Volume 2 Chapter 8 - Matters related to patents (1/2)

“Hey, kid, when are you planning to get married to Still?” Great Magician Camilla suddenly looked at Xu Yi to ask this.

“Pu——”

Xu Yi spat out the tea he had been drinking. After coughing a few times, he looked at Great Magician Camilla in shock as he said in a lost voice, “Your excellency Great Magician, you…..What are you saying?”

Great Magician Camilla gave a strong snort, “What? Is there a problem with me asking? Kid, since you have decided to be in a relationship with Still, could it be I shouldn’t ask you when you are planning to get married? Kid, are you saying that you are only planning to play with still and aren’t planning to marry her? Let me tell you, kid, anyone who isn’t planning to marriage in a relationship is a hoodlum! If you dare do this to Still, do you believe that I won’t break your legs?”

Seeing the agitated Great Magician Camilla, Xu Yi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as he responded, “I say, your excellency Great Magician, Still and I have just started dating. Shouldn’t we understand each other a bit better before considering marriage?”

“Understand what? You two have been together for half a year, working together all day and getting together when you have nothing to do. Still’s even spent a few nights at your place, this isn’t enough?” Great Magician Camilla said in a cold voice, “Kid, stop wasting words, I am asking you this as Still’s grandfather, honestly answer my questions!”

Seeing that Great Magician Camilla didn’t seem to be kidding, Xu Yi thought about it before the helpless look on his face disappeared and he said with a serious expression, “Your excellency Great Magician, Still is an outstanding girl whether it is in terms of appearance or personality, of course I hope that she can become my wife as soon as possible. But I have to respect Still’s wishes. If she feels it isn’t suitable, I can’t just force her to agree to marry me.”

Great Magician Camilla knit his brows, “What? Still isn’t satisfied with you?”

Xu Yi replied with a bitter smile, “It isn’t like that, it’s just that she isn’t prepared for marriage this early. You should just give us some time and when the time is ripe, naturally these matters will be considered. But before this, i hope that you won’t give her too much pressure.”

Great Magician Camilla thought about this before giving a sigh. He waved his hand and said, “Forget it, this is the matter of you young people anyway, I can’t be bothered. Alright, kid, let’s talk about business. Come, first take a look at the periodical that came from the guild today.”

Taking the internal periodical from Great Magician Camilla, Xu Yi saw the large words on top and was stunned.

“Magic research is selfish?”

Usually the title page of the Magicians Guild’s internal periodic would represent the hottest recent topic at the Magicians Guild, which would normally be related to magic research.

But while the title of this periodical seemed related to magical research, it had quite the moral taste to it.

“What is this?” Xu Yi looked at Great Magician Camilla in surprise.

“Take a look yourself. Oh that’s right, take a look at the seventh page first.”

Xu Yi flipped to the seventh page and was even more surprised by the title on this page.

“Magic research is a magician’s property and shouldn’t be taken lightly!”

Seeing the title of this article, Xu Yi couldn’t help looking at the name of the author and found it was a familiar name.

Gordon Eisenkel.

Seeing this name, Xu Yi couldn’t help secretly nodding.

If it was this Great Magician who was the greediest for money, it wasn’t strange for him to say this.

As he continued reading, he found that the content of the article wasn’t as weak as the title.

Great Magician Eisenkel kept emphasizing the great damage releasing a magician’s research results would cause the magician. It would cause magicians to gradually lose their motivation to develop new magic because even if they could develop it, it would be easily learnt by other magicians.

“Magician are also people and people are moved by benefits. If there aren’t enough benefits, why would magicians waste their energy to study new forms of magic?”

The article could be considered well founded, speaking in a convincing manner, but what surprised Xu Yi was that in the latter half of the article, Great Magician Eisenkel used the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and Xu Yi as an example.

He highly praised Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, saying that the magic machines Xu Yi developed was giving magicians a new way to develop. It proved that magical application had an important and powerful role in normal lives.

But if the magic machines Xu Yi developed weren’t protected and anyone could casually copy it, Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would certainly lose the motivation to develop new magic machines.

“Every time a new prospect appears, it would always stop from the guild’s propaganda of being selfless. For the longest time, the magicians of the Sines Continent haven’t moved forward and the level of magic on the continent hasn’t increased. Could it be that in this situation, we still shouldn’t change ourselves?”

At the end of the article, Great Magician Eisenkel couldn’t help speaking in an alarmist manner.

Xu Yi didn’t think that the level of magic on the Sines Continent wasn’t increasing.