Chapter 138. The undead are prosperous! (5) Let me really step out to the negotiating table.
Each seated person startled at the same time and jumped to their feet.
Oh, the gaze is converging on me.
yes look at me i am arel
‘…is the author really Arel?’
‘Aren’t you still a child?’
Are you 16? It’s customary, but it’s past the coming-of-age ceremony, right?
Before that, don’t you know that you can hear all of them whispering among themselves?
“I feel embarrassed without knowing how you all look at me.”
Let me be nice and tell you to shut up.
They paused and sat down again.
A little strange glances come, but this time the escorts coldly greet and stare at them, avoiding their eyes.
….Looking at you.
I sat in the seat of honor and spoke in a slightly calmer voice.
“nice to see you. I am Arell Ernesia.”
“Oh, Your Highness Arell… It’s an honor to meet you.”
“Speak comfortably. You don’t have to call me to tell me. He’s a prince, but he’s not that conscious.”
As if to reassure him, I spoke in a friendly way and asked him to call me comfortably.
Don’t worry. It doesn’t hurt. It’s safe. It’s soft. It’s sexy. cute.
….of course, if you have the right attitude.
Of course, there was no one who took it so easily when I said it with a smile and was really comfortable with it.
“I know best what the people gathered here are for.
Isn’t it because of the artificial holy water?”
“Does it really have the same effect as the existing holy water?”
The messenger of the Kingdom of Damaniel could not stand it and asked a question.
“It is the same. However, the effect is weak, so you need to use a larger amount than the existing holy water.”
“then??????
“But there is no pressure at all. We can offer it at the same price as previously documented. Of course, it can be mass-produced.”
In that respect, artificial holy water is superior.
In the first place, for the money to buy a drop of it, you can buy a truckload of my artificial holy water.
There is also an overwhelming difference in production volume.
No matter how important quality is, it is meaningless if it cannot meet demand.
“However, we cannot give it away for free. For now, artificial holy water is being produced at my own expense.”
“I understand.”
“For that alone, I am grateful.”
There are no idiots to complain.
Rather, it would be more comfortable to give and receive something in return.
The scariest thing about this place is that it’s free.
There is no such thing as pure favor in the world.
Just giving means, on the contrary, wanting something.
Rather than knowingly or unknowingly being taken away, it means that proper spending is safe.
“The effect… I’ll show you.”
I gesture and Asha nods and instructs someone outside to bring it to me.
After a while, the people gathered here held their breath in unison.
What the servants brought was a cage to confine the beast.
And there were undead in it.
“What undead?!”
“Take it easy. There is no problem with the cage being treated magically. Look, it’s completely blocked, so there’s no bad smell, right?”
It was an undead that had been saved for research purposes to resolve this situation.
Considering that he was a human during his lifetime, it may be a little too much, but there is no choice but to solve the problem.
“This is to show that artificial holy water has the same effect.”
I took out a pack of artificial holy water and handed it to Seina.
Seina slowly approaches the undead and pours artificial holy water on it.
Then, the screaming undead fell down.
braided!
How are you?
“As you can see, it has been purified with this. Shall I show you again?”
“no. Enough.”
Rather than having enough, it seemed he didn’t want to see the undead anymore.
You have a weak stomach.
Is it a rather difficult sight for ordinary civil servants?
Maybe now they’re thinking that I’m a bit of a bitch.
A human who brought in and dealt with the undead himself, but did not change his complexion.
and Genius Sung, who develops artificial holy water.
It would never be the behavior of an ordinary child.
A little, but the fear of me was imprinted in their eyes.
“By the way… the price of artificial holy water? ?????
In fact, there was a decisive reason why they had no choice but to choose artificial holy water.
It was too expensive to receive the existing holy water to deal with the undead that had just occurred.
If you don’t do it right, the treasury will be empty to catch the undead.
However, even if it is cheap, purchasing our holy water is not easy.
At least each country needs the amount of artificial holy water in dozens of tons.
How can I afford that price?
“I’m sorry, but it’s difficult to pay the bill all at once.”
“I know.”
Of course, I know your financial situation.
“I don’t have the heart to ask for it right now.”
“Then?…”
“I can’t give you one for free, so I’ll pay for the artificial holy water when I’m able to pay in the future.”
Different if you can afford it.
Even so, their faces were not very comfortable.
this is a debt
At the point of receiving this holy water, I become a creditor and they become debtors.
Money, even if it is quickly paid, grace is also a very annoying debt.
“?…”
Hmm.”
“This is also the biggest concession I have made.”
In fact, it only cost about the price of water.
In a place like this, it’s a law to inflate the original price.
“If you don’t believe in my artificial holy water, it doesn’t matter if you buy holy water from the holy kingdom. I admit that it is more effective that way.”
However, it will be tens of times more expensive than that.
“Can I ask you something?”
“anything.”
“Even if you use this artificial holy water, will you be still in the Holy Land?”
It’s a blatant question.
