Chapter 134
The priest was able to see the past using magical tools. I think it is inevitable in itself. However, I noticed something great. With that magic tool, if you have read a book, you can read it again in your dreams. I wanted to go to the library in my dreams and asked the chief to use magical tools again, but I was quickly dismissed.
…… Terrible, Priest.
However, the original purpose, the presence and value of my harm, is not harmless and harmless, and as long as the product development is under the control of the head of the city and Benno Was judged beneficial.
I have been able to continue to live in the same way as before with peace of mind.
Near the end of autumn, the second version of the children’s scriptures was completed. I left 20 books as textbooks and 40 sold them to Benno, so I got 6 big coins. Recently, he was short of money, but he was rich at once.
And Fran and Rosina came to my house, discussed my winter life with my family, and with the money I earned from the picture books, I prepared and enriched the winter until the last minute.
When the orphanage, my room, and my house were almost ready for winter, and when it started getting cold, when I started to flicker, I received a report from Lutz on my way home from the temple.
“Mine, the husband said that the president of the ink association and the master of the ink studio came this morning”
“… Did you notice the difference in ink?”
“Looks like that”
As expected, the children’s scriptures that have been sold by the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce seem to have begun to be sold to aristocrats with young children and wealthy people connected to them. If you look at the picture book, you can see the difference in ink.
Develops a little blueish color
As a matter of course, the Ink Association noticed the difference between the inks at a glance and searched for a new ink producer, but there was no such person in the association. It seems that the master of the ink workshop that I was allowed to visit said that the producer was aware.
“Gilberta’s children said they knew another way to make ink”
It seems that the president of the Ink Association and his parents came to the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce as a result of their parents’ remarks. To ask, “Is the Gilberta Company going to make another ink association?”
Gilberta Shokai already has a criminal record. There are plant paper associations and workshops made against the parchment association, and a lot of cheaper plant papers are starting to appear. Even though formal contracts use parchment, living is determined, but there is no doubt that plant paper that can be mass-produced is more vigorous.
And, if a picture book of vegetable paper is sold using inks with different manufacturing methods, it is natural to be wary of vested interests.
“I want you to come to Gilberta tomorrow. My husband says I want to talk”
“I understand”
I took care of it as usual, and the next day, I went to the Gilberta Company instead of the temple with Lutz.
“Good morning, Benno-san”
“Oh, Mine. Did you come?”
Beckoned by Benno, I headed to the table and Lutz went up the stairs in the back. Dapla’s Lutz is practicing making tea for visitors.
When I get to the seat, Benno stops and comes to the table. Sit in front of me and exhale slowly.
“As expected, the Ink Association has come out. Did you tell me how to make ink and would you like to throw the ink production round?”
“Yes. Even if Mr. Benno grows too much, he will only increase the enemy, and ink making will have nothing to do with the main business of the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce? If you get me, I’d like to get some money and throw it. “
If you want to spread printing, you need a lot of ink. It ’s going to be harder to make it yourself. Then just throw it around where you can.
“How much money do you intend to take?”
“Well, as much as I pay in the temple … how about 10% of the profit?”
When I suggested, Benno shook his head slowly with a bitter face.
“It’s too cheap”
“But if you spread it, you’ll get more profits? I want to sell it cheaply with plant paper”
Benno rejects my opinion, which is basically only about expanding, with a sigh.
“Keep at least 30% for the first decade. 20% for the next decade and 10% for the rest. That’s reasonable. New technology doesn’t sell too much.”
“I understand. I’ll leave Benno’s talk about profits”
But this is definitely Benno’s concession to my opinion. I know that, so it’s up to you.
“I have a cup of tea”
Lutz brought in tea. With a tense look, Lutz puts tea in front of me and Benno. Benno narrows his eyes and picks up a cup and drinks a sip.
“… I haven’t done it yet”
“I’m improving little by little …. Lutz, would you like to tell Franc this time?” It seems to be good how to teach, and both Gil and Delia have improved a lot. “
“That’s good too … huh”
Lutz is also working hard with Marc telling him, but it is still not at a level that other customers can offer. I’m currently practicing.
“After that, contract magic …”
“… Should I use it?”
Since it costs a lot of money, it should be a contract method not normally used unless a noble is involved. I’ve used contract magic with Benno twice, but Benno had the intention to check the nobility. Nobles should not be involved in this ink association.
“In this case, the scope for profit is too large, and the profit margin is long, and personally the president of the Ink Association trusts me. It ’s not an individual, but a contract with the Ink Association. ”
“Do you have a contract with the Ink Association?”
Is there an idea like a corporation here? Benno whispered slowly as I twisted his neck.
“Yes, it’s a necessary tool to continue the contract even if the chairman replaces it.”
It seems that there was a senior who would substitute if he contracted with an individual, and he would like it if he did not contract. There have been such many times, and it seems that the idea like a corporation has been made here as well.
