"Abvelgail just sent so money. Says it's for you. Here, 144 gold coins,12 silver and 64 bronze," Rith said and took out a bulging coin purse from sowhere. Evin took it in his hand and started counting. Sure enough, the stated amount was in the purse.
'Just send 144 gold. Why did that OCD inflected bastard have to send a bunch of bronze coins,' grumbled Evin.
"Oh yeah, I told you to send it monthly when the total inco exceeds 100 gold. Seems like your new business is starting to thrive," replied Evin.
"We made about 120000 gold's worth of inco in the past month. Adding on the rest, we made 144126.43 gold's worth of inco for the past eight months. It's much more profitable from what we tried previously," Rith said with a smile.
'Wait, ain't I short of 0.3 bronze coins? This is ridiculous!' Evin thought, but the idea of his profits increasing gradually made him feel happy.
"That's great! Though you seem happier than , why is that?"
"I receive 0.1 percent of the inco, since I'm technically in control of you and your project," Rith replied with a smile.
"What?! What is this blatant nepotism?! I made all the effort and you get all the benefits? Gim half of that and pray to the Empress for forgiveness," Evin replied in an outrage.
"Shush, don't call it effort. We both know you did nothing"
"I existed! If I didn't exist, you'd still be looking for so dumb little kids and trying to talk them into buying your services!"
"Hey, existing isn't that hard either. I'm pretty sure everyone on this World is doing it pretty successfully," Rith grinned.
"Fuck off! Do you know how many years I spent just to receive the right to exist alongside you people. And what do I get? Constant verbal abuse and now I'm also getting abused for my labor," Evin murmured.
"Boo-hoo. The story of the sad, sad spirit," Rith said with a gleeful smile.
"Go away, I don't wanna talk to you anymore"
"No, wait, wait. I need you to evaluate so projects. You have to do it. If you don't, you're gonna turn into a gold coin forever,"
"Say that first, then! Why do you have to destroy my will to work, and only then tell there's work to be done!?"
"Oh, shut your complaints. Life isn't fair. Here you go. That's the list of projects, and if you're interested in one of them, I have the full files of each of them in my storage," Rith said, and a few docunts appeared in Evin's hands through a portal.
'How do Felines even make docunts like these?' A thought glanced through Evin's head.
He took a glance at the page and found many ideas and business pitches.
"Road building project that connects the capitals of the countries with Tower City,"
"Blacksmithing shop that specializes in customized armor for your pets,"
"Mass plantations for an indigenous fruit,"
"Artificial Ivari Horn production,"
"A toy company that specializes in puzzles,"
"Refreshnt store that sells beverage made from a unique roast of a bean that originates from the East,"
"Pill that gives commoners the sa amount of sexual stamina as mages,"
"Beer with 48 percent alcohol by volu,"
"Automated blacksmithing with the support of golems,"
"Book renting store"
"Financial company that pivots towards poor citizens,"
And a bunch of clothing companies.
Looking at the list, Evin realized that the Cosmics could slowly learn about Earth through these projects that he had to give comnts on.
And thinking about it, Evin also reasoned that the deal he made with the Cosmics was also much too disadvantageous for him. He probably could've asked for a higher percentage, but he chose not to.
'Well, it's understandable, since I was feeling super insecure after that attack from Norna...'
He just wanted so control over his life, so he jumped into a losing deal with the Cosmics. He wasn't soone perfect after all...
'And now they're trying to dig out information about Earth from ... Well I agreed to tell them about it, so it would be stupid of the Cosmics to not use the chance...' Evin pondered.
'But do I care?'
Evin thought a bit more and decided that he really didn't care. Living in society was all about winning and losing. Sotis you lost, and you had to accept it as part of life. It wasn't possible to always win.
Even if there ca a day when he needed more money, Evin would just curse his stupidity and try to think of another way to sell his ideas.
And besides, It wasn't like he was trying to beco the richest man in Alvox, he wasn't soone so fixated on money.
Shaking his head, Evin took another look at the list and removed the ones he thought were dood from start, book renting store and the customized pet armor. The first was basically a library and while the latter might have custors at first, it would soon die out since no pet would want to wear such a thing.
Financial company for the poor sounded nice on the surface, but it was basically trying to do what the bank did, but in a much riskier environnt. Not only that, they would be in the debt of a bank, so that one was also a no-go.
Evin was interested in the projects that had magic involved in it, so he looked at the full project of the automated blacksmithing project. The project sounded nice, but it was very, very expensive. One golem required about 120 gold up front and its yearly maintenance costs were half of that. Evin told Rith that if they should accept it, they should only advertise it towards the super-rich.
The artificial Ivari Horn project was very interesting to Evin, but it was starting to look like a scam from what he could see in the project file.
The indigenous plant looked like a mango. For so stupid reason, the project pitcher did not bring a real mango to demonstrate its flavor, instead he decided to write a dozen page essay about it. As for how he was going to plant it, he wanted to simulate the proper environnt using magic. This one received a pass from Evin.
The unique bean, on the other hand, turned out to be coffee beans. The definition was: "Slightly bitter, but it has the ability to keep the drinker awake". And it had the picture of the thing which was undoubtedly a coffee bean. The Cosmics were unsure, since the thing tasted like rubbish for first-ti drinkers, so they decided to ask Evin. It obviously received a pass from him. He even put in a bunch of ideas on how to make the thing more tasty. This project was the most promising for Evin, so he asked Rith if he could beco an investor for this business, and the latter approved it, not really thinking much about it.
The toy puzzles were quite interesting as well. Since most of the puzzles were created using wood the finished product was quite cheap. But the project pitcher wanted capital to train a bunch of low-class citizens so he had enough workforce.
He also agreed to the 48% alcoholic beer. Why not? People would be interested. And the price wasn't that big either.
The stamina pills also got Evin's approval. If it worked, then it would probably beco one of the most successful businesses in the World. Just look at Viagra sales. Even if it didn't, it was just one project, the Cosmics could withstand one failure.
The clothing shops, though, were a bit hard for him. He didn't know what the fashion was for the era, so he could only say the truth to Rith. The Feline asked what kind of fashion his ho planet was keen to, and Evin pointed out so of the clothes that looked similar to Earth for Rith.
The road project was also quite difficult. Even though the Empire was supposed to be a unified entity, reality was a bit different. Three of countries were at war with each other, with only the North in a relatively peaceful state. Not to ntion the South was a bit problematic to build a road to In the end, he gave the project back to Rith, saying that it's nice if it actually worked, but there were too many problems in the process.
But he indicated that it might be risky, but it was sothing that was going to happen at one point anyway, so if the Cosmics spearheaded it, their influence would be imnse.
Finally done with his work, they continued his journey ho.
Karan looked at the amount of gold the kid and the Feline was casually discussing, and could not help but feel greedy. He was thinking about leaving the kid after he found civilization, but the riches the kid possessed were definitely not small. The skinshifter would end up in soone's hands anyway, so why not this kid?
The trip ho was uneventful, and they reached the forest's entrance after a couple days. They managed to hunt another deer on the way back and decided to bring it ho. Nearing the end, Evin asked Karan about what he wanted to do when he reached the town.
Karan replied that he didn't have a plan, so he didn't mind sticking with Evin's family. He wanted to know more about his race, so he could decide on what to do in the future.
Evin did not mind, since he hoped that Karan would opt to stay with him in the future. A shape-shifting weapon was very useful to have.
The four finally reached their house. Evin wondered what kind of conclusion his parents reached.
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