Is it true that that liar will become a court magician?
A mage guild in a rural town in the western part of the kingdom.
The head of the guild was having a drink at home with the deputy head of the guild after work.
Leaving work early and drinking the expensive liquor bought with the proceeds was an everyday occurrence for the two men.
The mages in the field would work until midnight, while they would finish their work early and spend their time on their own.
The guild leader believes that this is efficiency and the right of those above them.
It can't be true. I'm a woman who served for three years and could only do chores and simple crystal ball making. In the first place, when a woman is trying to work with magic, she's just taking the world for granted.
You're right, Guild President. You have no idea.
The deputy guild leader nods and then says, "But if that was the case, what was that carriage?
"But if that's the case, what was that carriage?
"Even a poor man could do it if he only borrowed a good carriage. I guess he was trying to look good to return the favor.
I see. You're very good at that. I see.
The truth is, he's just an incompetent, useless piece of work. There's nowhere to work in this town, I just had to leave.
He was always whining about 'the field is at its limit'. All he did was lie about how he managed to get the job done with Recovery Magic (Heal) and Intrinsic Time Acceleration (Spell Boost).
"Impossible" is a lying word. The mages will take advantage of you as soon as you loosen the reins. The important thing is to discipline them strictly. The important thing is to discipline them strictly, to make them do it until they can do it right, and to educate them until they learn to take it for granted.
"Excellent policy, Guild President. Thanks to you, our sales for this month reached a record high. Thanks to this, our sales this month are the highest ever, and our operating profit is the highest in the western region. From next month, we will start dealing with the Marquesses who like our crystal ball. It will be even busier from now on. Will you replenish your staff?
No problem. It's just one useless woman out. The field runs fine. If we can't do it, we'll just let them do it until they can. It's the basis of management to keep costs down and maximize profits.
That's quite true.
The two share a smile and drink expensive liquor that the average person can never reach.
Believing themselves to be the winners in life, they do not realize, however, that the words of the lowly mage they fired were all true.
But they don't realize that the words of the lowly mage they fired were all true.
That she had dismissed them as useless, but she was supporting the scene at the very last minute, doing an enormous amount of work while assisting her colleagues with magic.
That the unusually high operating profit margin compared to other mage guilds had all been created by her.
And that the signs of downfall were creeping in step by step.
Without knowing any of this, the two men were drinking until dawn.