Sophia and I brought Charlotte with us and moved to the study.
「Ugeh!」
My voice leaked out reflexively.
Before me, the mountain of paperwork increased by 50% compared to before I left.
「Master, please have these documents completed by the end of this day.」
Placing the documents he had in hand down, Jeeves spoke and tried to leave the room.
「W-wait! Jeeves, are you not going to help!?」
「Yes. I have tasks that I must do. My apologies.」
Jeeves bowed with graceful conduct and walked out of the study.
「Ah- w- wait, is he really not going to help?」
「Please give up. Jeeves also has a job to do.」
「Fine. Then Charlotte, please sort out the documents.」
「……very well.」
Though she was surprised that the amount of documents was more than she had expected, Charlotte picked up a document near her.
A while after Charlotte started sorting through the documents, there was a knock on the door, then Marnie came back with Gina and Ana.
「We have returned.」
「Oh, how was the Sanctuary?」
「It was an immensely beautiful scenery, and the people living here are all full of smiles!」
「……it was amazing.」
Gina was so excited, and despite her quiet statement, I could tell that even Ana was moved.
「Ah, Charlotte-san, you’ve come back.」
「Yes. I look forward to working together with you, Gina, Ana.」
「Yes!」
「……please treat me well.」
Seeing me wrestle with the papers, Gina and Ana also began to help sort documents.
Suddenly, my eyes stopped at one document.
「Huh, this is……」
Sophia peeked at the document from beside me when she heard.
「Ahh, this is the patent relating to bowling, isn’t it? And there should be order forms for the balls, pins, and magic devices related to it,」
「Eh!? How do you know this, Sophia?」
「I know that Akane and Laeva made advanced preparations with the Papeck Company.」
「S- since when…… is that why Laeva’s confined herself in the workshop? 」
「Papeck-san is eager to popularize it all over the continent.」
「Seriously……?」
It’s true that the order form for bowling stuff included the amount and price of a huge number of balls, pins, and magic devices. The price had already been decided before I knew it. Well, it’s not like I know anything about prices, so it’s fine.
「For the time being, could you divide these by order forms, receipts, and request forms?」
「I know what order forms and receipts are, but what is a request form?」
「The requests wanting this thing, or if we could make that thing, or whatever else they could ask. We won’t respond to all of them, but there are some that do seem interesting. Any ideas that could impress us are very much welcome.」
Money was flowing vigorously. There was a lot of money moving with the purchase of materials, ingredients, foodstuff, and seasonings, but actually, an enormous amount of it was flowing in. That’s why we try to buy as much as we can from Valkyra Kingdom and our other ally nations, but there are going to be problems with such an unbalanced trade.
「Wha!? This, is an enormous amount of money!」
「Which, which?…… ah, that. Actually, His Majesty found out through Margrave Volton that we still had some stock of Soma. So it was inevitable that I sold a few to Valkyra Kingdom.」
「And we sold two vials each to Yggurle Kingdom and Lomaria Kingdom.」
Gina was wide-eyed in surprise when she saw the receipt for the sales of Soma.
When Sophia and I gave a light explanation, even Ana and Charlotte were dumbfounded.
「Ah, it’s because the sale of Soma is not subject to tax.」
「Eh, is that so?」
「Yup, it’s the same for the Sanctuary wine, but that doesn’t apply to items produced and sold in the Sanctuary. There’s no such thing as tariffs.」
「I see.」
I don’t use the Volton workshop much these days, so I make things in the Sanctuary, though there were many of them that were subject to taxation based on sales to be paid to Valkyra Kingdom.
However, the revenue relating to patents are subject to tax that I pay to Valkyra Kingdom. It was troublesome because it changes based on the item.
It seems my new assistants finally grasped why I hired them.
「Still, calculating this would be plenty of work.」
「I’m glad we have an abundance of paper, but this amount and the money……」
「……the amount of money is far too different in magnitude from my parents’ business.」
Gina and Charlotte’s expressions stiffened. Ana’s cool countenance also crumbled.
「Calculate…… oh yeah. It’s hard to calculate, huh.」
「Is something the matter?」
Seeing me brood, Sophia asked out of concern.
「You’re right. Calculations are hard, so we should make it faster.」
Knowing that I went into creator mode, Sophia understood and went back into escort mode.
If math is hard, then I just have to make a device that would make it easier.
I immediately called out to everyone and went to the workshop.
Let’s make something to relieve the stress of paperwork, shall we?
