So, what about her, in this unfavorable situation?
Thinking of this, Charlotte wished she could immediately fly back to the Northern Land and hastened her steps.
Thus, with an urgent heart, Charlotte declined the invitations to almost all of the noble salons and banquets.
In the end, she only attended the celebration salon held by the Moon Guardian Duke for her.
Of course, this was also the salon where the Great Nobles of New Moon accepted the Castel family, formally met with them, and arranged transcendent trade and future cooperation.
The number of nobles attending the banquet was not particularly large, but each one was at least a Count of the New Moon Kingdom, and they were well-known Counts with more lands.
Although they were certainly not as rich and powerful as Charlotte, they were not comparable to those lesser Counts under the Duke Domains.
The Dukes themselves, half of the nine dukes of the Kingdom, were present—other than those who were part of the King’s opposition, everyone else who could come did come, including the Duke of Violet, who had waged war against Charlotte.
Charlotte had given up her vows, pledged loyalty to the Royal Family, and continued to maintain her declaration of celibacy. In the eyes of many opposing nobles, this was viewed as a sign of some agreement she had reached with the Royal Family, and a symbol of her leaning towards the Royal Family.
To this, Charlotte had nothing to say.
With Holy Presence Day approaching, if everything was true, then by that time, the vast majority of the world’s powers would become pawns.
Including these nobles she was dealing with.
She didn’t care what the pawns thought; as long as they didn’t affect her future development or cause her trouble, that was enough.
Without realizing it, Charlotte’s mindset had also subtly changed.
"It is a pity, Lord Castel. I had hoped to invite you to stay for a longer time in the Royal Capital. There are many other nobles who would like to meet you and discuss future cooperation," said the Moon Guardian Duke regretfully upon learning that Charlotte was planning to leave the Royal Capital soon.
"I’m very sorry, Lord Anlo. The war in the Northern Land has just ended and there is much to rebuild. There are many matters that require my personal attention. Coming to the Central Meeting this time was out of necessity," Charlotte replied apologetically.
After saying this, she smiled:
"However, although I plan to leave, the Northern Land is very welcoming to all of you. The Castel family also looks forward to cooperating with all of you."
Hearing Charlotte’s words, the nobles all laughed and raised their glasses in unison:
"Count Castel, then... let’s toast to a pleasant cooperation!"
The transcendent trade agreement with the Kingdom’s Great Nobles and Lords went very smoothly.
Charlotte didn’t even need to be personally involved; Sebastian could handle everything.
Mithril was, after all, the hard currency of the transcendent domain, and without the restriction of the Royal Authority Contract, Charlotte’s side was entirely a seller’s market, with no worries about trading channels.
After one salon, the Castel family had formally integrated into the highest echelon of the New Moon Kingdom’s noble circle.
Meanwhile, the Royal Family also sent over a contract for the allocation of transcendent resource distribution.
Upon seeing the contract, Charlotte further understood why the lords of the Kingdom’s nobles also supported the Royal Family’s "monopoly" over the New Moon Kingdom’s transcendent resources.
It turned out that the transcendent resources handed over to the Royal Family by the nobles were then more than half redistributed by the Royal Family to their vassal Lords.
As for Charlotte’s share, it was carved out from the Bold Duchy and the original allocation that belonged to the Third Prince, and there was also some from those other direct vassal shares that had been reclaimed.
As for the overall proportion... it was 2% of all transcendent resources handed over by the direct vassals.
This percentage, lower than the minimum percentage of 3% specified in the contract for Duke-level, but higher than the maximum percentage of 1% for Counts.
If one were to calculate the proportion of transcendent resources handed over to the Royal Family by all the direct vassals of the entire New Moon Kingdom, then the value of 2% might already be close to one-fifth of the output of the Castel mithril mines.
In other words, with this contract, the Royal Family and the Castel family’s true share split of the mines had effectively shifted from seventy-thirty to an even fifty-fifty.
Moreover, the additional fifth that the Castel family received was not mithril, but various other transcendent resources equivalent to mithril.
"No wonder every noble is vying to become a direct vassal. If the New Moon Kingdom were likened to a company, only direct vassals would have the qualifications to be shareholders," Charlotte mused as she looked at the contract sent by the Royal Family.
Charlotte was quite satisfied with the completed transcendent trade agreement and transcendent resource contract.
With this part accomplished, the main purpose of her trip to Lutecia was fulfilled.
However, there was one last place she still needed to visit.
"Sebastian, prepare the coach. I am going to the Royal Family’s Library," Charlotte said as she closed the transcendent resource contract sent by the Royal Family and spoke to her Elf butler.