Chapter 119 Contact Book (Part 2)
"Little Bone, do you know? Your invention will save many soldiers in danger!" Andre placed his hands on Jiangyou's shoulders and said solemnly, "You will save many lives, promote His Majesty the King's great cause, and bring prosperity and peace to the entire Principality of Huntington!"
"Ah, ah?" Jiang You was a little confused: "Am I that powerful?"
It was the first time she'd seen Andrei so solemn and serious, yet filled with such beautiful anticipation for the future... This knight of the kingdom had always disguised himself as a cool, saucy person, only letting down his guard briefly when enjoying delicious food. But now, his true feelings were revealed because of this little magical invention...
However, this contact book is indeed very suitable for an imperial envoy like Andrei who has infiltrated the enemy camp alone...
So, Jiangyou nodded and said, "Okay, I will teach you the magic and the production process, and you can report it to His Majesty the King. However, this magic was not invented by me. It was taught to me by Lorisa. Using it in the notebook for communication was my idea. If there is to be a reward, I think Lorisa and the publisher who first invented this magic to correct typos [Editing Spell] should also get their due."
"That's easy. I'll report it to His Majesty the King." Andrei agreed immediately. After a moment's thought, he added, "This invention is a secret. His Majesty the King may not reward me with this. The true honor will probably have to wait until everything is settled and Xie Yue and the traitors are brought to justice before it can be announced to the world. But you will definitely not miss out on any of the hidden benefits!"
"All right!" That's a reward from His Majesty the King! Even if King Huntington's treasury was empty and stretched to the limit, it was still a kingdom-level problem. A kingdom's financial expenditures could easily reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold coins. His Majesty might have to scrape together such a large allocation, but he could lift the little lich out of poverty and into prosperity with just a little help from his fingers.
——No, His Majesty the King doesn’t even need to pay any money. He only needs to give Jiangyou a gold medal of [No. 1 Brewing Workshop in the Country] to make Jiangyou’s business soar!
"One more thing," Andre said, "You need to keep this invention a secret and not let anyone else know about it."
Jiangyou nodded. She called back Lolisa and Mary, who had tactfully retreated to the door of the warehouse to give the two of them space to talk, and explained the situation to them. Of course, she emphasized that His Majesty the King attached great importance to this invention and that they might receive a reward after handing it in, but the matter needed to be kept completely confidential. The two little witches were very excited.
These wanderers without even a surname actually have the chance to receive royal honors one day?!
They naturally agreed readily. As for keeping secrets, it was also very easy in this world. All they needed to do was to establish a [Secret-Keeping Magic] between a few people, and then none of the signatories could reveal the secret to outsiders. The magic principle was not that the speaker would die if the secret was leaked, but that before the secret was leaked, the speaker's thoughts would inexplicably jump to other places, and they would temporarily forget the matter, and would not be able to remember what they had originally intended to say.
The secret-keeping magic is also beneficial to Jiang You. The fewer people who know about this, the safer their business secrets will be... Wait, something doesn't seem right.
Jiang You looked at Andrei and said, "That's not right. If I want to pull people into private or group chats, I have to teach them this magic. For example, Holly, and the other partners who will open more branches in the future, or even the staff I will recruit in the future..."
Andre thought about it and felt that the lich's brewing business and the king's spies were almost in two unrelated levels and should not have much impact.
He conceded, "Then let's change the conditions. Of the three of you, only Little Bone can teach this magic to others, but only if the person is approved by me."
"That makes sense." Jiang You thought about it and agreed.
The matter was happily settled.
Andrei withdrew his hand from Jiangyou's shoulder, but was horrified to find that there was an extra bone on Xiaogutou's shoulder. "...What's this? How can you have bone hyperplasia at such a young age?"
The mass of bones gradually stretched out, and a skull bird head poked out from under the wing bone, with pupils gradually lighting up. It turned out to be a white skeleton falcon!
"This is Xiaomochi," Jiangyou introduced enthusiastically. "She's my pet, messenger, and delivery girl~! She just fell asleep~"
Little Rice Cake chirped and stretched his neck towards Andre curiously.
Andre: “…” The cute little bones have increased!
The little rice cake jumped onto Andre's arm, pecked it lightly and familiarly, then took a ball of soul fire and started sucking it.
Andre: “…” Well, this little girl is exactly like her master.
Although the cute little rice cake distracted them for a moment, everyone still finished the task at hand quickly and neatly. Jiang You made three sets of two-to-two contact books for Andre, and Andre, the top magic student, also made a small improvement based on Jiang You's invention.
Drawing inspiration from the magic mailbox's phantom function, he added a notification feature to the address book. This improved address book could be bound to a single user, who would then receive a small magical mark. If the address book was modified, meaning a new message arrived, the user's magic mark would illuminate with a faint white light visible only to them.
This way, users will know when they need to check their contacts.
At the same time, if anything goes wrong, the user can remotely destroy the contact book by removing the magic mark on their body. Once one contact book is destroyed, the other will also spontaneously combust into ashes without fire. In this way, the interlocutor using the other contact book will know that their contact is in danger.
After finishing all this, Andre brought the heavy draft horse Diego. He borrowed a cart from the witch in charge and helped Jiangyou load the filling machine, the sauce jar, a bunch of bottles and jars, and the portable snack kiosk onto the cart.
...Oh, and after all the contact books were printed, the printing press and bindery also joined the team heading to the brewery.
However, there were too many things to carry, and even Diego, a heavy draft horse, couldn't carry them all in one trip. So Andrei decided to run back and forth in the afternoon.
"By the way, there's something I need to tell you." Andrei pulled Jiangyou aside and whispered, "I made a mistake before. The Winchester clerk is one of us. But this matter is a secret, so on the surface we have to pretend that we are not on good terms."
Jiang You scratched his head, and suddenly he understood: "Oh! He is the king's spy!"
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