Merchant Guild, Round Table
At the Round Table, a discussion regarding how to retrieve the lost cargoes was being debated.
"We should send the city guards to trace any trail with the help of the Mage Association!" A merchant suggested.
"The Mage Association wouldn't intervene in the matter when it's not related to one of their mages!" Another merchant quickly debunked their suggestion with fact-based evidence.
The Mage Association was a neutral force—one that was unattainable and uncontrollable by them.
Even if they offered to hire them at a high price, not many mages would accept the offer to be entangled with a merchant.
After all, from the mage's perspective, it would be beneath them to be hired by some merchants.
The majority of people held the misconceptions of merchants being shrewd, sly, and money-grubbers. No mage would wish to be associated with them unless the merchant was credible and reputable as a philanthropist.
