The Extra of The Lunerra

Chapter 436 - 69: Preparations for Eshaware

We came to an agreement that Clara’s status as a seer would be kept secret from everyone in the way I wanted, and I reviewed the contract that the prince wanted Clara to sign and confirmed that there was nothing problematic.

In this way, Clara’s case slowly began to settle down.

Next was... the Eshaware problem.

On the night of the day we went to the palace, Eshaware sent a memorandum to Cevilian. As soon as it became clear that I was the person who was going to deal with the Laute Family matter, they asked for a meeting, as soon as possible... only four days away.

But, of course, I told the prince that I would not accept this request for a meeting immediately, no matter how much trouble it would cause.

I won’t refuse forever, of course. I’ll just try to get the prince to postpone it as long as possible.

After all, before we go to the meeting, we need to spread the fake story of Adrian and Alysia on social media, on the whole planet.

And we need to do it in such a way that we don’t get caught, anonymously, as if it were leaked information.

And that requires time, at least a week.

And I know someone who can do it in a week.

That’s why I’m here.

At the residence of one of my most recent connections.

At Virhen House, in the office of Julian’s father Jonathan Virhen... in person.

"Social media manipulation, huh..."

He still had the same appearance generally, but his eyes looked a little confused and thoughtful compared to the last time we met.

"Yes. As we discussed before, we have a goal to unite all the races so that they can fight together. And I want to use the Laute Family case as an opportunity to bring the Eshaware, the elves, to our side."

Jonathan Virhen... was a man of the law.

Of course, the fact that their role as a family of pillars was to oversee the counts in the kingdom had a lot to do with that.

But even he recognized that the law had to be bent at some point.

"We will show Adrian Caleo and Alysia Laute as heroes who were ready to sacrifice themselves for the good, and to a certain extent did."

He could have figured out the rest himself, he was a smart man.

And he did.

It was clear from his expression that he had thought of all possible scenarios in his mind.

"Two days."

And that’s what finally came out of his mouth.

"For what?"

"We need two days to get a small team together and start spreading the story secretly. On the third or fourth day the story will start to spread. By the fifth or sixth day, given how big an issue it is, it will be trending. If it stays in the news for a few days after that, I think you can go to Eshaware with the media behind you."

Ah, he wasn’t thinking of possible scenarios...

He’s already planning.

"Prince Lucas, the royal family, is behind us. If you don’t see a problem with revealing our connection, we can work together to push the deadline back."

He didn’t seem too surprised, after hearing what I said.

And at the same time he didn’t seem to care much about what I was saying.

"The sooner the better, I don’t see a problem."

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"It’s just..."

I paused for a moment at what I heard, unable to stop my brow from furrowing slightly.

"Just?"

"I want you to take Julian with you to Eshaware."

Huh?

"Introduce him to politics, Aiden. Use him as your assistant of sorts when dealing with Eshaware. Show him how things work among the giants, like kingdoms."

Ah, I see...

"Sure, I don’t see a problem with that."

He wants his son to become more mature, to be someone who does big things rather than someone who just sits on the sidelines...

An understandable and perfectly acceptable request.

"When would you be available?"

"Try for next weekend."

"Understood."

In this way, we had small conversations about small matters for the next few minutes.

And our last conversation was about the academy, which I was curious.

"What about Maeve and Cassandra?"

"As per your last request, Cassandra has become close to Maeve. For now, their relationship doesn’t seem to have changed much. Maeve is wary of Cassandra. But there’s a rumor going around the academy that the two are becoming friends, so we can say it’s going the way we want it to."

Maeve has an important place in my future plans. She’s the heiress of a pillar family, after all. She’s also very capable in terms of management, leadership, and so on.

With the growing number of things I have to deal with, I can’t spend time on each one personally. That’s why I need someone like her, someone who can manage other lines of business without any problems while I take care of more important things.

Lucia, Julian, Maeve, Cassandra, Alexander, all my connections and noble families... and more.

All of them are people who can and will take care of important matters for me when the time comes.

"I see."

"Oh, also... a spirit has offered me a contract."

...

Huh?

What... did he say?

"A spirit?"

Alex was silent for a moment, as if he wasn’t quite sure what he should say.

"I’m not sure where it came from, it was wandering around the lab and wasn’t afraid to show itself. A few hours ago, she offered me a contract. I... decided not to turn it down right away, considering what you said about them."

I’ve been dealing with a lot of things lately... and the existence of spirits is also one of the things I’ve been dealing with, although it’s the one I spend almost the least amount of time on.

So sometimes I forget that they descended to Lunerra, that they count as a ’humanoid race’ like humans, elves now... And that’s because they haven’t put their weight down yet.

But a spirit offered Alex a contract offer, huh?

Did that happen in the game...? Even if it did, I don’t remember it.

"What’s their name?"

"Must, she says that she’s a spirit of mist."

Oh, a spirit that doesn’t belong to the primary elements?

A mist spirit named Must...

Hmm...

No, I don’t remember such a spirit in the game.

"I see..."

It’s... certainly an interesting development.

And as interesting as it is, it might come in handy.

"The spirits, if you’re good with them, are one of the greatest potential helpers on this planet, Alex. So, the choice is yours. You can accept the contract if you want, or you can reject it. You can be sure you’ll do more good than harm, though. Just study the terms of the contract."

Actually, I was thinking of finding the best spirit for everyone who worked for me and getting them to sign a contract in person. That was one of the steps I planned to take for the future.

But Alex spontaneously found someone.

It shouldn’t be too much of a problem, I guess. Natural contracts like that is more good than bad.

"Let’s talk about this in more detail during the meeting, after you make your choice."

"Understood..."

Well, the call ended after a few minutes.

I found myself staring at the wall.

"Spirits..."

The first important wave of what spirits existence actually means starts now, it seems.

It seems that contracts are actually starting to be made... and so the importance of ’spirits’ will start to be recognized in a genuine way.

And I’ll finally be able to use my position of ’representative of the spirits’ appropriately.