Magical Device Craftsman Dahlia Won’t Hang Her Head Down Anymore

Noon of the next day, Dahlia visit the commerce guild.

Until now she has been working under the co-registration with Tobias but now she is alone.

She intended to take a break after her marriage but it seems there’s no need for that anymore.

First of all, she has to confirm the profit contract of her registered magic tools and get as much new work as possible.—–That was what she was thinking about as she makes her way through the busy people and climbs the stairs to the second floor.

“Ah, Dahlia-san. You are just in time.”

A voice called out to her when she arrived at the second floor, it was the male employee in charge of accepting orders for the guild.

“There’s an order for 10 pieces of waterproof clothes for covering wagon from the transportation guild for you, Dahlia-san.”

“Understood. Please let me see the details.”

“Please take a look.”

I checked the order form and confirmed that it was an order for the waterproof clothes with the same specification as the previous order.

If it came from Transportation Guild then this must be Marcella’s act as he is trying to look out for me.

Since the clothes were provided and there’s no problem with the delivery date, I decided to accept the order as it is. Regarding the clothes, it seems they will deliver it to the green tower in a few days.

Done with securing the work, Dahlia headed to the contract counter.

“Hello, Dahlia-san.”

“Thank you for the other day, Ivano-san.”

At the contract counter was Ivano who acted as my witness the other day.

Seeing Dahlia’s smile, he also smiles in relief.

“Now, what is your business today”

“I’d like to confirm the confirm the revenue of my registered magic tools so can I see the contract please.”

“Understood. I will fetch your profit contracts for you right away, Dahlia-san.”

Ivano disappeared into the back and brought out a flat brown wooden box.

Inside are contract documents for the registered magic tools under Dahlia and her father’s names.

Each time the commerce guild makes a profit from a magic tool registered with the guild, a certain amount of that profit goes to the developer.

The small details are a little different but it is something similar to a patent in my previous life.

The registration period is seven years from the registration date. When that is over, you will no longer receive the profit from that creation.

The waterproof clothes invented by Dahlia when she was 18 years old so it will continue to profit her until she becomes 25 years old.

The dryer that she developed together with her father was registered to the guild more than 10 years ago, thus the contract has already ended.

In the first place due to the age limit of 15 years old Dahlia’s name was not included in that contract.

“From Carlo-sama’s two active contracts and Dahlia-sama’s waterproof cloth and raincoat contracts, please confirm the combined profit amount here.”

Checking the documents, Dahlia tilts her head.

“Is there no small magic stove’s contract from last month? I don’t think it is here.”

“The small magic stove contract…….my deepest apologies, it seems that the contract is missing from the box. There might be some mishandling so please allow me to check it.”

Ivano gets up from his chair. Perhaps there was a mistake and it is inside another box?

Dahlia was waiting in her chair when the back of the counter has become noisy.

“I am so sorry! The one in charge of the small magic stove was me!”

A young female employee runs out and bows deeply in front of Dahlia.

“I’m sorry, I registered that profit contract under Tobias’s name.”

“Ha?”

 Ivano ran up with documents in hand from behind the tearful employee.

Looking over it, the small magic stove invented by Dahlia was registered under Tobias’s name.

Dahlia did all the work and invented the small magic stove while Tobias was just there to see the finished product.

I was busy inside the workshop so Tobias said to leave it to him since he has some business at the Commerce Guild that day. But apparently, it seems he has rewritten his name to be on the contract instead.

“Umm, Last month, Tobias-san said that Dahlia-san has given her consent so I thought that you were just going to register it under your husband’s name at the time so……….”

Originally, if the name of the person on the item’s specifications and the contractor are different, you have to get a definite confirmation from the person concerned parties or a notary.

However, since we were engaged, and signed a contract with the commerce guild through a joint registration, she assumed that I would take the husband’s name after marriage.

To that explanation, the headache Dahlia felt a while ago has returned.

Certainly, in terms of management and profit distribution, there are cases that the item will be registered under a joint name or from one of the parties.

However, Dahlia doesn’t remember ever said that to Tobias.

“I understand what’s going on now. I never transferred any rights to Orlando-san. Second, since he has broken our engagement we are now just a stranger. Can you tell me the process for the name change in this case?”

Dahlia simply asked her question without putting blame on anyone.

“I’m sorry, please accept my apologies. I will get the instructions from my superiors as soon as possible so can I have some of your time?”

Ivano and the female employee next to him bowed down.

If you have developed a magic tool for people’s use, carve your name on it, take responsibility for your invention and take care of it———-that’s what Dahlia’s father taught her.

