The restaurant of Steno Giken.
"Hee ~, you did well."
Takeo is lightly eating udon.
"Hmm, the tin is not a taste and sound idiot either.
This much can be done with proper instruction. "
Chibinio is holding his chest in front of Takeo.
"Takeo-san, is the udon growing?"
A bell rings next to Takeo.
"It's growing.
You can eat it.
It's not just udon that has koshi.
Well, it seems that the remaining udon noodles made at lunch also appeared at dinner.
I wonder what this stock is... it's not a hard fish... is it a dried fish? "
"That's all the people can buy."
The bell rings.
"Yeah, isn't this good?
The rest will change with condiments and things to put on. "
Takeo doesn't care about the murmuring of the bells.
I see.
So, Takeo, what's going on today? "
Nio asks.
"Ah... did you hear the ringtone from Victor?"
"Yes, just now."
"Then it's good.
Be prepared. "
"Yes."
"I would like to report the case of Wang Yu to my parents today.
I told Salita, so I'll come back later... you're here. "
Takeo looked at the entrance to the cafeteria and said.
"Excuse me.
Dear Kitamizato, today we are talking about King's Landing. "
Bradley said that on behalf of the three parents, sitting in front of Takeo, Salita and Bakito stand back.
"... I'm sorry about this one."
Takeo stood up, lowered his head, and lowered his head silently.
"No, Alice has apologized too.
Besides, we are not angry with surprise.
Alice told me that you signed the contract on those terms, right? "
"Yeah, I don't think it was a bad deal.
I'm sorry it was a post facto report. "
"No, it must have been an opportunity for Kitamizato-sama."
"Well, I do the same research, so it would be a waste if the research contents were covered.
I'm sure I wanted to save time doing wasteful things, and it's worthless to say it later.
... This is the contract deposited by the monopoly bureau in King's Landing.
And here's the technical fee. "
Put the documents and a small wooden box that Takeo took out of the backpack in front of Bradley and the others.
"Did the Kingdom of Azpal really buy the ingredients we made for that amount?"
"Yes, I will buy it as the will of the state.
Well, I didn't do anything to disadvantage Steno Technologies, but... not right now, but maybe there's a risk that my pocket watch might be copied somewhere.
It will take time for development to take place.
In the meantime, I would appreciate it if you could sell it and penetrate the pocket watch to the point where it's called Steno Technologies.
Gold... do you want to count? "
"No... I trust Master Kitamizato and King's Landing."
Really?
... this time, the Kingdom of Azpal has prepared 500 gold coins for materials developed by Steno Technologies to store magic independent of the jewels used for practical purposes.
In the future, whenever the material further improves its performance, a meeting will be held with the monopoly office.
If performance improvement is confirmed in this study, please report it to me.
I'll put it together and take it to the monopoly office. "
"Yes, I understand."
Bradley and the others nodded.
"Best wishes to House Kitamizato and the Kingdom of Azpal in the future."
Takeo lowered his head.
"Thank you very much for your appreciation of our technology.
I will carve this joy into my heart and make it a force for further development. "
Bradley and the others lowered their heads.
"Yeah, well, don't fall down.
From now on, I'll be asking you a lot, so thank you very much. "
"Yes."
"I received the money and the contract, so I have to send the materials to the monopoly office."
Takeo says.
"Yes, Sarita."
"Dear Kitamizato, this way.
In our city, we created two parts, the front and the back, and indexed them with both back covers together, so we did the same thing this time. "
Salita said so and put the booklet in front of Takeo.
"Yes, the duplicate will be kept at Steno Giken and the original will be kept at Wangdu's monopoly bureau."
Yes.
And when you make a duplicate, be sure to sign it as a "duplicate."
Place Sarita's duplicate book in front of Takeo.
"... hmm?"
Takeo leans his neck.
"This is a book that was written before the Purity Book.
I can't throw it away accidentally, so can you keep it at Kitamizato's house? "
Bradley says.
"... okay.
I will store it in my study. "
Takeo nods.
"Speaking of which... aren't you talking about the alarm clock from the ringtone?"
"Why is that... more like Kitamizato and Suzune?
You told him about the alarm clock before.
Currently under development. "
"It's easy, though."
"That's not easy."
"If you make a switch needle and it overlaps with a short needle, can you make it vibrate and ring a bell or bell?"
"Yes, Suzune told me the same thing... but it's hard."
It's difficult to sail.
"Yes, I'm having trouble sailing.
Ah, and the monthly number of pocket watches has increased.
I'm coming up to 45 a month. "
"How many orders?"
"... not resolved."
"Good luck."
Takeo struggled with a bitter smile.