“The ink manufacturing method is sold to the association. It’s not enough to make it in the main workshop. Make it cheaper to spread with the plant paper. This is 30% of the profit. Every 10 years Changing interest rates, isn’t that a problem? “
“Yes. Please also tell me that this ink is hard to use because it is flipped on parchment.”
When Benno and Lutz were checking the details of the request, Marc came in with a konkon and knocking sound.
“My husband, two customers from the Ink Association have been seen”
“Pass the bell when it rings”
“I’m smart”
Marc who withdrew once withdrew.
Benno stands up with a tough face and takes me down from the chair. Then, as he moved his chin toward Lutz, Lutz nodded silently and opened the door leading to the stairs in the back.
“Now, Mine. I’ll negotiate with the Ink Association. You shouldn’t show up as much as possible. Go to Corinna. You can only take contract magic papers later. I’ll sign it up “
“… Why is it?”
I don’t think it’s very unlikely that there is no one to sign the contract. Benno screamed in a low voice, singing in front of a store that would have customers.
“The master of the workshop is still a person, but the president of the Ink Association is connected with the business nobility, and there are many bad rumors. You should avoid contact as much as possible.”
“I understand. I will do what Benno says”
The president of the Ink Association, where Benno was wary, couldn’t help but I immediately went to the Corinna room with Lutz. Lutz leads me down to Corinna’s room, because he is responsible for bringing the contract magic contract.
“Lutz, tell me later who the president of the Ink Association is”
“Okay, I understand”
After seeing Lutz, I turned to Corinna.
“Excuse me, Corinna-san, I’m rolling around”
“Good, Maine. Just let me sew because it’s good.”
“Yes. Excuse me for being so urgent, I’m sorry”
With a soft and gentle smile, Corinna took me to the drawing room, and today, like my father, Otto, who seems to be out of work, looks at this while waving lightly in the hallway. It was.
“That’s true, Maine. Corinna is heavy, but the hard work comes from senior nobility.”
“Otto, have you said many times that you hate talking about your work?”
“You are worried, Corinna”
Otto isn’t disciplined even if Korinna gets tight. It’s just as love-love as ever.
Worried that Otto may be a seed for Korinna’s headaches when he sees Korinna who has driven Otto out of the room, saying that he should not disturb him, as if he was tricking a child who could not hear it. become.
“I’m worried about Mr. Corinna too. Did you run out of control? Otto-san was reputed at the gate because the family love of the father and Otto was like a runaway. Otto was the first child. Mr. Corinna is a big problem … “
“Well, are you told me like that? Well, Mine’s mother is also hard”
Korinna brought a blue dough and started spreading it on a large table.
“Is it possible to have a ceremonial costume? I think I don’t have enough time.”
“That’s really hard. The studio is busy. But there aren’t many requests from senior nobles, so the needles are full of tension. The price has also dropped.”
It seems that when the fabric was dyed to make the previous costume, the fabric was dyed extra to be used for another requested dress. This time, he said that he used the dress fabric and embroidered the workshop at full operation.
“Because the dress is temporarily sewn with a separate cloth and then entered into the main sewing, there is enough time to be able to dye the fabric from now on. I can’t afford to sew another piece of cloth, but I’ve just made it during this time, so my physique hasn’t changed? “
Corinna says, wearing blue cloths with needles everywhere. It seems to be difficult to hold a big stomach.
“I’m sorry, Mine-chan. I’m calling a little underworked woman. Now it’s a little painful alone”
“I’m already hungry. Are you ready?”
“Yeah, it’s said to be in the middle of winter. It’s a good child and often rampages. I wonder if it’s a boy.”
Corinna gently strokes his belly while ringing the bell to call Chirin and his subordinate woman.
“Colinna, did you call me?”
It was Otto that happily entered the sound of the bell. Corinna’s amazed expression makes me laugh.
“No, as long as Maine scratches Benno, I think it’s better to look at the job site”
“Oh, Mr. Otto. What does it mean when I scratch Benno-san?”
A powerless child like me cannot afford an adult man like Benno.
“No matter what it means, it’s as it is. Benno intends to expand his business as a guardian of Maine. That’s why I’m now working on Gilberta’s work.”
Otto is helping Corinna while giving up his shoulders. It looked pretty good and Otto’s efforts seemed to be visible.
“Otto-san, it seems like you’re so familiar that you’re not a soldier. Isn’t it time for Otto-san to go to the shop with Corinna?
“… Well, it will take a few years. I will do it for Corinna and the baby”
“Yes, please move your hand from the mouth”
□ Give instructions to Otto, and Korinna finishes basting. The length ended with no problem and the tailoring was done in the same way as before.
When Corinna chases Otto and straightens my hair that was disturbed by sewed stitches, or when I am wearing a jacket, the sound of a konkon and knocking sounds on the back stairs, “Marc There was a voice saying ” I can hear the footsteps to welcome Marc to the back.
