Chapter 3 Paart-(3.6-3.10)

Chapter 3.6 – Change

After hearing the report of the opening of the first store on the 5th floor, Kousuke was relieved since they're having a good start. Presently, he's being surrounded by gray wolves on the 7th floor.

They were stuck in the development of the status checker divine tool guild card(plan) so Isnani advised him to go out for a change of pace.

The number of gray wolves on the 7th floor has increased and become around a hundred.

The number of individuals with <Command> skill has increased as the summoned individuals increased.

Thanks to that, the whole area around that part is completely their territory.

However, they are not enough to suppress the entire 7th floor. Considering the wolves' activity range, it might be hard for them to expand their base further than what they currently have.

On the other hand, if another base is poorly created on the 7th floor, there is a possibility of a power struggle between the two bases. Kousuke doesn't want that to happen.

When he was thinking of what to do, a wolf came near Kousuke so he stroked its neck.

The wolf wags its tail happily.

Looking at the wolf, Kousuke noticed a slight sense of incongruity.

「....Areh? Aren't you a little whiter?」

Noticing the reason for the incongruity, he compared it to others. Its color is definitely whiter.

He checked its status in a hurry.

Personal Name: Nana

Race: White Wolf

Inherent Skills: Howl LV4, Tackle LV5, Bite LV4, Intimidate LV4, Group Action LV4, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV1, Divine Power Control LV1

Blessing Skills: Command LV3, Great God's Shard(New Moon)

Title: Kousuke's Familiar, Great God's Messenger

The number of skills and titles had increased and he had never seen them before.

Other wolves don't have <Divine Power Control> and this is the first time he has ever seen < Great God's Shard(New Moon)> and < Great God's Messenger>.

It might be because oogami(Great God) = ookami(Wolf) but he can't find any other wolf with that title.

The race also changed from gray wolf to white wolf.

It's unclear if this also changed because it received special title or skill or is it because it became a white wolf that it got those titles and skills.

(Yeah…..I can't compare her with anyone because there's no one to compare her with….)

If he can see another white wolf, he might be able to compare them. Unfortunately, there's no white wolf on the summon list and he has never seen a white wolf on any floor of the tower.

For the time being, he asked Mitsuki who came to that floor with him.

「Mitsuki, have you heard white wolf or great god?」

「Great god….never heard of it but I've heard of white wolf.」

「Really….!?」

「Yes. It is a wolf that can be found in cold regions with snow.」

「Cold region….」

The tower managed by Kousuke should not have had any snowy floor so it is normal that they have never seen one.

「If you want to know more, why don't you ask someone who's more familiar with it?」

「Someone who's more familiar….? Do we know anyone like that?」

「There are people living here that used to live in a cold snowy region, right?」

「….ah, right, the elves.」

The elves who have migrated to the 73rd floor originally lived in a snowy region.

Kousuke decided to take Nana to the 73rd floor.

—Scene Change—

Presently, the migration of the elves on the 73rd floor is steadily progressing.

Release, the representative of the elves, entertained the visiting Kousuke.

「My apologies. I know you were busy with the migration works.」

「No no, not at all. May I know the reason why you came here?」

「I have something to ask you….about this white wolf.」

Kousuke said so as he stroked Nana's neck.

Nana's tail wags happily as Kousuke strokes her.

Release saw that and sighed.

「…Is that a white wolf?」

「? Yes, what about it?」

「No, I'm sorry….For us, while wolves are our natural enemies….」

「That means there are white wolves in that village, right?」

Release tilted his head slightly to Kousuke, who's listening intensely, and continued to talk.

「Yeah. Even if it is alone, it is a dangerous opponent especially if you were caught off guard. It is a very formidable opponent if it attacks in a group. Fortunately, there's no large group of them because of the harsh environment so we can deal with them.」

「….I see. That means I shouldn't bring it here as much as possible, right?」

「No, you don't have to go that far. We elves can tell if it is a wild animal or a tamed beast. Of course, if it does something bad, we will peel off its fangs immediately so you don't have to worry about it.」

「Is that so? Good.」

「Is that that the only thing you wanted to hear?」

「No, actually….have you heard any relationship between the great god and the white wolf?」

Release opened his eyes wide to Kousuke's question.

