Time is money, and Carlo Aide understood this better than anyone.
Although he didn't agree with Winters' idea of cooperating with the United Provincials, Carlo Aide still arranged a meeting with the "enemy" for Winters without delay.
The day after the banquet at the Este estate—the third day since Winters arrived at Steel Castle, Baron Granashi visited several large workshops sympathetic to the Federated Provinces in quick succession, expressing his intention to purchase.
"My lord, look, this is our forge." A plump middle-aged man walked ahead of Winters, eagerly opening the workshop door: "It has been in my hands for three generations now."
Father Kaman quietly translated for Winters. After hearing it, Winters nodded slightly and followed the plump man into the workshop.
The plump man named Ernest Fuller was forty-two years old, a formal member of the Steel Castle smiths' guild.
