Otome Game Mob Villain

Chapter 515

It all started one day when Her Majesty Matilda and I had a business meeting.

After the necessary meetings were over, Her Majesty Matilda started out in a lighthearted manner.

"Hey, Chris. You are often in and out of the Bardia family's house, right?"

'Yes, that's right. Since meetings are held at the Bardia residence, I have been in and out of the residence in my own way. But what does that matter?"

When Chris tilted his head, Matilda's Majesty's mouth relaxed.

"If so, have you ever seen the picture of the children with Rainer and Nanaly?"

"Eh ......?”

The question made her ponder, but Chris shook her head.

"I don't recall ever seeing it. I think I have seen a picture of Reiner's parents, though."

"Oh, no, that's not good. I'm sure Nanalee and her family will regret that she didn't leave a painting of her parents, even though they were in the prime of life. I will introduce you to a good painter and you can tell Chris to have him paint a family portrait of the Bardia family. Of course, don't tell them that I introduced you."

"Yes⁉ Why should I do such a thing?"

She resisted desperately, but Matilda persisted and insisted.

Chris wondered, but unable to be indifferent, he reluctantly offered a compromise.

"I understand. If you insist so much, I will only introduce you, but I can't do anything more than that. If you still want, I can talk to you."

"Yes, that would be fine."

When she nodded with her eyes narrowed, it seemed that His Majesty Matilda's eyes were not smiling.

"─ That's the reason ....... I apologize.”

Chris bowed deeply, and I hurriedly asked her to look up.

'No, no, no, don't worry about that. I know it's a lot of work for you, too. But I see."

The most likely reason for this is that her Majesty Matilda has been considering the engagement of Mel and Kiel since the time Bardia began selling the lotion to her.

The reason why Her Majesty Matilda asked if the family painting of the present Bardia family was in the mansion is that she was planning to call the painter who painted it and have him paint Mel's appearance.

I guess he heard from Chris that there were no family paintings and decided to introduce a painter who had the breath of His Majesty Matilda.

But while the final decision on the engagement may have been made recently, I am a little curious as to why she thought about it so long ago.

It could be that she saw that Bardia would develop from the activities of the Christie Trading Company and her father, but I think that's a weak reason for her to choose him as a partner for the royal family.

I wonder if Her Majesty Matilda has some other thought in mind.

As I was pondering this, suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Rid-sama, Chris-sama. It seems that everyone from the Saffron Trading Company will be arriving at the gate shortly."

The voice belonged to Carlo.

"I understand. Shall I go meet them at the entrance?"

"Yes, that would be nice. But I didn't expect that my whole 'family' would be there to greet you."

Chris nodded and scratched her cheek with a wry smile.

The representatives of the Saffron Trading Company are coming to the Bardia residence today for a discussion with me.

I really wanted to have a meeting with them earlier, but since I'm in the middle of nowhere, I didn't have the chance to meet with the Saffron Trading Company.

When we held a reception in the capital, the Saffron Trading Company was unable to meet with me, so I was unable to meet with the representatives of the Saffron Trading Company.

My father has had several meetings with them, and I have exchanged greetings with the members of the Saffron Chamber of Commerce who came to the reception.

Currently, there are no obstacles to doing business with the Safron Trading Company, so I am the only one who has not been able to meet the representatives.

The purpose of my first meeting with them is to lay the groundwork for the overlapping business areas of the Christie and Saffron Trading Companies in the beastman nation of Zubera.

In the future, we will work to increase business and strengthen cooperation.

The Saffron Trading Company's main trading areas are the western half of the Empire, the Kingdom of Astoria, the Teaching Kingdom of Toga, and the Beast Kingdom of Zubera, which borders the Imperial Capital.

The Christie Trading Company's business area is the eastern half of the Empire, bordered by the Imperial Capital, the Kingdom of Renalute, Gardoland, and Barsto.

The reason why there is a neat division is because Chris is from the Saffron Chamber of Commerce.

Originally, Chris was going to support brother, who was expected to be the next representative of the Safron Trading Company.

However, as she began to make achievements, there began to be calls within the Saffron Trading Company that “Chris should be the next representative.

Sensing the division in the trading company, she decided to start a new trading company in a new place that did not overlap with the trading area of the Saffron Trading Company, and after much worry, she set her sights on the eastern part of the continent.

And she arrived at the Bardia territory.

I looked at her with a sideways glance as we left the room and walked together down the corridor.

"Speaking of which, Chris's father is the representative and his brother is the vice representative in the Saffron Trading Company, right? Chris's father is the head of Safron and your brother is the vice head of Safron."

Yes, indeed. I may be a relative, but as a merchant, he is more than I am. My father and brother are a bit misunderstood, though.”

"Misunderstandings ......?"

I tilted my head at her answer, and when she called my name, “Rid,” I turned forward to see my father standing there.

"Did you finish your meeting with Chris?"

"Yes, I just finished."

'I see. Then, let's welcome the Saffron Trading Company."

As Father said this, Carlo and Deanna carefully opened the large door of the entrance hall.

When I left the entrance and looked at the gate from a distance, I saw a knight, probably Rubens, banging on the door of a carriage bearing the coat of arms of the Saffron Chamber of Commerce.

The crest of the Saffron Trading Company is a cross between a flower and a wheel, and this is the first time I have seen it up close like this.

But it looked just like a pattern I had seen before.

"The design on the crest is ......."

"Yes. The pattern is the same as the one used on the coat of arms of the Christie Trading Company."

Chris nodded in response to my muttering.

"Saffron has only one design on its coat of arms, while Christie's has two of those designs on top of each other. It's a way to make the connection easily recognizable to anyone who sees it."

"I understand."

While I was typing, the door of Saffron's carriage opened and a beautiful young man with blonde hair like Chris got out.

I wonder if that's her brother.

Even from a distance, he looks a lot like Chris.

He looked around as if searching for something, then suddenly started waving his hand at us.

The next moment, a storm blew around him.

"What's going on?"

As I was stunned, a bright voice echoed from the sky.

"Chris-chan! I've missed you for so long."