Helping with Adventurer Party Management - Chapter 201

While the consultation goes well, my steps feel heavy on the way back. Sara, worried about me, comforts me by saying, “Cheer up,” but my mood remains dim.

As I stay silent, she looks into my face and asks, “Kenji, do you want to be a great person?”

If asked directly, my answer is already decided.

“No. If I had wanted to, I would have followed Father Nicolo’s advice and become a priest.”

Saying that out loud makes me feel lighter. It’s true that not having enough status is a prerequisite for business. It’s like there is not enough electricity in this world—just an environmental requirement. There’s no point in lamenting it.

Besides, getting the Cardinal to wear the shoes is merely a way to promote the Pioneer Shoes. If that doesn’t work, we can think of another solution.

If the goal is just to increase the number of people wearing the Pioneer’s Shoes within the Church, establishing a public foundation to manage the shoe profits would be a sufficiently powerful measure.

If I propose this to Father Nicolo, he will use his exceptional skills to send faction members and integrate them into an excellent fundraising organization for the Cardinal.

There’s no need for pessimism. While it may not be perfect, I think it’s definitely a passing score.

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Starting the next day, I decided to shift my mood and check the progress of the business expansion plan.

What about the financial plan? Profits have significantly increased due to the distribution reform, so we can push the timeline forward considerably.

What about the production plan? This has also improved due to hiring auxiliary staff and increasing the number of artisans.

What about the sales plan? The contracts for the shoes intended for pioneers from the Church are proceeding smoothly.

That leaves the remaining challenges of securing raw materials and land for the factory.

We can advance raw material procurement while expanding production.

The real problem is securing factory land.

Purchasing land that is ten times the current size in the city is a daunting task.

Is there any way to acquire land nearby? To put it bluntly, even having a warehouse to temporarily store the produced shoes would make a significant difference.

While discussing such topics within the company, my bodyguard, Kiriku, suddenly says something outrageous.

“Buying the neighboring land? I’ll go talk to them,” he says, getting up with his sword in hand.

“Wait a minute. What exactly are you planning to do?”

“Oh, it’s just a small workshop with only two or three people next door, right? It’ll be fine.”

I can’t understand what he means by “fine.”

Since I can’t stop him on my own, I look around, and Gorgoro quietly says,

“If it’s the neighboring land, we could probably buy it.”

“Really?”

“You might not know this because you’ve been flying around, but our company has quite the reputation on Leather Street. I often hear people say, ‘You did well; I want to follow in your footsteps.’”

“Wow. I didn’t know that.”

“Well, they probably won’t say it to your face. What I mean is that the situation is completely different from when you first started the company. Now you have a workshop and new products. You have noble clients and connections with the Sword Fangs Legion. You’re even getting orders from the Church. You’ve built up a good reputation.”

Thinking about it, he might be right.

When I started the company, I had neither achievements nor cash, so I wasn’t taken seriously. But now, I have plenty of both.

I also have connections with the Church, which handles land transfer procedures.

“It might be a bit overpriced, but buying the neighboring workshop shouldn’t be a problem.”

I still can’t quite grasp the idea that a land issue I have worried so much about could be resolved so easily.

Things that had caused me so much trouble during my adventurer days and when starting the company seem to be settling without any significant issues.

Maybe this is the power of connections and money.