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Chapter 161 - Magic Sales

"Happy New Year, Carlos-sama."

"Oh, I'm so happy for you, Ars. Thanks to your efforts, my Fontana territory has grown in the last year. I hope you will continue to use your power to the fullest for the benefit of Fontana."

"Wa, thank you for your kind words. I will do my best."

"Let us see. And that's your brother there?"

"Yes, sir. This is my younger brother, Kyle. Last year, he became independent from the Barca family and called himself the Reed family. He looks forward to working with you."

"It is a pleasure to meet you, Carlos de Fontana-sama. I am Kyle Reed, younger brother of Ars von Barca."

"Yes, I am Carlos de Fontana. Kyle Reed... I hear you have some unusual magic."

"Yes, I do, your lord. It's magic that allows you to read, write and calculate accurately."

"I see. Ars is an oddity, but his brother Kyle is also an oddity. May I see how it works later?"

"Yes. But I may not be able to surprise Carlos-sama as my elder brother has."

"Hahahaha. You never know what he's going to do. He's always surprising me by suddenly doing something outrageous. You, as his younger brother, must be having a hard time."

"Yes. That's right, Carlos-sama. He is such an idiot-san sometimes!"

　Why are two people who have never met before suddenly hitting it off and cursing me like I'm a bad person?

　I suddenly thought that as I watched the conversation between Carlos and Kyle.

　The snow fell and winter came.

　And the year went by without a hitch.

　So, for my second New Year's celebration, I had come with Kyle to Fontana City.

　We went to Carlos's castle, where many other knights were gathered to greet him for the New Year.

　The difference from last year was that this time I had brought Kyle with me.

　I let Kyle, who had developed new magic, take the last name Reed.

　At that time, I had asked Carlos for permission to do so as well.

　'What kind of magic does he have and how will we use it?' were the main questions.

　I had already consulted with him before setting up the Reed family.

　However, the communication was only by letter, and Kyle himself had not met Carlos in person.

　So I took advantage of the New Year's celebration to introduce Kyle to him.

　Although he was still very young, he not only introduced himself to Carlos but also immediately got to know each other and laughed over the common ground of "me".

　One person feeling happy and another feeling a bit uncomfortable, Kyle and I finished our greeting to the head of the Fontana family.

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"It's been a while, Ars-dono. I want to thank you once again."

"It's been a long time, Peter-dono. Carlos-sama entrusted you with the defense of the Einrad Fort, didn't he? How are the movements of the Uruk family after that?"

"Well, the Uruk family suffered a great deal of damage due to your activities. It will probably take some time for them to rebuild themselves. Thanks to you, they are docilely ruling the surrounding areas after the battle."

"I see. I'm glad to hear that. However, when the rebuilding is finished, Einrad will be targeted again, right? Be careful, Peter-dono."

"Hmm. Carlos-sama is well aware of this point and has entrusted me with a large number of soldiers. I will only work to live up to his expectations. Fufufu."

"That's very encouraging... It's as if you've experienced many battles."

It gives me confidence to be praised by you... By the way, that boy is your brother I heard about? Isn't he really just a child?"

"Yes, this is my brother, Kyle Reed. He is happy to meet you."

"Yes, it's nice to meet you. I hear he has some unusual magic. I've heard that it's a magic that specializes in office work. It's not very useful in warfare, but it could come in handy when ruling a territory."

"Yes, it is. It's very helpful. I'm sure you'll find it very useful... Oh, by the way, Peter-dono, don't you want Kyle's magic to run Einrad?"

"Ha? What do you mean?"

"I have just shown Kyle's magic to Carlos-sama, and he seems to like it very much. He said he would like to use it in the Fontana family."

"What? He said he wanted to use it at in Fontana?"

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"Yes. But he meant that he wanted to have someone on hand that can use the Reed Family's magic. That's why I decided to sell Kyle's magic."

"I'm not sure what you're talking about. What do you mean, 'sell magic'?"

"In other words, Kyle will give the family name Reed to a person designated by Carlos-sama. In exchange, he will give a sum of money to the church and a sum of money to us."

"...So you're saying that he had a vassal take the surname Reed in order to use magic like [Speed Reading] and [Automatic Calculation]? He paid money to the Barca family."

"That's right."

"Is it really okay to sell magic like that, even though it isn't offensive?"

"Yes. We are a small knight's domain that has just been established, so we have done such a trifling thing. Carlos-sama also told me that I can sell magic to other knights if there are any who wish to buy. What do you think? If one of you can use Kyle's magic, I think it will be very efficient for Peter-dono, who is in charge of Einrad, which is a key transportation point."

"I can't answer that on such short notice! But it is an attractive proposition. Can you give me some time to think about it?"

"Of course."

"Thank you. Are you going to bring this up with the other knights as well?"

"Yes, I intend to, Peter-dono."

"I see. Well, I'll be sure to mention it to some of my acquaintances."

"Thank you very much! I look forward to working with you."

　I did it.

　I hadn't seen Peter in a while, and my cheeks relaxed as I talked to him.

　After greeting Carlos, we moved to the banquet room to attend the party held there, just like last year.

　The year before, I had attended the party, but I had hardly talked to anyone, only observing the knights around me.

　But this year was different.

　After all, I knew some of them.

　Peter, who was with me, had been ordered by Carlos to guard Fort Einrad after the battle.

　However, it seems that he is still participating in the New Year's celebration.

　That's when he met me for the first time in a while, and we were talking like this.

　One of the things that came up in the conversation was that I was going to sell Kyle's magic.

　Kyle would name the person that the buyer specified and ask them to pay money to Barca.

　Kyle's magic, while useful, wouldn't be used well by a normal farmer.

　The people who really need it are the ones who run fiefdoms.

　That's where I came in, and also where I decided to sell Kyle's magic.

　At least one of a person's servants could serve as an accurate calculator.

　Carlos had purchased Kyle's magic so that he could confer it on more than one person, as it would be useful in running the territory.

　I spread the word about it to the other knights through Peter.

　It was also good that I had talked to Carlos first.

　I sold the spell at a reasonably high price, saying that I couldn't sell it at a lower price than when I sold it to Carlos, but it still sold well.

　Now, if the people who received Kyle's magic would work hard, some of them might want to buy more magic next year.

　In this way, I made some money in the new year.

 

CadmarLegend Didn't think this would be it... I thought the act of naming would be more strict.

 

But I guess a naming ceremony is different for commoners and nobles.

 

For commoners, it's a very unlikely thing that is almost regarded as holy. And well, it technically is holy.

 

But for nobles, it's just a method in which they can use their powers to manage their territories. So I suppose naming for them is pretty normal.

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