It was a merchant group belonging to one of the continent’s wealthiest nations.
‘To meet this person here?’
Grace is a desert kingdom located in the western desert, quite far from Galatea here.
The continent is composed of nations in the order of 1 Empire, 3 Powers, 4 Mediums, 4 Small, with Darmirna as the 1st Empire, and Grace is classified as one of the 4 Mediums.
Naturally, in [Otherworld Conquest Chronicle], there is a world conquest mode for the Grace Kingdom.
With that information, the moment I greeted the Jasmine merchant group from the Grace Kingdom at the village entrance with Athena and a few others, my eyes widened slightly.
“You’re the newly appointed deputy chief?
Nice to meet you.
I am Nadia, the head of the Jasmine merchant group.”
The person who appeared as the merchant group leader was because she was a significant main named character in the strategy simulation [Otherworld Conquest Chronicle].
‘The protagonist of the Grace Kingdom mode, that is.’
Nadia Jasmine, one of the many princesses of Grace, the desert kingdom.
And she is also one of the protagonists in Otherworld Conquest Chronicle.
Although the merchant group name was Jasmine, since it’s a very frequently used word in the Grace Kingdom, I hadn’t thought of it at all, but this Jasmine was that Jasmine.
‘Among the various modes, it was one of the easier ones to clear.
Even though it wasn’t among the 3 Powers, the protagonist Nadia of the mode was cheat-level.’
Though lacking in military power, the Grace Kingdom ranked 3rd in finances on the continent.
Moreover, Nadia is a genius among the top in the story.
‘If there was a somewhat difficult section, it was instilling the will for power?
Because she was such a genius that she was a slacker.’
Not only a princess of a wealthy nation but also possessing peerless beauty, and a talent monster who even turned down the free pass admission to the arrogant Imperial Academy.
Everything was easy, everyone pampered her, and she could have everything.
Therefore, Nadia was a character who didn’t have a strong will to possess royal authority or to conquer the world.
Because there was no desperation.
It was literally the “enjoy life” mode itself.
“Though I mentioned it to Athena Tessadar last time, while traveling I became fascinated by the potential of this Galatea.
Here, I believe our crafts will definitely cause a great sensation.”
We began our conversation seated in the VIP tent used for receiving guests, and Nadia spoke first with a relaxed appearance.
I remember the early tutorial story of the Grace Kingdom world conquest mode.
There was the story of Nadia Jasmine’s leisurely life of traveling around, so it must be around that time.
Registering as a merchant group and traveling around is convenient in many ways.
Since Grace-affiliated merchant groups have free pass to most places.
If she reveals her princess status, people try to treat her too well, which becomes troublesome in another sense.
‘It seems the [Fortune’s Favor] trait has activated.
I can feel it.’
But I had never seen a close relationship between Nadia and the Mohican tribe in the game.
This meeting of ours must have been influenced by my overpowered trait [Fortune’s Favor].
‘By the way…’
While marveling at my cheat trait and looking at Nadia Jasmine,
‘She’s incredibly pretty.
The game story introduction calling her a nation-toppling beauty is no lie at all.’
I marveled at the beauty hidden behind the surprise of meeting a named character.
Nation-toppling beauty, meaning beautiful enough to topple a country.
However, that feeling was closer to being lethally beautiful rather than just extremely pretty.
For example, the Great Mother is publicly acknowledged as a peerless beauty.
Athena is also an ultimate beauty.
But for the two of them, keywords like benevolence and purity come to mind respectively.
On the other hand, for Nadia, the keywords lethal, and beyond that dangerous, even forbidden, suited her.
She looked like a mysterious flower of the desert whose petals had turned red from feeding on blood-red blood just like her hair color.
“Why the Grace Kingdom’s merchant group came all the way here, I was curious, but it was for that reason.”
Without the Casanova trait, I would have immediately been enchanted and drooled, but now this Geum Taeyang isn’t such a pathetic male.
Even in front of a nation-toppling beauty and wealthy nation’s princess, I maintained a composed appearance and revealed that I knew their identity.
“Oh my, you knew we were people of the Grace Kingdom?”
The lethal flower suddenly had round eyes.
It couldn’t be helped, the Grace Kingdom is really far from Galatea.
There wouldn’t be many Mohicans who have been there.
Moreover, there was no separate channel to gather information.
Furthermore, the Gaia Tribe is located in a corner even within Mohican society, so from Nadia Jasmine’s perspective, she would have naturally thought I wouldn’t know, but this new deputy chief barbarian guy had noticed, so it was a natural reaction.
“If you look at my attire, you can tell I’ve had some civilized influence and I’m from the Imperial Academy.
While attending there, I had come into contact with the Grace Kingdom’s culture several times.”
After returning to the Gaia Tribe, I was still uncomfortable with the traditional Mohican tribe attire, so I was wearing black pants and a white shirt.
There was also the reason of my past life’s preferences not wanting to wear barbarian men’s clothes.
However, since today’s occasion was attending as a barbarian representative, I had worried about whether I should wear traditional clothes even if it didn’t suit me, but in the end just dressed as usual.
But that turned out to be a blessing in disguise and saved me from wasting a long time on explanations.
“I see.
Among the deputy chief’s profile I heard in advance through the Great Mother, the academy was mentioned, so I was curious what place it referred to.
I myself have visited the Imperial Academy for a fortnight of observation.
I didn’t attend due to personal circumstances.”
While accepting the mention of the Imperial Academy, a slight nuance of suspicion was detected in Nadia.
The acceptance was that if it was the Imperial Academy, it would be understandable to recognize the characteristics of Grace Kingdom people, and the suspicion was ‘Is it really the Imperial Academy?
Isn’t it some other place with just the academy sign?’
“You studied Alchemy Introduction under Professor Muse?”
“My grades weren’t great.”
“It wasn’t because Taeyang-nim lacked ability.
That person is rather strict with outsiders.”
Because of that, Nadia asked various things related to the academy as if to confirm facts.
“Amazing.
The Imperial Academy is a place where even most direct disciples find it difficult to graduate with honors in 3 years.”
In the end, she seemed to have acknowledged me.
“A barbarian man who possesses such excellent appearance and is also intellectual.”
Then she threw out a rather meaningful remark.
‘This, I can feel it.’
At that remark, I immediately cast ‘Eye of the Transcendent!’ on Nadia.