, and she should be there."
"Is it a party again?" Claire rubbed his temples with a headache.
Shane smiled and said, "Don't panic. The people coming to this party are all the younger generation in the capital. Things like last time won't happen."
"What you say makes it even more troublesome for me. I still like to deal with older people. At least they know the trade-offs and won't act out of emotion or anything like that."
"What are you afraid of? Marquis Hubert and Lady Sophia supported you last time. Who would think that you are a simple viscount?"