128 The settlement comes at the end of the tunnel (5)

Considering the land and buildings, I was happy while sleeping, and clay was full even if I didn't eat.

Dione hit Clayo's back hard, his mouth wide open from imagining a rosy future.

"What are you looking at? Here! Take it."

Dionne, who was completely sincere in his business, glistened his eyes and stuck out a heavy paper bag to Clayo.

There was a mood where I couldn't help but ask a few questions.

"Is this book... so touching?"

"A blue-blooded monarch lives in an isolated, dilapidated castle in Isberg, the land of ice. And the woman who was sacrificed to him came....”

"I guess they're falling in love."

"Yes! Arshenier, the cold-blooded monarch who sucks the blood of the living, and the beautiful maiden Luminetta are inseparable.I cried a lot when the final movie came out last year, and this extra episode about my childhood is even more so!"

At this rate, I thought I would talk about novels all afternoon. Clayo, who took the paper envelope, cut off Dionne's horse.

"I'll read the back myself. It's not fun to read the whole story."

"You have to read it and tell me how you feel! I've read countless novels in my life, but it was the best!"

"It must have been really impressive."

Dionne, whose eyes are wet again, took a handkerchief embroidered with violets.

It was Clayo, who was walking around with Dione and had never felt shyness before.

As the left and right sides of the boulevard are all under construction, all kinds of places were dug up and covered with dirt, and it was fortunate that few passers-by passed by.

Sunday was also a day off for the workers.

Clay and Dionne walked between the closely built scaffolding of the hotel. There were guards at the scene, but they recognized Dionne's face and left him smiling.

The two men and women with quite serious faces were not talking about business or redevelopment of the O'Reillys area.

"You can laugh at the fact that you're 20 years old and you're crying over a novel. Just looking at the main characters heading toward catastrophe, I can't help but feel restless!"

"Reading is a good hobby, so why laugh at it?"

Dionne's face slowly returned, perhaps calming while he was speaking. Dione, who wiped her wet face neatly, returned her handkerchief to her handbag.

Before they knew it, they circled the site of the hotel building half-round.

Although only the basic construction work has been completed, it seemed to be a very delicate stone building from the perspective.

"The hotel's goal is to open by next year's social season. I looked at the design of the hall and I think we could have a debut party with that much. In five years, you'll be able to get a much higher rent.”

"Oh, I'm really looking forward to it."

"But why does the Royal Counsel want to see you?”

"The Royal Counsel?"

"There is something we need to discuss regarding patents related to the Mining Bureau's business. I received the document and found that you applied for the patent perfectly. Even the attorney for the application is Sir Lawrence Kinney, the highest-ranking royal consultant."

"The highest appointment... You must be a great person."

"He's been using the law as a tool on the king's side for 25 years. They say they know all the precedents of the world. I'm a member of the Beopbok aristocracy.”

"Then you're treating it as a royal matter rather than a mining office."

"So it's all the more mysterious. Why is he applying for your patent? The gentleman, who couldn't see his face once, called me and begged me urgently, so I set a schedule for this afternoon. Now, it's your turn to explain to me what happened."

“!!!”

For the mining bureau, there was only one case to be linked.

"Tiflumeter permanent activation magic?"

Dionne asked back the long word without a word of pronunciation.

"Ha, that's why you said the documents were only 'official' because of the confidentiality clause! Believe me in the excuse that I stumbled upon such a law school on a field trip?"

"But it's true. It was possible because of the 'prediction' sex."

"Let's make a more sincere story. How about setting up a setting where you're the hidden child of the goddess of Manemos, or finding out in return for saving the spirits from the king's forest?"

It was a colorful Dionne who said, "Don't lie like a book buff."

Clayo himself couldn't believe it.

"If Fran is a spirit, is it a spirit of revolution?".’

"Lady Dionne, trust me."

"That's good. You're muzzling. What a sudden burst of laughter."

As the waiter approached him to take the order, Dionne made a sour face as if he had been angry.

The meeting place with the lawyer was a tea room at the historic Leyton Hotel.

All seats were divided into compartments, so it was good to have a secret conversation, but Dionne was so noticeable even when she was sitting behind the partition.

Clayo ordered ginger milk tea for his part and black tea for his part without asking his doctor, and she gave him the key points.

"The patent fee varies widely depending on the deadline, method, and scope. The Mining Bureau has been looking for a complete transfer of authority. That's how much I asked for..”

Clayo quickly cut off the horse, fearing that he would be shaken by the amount.

"No matter how much you offer, you don't transfer. Since the T-Flume mine is only Albion, it will be inevitable to monopolize it, but they will limit the license to five years. If we need an extension, we'll discuss it again."

"Why?"

"Dubris mine belongs to the royal family, right? The Royal Counsel also wanted to meet us on the weekend in a place other than the Mining Bureau. Then the contractor must be a Melchior degraded individual.”

"Yes, he is the only one who has the authority to dispose of the royal property."

"That's why."

Clayo lowered his voice carefully.

"For me, it's not wise to give him the whole T-Flume school meal."

Dione, who folded the fan in half, shone in the snow beyond the race.

"You're sure that the person you choose will be the one who causes eclipses and you act like that."

As much as it was a public place, Clayo understood her intentions.

Every king of Albion makes a solar eclipse at the moment of the coronation. Clayo chose Arthur, not Melchior.

"Technically, it's not me, it's the author's choice..’

How can we deal with the problem if we give Melchior the right to process new materials that will change the future of the continent?

"That's right. After the eclipse, we're going to sign it again. Until then, please negotiate in the direction of receiving the fee. Rather than settle the production ratio, it would be better to get a deposit even if the amount is small."

T-flume was a major strategic resource.

