The Lord Legend Of The Raicarnated Lord
Selling Books and Asking for Help

Chapter 28: Selling Books And Asking for Help

The three horse carriages quickly arrived at the residential area of the Dawn Academy Gold ranked instructor. Lorist stood waiting at the gate of house no. 35. It seems Kelly is awake and has already started cleaning up the place. I better not give him any additional problems. Lorist instructed the three coachmen to move the books and some other items into the cage in the courtyard.

Giving each coachman three small silvers and thanking them before they left, Lorist looked at the two stables filled with books and laughed. It seemed that he had to spend quite a bit of time to arrange all of that. Lorist had used a lot of the money he had earned from mercenary missions to buy books. Before he noticed, his collection had already numbered over a thousand and was enough for him to start his own mini library.

However, these books were unlike the books published on a large scale in his previous life. There is no such thing as paper in Grindia and any kind of reading material is made with sheepskin or the skin of another kind of beast while the contents are almost always hand-copied. That's why book prices are fairly rare on the market and often quite expensive. For example, each volume of the "War of the Gods" trilogy he collected weighed more than 2.5 kg. He had spent 3 of his hard-earned gold coins to buy it because he really wanted to understand more about the miraculous civilization.

There was a small work space on the second floor of his new home, but the room was not as big as the one in Wenna's place. Lorist sorted his books into several categories: history, geography, culture, and general knowledge, which he then moved into the room. What remains of legends, fiction and poetry will be placed on two large bookshelves in the waiting room. He made mental notes to pay more attention to the books he would buy in the future. It is not uncommon for traders to give the same new book titles and covers and resell it as another book. Lorist himself had fallen in love with this trick before several times in the past and only found out when he read the book at home.

After greeting Kelly, who was busy cleaning the furniture, he took the books to the second floor. Just as she was about to enter the study, she saw the door to her room open with a fat slumbering on her bed asleep.

Sol, that fatty had already beaten me to my new bed.... After being given a kick by Lorist, Charade sleepily got up and said, "What's wrong with you, Locke? Why did you wake me up? ”

Lorist said, “You should know the best. What are you doing sleeping in my room during the day? Don't you have more important issues to deal with in the Enforcement Division? "

Charade had just realized that he had slept on Lorist's new bed and chuckled. “Even I'll be tired, you know? These days the affairs of the academy have kept me so busy that I can't help but try your new bed here. Little did I know I would just fall asleep. ”

"What's the matter with you?" Ask Lorist.

"Huh, what else could happen other than about the Swordsmanship Society? Brother, you really should help me here. The Enforcement Division was so busy that its two members even fell asleep in the midst of patrolling the academy yesterday! At first, we thought it was some kind of enemy attack until we realized that they were just asleep .. Surely from that you could see how tired I was, right? "

“What about the community? How can I help with that? "

"Siiigh ..." Charade let out a long sigh and said, "Brother, don't tell me you forgot about the plan that you have made yourself. Just before you went to the Relic Islands, I gave everything and finally convinced the academy's superiors to allow the formation of the Sword Science Society, I said, and that the Enforcement Division will be allowed to use the elites in the community as a member reserve if we need further assistance. I'm very short on staff right now, so why haven't you solved the community's problems and quickly sent someone to help? "

Oh, I did say something like that. Scratching his head apologizing, Lorist recalled the scene when he drank with Charade as he complained about how stingy the academy's boss was, after all, the, unwilling to assign more staff to the Enforcement Division which numbered just a little over 80 and was responsible for managing the discipline of the student body as well as patrolling the academy environment.

Citing the number of students in the academy to more than 5000 people, Charade said that his division did not even have a fifth of the number of people in the student body and stressed that if he did not have enough members at the time of urgency, then all hell would be destroyed.

Lorist scolded Charade for not being aware of the events in the academy. He mentioned that there was a group of students who wanted to form a society that researched sword techniques, but the formation of the society was rejected due to the consideration that the training ground, club funds as well as support for unexpected situations needed to be provided. . The students caused quite a lot of trouble and it was rumored that they garnered quite a lot of support. There is a policy in the academy that states if there is a demand for a society to be formed from more than one-tenth of the student body, the academy administration must agree to provide their cooperation.

