Adopting Disaster
chapter-12-1

Wildflowers

Phoebe's words took Reed down to the 80th floor, and he couldn't help but be astonished.

A mana furnace that uses mana to smelt ores.

An engraving plate that produces the equivalent of a machine's mainboard.

And even a zero-gravity storage device is required to preserve engineering products.

'All the equipment needed for magical engineering is here.'

These were items that were hard to get when Reed tried to obtain them because they were not being produced.

There were few places that handled magical engineering items, and the number of devices was limited.

'Whoever gathered all this and sent it...'

Who on earth could it be?

Even though he had not accomplished much while in the Silent Tower, someone was willing to offer such machines.

"Ah!"

Phoebe suddenly exclaimed, startling Reed.

"By the way, there's a letter that I assume was sent along with the items from the person who sent them."

"Why didn't you show me that earlier?"

"Ehehe, sorry."

Phoebe handed over the letter, pressing down her hair.

-I will support your endless glory and development.

-Brosa-

Since the major reform was announced, other towers would also know that magical engineering was being studied.

However, the tower masters were not aristocratic enough to send greetings.

"It's from someone named Brosa. Do you happen to know them?"

"Brosa…"

A name that even Phoebe, who manages all schedules, does not know.

He asked with the thought that it might be an acquaintance from the past.

This was not an acquaintance from the past.

Rather, it was closer to an acquaintance in the future.

A future acquaintance only Reed knows.

"Phoebe."

"Yes?"

"How much would all these devices and equipment cost?"

"Ye-yes? Well, I'll find out!"

Phoebe hastily checked each item one by one.

After 30 minutes of verification, she was able to estimate the cost.

"It's 130,502,000 UP."

"I see."

Reed took out his chequebook.

He wrote numbers on the mana-coated paper, which couldn't be counterfeited, with a fountain pen.

He wrote a message to be sent on the back along with his signature below.

"Put this in an envelope and send it to the Black Sky Tower Master."

"Why send it to the Black Sky Tower Master?"

"Isn't it necessary to show gratitude?"

"Ah, yes."

Phoebe received the check without objection, tilting her head.

The person who sent the magical engineering devices was Brosa.

If you put a dot on that place, it would be B.rosa.

And if you expand B, it becomes Black Rosa.

Black Rose.

There was only one person who used that alias.

'Freesia Vulcan Darkrider.'

Reed had discovered this while looking into Freesia's desk when she was an ally.

The signature Brosa is occasionally seen in places signed with Freesia's name.

'I knew she liked it, but I didn't expect her to make a gift like this.'

It was unexpected.

He could have accepted these gifts while pretending not to know the character Brosa.

It would have been economically beneficial anyway.

However, that would have been no different from submitting to Freesia's 'taming.'

Freesia was a swamp-like woman.

She would seduce prey with deviant innocence, and the moment they step into the swamp, she would devour them.

'I won't be the one tamed.'

That's why Reed didn't hesitate to send her money.

***

The Black Sky Tower is shrouded in perpetual dark clouds.

"How boring."

The Black Sky Tower Master muttered with a sulky face.

It was difficult for the Black Sky Tower and the secretary, known as the Ma-gun, when the Tower Master, who could be considered the head of the tower, was so indifferent.

"Master, I don't ask for much, do I? Just stamp your approval."

"Just let them handle it themselves. They do fine on their own, don't they?"

"And if something goes wrong, you'll just blow up everything, so why don't you even bother checking?"

"That's because they messed it up. The Tower Master has no fault at all."

Not a single grain of responsibility!

It was natural for the Ma-gun to be upset, but all they could do was sigh with resignation.

While the secretary and the Tower Master were arguing, someone entered her office.

"There's a letter for you."

"Where is it from? Isn't it polite to say where it's from first?"

"I, it's from the Silence Tower!"

Upon hearing those words, Freesia's sulky expression turned into that of a curious child.

"From that Reed fellow?"

"Reed?"

"Let me see it."

"Master, did you just say Reed?"

It was more surprising that Freesia had called someone by their name than the fact that the person was Reed.

Hey. You. Kid. Over there.

She would even call people by the first letter of their names, followed by '-kun', but she was now calling someone by their proper name, which was more surprising than the discovery of magic.

Ignoring her secretary's words, Freesia looked at the contents of the letter.

"Kyahaha!"

And then she burst into laughter!?

The secretary was bewildered, her eyes wide open.

"Master?"

"Hey, Magic Army! Check this out."

She infused magic into the paper and flicked it toward the Magic Army.

The Magic Army looked at the paper she had seen.

120,035,020 UP

Reed Adelheights Loton-

Rather than laughter, confusion dominated their reaction to the sudden appearance of the huge sum of money.

That would probably be the reaction of most people.

"Why would the Silence Tower Master give us such a large sum of money?"

"You know, the things I said I'd send last time?"

"Oh, those magic engineering devices?"

The Black Sky Tower focused on necromancer-related research but studied all fields.

Magic engineering was one of those fields, but there was no one to take charge, so the magic engineering devices were always left to gather dust.

"I gave those to the Silence Tower."

"What? You gave them to another tower?"

"I asked the other chief guys. 'Hey! Are you using those magic engineering products? Are you throwing them away?' And they said, 'Oh, yes~ yes~ please throw them away. You're the most beautiful princess in the world~.' So it's the fault of the guy who agreed to throw them away."

"Hold on. Throwing them away and giving them to another tower are completely different. And you didn't explain to me where they went!"

The Magic Army was dumbfounded but didn't argue further.

The amounts matched the prices of the magic engineering products they had almost exactly.

No, it was even more.

By 20 million UP.