183 – Finding a Cowboy
“No.”
Concise answer.
Considering that Juliet was a spy in the kingdom of the Franks, she could only be lying.
“Hmm. Have you really never had one?”
“You don’t know much about my origins, do you?”
This probably refers to the fact that she has been raised in her orphanage since childhood.
The place we first met was also at an orphanage. In fact, if he hadn’t known that she was a spy, he would have believed her without question.
“Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”
She pretended not to be interested, she seemed to be asking questions in a sullen manner, but she felt her piercing gaze glancing past her. Are you wary of sensitive questions?
“Didn’t I tell you? You seem to be working too hard, so I thought it would be okay to take a break.”
“If you’re going to say that, why don’t you start by reducing your workload?”
“Once this project is finished, I can send you an overseas trip as a vacation reward. How is it?”
This was to some extent sincere. In fact, thanks to Juliet’s hard work, her aristocratic consulting project was cruising very successfully.
We have already purchased all the mine sites in the Heinz estate and started developing them. It was clear that even the expected amount of mining would be dozens of times higher than before, so it was close to a fait accompli that a family from a savvy soldier would sit on the edge of money.
After that, all you have to do is wait for word of mouth to spread and pick out the ones that are moderately good among the pouring love calls.
In that case, you will be able to do whatever business you want without having to worry about finances anymore.
It wasn’t impossible to become the biggest conglomerate in the world if I put my knowledge of the future to good use. I have no desire to do that.
Honestly, I didn’t expect it to go this far, but it seems to be the reason why talented people who were outstanding enough to win the interview appeared.
“Employees should also take care of the bonus incentives.”
“Do you not send me overseas trips?”
“That’s a reward only given to special people. Aren’t you my closest friend?”
She tried to appeal in her own way, but Juliet didn’t even look at her and focused on paperwork.
In many ways, you are a consistent woman. Her head ached as to what to do to get her to completely come over to my side.
First of all, it seemed difficult to do it in a short period of time. Let’s aim for her to get closer naturally over time.
Looking back, it was much better than when we first met.
Rather than that, isn’t it time to focus on the means of transportation for the global thief right now?
I’ve been thinking lately that there aren’t enough places to target in Britannia.
Think about it. Oxford University, the Central Bank and even Buckingham Palace.
It’s been a long time since I’ve already cleaned up all the big places.
Of course, you could just rob a noble or rich man’s mansion, or you could rob a place you’ve been to before.
It’s only once or twice, and if you repeat it over and over again, people might lose interest before you know it and treat the appearance of the phantom thief as a boring annual event.
In other words, it was necessary to give a steady impact.
Even if Britain is your main activity site, wouldn’t it have a much bigger impact if you turned your eyes to overseas once in a while?
Right now, even within Europe, there are plenty of places to drool.
Starting with the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, the Vatican, and so on…
I wonder how many precious gems would overflow just by listing them. Even if there is no jewelry, even if you send a notice that you are going to rob such a place, the attention will be great.
However, breaking down spatial constraints was essential for such a grandiose activity.
If it was confined to Europe, it was impossible to go beyond that, even if it was possible with the magic engineering train.
If you have become a phantom thief, shouldn’t you go to other continents and become world-class?
In Asia, starting with Korea, my former hometown, China, Japan, and other Middle Eastern countries.
Egypt, the most powerful nation in ancient times, is holding out in Africa, and the United States of America is also in the romantic western era, so it is indispensable.
The more you think about them one by one, the more your mouth waters. Wouldn’t it be possible to ignore all these good backgrounds and play only in Britain?
In that sense, exchange with the Magic Engineering Society was not an option, but a necessity.
“Do you know anything about magic engineering?”
“Okay. It seems like they don’t know much about it, except that it’s exclusively for the wealthy upper class.”
A bit blunt, but not wrong. In fact, considering the price of the train ticket alone, it was a price that would not be inconceivable for ordinary people to use it.
I don’t really have any complaints because I feel like I’m getting the service I paid for, but it was an ironic situation considering that the reason why magic engineering was born was to make the world a better place.
“I don’t think I’m just asking this time.”
“You are sharp. Actually, I’m thinking about what it would be like to commercialize magic engineering so more people can use it.”
And at the same time, if I can use it as my means of transportation, it’s the best result.
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“Isn’t that something you have to figure out yourself? I don’t think the society would readily accept it even if we intervened.”
“So I have to induce them to accept it.”
Upon hearing my answer, Juliet took her eyes off the paper and stared at me.
“I am busy. It’s hard to focus only on the projects in progress.”
“Kuhm. I have no intention of burdening you any more. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this myself.”
“Looks like you have a good plan. Seeing how confident you are.”
“Of course.”
The method is very simple.
If I pour money into it, I’m sure it will work out somehow.
If that’s the case, why not? At that time, you can look back to see if the amount of money was not enough.
After the aristocratic consulting project succeeds, worrying about money becomes meaningless. Even if you save it, it will be useless, so you can think of it as investing in the development of magic engineering.
And from my point of view, I was convinced that even if I invested in magic engineering, I would earn more returns than that. If you use it well, you will be able to reign as an energy organ superior to all others.
“But there is one problem.”
“Which is it?”
“I don’t know where the conference is.”
“·······.”
Juliet looks at me as if she’s bewildered.
Her eyes are a little stingy, but I felt unfair too. I’m not stupid, and I can’t say I don’t know out of ignorance without making an effort to find out.
Of course I tried to find out the information. She asked about witches and other places, and went directly to the station to investigate.
However, despite such efforts, the location of the Magic Engineering Society could not even be estimated.
It was uncertain even if it was within Britain.
No, maybe it is a space outside Middle-earth, like the witch’s village or the healing paradise in the lake.
No matter what, it seemed impossible to find the society by ordinary means.
Perhaps accepting the fact that I was unfair, Juliet closed her eyes and thought about her for a while.
“Um… Then you will have to come find us there.”
“That’s easy. Is there any good way?”
If it were her, she might be able to solve my troubles, Juliet answered in the moment of being swollen with such anticipation.
“No. I don’t have one.”
“…Is there really none?”
“I heard that the director took care of it in the first place.”
Yes. It was.
I sighed and fell into trouble again. It would be good in many ways if it could be connected to the Magic Engineering Society, even without means of transportation, but there was no way that came to mind.
If there’s someone using magic engineering around you, I’d ask. She
She said she didn’t know the witch who suggested the magic engineering train to me, and she was frustrated because she didn’t even know anything else.
Is anyone really there? One person pops into my head as if it were a moment when I was reflecting on my memories.
I don’t know his name, and I don’t know what he’s doing, but his unique appearance still leaves a deep impression on me.
Besides, he mentioned that he used trains often, so he might know something about the society.
At that time, obviously…
‘He said he was going to Prussia.’
A virtual country in the works with the motif of the real Germany.
Actually, in the original work, it had less importance than the Frankish kingdom, so I remember that it was just a passing name.
Of course, you can’t go all the way there and travel all over the country looking for a man in a cowboy suit whose name you don’t know.
The only way to do it would be to sit on the train and wait for him to get on.
It was a very inefficient way of not meeting him at all unless he took the train, but right now there seemed to be no sharper solution.
“I should try it once.”
“Did you come up with a method?”
“Okay. Shouldn’t we at least hit a rock with an egg?”
“Yes. I wish you well.”
“Thank you very much.”
Listening to Juliet’s soulless reply, I checked my schedule.