For the elves who worship nature, the great god is one of the most commonly known pillars of god.

However, he did not expect that he would hear the great god from a human's mouth.

「Isn't the white wolf just a wolf….unfortunately, I don't….」

There was a person who intervened what Release was about to say.

「Incarnation of great god, white wolf.」

It was Esena, the world tree's fairy, who spoke in a sloppy tone.

She might have noticed that Kousuke went to the 73rd floor.

Unfortunately, she's still learning how to speak properly and her words are lacking so it is difficult to convey what she wants to say.

「....The great god is the god of nature. A high elf might know more.」

From Esena's tone, Release said that there might be some sort of relationship between the great god and the white wolf.

Zepar, who happened to be in the village, was called.

They repeated Esena's words earlier and asked him if he could find something with those words.

Zepar closed his eyes and thought for a while. Soon, he opened his mouth.

「This is nothing but a legendary fairy tale, should I say it?」

「Anything is fine. If you know something, say it.」

「Understood….In the past, when this world was just created, the great god lived normally on earth and there's a story saying that the great god appeared as a white wolf. However, not in the size of the current white wolf but an incomparably big white wolf.」

「I see….」

「Although only a few of us believe it, it is a fact that it has been passed down from generation to generation as a fairy tale.」

Release nods after hearing the reason why it was not passed down to the elves.

「By the way, why do you want to hear that story?」

After being asked by Zepar, Kousuke told Nana's situation.

When Zepar and Release heard it, they broke down.

「....wha, maa」

「No, well, I don't know if it is related to that story.」

「….right」

「Anyway, that was helpful. Thanks.」

「If you want to ask anything, just stop by anytime.」

Zepar and Release said to Kousuke.

After leaving the elf village with Mitsuki and Nana, Kousuke went to see the foxes next.

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Chapter 3.7 – Chance

Kousuke, who came to the 8th floor with Mitsuki and Nana, started checking the status of the foxes.

He used to check it every time he goes there but he has been skipping on checking them recently.

Currently, the number of foxes he summoned there had increased to 30.

Like the wolves, he doesn't know how many is too much so he stopped at that number.

The first thing he did was check the status of the foxes who were hanging around the spring.

Perhaps they sensed Kousuke's arrival, a quite number of foxes have approached and in terms of status, he did not find anything out of ordinary.

Like the wolves, their highest skill level is LV 5 and most are LV4.

The foxes, like the wolves, were unable to rise in LV.

By the way, this is the first time Kousuke brought Nana there but it seems like the foxes know that they are all familiars of Kousuke. They did not fight and only sniff each other.

Their next destination is the shrine.

There are always a few foxes there.

When he tried to check the first fox, he noticed the obvious difference of it compared to other foxes.

It has two tails.

Personal Name: Wanli

Race Name: Multi-Tailed Fox

Inherent Skill: Fox Fire LV5, Bite LV4, Evasion LV4, Detection LV4, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV2, Divine Power Control LV1

Blessing Skill: Transform LV1, Telepathy LV1

Title: Kousuke's Familiar

The race name had become multi-tailed fox.

It is obvious that it is the reason why its number of tails increased.

Its differences from other foxes aside from that are the skills <Divine Power Control> and <Transform> and <Telepathy>.

Though he's also anxious about <Transform> and <Telepathy>, what caught Kousuke's attention is <Divine Power Control>.

(Just like Nana, Wanli has it too. Maybe that's the reason for their changes?)

Though it is only a complete guess, that's the only reason he can think of now.

When Kousuke is looking at Wanli, Nana, who came with him, approaches Wanli and sniffs her. Wanli also began sniffing Nana.

While watching what's happening, he thought of Wanli's skill.

(There's also transform and telepathy…. Transform is what it is but who will be the partner of its telepathy?...partner!?)

Upon realizing something, he unintentionally voiced out what he's thinking.

「Right, partner…!!」

The two animals who were playing with each other were startled.

「….ah, sorry sorry」

He patted the two while saying that.

However, Kousuke's thought is already flying somewhere.

