Curiously, however, the influential nobles paid surprisingly little attention to the Infinity Guild as an independent organization.
Instead, almost everyone reached the same conclusion.
Since every branch openly operated under the protection and commercial partnership of House Draconis, most influential merchants naturally assumed that Infinity was merely another commercial initiative personally launched by Duke Rizwell.
In their eyes, chocolate represented nothing more than House Draconis expanding into yet another profitable industry.
That misunderstanding proved remarkably beneficial.
Had Infinity appeared as a completely independent merchant guild, countless established commercial organizations would almost certainly have viewed it as a dangerous newcomer deserving immediate suppression through political pressure, market manipulation, fabricated scandals, or outright sabotage.
