Volume 3 Chapter 108 - Magic patent protection fee (1/2)

This year’s Lampuri Kingdom Magicians Guild certification exam was very likely the largest one yet.

According to the stats of the Magicians Guild, the number of magicians that came surpassed over eight thousand!

It had to be known, there were just over a total of ten thousand magicians in the Lampuri Kingdom.

In other words, the amount of magicians that came this time was actually 80% of the magicians in the entire Lampuri Kingdom!

Even if the number of magicians that came last year surpassed five thousand and suggested this trend, there were actually over eight thousand magicians that came to the certification exam this year. It completely swamped the Lampuri Kingdom’s Magicians Guild.

If it wasn’t for president Eren planning ahead of time, the Magicians Guild would be filled with chaos this time.

But even if he had made preparations, because the amount of people participating had greatly increased, the original schedule that put the exam in a period of a week was forced to become half a month.

Even if the time was doubled, the exams each day were still very rushed. It made the Magicians Guild staff work all day without any time to rest at all.

But no one complained because it was different from before. During this year’s certification exam, president Eren announced that during this exam period, due to the fact that the workload had increased, it meant that each person would receive a special compensation which was set for two gold coins a day per person.

Two gold coins a day meant that in half a month, they would be receiving an extra thirty gold coins.

For the staff of the Magicians Guild, this wasn’t a small amount, so naturally it made their passion for work increase. Even if they were incredibly busy during this time, no one complained and focused entirely on their work. It made the certification exam proceed smoothly with barely any problems.

“I say, president Eren, these normal workers are receiving special compensation, shouldn’t we Great Magicians also receive a special compensation?” Great Magician Eisenkel teased president Eren sitting in the main seat.

President Eren laughed, “Eisenkel, don’t joke. With your wealth, do you still need to ask for a compensation of several dozen gold coins from me? Then again, it was hard enough for our Magicians Guild to create a surplus to reward our staff, would you as a Great Magician fight them for this?

The other three Great Magicians including Great Magician Camilla sitting on the side revealed smiles.

This was a meeting the five Great Magicians held for this year’s certification exam, mainly discussing the contents of the higher grade magicians test at the end.

Great Magician Eisenkel heard president Eren explain how to solve the burden on the workers and he couldn’t help cracking a joke.

“Speaking of this, why does our Magicians Guild have a surplus this year? Couldn’t we only barely hold on last year from the allotment from the main guild?” Great Magician Telucci asked in a curious voice.

“To be honest, it was mainly because of Xu Yi’s merit.” President Erne looked at Great Magician Camilla who was silent like usual and said with a smile, “If it wasn’t for his magic patent idea, how could our guild have excess funds?”

“Oh? This means that there are many magicians applying for patents?” Great Magician Torres also asked with a curious look.

“That’s right.” President Eren nodded, “According to last month’s statistics, right now there are a total of over thirteen thousand patents registered at the guild and the patent protection fees has already surpassed two hundred thousand gold coins.”

“That much?” Great Magician Telucci and Great Magician Torres both revealed surprised looks.

Great Magician Eisenkel knit his brows, “Isn’t this too little? Thirteen thousand patents and only over two hundred thousand coins. On average, that is less than two gold coins per patent, right?”

[TL Note: I know the math is wrong, but just accept it.]

President Eren said with a laugh, “Because there are some magicians who are paying low fees for their patents, which doesn’t even cost a single gold coin to use.”

“Then what did they apply for a patent for?” Great Magician Telucci said in a surprised voice, “With such a low price, it can’t protect it at all.”

“You don’t understand.” Great Magician Torres gave a laugh, “Telucci, getting a patent for your studies is a very popular thing right now, even I have more than ten of them. Of course, I didn’t pay much when it came to protection fees, it’s a total of less than a hundred gold coins.”

“Why?” Great Magician Telucci was a bit confused, “There’s no need, so why apply for a patent?”

“To be honest, it’s to give yourself face.” Great Magician Torres said, “Think about it, for two magicians, one has over ten special patents and one doesn’t have a single one. Wouldn’t you think that the level of magic for the magician without any patents would be low?”