Chapter 556: I Think Its a Lovers Privilege (1/2)

After a while, Luna-san finally regained her consciousness and bowed to me and Kuro.

[I'm sorry for having you see something unsightly.]

[U- Unnn. Are you alright?]

That kind of unsightliness is something I see rather frequently…… are words that I somehow managed to stop myself from saying. Even Kuro was slightly confused with her actions, worriedly looking at Luna-san.

Well, anyway, putting the useless maid Luna-san aside, I talked to Hina-chan.

[……Hina-chan, you looked like you were hesitating about something, is there a magic tool you want to buy?]

[Eh? Ah, yes. Please look at this, Kaito-senpai! Isn't this amazing!?]

Saying this, Hina-chan pointed to what seemed to be…… a shoe-shaped magic tool.

Errr, let's see…… Fatigue Reduction, Wind Magic Support Function…… Ahh, I see, a magic tool specialized for running. It's certainly a great choice for Hina-chan, who loves running.

[……Heehhh, it looks like it would be handy for running.]

[Isn't it!? With this, I might be able to run twice as fast as I do now! In that case, it's something I'd really like to have but…… the price is……]

The price is…… fumu, five gold coins huh? It doesn't seem to be that expensive…… No, wait, calm down, me. It's just my money sense who's paralyzed……Five million yen for a pair of shoes is very expensive. Hina-chan's money sense is more normal.

It's all because Alice has been making custom-made clothes for me lately, and they are rather expensive. Thinking about it again, the clothes I'm wearing right now are also very expensive, ten million for a set of three.

As I was thinking about this, Kuro nonchalantly spoke.

[Unnn? Hina-chan, why don't you just use the allowance I gave you before?]

[Eh? Ahh, speaking of which, I haven't opened that yet. Sorry.]

[There should be ”100 gold coins” in there, so it should be enough for you to buy something.]

[Uwehhh!?]

When Kuro said this, Hina-chan made some kind of strange sound. Moreover, Aoi-chan, who also seemed like she hadn't checked the contents of her allowance, also had a stunned expression on her face.

I mean, 100 million yen for pocket money…… H- Hmmm. Perhaps, the reason why my money sense is paralyzed is that I'm surrounded by people that have too much money.

[K- Kuromu-sama!? I- Is it really alright…… for us to receive that large amount of money?]

[Ahaha, don't worry so much about it. ”It's not that much anyway”……]

[……She's really rich. It's the line only rich people are allowed to say.]

I mean, she's the richest person in the world after all……

[……Speaking of which, Kuro. I know it's a bit late to ask this, but Kuro being rich…… I guess it's because the profits of Seditch Magic Tool Company really are high huh?]

[Hmmm, there's certainly that but…… It's mostly because I own ”nearly 80% of the patents” for magic tools in existence, and I also own about 70% of the mining rights for magic crystals. Also, I've invested in quite a few things, so I've made some money from that too.]

[I- Is that so…… Rather, this is also something that's late to say but…… there are also patents in this world huh.]

[Unnn. Or rather, Shalltear created such a system and normalized it. I also have my patents managed by Shalltear in exchange for 20% of my income.]

[Heehhh……]

I see, Alice really had her reach over a lot of things huh…… I guess that answers some of the questions I've had for a long time, like where she gets the money to pay all of her staff…… This is where she gets her income from huh.

Well, even so, Kuro is really amazing. First of all, she has patents for most of the world's most iconic technology, magic tools, but for her to also secure the rights to mine the magic crystal that's essential for those magic tools…… I don't know if I should say it's to be expected of Kuro or not.

[Well, though I say I have the patents, it doesn't mean I kept all of them to acquire money. I've freed up patents on things like how to process magic crystals and what to use to write down the magic formula.]

Hmmm, I don't know what to say here…… All I can say is that it's amazing. She really had thought things through……