After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King Chapter 35 - 34 The Traveling Merchant Is About to Arrive

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On the relatively flat official road, a grand caravan of rchants, pulling nurous carts loaded with goods, advanced steadily. At each place they stopped, they traded with the local people.

These people were Traveling rchants, also called rchants. They were a profession needed by many territories and countries... Yes, these traders belonged to a warrior class of combat profession.

Engaging in legitimate and recognized trade gradually enhanced their physical fitness. The rchants also possessed the ability to continuously use Mana to strengthen the quality of their horses and expand the space within their folding carts.

Because of this, the diversity and abundance of goods carried by these trade caravans were astonishingly vast. Nearly every rchant who consistently engaged in profitable trade had wealth comparable to that of so minor nobility.

Back in the Empire, Yila had given them a vivid nickna—the walking convenience store.

Although many people did not understand the aning of a convenience store, they could grasp a bit of its essence, just as the term "loli" had spread worldwide from him.

During warti, these rchants beca War Traders, selling goods at high prices... However, resources were in high demand in warti countries, so the existence of War Traders was accepted by the world.

After the war ended, these trade caravans would start making money worldwide. They were expected to reach the Demon King Territory this afternoon... Before this, they had already visited other territories within the Demon Control Area.

"It’s unbelievable that the Demon Kingdom has already started to disintegrate."

A human rchant said this. Being the most nurous race in the rchant profession, it was no doubt that the majority and leadership of this trade caravan were human.

"Indeed."

A female rchant driving the cart beside the speaking male rchant answered. She seed to be deeply moved, saying, "Is it because of the prolonged defeat in the war with the Empire that the Demon King Territory lost its prestige?"

"Or maybe the Demon Kingdom was simply scared of being defeated."

"Could be."

The group discussed the news they had heard in the Demon Territory. By the way... although the formal term for the Demon Control Area was "Demon Control Area" or "Demon Control Zone," it was also casually called the Demon Country internationally.

"To be honest, I don’t hope the Empire wins, either. Since the Empire stopped selling fertilizer, our trade has lost a lot of revenue, and the Empire has garnered a lot of bad impressions for humans. It greatly affects our careers."

At these words from a human rchant, a relatively rare elf Traveling rchant showed a look of disdain, saying, "When it cos to garnering bad impressions for humans, you’re no better... Everyone knows human Traveling rchants are the most fond of taking advantage and lowering prices."

These words they could not refute because it was indeed true. However, they could counter this elf Traveling rchant in other ways. When reasoning didn’t work, they could resort to personal attacks.

"Your elf Traveling rchants are no better. When passing through the Silver Moon Tree Court, do you feel no guilt deceiving your fellow kin? Or do you think the elves of the Silver Moon Tree Court truly consider you half-elves as kin? Or just a bunch of hybrids?"

Faced with the biting words of a human Traveling rchant, the face of the half-elf Traveling rchant instantly turned red with rage, the redness even spreading to his ears. He opened his mouth to unleash his fury, "You?!"

"Alright, alright."

A Beastman Catgirl Traveling rchant, with cat ears, diated. She didn’t want to be caught in the middle of insults between half-elves and humans. She said, "The yield of blue flax mushrooms seems particularly low this year~"

Indeed, in other territories of the Demon Kingdom, the quantity of blue flax mushrooms purchased had gradually decreased compared to earlier years. The blue flax mushrooms were a well-selling specialty of the Demon Kingdom.

"Since fertilizer is no longer sold, the yield has dropped..."

The human Traveling rchant, no longer interested in bickering with the elf rchant, explained, "But next is the Demon King Territory, where there’s bound to be a good yield of blue flax mushrooms. It’ll be up to each of us to make the most of it~"

"Let’s hope so."

The half-elf Traveling rchant, though seemingly calr, still had traces of anger in his eyes. He said, "Do you know? The Duchy recently passed a new law."

Such a cryptic statent piqued the curiosity of the other rchants...

"Tell us more?"

Amid the curious voices of the beastman rchants, the half-elf Traveling rchant seed quite pleased with his advanced information. He said, "It acknowledges the status of foreign clans as citizens, allowing elves, beastn, and dwarves to receive nobility titles in the Duchy."

"..."

"Really?"

"Absolutely."

If that were the case, the impact would be significant. Duke Hazad was already a nation that disapproved of senseless slaughter of demons and allowed foreign clans to enter the cities. It was a relatively more open human country.

Now it seed even more open.

"It looks like Duke Hazad doesn’t have the confidence to defeat the Empire..."

A rchant comnted, but then quickly laughed and said, "It makes sense, after all. The Empire has the Governor, and that terrifying Chief Governor."

As soon as he said this, everyone turned to look at him... This guy’s information was really outdated.

"But Yila Elkaras has already defected from the Empire, and... Governors cannot obtain Mana from humans."

At the reminder from one rchant, the one who ntioned "that terrifying Chief Governor" looked embarrassed, rubbed his head, and said, "Sorry, sorry, I knew that. I just misspoke for a mont."

This kind of thing happened often.

"Where do you all think Yila Elkaras has gone?"

With the first rchant opening the topic of gossip, the group began to speculate—

"To the Duchy? No... That’s impossible, otherwise, the Duchy wouldn’t pass laws related to demons."

"Yes, after all, that forr Chief Governor hated demons so much that he needed to hear the screams of demons every day to sleep."

"I think he might’ve gone to our Silver Moon Tree Court. Prince Cassiopeia and Mr. Elkaras are old acquaintances."

"I think he’s still within the Empire."

"..."

Although everyone was making unfounded guesses, the idea that "Yila had returned to the Empire" seed highly unlikely, so everyone stared at that rchant.

But the rchant looked confident and shared information unknown to them, saying, "Actually, there’s a theory within the Empire that Princess Isabella’s split with Chief Governor Elkaras was a ruse."

"They set up a scene to deceive the Duchy and the Demon Kingdom, and even reveal the dostic anti-king faction. When it ca ti to settle accounts, it would take the monarchy to new heights."

"..."

"That makes sense, considering it’s hard to imagine Elkaras would betray."

"That’s right; the whole world could have been fooled."

"Makes sense, considering the relationship between Yila Elkaras and Princess Isabella; it’s hard to imagine them turning against each other."

...

Everyone seed to start discussing fervently... moving further and further away from the truth.