As her senior apprentice, did Tobias forgot that?

That was simply, sad.

……………………..

After some time, Dahlia and Ivano were in the office of the deputy guild manager, Gabriella.

Luxuriously patterned carpets, beautifully carved white table, and white leather reception seating—-they are giving a slow and relaxed feel but the atmosphere inside the room is stiff.

“I heard the details. Dahlia Rosetti-san, as the manager is absent, allow me to apologize as the representative on behalf of the commerce guild.”

Gabriella stands up and deeply bows. She remains like that without moving.

“Deputy guild manager, please raise your head!”

Gabriella’s beautiful ivory hair seems to rest on the floor as Dahlia tried to stop her in a hurry.

Gabriella keeps bowing her head for a few more seconds then raise her head and without hiding it, she let out a sigh.

“I am really sorry. Troubling you like this, I will make sure that my employees will be more thorough from now on.”

Prompted by Gabriella, the three of us finally sit down

Ivano who is already tired starts to explain while spreading out the documents.

“I have checked the documents on the small magic stove but all the drawing and specifications are definitely handwritten by Dahlia-san. There is also the testimony from the person in charge so on top of a formal protest to Tobias-san, I can immediately change the name on the document. As a penalty, Tobias-san will be banned from the commerce guild for a period of time and the person in charge will be demoted……”

“I will be fine with just the name change.”

Ivano turns to stare at Dahlia with wide eyes.

“Dahlia-san, is that really alright with you?”

“If Dahlia-san wants, you can sue him on the contract fraud you know. It is still within the time you were engaged so there might be some dispute but if you want to sue, we can set up someone to represent you as well. Of course, the guild will take responsibility and pay for all of it.”

“Thank you for your concern but if I do that Tobias will be finished as a [magic tool craftsman] isn’t he.”

“Yes. if it’s a contract fraud, at the very least, the commerce guild will never conduct any trade with him as a [magic tool craftsman] again.”

Gabriella’s dark blue eyes turn slightly narrow.

“Dahlia-san, are you sure that you don’t have any lingering affection for him?”

“As a fiance, I don’t have any affection left for him, rather, I should say that there are only negative feelings…..but he is still a [senior apprentice] of my father.”

Tobias became an apprentice of Dahlia’s father when he was 19 after he graduated from the academy.

When we first met, my father introduced him as my [senior apprentice].”

With a clock in one hand and a metal plate in the other, he awkwardly made a bow.

It was true that she was taught by her father ever since she was a child but the time that Dahlia officially became an apprentice was two years after she graduated from the academy since she was helping the professor at the academy at that time.

He was certainly the senior apprentice.

“…..If he cancels the contract on his own and then re-register it under my name, will both Orlando-san and Ms.staff be free of the penalty? Of course, you can void the contract effect for the past month as well.”

“If that’s what you wish then we can’t say anything more in this matter, Dahlia-san.”

“Then I will meet up with Orlando-san and tell him to cancel it right away.”

“We can call him here for you, you know. If you insist on going, I can accompany you as well.”

“I will be fine by myself. But….if it doesn’t work out, please let me consult with you at that time.”

“Doesn’t work, huh. I understand.”

Icano and Gabriella silently watched as Dahlia bowed and left the room.

The doors closed but both of them are still sitting in silence.

“…..no affection left huh, it wouldn’t be weird if she beat him up for this but she still doesn’t do it. Is a [senior apprentice] something like that for magic tools craftsmen?”

Said the man as if he was complaining.

Hearing that, Gabriella weakly laugh.

“It’s not. That girl might not notice it herself but the person she is trying to protect right now is probably Carlo you know.”

“Dahlia-san is trying to protect Carlo-san who is already dead?”

“Yeah, if Tobias, her senior apprentice quit being a magic tools craftsman or found guilty of something them it will damage Carlo’s name, in a sense, he will certainly be saddened——-I guess she was thinking about it unconsciously.”

“Ah, I see. So it’s like that.”

Ivano turned away and shut his eyes.

He remembers the middle-aged magician with sandy hair and a warm smile.

One day in early summer, he suddenly collapsed in the guild hallway. The one that found him first was him.

With just a few rough breaths, the man who stopped moving in front of him without even leaving behind a single word.

By the time the doctor arrived, he was gone and there was nothing he could do.

“Carlo-san, he was still young. He probably has some leftover regret too……”

“Seriously….another 20 years, no at least another 10 years, can’t he at least live that much longer, that man.”

Gabriella opened the window in her office and let in the wind outside.

