The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 375 It turns out it was that person.

However, the guards did not show any other expression. Instead, they treated Lynn like an ordinary visitor, with one of the guards leading him into a room on the first floor of the Rustwater Conglomerate's headquarters.

He didn't have to wait long when a merchant with a feather stuck in his hat walked into the room.

"Mr. Lynn, I heard you have a collaboration you'd like to discuss with us. May I hear what kind of collaboration it is?"

Lynn didn't pretentiously ask if he was the highest-ranking official here. Instead, he skipped that step and took out the heraldic ring that Istrad had given him from the magic-patterned leather pouch.

Does this look familiar?

"this is……"

The merchant hesitated for a moment, then asked Lynn for his opinion, "Is it alright?" before taking the emblem ring from Lynn's hands.

He glanced quickly at Lynn, then pulled out a magnifying glass from somewhere, placed it on the emblem ring, and began to carefully examine the details.

Lynn wasn't in a hurry; he let the businessman study it slowly.

After a while, the merchant put down the magnifying glass, took out a beautiful silk handkerchief, wrapped the heraldic ring in it and carefully wiped it several times before handing it back to Lynn with both hands.

"So you are also one of the fellow warriors summoned by that lord. This is not the right place. Please follow me."

The businessman respectfully ushered Lynn out of the room, and the two of them walked through the heavily guarded spiral staircase to a luxurious suite on the second floor.

"Please wait a moment, I will go and inform His Highness the Prince of Trade immediately."

This time, Lynn didn't have to wait long.

A middle-aged man wearing a top hat walked into the suite.

The middle-aged man adjusted his hat: "Greetings, Your Excellency Lynn. I am Oberstein, the Trading Prince of the Rustwater Conglomerate."

The Trade Prince is the most powerful figure in the Rustwater Conglomerate. Although he is called a prince, he has never actually held this position as a nobleman.

Therefore, when the Thyssen family was driven out of Cowell and Bovis, and the Rustwater conglomerate pledged allegiance to King Ryder, the entire multinational trading company, from top to bottom, was essentially not purged.

Oberstein said with a smile, "Your and the other two Witcher Masters' glorious deeds have long been known around here. That lord himself said that if it weren't for the actions of the three masters, he might have died at the hands of that Griffin School Witcher long ago."

“It’s the Cat School,” Lynn corrected, “not the Griffin School. And, the ones protecting that man at the time were two Witchers in total, including myself, not three.”

Oberstein breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes softening with a newfound friendliness: "It seems you truly are the genuine Master Lynn."

Lynn remained noncommittal in response to Oberstein's probing.

Rustwater is a multinational trading company that is not featured in either the original work or the game... or rather, the entire Kowell and Povis series doesn't have much screen time in either the original work or the game.

It was only mentioned by other people.

Lynn only found out after he came into this world and came into contact with Istrad.

The Rustwater tycoon outwardly pledges allegiance to the current ruler, Bovis, but in reality, they are loyal to the Thyssen family. It's understandable that Oberstein is highly vigilant about such a thing.

“Now that my identity has been confirmed, can we get down to business?” Lynn asked.

Oberstein nodded. "I heard from my subordinates that Master Lynn, you've come hoping to reach a cooperation agreement with the Rustwater Conglomerate? What kind of cooperation?" "Before I tell you my purpose, I hope Your Highness can answer one question," Lynn paused, then asked, "Does the Rustwater Conglomerate have any business operations within the Kingdom of Cordwin?"

Oberstein instinctively wanted to refuse.

Such trade secrets are generally impossible to answer.

But considering Lynn's special status and Istrad's instructions—that if Lynn came with the heraldic ring, they must befriend him—the image was still vivid in their minds.

After thinking for a moment, the Prince of Trade said without hiding anything, "The country of Cordwin is severely lacking in iron resources, and because of its extremely deteriorating relations with its neighboring countries, iron ore can only be imported from Kowell and Povis through the Rustwater Conglomerate."

Lin En nodded slightly.

Oberstein's answer was largely the same as what he had expected.

As resource-rich neutral nations in the known world, Kovir and Povis were places of need even for the greedy and foolish King Henselt.

"So what do you think of the racist policies in Cordwin? I mean, mainly those targeting non-human races?"

The trade prince was reconsidering whether he should tell the truth or a lie.

But after a moment's hesitation, Oberstein chose to tell the truth.

“I think King Henset’s actions were rather…inappropriate.” The Prince of Trade’s inner voice was “utterly foolish,” but when he said it aloud, he still managed to embellish it a little.

"Population is an important resource. Without population, the army cannot be replenished, the fields will be left uncultivated, the forests will be left uncut, the fish and shrimp will be left unfished, and the cattle and sheep will be left ungrazed..."

"Just think about how terrifying it would be if any of these things happened?"

"Without a doubt, this will lead to the destruction of the nation."

"Although I can understand that there are indeed some people in this world who always put race first, as if a certain race is bad and another race is all good, as a Kovir, I still cannot agree with such a practice."

Don't they think this behavior is childish?

"King Henselt could have had a thousand ways to make those non-human races serve the Kingdom of Cordwin better, but unfortunately he chose the worst way."

Oberstein's attitude finally convinced Lynn, so he revealed his purpose.

“I need you to go to the inhuman settlement in Cordwin and bring me those inhumans who are willing to go. I will reimburse you for all your food, drink and other expenses along the way. In addition, I will pay you a commission of one crown for every ten inhumans you bring over.”

One crown for ten non-human races may seem a bit low, but it's important to know that there are approximately 200,000 non-human races within the Kingdom of Cordwin, accounting for about three percent of Cordwin's total population.

Even if only half of the non-human races are taken away, that would still be 10,000 crowns.

More importantly, this job doesn't require them to make a special trip.

They already had business in the Kingdom of Cordwin, and this was just extra money they earned along the way.

However, the trade prince seemed to have misunderstood something, and said with a grim expression, "Master, I don't know if you have any misunderstanding about us. We do not engage in the slave trade."

(End of this chapter)