497 Painter Growth and New Coins

Do you make anything but silver coins?

Think about the future of Barca Bank.

Until now, Barca Bank has been the body issuing its own currency only to prevail in a small part of the region.

But that changes, too.

It will be the main currency used for the growing kingdom of Fontana and the church where it is now headquartered.

At that time, silver coins alone would be user-friendly.

A new mine was also discovered in Baltic territory, the territory of brother Byte.

They don't know the size of the burial there, but they're also producing gold.

Therefore, it is possible from now on to make gold coins and copper coins in addition to silver coins.

Let's keep more variations.

Shall I just ask the painter to think about the coin design?

"So do me a favor, painter. We're going to make a couple of new gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins, so thank you for the design."

"Pfft. I'll take care of it, Master Barca. I've already got a few things for you."

"That's right. That's sweet."

"But now doesn't it have to be a coin?

"Hmm? What do you mean?

"This may be limited to Vulcania, but I think you have a lot of opinions that all metal coins are heavy. It's thin paper if it's a voucher you receive when you deposit it with Barca Bank, so wouldn't that be easier to interact with on a daily basis?

"Oh, you mean the notes are better. That's a tough part. It would be more convenient that way, but I have a lot of problems with counterfeiting and credibility. If it's completely peaceful, I'm sure it is."

"Does it still mean it's safer to have gold or silver on hand?

"At least you'd be more thankful that way on land other than Fontana. In the meantime, there is still great danger in switching currencies to banknotes. I'm going with a metal coin now. Say hello."

"Okay. Then we'll have it ready right away."

When I told Mosh the painter about making coins, he mentioned banknotes.

Now, speaking only of Vulcania, where the painter also lives, there may actually be more people who use vouchers than coins.

Because Barca Bank also has a deposit system that keeps money.

If you keep your money in a place called a bank, you'll receive paper like a certificate of deposit.

There are also people out there who use it for trading exchanges.

But that's only a Vulcania story, and even if it's a banknote replacement, it's not a decent banknote.

Still, paper money would be premature outside Barca.

Therefore, use gold, silver, and copper to make money.

I asked the painter for a design for it.

"With that said, I heard. I hear you've developed some new painting methods. Paintings in the main business are becoming more popular."

"Pfft. Yes, Master Barca. Even I can't stay stuck with Barca forever. You become the master everyone acknowledges. That's what I've been working on."

"No, you really did your best. Clarice appreciated it pretty much too, didn't she? What kind of technique is that?

"Right. It was the musician Cleon who inspired it. He puts magic on the sound. I wondered if I could do the same thing when I painted."

I told him that I was a little concerned about the painter who asked for the job.

This painter has always asked me to do my job to become famous, but this situation has not always been as successful as painting.

But I heard it had apparently broken its shell recently.

He says he paints a picture that draws badly on what he sees.

Originally he painted an elaborate painting as if it were a perfect reproduction of what he saw or, conversely, a gnarly painting that diverged so much from reality by what I advised him to do.

but that was just a good painting.

That changed.

The reason, he said, lies in a technique he developed with reference to Creon, who created the magic of [singing].

I exchanged promises not to tell anyone else and they told me confidentially, but apparently they improved the paint.

They usually add finely crushed demon stones to what they draw with oil paint.

The point, he said, is to change the ratio of adding demon stones by color.

Use that demonic stoned oil paint to paint with magic in the brush.

Even though it is elaborate, drawing on the experience of previous painters, magic resides in strange paintings that have collapsed by looking at the subject from various angles.

As a result, he said, once he saw the painting, he would be so immersed in the world of painting that he would be dragged into deep psychology.

He praised Clarice for saying that he had not even seen such paintings before, having just seen various works of art and such.

Well, that could be it.

Demon stones are inherently valuable, and they also use magic restorative drugs when melting into oil paint.

Maybe it's the Barca that's abundant in both of them, which is why it's a born technique.

This painter's new technique is also used in the character paintings of the ancestral king Carlos, who adorns the newly created castle of Fontana.

Many who saw it in the New Year's celebration also had a reputation for "who painted that painting".

It would mean that people finally admitted to the painter as a painter.

That new technique may not be available in coins, but a coin entrusted to such a big name painter must be a pretty good rating.

Thus, Barca Bank began to make some new coins.