It was almost the same time that I suddenly adjusted my tastes and nodded the reception room door.
“Please come in”
“Colinna, Mine, I’m sorry.”
Marc with a contract and Lutz with an ink bottle came in.
The contract magic contract is spread on the round table by Marc’s hand, and the items are confirmed one by one. The contents of the contract were almost the same as those discussed with Benno. The number that is advantageous here is probably the part that Benno won in the negotiations.
However, there was only one item that I was not familiar with. It is a sentence that states “to write this contract in the rules of the Ink Association”.
“Mr. Marc, this part … what does it mean to write the contract in the rules of the Ink Association?”
“Association rules are a rule that must be observed in all workshops that belong to the association. That is, if written as an ink association rule, it will also appear in other city ink association rules, It will also be applied in the workshop. ”
Contract magic itself is limited to this city, but the association’s rules seem to apply to other cities. It seems that all associations have unified rules. There seems to be a difference in the detailed rules of each city and each workshop. I understand that the rules are nationally unified like the Constitution, and the rules seem to be slightly different from region to region like the ordinances.
“But how do you list it in the conventions of other cities’ ink associations? Is there any way to communicate?”
“Because it is profitable, we buy new ink recipes. It’s natural to convey the recipe from the ink association here to the neighboring ink association. The rules will be revised along with the recipe.
I asked Marc’s explanation and picked up ink. The contract says Benno’s name and the ink association, not the president’s own name. And I wrote my name at the bottom.
“Hey, Lutz. Who was the president of the Ink Association?”
“… A guy with a bad eye. I was looking for Mine”
“Huh?”
Lutz grabs his fist and closes his eyebrows.
“My uncle told my husband. It must have been a kid that told me about the ink of another recipe in the ink studio. I was more disgusting than the guild leader. ”
Lutz says so much, so he must have a very bad atmosphere. If you are wary of Benno or Lutz, I’m safe.
“That’s Mine. See, get out of it.”
Lutz held a knife and told him to put out his hand.
Demanding the blood necessary for contract magic, I gave my palm out in an awkward manner. Hot pain runs on the fingertips and blood swells up.
When blood was pressed against the contract, the contract was burned out in a gold flame and the contract was completed.
“Mine, please stay quiet here until your husband orders”
“I understand, Mr. Marc”
After that, Otto lamented that I couldn’t get my hands on calculating this winter’s budget, and Corinna was talking about the baby being born.
“Mine!”
Benno said that he changed his blood phase and ran up the stairs at lunch time.
“Lutz is sent to Marc and he is supposed to call his father and older sister. Do not leave here until you meet!”
“… What happened to Marc-san sending Lutz ?!”
I got up and rushed to Benno. Benno narrowed his eyes and put his hand on his chin.
“Lutz, who was used for the commercial guild, was entangled with strange men. What kind of kid is the daughter of Gilberta?”
“What is a contract …”
Benno sang slowly in my words.
“I think I’m a person of the Ink Association, but I can’t understand that I’ve been looking for information after the contract is over.”
¡You can understand if you want to advance the contract in an advantageous manner, or if you want to make a contract and search for the other party’s information. Nevertheless, despite the fact that Lutz is bothered by the fact that it is clear that he is wary, I do not understand the meaning of the search.
I’m scared of not knowing.
“… I don’t know what’s behind the scenes. It’s better to be vigilant as much as possible”
“Yes”
“Come to pick me up”
“Dad, Turi!”
My father and Turi came out of breath, perhaps because they were on holiday, and they probably came to pick me up.
“Sorry for calling you”
The visit of Ben and Turi raised Benno, who was called up, and told his father.
“No, I am grateful for all my efforts to protect my daughter. Can I ask what is going on?”
“I’m sure the Ink Association is working, but I don’t know the back yet. It’s unnatural to search for information or get involved with Lutz now that the contract is over.”
I found out that my father had steeped eyes on Benno’s explanation. Turi looks at me with anxiety and embraces me.
“If you want to be safe, I think it’s better to have Mine go to the temple now. This depends on the judgment of the family, but at least if you’re in the temple, you can’t start out. , This is the time to collect information “
“… Umu”
After listening to Benno’s words seriously, my father lifted his eyebrows and hugged me.
“Mine, what are you going to do? Are you going to the temple? Are you going home?”
If you don’t want to be alone, you’ll be taken home. But there is a high chance that Lutz and his family will be entangled with strangers.
“… I don’t want to leave, but I don’t want to do anything with my Lutz and family, so I’ll go to the temple. Anyway, it will soon snow.”
Still, I feel a little anxious, and I’m so worried about my father’s jacket.
“It’s okay, Mine. I’m going to play so much that I’m not lonely.”
“Yes”
I started wintering at the temple from that day.