The Chairman of the Seditch Magic Tool Trading Company… Sei
Riverstar. I knew his name, but I had never met him in person, so I was
curious about him.
When he visited Lilia-san, I got the impression that Sei-san was a
middle-aged man with a distinctive white beard, having a gentle face
and strong light in his eyes that gave the impression that he was an
experienced old man.
[It's nice to meet you, Miyama-dono, I've heard a lot about you lately…
It's an honor to meet you here in person.]
[Ah, no, I'm also happy to meet you. It's nice to meet you.]
[Underworld King-sama, Chairman of the Seditch Magic Tool Trading
Company… and even "The Great Sage of the Dead", we have quite the
frightening guests huh. My Lady?]
[Y- Yesh!]
[…Could you at least hold out a little longer.]
Apparently, it seems that not only Kuro and Sei-san, but also Sechs-san
is a fairly famous high-ranking demon in the Human Realm.
What's more, he's the one who built the foundation of the magic school
and is known as the Great Sage… The Guardian of Heavens, The Great
Sage of the Dead, also adding the First Hero to that… Kuro's family is
really filled with outrageous people.
[…Even if Kuro is like that, she's still the Underworld King huh.]
[Kaito-kun, can't you at least keep your inner thoughts to yourself. You
said that out loud.]
While responding to the words I muttered, Kuro had the necklace I gave
her yesterday on her chest… I'm honestly too embarrassed to look at
her properly.
Anyway, I show the visiting Kuro and the others to the reception room.
Sechs-san and Sei-san then said hello to Lilia-san, and started to get
down to business… Wait, arehh? It's just that I feel like I'm forgetting
something very important.
This visit certainly is about greeting Lilia-san, but it's also supposed to
be about the rights for the calculator I proposed… but did I tell Lilia-san
that?
[Well then, Lilia-sama. Please have a look at this one.]
[…This is? Is this a magic tool?]
[Yes, it was Miyama-dono's idea and we gave it shape.]
[…Huh?]
After Sechs-san's explanation, Lilia-san stiffened as if time had
stopped… Ahh, shheeeeettt. I really didn't tell her huh…
And then, Lilia-san turns her head towards me as if a creaking doll
creepily turns its head, and mutters in a voice that seems like she's
crawling out of a well.
[…Kaito-san?]
[Y- Yes!?]
[…What does that mean?]
[Ah, no, that is… I asked Kuro before if she could make a tool from my
world…]
When I replied to Lilia-san, frightened by Lilia-san's expression that
seemed to say that I did something again, she became silent for a
while… before she lets out a big sigh.
[Seriously, Kaito-san, you're always, always… Haahhh… Please excuse
my actions. Sechs-sama. So, what's that magic tool you're referring to?]
[It's this. It's a magic tool that could help you calculate.]
[Calculate!? With a magic tool!?]
It seems that the people of this world have a strong belief that magic is
magic while mathematics is mathematics, they're different things, so
Lilia-san looked surprised at Sechs-san's words.
And then, Sechs-san takes out a magic tool about the size of a ping-pong
ball… wait, that's really small! Is that supposed to be a calculator?
When I was confused by the fact that it's smaller than I expected, Liliasan touched the magic tool with a nervous look on her face.
Then, the magic tool emits a faint light, and numbers and formulas
appeared in midair.
Whoa!? These numbers float in the air, and you just operate it by
touching it… Isn't this completely beyond our world's calculator? Ah,
no, it may not be able to do complicated stuff like function calculation
but… Once again, magic really is amazing.
Lilia-san manipulates that magic tool for a while and turns to Kuro and
the others, with an astonished expression on her face.
[…It's a wonderful magic tool. Not to mention the various companies,
even the nobles and the royal palace would want this…]
[Yes, as for that magic tool, it was our company that created it but… the
inventor is Miyama-dono. And, Miyama-dono is a person whom
Kuromueina-sama is intimate with… Naturally, our company wouldn't
half-heartedly treat him.]
In response to Lilia-san's words, Sei-san spoke the part that seemed to
be the main point.
[And our company thinks that Miyama-dono is entitled to half of the net
profit.]
[I see, I get the gist of what you're saying now. That means that from
now, Kaito-san will be receiving large sums of money on a regular basis.
And you're asking our family as a point of contact and the one who will
manage it…]
[That's not it.]
[…Eh?]
Apparently, Lilia-san thought it would be a good idea to lend me the
name of Albert Duchy to do business with the company, and she was
about to firmly tell them that she was agreeing, but Sei-san interrupted
her while she's talking.
[Miyama-dono wishes to transfer the profits generated by this magic
tool to the Albert Duchy.]
[…Huh? E- Errr… I- I'm sorry. I think I just misheard you… Can you
please say that again?]
[Miyama-dono wishes to transfer half of the net profits generated by
this magic tool to the Albert Duchy.]
[…Huh?]
This time, Lilia-san froze completely.
After a moment of silence as if time stopped, Lilia-san showed a
surprised expression and leaned forward.
[That's no good! Those profits should be given to Kaito-san! I can't take
that from him!]