If there was a war, it would be difficult to properly collect patent fees.

"It's wise to take the money out of Melchior's pocket in advance at this point. It doesn't damage the country.'

"That's very good faith. Does the faithful know this inside story?”

"No, no. What are you going to do with the air in your head in advance? It's not the right time yet."

"Ha-ha, you're my partner who's fair to everyone. It makes me feel better to know that you're not the only one who's acting like that."

There were many stories that went on the pretext of telling later, so there was a heavy bone in Dionne's words.

Clayo just pretended he didn't notice anything and turned the subject around.

"Lady Dionne, and the fee for this....”

"Well, I'll just pay for the paperwork. Just 1%. It's a total service, right?

He examined Dionne with a suspicious look.

"Thank you, but what can I do for you?"

"Oh, my God, you don't trust people! There's the bookstore I stopped by in the O'Reillys district. The little three-story building."

"Yes."

"That's mine. After you gave him the information, he brought it to his soul and bought it. After that, I only repaired the building. But it became quite plausible.”

Dionne's building was across the street from the site where Clayo bought it.

She went to look after Clayo's work and didn't know when she took her share.

"…you're also a wise man, Lady Dion. I'll be grateful for this favor."

I tried to calm down, but the pupil earthquake did not stop in Clayo's eyes.

7.8 million dinars. You can rip it off like this...?’

Of course, in the last manuscript, Fran was elated and shouted that his formula would be the best scientific achievement of the century.

However, Clayo, who could not explain exactly how the ceremony was made, just felt guilty after accepting a huge bill that was signed with delight.

"No, of course I'm not going to take it if I'm going to."

I saw it before my eyes, but I couldn't believe Dionne's negotiating skills.

Dionne, who had been confronting an old gentleman with a white beard and sharp eyes, succeeded in confirming the low price with a magic fee of five years.

Clay had no time to add his words during the war of words that drew precedents for honeycomb originality raised by beekeepers 72 years ago.

"As I've heard, Lady Dionne is very clever. A talent like Lady shouldn't have been taken away by wizards, but brought to the melodrama.”

Melodyne was the best law school in Albion, where she had to graduate from law school and go through training to become a lawyer.

"Road Kinear, if you'll be generous enough to find me a lawyer's office, I'll still be in the Melodyne."

"Huh, I'll keep it in my mind. Then let's exchange the phone for a moment and make a confirmation. Lord Swain, stay here."

While disappearing after skipping a phone call to Melchior to see if he was trying to report the negotiations, a sturdy knight, Swain Temple, who came to escort the old gentleman, greeted Clayo.

Starting with a bad relationship during the summer vacation, he became quite familiar with the Swain, who was involved in the Masu incident and came to protect the gate of Manemoshine.

"I heard you haven't recovered your health yet. Can you come out like this?"

"Do you know that the Ethers are not a deadly disease?"

"Lord Clayo, unlike me, is so....”

She was a strong muscular and muscular woman that everyone would envy.

Swain paused, not knowing how to describe Clayo's poor physique, which is likely to break if he falls down, so that he won't be offended.

Dionne, who was drinking the rest of the tea, smiled at the sight of it.

Clayo managed the situation roughly.

"Thank you for your concern. But I'm fine."

"Really?"

"Is there any reason?

"But from what I hear....”

The honest article seemed to be hesitatingly worried about seeing Dione and Clayo.

The quick-witted Dione stepped out to the powder room for a while.

"…Prince II has ordered an investigation into Sir Clayo. You'll have to be careful."

"That's probably what the whole social world knows. What will happen to me who never comes to school. You'll see."

I wonder what's new about the old rice cakes.Even if I went, I couldn't get away from someone who was genuinely worried, so I answered sincerely.

"If you know all these reps who look so far away from the social world, can you call it a background check? Aren't you using the megaphone to ask me what I'm doing?'

"It's not something to be taken lightly. My colleague, who trained with Prince II as a child, was my colleague. Well, it's not a well-known story, but....”

Villan is already sending an assassin who is being marred to kill his own brother, and I wondered if there would be any reversal.

by the way

There was a twist.

"You're a blood freak?"

"In my childhood, small animals were sacrificed, and after a little growth, the horse died. They say it's an accident, but the words that are true to the royal family are not so easy to run wild."

Clayo's face was grimaced.

"When serial killers are young, they start by killing small animals, and the target of murder is getting better."

"After coming of age and starting to make a name for himself as an engineer and a prosecutor, there's no more talk about animals that can't be said… There's no way anyone who's ever given an innocent blood to a sword can stop it. That's what some articles think."

"Thank you for the difficult words. I'll be extra careful."

"Phew, I'm afraid I put a burden on you by saying something useless."

"Not at all."

The lawyer returned between the prosecutor and the wizard, who was facing him with a serious look. Dione also came to his seat on time, and the whole contract was quick and fast.

Now that we have a way to process the T-flume, we're going to have to wear it out.

Lawrence, who had packed all the documents after completing all the procedures, took out a stiff business card and handed it to him.

"Then I'll step back. If you have any message for Melchior, or if you have any questions, please call me."

Behind the name of Royal Counsel Lawrence Kinney, there were only a few short numbers.

"Okay, thank you."

"I'm very happy that this kind of cheerful contract is rare. I'm going to have to pop a champagne with the master.”

"I called back and asked my waiter for a bottle of Ekarat acid rosé champagne. I hope you like it."

"I'm glad Lord Kinney knows how to relax."

While Dionne and Kinear shared a courtesy greeting with no soul, Clay was completely obsessed with a different idea.

"Did he even give the prince of a country a hard set-up like a serial killer? Aslan is Arthur's enemy, but he has his own cause and purpose.’