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When our adventure in the air came to an end, I asked Arya to take us away from the city and bring us down, after which I opened an illusory door directly to Melisa's house.
As soon as we arrived at her house, Melisa went to fetch a small wooden box from which she took out a contraceptive sticker, which she stuck on her belly while Arya and I watched.
Beyond the impulsive and irrational feelings we both had during sex, she knows that I have no intention of becoming a father at the moment.
And since she understands and respects my desire, she always has stickers ready at home.
After placing the sticker on her skin, she went straight to the kitchen to prepare dinner, as it was already beginning to get dark.
As with rest time, Arya doesn't seem to need as much food as we do.
But she still joins us while we eat.
"If Melisa doesn't accept... well, I'll have to find someone else," I muttered under my breath as we ate dinner, thinking aloud about how I could approach the farmer with my proposal.
Melisa and Arya have been talking about mana control for a while, so I quickly lost interest in their conversation.
If I'm never going to be able to acquire the Mage class, there's no point in me being interested in that kind of thing.
'I probably should have started this part of the smart clone plan much earlier...
But it can't be said that I haven't achieved anything so far...
I've already become physically strong enough to feel somewhat secure...
Now it's time to start increasing my economic potential...
If there's one good thing that came out of taking so long to start this part of the plan, it's that I now have a huge amount of capital to start the project...
I hope Melisa accepts...
If she doesn't accept, my second-best option is probably Gerald...
But I'd rather not have to choose him for this...
I still don't fully trust him...
If Melisa refuses, I'll wait a few days to see how Gerald performs in his new job as an intermediary...
If he does well, I'll have no reason not to trust him for other types of work.'
When I see that the two women have finally finished talking about the stupid mana control, I say to the farmer, "Melisa, I want to propose something to you. It's about..."
But she doesn't let me finish speaking, and before I can explain anything, she says, "I accept."
' - Emir can sometimes be very cruel to me... But I can't help loving him and wanting to be of help to him.'
"I haven't told you anything about my proposal yet..." I say mockingly with a half-smile, surprised by the woman's quick acceptance.
' - Ha! That doesn't matter. I heard you thinking out loud earlier... I knew it! No matter how many beautiful words you say to me, you'll leave me if I don't do what you want. I know you well by now… I'm sure you're going to propose something strange related to sex.'
But my smile quickly fades when I see that Melisa's eyes are slightly moist.
'What happened?...
Why does she look like she's about to cry? ...
I didn't say anything strange to her...
Could it be because of something Arya said to her? ...
I should have paid a little more attention to their conversation...
After all, the elf hates humans.'
Then, with a slight frown, I continue talking. "... I want you to start an international trading company."
"That's what I thou... Wait, what?!" Melisa asks, also frowning and looking at me with sudden confusion.
"I want you to found, plan, manage, and organize an international trading company..." I say, smiling again, as it seems that the change of subject has made her forget whatever the damned elf said to her, since the farmer no longer looks like she's on the verge of tears.
"... I don't know anything about those issues, so I'll let you take care of everything as you see fit."
"Emir, what you're asking me to do... It's impossible for me. I'm fairly rich, yes, but the amount of capital needed for something of that magnitude is..." says Melisa, leaving the sentence unfinished, as if she couldn't even begin to calculate the amount of money needed.
"Money is not a problem. I will provide you with all the financial capital you need," I say, downplaying it.
"You're going to do what? You may have a lot of money, Emir, being as strong as you are, but we're talking about hundreds and hundreds of gold coins," says Melisa, sighing with a tender smile, amused by the idea that the money a humble adventurer can gather could financially support a project like the one I'm proposing.
And she's not wrong.
A normal adventurer could never, in his entire life, gather the amount of money that I can gather in a few days.
"Look... I don't have much cash on me right now because I spent a large sum at an auction yesterday, but I have this," I say, taking the huge pile of runes I own out of my inventory and placing it on the ground next to me.
The pile of runes is so high that it reaches the height of our heads.
"Are those all runes? I thought they were quite rare, but I must have been wrong. There must be several thousand runes there," says Melissa, surprised but not fully understanding what I'm trying to show her.
