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Emerald wasn't entirely clear on the specifics of the meeting and negotiations, but she had received information that the Federation intended to reach an agreement with the Elves to give the current elven slaves in the Federation a formal status. From now on, all elves living in the Federation would be considered labor export workers... well, working in brothels would count too, since brothels are legal in the Allen Federation anyway.

If this agreement can be reached, then Amelite's only black market can be completely legalized, and the elven slave black market in the Velen mine will become a legally authorized talent market.

However, this matter cannot be rushed. The Federation's high-ranking officials and the people from the Elven Court said they were having an emergency meeting for this matter, but in reality, they were not in a hurry at all. They would not discuss serious matters until they had a few days of good food and drinks and had a party. It would take at least two or three months to actually implement this.

Emerald's main plan is to get rid of that disgusting fiancé of hers, and to eliminate him completely.

Killing her fiancé was simple; Amelie could do it anytime she wanted. But figuring out how to completely sever ties afterward and then legitimately take control of all his assets and research findings required some thought.

As for killing her fiancé, Emerald's plan is to create an accident. She already has a well-developed idea for this—in a little over a month, according to the original game's storyline, a major event will occur, which she can use to get rid of her fiancé.

Now, what Emerald has to do is prepare for what happens after she kills her fiancé. After all, even if her fiancé is just a commoner, he is not alone; he has a large group of relatives. Normally, Emerald wouldn't get any of his property or research results after his death.

Therefore, during this period, Viliana often disappeared quietly during the day, secretly marking Connor Holm's relatives through bloodline tracing magic, so that she could catch them all when needed.

Badis went on another expedition, but this time she was much more restrained. She didn't go on a killing spree like she did with the Workers' Association and the 74 Gang. Instead, she would greet the local tyrants in advance in each city, saying that they only wanted a street's worth of land to build a movie theater and that they had better agree.

What could the local gangs do if they disagreed? The two crushing gang wars in Champs-Élysées had already spread throughout the underworld. Every gang in Caledonia knew that the White River Gang was backed by Miss Merson, who could freely use all kinds of military weapons.

So this time, Batista's expansion of territory went very smoothly. The local gangs in several cities in Caledonia were very cooperative and chose to negotiate internally and then give up a street in a decent location to build a movie theater.

However, just as Emery was about to take a steady approach and first fully expand her movie theater business in Caledonia, an invitation from the federal capital, Sphinx, told her that she now had an opportunity to open movie theaters all over the federal country.

The person who wrote the invitation was Hausman Vance, the owner of the Vance Group and one of the most influential figures in the Allen Federation.

Emerald remembered Hausman Vance. In their previous meetings, she had always been a child accompanying her father, but now she was going to discuss cooperation with him as an equal.

Vance Group is currently the largest real estate developer in the Allen Federation, primarily engaged in commercial real estate.

In almost every town center in the Allen Federation with a population of over 10, you can see a large-scale integrated shopping and entertainment area called Vance Commercial Street.

The commercial street will house various luxury boutiques, gourmet restaurants, upscale clubs, and other mainstream entertainment and consumption facilities. Locke City also has a Vance Commercial Street, where Emery used to lavishly entertain her friends; she herself is a top-tier Vance Commercial member.

The collaboration that Hausman Vance wanted to discuss with Emery was to equip every Vance shopping street in the entire Federation with a movie theater.

If this collaboration can be finalized, it will undoubtedly be a game-changer for Emerald's business plans, allowing her to skip several stages.

But Hausman Vance is no pushover; he's someone even Emerald's father had to be careful dealing with during business negotiations, so Emerald had to be even more cautious.

The most cautious approach at the time would have been to refuse cooperation outright, but the prospect of a successful collaboration was too tempting for Amelie. After much deliberation, she decided to give it a try.

"Sphinx..."

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of her office, Amelie looked in the direction of the Federal capital, a slight smile playing on her lips:

"Speaking of which, it's been more than a year since I've been back... It would be good to go back and take a look, and I can also bring my Emerald along."

After making the decision, Amelie immediately began arranging the work for the next two days. She needed to go back to her hometown, so things had to be settled in Locke City.

Actually, there's not much to arrange. After the employees have gone through a period of adjustment, Blue Star Film and Television is now quite stable. All Amelie needs to do is assign tasks in advance; it doesn't matter whether she's in the company or not.

Even so, Emery was still very cautious. She left Viliana in Locke City as backup, so that if there was any emergency, Viliana could bring Emery over at any time using teleportation magic.

The only one left was Sulina. Sphingart was a place of heartbreak for her, and she would never go back until she became a top dancer in the Federation. So she stayed behind to work with her girlfriends in the Blue Star Dance Troupe.

So in the end, the ones who went to Sphinx with Emerald were Julia, Marcy, and the two female cats, Muffin.

Even without the Flame of Life, Marcy's talents as a personal maid have already been recognized by Emerald. Therefore, Emerald plans to take her back to her hometown to officially register her, so that Marcy can also enjoy the treatment that a direct descendant of the Melson family's personal maid should have. This way, any future tasks that need to be carried out in connection with her hometown can be entrusted to Marcy.

