"Louis, do you remember what I mentioned... the reward for when you come back?"

Louis blinked.

Is it really happening?

Louis said softly:

"Actually, before coming to Tunisia, I prepared a gift for you."

Beatrice's eyes lit up:

"What gift?"

Louis said softly:

"Do you remember the perfume that Mayer Commerce Association launched before?"

"Oh? Are you talking about those perfumes that were really popular among the Ense Nobility before? I heard many young nobles were crazy about the perfumes you made."

Louis chuckled softly.

Perfume wasn't originally Louis' specialty from his past life.

After so many years of development on the Star Continent, there were plenty of people who loved beauty, and naturally, there was perfume.

But it was just perfume.

Perfume of the 21st century wasn't just about fragrance; it was about the stories and marketing behind it.

To put it simply, you also have to learn how to tell a good story to fully bring out a perfume's allure.

Louis's involvement in perfumes was related to Instructor Jino.

He only found out later that Instructor Jino had a wife who was a Priest for the God of Love Church.

In the beginning, Mayer Commerce Association only stocked a batch of ordinary perfumes.

But things changed at the end of last year.

Jino approached Louis, asking if he had any good perfume recommendations.

At that time, Louis was speechless:

"You ask me this, how would I know? I'm not a perfumer!"

He couldn't provide an answer to that question.

Jino retorted defiantly:

"Your Mayer Commerce Association has imported so many products; aren't you at least a bit familiar with them?"

At that time, Louis seriously told Jino:

"Even though Mayer Commerce Association needs flagship products, it also needs some mid-range products to serve as its facade. Specifically which mid-range products I don't really know."

"So I usually leave such matters to my subordinates to handle."

"Delegating professional matters to professionals is my business credo."

This left Jino quite disappointed.

He told Louis:

"My wife's birthday is coming up soon, and I wanted to give her a perfume, but I don't know how to choose."

Louis said:

"Teacher Jino, this kind of matter should definitely not be asked of me. When it comes to selecting professional perfumes, other associations are definitely better at it than I am."

But Jino told Louis:

"These associations typically involve mid to high-level people. If I were to ask for their opinion, the news would soon spread to other peers."

Louis instantly understood Jino's concerns.

Jino was different from others.

He was the Captain of the Royal Guard.

A representative of mid-generation strength in the Empire.

If he showed his attitude, it would easily give some commerce associations a chance to capitalize on it.

After all... even Louis himself had done such things before.

The reputation of the Sapphire Dragon couple was played up quite a bit on the Mayer Commerce Association side.

Do you think the Sapphire Dragon couple didn't know about this?

Of course, they knew.

But they allowed it.

The Sapphire Dragon Race had so few living dragons left.

They couldn't directly act as Mayer's backing, but they allowed Mayer to borrow some of their reputation.

This was the only favor the two dragons could extend to the "junior" Mayer.

"Teacher Jino, aren't you afraid I would exploit your reputation? Don't forget, my identity now is Mayer, and I would do 'only things Mayer would do.'"

Louis is Mayer, but Mayer is not Louis.

It's not that Louis was doing this kind of seemingly schizophrenic operation for no reason.

He needed to separate these three identities.

The intelligent and wise Prince of the Empire.

The nonchalant top merchant.

The venturesome newcomer adventurer.

These were the labels he attached to these three identities.

He had a hunch.

Whether it was Mayer or Caesar, separating these identities from himself would benefit his plans for the future.

"To speak plainly, if I weren't Mayer, fostering a good relationship with Sean and Fafnir would be much harder."

"If I weren't Mayer, trying to smoothly integrate into the new nobility as a prince would cause many people to have unnecessary suspicions."

"Even if I don't want to do anything to them, my identity would eventually make them more cautious."

"I'm not aiming to make more money; making money is just the means through which 'Mayer' accomplishes my objectives."

Louis jokingly said:

"So, Teacher Jino, you're asking me, which plays right into my hands!"

"Mayer is very greedy, you know."

But what he didn't expect was that Jino burst into laughter after hearing this:

"No matter who uses it, wouldn't it be better to keep it for my student than those sycophants?"

...

Louis looked at Beatrice with a speechless face and said:

"Was Teacher Jino always like this in the past?"

Beatrice, hearing this amusing story, also smiled broadly:

"Mr. Jino has always been very good to his people, though he sometimes does play a bit too wildly."

"But there's no doubt he's a Royal Family captain worthy of trust, and a superior his subordinates can rely on."

"You don't think he reached this point just on sheer strength alone, do you?"

Louis nodded.

The military and politicians are different.

Compared to the scheming and plotting among politicians, the battle unit would be more harmonious.

Mutual recognition forged on the training grounds through sweat.

The sense of belonging from entrusting one's back in perilous moments.

These things bind the relationships between superiors and subordinates as tightly as brothers.

Beatrice curiously said:

"So, did you begin researching perfume marketing because of that incident with Mr. Jino?"

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