Lorist advised Charade to go negotiate with the academy. Since society would be formed in any way given the growth in the number of prospective members, why didn't the academy administration attack first and make the Sword Science Society a subordinate organization of the Enforcement Division? This way, it would solve the problem of lack of staff members for the Enforcement Division.

Charade was overjoyed and praised Lorist for his intelligence in thinking about such a scheme in such a short period of time and started working on the plan just as Lorist went to the Relic Islands.

However, Lorist never expected that Charade would actually get the government's approval with a plan he himself carefully thought of. To appease the government, Charade had to change something – the selection of the chairman of the community completely at the discretion of the academy – which basically handed over the management of the community to the administration. Nonetheless, the chairman must also be someone with the necessary skills to be recognized and accepted by members of the community itself. Charade brought the train of thought to a logical conclusion and appointed Lorist to be the chairman.

Wait, I'm the chairman? Lorist had just recalled Academy Head Levins saying something about drafting the rules of the Sword Science Society at yesterday's meeting. Sol, are they trying to make me die …

Lorist waved his hand and said, "Fats, not because I don't want to help you. I just got back from a trip and had to move my things here from the young lady's house. That's why I don't have time for public affairs. Moreover, I need a few more days to finish and complete the moves and focus on the upcoming duel in the near future! I have almost no time! Why don't you hold off for a minute .. ”

Charade was almost at the point of tears, "Locke, you can't do this to me .. You basically burned me at the stake here! In a few days, I'll look so human that you might mistake me for a zombie. The incidents in the academy have increased so much and further added to my burden. The members of the Enforcement Division are already working hard like dogs. You can't just ignore us and let it go! ”

“You reap what you sow. Who asked you to push the chairman position onto me? Also, weren't you the one who was so enthusiastic about putting that notice all over the place? You really don't deserve to die from overwork. ”

Upon hearing that, Charade realized that he was the one responsible for Lorist's matter and tried to anger him. "Oh, okay .. It's all my fault. I don't think that you'd be overwhelmed like this. But you still have to understand my misery. If you do not become the chairman, then the administration will not allow the community to be formed! The students would also not be satisfied with others as the chairman! Only you can help our Enforcement Division solve our staffing crisis! As for the notice, you really can't blame me for that. This is all the old fox's fault. If he was serious, he could easily understand my weakness and make me suffer from it! Just as I want to regret your problem, it's really beyond me … "

Lorist said, “Don't look at me in tears. Sigh, let me think … "

Charade's expression instantly changed. "Good . Take your time to think of something that will get me out of this mess. "When he said that, he took out a book and used it to fan Lorist. "Tell me if you need anything. If you need someone to help, I'll send it to you. If you need money ..Even I can't help you with that. ”

Lorist pondered for a moment before saying, "How about this, let's help Terman. He is a loyal and helpful friend who has a clear mind. I will appoint him as the vice chairman of the society and assign management duties to him. Record this. Let Terman form a committee for the Society of Sword Science and ask Yuriy and Steve to join, followed by three committee members of your choice. And aren't there seven student leaders among the student body? Have them join the committee and ask them to elect 3 other members. Including Terman and I, we will have a total of 17 committee members.

“Tell them that I will be the one to elect committee members for this term and say that they will be allowed to nominate their own candidates three years later and leave 12 people with the most votes take over the position on the committee. The Enforcement Division may also select three people for committee member positions who will manage events and community activities as well as patrol and other duties. After informing the members I have appointed, ask them to create a set of standards and rules that the community will run and do not let them out of the discussion room until they are done.

“In addition, let Terman know that he only needs to supervise the process and not have to engage in discussions. Let the other 15 committee members discuss amongst themselves. You can make your demands known to your candidates so that they can fight for them in your interest. When they make the draft, tell them that each member should suggest five elite students and fifty of them will be selected to become reserve members of the Enforcement Division.

“Also, since the authority of the Sword Science Society is technically in the hands of the academy administration, the academy has an obligation to provide funds, aides, as well as allowances to make up for the members' time and efforts. The chairman, vice chairman as well as the 15 members of the committee must each earn a remuneration of 3 gold coins for their services. The main office for the community will also need twelve people managing it. Select the staff from the members of the Sword Science Society and give them a monthly salary of one gold coin each. It might cost about 10 gold coins to run the society per month, and make the vice chairman be in charge. Don't forget to pay the members of the Enforcement Division's reserve one gold coin per month as well for their services. The rest of the bonus will be awarded according to individual contributions and performance.