"Yes, they are quite rare. At least for most people..." I say with a satisfied smile, as the times I can show off in front of my girls have become increasingly rare lately.
"... That's why each of these runes is worth at least one gold coin."
"That... Then... How come you... I... I need a moment to process this," Melisa says hesitantly.
After a few seconds, Melisa recovers from her surprise. "I knew you were rich... Well, that's normal, being an adventurer of your talent. But I never, even in my wildest dreams, would have imagined that you're so filthy rich."
"Having a lot of money is no big deal. Money is something that simply accumulates over time..." I explain, smiling.
"... In the past, I was never interested in making a lot of money. But that changed a few weeks ago, and now I need to expand my economic power as much as I can, as quickly as possible. Can you help me with that?"
"I can try... But I don't have any experience in business deals of this magnitude," says Melisa, suddenly looking very insecure and overwhelmed.
"It doesn't matter. You'll learn as you go. You're the best person I know to ask for this. If that weren't the case, I wouldn't have asked you..." I say, trying to cheer her up.
"... My wish is for the company to focus mainly on our kingdom and the Drial Cenit kingdom."
In this way, not only will my economic power grow, but also my contacts and influence in both kingdoms.
Or, at least, that's the idea of the Smart clone.
"O-okay... I had already agreed anyway... I... I don't even know where to start," says Melisa, looking lost.
"You can start by selling some of the runes I'm going to leave you. I trust you. Do you trust me?" I say as I reach across the table to touch her hand.
"Yes," Melisa says, looking me in the eyes.
"Well, then there's no point in you distrusting the trust I have in you," I say with a mischievous smile.
"That's just cheap logic..." Melisa says, laughing.
"... But it's fine. I'll do my best."
' - I didn't expect this... But... anyway... if I can't compete with his other women in beauty and sexual skills because of our huge difference in status, I have to find other ways to make myself valuable to Emir... And Emir's idea is perfect for me. I know how to run a business... I've never considered running something so huge... But... if Emir wants an international trading company, I'll make sure to found the best trading company for him.'
"That's all I ask. I know you'll do an amazing job," I say, squeezing her hand gently with affection.
'If, with only two points in luck for most of her life, she has managed to become the owner of 30% of the city's food production, thanks only to her 16 points in intelligence...
Now that she has the luck of a normal person, she will be unstoppable in anything she sets her mind to that is slightly within her field of knowledge...
And her stats will keep increasing more and more as the days go by, now that she has many more active classes in her status.'
...
In the end, I left Melisa half of the runes I had, along with the promise that in the near future I would also bring her a significant amount of cash.
I also left her one of the practical communication rings that I can create with my new bracelet.
The process of creating the rings is curious.
I had thought that the bracelet created them merely by using the user's MP, but in reality it needs some material as raw material for the ring.
This allows the owner of the bracelet to create rings from different materials, depending on the material the user decides to use.
The ring I made for Melisa is gold, as coins made from that material are just the right size to be converted into rings.
The accessory is linked to the bracelet, which allows me to telepathically send any message I want to the person wearing the ring.
People who have rings can also send messages to the bracelet user, but only if the bracelet user is open to communication.
However, this limitation does not exist for communication between ring wearers.
After giving all the objects to Melissa, we went to bed and I had sex with her again to motivate her a little more in the creation of my company.
This time I asked Arya to stay outside the room, which she accepted without complaint, even though I had not directly ordered her to do so.
When Melisa and I finished enjoying each other's bodies, we went to sleep.
Today was obviously very exhausting for Melisa, so she quickly fell into a deep sleep.
But it took me a little longer to fall asleep.
Before drifting off to sleep, a slight feeling of guilt began to take shape in my sleepy mind.
'I should have gone back to Alessia and Delia at some point today…
Haa…
When I left, I should have left them a message explaining where I was going...
However, when I left, I hadn't thought about leaving them alone for two days in a row...
They're probably going to be pretty upset tomorrow when I get back...
Haa...
Well, that will be a problem for the tomorrow Emir...
Fortunately, I won't have to worry about this kind of thing anymore in the future...
With my new communication bracelet, I'll be able to communicate with my girls whenever I want.'