Satou's here. I've heard that, "You'll die if you meet your doppelganger", though I don't know the source. Is it because you get the urge to kill it when you see yourself objectively?
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"Kuro-sama, welcome back."
Even though I moved into the main office without any sound, Tifaliza greets me in no time at all, and then she pushes the button to call the manager.
Sound of footsteps, 'dadada', that aren't fit for a lady are reverberating from the corridor.
The footsteps stop right before the door, and then someone knocks the door after enough time for a few deep breathes.
"Enter."
"Please excuse me."
There wasn't any trace of going full throttle at the corridor on the manager who opened the door.
"Kuro-sama, besides the matter about the auction, there is a report regarding the boy and the orphanage from before. Which shall I report first?"
"Start from the auction."
The latter is probably about the encounter with us during the day, so leaving it for later should be fine.
"Yes, all of the magic arms that were exhibited in the first day have all been bid as planned. Furthermore, nobles, military officers, and merchants who couldn't bid have made reservations. Total income from the successful bid is--"
"It's 30.713 gold coins. The details is in this copy."
Tifaliza's calm and melodius voice takes over the manager's triumphant report.
"We've got quite a lot for only 100 exhibited items."
"The effect from the incident where demons and monsters appeared in the Royal Capital was quite impactful. I heard that magic arms that were exhibited by other people had also been sold for three times the price."
....I see.
I guess it's not improbable for the sudden price hike since the red-rope pattern monsters can't be hurt by normal weapons that haven't been enchanted at least.
"Fumu, check the applicants levels, and prioritize the ones who are level 30 and above and have magic edge skills."
Giving magic swords to people with 1-digit level is meaningless after all.
"Certainly. And also, a special request for a magic sword has come from Sir Heim of Shiga Eight Swords."
"A made-to-order magic sword huh..."
It sounds quite interesting.
After getting the chant orb, making a one-of-a-kind magic sword without burdening Arisa and Mia sounds fun too.
"I can't do it right now, but inform him that we will consider about it positively."
"--Yes, understood."
Looks like she didn't think that I would receive it, the manager's response was slightly delayed.
The manager pulls herself together, rolls up the list on her hand and then continues talking.
"The prime minister requested that we don't sell magic arms to merchants who deal with foreign countries. This is the list of them."
I receive the list from the manager.
The house of Souya boy I met today is in that list. It's no wonder that they're in the list since it seems they have dealings with the weaselkin empire and the continent west.
The prime minister probably sent the sales control request because he wanted to prevent powerful weapons getting to foreign countries.
"It should be natural for us to think about the national defense."
"Then we will handle it as is. Kuro-sama, I'm thinking of asking for tax concession from the prime minister for undertaking the request, would you permit it?"
"Do it."
The manager is shrewd unlike me.