"Ah, Bata Sin, the starting point of my career as a businesswoman... I'm back again."
The carriage bearing the Cardman Earl's seal slowly moved towards the silhouette of the city in the distance. Inside the carriage, Miss Blanche Paleen Feido gazed at the unimpressive scenery ahead with a profound sense of nostalgia.
Even though just over two months had passed since her last visit to this small border town in Transylvania, it felt as if a lifetime had elapsed.
The ups and downs of life had made this savvy businesswoman as melancholic as a daughter from a rich family. However, born in the harsh cold of Ice Bay, she grew up amidst migrations and hardships and quickly adjusted her mood, focusing her mind on the significant task she was about to undertake.
Here, she would negotiate a series of preliminary agreements with the Northerners' smugglers and ultimately facilitate a major trade deal between the Earl and the occupying army of the Nordtof Winter Wolves.
