After spending a few days in Silver City finalizing everything, we were on the road again.


    But this time I had a bitter look on my face.


    That was because of a talk that I had with Shaka.


    "What are your ns now?" Shaka suddenly asked me when we were alone one day.


    I was a bit confused when I heard this, but I replied, "We''re going back to the town. Where else would we be going?"


    Shaka shook his head with a sigh before saying, "I knew that you would say this…It seems like you stillckmon sense."


    I couldn''t help pursing my lips when I heard that.


    I had learned quite a bit during this time and I felt that I was quite logical, how could he still say that I wasckingmon sense?


    But before I could say anything, Shaka suddenly looked back up at me and said, "Do you realize what you''ve done here?"


    I was even more confused when I heard this, so I just slowly shook my head to show that I didn''t.


    Shaka gave a sigh before saying, "You''ve opened up not just the ore trade for mithril, but also for all those other ores. For our country that has a severeck of said ores, what do you think this means?"


    There was a look of slow realization that appeared on my face.


    I of course knew what this meant, but I had thought that they would take care of this matter by themselves.


    All I would need to do is leave it to Scar and the others at Shadow Garden to report this matter and I would return to my own territory.


    But now…it didn''t seem to be the case.


    I slowly asked, "Does that mean that…I''ve been summoned again?"


    Shaka gave a nod which sealed my fate.


    I had a grim look on my face as I said, "But it hasn''t even been that long since thest time…"


    Shaka gave a shrug and said, "Who told you to show off like this? What can we do if you do all these things that defymon sense? Just ept your fate."


    "I, I, I…" I stammered out without being able to give a real response.


    A royal summon, this was not something that I could ignore…


    Since it had already been given, there was nothing that I could say.


    So the only thing that I could do was go to the capital again.


    With a sigh, I said, "Then do we have enough time to go back to my territory first?"


    Shaka gave a nod before saying, "We have to meet up with our boss anyway, so we''ll be heading that way."


    "Scar''sing?" I said in a surprised voice.


    Shaka gave another nod as he said, "He said that he''sing and he has a few choice words for you."


    I could already guess what these ''choice words'' were. It was going to be another scolding…


    But it was deserved if I thought about it.


    This was indeed arge matter that I was trying to push onto them, even if I had tried to downy it.


    This wasn''t just a few simple trades, but trade that would affect the entire future of a nation.


    So it would make sense that it was such a big deal.


    I just didn''t feel like it was rted to me since I wasn''t even the one that made these deals. It was all done by Haley under my name, so it felt a bit detached to me.


    With a sigh, I asked, "What''s the damage?"


    Shaka was a bit confused when he heard this, but then a look of understanding appeared on his face.


    With a faint smile, he said, "Damage? What damage? This is a good thing, don''t you know?"


    I didn''t say anything in response and waited for him to tell me.


    Shaking his head again, Shaka said, "At the very least, you''ll be receiving another title. You''re climbing up the noble ranks so quickly, it really is amazing to see."


    He let out a sigh after saying this.


    But there was a look of despair on my face.


    Another title?


    I was just made a viscount not that long ago and I was already receiving another title?


    I knew that climbing up thedders so quickly wasn''t a good thing.


    After all, a tall tree would often attract lightning.


    If I climbed too high, I would surely attract the attention of more nobles and that would just cause even more problems.


    Shaka saw the look on my face and said, "You''re looking down on this? You think that it''s that easy?"


    I shook my head before saying, "I''m just afraid of trouble."


    Shaka''s expression became a bit serious when he heard this before he said, "This will attract the attention of quite a few people, you''ll have to be careful from now on."


    I gave a sigh when I heard this, but I wasn''t surprised since I had already expected this.


    As expected, a tall tree attracts lightning.


    But then he suddenly said, "We''ve already made a few moves to protect you when the timees, so you don''t need to worry about this for now."


    This time, I was surprised.


    I never thought that they would have been this decisive to protect me even without seeing how things would turn out.


    Shaka said with a faint smile, "Of course, the problemes from our side in the first ce. So it was only natural that we would make a move."


    I also revealed a smile when I heard this.


    I knew something that they didn''t know…that Shadow Garden was filled with internal strife.


    So it wasn''t strange that they would be doing this.


    In a few years, it would be strong enough that the entire organization would fall, so it was definitely serious.


    With a sigh, I said, "Still, thank you for doing all of this."


    Shaka just gave a nod in response.