From the farm shed to the palace .

[Artisan Farmers Alliance]

Nakata was impressed by the ceremony, though he never get used to such a spectacle like this. For him something like this is a waste of resources. But still, he was honored....
"Hai Benitez-san, the only exception was a little inciedent at Crete with Bounty hunters. Nothing to worry about though. I saw a few Pretorian Bombers starting. So i guess the problem was solved only minutes later. So i think we should move on like you said. It`s unbelievable hot today. I prefer a cold breeze at Kyushu over this to be honest." He smiled. "So go ahead. We are close behind you."

After a while they reached the meeting room. The double door was already open and the delegations of the Corsairs and the Alliance moved into the well temperatured room. Nakata saw a few attendants at the left side around the table with the refreshments. "Hai, women handing out the refreshments. Now it feels like at home, Isao-san." he whispered and smiled. "Ishikawa-san, go over there and give one of the woman the box of Sake. They should place it somewhere on the table." Hasebe noded. "I bet Buonocore-san is first one who wants to try it...."

Nakata also noticed a few beautiful antique looking corsiar warrior statues. "Maybe i can get a few similar statues at Crete after this meeting is over." he thought...

The huge round table in the middle of the room was full of little place cards. Nakata was looking for his name. A few seconds later he found the card with his name on it. "Isao-san, over here. Our chairs are here..."

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