Skretil's Ignorance Walker

"Ah, magic surveillance, it is indeed a great invention, isn't it?"

Facing Lu Ren's words, Hestio smiled, then picked up the black tea and tasted it, as if Lu Ren, who was sitting in front of him, came to reminisce with him.

"Hmm, Miss Lu Ren, do you want to try it too? This tea was brought by the Tamar Expeditionary Force from the far east. I believe you have never tasted its flavor."

"Stop beating around the bush with me here, you know what I'm here to do."

Hestio's pretentiousness made Lu Ren very disgusted. It was already very unpleasant that the secret method would plagiarize her ideas, but now this guy came to stimulate him again.

"I'm sorry, I really don't know. Does Miss Lu Ren have any magic props you want? If you need it, just ask. As your most loyal partner, the Secret Magic Society will do its best to help you."

"Stop talking about these useless things. Were you there when the sacred object was stolen? You should also know that I was the one who proposed the magic surveillance. But now your secret society actually claims that it was invented by yourself. Isn't this a bit unacceptable?"

Since the other party insisted on pretending to be dumbfounded, Lu Ren also decided to directly ask the question directly. Now it was time to see what other excuses the other party had to avoid the topic.

"Oh? You mean, our secret method will take the fruits of your labor as our own?"

"What else? I was the one who made those monitoring nodes in the academy. If it weren't for this technology, you probably wouldn't be able to recover the sacred objects so easily."

Seeing the serious expression on Lu Ren's face, Hestio smiled again. He took the black tea that his assistant gave him and took a sip before slowly speaking to Lu Ren: "Miss Lu Ren, when the sacred object was stolen, It was indeed your magic that helped us a lot, but this does not mean that you invented this technology. You must know that our secret society only promoted this technology after nearly two months of research. Come out. Look, now no matter who knows magic or not, they can use this technology to ensure the safety of their property. This is a great invention that benefits the public..."

After saying that, Hestio paused and took another sip of black tea to moisten his throat.

"In this regard, we also admit that we did get the inspiration from you, but this technology was researched and completed by our secret society alone. And you didn't want to promote this technology at the beginning, right? We All we do is make it benefit the public instead of being buried in one person’s pocket.”

"……you!"

Hearing this, Lu Ren became angry on the spot. Didn't he mean that Lu Ren was a fool who buried treasure? He originally wanted to come here to ask for an explanation because he couldn't hold his breath, but he was so angry at the other party that Lu Ren now wanted to punch Hestio's big face. Now that I think about it, it was more convenient when I was in the North End. I could just give those who don't like it a beating, but here I have to be restricted by various rules. There is no way, Lu Ren has to continue to live here for a while. Then she has to abide by the rules here, unless Lu Ren has the ability to break these rules. But thinking that there was Bleich and the others behind the Secret Law Society, Lu Ren still endured it. If there was a fight, maybe Blexi and the others would help the Secret Law Society.

"Of course, if Miss Lu Ren wants to ask for compensation, our secret society can also provide a certain amount of money to Miss Lu Ren. After all, this technology was originally inspired by you."

"...How much do you plan to pay?"

Hearing that the other party seemed willing to pay, Lu Ren calmed down a little. At this point, even if you say that you invented magic monitoring first, it will be of no use. If you can get some treasures from the Secret Magic Society, it will be regarded as the royalties they paid.

"One hundred gold coins."

"one hundred……"

After hearing the other party's offer, Lu Ren began to think about it. The Frannia royal family had given Lu Ren 10,000 gold coins, and Lu Ren has not used up this amount until now. Moreover, they also promised to give Lu Ren 10,000 gold coins every month. Lu Ren's ten gold coins, although Lu Ren hasn't checked it during this time, he probably won't break his promise.

This hundred gold coins is equivalent to ten months of Lu Ren's "salary." Although Lu Ren is not sure how much money the Secret Society makes by relying on magic monitoring, it must be a lot more.