But it was also a problem that had to be dealt with.
In any case, the origin of the holy water is the holy kingdom.
The original extract created by the saintess of the Holy Land, whining day and night.
That’s the original holy water.
Of course, if I say that I will make and sell something like artificial holy water, there is no way that Aid will sit still.
Otherwise, you may get involved in a conflict.
“I understand your concerns.”
I nodded.
“Just take it easy. My artificial holy water is not actually holy water.”
“Isn’t it holy water…?”
“The official name is artificial mana neutralizer.
The effect may be similar, but the principle is completely different. The recipe is also different.”
The recipe is different, so what?
If you don’t believe me, I can prove it.
In the first place, their technology won’t even create a basis to refute my logic.
“More than anything. I understand that the Holy Kingdom cannot provide all the necessary holy water.
They cannot protest me.”
And since the kingdom of Ernesia and the Holy Kingdom had never been friendly, it was enough to ignore it and proceed.
After all, I developed this to defeat the undead.
There is such a cause, but do you oppose it?
Seongguk will lose its cause.
On the one hand, that would be nice too.
‘Because it will be an excuse to eat thoroughly.’
Anyway, from my point of view, even Seongguk is nothing more than a bunch of guys who have the potential to annoy me in the next few years.
If there is an excuse to step on it, you can be happy and smash it.
Of course, I’m not bothered by that, and they’re not stupid either, so I won’t tackle them.
“Then decide. We can provide any amount of this.”
I smiled and waited for their choice.
There is no need to wait long.
After all, they must have already decided what decision to make before coming here.
As for the result, they all had to sign the contract I brought with them to purchase the artificial holy water.
Oh yea! I made a lot of money with this
I clenched my fists in my heart.
“Whew? It’s just over.”
After the messengers left, I leaned back in my chair and let out a sigh.
I’m tired of trying to put on weight.
“Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Arell.”
Asha approached quietly and said.
“Are you guys going to relax a bit now?”
“It’s not the time yet.”
Although they have returned, they seem to have no intention of abandoning their vigilance until they completely leave the castle.
Seina stood guard outside the gate and Dia went out to watch them too.
“…As expected, Arel-nim didn’t have to negotiate directly, right?”
Asha had been watching the negotiations the whole time, so she didn’t seem to understand.
“Were they thinking of buying artificial holy water anyway?”
“Because there is no other way.”
The answer is already decided.
“In the first place, my purpose was to pay off the debt directly to them, and the purpose was to stamp their faces.”
“Will the debt last long?”
“Would you like 1? 2 years?”
It’s not even that huge of a debt in the first place.
1? I’ll pay it off in 2 years.
‘Well, that’s enough.’
It is one to two years until the city is completed and its location is established in earnest.
It’s like the last war, and it’s troublesome if you get into an accident during that time.
Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the variable as much as possible.
At least as long as Eun-hye, who sold the artificial holy water cheaply, remains in debt, he won’t try to get into trouble.
“Anyway, by now, they’ll be teleporting back to their respective countries and talking about me behind my back.”
“These are rude people.”
“Well, they’re free to say whatever they say when I’m not listening.”
How can I even interfere with individual thoughts?
I have the generosity to laugh at that.
Of course, the story would be different if I heard the contents directly in my ears.
“What are they trying to say about…Arel-nim?”
“well?”
I’m not very interested.
If you really think about it.
“Hmm? Wouldn’t it be called a very toxic kid?”
“Could it be…? It can’t be.”
Asha shook her head, saying that couldn’t be the case.
No, you’re really going to gossip like that?
You can bet on this
As expected by Arell, the envoys who returned to their homeland began to report what had happened in the negotiating table by directly meeting their masters.
“You worked hard.”
The king of the Kingdom of Damaniel congratulated the god of death who quickly returned with teleportation magic.
“No, Your Majesty. I just did the obvious thing.”
The envoy bowed his head and reported the outcome of the negotiations regarding the purchase of holy water.
The fact that he could receive artificial holy water without any problems made the king feel relieved.
Even if it wasn’t so, he must have been worried that Arel would refuse to provide it or make an outrageous request due to his grudge from the previous war.
“….is it? In any case, I was relieved.”
However, unlike the words of relief, his face was not very comfortable.
Although it is urgent to deal with the invasion of the undead, it has opened its hands to the country that had been at war a while ago.
Although 1? Even though it’s a price to pay off in two years.
I can’t feel at ease
Today’s events will have an impact on the policy of dealing with Ernesia Kingdom in the future.
Well… the priority now is to overcome the immediate crisis.
“When did they say they would be able to supply holy water?”
“They say they can provide enough in five days.”
Five days or so. It’s not an unbearable time.
Rather, it can be said that it is a quicker response than when borrowing the help of the Holy Kingdom.
Until then, he instructed the knights who were fighting fierce battles against the undead to encourage them to endure a little longer, and then asked what was bothering them.
“What was your impression of the person named Arell?”
