next day leo went to meet with faes in commander shiva's mansion which was now her residence too being his heir. eli guided him to faes own personal study where faes was doing some paperwork.
"you sure do lots of work, i don't think being disciple of a commander come with all these work" leo commented taking a seat in front of the desk eyeing the files and papers, scrolls on the desk. when faes heard him she merely grinned, all these work was including all her identities, being princess of two kingdoms, a commander's heir, and not to mention some other things too. but leo doesn't know that~
"so what was the solution for our condition that you have?" leo asked knowing he wont know more than what faes wanted.
faes then rumaged through the files on the desk handing him one.
"take a look at these first"
when leo opened the file suspiciously he sucked in a breath, his eyes widening as he flipped the pages. the file contained details of various pills, potions, weapons, and many other items. although they weren't high grade or quality they were rare but still easy to produce and of low cost.
"the other company wants to compete with us using low prize items then we can introduce better low cost items too. these pills and potion recipes are easy along with the weapons even ordinary masters can produce them if given enough raw material supply" faes spoke smiling watching as leo realized what she wanted
"but if we introduce these things the customers would barely be interested as they wont be much effective as custom made items" leo pointed out the flaw. the recipes indeed easy but the quality and grade were not the best which hardly gave them any advantage.
"then what about custom made items for a particular race?" faes asked handing leo another file. while faes focused on other things sky had busy herself in her research and managed to make personalized pills and potions for a particular race based on their common characteristics.
although they were not as efficient as custom made items for oneself they were cheaper to produce and of low cost. the materials required to produce them were common and easy to obtain items making it easier to mass produce them long term.
as leo read through the report and checked few things his hands trembled in excitement. with this they wont have to worry about the other company at all! he then turned towards faes admiration, respect and even worship in his eyes. for faes to think and research all these at that age was truly god like!
not to mention all the paperwork she was doing and if she was commander shiva's heir then her combat wasn't any weaker!
"don't get too excited, i have merely shown you what sky and i had been working on. for the company to be able to sell the items and get the recipes copy we have to sign a contract first" faes smiled as the two files flew back in her hand from leo thanks to her telekinesis.
leo wasn't offended but calmed down. he knew that faes was currently only working for the company because of the contract but with the talent she have leo didn't had any problem with making her a partner in the company giving her more authority.
"what do you want in return?" leo asked still wanting to know what faes wanted.
"i want these items and forty percent of the income through the items sold" faes then handed leo a list of items she wanted. they included various items, herbs, seeds, cores, etc but mostly they were items used to make the items the cult had given recipes for along with items sky demanded and she needed for her own research and work. it wasn't cheap to speak frankly.
leo glanced at the items once before nodding accepting the prize. "along with it i also wanted to make you a partner in business, this is the second time you have helped me save the company hence how about you own twenty percent of the companies shares?" leo suggested to which faes nodded. if she had some shares and authority in nature's blessing then her income would only increase!
"i don't mind partnering with you, but i only want ten percent shares, another ten percent would go to sky" faes agreed.
following which they formed and signed a contract regarding their deals. natures blessing was actually a huge company with many branches all around the world thanks to leonardo's good leadership. but with more power comes responsibilities, the firm have to pay for the raw materials it buys, give salaries of the workers while also facing lots of rivals.
that was the real reason it was declining despite being such an amazing company. due to the rivals the company simply didn't earnt enough to make a profit and was barely earning enough to give out the expenditures. but now with faes and sky's work along with the tips faes gave the company had stabilized its position and began to earn more making lots of profit.
following which faes even gave some samples to leo for to give master martin to study along with various copies of recipes and methods. they had lots of books in the library making a few copies was quite easy for them after all!
once leo left to get the things settled faes went back to doing her paperwork before she have to go meet with her sister, princess nia once before she left the city eduki in a few days once shiva was done with those bandits.
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in another mansion nia was being fed by her mother alicia as she recovered from the trauma. alicia had arrived in city eduki using a teleportation array right after their talk, and nia was grateful for her mother's presence otherwise the nightmare would have had made her unable to sleep. with her mother's presence nia felt safer and was able to sleep and eat barely enough.
"one more?" alicia spoke softly feeding nia another spoon of soup as a maid appeared near them bowing.
"your majesty, your highness commander shiva's disciples came to meet her royal highness princess nia" the maid informed.
the moment nia heard that commander shiva's disciples came her face revealed a smile instantly ordering the maid to bring them in.
while queen alicia was stunned at nia's reaction along with relaxing. she knew that the ones to save nia were commander shiva's disciples hence even she wanted to meet them personally to thank them, who knew that they would arrive themselves?
as the maid guided faes and sky in nia's chambers nia immediately engulfed faes in a tight hug while queen alicia was stunned.