Sitting in the carriage, Osen looked at Liter next to him and gently tapped the armrest to get his attention.

"Liter, the person we're about to meet has a significant background. It would be helpful for your future if you can make a good impression on her."

"Huh?" Liter was confused. "On me?"

"Yes, she is the eldest daughter of the Bonaventura family, Celina Bonaventura."

Then, Osen explained to Liter the status of the Bonaventura family and the Silver Moon Trading Guild in the Empire.

In the original story, Celina was also one of the main female characters. When Liter was not favored by anyone, she invested a large sum of money in him and nurtured him.

When Liter was financially struggling and couldn't ask his family for money, Celina provided financial support.

When Liter was injured, Celina personally delivered him the best healing potion.

In the subsequent power struggle with Osen, Celina also chose to intervene in the family affairs and support Liter.

The reason behind her actions was simple – people who add to the success and people who offer help in difficult times are treated differently.

Just like what she mentioned to Lorenzo before.

In order to make a lucrative investment that could make her rich overnight, she couldn't choose a seemingly stable commodity.

That's why she wanted to ask Liter the reason as soon as Lorenzo arrived.

As a merchant, Osen had no knowledge of why she would get involved in the affairs of a noble family.

Perhaps it was driven by ambition.

Bringing Liter to the Silver Moon Trading Guild this time, Osen also had his own ideas. He wanted Celina to meet Liter in advance and accelerate their relationship.

After all, she was already one of Liter's potential lovers.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped outside the Silver Moon Trading Guild.

Osen and Liter got off the carriage, and Liter glanced around.

She had never been to a big city before. The only time she went to the city was when she was ten years old and celebrated her birthday with her parents in a small town nearby with a few thousand residents.

Although the city of Antika couldn't be considered one of the largest cities in the Empire, it was the capital of a duke, so it was naturally more prosperous than ordinary cities.

As the largest trading guild in the Empire, the branch of the Silver Moon Trading Guild here was one of the most impressive and beautiful buildings.

Seeing Liter's curious expression, Osen specifically stood with him at the entrance for a minute before leading him into the guild.

"Seeing the family emblems on the chests of the two, the guild servants sensibly made way for them."

Entering the guild, a middle-aged man approached them.

"Master Osen, long time no see. Welcome." Lorenzo said, walking up to Osen and shaking hands.

"Lorenzo, it has been a while." Osen smiled and nodded, reaching out to shake hands with Lorenzo.

"Um..." Lorenzo then looked in Liter's direction and noticed the emblem on his chest, understanding his identity.

"This must be Master Liter, I've heard of your name for a while." He said, extending his hand towards Liter.

"Th-thank you..." Although Liter had studied the theory, he immediately became nervous when it came to practical situations. He even forgot to take off his gloves before shaking hands and directly shook hands with Lorenzo like that.

Lorenzo and Osen were both taken aback.

"Master Liter is indeed unique." Lorenzo said, trying to ease the awkwardness.

Upon hearing this, Osen also smiled.

"The young lady is waiting upstairs. Let's go up and discuss." Lorenzo said, pointing to the stairs and leading the two of them.

"Didn't Duke Lucius say in his letter that he is sending young Master Osen?" Along the way, Lorenzo casually asked."Haha, I am currently a teacher at Liter, and he will have to deal with this kind of occasion in the future, so I brought him here to experience it in advance."

"Well, it seems like you are really setting a good example, Master Osen," Lorenzo said with a smile.

Then, they arrived in front of the luxurious private room on the second floor, and Lorenzo respectfully stood outside the door after opening it.

In this kind of occasion, it was not appropriate for him to go in, even if he had received the order from his master to watch over Celina.

Inside the exquisitely decorated private room, a girl with red hair and golden eyes was sitting on the sofa, watching Osen and Liter enter the room with a slightly stunned expression.

Then, she stood up with a smile on her face.

"Miss Celina, long time no see," Osen said, introducing Liter who was by his side.

"This is Liter, and this is Miss Celina whom I mentioned to you before."

Seeing that the other party was a girl of similar age, Liter relaxed a bit and greeted her proactively, "Hello, Miss Celina."

"Hmm," Celina nodded, "Please have a seat, both of you."

After inviting the two brothers to sit down, Celina personally poured a cup of tea for each of them.

"I didn't expect Duke Lucius to value me so much, sending both of his sons. I am truly flattered," Celina maintained her commercial smile, but her gaze secretly glanced at Liter.

"Miss Celina, you are too modest," Osen said while taking a sip of tea. "Father really liked the gift you gave him. As the pillar of the Antica Duchy's economy and actively helping the lord in times of concern, your business guild is truly a role model in the industry."

The "gift" that Celina gave to Lucius was three thousand sets of weapons and armor.

Recently, the orcs in the eastern border began to act more frequently, which forced Lucius to organize an army to resist them.

But the army was like a money-devouring monster, not to mention the long-term investment in military allowances and supplies, just the cost of the equipment needed for the armed soldiers required a lot of money. Antica Duchy's economy was not good, and many active soldiers still used old-fashioned weapons and equipment that urgently needed to be updated. Even if they had the money, it would take time to produce the new equipment.

Celina's gift can be said to have solved Lucius' urgent need.

Although Lucius was not good at politics, he was not a fool either. He naturally knew that the Silver Moon Guild would not make a losing deal, so he sent Osen to negotiate with Celina.

This was also considered a test for Osen.

"We, the Antica Duchy, have always respected and admired leaders of business guilds like you," Osen finished his official speech and took out a box from his storage ring.

At the sight of something appearing out of nowhere in Osen's hand, Liter was startled.

"This is a gift from my father to you," Osen said, placing the exquisitely decorated box on the table and pushing it towards Celina.

"My father intends to entrust the expansion of the new district in Antica City to the Silver Moon Guild."