On the first floor of an inn near the Royal Castle, Rishe sat at a table.
The people who were drunk around her had already been collected by the innkeeper.
The guests who had been watching and cheering, gathered around Rishe – the winner of the drinking ga.
“Miss, that was a spectacular drink! I’m not much of a drinker, so I won’t challenge you, but let buy you a drink to thank you for such an entertaining show.
“Oh, thank you.”
“Let treat you. A chicken and cheese combo goes well with wine.”
“Looks great! I’ll take it.”
Looking at the wine and food lined up on the table, Rishe chuckled to herself.
All the food in this tavern was delicious. The liquor must have been carefully preserved as well. She’d like to take her ti and savor them, but her rival was sitting across the table.
Tully, the Trading Chairman, looked at Rishe with a twitchy smile.
“Whoa, I beg your pardon. I would have never thought that you’d be able to get my subordinates drunk and wasted.”
“Hmm, so everyone here is from your company, right? They’re very pleasant people, so I couldn’t help but drink more.”
Of course, she knew them well.
After becoming a mber of the Trading Company in her first life, Rishe won the drinking ga at the first drinking banquet as well. It seed like the people she drank with earlier were the sa people from back then.
(The look on your face now is the sa as it was then.)
During her ti as the Duke’s daughter, Rishe got accustod to drinking as part of her queen’s training.
Whether that training paid off or not was unclear, but she never got drunk with a simple dose of alcohol. The things she had learned during her ti as the Duke’s daughter had also been useful in her lives.
Tully stared at Rishe’s hair as he accepted the drink he’d ordered.
“Nevertheless, you’ve dyed your hair quite beautifully.”
“Thank you. My hair color stands out a bit, so I’ve chosen this color for tonight.”
It was the herbs that the knights picked on the way to Garkhain that dyed Rishe’s hair chestnut. They ca in handy when wanting to change looks temporarily because it could co off cleanly in warm water at a certain temperature.
“If I say I’ll sell you this craft, will you negotiate with ?”
“Haha. No way!”
A sharp glint flashed in Tully’s eyes as he propped his elbows on the table.
“You’d be the one making a fortune.”
“…”
She’d expected that reply, but he was still horrible.
“Co on, from here on, let’s talk business as you wish. I’d like to make a toast.”
“First things first. When we are out of sight from the castle people, please speak comfortably. If an elder speaks to so politely, my identity will be compromised.”
“Cheers, I’ll take you at your word, then. Feel free to change the way you speak.”
“Thank you for taking my situation into consideration. It makes uncomfortable when you speak so politely to …”
“…? No problem, that’s alright.”
As Tully raised his drinking glass, Rishe matched it with her own. Tully drank about half of it in one go and then gasped.
“So? Miss, no more, ‘I need a wedding dress’ rubbish. Speed is the na of the ga in big businesses. You’ve been trying to establish contact with us as naturally as possible, but let’s skip that tedious nonsense.”
“Yeah, it was impossible for such tricks to get past you.”
“Sweet.”
After a friendly grin, Tully downed the other half of his drink.
“My gut is telling , Miss Rishe should be wanting to be a business partner, not a custor.”
After all, that was how she was lured out here.
The reason he ntioned about staying in the Garkhain Kingdom for a while was probably because he thought that she’d get in touch with him again. He definitely didn’t feel like she was an enemy.
Still, she must beat Tully in this lifeti.
He was once her boss and soone who would always be there for her in the end, but not this ti.
“Let’s talk about all the profitable sches you have planned.”
“Mr. Chairman…”
“I’m not going to be a part of a plan that I know nothing about. But rest assured, I have a good work ethic, despite my appearance. Just as you’re probably thinking right now… No, I promise you more than that!”
“Mr. Chairman.”
“I’ll formulate the perfect strategy. Co now…”
“I can’t tell you.”
Tully’s shoulders jerked.
“What?”
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