[No, but Miyama-dono himself wishes to…]
[That's still no good! There's no way I will accept tha—– [ Lilia-chan. ]
——!?]
If you think about it, it might be natural for this to happen, as Lilia-san
is so serious that she can't seem to be convinced for the profits to be
transferred to her, and is throwing out words of denial with a frantic
expression on her face, but then Kuro, who had been silent, opened her
mouth.
[…Kuromueina-sama?]
[I can see your point, Lilia-chan. You can't agree to receive the profits
from Kaito-kun's work when you haven't done anything, right?]
[…Yes.]
[But you know, Kaito-kun, he doesn't need money at the moment. No,
rather than just not needing money, he even has more than 100 white
gold coins right now, right? Wouldn't it just be troubling him if he just
got more?]
[T- That is…]
Lilia-san slightly hesitated because of what Kuro quietly said.
[And Kaito-kun, after a year… he will go back to his world, right? If you
think about it in Kaito-kun's position, taking on that kind of hassle
would just be a hindrance instead, don't you think?]
[Of course, as I said before, I understand how you feel, Lilia-chan. So,
why don't we do this? Kaito-kun has the rights until Kaito-kun returns
to his world, and then, after Kaito-kun leaves, the rights will be
transferred to Lilia-chan. What do you think?]
[…I- Indeed… If it's that…]
I guess it's to be expected of Kuro, as she offered a good compromise
with Lilia-san, and she nodded and looked like she's considering it.
I thought that was the end of the conversation, but Kuro now turns to
me and speak.
[But Kaito-kun, you don't need any more money now, right?]
[Yeah, honestly, I don't think I could even use all the money I have right
now…]
[Unnn. So, let's do this then… while Kaito-kun is in this world, I'll buy
out those rights.]
[Buy them?]
[Unnn. Though I say that, I'm not saying I'll purchase it with money.
Kaito-kun looks like you wanted a Teleportation Magic Tool, so in
exchange for those rights… I will make you a Teleportation Magic Tool.]
[ ! ? ]
Kuro's suggestion certainly was a welcome one.
I currently have more than 1 billion yen in Japanese yen. It's unlikely
that I'll be able to spend it all, so just the thought of my money
increasing just troubles me.
I've been wanting to get a Teleportation Magic Tool, and I was just
thinking of buying one.
However, since I have no knowledge of magic tools, I thought of
consulting Kuro to get a good one, but I'd be grateful if she could make
it for me.
[Of course, since it's in exchange for the rights… I will not half-heartedly
make it. I will make it the best one in the world.]
[T- That kinda sounds amazing… Ah, speaking of which, I forgot to
mention it before but I had something I want Kuro to look at…]
[Unnn…]
[Shiro-san gave me this magic crystal before but…]
[From Shiro?]
Perhaps because we were talking about magic tools, but I suddenly
remembered the magic crystal Shiro-san had given me before.
In the end, I had been busy with all sorts of stuff, so I had been out of
my mind but… If I were to think about it, there's no way that Shiro-san,
the God of Creation, would give me something that simple.
So, I asked Kuro to have a look at it.
Taking the white magic crystal I brought out of my magic box, Kuro
looked at it, and after looking at it from various angles… Kuro looked
amazed.
[…Shiro, what in the world did you create now…]
[Errr, as I thought, it really isn't just an ordinary magic crystal?]
[…Unnn. Ordinary magic crystals absorb and store the magic power in
the air. Each magic crystals' purity was categorized based on how fast
and how much capacity it can store but… This magic crystal doesn't
have such a concept.]
[…What does that mean?]
What the heck, I have a very bad feeling about this.
That airhead goddess… What kind of outrageous thing did she send
me?
[That magic crystal…"is creating magic power from the inside" and "it
has the capacity of around the same as the amount of the total magic
power of all high-ranking demons"…]
[…Huh?]
[As expected of Shiro, this shouldn't have existed in this world… or
rather, she just made something that exceeds common sense…]
[...…]
Shiro-san, seriously, what did you do!? You just created something that
exceeds common sense!? T- This is really outrageous… Or rather, Shirosan herself is really preposterous.
[Hmmm. Let's see. Do you want me to make a magic tool out of this? If it
were to be made from this magic crystal, you can even teleport from
Human Realm to Demon Realm, and you can reuse it in a few minutes.]
[…T- That sounds very tempting… Can I ask that?]
[Unnn, leave it to me.]
It was obviously something that's beyond my control, but even if I send
a tsukkomi to that airhead goddess, an airhead-like counter would just
return.
So, I decided to ask Kuro to turn it into a magic tool for Teleportation
Magic.
It's true that if I can go to the Demon Realm as well, it would be easier
for me to visit Isis-san and other places, and I also wanted to have a
means of transportation.
[…Kaito-san's range of activities will be expanding?… I feel like I'm
getting dizzy…]
As Kuro gave me a gentle smile, I thought I saw Lilia-san mutter to
herself, looking far into the distance.
Dear Mom, Dad—— Kuro and the others visited, and we had a bit of an
argument over the rights to the calculator. After that I found out the
details of the magic crystal that Shiro-san had given me earlier. As I
thought, if it's regarding that person—— Just about everything is too
absurd.