"Isn't this too little? Five hundred gold coins."

Although Lu Ren is not short of money now, he still has to ask for more if he can. If there is more money, it will not be too much. If it is less, he will feel that he has lost money.

"Miss Lu Ren, maybe you have misunderstood. I am not bargaining with you. The price of this hundred gold coins is based on the help you bring to the secret society. I myself also paid a lot of money. Going in, it’s not a sale.”

However, to Lu Ren's surprise, the other party did not intend to bargain with him at all. His attitude seemed to be very determined. If he said a hundred gold coins, it would be a hundred gold coins, not a penny more.

"Your secret society must have made a lot of money by relying on magic surveillance, right? Not to mention that you took my invention as your own without asking for my opinion, and you are not even willing to take out five hundred gold coins. It seems that you That’s the extent of the Arcanum’s spirit.”

"Please understand that first of all, the technology of magic monitoring was independently developed by our Secret Law Society. At most, we only got a little inspiration from you. Also, our Secret Law Society is not a business organization. What we pursue is the pursuit of the truth. Exploration, everything else is a by-product of being on this path, so we are not like those treacherous businessmen, here to deceive you or bargain with you."

After that, Hestio took out a large bag of gold coins and placed it on the table in front of Lu Ren. He continued to say to Lu Ren with his unchanging smile: "If you think this money is too small, I'm sorry. , this is not something I can decide. The money is a reasonable price given after our estimation. I hope you can accept it and hope it will not affect our future cooperation."

"Hmph, with your attitude, you still want to talk to me about it in the future? Do you think I will cooperate with you in the future?"

Perhaps because she was offended by Hestio's official tone, Lu Ren also got a little carried away at this time. She didn't have a good impression of the Arcana Society in the first place, so she simply showed her cards now.

"That's your own decision. You volunteered to be the special foreign aid of our Secret Law Society. If you want to stop cooperation, we have no right to stop you. Of course, if you want, we can also remove your authority. Take it up a few notches.”

"Who wants this bullshit authority from you?"

Lu Ren slapped all the Arcana Society certificates and props on the table, which meant that she would no longer cooperate with the Arcana Society in the future.

Hestio didn't seem to be shaken at all, and just said lightly.

"I'm sorry, Miss Lu Ren."

Having had enough of the other party's behavior, Lu Ren stopped talking nonsense with him and stood up to leave. Before leaving, he did not forget to take away the bag of gold coins on the table. After all, if you don't take it, you won't get it.

"Never again!"

With a bang, Lu Ren rushed out of the door, leaving only Hestio and his assistant in the room.

"Phew...it's finally done."

After seeing Lu Ren leave, Hestio relaxed and sat on his chair. Ever since he learned that Lu Ren came to the Secret Law Society to find him, he had already guessed what was going on.

"Sir, is this really okay? She is also a powerful adventurer after all, and she has a good relationship with Bleich and the others. If we just sever the cooperative relationship with her..."

The assistant asked worriedly, but Hestio waved his hand, indicating that she did not need to continue.

"Then what can I do? She came to me today just because she wanted money. One hundred gold coins is the limit. Can you give her more?"

"This... I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."

"That's alright. Fortunately, she is quite reasonable. If the higher-ups accidentally take action, wouldn't we be the ones who suffer? By the time the reinforcements arrive, we will be in trouble."

After solving a big thing, Hestio felt very relaxed at this time. He rested his head on his hands and began to look up at the ceiling.

"Anyway, you just need to know that we can stabilize Bleich Soltz. Only she is our secret treasure. Everything else can be discarded at critical moments. And in today's situation, It's already relatively good. It's nothing more than the loss of the foreign aid of an A-level adventurer. Although A-level adventurers are rare, they are not absent. Who knows how many A-level adventurers there are on this vast continent? ?”

After saying that, Hestio stretched and then continued to look through some documents.