Episode 7 Episode
5. Selling future technology (1) After
jumping down the mountain, Yuma took a deep breath and regained his composure.
‘I almost died as soon as I came to the capital.
The first princess never forgets even trivial things. I’ll have to visit Adeline Woods someday. The relationship between the first princess and Baris is not something to worry about right now.’
Adeline Woods was also one of the essential figures in the Dragon Horse War.
She became a disciple of the dragon and made a significant contribution during the dragon horse war.
No one expected that a Woods wizard, rather than a Povian wizard, would become the dragon’s apprentice.
I tried to watch Hella Rosé from a distance, but only one more homework. It was truly heavenly luck that Zishka Roget showed mercy.
The person Yuma went to to end the affair with Mero was Puang. Target Puang.
A person called a money ghost by the common people and a money bug by the nobles.
Along with excellent skills, Puang, who gradually increased his wealth through transactions that emphasized certain principles, also contributed numerous items to the imperial family.
Yuma intended to visit him and make a deal.
‘I’m not a target yet. By this time, Pouang was running a medium-sized commercial enterprise.’
It was a 30-minute walk from Yuma to the top of Puang.
Yuma was about to make an offer that Pouang couldn’t refuse. Money was the quickest and easiest way for commoners to get closer to power.
Yuma had to go to a position where he could make money first.
Two mercenaries were guarding the entrance to the top of Puang. Yuma cleared his throat and approached them.
“I’m here to see Mr. Poin.”
The mercenaries looked up and down at Yuma’s shabby clothes.
“Mr Poong? Little boy, if you play around here, you will get scolded.”
“Please tell them you are here for business discussions.”
“You’ll get scolded if you play around, kid.”
The mercenaries lowered their voices even more. Yuma shrugged his shoulders saying he couldn’t do it.
“Maybe I’m training, but I look like a beggar because I’m wearing shabby clothes. Because I’m from the Woods family escort, right? I don’t know what the gatekeepers of the upper ranks believe and say carelessly.”
As Yuma put a sword aura on the sword wrapped in cloth and said, the mercenaries immediately reported to Puang.
Yuma wondered if he had such a knack for crime.
It’s been less than a week since I returned, but I’ve already committed a lot of crimes.
Infidelity knight, attempted murder, escape, and trespassing of the royal castle. Strangely, however, I felt only pleasant for some reason.
“You said that the shabby-dressed boy is a Sword Auror user and that Woods is from the Moon Guard and has something to talk about business with me?”
“yes.”
“Have you ever seen a boy his age use a sword aura?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“Have you heard?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“I’ll bring you right away.”
As soon as he heard the story, Pouang could smell the hot money.
He recombed his hair and adjusted his vest.
Yuma faced Poin with a confident expression.
“It seems like my escort didn’t know the person and committed rudeness.
Thanks for looking, I’m Puang, the merchant.”
“My name is Yuma. Thank you for your hospitality.”
“Please bring me some tea and fruit.”
It was a word of honor I hadn’t heard in a long time.
When the servant served cut fruit and high-quality black tea, Pouang watched Yu Ma drink the tea.
From being careful and not making a slurping sound to drinking it after cooling it down, or savoring the fragrance naturally. The elegance that came out of the shabby appearance was unusual.
“So what are you discussing? Mr. Yuma.”
“Give me some ears, please.”
After Puang clapped his hands twice, all the nearby servants retreated.
“Every time this happens, I feel like a noble. Business is busy, so I need multiple signals.”
“I understand. I will speak directly. Currently, Puang’s main business is trade with the East, right? On the surface, high-end furniture and various luxuries seem to be the biggest source of revenue, but in reality, the magic stones that are secretly imported are the best. The place where the magic stone is brought is the Kingdom of Helga and the Kingdom of Haseo. Is that correct?”
It’s a short story, but if it was reported to the imperial castle, the Fuang Merchant Merchant could become a sea of fire overnight.
“The smuggled magic crystals are processed into pills and sold to nobles through the black market, or are they passed on to researchers at the wizard academy as rough stones? Through orphans managed in the form of point organizations.”
Poin shook his head with a stiff face.
I had no idea that this much information would leak out.
I couldn’t even guess where this information was leaked.
It was natural. The trade secrets of the Puang Merchant Company were being kept firmly.
Poin nervously chose his words.
“Hey… It seems that Woods Street was quite interested in a merchant like me, right? It’s scary that even a retired escort knows all about it. Yuma-sama, is it possible that Woods is not a guard, but a special lease directly under the imperial family? I’ve heard rumors of such a thing.”
Yuma smiled and shook his head.
“It can’t be. I’m not actually from Woods Garhowe. I’m just a commoner who knows how to use a sword a little bit. Sorry for cheating on your career. If I didn’t do this, I thought I would have to knock out the escorts before I could meet Pouang.”
Knowing the principles of Puang, Yuma took it easy and confessed his true name.
Pouang was a man who kept strict secrecy about everything going on in the transaction.
“her. Is this a real sword aura?”
“sure.”
Yuma injected blue aura into the fork next to the fruit plate. It was a much higher level of difficulty than a large, intuitive object like a sword.
“I will make you a lot of money.
Please make a deal with me.”
“Whoa. May I smoke some?”