Pancake, however, has a special status. As a highly intelligent life form from another world, it is theoretically not allowed to move freely within the Federation. The reason it can fly and run around freely now is because Amelie has vouched for it, so it must stay with Amelie, at least in the same city.

Yulia was just going there for fun. As a girl who grew up in a small city, she had never been to Sphingard before and had long been curious about the capital of the Federation. Now that she had the opportunity, of course she had to come and have some fun... She was even willing to give up doing good deeds and helping others for this reason.

Unlike when she came to Locke City and could only travel by magic-powered vehicle, back then Amelie had just started her business trial and didn't have much money. She couldn't even afford a remote teleportation portal, so there was no need to waste time on the road now.

The teleportation portal from Locke City to Sphingard costs 55 Luns per person per use. Amelie paid the fee for the three people and one cat without batting an eye and arrived in the Federation capital.

"Wow~~~~"

The one shouting like that as soon as she stepped out of the room where the portal was located was, of course, Yulia.

Unlike Locke City, where buildings taller than 10 stories are rare, Sphinx is practically a steel jungle. Almost no buildings on either side of the road are less than 30 stories high, and some buildings are even permanently fixed in mid-air by magic.

This level of prosperity was unmatched by any major city on Earth in Amelie's previous life. She was also shocked when she first transmigrated here—even though she had seen it countless times in the game, seeing it in person was still awe-inspiring.

In terms of overall civilization level, the magical technology of the Allen Federation is not much different from that of Earth, but some of the cool effects of magic are beyond the reach of technology.

For example, the aerial structures that Yulia is looking at with great interest could be accomplished in this world with just one permanent spell from a great mage, but it would be difficult to achieve in a technologically advanced civilization, or rather, it would require a huge amount of resources.

As the capital of the Allen Federation, Sphingard, like other megacities on Earth, has a very high population density.

The entire Allen Federation currently has a population of over 5 million, of which more than 8000 million live in the capital region of Sfingart. This makes land resources in Sfingart extremely scarce, resulting in the proliferation of high-rise buildings and aerial structures throughout the city.

"There really are houses that fly in the sky... I always thought it was just tourists from big cities bragging, but it turns out it's true!"

Yulia was clearly fascinated by those aerial structures; if she hadn't known some basic etiquette, she probably would have already flown up to take a look.

However, this seemingly country bumpkin-like statement quickly attracted the attention of people nearby who had also just arrived in Sphinx through the portal.

Many people looked over curiously, wanting to see which country girl it was—it was quite rare in the Federation to be able to afford a teleportation portal but never have seen a building in the sky, much like how some people on Earth could afford a private jet but had never seen a skyscraper.

"what?"

However, people were even more surprised when they looked over.

"That...it seems to be Miss Julia? And Miss Emery? I just went to Locke City to see a movie last week, it's definitely them!"

Almost instantly, Julia and Emerald were recognized.

Fortunately, those who could use the portal were mostly from high society, so there was no crowding or star-chasing. Everyone was very polite when they came over to say hello, and some children wanted Yulia's autograph and a photo with her.

"Huh? Am I that famous already? Hahaha..."

Yulia was quite surprised, but mostly happy, and she quickly started interacting with her fans in high spirits.

After several fans who got photos left satisfied, Emerald and her group finally exited the large portal station in Sphinx.

Locke City only has one fixed teleportation portal like this one, which is mostly gathering dust and rarely used by more than 10 people per day.

In Sphinx, there are over 200 fixed portals in one portal station, and people from all over the Federation emerge from the portals almost every minute. For example, Amelie and her group had to wait in line for several minutes when they arrived.

"Truly worthy of being the capital city, it's amazing."

Standing on the street, looking around at this metropolis a hundred times more prosperous than Locke City, Julia sighed once again, then asked curiously:

"By the way, Emery, where do you live? How do we get there? Can we fly there directly? I've heard that many big cities have flight restrictions?"

"Well, to prevent any accidents... and also because we've learned from past experiences, anyway, many big cities have flight control regulations."

Emery nodded, smiling as she answered Julia's last question first:

"Unregistered mages are not allowed to fly freely over the city. Violators will be fined 5000 to 20000 Luns if caught, and in serious cases, they may be detained. Even registered mages cannot fly higher than 200 meters and need to report in advance... So Yulia, you have to be good here and not fly over to touch anything that looks interesting."

"Okay, okay... don't talk to me like I'm some kind of curious cat~~"

Yulia pursed her lips, then continued to ask with great interest:

"So, Emery, where exactly do you live?"

"Well... well, that depends on how you define the concept of home."

Emery thought for a moment, then a playful smile appeared on her face:

“If all the land here belonging to the Melson family is considered my home, then we are now at my home.”

"???"

A question mark appeared above Yulia's head, and she pointed to her feet with her mouth agape:

"But...we're on the street right now! And there's a teleportation portal next to us!"

