Chapter 373 – Armals (6)
Did you boil the train firebox for an hour? I’m going to lose my hearing
My ears, which had become sensitive due to mana, stung a little, but my ears were as strong as they became sensitive, so I was able to endure it.
It wasn’t because I strengthened it more than usual with rune magic like Frank.
“Come on. I waited.”
“Really sorry!! However, a good contract has been completed!!”
Selena sat down holding the contract with the ink still dry, and like that, we read the other person’s contract.
Celera had the eyes of a fox targeting a sparrow. I, too, pretended to look at the contract with a sharp eye.
Yes, that’s right I pretended to look.
I haven’t read it at all, but to be honest, I read it a little casually.
Because what I have to worry about in this transaction is not the content of the contract Selena has written.
“Mr. Nord’s contract… It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a transaction.”
It was then. Just as I expected, Selena frowned as she read my contract.
Her lips read a line from the contract.
“This, ‘royalty?’… May I ask you something about it?”
“Sure. The details are just as written in the contract. This royalty is a new way of creating profits that I have thought about.”
I let go of my pretense and took out one of the contract laws of the earth.
Royalty.
It is a contract about copyright, which was often used on Earth.
‘Even though I’ve learned a few things about contracts from Selena, it’s crazy to fool around with real experts.’
It was natural.
It was analogous to Selena asking me to learn some of the techniques of 【Guerture】.
There’s no way I’ll have an advantage over Selena in commerce.
──In any case, as long as it is standard.
‘If a newcomer like me wants to fight an expert, the rules of the fight itself must be changed.’
What should an amateur do to see a match against a professional Go player?
There are probably several, but the one I chose was the easiest and fastest way.
‘It’s okay if I add the rules of Go to Go.’
I put down the contract and laughed heartily.
In this world, there is no concept of copyright.
If you dare to look for it, the wizard guild has the ownership of the magic formula, and this is not a national law.
Confidentiality of the wizard guild is only maintained as retaliation or punishment.
All he had to do was go find the guy who illegally leaked the goods sold for money in the guild, and fuck him at the guild level.
Other guilds are roughly the same way.
In other words, sanctions for plagiarism are made with fists, not laws.
That’s why the concept of royalties—”Paying a portion of the surplus generated in exchange for the sale of the manufacturing method” Must be completely exotic.
‘If the existing rules become a mess, the odds of winning will be close to 5:5.’
What will happen if the concept of ‘royalty’ is mixed with an ordinary contract?
Is it Go with concave added? That would be so damn fun.
But that’s what I’m talking about as an amateur, and as a professional driver, it’s a bit ridiculous.
It has to be. If 5 go balls are connected, it is a win, but how many houses are there, so what does it mean to say how a number fight is!
That’s why Selena expressed her disapproval.
It makes sense to cover it up and reject it, and it’s hard to pull it off just because you don’t like it because you have to care about our relationship.
In addition, it is difficult to set the price for something like the ‘how to make an elixir’.
Isn’t it an unprecedented thing that has been sold openly?
I joked in the past that the recipe for an elixir costs 1000 bottles of elixir, but realistically speaking, that’s impossible.
‘If I’m going to buy it for that price, I’ll just steal it from the owner.’
Whether it was killing and stealing it, or just sneaking in, it was something worth considering.
It’s not that I doubt the Hermaion Guild.
But this recipe was enough. No matter what price they bought or sold, they would be uncomfortable with each other.
“Um… Yeah! Obviously the offer isn’t bad! But!!!”
In the end, what Selena put in her mouth was something closer to the essence.
“I don’t like it when the problem of compensation in case the recipe is lost or the amount of equipment needed is concentrated only in our guild!! Was our friendship just that much, Mr. Nord!!”
She speaks half-jokingly and half-seriously as her tears roll down her cheeks.
At first glance, it sounds like a correct statement.
If you want to make an elixir with this recipe, which has lost 30% of the recipe, it will cost a huge budget even minus the equipment cost.