「Nana, let's go. Mitsuki, let's go back to the management floor.」

「Alright but….what's wrong?」

Looking at Kousuke's state, Mitsuki wondered what's going on. However, Kousuke's answer answered her doubt.

「Maybe I can finally make the guild card.」

Thanks to Wanli, his problem might finally be solved.

—Scene Change—

After returning to the management floor using the teleportation gate of the 8th floor, Kousuke rushed into his workroom.

The workroom was a private room that was originally made for Wahid's group. They were transformed into workroom and laboratory.

Isnani, who was working there, stood up in surprise after seeing Kousuke rushing in.

「Ko-Kousuke-sama...!? What's the matter!?」

「Isnani, it's telepathy, telepathy.」

Isnani's eyes are black and white in bewilderment.

「….what's with telepathy?」

「Telepathy doesn't work alone. There should be a partner in order to communicate…..! 」

「Haa, of course, if there's no partner….partner!? 」

That said, Isnani also noticed.

「Yes, that's right…..why didn't we notice such a simple thing….! 」

「Maa, that's it. Let's try it immediately….! 」

「Yes….! 」

Kouhi came to Mitsuki who's watching the two working on something with joy.

「….what's happening? 」

「Nothing. He suddenly started running when he was looking at this child and now they are doing that….they are working on that tool…. 」

What happened earlier was so Sudden that Mitsuki didn't even hear anything about it when they were heading back to the management floor.

「Is that so? Do they have a chance of completing it? 」

Kouhi looked at Kousuke while patting Wanli.

「I hope so. 」

If status can be displayed on the card like object, it can be used as a guild card.

Of course, that will not be used elsewhere. Their guild will be the only one in the world that will use it.

Thinking about placing a guild branch other than in the tower village, it can be quite advantageous.

For that reason, they have not built a guild in the tower village until now.

In terms of timing, the store in the village will open up soon so it is the right time to make a guild. At least after the guild card was made.

That is why Kousuke was rushing to complete the status checking tool as quickly as possible.

Seeing the two completely focused on their work, Kouhi and Mitsuki decided to return to the management room to do their respective works.

—Scene Change—

「It's done!!」

It was only after two days after bringing Nana and Wanli on the management floor that Kousuke's voice echoed.

Considering what was done in the past, it was abnormally fast.

However, for these past two days, Isnani and Kousuke had not been eating nor sleeping.

It can be said that until the desired result comes out, they will not stop working on it.

Mitsuki stopped Kousuke, who's already trying various things with the end product.

「Wait a minute. Kousuke-sama, you hardly slept these past two days. You have to sleep first before checking if it's working properly.」

「No….」

Mitsuki smiled at the dissatisfied Kousuke.

「If you say something selfish, should I hypnotize you?」

「….understood. I get it. I'll sleep now.」

Kousuke raised his hands and took a pose of someone surrendering.

After taking a bath, he took Nana and Wanli to the bedroom.

With the introduction of this guild card, the first guild in the 5th floor village was to be formed.

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Chapter 3.8 – Slave and Decoration

In the 5th floor village, several buildings are currently under construction.

Some companies have begun building rental or for sale houses targeting the adventurers who want to have a base on the 5th floor.

Of course, some of them are requested by Schmidt.

In this village, the land is treated as leased land by the tower manager.

There are no particular restrictions on how much time the merchants and adventurers spend on tents but if the place they set up tents to has been contracted for leasehold, they are required to leave.

If you ignore it, you will be kicked out of the tower. Two or three groups of adventurers have already been kicked out and presently, no one dared to repeat their mistake again.

Also, all procedures like that are being carried out in the temple where the teleportation gate is.

All of it will be done by the guild created by Kousuke with him as the leader soon.

He was thinking of creating the guild soon that's why he wants to create guild cards immediately but that's where the problem lies.

No matter how much he thinks about it, there's not enough manpower.

Wahid was visiting the management floor to think of a solution.

「...slave?」

「Yes. I think it's better to buy slaves to satisfy both shortage and trust.」

Kousuke has heard that there are slaves in that world but it seems to be quite different from what he imagined.

The slaves that Kousuke imagines are those who can be called criminal slaves. They are the type of people that will be subjected to hard labor and be whipped if they slack a little.

