It didn't take long for Bouvalle to return.
He climbed onto the stage with a somber expression, bowing towards the audience.
"Apologies for keeping you waiting. We acknowledge that there was a mistake on the part of our organizers."
He pulled out a crumpled paper from his pocket.
"Lord Dosville had, kindly, researched and determined the pricing basis.
In recent years, a new puzzle series had been created with a certain ratio between mass-produced items and originals forming the price. As the puzzle series exceeded 100 and the production quantity and demand from enthusiasts remained steady, a kind of market price had been established.
Depending on the difficulty of the puzzle, the original ranged from 200 to 600 times the mass-produced item.
The organizing committee assigned a value 500 times that of the original puzzle received by Maya.
