
The Carmell family was one of the three largest noble families in the empire and the oldest family in the empire. It existed even before the empire was founded.
Usually, they did not involve themselves with the political situation of the empire. In fact, it can be said to be the secret behind the long history of this family. They had always tried to keep a neutral position, not supporting any particular faction of the empire.
However, I recently realized that this generation of families does not plan to maintain this neutrality. It can be seen from the fact that the young master of the Carmell family met Prince Alan, Earl Carlson Riea, and Alice some time ago. However, the definitive proof was when I destroyed the Blood Night Gang and the powerhouses of the three families appeared to kill me.
In other words, the three imperial families were in an alliance with an unknown purpose.
I know that the Riea family's first choice was Prince Alan. Empress Lilia was someone from that family, so her son would definitely like them. Of course, there's a chance that Earl Riea has other plans, but I'm not sure.
As for Alice and the Ferret family, their plans were clearly not simple. Damn, there are even gods on their side.I must be foolish to believe that they have no intention to the throne.
But I don't know much about the Carmell family's plans.
In fact, I know almost nothing about them. So, I think it's a good opportunity to learn a little bit about what they're planning.
Well, I doubt they'll mention their plans directly, but maybe I can see something if I pay attention.
I didn't want to be known as a prince, so I used a spell to disguise myself as an ordinary man. Susan was surprised, but after I explained to her, she understood.
Before a minute had passed, the person from the Carmell family arrived. It was a young man with an elegant demeanor and eyes full of confidence.
I recognized him for a moment.
Albert Carmell, the young master of the Carmell family who meets Alice, Alan, and earl Carlson in the Hidden Cave.
A young man and a woman followed behind him. The young man was rather handsome, but his humble facial expression made him look like a servant. The woman, on the other hand, had an ice-cold face that seemed to reject everyone around her.
Surprisingly, when Susan saw the servant-like young man, she looked a little surprised.
Fortunately, she had learned from Aunt Dayana for a while, so she quickly recovered her calm expression and bowed.
“Good to meet you, young master Carmell. My name is Susan, I'm Miss' secretary. Dayana Quin.”
Albert nodded indifferently and looked around the room. Only after nearly ten seconds did he return the greeting.
“aku Albert Carmell, heir to the current Carmell family. Is Mrs Quin not here?”
"No." Susan shook her head. “However, I'm the representative. If you need to tell him something important, I can give him a message later. ”
"father Clark was one of the auction hall's board members. Although he usually did not interfere with the auction hall's business, he decided to attend when he heard that young master Albert was here. ”
Albert smiling. Although she knew that Susan's words were nothing but flattery, she felt somewhat refreshed hearing them.
"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Clark."
I replied politely. The three of us then sat around the table while Susan asked a girl to bring us tea.
A few polite words later and when the tea was served, Albert went straight to the topic.
"Miss Susan, Mr. Clark, we're actually here on a very important and personal matter."
Susan paused for a moment and nodded. "Don't worry. We assure you with the honor of this auction hall that none of the words we speak here will be leaked. ”
"That's great." Albert was satisfied with Susan's answer. “Then let me start. Do you know what our family's main source of income is?”
“... Military equipment.”
“Ya, military equipment. Every year, we supply the weapons and protectors that the army and city guards use. The business is very profitable, and fortunately, our family owns more than seventy percent of the market. We even have deals with some other countries.”
Susan nodded. This was common knowledge in the empire. If the Riea family focused on the military, and the Ferret family focused on politics, the Carmell family was a merchant family.
They dealt with many things, including shops, magic items, and food; but their main business was military equipment. The military equipment of the Carmell family is famous for its quality.
Albert continued to explain. “We sell most of our equipment to empire. The emperor paid us for the equipment his troops wore. To be honest, this is a good business, but recently, we had a problem.”
"… issue?"
"Yes." Yeah." Albert nodded with a bitter smile. “You know, not long ago, the emperor reduced the order of his equipment by almost ten thousand units. Because of that, our family ended up in an awkward situation. Currently, we have ten thousand units left that we need to sell.”
Susan furrowed her brows. He could see where this conversation was going.
Albert sipped some tea and continued.
“We decided to get rid of the rest of the fixtures and sell them, and one of our first options was the Reincarnation Auction Hall.”