However, there are debt slaves and self-selling slaves and they are in demand in terms of employment or labor supply. Of course, their food, clothing, and shelter must be guaranteed. In addition, they won't be sold unless they want to be sold.

For those who have a certain amount of income, buying a slave is almost no different from employing a subordinate.

In some cases, they are treated better compared to the black companies from his previous world.

Even if he already heard that much, Kousuke can't help but resist because of the environment he grew up in.

However, considering the state of the village and the guild in the future, he is also certain that a number of trustworthy subordinates are necessary.

In the end, he decided to hire and treat them as normal people.

「...I understand. I'll allow the employment of slaves.」

「Alright. Thank you very much.」

When Kousuke finally gave his permission, Wahid showed a relieved expression.

「So? What about the guild?」

「Right….hiring them doesn't mean that they can already serve. We have no choice but to get them used to actual combat first. I think we'll be ready in less than a week.」

「Alright. I'll have the guild cards ready by then.」

「Please.」

The guild card has functions such as status information but he still hasn't decided what kind of design it should take.

「By the way, are you going with me when I purchase the slaves?」

「That's right….no, let's not. I'll show my face when they have come here.」

He doesn't want the slave dealers to know his connection with Wahid.

Eventually, he's going to reveal that he's the owner of the tower but he thought it was not time yet.

「Understood.」

「How many are you going to buy?」

「It will be 10 at first. Depending on the circumstances, can I also good to buy combat slaves and make them guard our facilities?」

「Aren't you just going to buy for the guild establishment?」

「People will definitely gather because of the rarity of the card but it will still take time to see who's trustworthy among them…」

「….I see. That makes sense…is that all?」

Wahid nodded.

「Ah, right….when are you going to meet Schmidt-dono?」

Just the other day, he heard that it was Schmidt who opened the store for Wahid. He wanted to see him at least once.

「Ah, right. Anytime is fine. Ask him for his most convenient time and I'll go there.」

「Alright. Then, please deal with the card.」

「I know. I'll put it into shape before I meet Schmidt.」

For a certain purpose, he plans to show it to Schmidt.

Wahid nodded again and went back to the fifth floor.

「Are you okay with it?」

Mitsuki asks Kousuke who had seen Wahid off and is currently stroking Wanli who's lying on his desk.

「You mean the slaves?…. I'm resistant at first. Were you surprised when I gave out the permission? Let's see how they work first before judging them.」

「Is that so? That's good then.」

「…..? Did something happen?」

「No. I was just curious. I know you'll hate buying them which is a bad thing for them.」

「I see. Thank you for your concern but I think it's okay.」

Kousuke was also surprised that he is not that reluctant to buy slaves than expected.

When he was reincarnated, he thought that there might be some correction applied in order for him to cope in this world.

Slavery aside, Kousuke is now troubled by another problem.

The guild card problem.

The material of the card itself is created by alchemy because of the function it will incorporate but it absolutely has no decoration.

Decorating it is not a simple issue. You have to decorate it in a way that will not interfere with the card's built-in functions.

As long as it works, it doesn't matter but it doesn't look interesting.

Something soft pressed against the back of the head of Kousuke whose eyes are closed and arms crossed while thinking of the problem.

At the same time, he heard a familiar voice from above.

「Kousuke, what are you worried about?」

Shrine.

Ever since Shrine has started managing the 76th floor, she likes to come in contact with Kousuke and she did it in various ways.

Strangely enough, neither Kouhi nor Mitsuki who saw her advances stop her so Kousuke can only deal with her himself.

He doesn't feel bad being in contact with a woman with a body shape no less than Kouhi and Mitsuki. There is no reason for him to do so. It is a saga of a sad man.

Kousuke, who's stuck with Shrine, silently handed her the guild card.

「What's this?」

「The card that I plan to use in the guild that I'm planning to make.」

Because it was the first time for Shrine to see it, he explained the functions of the card one by one. He even made a card for Shrine from scratch.

Shrine, who saw the card, showed a stunned expression.

「You've actually managed to make this? Perhaps in the human world, this can be considered as over technology, isn't it?」

「No, you're exaggerating it.」

Upon hearing his reply, Shrine sighed and even saw Mitsuki shaking her head.