"So what?"

Emery shrugged:

“If you did some research before coming to Sphingart, you should know that Sphingart City has eleven districts, one of which is called the Melson District, which is the area we are currently in. This district has a total of 430 square kilometers of land, all of which belong to the Melson family. Many of the people living in this district are my relatives, but most are employees of various companies in the Melson Group, as well as people from other companies and complete outsiders.”

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"Melson...district?"

Yulia's expression froze.

She did know that Amelie's family was powerful, but owning an entire district of land in the capital city of Sphingard, where land was incredibly valuable, was still beyond her imagination.

"What's the big deal? You idiot! I've told you so many times you should read more books in your spare time, but all you do is eat!"

Pancake Cat couldn't stand it anymore and started complaining from the side, while also giving Yulia a lesson:

"You were a top student in school? How did you learn history? The first 11 human families to break free from elven enslavement established the Allen Federation in Sphingart. Therefore, each of these 11 families had permanent ownership of a district in Sphingart, and these 11 districts were named after the 11 families... However, times have changed, and now more than half of those 11 families have declined. Only Melson and Lohid have remained at the top of the Federation."

"Tch... My major in school was melee magical artifact manufacturing, and history wasn't on the exam. So what if I'm a little bad at history?"

Yulia, unconvinced, made a face at the pancake, then grabbed the cat and suffocated it, before continuing to ask Emerald:

"So... where do you live, Emerald? How do we get there?"

"No rush, someone should be coming to pick us up soon."

As she spoke, Emery shielded her eyes from the sun with one hand, looked up, and chuckled softly:

“Look, they’re here… This is my territory, after all. If I, the young lady, don’t even react when I come back, then the butler and head maid will at least lose their bonuses this year.”

Yulia quickly followed Emerald's gaze and looked up into the sky. She saw a magical vehicle that looked like a magic-powered car but without wheels and could fly, flying rapidly toward them and finally stopping a few meters in front of them.

Then the hatch opened, and an elderly gentleman in a tailcoat stepped out first, bowing very respectfully to Emerald.

"Greetings, young lady. Welcome home, young lady."

After Emery nodded slightly, he looked at Julia and Marcy again:

"Are you two friends of the young lady? I am Beaufort, one of Merson's butlers. It is an honor to serve you."

Without waiting for Julia and Marcy's reply, Beaufort looked at the muffin again:

"Hello, Professor Pancake, my daughter has gone to so much trouble for you."

"Alright, Beaufort, no need for formalities."

Seeing that many passersby were already curiously watching, Amelie walked directly towards the magical levitation vehicle driven by Beaufort:

"We can talk about it later. Let's get home first... By the way, are my father and wife home? Where are Bobo and Lulu?"

"Everyone, please~~"

Beaufort politely helped Julia and Marcy into the car before taking his own seat as driver, answering Emerald's question:

"Sir is probably still at the company at this time and will most likely not be back tonight, as the company has been quite busy lately. Madam is currently at home, probably reading in her room or taking a stroll in the garden. As for the young master and young lady, they mostly stay at school these days, but if they know that you, young lady, are back, they will definitely come home tonight."

"understood."

Amelie nodded without saying anything more and gestured for Beaufort to drive.

The magical hovercar took off again and quickly arrived above the city, flying towards the most bustling central area of ​​the Melson district.

The most eye-catching feature here is a tower with a diameter of over 50 meters that pierces the sky, and it is conservatively estimated to have 300 floors.

"That's the Merson Tower, the headquarters of the Merson Group."

Seeing Julia curiously peering at the tower through the car window, Amelie explained to her with a smile:

"However, this headquarters is actually not very interesting. It's just the administrative center for the thousands of subsidiaries of the Melson Group. All day long, a bunch of old men sit there having meetings. It's extremely boring... The real fun is the Melson Magic Workshop and R&D Center, but it's a bit far. If we have enough time this time, I can take you there to have some fun."

"This……"

Before Yulia could speak, Beaufort, who was driving, couldn't help but remind her:

"The magic workshop and research center are top-secret areas of the family, Miss. Even you can't just bring outsiders in to play..."

"Outsiders? There are no outsiders here."

Amélie immediately reached out and embraced Julia and Marcy on either side:

“They are all my people, there are no outsiders.”

"..."

Beaufort didn't say anything more. He had already given his warning, and the rest was beyond the control of a mere steward like himself.

Yulia blushed but said nothing.

She did want to stubbornly say, "I'm not one of yours," but for magic craftsmen, the Melson Magic Workshop was like a holy site for religious fanatics, and she really wanted to go in and broaden her horizons... So it didn't matter if Amelie verbally took advantage of her, since there were still people in Locke City who called her the president's wife.

After flying over the Melsen Tower, the airship continued flying for about a minute before slowing down and finally coming to a stop on an inverted pyramid-shaped aerial structure.

"W-W-W-This is your house, Emery? It's huge!"

Yulia was once again stunned.