Chapter 2186: Buying Fertility Pills

Bolbo’s group managed to secure dealership deals for instant noodles, jerky, three types of sauces, and crackers. Next, he wanted to get supply for fertility pills, which would always be popular but were now mostly sold from Alterra alone.

To take it outside to sell involved a long, arduous process.

The latest fertility pill was heavily controlled and oftentimes required contribution points to buy, so he hoped to get a few to sell back home and in Bleulle. Even in Jacoba Town, there was a high demand for it.

In the three territories, there were actually missions hoping to receive this.

He mentioned this to Cassandra, though Alterra seemed aware of this. Though it was just a retrieval mission, some mercenaries might try the thieving route because it was so difficult to get legally.

Fortunately, the rules in Alterra was strict and Cheman and those who held the pills generally didn’t leave the territory anyway. Not to mention, most of their levels weren’t low, so they didn’t have to worry about someone forcibly taking things away from them.

The previous war with Jacoba killed a lot of people, some were children of nobles (the Lord was quite overbearing, forcing nobles to join him in the fight as well).

According to Urkin, if an outsider territory hoped to buy items related to the specialty store and other specialized items, they would have to go through Lady Althea or another one of the ministers.

The supply simply cannot be met. It was also something that could be used as leverage in deals, so they were careful where to distribute it outside Alterra.

It was a different case if the territory was an ally or subsidiary, in which case the process was much shorter, but he wasn’t part of those places yet. Considering how stubborn the Lords of the three territories were, he doubted it would happen any time soon.

They could allow the products to enter their market and add taxes to the territory, but they would absolutely never humble themselves to have a proper discussion with Alterra’s leadership themselves.

Urkin even advised not to open the topic of alliance for now, even for Jacoba. He didn’t say anything but considering Lady Cassandra was here, living well, and even had a husband on the upper administrative level of the territory, it was pretty obvious that the relationship wouldn’t be friendly.

Speaking of Lady Cassandra, when she saw her half-siblings on the floor she really didn’t seem to care. He had to order them to shut their mouths but their eyes really were laced with poison, directed to Cassandra and her child.

Bolbo felt complicated. He took the siblings because they annoyed him, but many things could happen as long as one was alive. What if he died (maybe even assasinated) and those two became ’free’ slaves? Wouldn’t they cause trouble for Lady Cassandra? Especially since he was about to set up base in Alterra...

At this, after sending a letter to make an appointment with Lady Althea for the pills (he heard she had returned), he then went straight to Lady Cassandra’s house.

The addresses of important officers weren’t generally spread out, especially the ministers’. Some were even deliberately hidden. However, considering they were public figures, it was not possible to completely hide their abodes unless they lived underground.

Also Urkin knew his character so he didn’t mind telling him at all.

As for the slaves, they were ordered to stay in the house he had rented after doing their tasks. Alterra’s rules were very strict, and they didn’t have much to worry about, for now.

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Cassandra’s life lately has been extra fulfilling. She had her own goals and hobbies, her child was so precious, and her husband was respectful and loving.

Cassandra was part-owner of Veronica’s shop. She spends several hours there before heading home, depositing her child with the nannies in her mother-in-law’s house.

Normally, her baby would play along with the twins along with other children. In fact, all of the babies from their party, including Ansel and Winona’s, Eugene and Melissa’s, even Helios and Sahara’s, and so on were usually on a play date and spent their days together.

The mothers were working women, after all, and fortunately there were people they trusted to care for the children. It was also good for their social skills and since these were children of people they respected, they didn’t have to worry about their children making the ’wrong’ friends.

A person was the average of the people around them, so they had to make sure the character of the peers around their children were okay. What better option was there to be children of their own friends?

After work, she would hang out in Mathilda’s house to also watch the children, only heading back home when it was nearing dusk, in which case she would also buy food for the family.

She did not expect an acquaintance to appear outside her gates though. She looked at his side and didn’t see faces she hated so she nodded.

"Lady Cassandra," Bolbo greeted respectfully. "I...I have concerns that I’d like your advise on."

He then mentioned his concerns. "Is there anything you’d like to do with those two? Whatever you decide, I will honor it."

Lady Cassandra’s life was going well and she was associated with one of the high officers of Alterra’s military. Her will had a lot of weight.

She couldn’t help but look curiously in Bolbo’s direction. Bolbo’s town of origin was Estra, which was now in a very, very strained relationship with Jacoba, Cassandra’s home town.

"You’re doing a lot for a former noble of an enemy territory."

"The Lady had helped me out a lot back then," Bolbo said. Ester and Jacoba were adjacent towns. Of course, there were still more than a hundred kilometers between them but the fertile area had a lot of cross sections.

Traveling via caravan was a dangerous job. At the time, his caravan was attacked by a mob of level 20 monsters and were already

It so happened that Lady Cassandra—who was only twelve at the time— was travelling and helped them out. Since then, he had been following the Lady’s development and felt sad to see her own family treat her so poorly.

This little favor was nothing.

Cassandra blinked, not expecting such fate.

She shrugged. "I’ll think about it."

Anyway, those people who had once affected her emotions so much were no longer able to. All she had to do was to protect her own peace.