「I'm exaggerating?….In the first place, there shouldn't be anyone who can use divine power and there is no way for anyone to make a tool that can use divine power…..this thing should be considered as a divine tool, isn't it?」

「...…eh!? Really!?」

Because he just wanted to make something he thought of, he never thought of anything Shrine had said.

However, since it uses the same principle as Kousuke's left eye to view status, it is inevitable for it to use divine power too.

「...…yeah….maa, it can't be helped.」

「Is it? Maa, Kousuke is like this but I don't mind. Anyway, about the card decoration. Why don't you talk to the igrid?」

「...eh? What do you mean?」

「Oya? Haven't I said it before….? That race, probably because they lived by digging holes underground, many of them are dexterous. When it comes to decorating something, it is said that they even surpass the dwarves.」

「...….did you really said that before?」

It can't be blamed on Shrine. Rather, it was all Kousuke's fault for forgetting important information about the tower's inhabitants.

They immediately decided to visit the igrid with Shrine along with the sample card.

Given Kousuke's sudden visit, the chief of the igrid seemed afraid but she became happy upon receiving Kousuke's order.

For them, Kousuke is the one that provides them with a safe place to live.

As for the decoration, it seems like it can be done technically without problems and they said that they will make some decorated samples later.

Kousuke managed to get back to the management floor with peace of mind….

It was the first time he met the igrid and he found them interesting.

As he heard, they are a race that looks like dolls and they talked about a lot of things like their dialect and from what region they came from.

Kousuke, who was culture-shocked, decided to make time for them next time.

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Chapter 3.9 – Discussion with Schmidt

Schmidt, who opened a shop in the Tower Village, was called by Wahid to the temple's reception room.

Even though he was called, it is not a forced summon of the village's ruler. Schmidt was asked about his schedule and the meeting was arranged properly.

Recently, Wahid seems to have started using several slaves to govern the village and it is one of those who brought Schmidt there.

Schmidt did not say anything about having slaves. In fact, he has also bought several slaves to run his store.

Rather than that, he is more surprised that they did not use slaves until now.

The Tower Village is showing signs of rapid developments.

There are only a few new buildings being built but the number will definitely increase in the future.

Along with that, the number of people and things getting in and out increases too.

The gate that connects this tower to the outside is currently taking a toll but he can't imagine how far the profits will grow in the future.

By the way, there are two kinds of toll being collected. The first one is the toll when a person enters or exits and the other one is for luggage.

The luggage that the adventurers carry won't be tolled but if they carry something big or even rent a wagon, they will be tolled for it.

This is not limited to the tower village. Any other city or village also collects those kinds of fees so no one's dissatisfied with it.

However, the tolls for entering and leaving this village are higher than any other. It seems like there are complaints about that.

However, Wahid's response to that complaint never changes ever since everything started.

If you don't like it, you don't have to come.

In fact, there are already those who tried to cheat at the teleportation gate and those who caused a commotion in the village, etc. but they are forcibly kicked out.

Schmidt doesn't know the theory but it seems like there is a function that can distinguish those who can pass through the teleportation gate.

Once you are banned from using the gate, it means you will never be able to pass through the gate ever again.

He would like to hear how it works but that would be quite difficult. That's because it has something to do with the tower's security.

Schmidt wanted to maintain his current relationship rather than being suspected.

When he was thinking about it, the door of the reception room was knocked and Wahid came out.

When he was allowed to enter, Schmidt was surprised to see the people inside.

Just before entering Ryuusen, he was saved by those guys from a monster attack. They were Kousuke and Mitsuki.

He greeted Kousuke with surprise.

「Kousuke-dono, I haven't heard of you for a while. I heard that you seem to have left Ryuusen but you seem to be doing great.」

Perhaps it could be said that he is a skilled merchant so Schmidt can still remember Kousuke's name.

Schmidt aside, Kousuke also showed a surprised expression.

「It has been a while. No, this is indeed unexpected. You still remember me even if we only spend half a day together.」

「Ahahaha. No, my encounter with you guys was so intense. Even if I want to forget it, I won't forget it.」

「Hahaha. Is that so? I was thankful for your kindness back then.」

Kousuke bowed after laughing in a deceptive manner.

