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As a mobile trading company, the Mikumo Trading Company uses Teleportation Magic to move from place to place to conduct their business. However, although itās primarily a mobile trading company, they of course have their own headquarters.
Their headquarters has an office that mainly handles the paperwork and a warehouse that manages inventory. There, in the office equipped with only the bare necessities, the companyās Chairman, Mikumo Akane, was reading a letter with a serious expression on her face.
[ā¦ā¦Chairman, thatās a rather difficult- strange look you have on your face. Is something the matter?]
[Canāt you just stay with the difficult look on the face instead!? Why the heck did you have to rephrase that with āstrangeā?]
[I just couldnāt help itā¦ā¦ So, where did that letter come from?]
After throwing a tsukkomi at the maid, Frau, Akane let out a sigh before she began her explanation.
[Look, you remember Anima-san, who we met last time when we went to Symphonia to stock up, right?]
[Ahh, that investor who seemed to be a Count-rank huh.]
[Well, from that Anima-sanā¦ā¦ Well, to put it simply, she sent me a letter saying she has a good prospect for me, and sheās asking me if Iām interested. In other words, itās like sheās checking if we have free time as a preamble to a business offer.]
[Fumu, are you going to take it?]
[Thatās what Iām troubled about. The first time I met her, I thought she wouldnāt be a person I could get close toā¦ā¦ but sheās a very good businessman, so I think we can expect a lot from herā¦ā¦ but I couldnāt help but wonder why a person of her stature, who would have many connections with other trading companies, wanted to talk us.]
The letter didnāt say anything about a business deal, but instead, worded it out as if itās convenient for Akane, she would like to meet and talk with her. From her years of experience, Akane knew that this was an invitation to a business deal of some kind, but she was still unsure of the other partyās intentions.
[If sheās asking us, does that mean she needs to sell some sort of goods in different areas?]
[Itās highly likely that that is the case. Our greatest strength is our mobility after allā¦ā¦ However, depending on the details of the dealings, we may end up being bound by some things like place and there may be things that would be difficult for us, right?]
[Well, thereās a possibility that the product she wants us to sell and the place we sell the merchandise we deal with will be different. However, we wonāt really know until we talk to her, so why donāt we just ask her?]
[I guess soā¦ā¦ However, weāre talking about a real hotshot here, you know? If we go there without caution, we might suddenly end up being bound by some sort of contract, so we really should think things over.
Akane had highly evaluated Animaās skill in previous encounters and was aware that if they negotiated on equal terms, they would be an even match in their war of words.
If the other party came to them with a proposal, the other side would naturally have the advantage of information. In that case, the possibility of being successfully outmaneuvered couldnāt be denied, so she was currently worried about this.
[Speaking of which, Chairman. You mentioned how you were going to investigate that person, but have you finished your investigation?]
[Unnn? Ahh, I found out right away by asking various sources. She is a very famous investor in the business world. She appeared like a comet about two years ago, and in just a short period of time, she distinguished herself as the Hope of the business worldā¦ā¦ I donāt know if itās true, but there were rumors that sheās Kuromu-samaās student.]
[Heehhhā¦ā¦ Sheās quite an amazing person huh.]
[Yeah, moreoverā¦ā¦ Thereās that superior of hers.]
Frau didnāt understand the meaning of Akaneās words, so she asked back.
[I heard that Anima-san has a person whom she adores and calls āMasterā. I think that person is probably someone among the top.]
[ā¦ā¦In other words, you are saying that Anima-san, who seems to be a Count-rank, and that beastman who accompanied her at that time, are also in the service of that Master? For two people who are on the level of Count-ranks, I wonder what kind of person they are? They would probably be someone quite famousā¦ā¦]
[I have no clue who that Master isā¦ā¦ Seriously, I couldnāt find a single piece of information about them. Itās almost as if the information about them has been āintentionally erasedāā¦ā¦ Iāve looked everywhere, but I canāt even find their name.]
[ā¦ā¦Now that is quite frightening.]
[Yeah, itās quite scary. At the very least, they have considerable authority, and a strong connection with experts both in the surface world and the underworldā¦ā¦ For them to be able to manipulate information to this extent, they probably at least have the authority of a countryās ruler.]
In their minds, they thought of some sort of fixer who rules the underworldā¦ā¦ but it was just a big misunderstanding. No, it is Alice, the Phantasmal King, who is manipulating the information about him, so in a sense, him being a fixer may not necessarily be a mistake.
However, as per usual, the main subject of the matter, Kaito, doesnāt know anything about that.
[I guess I will try asking Anima-san about themā¦ā¦ but we might have to be prepared for a lot of trouble.]
[Ummm, is there any chance that said Master will just show up?]
[I canāt say for sure, but theyāre someone that Anima-san had swore allegiance to, you know? They must be a hotshot of a completely different levelā¦ā¦ If they come out, weāll almost definitely end up being checkmated. Weāll have to resign ourselves to a business on unfavorable termsā¦ā¦]
[However, this could also be an opportunityā¦ā¦]
[Yeah, we canāt pass up the opportunity to make connections with such big namesā¦ā¦ Now then, as for whether an oni or a serpent awaits usā¦ā¦]
After contemplating about Animaās master, who they havenāt seen yet, their faces a mixture of horror and anticipation, Akane picked up a pen and began to write a reply to the letter.
ā¦ā¦Once again, this might be repetitive, but they just have a big misunderstanding.