What kind of ingredients and how much should be put in to exert the effect of an elixir!
The journey to find the answer must be a thorny road.
But I answered casually.
“Can it be? Again, none of the merchants I know have built a close relationship with me as much as Miss Selena.”
After a brief shot of fact-based lip service, I smiled sweetly.
“Besides, what you are saying now is rather surprising.”
“Yeah?”
“If it’s stolen, just ask me or someone I trust to retrieve it, and shouldn’t we make a copy and keep the original strictly? And above all——”
After a short pause before the main topic, I whispered.
“──If I’m right, I don’t think you need to worry about the investment. I know that there are people in this territory who are in need of an elixir right now.”
“… Mmmm!”
Selena, of course, must have been thinking about what I said, but she smiled awkwardly, like someone who had been found out.
Oh my, this lady is crazy about this. I smiled.
‘Investment money? That’s it, can’t we get it from the lord here?’
The lord of Lenapolis who was brutally treated by Diavolo.
He may not be able to hope for the management of the estate any more from him who is seriously injured, but the accumulated assets do not disappear in an instant.
Above all, he is now living because he is virtually immortal!
‘What would you do if you had a lot of money? I can’t even walk on my own, and I have a hard time talking.’
It makes no sense to spend the rest of your life staring at gold coins that you can’t even spend. Do you mean to play with your mental daughter-in-law with your accumulated gold coins?
If it were me, I would have treated the body first, even if it was just pouring out what was left of me.
‘So, getting investment from the lord would be like eating rice cake while lying down?’
People prioritize health over money.
‘Even if that wasn’t the case, there would have been a lot of nobles who wanted to contribute to the Elixir Workshop.’
It is Selena’s job to select reliable sponsors among them.
And, of course, it’s enough to give those backers a few bottles of elixir, not royalties.
‘Wouldn’t it be enough to pay back the investment with about 10 bottles?’
Those who don’t know the contents of the contract between me and Selena will be satisfied if we can get an elixir that exceeds the investment amount.
Having said that, I waited without pushing any further.
It was a consideration for the friendship and business relationship between me and her Selena, and Selena was not one to notice.
“Big uh… !! Yes, great!! I get it!!”
Selena, who beat her chest in anger, eventually gave in to my proposal.
Once decided, there was no hesitation. She let go of her resentment or regret and smiled like her real man.
“Royalty! Not bad! Ownership belongs to the other party, but in order to create profits, it must be a community of shared destiny where everyone trusts each other! Yes I liked it!! Ah— haha!!”
“Hehe. The deal is done. I hope to go along well.”
I held out my hand and asked for a handshake.
Of course, I’ll have to keep an eye on the details after this.
Perhaps the full-scale content would be based on Selena’s contract.
However, for me, even the fact that the concept of royalty was passed was a victory.
Again, it’s impossible for Selena to be greedy enough to ruin our relationship.
─Aww.
We became one in front of money and shared a firm handshake.
I don’t know when those royalties will start coming in.
But even if you can’t do it anymore, you won’t have to worry about living expenses or research funds.
That was enough for me.
“By the way, Mr. Nord?”
While I laughed happily inwardly, Selena asked with a smile on her face.
“Yeah. What are you doing?”
“Even with this concept of royalty… Do I need royalties?”
It was a look full of anticipation.
Perhaps Newton in the great man who discovered an apple falling didn’t blink his eyes like this.
“… Pooh! Hehe!”
I understood what Selena meant and burst out laughing before shaking her hand in response.
“No, you don’t need it. When you sign contracts with others, borrow them as you please. In a line beyond the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Really!! Wow, thank you!!”
When he answered that, Selena smiled innocently. It was the brightest smile since we met again.
It will be difficult to claim her copyright without her legal effect, but it will be up to her how to use her learned experience in this contract.
Anyway, it seemed that being a merchant could only be done by someone who was crazy about money.