「No no. We both owe each other. By the way, what do you do today?」

In response to Schmidt's question, Kousuke turned his eyes to Wahid.

In response, Wahid began to explain to Schmidt.

「First of all, about Kousuke-sama….Kousuke-sama is the manager of this tower.」

Schmidt was shocked by that explanation but he accepted it in his heart.

The manager is the ruler of this tower.

Before, there was a rumor that has been circulating that the center tower of the central continent has been captured by someone.

Of course, the rumor also mentioned the name of the person who captured it but it was all the name of famous guilds or parties and the name of Kousuke was never mentioned.

However, Schmidt also witnessed the battle prowess of Mitsuki personally so he thought that it might be possible.

「....is that so?」

「As for why I only come to public now…..have you ever heard of someone trying to build a guild here?」

The topic suddenly changed so Schmidt was puzzled.

That topic, he has heard about it from the adventurers.

However, he thought it was the adventurers guild…he thought it is normal for something like that to be built in the tower.

He doesn't understand why Kousuke is telling him about it.

「Yeah. I heard about the rumor but….it is about the adventurers guild, right?」

「That's right. It was the adventurers guild and we spread that rumor.」

Schmidt frowned at the answer.

Wahid asserted that it was them who spread the rumor.

He doesn't understand why they are telling him that.

It's about building an adventurers guild after all.

「Right, so this adventurers guild….hold on, adventurer?….could it be!?」

Schmidt looked at Warhid as if wanting to ask a question that had suddenly sprung up.

「Are you saying that a merchants guild will also be created!?」

A guild being found with the involvement of the tower ruler in the village is not uncommon.

However, Wahid's answer went beyond Schmidt's expectations.

「To be precise, we won't make different guilds like adventurers guild and merchants guild. We are going to build a guild that will bring everything together…an organization that will be called "Crown".」

In this world, a guild is an organization created by a gathering of people of similar professions.

That's the reason why adventurers guild is full of adventurers and merchants guild is made up of merchants.

However, he had never heard of one organization where people of different professions gather together.

If you dare mention one organization like that, it will be a country or a city itself.

Since government will be involved unlike in the guilds, those are the only organizations similar to what "Crown" will be doing.

Schmidt thought so much in his head wondering why he was told of all of this and immediately got a guess.

「.....no way.」

「Yes. I was wondering if Schmidt-dono could be the head of the organization's business division.」

It is impossible to answer reflexively so Schmidt swallows his words.

To receive the invitation of Wahid is to work for the organization.

It was unfortunate that he opened a store in this area where there is a new feudal lord.

Though Wahid is also in a certain position, there's no mistake that he's only an underling of Kousuke.

However, since he was invited, it means he can profit more. He only needs to be confident.

Given the special environment of the tower, it can be said that any organization the ruler makes will at an advantage.

However, it is easy to imagine the pressure he'll receive from the existing guilds outside the tower.

To stand at the top means you have to bear the incoming arrows.

If he is asked how confident he is to compete against the top merchants guild Thousand Mountains Thousand Seas, he'll clearly reply he's not.

For that reason, the word "impossible" came out but the invitation was so attractive that he was discouraged to answer immediately.

Seeing through Schmidt's thoughts, Wahid would bring things beyond his imagination but of course, it was something that Schmidt couldn't have understood.

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Chapter 3.10 – Discussion with Schmidt 2

Schmidt, whose chest is already tightening, was pushed further by Wahid.

「…..this is?」

At first glance, it was just an ordinary palm-sized card.

As urged by Wahid, he picked it up.

The back and front were beautifully decorated and seemed to be folded in half.

When he opened it and looked inside, several items were written.

Schmidt was also familiar with those items.

「This, is this a guild card? It seems to be too big….and what is this status?」

The one who answered Schmidt's question was Kousuke who has been silently listening to them.

「As you heard, that is going to be used as Crown's Card. Regarding its size, it is related to the status…. To put it simply, the status field shows the skills of the owner.」

「What skill…?」

「Simply put, it records the skills someone has. It is kind of difficult to explain so let's just make a card for Schmidt-dono.」

Kousuke said so and put a box on the table.

It is a box that has a crystal gem inside.

