The price of food was already high, and iron was naturally a costly resource.

A 30% increase was already difficult to manage, but now 50%—and only for him? This was outright unfair.

"How can this be? Haven’t you heard me? Our trading company has had a long-standing relationship with Ferdium—"

"Double."

"...What?"

"It just doubled. And don’t bring up Ferdium again."

"Come on, Lord Ghislain. Surely, you don’t mean this trade to be a joke…."

Ghislain smirked at the sight of Paril’s shock.

"A joke? Do my words sound like a joke to you?"

Under his icy glare, Paril broke …