The content of the letter from the Ighteon executive that I checked upon ascending from the lab was surprisingly a consent to proceed as per the household contract I had sent.
“I didn’t think they would accept my terms…”
I was half dubious. Honestly, I had thought the chances of the contract not being concluded were higher, but I really had no idea that the contract would come about like this.
Of course, there was one condition they put forth.
[5. The weapons made by the developer will be shown to the Ighteon executive first.]In this clause, I felt that they were genuinely anticipating the weapons I would make. It was certain they had valued me highly.
I immediately showed the content of the letter to Barne, and wrote a letter to Orland as well, informing them of these matters.
After quickly finishing up what needed to be done, I returned to Askan in the bunker underground and handed him the clothes I brought from his room.
It was entirely different from the past when Askan used to get embarrassed even when I pretended to unbutton his shirt as a joke.
Leaning against the wall, Askan, who was standing, looked as if he was appealing his appearance to me, not embarrassed at all.
It was rather me who avoided his profound gaze.
“Dress quickly.”
Askan accepted the clothes I handed him and muttered unconsciously.
“… It’s not black.”
“If you don’t like it, change it upstairs.”
“That’s not it.”
The sight of Askan putting on his shirt was somewhat sensual. His ordinary action seemed to stand out due to his overly handsome appearance.
“Miss, you said black suits me.”
“Did I?”
I couldn’t remember well. On hearing, it seemed like I might have said something like that.
─The clothes you wore today, they suit you.
─Is that so?
─I think black suits you somehow.
─… I see.
Was it an offhand comment that he remembered till now?
I stared at Askan, who had finished putting on his clothes, with a puzzled expression.
“Don’t tell me you’ve been wearing black clothes a lot lately because of that?”
“Yes. I want to look good to you.”
“You don’t need to go to such lengths.”
“For me, all clothes of any color are the same. I think it’s better to wear what you say suits me, if possible.”
Well, if he said so much, it wasn’t wrong…
It felt strange because I didn’t know that my word had such an impact on Askan.
‘Is there something I’m missing?’
I recalled the original content of , but no matter how much I thought, there was nothing special.
It was when I was unknowingly contemplating. Askan, who had approached without me realizing, looked down at me and asked in a soft voice.
“You have to go up. It’s almost time for your meal.”
“Ah, I should.”
“If there are carrots in the food today, please give them to me.”
“Sure. It’s convenient since you eat the carrots for me.”
Since some time, Askan had been picking out and eating the carrots that I didn’t eat. It might seem like a trivial thing, but it was the most convenient thing in the world for a picky eater like me.
“I can eat more than that.”
“What?”
“If you wish, I can do anything for you.”
The casual words of Askan implied much more meaning than I expected.
I looked up at him with surprised eyes.
Was he growing taller, or did Askan suddenly seem very tall?
Since when had he been looking at me with such eyes?
His face still didn’t show much emotion, but his gaze at me was dripping with tenderness.
[This is the time separator]A little later, a reply arrived from Orland stating that it would be okay to contract with the Ighteon executive.
I had a conversation with Barne as well, but it was difficult to find better terms than those currently proposed by the Ighteon executive.
If they didn’t designate a distributor, it might be different, but since it wasn’t a hobby to make magic engineering weapons, it was convenient in many ways to set a distributor.
After contemplating, I decided to contract with the Ighteon executive.
Having made up my mind, there was no reason to delay. I immediately sent a letter to the Ighteon executive to proceed with the contract.
With the cuttingedge machines in the lab and the designated distributor, all conditions were met.
I felt that the time was coming when I should decide how to develop a new weapon, now that all the conditions were set.
‘The disadvantage of K01 is, in a way, a problem with the entire magic engineering weapon.’
The price of magic stones was too expensive, but it wasn’t unlimited either.
“If only it could be developed rechargeably…”
The scarcity and the consequent high cost of magic stones were indeed factors, but the demand for them was so high due to their limited usage that they would quickly be required again.
Was it always that supply could not meet the demand?
This was an ongoing issue, regardless of what kind of magical engineering weapon I was making.
“I thought about it before, the Kallua Empire must have also been unable to solve this magic stone problem, hence their forbidden experiment with human weaponry.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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