Kousuke takes Schmidt's card and inserts it into the hole in the box.

「Can you put your hand on the crystal?」

「Like this?」

When Schmidt put his right hand on the crystal as he was requested to, it glowed lightly.

Schmidt hurriedly takes off his hand.

「It's okay. Please touch it a little longer.」

As Kousuke said, the light disappeared in about 15 seconds.

After confirming that the light was out, Kousuke speaks with Schmidt.

「It's over. You can remove your hand now.」

After confirming that Schmidt had let go, Kousuke pulled out the card he inserted into the box earlier and handed it to Schmidt again.

Schmidt, who was given with the card, checks its content.

In the status field, the skills that Kousuke had said earlier were added.

「.....this is!?」

Schmidt took a deep breath upon seeing the list of skills written.

He finally understood what's the meaning of "skills of the owner" Kousuke said earlier.

「Do you get it now? You can use this tool to display your skills on that card. Of course, if you have skills you don't want others to see, you can hide them.」

At first glance, Schmidt understood the usefulness of that card.

You can view what skills you have or what you lack.

This is not only valuable to adventurers whose lives are directly related to their skills but even to those who are of different professions.

And the fact that this card is referred to as Crown Card can immediately announce that it belongs to a certain organization.

Wahid continued in Kousuke's stead.

「Of course, this card will be used in the guild. If other people can't use it, there's no meaning in creating a card like this. It will be used by other people.」

「….what do you mean?」

「Upon registering, the person will be asked for his identity by using holy power, magic power, and divine power. If someone tries to rewrite something on it by force, the contents will be erased. 」

It is the perfect crime prevention.

「If you want to ask if it can be rewritten, it is possible using this tool but that would be difficult.」

「Why?」

「This tool is using divine power. In other words, this is a divine tool.」

Schmidt, who was already speechless several times, has become speechless again.

Schmidt has never heard of someone that can create something like that.

There are rare cases where sacred tools were brought out of a tower but in the first place, there's no one in this world that understood how they work.

Even if you have heard holy power and magic power, divine power is something that only a small number of clergy can use.

Schmidt had no choice but to laugh at this point.

「….It would be better for me to not ask the origin.」

He said that for his own sake.

It is not necessary for him to poke the bushes.

Wahid continued to explain the use of that card.

「This card, it is scheduled to be given to all members of crown. You can think of it as a privilege.」

「Privilege, is it?」

「We are still thinking of some things but the most important one is the free use of the teleportation gate.」

「Really….!」

He was both surprised and convinced.

As an organization founded by the tower, that is the best privilege they can give.

It will be almost irrelevant to those who spend their whole lives in the tower but people like that would be very rare.

「Of course, and we plan to apply it not only to people but to luggage too.」

When he said those words, Schmidt threw away all his worries.

For merchants who want to make money using the tower, the card is all they ever wanted.

It is worth it even if they will be tied to an organization called Crown.

The toll is a burden to all merchants.

If you are eventually going to be part of Crown, you should become part of it from the beginning.

No matter how he thinks about it, he can't think of something that will stop him from joining.

After all, he knows that he'll definitely make a profit.

Even merchants with bad business skills will obviously understand that there is only profit.

「…..I understand. About your proposal earlier, I'll gladly accept it.」

「Oh. Is that so? Good. I look forward to working with you.」

「Likewise.」

That said, Schmidt and Wahid shake hands.

He also shook hands with Kousuke who then dropped another bomb.

「Thank you for accepting. Wahid would tell you the details but I request of you of one thing.」

「What will it be?」

「If this village becomes a little more stable, we will increase the gates. I want you to think of the next locations.」

Increase the gates. Schmidt understood what it meant. He looked at the future and his chest tightened again since it is the ideal situation for a merchant.

After all, this village can be used as a relay point and it will be easy to go from one city to another.

Given the monsters around this village, it can be said that it is at least safe as a commercial road.

If two cities can be connected, the utility value will be considerable.

Schmidt started searching for candidate sites in his brain immediately and did not notice that he was doing so.

As he heard from Kousuke, he'll increase the number of gates and not just one.

Thanks to that, it wasn't until a while that Schmidt held his head.