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by adminEpisode 113 – New trend 3 –
“Hey. So what happened?”
“I even heard that an army of lions invaded… After that, I’m not sure?”
“What on earth happened? Why are the elves suddenly heading to the empire?”
“I don’t know. First of all, the professors and Princess Alice directly requested an embargo from the family regarding this matter… I just think there is something.”
Even as the series of events ended, the cadets were unable to properly grasp the situation.
In a way, it was natural.
This story did not even reach the emperor, who was still the ruler of the empire.
They hid the information because disclosing the information under such circumstances might cause backlash.
Either way, the professors were leading the students while ignoring their questions about elves.
This is because the field experience learning period is over and it is time to return to Jerip Academy.
“Hmm… What on earth have you done? Mr. Abraxas?”
However, not all cadets were unaware of the facts.
Aside from the people involved, Alice Tantalotta, myself, and the Holy Virgin of Healing, there were others who knew the full story of the incident.
Luna Kerenil and Theseus Winterfield, whom I had asked for help. There were two people like this.
“First of all, it is absurd that elves are heading to the empire… How much involvement did you have?”
She is a merchant.
Since they came to this country to do business, they must have done market research.
Then you will know very well what kind of race the elves are.
You know very well how absurd the current situation is.
“Yes. What on earth happened?”
Theseus also made no concessions in this matter.
The elves head to the empire.
It is said that the imperial family is far behind in power due to its power of domination, but the archduke is still an archduke.
First of all, it has the power to establish a fight with the imperial family.
As the next duke, Theseus would also not be able to ignore that.
“Not now. Because I don’t know how the emperor will come out.”
I wanted to answer, but there was nothing I could say right now.
I have never met the Emperor, although he seems friendly to me.
Since it is also questionable why the emperor changed in WFS, it is best to minimize any incidents that may cause friction with the emperor as much as possible.
And Alice seems to view Abenheim’s exile favorably.
From someone’s perspective, it’s enough to raise suspicions that the elves are coming to this land to take control of the interior or to start a rebellion.
Of course, thanks to the World Tree and other stories, I know that won’t happen.
It may be different from the emperor’s perspective.
“Once the decision has been made, you really have to stay still for a while. I don’t know if His Majesty the Emperor doesn’t mind. If you’re upset, it might end up blowing up on me too.”
“First of all, it means that you know.”
“Would you like to tell me a story related to the Lion Corps in the first place? I didn’t really block that much.”
The story that I defeated the corps commander by sacrificing a healing saint was eventually decided to be spread at the end of the meeting.
The healing saint said it was okay.
Because Alice was in a wartime situation, an exception was made, so there were no perpetrators or victims.
When I explained the story, Luna Kerenil clicked her tongue and scolded me.
“No matter how much permission was given… Such behavior… !”
“If you give permission, it’s over!
If you touch your body without permission, it’s sexual harassment and rape, but if it happens with permission, it’s called love! How important is permission!”
“So, using black magic on others… After all, it is a serious crime!”
“They say it’s painful to begin with, but wouldn’t cutting off a limb with an Auror actually be more painful?
It’s just that black magic becomes stronger when it hurts others, so it is prohibited under imperial law.”
It really is.
Before you even think about whether harming others with black magic is right or wrong in the first place.
Hurting others is itself illegal.
Of course, black magic is treated that way because it is a little different.
“Ha. Do you know how many people have suffered because of you this time? When the elves leave this land, eventually… There must be a lot of competition!”
“Good. In this way, other companies compete with each other to deliver better products to customers. Then, your image will improve and you will have a lot of loyal customers.”
“It’s because it was more profitable to sell low-quality items at a high price to elves!”
Luna Kerenil’s words are very simple.
Because of my influence, the elves are migrating to the empire, so even if I deliver goods to the elves, I can no longer gain complete advantage.
This is because even if the Kerenil upper class is the target group, it is not an overwhelming first place.
Since there were no competitors within Abenheim, greater profits were possible.
‘But it’s a monopoly.’
My heart, which deeply felt the harmful effects of monopolies such as telecommunication companies and military contracts, could not tolerate her.
It’s not the conscience, it’s the heart.
I was annoyed by the fact that they were just trying to monopolize, so I picked it up.
“Off… ”
“Would you mind telling me something simpler? Split the top. If you split the company into several parts after going public, will you end up richer?”
“What does that mean? The reason we are maintaining this position now is because we maintain a certain degree of monopoly.