“In addition, each probationary member of the Sword Science Society must pay a small silver for the membership fee each month while the full member must pay one large silver. Elite members do not have to pay any fees. Trial members will be allowed to compete while swordsmanship lessons are in progress as well as participate in other affiliate activities. Official members can join parties led by elite members to participate in mercenary missions and other adventurous activities and half of the rewards must be handed over to the public. These funds will be used to run the community and its events as well as award outstanding members every year.

"Tsktsk," Charade clicked his tongue as he looked at the note he took on the sheepskin in his hand. "Locke, you are truly something that can think of such a complete plan in such a short period of time. I don't even know where to start after brainstorming for three days. I'll do all that according to your instructions. ”

Lorist asked, "What does my duel schedule look like?"

“This is not finished. Currently, it was recommended for one day of duels to be held every two days and have each academy send twenty Silver ranked instructors during those days of the following month. We will let them decide which academy gets the first challenge. If there are some Silver ranked instructors who are not selected to represent the academy, they might come to challenge you on non-duel days, which is when we will open up a challenge for every Silver ranked fighter. We are still waiting for the academy's answer, ” explained Charade.

“Sol, that means I won't have a rest day at all! Do you consider me a machine? "Reload Lorist.

"About that .. Haha, Brother Locke, this house is great, isn't it? The view is so beautiful around here. I'm so envious, the Gold ranked instructor is treated so well, ” Charade said.

"You're envious? Work that fat off your body and train hard for two years and break through to the Gold rank. Then, you will get your own home like this, ”tegur Lorist.

Fatty just kept quiet and thought to himself, talkative even though you were only an iron rank .. That doesn't make sense!

As the two of them descended, Lorist said, "Els will probably visit you in a day or two. ”

"What's the deal with me?"

“He wants to make a duel out of a duel and says that you will get a 10% cut of the revenue. “Lorist then explains the details of Els suggested plan.

"That's cool! I'm definitely ready for that. I've had enough of letting the old man profit from all our hard work. Needless to say, I will make sure the Els operation will run without any problems. “Mata Charade instantly shines when it comes to making money.

Just as they were about to leave the house, Charade suddenly said, “It's okay, Brother Locke. You don't have to take me out, I'll take my own leave. . ”

Lorist replied, “Who drove you out? I'm going out to move the books that are still in the cage! ”

Charade's interest awoke and he followed Lorist to the wooden warehouse. Looking at the mountain of books on the ground, he said, "Locke, why are you spending so much money on all these books? Why don't you start a book rental service at the academy? I'm sure you'll get a little cash out of it. ”

Lorist shook his head and said, "I will not rent out my books just to destroy them when they are returned to me. These books are part of my precious collection. ”

Charade looked gloomy and said, "That's a shame .. All this book .. Why don't you lend it to me?"

"I also don't lend them, especially to people who don't return the items they borrowed," Lorist said.

"Then you can definitely sell me some, right?" Charade was quite upset that Lorist was not even willing to give him some books.

"Do you have time to read it?" Lorist looked at Charade with a suspicious look.

Charade's face flushed in frustration. "Can't I at least use it as a pillow even if I don't read it?"

“Alright, just pick the one you like from that pile. ”

Lorist pointed at the pile of books that were additional copies that had been wrongly purchased.

After taking the time to pick up a few books, Charade finally picked out seven of them and said, "How much for this?"

"Why do I feel like you're not buying them to read but for other purposes?" Ask Lorist.

“Well, the bookshelf in my office is pretty empty, so it's good to have some books there to show how cultured and learned I am. “Charade expresses his true intentions honestly without the slightest bit of embarrassment.

Shaking his head, Lorist looked at the books and got a reasonable price. “It will be three gold coins and eight big silver, no negotiation. I sold this at a loss. ”

Charade understood that the price was indeed quite reasonable, as it usually cost seven gold coins in the market for the books he had chosen. “Alright, that price will apply. ”

Stretching his hands into his pouch for quite some time, Charade placed eight large silvers in Lorist's hands. "Alright, I've paid you eight coins out of eleven. I'm sure you won't be so desperate to ask me to pay the remaining three. See you, brother. ”

Charade quickly ran over with a pile of books in his hands.

Lorist just stared with a dumbfounded face …