Price of Management

After the meal, my father stood up first.

“Thought I'd write Rick a letter. If you mock him for being weaker than me and Caroc, he'll be even more devoted to training than he is to being upset. ”

“Hahaha, you're right. ”

Arthur agreed, clapping his hands.

Rick, who has a strong fighting streak, is probably trying desperately to keep his medication up.

“I'll take another look at the book on animosity and return home. ”

“Yes.”

“Good bye to you and your wife. ”

I left the mansion after saying good-bye to my family.

* * *

A nice little three-story mansion that me, cis, and Julia invested money in together.

After leaving for Vatan last fall, I returned home for almost half a year.

“Here I am. ”

As I go inside, Sis and Julia rush in to greet you.

“Here you are, shorty! ”

“... Nice to meet you. ”

When I saw the two women, I also felt satisfied. Anyway, they both came to see me. You good guys.

But when I saw Julia, my face suddenly turned red.

This pair features wavy red hair and a black dress for a chic fit. And big lips......

When I remembered what Julia did to me with that lip when she got sick, I couldn't face her properly. I still felt that soft feeling.

Shhh.

I pretended to be the one who tried hard.

“You've been doing well without me, haven't you? ”

“Yes, I'll show you last quarter's work report. ”

Instead of leaving it to Julia to manage, Caroc was allowing her to submit quarterly work reports in quarters of a year.

My work reports show that sales have grown considerably. Caroc Armory sales were equal to a year's worth of land tax.

“That's impressive.”

“Oh, yeah. Who's the boss? Did I do well? ”

“Yes, very good. ”

“Then give me a prize! ”

“…… Huh? You want me to raise your salary?”

“I can take care of that! Give me the prize that I've always given you. ”

Then Julia sticks her head out.

Ah...

When I realized what she wanted, I stroked her head.

“Well done. ”

“Ufuhu.”

Julia smiles at you like a fox. Then, this time, Sis reached out her head.

“Yes. Sis did well. ”

Whatever it was, I stroked Sis' head. Julia protested because she was fierce, but ignored her lightly.

We had dinner together and had some small talk.

I got excited and drank a bottle of wine.

After the drink, Julia gets excited and talks about the Caroc Armory.

“… you know what's amazing? Gross sales are a high proportion of armor delivery deals, but about half of the net profit comes from the sale of high-end armor made by skilled artisans and above. ”

In short, it was more profitable to sell a few expensive pieces of armor to a wealthy knight than to deliver weapons in bulk to the army.

Well, yeah. The red misrel coat I'm wearing is worth less than the land I'm in. Selling luxury items that are usually filled with a lot of bubbles makes money.

“Everyone's dying to buy armor made of the finest materials by skilled craftsmen or the best Goose craftsmen. ”

This has happened since the gift of the sword to Duke Meutt.

“Of course. Anyone with a sword wants to be Duke Meutt." ”

“That's it! The vanity of wanting to indulge in expensive dresses and precious metals was not a woman's only possession. Top-Quality, Rare, Valuable, and more were magical words that could attract the attention of even the most stringent knights! ”

“Of course. Nobles, especially knights, are the most honorable of all. She's more of a show-off than a woman. ”

“Speaking of which, how about a strategy to produce only a limited quantity of the finest armor to increase its scarcity value? ”

“Hmm……. ”

“If the quantity is low and no one can get it, won't everyone turn on the lights and buy it? ”

Julia's offer was sound.

The dilemma of economies is often said to be limited in resources, but not because human desires are infinite.

The rarer it becomes, the more valuable it becomes. Of course, the craftsmanship of the craftsmen who produce it must be supported.

When I thought about it, I came up with a good idea.

“Julia, I've got a better idea. ”

“What is it?”

“Hire about 20 skilled painters. ”

“Yes? Painters? ”

Julia looks as if she doesn't know the language.

“Paintings of high-end armor produced by master craftsmen, Goose, and skilled artisans under his command, for a year, are crafted into books with drawings and descriptions. ”

“Kind of like a publicity thing, right? But it costs more to publish in books. ”

A typical marketing method for every trader is to post a bulletin on the town square board.