There was no wind blowing from the outside, she can only see the figure of Dahlia walking away.

Noon of the next day, Dahlia visit the commerce guild.

Until now she has been working under the co-registration with Tobias but now she is alone.

She intended to take a break after her marriage but it seems there’s no need for that anymore.

First of all, she has to confirm the profit contract of her registered magic tools and get as much new work as possible.—–That was what she was thinking about as she makes her way through the busy people and climbs the stairs to the second floor.

“Ah, Dahlia-san. You are just in time.”

A voice called out to her when she arrived at the second floor, it was the male employee in charge of accepting orders for the guild.

“There’s an order for 10 pieces of waterproof clothes for covering wagon from the transportation guild for you, Dahlia-san.”

“Understood. Please let me see the details.”

“Please take a look.”

I checked the order form and confirmed that it was an order for the waterproof clothes with the same specification as the previous order.

If it came from Transportation Guild then this must be Marcella’s act as he is trying to look out for me.

Since the clothes were provided and there’s no problem with the delivery date, I decided to accept the order as it is. Regarding the clothes, it seems they will deliver it to the green tower in a few days.

Done with securing the work, Dahlia headed to the contract counter.

“Hello, Dahlia-san.”

“Thank you for the other day, Ivano-san.”

At the contract counter was Ivano who acted as my witness the other day.

Seeing Dahlia’s smile, he also smiles in relief.

“Now, what is your business today”

“I’d like to confirm the confirm the revenue of my registered magic tools so can I see the contract please.”

“Understood. I will fetch your profit contracts for you right away, Dahlia-san.”

Ivano disappeared into the back and brought out a flat brown wooden box.

Inside are contract documents for the registered magic tools under Dahlia and her father’s names.

Each time the commerce guild makes a profit from a magic tool registered with the guild, a certain amount of that profit goes to the developer.

The small details are a little different but it is something similar to a patent in my previous life.

The registration period is seven years from the registration date. When that is over, you will no longer receive the profit from that creation.

The waterproof clothes invented by Dahlia when she was 18 years old so it will continue to profit her until she becomes 25 years old.

The dryer that she developed together with her father was registered to the guild more than 10 years ago, thus the contract has already ended.

In the first place due to the age limit of 15 years old Dahlia’s name was not included in that contract.

“From Carlo-sama’s two active contracts and Dahlia-sama’s waterproof cloth and raincoat contracts, please confirm the combined profit amount here.”

Checking the documents, Dahlia tilts her head.

“Is there no small magic stove’s contract from last month? I don’t think it is here.”

“The small magic stove contract…….my deepest apologies, it seems that the contract is missing from the box. There might be some mishandling so please allow me to check it.”

Ivano gets up from his chair. Perhaps there was a mistake and it is inside another box?

Dahlia was waiting in her chair when the back of the counter has become noisy.

“I am so sorry! The one in charge of the small magic stove was me!”

A young female employee runs out and bows deeply in front of Dahlia.

“I’m sorry, I registered that profit contract under Tobias’s name.”

“Ha?”

 Ivano ran up with documents in hand from behind the tearful employee.

Looking over it, the small magic stove invented by Dahlia was registered under Tobias’s name.

Dahlia did all the work and invented the small magic stove while Tobias was just there to see the finished product.

I was busy inside the workshop so Tobias said to leave it to him since he has some business at the Commerce Guild that day. But apparently, it seems he has rewritten his name to be on the contract instead.

“Umm, Last month, Tobias-san said that Dahlia-san has given her consent so I thought that you were just going to register it under your husband’s name at the time so……….”

Originally, if the name of the person on the item’s specifications and the contractor are different, you have to get a definite confirmation from the person concerned parties or a notary.

However, since we were engaged, and signed a contract with the commerce guild through a joint registration, she assumed that I would take the husband’s name after marriage.

To that explanation, the headache Dahlia felt a while ago has returned.

Certainly, in terms of management and profit distribution, there are cases that the item will be registered under a joint name or from one of the parties.

However, Dahlia doesn’t remember ever said that to Tobias.

“I understand what’s going on now. I never transferred any rights to Orlando-san. Second, since he has broken our engagement we are now just a stranger. Can you tell me the process for the name change in this case?”

Dahlia simply asked her question without putting blame on anyone.

“I’m sorry, please accept my apologies. I will get the instructions from my superiors as soon as possible so can I have some of your time?”

Ivano and the female employee next to him bowed down.

If you have developed a magic tool for people’s use, carve your name on it, take responsibility for your invention and take care of it———-that’s what Dahlia’s father taught her.