If what you say is true, our family’s influence is dissipating… Then it will eventually collapse. What does that mean?”
As expected, Luna Kerenil is smart as a merchant.
I wasn’t an economist.
John Davidson Rockefeller, the largest billionaire in human history, owned Standard Oil, the largest company except for the East India Company of the 16th to 18th centuries.
His fortune reached KRW 548 trillion after his company, Standard Oil, was split into more than 30 companies.
He sold oil cheaply to maintain his oil monopoly.
As the company was caught up in the anti-monopoly law and was no longer required to monopolize, the price of oil rose.
He held shares in the split-up company and eventually became extremely wealthy.
Theodore Roosevelt, who was president at the time, summarized the situation by saying, “ These days, people on Wall Street pray, ‘Merciful God, please let us disband one more time.’”
Of course, it was Theodore who split the standard.
“As in this case, if you break it down, it might work out well. The total profit is greater if you sell 5 items for 3,000 baht than if you sell 10 items for 1,000 baht.
The sales rate was cut by half, but the price actually increased three times, so it was a benefit.”
“Hmm. It’s definitely worth considering. Thank you for this. Surely, if we split the company and take the profits ourselves… I might make more money.”
“Then that’s good. In the end, since I helped, Luna, please help me too.”
And due to my shameless request, her pupils began to shake.
This may be because it was a really sudden request.
“Suddenly?”
“You should catch it when you think you can catch it. I need to bid on something, so I need to increase my chances a little bit, right?
So let me ask you a favor. Could you please support me then?”
At auctions, sometimes something comes up that is just in short supply.
And although there is enough money in this land, there are many things that cannot be obtained due to lack of supply.
Examples include the Dragon Heart and the branches of the World Tree.
I want to give something simple to the person who gives me the most money.
Everyone has a lot of money, and there is no way the person who bid 100 billion baht will give up just because someone higher bids for 100.1 billion baht.
Auctions get incredibly messy and dirty.
“So for really rare things, special rules are set.”
“Vote?”
“That’s right.”
vote. Auction committee members consider various factors to ultimately determine the owner of an item.
First of all, in the case of money, this rule is applied as soon as the amount raised is 10 times.
Investigate all those who have declared willingness to bid to find a suitable bidder.
Among these, purpose, family, prestige, etc. are included, so it is impossible to know exactly who will be the bidder.
It was thanks to this that the elves were able to interfere with the bidding.
Money was not something that the elves did not have, so if the elves decided to go to war like this, they had to give it to the elves according to the voting system.
In this case, I’m not sure why it opened so suddenly.
“No matter what. Although I have a very high possibility of bidding just for the sake of it. In fact, we are in a weak position as to how to utilize it.
Even if I come up with something, it is unlikely that you will believe it to be true.”
“Then do you want us to support it?”
“Of course!”
“So, for what purpose are you planning to use the branches of the World Tree?”
“For really personal and private reasons.”
Luna Kerenil and Theseus fell silent at my confident declaration.
In the first place, everyone writes like this.
It looks flashy on the outside, but in reality, only a small portion of it is used, so it only has a complete assortment.
The reality is that it is used for private gain.
It’s not really a problem either.
There was no contract, and the item was purchased properly.
There is just endless competition, with each country losing its wealth and only the auction house benefiting.
This is what happened because the state made it into this form by law.
“So please consider it. I’ll prepare something cool for you.”
I don’t think she will listen straight away.
What I presented is a scenario that is likely to happen from her perspective.
“Good. First of all, there is more time before the auction takes place. Let me think about it then.”
First of all, time passed like that.
There’s still quite a bit of time left until the auction.
The carriage kept going.
After a long time had passed, we were able to reach the academy again.
What I encountered after safely returning to the academy dormitory was something very terrible.
[Abraxas Mentutihotep, the second son of the great family of the Helium Empire, Marquis Mentutihotep, contributed to the empire by taking actions that were very helpful to the national interest.
Because he was a cadet, he tried to delay awarding the medal, but his contribution was too great to justify doing so. If something of this magnitude is overlooked, it is considered that it is not worthy of the empire and is an example to other nobles, so this medal is awarded, and an honorary position in the imperial guard is also given.
– Arthur Tantalotta, the 43rd emperor of the Helium Empire. -]
no. Chew.
Why are you hitting this all of a sudden?
Why did I become a Royal Guard again?
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