Undesirable Encounter

After doing the summons for the Merchant, we cleaned up inside the kingdom and I bought three houses again. With that, all the kingdom points I managed to save up were gone.

Nonetheless, everyone could at least rest for the day...

Which brings us to today.

Since the Travelling Merchant decided to stay for a while, his event didn't end, as technically he was still an invading force that hadn't been repelled or subjugated.

And yeah, I tried making him a citizen, but he refused saying that I couldn't pay him enough for that.

Which while true, also makes me wonder if he's reluctant due to the potential unknowns of my Gift, since aside from this, he's been quite friendly and agreeable.

If we are talking about payments though, I think he's the one in debt given what he did to Earth.

Even now it's hard to believe how much changed in a single day.