Even though Yuma revealed his commoner status, Pouang still had his manners. Yuma nodded, and Puang lit the pipe.
“What do you want?”
“I almost killed the knight Mero.
A wanted order is likely to fall soon, so I would like to ask you to bribe a nobleman to cover it up.”
It was an incredibly bold tone. It was the first type that Puang had met while doing business.
“…The attempted murder of a knight by a commoner cannot be solved with money alone.”
“Mero is from a commoner. Moreover, he is incompetent, so even within the Knights, he is no different from baggage. I know a few of the elders of the Templar who are in need of money.”
“Okay, let’s say you buy it with money and then get rid of the charges. Where did you get the information about our top? What is identity? I don’t think he’s an ordinary commoner. And how can I get paid?”
Puang said with a sharp look.
“I cannot give you the source of the information. Even if I told you, I don’t think you would believe me. The price will surely be satisfactory. I’m going to teach you how to make magic crystals.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Manufacture of magic crystals was a field that Puang had been researching for 5 years. Even though the Empire’s magic academy
had nailed it saying ‘that’s impossible’.
It was difficult for Puang to judge the boy in front of him. He knew the secrets of the guild too accurately to be dismissed as simply a fraudster.
“Yuma-sama, haven’t you been instigated by someone? It’s amazing that magic stone is my recipe. You’re saying that if you really clear the charges, they’ll let you know.”
“I swear. I came alone, of my own will. Would you like to hear the magic stone recipe?”
After pondering for a while, Pouang opened the drawer and took out the magical paper and pen.
“Listen. How can I shorten the period?”
Poin said with a determined face.
“A year and a half until the first harvest. Please specify the period as such.”
The magic contract was the only piece of paper even for Poin. He probably didn’t expect to use it like this.
Although it contained magical power, it was not cursed for violating the contract specified there. Black magic, such as curses, was forbidden magic.
Instead, if you broke the terms of the contract on this piece of paper, a magical brand was stamped on your forehead.
A stigma that lasts 10 years. That meant that all wizards in the world could use the branded subject as a test subject at any time for 10 years.
“It must be expensive paper.”
“Wouldn’t this be a little more certain? Please sign.”
Yuma signed it in cursive. Puang noticed Yuma’s aristocratic handwriting.
“Then I’ll let you know right away.
The secret of the magic stone recipe.”
“Can’t you write it down and give it to me?”
“It’s very simple. You can make magic crystals into powder and sprinkle them on the field like growing crops. You can use the blood of monsters or animals as fertilizer. Of course, human blood works too, but I don’t want to recommend this. If you give it good blood, it will grow and grow on its own. However, the effect is slightly less than that of real magic stones. You can get half the performance.”
“yes?”
Since it was such a precious item and subject to special management, no one had ever used it as a seed by making magic stones into powder.
“Haven’t you ever thought that it’s strange that even a single merchant sells magic crystals, even though there are many demon caves in Helga Kingdom and Haseo?”
“If this method is real…
“You just need to be mindful of security. It would be better to borrow land from a foreign country for cultivation and to make paintings imported as if smuggled.”
“Heh heh heh.”
It was such a simple method.
The back of my head was tingling. Poin took a deep breath of smoke from his pipe.
“It feels like the dragon is playing a practical joke on me.”
“It takes about a year to harvest. If you harvest more than three times in the same land, you have to take a break for at least five years. We do need an Arch Mage to manage the magic stone field. If you just sprinkle blood on it, it could cause a magic crystal explosion. It’s a blast that the average mage can’t handle.”
In fact, Puang planned to find out the magic crystal manufacturing method that Yuma had mentioned on his own a few years later during a deal with Helga Kingdom.
The secret that the Kingdom of Helga, driven into a corner by the Kyle Empire’s invasion, handed over to Puang in exchange for the purchase of nobles.
The original history was that the Puang Merchant Merchant was reborn as a super-large merchant corps due to the monopoly on the magic stone manufacturing method, and that the Helga royal family escaped death.
“If I ask you how you know, you won’t tell me? It’s the first time I’ve ever dealt so cautiously. Can you really make magic stones that way?”
“We will tell you more later. Looks like Puang and I will have a lot to do for the time being. Besides the magic stone business, there are several other items.”
Poin looked at the boy in front of him who was just escaping Atty.
He was like a lion sent by someone to test himself, or like a devil.
An unknown person who knows too much for his age and status.
Poin sucked deeply into the pipe.
Poin didn’t know. Sooner or later, the actual top performer at the top will be Yuma, not himself.
“It is difficult to tell whether it is a toast or a toast.”
“One thing is for sure. If Puang-sama hadn’t signed a contract with me, I would have gone to another guild. And I’m going to get all the cards out of there that I haven’t told you about yet. If they show me a little hospitality, then I might be able to solve various secrets of Mr. Puang over a cup of tea like this.”
Yuma took a sip of tea and said.
“Are you starting the transaction with blackmail?”
“It’s a threat. I’m just letting you know so you don’t make a mistake. Whether it’s a toast or a toast, you have to raise your glass.”
“Whoa…
” “But don’t worry too much, I’ll give you a lot of money. The Puang Sang Dan will soon be reborn as the best caravan in the empire.”
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