The day after the Bandit Hunt and Coke talks, I decided to hunt like an adventurer because I had nothing to do today.

I traveled around hunting Red Wolf as before, but today I ended up hunting about 50 Red Wolf without finding any bandits in particular.

Go to the Alliance with that leg. I also have to get my reward for yesterday.

"Hi, I'm here to report the Red Wolf extermination, and can I get a bandit hunt reward?

The receptionist looked at the guild card and immediately raised her face.

"Mr. Kaede, you said you wanted to speak directly with the branch manager about the banditry, so are you okay now?

Yes, it's okay.

I talked about the content of the request itself on the same day, and I said I would think about it. Is it about the rank?

You just got up in rank the other day, and you're going up again? I have no choice but to go to the branch manager's office for now.

"Caeda, for now, you can sit down."

"Yes"

"First the reward, 500 tel per bandit, 19,000 tel for 38 people, then the basic reward 8334 tel, 12666 tel for the distribution of loot, a total of 40,000 tel."

I like it a lot.

Did you adjust the distribution of loot? Well, if I could get 40,000 tel, I'd do well.

Metal reserve metal may be the end of the coin, but it is generally a lot of money. It's just one request.

"So, speaking of rank, I found out that Magis has the ability to slightly exceed D rank even when it comes to strength. It also means you can kill people."

As far as strength is concerned (...)? Is there something missing?

I don't want to be told that I need more than three years of practical experience.

"But Kaede doesn't have enough experience, so if he gets above D rank, he needs as much experience in requesting escorts as I wrote on the Alliance Card about his abilities. Of course, he only appears to be an Alliance associate. Now that you've proven your strength to some extent, you should be promoted if you make an escort request and are judged to be trustworthy as an escort. If you make an escort request five times without any problems, you'll be fine."

Five times, it seems like it will take time to increase rank compared to before. As an escort, I guess they move around the city.

If I could run from Tubai to here with all my might, I wouldn't know how many days it would take to move around in a wagon or something.

If I could just use a luggage escort or something to get all my luggage into the item box and dash it, it would be cheap.

That's not an escort, I don't have one. He's just a courier, and he can't even be trusted as a guardian.

Either way, when the weapon is ready.

"Yes, I can't leave the city right now, so I'll escort you when I have time."

"I hope so, but I don't have to rush, but I want a strong adventurer to be on the right rank. The Alliance is understaffed, that's all."

It seems that we have finished talking, so we leave the room. I have to go to the reception again because they won't be able to settle the crusade request.

Certainly, even if you recruit a bandit crusade request, you can't say it's too thick from the fact that there was only one B and C rank.

Just like Ain, it's possible that the level of adventurers in this town is just low.

But if this is a city where weapons production is thriving, and if it's a city of about one metal lizard and it's a level that makes a lot of noise every 10 years, I don't think there are many high-ranking adventurers.

High-ranked adventurers will use a good weapon, and the higher the ranks, the better the materials.

It is possible that there are too few monsters, but I can't imagine that when a strong monster emerges from a situation like a forest full of monsters, it will feel like a "haha prey".

If the average level of adventurers were higher in the first place, the level would be relatively lower.

If that were the case, you wouldn't be able to use a sword that wasn't hardened. It will break quickly and unbearably.

The fact that they were practical meant that they were all adventurers of a practical level.

This means that the adventurers in this world are never so strong, and they are in a fairly rare category even at B rank.

With that in mind, I settled the crusade request and went home to sleep.

It is no surprise that weapons production will begin tomorrow.

The next morning, I went to Smith's workshop with the morning bell, and when I met Smith, I was told that the production of the wand was going well. People in this world get up early.

It seems that it will take about 3 days because Mr. Smith has some processing that needs to be left to him.

Next is the Commercial Alliance, rendezvous.

I meet with Avaut and say, "After a while from the morning bell," but somehow, I can feel it.

I seem to have been the first, but we all got together in less than 10 minutes.

Well, let's go.

Gainta leads the way into the Commercial Alliance.

They will talk about the details at the meeting again.

They say that the room will be used in important deals that have nothing to do with the Commercial Guild because it will not leak information outside unless it makes a loud noise with the magic of soundproofing. There is a usage fee.