As her senior apprentice, did Tobias forgot that?

That was simply, sad.

……………………..

After some time, Dahlia and Ivano were in the office of the deputy guild manager, Gabriella.

Luxuriously patterned carpets, beautifully carved white table, and white leather reception seating—-they are giving a slow and relaxed feel but the atmosphere inside the room is stiff.

“I heard the details. Dahlia Rosetti-san, as the manager is absent, allow me to apologize as the representative on behalf of the commerce guild.”

Gabriella stands up and deeply bows. She remains like that without moving.

“Deputy guild manager, please raise your head!”

Gabriella’s beautiful ivory hair seems to rest on the floor as Dahlia tried to stop her in a hurry.

Gabriella keeps bowing her head for a few more seconds then raise her head and without hiding it, she let out a sigh.

“I am really sorry. Troubling you like this, I will make sure that my employees will be more thorough from now on.”

Prompted by Gabriella, the three of us finally sit down

Ivano who is already tired starts to explain while spreading out the documents.

“I have checked the documents on the small magic stove but all the drawing and specifications are definitely handwritten by Dahlia-san. There is also the testimony from the person in charge so on top of a formal protest to Tobias-san, I can immediately change the name on the document. As a penalty, Tobias-san will be banned from the commerce guild for a period of time and the person in charge will be demoted……”

“I will be fine with just the name change.”

Ivano turns to stare at Dahlia with wide eyes.

“Dahlia-san, is that really alright with you?”

“If Dahlia-san wants, you can sue him on the contract fraud you know. It is still within the time you were engaged so there might be some dispute but if you want to sue, we can set up someone to represent you as well. Of course, the guild will take responsibility and pay for all of it.”

“Thank you for your concern but if I do that Tobias will be finished as a [magic tool craftsman] isn’t he.”

“Yes. if it’s a contract fraud, at the very least, the commerce guild will never conduct any trade with him as a [magic tool craftsman] again.”

Gabriella’s dark blue eyes turn slightly narrow.

“Dahlia-san, are you sure that you don’t have any lingering affection for him?”

“As a fiance, I don’t have any affection left for him, rather, I should say that there are only negative feelings…..but he is still a [senior apprentice] of my father.”

Tobias became an apprentice of Dahlia’s father when he was 19 after he graduated from the academy.

When we first met, my father introduced him as my [senior apprentice].”

With a clock in one hand and a metal plate in the other, he awkwardly made a bow.

It was true that she was taught by her father ever since she was a child but the time that Dahlia officially became an apprentice was two years after she graduated from the academy since she was helping the professor at the academy at that time.

He was certainly the senior apprentice.

“…..If he cancels the contract on his own and then re-register it under my name, will both Orlando-san and Ms.staff be free of the penalty? Of course, you can void the contract effect for the past month as well.”

“If that’s what you wish then we can’t say anything more in this matter, Dahlia-san.”

“Then I will meet up with Orlando-san and tell him to cancel it right away.”

“We can call him here for you, you know. If you insist on going, I can accompany you as well.”

“I will be fine by myself. But….if it doesn’t work out, please let me consult with you at that time.”

“Doesn’t work, huh. I understand.”

Icano and Gabriella silently watched as Dahlia bowed and left the room.

The doors closed but both of them are still sitting in silence.

“…..no affection left huh, it wouldn’t be weird if she beat him up for this but she still doesn’t do it. Is a [senior apprentice] something like that for magic tools craftsmen?”

Said the man as if he was complaining.

Hearing that, Gabriella weakly laugh.

“It’s not. That girl might not notice it herself but the person she is trying to protect right now is probably Carlo you know.”

“Dahlia-san is trying to protect Carlo-san who is already dead?”

“Yeah, if Tobias, her senior apprentice quit being a magic tools craftsman or found guilty of something them it will damage Carlo’s name, in a sense, he will certainly be saddened——-I guess she was thinking about it unconsciously.”

“Ah, I see. So it’s like that.”

Ivano turned away and shut his eyes.

He remembers the middle-aged magician with sandy hair and a warm smile.

One day in early summer, he suddenly collapsed in the guild hallway. The one that found him first was him.

With just a few rough breaths, the man who stopped moving in front of him without even leaving behind a single word.

By the time the doctor arrived, he was gone and there was nothing he could do.

“Carlo-san, he was still young. He probably has some leftover regret too……”

“Seriously….another 20 years, no at least another 10 years, can’t he at least live that much longer, that man.”

Gabriella opened the window in her office and let in the wind outside.

There was no wind blowing from the outside, she can only see the figure of Dahlia walking away.