"Is this your intention?"
"Not exactly."
The young official glanced at the young man, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and only replied: "There is no compromise without reason in this world. The operations of major guilds in Eteliria are purely commercial activities; the alliance has no right to interfere. So, compromises are actually obtained through negotiation, and this inevitably involves complex interests being exchanged."
"When second- and third-tier guilds gain benefits, they certainly can't contribute nothing. There's no such thing as a free lunch, this should be easy to understand—"
Reed shook his head, the copper rings in his mane jingling: "Sir, as a Knight of Marlan, I must remind you—there is also no such thing as lunch that can be obtained by force; of course, I can only offer you a word of caution: in this world, there are countless followers of the lady..."
"And who might you be, sir?"