But the way I came to think of it was one, maybe two, or three, feet ahead of him.

“You should name the book 'Caroc Catalog’ and publish only 100 copies. ”

“Is this a brochure for product introduction? Then we should take more pictures and scatter them around the rich knight family. ”

“You're welcome. No one can have that book. The entire Kingdom of Leaden and the Kingdom of Orien are only sent to the 100 best unmanned people. ”

“Ah! I get it now! ”

Julia was amazed that she just realized what I was thinking. I kept explaining.

“Luxury armor produced at the Caroc Weapon Shop will sell preferentially to those with the Caroc Catalog. And the unsold armor is sold to customers who don't get the catalog by the end of the year. ”

“If you're a knight, everyone wants to get a 'Carrock Catalog'. When you get the Caroc Catalog, you get the best 100 unmanned people, which is a sign of honor. ”

“I'm going to make the catalog a symbol of the knights' honor. If we do, won't our reputation at Caroc Weapons naturally increase? Of course, the quality armor we produce will be worth a fortune. ”

“Awesome, awesome! That would be the best weapons station on the continent! Anyone with an unmanned mind would want to have a weapon made at our armory. ”

“But we need a lot of preparation to succeed in that strategy. You don't have to tell me, do you? ”

“Yes, leave the rest to me! I will hire 20 talented painters, top class craftsmen, and 100 top articles to evaluate and select commentators to advance my work. ”

Julia said confidently.

That's why I hired Julia to take the chair.

More important than an idea is the driving force to implement it. Anyone can do it with a different idea, but not many people can do it with strong mobility.

I gave her an idea of management strategies, and Julia puts herself into action with incredible momentum. When it comes to top management, I think I've already become my own man.

Besides, Julia herself loved work, so she was a precious second. You have to be nice to her.

After finishing eating, Julia went into her room to prepare a ‘catalog' project.

Sis started eating tea or picking up piles of tea and cookies.

I'm gonna go up and look at some books, too.

I went up to my library on the third floor.

There were many books in the library. Apart from books from the original family house, Julia bought a lot of books from the bookstore and filled them in the bookshelf while I was away.

Turns out there were quite a few books on animosity as well. You bought me to read.

I find Julia truly extraordinary.

At first, he was just a troubled complainer when he was together, but now there were surprisingly many nice and cute corners.

I think I promised you a gift, but I don't really remember. I'll get you one later.

I picked out a book on conspicuous animosity. The book was called "Evolutionary Necromancy."

― Originally, spirits were complete beings.

When it existed as the will of Mother Nature in the spirit system, it was, above all, complete.

The reason that such a spirit has fallen from the will of Mother Nature into an artificial form of matter is because of you.

Because you called the spirit into the material system and made a contract. The spirit falls for you.

I've been interested since the introduction.

It was inevitable that an intact spirit would become incomplete after being summoned into the material system by the Spirit. It was fresh to say that it crashed.

Yeah, it is.

If you think about it, spirits are the will of nature.

When each other's souls were connected during the initial contract, I felt the will of Mother Nature for a moment.

The magnificence and the clumsiness that you can't even fathom! I was moved for no reason, crying, laughing and horrified.

Spirits used to be like that. It was the integrity of imperfection that existed as the will of its great nature.

Because I summoned such spirits, I was transformed into a self with the appearance and personality that I wanted to be called to the material system.

That made me very thankful and sorry to Norm, Woundee and Salamander. You have to do better from now on.

I kept reading books.

⁄ The spirit you signed is now just a small fragment of nature's will. It will make you happy to be who you want to be. (Nevertheless, if you do not feel happy, it means that you do not have the qualities of a Spirit Master, and soon you will lose your Spirit Affinity completely.)

But that doesn't mean your spirit can't be complete.

Now it is just dust of nature, but there is a possibility that it can grow. That is the evolution of spirits.

After gradual evolution, such as intermediate, higher, and higher, finally becoming the Spirit King, the Spirit becomes the great ‘complete’ that carries out the will of nature in the ‘dust’ of nature.

But here we also have to remember another important common sense.