Niaki-san will be the mediator from the beginning today.

"I have obtained permission for the new patent, it will be a new system named the new patent. The voting required to create the new system is still pending, but the system is available even immediately in the form of provisional permission. However, there is no new system that has not passed the voting until now. When I told the Alliance Master that the system was highly praised and he promised to force me to go through it with excitement, so there are no worries, but there were some special restrictions on this matter."

"Special constraints?

How much more do you want me to take?

"Yes, it is a constraint on who will provide this technology"

I don't know, maybe this new patent is the system for spreading the word.

"Specifically, the company that sells this technology will be vetted by the state and will only be licensed to provide the technology to the vetted organization. It is also forbidden to sell outside the country, and all persons engaged in knowledgeable work will be vetted by the state."

Does that mean you're monopolizing technology in your own country? Well, from the national point of view, what is necessary? War.

There must be a balance between countries and a lot of important things.

"Is it about war or something?

"War hasn't been going on for centuries, if you refine more metal, you can sell it abroad, it's just a matter of trying to monopolize profits domestically, a way to earn foreign currency."

Hey, give me back my serious thoughts. It's gold after all.

Well, it wouldn't be a problem at all. I am not willing to pursue my interests against my country.

Miyas and the others are nodding.

"Okay, by the way, what's the price?

Gainta answers.

"In the meantime, we are talking about selling it at a slightly cheaper price than charcoal, adjusting the price if the name spreads from there to some extent, and fixing it if the price stabilizes to some extent, but is there a problem?

"So, as a propaganda target, until the price stabilizes, do you have to change the price as you are told?

"Until then, you can understand even if you change the price, but I'm only trying to spread it to people who are somewhat acquainted, but it's slower to scale up."

Well then, it's okay, I'm not in a hurry.

"So, in the meantime, is it okay in the form of a normal patent contract with 50% profit, or a new patent if it is stable?

Niaki-san sandwiched his mouth here. It seems that it is finally time to wrap up.

They agreed, but I still have a few things to change.

"Basically, it's okay, but as long as there's not enough production equipment, you can turn my patent fee to capital investment, because it's okay to get the money a little later."

"Okay, that's it."

The contract seems to have been arranged.

After that, the contract was concluded simply by signing what Niaki-san had written on the board containing the magic stone.

Could it be the magic of the contract? It's an artifact again.

Hold on a second.

Geinta stopped me when I tried to get out of the room.

"We're talking about capital investment, but there's a high probability that coal will not be mined in time, even if we increase the amount of equipment to a certain extent."

"You don't have that many people? They certainly didn't dig much."

"There is, but if people need coal, they have an atmosphere to prepare, but from a small earthquake a while ago, people who work in the coal mine sometimes collapse, and the symptoms seem to be similar to too much magic, but there is no seeming to be any increase in magic, and I don't know the cause, it's not very important, and the question is whether people who are working now will get an understanding when they gather new ones."

Too much magic or too much magic can have a negative effect.

Wouldn't it be overflowing if I reduced it beforehand?

If the earthquake was caused by something else, it's a problem.

"Have you tried to... reduce your magic before entering?

"I asked the adventurer to try it, but after a long time before the symptoms appeared, the symptoms eventually appeared, and I realized that the closer I was to one of the tunnels, the more intense the symptoms progressed, so I was forbidden to enter the vicinity, but the nearby was a road leading to the area where the coal was most commonly harvested, the production volume dropped considerably, and now I feel like I am somehow mining in a shallow place in the coal mine."

Was it a nobi?

I mean, should someone who can use all his magic go scouting?

Let's try it or run home if we can't.

"I'm going to try, because I have a lot of magic, and I think I can work for a long time if I reduce it a lot."

"Whatever, I was a pretty good and magical wizard who scouted first. Do you have any ideas?

"Yes, I have an idea."

Well, even if you think about it, it's too much magic. A wizard with a lot of magic, but after all, it's a three-digit story. Two digits are different.

You may want to leave 1000 magic in self-defense and consume more magic depending on the situation.

I'll show you the magic difference!