Chapter 79: Crown Prince Alondre (5) - Human, Demon, Crown Prince

#79 Crown Prince Alondre (5) - Human, Demon, Crown Prince

A person who looks good on the outside, but has no substance.

That was the assessment of those around Travers Brown, a merchant of the Kingdom of Ravellocia.

With striking looks and a dazzling tongue, he was good at stoking people's expectations and winning their favor, which was an important quality for a merchant, but that was as far as it went.

The ability to recognize outstanding goods and talent.

The ability to read the flow of money and ride it.

The ability to take risks, step into dangerous wagers, and come out victorious.

Travers had failed to properly inherit most of the many abilities possessed by his grandfather and father, both of whom had been among the kingdom's greatest merchant magnates, and there was no other blood relative or capable second-in-command who could replace him.

Because the Brown Trading Company had a sort of non-tradition in which each successive head almost single-handedly carried the whole thing.

The company itself was large, and because the many foundations built up over generations were still there, it was holding on for now, but it was painfully obvious that the longer time went on, the worse things would become...