Sophia and I brought Charlotte with us and moved to the study.
「Ugeh!」
My voice leaked out reflexively.
Before me, the mountain of paperwork increased by 50% compared to before I left.
「Master, please have these documents completed by the end of this day.」
Placing the documents he had in hand down, Jeeves spoke and tried to leave the room.
「W-wait! Jeeves, are you not going to help!?」
「Yes. I have tasks that I must do. My apologies.」
Jeeves bowed with graceful conduct and walked out of the study.
「Ah- w- wait, is he really not going to help?」
「Please give up. Jeeves also has a job to do.」
「Fine. Then Charlotte, please sort out the documents.」
「……very well.」
Though she was surprised that the amount of documents was more than she had expected, Charlotte picked up a document near her.
A while after Charlotte started sorting through the documents, there was a knock on the door, then Marnie came back with Gina and Ana.
「We have returned.」
「Oh, how was the Sanctuary?」
「It was an immensely beautiful scenery, and the people living here are all full of smiles!」
「……it was amazing.」
Gina was so excited, and despite her quiet statement, I could tell that even Ana was moved.
「Ah, Charlotte-san, you’ve come back.」
「Yes. I look forward to working together with you, Gina, Ana.」
「Yes!」
「……please treat me well.」
Seeing me wrestle with the papers, Gina and Ana also began to help sort documents.
Suddenly, my eyes stopped at one document.
「Huh, this is……」
Sophia peeked at the document from beside me when she heard.
「Ahh, this is the patent relating to bowling, isn’t it? And there should be order forms for the balls, pins, and magic devices related to it,」
「Eh!? How do you know this, Sophia?」
「I know that Akane and Laeva made advanced preparations with the Papeck Company.」
「S- since when…… is that why Laeva’s confined herself in the workshop? 」
「Papeck-san is eager to popularize it all over the continent.」
「Seriously……?」
It’s true that the order form for bowling stuff included the amount and price of a huge number of balls, pins, and magic devices. The price had already been decided before I knew it. Well, it’s not like I know anything about prices, so it’s fine.
「For the time being, could you divide these by order forms, receipts, and request forms?」
「I know what order forms and receipts are, but what is a request form?」
「The requests wanting this thing, or if we could make that thing, or whatever else they could ask. We won’t respond to all of them, but there are some that do seem interesting. Any ideas that could impress us are very much welcome.」
Money was flowing vigorously. There was a lot of money moving with the purchase of materials, ingredients, foodstuff, and seasonings, but actually, an enormous amount of it was flowing in. That’s why we try to buy as much as we can from Valkyra Kingdom and our other ally nations, but there are going to be problems with such an unbalanced trade.
「Wha!? This, is an enormous amount of money!」
「Which, which?…… ah, that. Actually, His Majesty found out through Margrave Volton that we still had some stock of Soma. So it was inevitable that I sold a few to Valkyra Kingdom.」
「And we sold two vials each to Yggurle Kingdom and Lomaria Kingdom.」
Gina was wide-eyed in surprise when she saw the receipt for the sales of Soma.
When Sophia and I gave a light explanation, even Ana and Charlotte were dumbfounded.
「Ah, it’s because the sale of Soma is not subject to tax.」
「Eh, is that so?」
「Yup, it’s the same for the Sanctuary wine, but that doesn’t apply to items produced and sold in the Sanctuary. There’s no such thing as tariffs.」
「I see.」
I don’t use the Volton workshop much these days, so I make things in the Sanctuary, though there were many of them that were subject to taxation based on sales to be paid to Valkyra Kingdom.
However, the revenue relating to patents are subject to tax that I pay to Valkyra Kingdom. It was troublesome because it changes based on the item.
It seems my new assistants finally grasped why I hired them.
「Still, calculating this would be plenty of work.」
「I’m glad we have an abundance of paper, but this amount and the money……」
「……the amount of money is far too different in magnitude from my parents’ business.」
Gina and Charlotte’s expressions stiffened. Ana’s cool countenance also crumbled.
「Calculate…… oh yeah. It’s hard to calculate, huh.」
「Is something the matter?」
Seeing me brood, Sophia asked out of concern.
「You’re right. Calculations are hard, so we should make it faster.」
Knowing that I went into creator mode, Sophia understood and went back into escort mode.
If math is hard, then I just have to make a device that would make it easier.
I immediately called out to everyone and went to the workshop.
Let’s make something to relieve the stress of paperwork, shall we?
