Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 203.1
Compensation
Count of Melrose frontier. He was the Prime Minister of the country and the head of a dark organization.
I knew that he was aware of it. Although I denied his words, I felt that he had given me assurance through that exchange. It was inevitable. The moment I saw him up close, I knew he was a close blood relative of mine.
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Now that I still have the princess’s protection, I doubt that he would resort to forceful measures. Still, if he was related to me by blood, he would probably not give up. If I admit to it here, I would be troubled again. …But perhaps it was because I have felt such a blood connection that I felt a little sad.
Perhaps the Prime Minister felt the same way, and then, as if he had understood my thoughts, he nonchalantly moved on to talk about the rewards for us [Rainbow Sword].
“The reward for you this time will be one thousand large gold coins. Normally, we would pay the Adventurers’ Guild 10% as an intermediary fee, but since you have slayed an attribute dragon in the Empire, the story is a little different.”
One thousand large gold coins…even if these were divided among the six of us, each head would be more than a commoner would earn in a lifetime. There would have to be a brokerage fee. The majority of adventurers were freemen who pay no taxes other than the toll tax, so this wasin lieu of a tax on their fee.
However, since the tax on commoners was 40-50% of their income, adventurers who explore unchartered areas at the request of the government were treated very favorably.
Instead, things were a little different regarding materials. The prime minister said that the story would change because of the materials from the black dragon we had slain.
“The materials from the black dragon that you brought in, not including those for personal consumption, will all be purchased by the government. The valuation has not yet been made, but it is approximately three hundred large gold coins. If you had brought back the whole thing, it would have been one order of magnitude more.”
“Don’t be absurd. Even the imperial army won’t be able to retrieve it.”
“We’ll make up for some of that as well. I am sorry, Dalton, but thanks to your thoughtfulness, we owe the Empire a lot less.”
“I had heard about your response from Her Highness the Princess. And as I thought, the guild wants materials?”
“It’s a rare black dragon material. The commercial guilds in the background will desperately aim for it.”
The Adventurers’ Guild was derived from the Mercenaries’ Guild by the commercial guilds providing funds. Therefore, all materials brought in by adventurers fall under the jurisdiction of the commercial guilds.
The brokerage fee was 10%, but 20% of the materials would be deducted as a commission, half of which is paid to the government as a tax. The remaining 10% is the guild’s operating expenses, but the guild’s employees are paid by the commercial guilds, so it is said that this amount is sufficient. In return, there are severe penalties for adventurers who sell materials without going through the guild.
