Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 164 The Princess Isn't a Serious Princess

"White Crow Strike!"

Bubu's large scissors moved swiftly like the wind, swooping down at the princess's double-door guard, Guido, at a tricky angle, like a ghostly white crow.

Faced with Bubu's attack, Guido calmly defended himself with his small dagger.

Although he appeared calm, Guido was quite surprised.

Compared to not long ago, Bubu's skill level has improved incredibly fast.

It used this strange sword technique, which it had learned from who-knows-where, with remarkable skill.

His rate of progress is nothing short of genius.

In just over two months, his skill level improved to the point where he was comparable to a swordsman with about two years of military service.

If Bubu gets enough practice, he might actually become a sword saint.

A powerful undead, whose strength rivals that of a swordsman, sounds reasonable enough.

But this Bubu is supposed to be a magic user!

It has high magical abilities and decent swordsmanship talent. Why is that? Is it because the god of fate took a liking to it and thus bestowed upon it the destiny of being great at everything it does?

That's so unreasonable.

Then we can only let it experience the "warmth" of its predecessor while it still has the swordsmanship to win.

Guido parried with his small dagger, separating it from the large scissors, and then changed course with a sudden thrust, seizing the opportunity when Bubu couldn't dodge, and gently touched Bubu's throat, or more precisely, the junction of the head and torso.

Bubu doesn't seem to have a neck, let alone a throat. It's amazing that it seems to lack a neck, a common feature of many cute characters.

However, when this characteristic is applied to a person, it's hard to associate it with cuteness.

Having been hit in a "vital spot," Bubu readily admitted defeat.

"Still can't win?" Bubu asked, a little disappointed. "Did I perform better this time than last time?"

"It's barely passable," Guido replied, twirling his small dagger.

As it turns out, chivalrous virtues were merely lip service for most knights.

Guido has just violated the virtue of honesty without any remorse.

"You still have to practice."

"I will definitely practice even harder!"

The "elder's" teaching did not discourage Bubu; on the contrary, it made it more motivated.

Guido then asked, "What kind of sword technique was that White Crow Strike you just used? I've never seen it before."

"Huh? You haven't seen it before? It's the signature sword technique of the legendary knight Sancho, one of the nine major sword styles, the White Raven Style!"

Bubu answered excitedly, clearly showing great admiration for the legendary knight.

Guido looked puzzled.

I've never seen it before, and I've never even heard of it.

I've never heard of this move before, nor Sancho, and I've never even heard of the nine major sword styles.

What are they all?

Has he been Princess Emilia's bodyguard for too long and fallen behind in terms of information?

Before he could ask any more questions, Bubu revealed the answer himself.

“Sancho Panza is the protagonist of my favorite novel, Sancho Panza the White Knight.”

It's a novel, it's just a novel!

"Could the White Crow Flow sword technique also be from a novel?"

"Huh? Is it from a novel? I actually practiced it."

"It must be from a novel. I've never heard of it. If it were some famous school of thought, I would definitely have heard of it."

As Guido spoke, he suddenly realized something.

"No, you mean you learned the moves from the novel?"

"Yes, it took me several days to learn it."

"You can learn it just by reading the written description?"

"that is not."

Guido breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, this Bubu wasn't as outrageous as he'd imagined. He'd only learned swordsmanship from reading novels; such a thing was impossible…

"There are also illustrations in the book. I learned by looking at the text and illustrations together."

Bubu continued.

Now it was Guido's turn to be shocked. He stared at Bubu with a shocked look in his eyes. This was too exaggerated. This undead seemed even more exaggerated than he had imagined.

He practiced the moves from the novels he read.

Is this human talk?
Oh, right, that's definitely not human language.

Since Bubu has the ability to create swords from pictures, then perhaps...

Guido recalled an anecdote circulating among swordsmen.

The legendary sword technique, the Supreme Shadow Sun Sword, is said to possess immense power once mastered.

The reason it is a legendary sword technique is not because it is so rare that it is impossible to learn. On the contrary, the teaching materials for this sword technique are quite common and easy to find.

What truly makes it legendary is that no one has ever been known to have fully mastered it.

Almost everyone who has studied this swordsmanship has come to the same conclusion.

It's strange and difficult to use; it's not nearly as powerful as the legends say.

The problem is that the founder of this sword technique actually rose to legendary status and became a top swordsman with this technique, and it can be confirmed that the teaching materials were written by him personally.

This has led generation after generation to try learning this stuff, despite having countless examples of predecessors to their faces, even though they can't understand it. They still hold onto the hope that "maybe I'll be the special one."

Guido was once one of them.

Later, he became one of the people who thought this thing was impossible to learn.

He even suspected that this was a huge prank by the swordsman.

They wrote a fake textbook to fool people.

Purely joyful people.

Despite his heartbreak and doubts about this swordsmanship, Guido still held onto a sliver of hope.

Just if, just if there's even the slightest chance, I might be able to master something from this sword technique.

Out of curiosity and a desire to make up for past regrets, if the Supreme Shadow Sun Sword is real, then the only swordsman who can train it is probably Bubu, so Guido solemnly told Bubu.

"Knight Squire Bubu, in recognition of your outstanding performance."

"Didn't you just say I was barely passable?"

"What happened just now isn't important. What's important is that I'm going to teach you a powerful sword technique. If you can learn it, you'll definitely be several times stronger than you are now. If you can't learn it, well, if you really can't learn it, don't be too discouraged. You have to believe that it's not your problem, it's probably a problem with the sword technique itself."

Upon hearing that there was swordsmanship to learn, Bubu's beady eyes widened, filled with longing.

"Really? I'll definitely try my best to learn..."

……

[Your contracted undead Bubu has begun to master advanced sword techniques, current progress 0.5%...]

Ok?
Jia Xiu raised an eyebrow in the reception room.

Is Emilia's grand estate some kind of "paradise on earth"?

It was all by chance and unexpected encounters.

It's still Bubu's exclusive blessed land.

Because it triggers twice.

Last time her attributes improved, and now she's learned some advanced sword techniques. It feels like Bubu has taken another step closer to achieving a balanced mastery of both physical and magical attacks.

Why don't we just leave the cloth here and see if it gets better every day?

Just as Jia Xiu was imagining Bubu's bright future.

"That's the situation."

Here, Emilia finished explaining the help she could offer.

It's not fair to blame Jia Xiu for being distracted. He found a familiar feeling of a high school principal in Emilia. She was the kind of person who, once she started talking, would unleash a torrent of official jargon and platitudes with very low effective information density. If you didn't want to find something else to refresh your mind, you could easily be hypnotized by this "speaking" style of hypnosis.

The princess is indeed different; she learned from a young age how to make simple things incomprehensible to others.

The good news is that Emilia's narrative has a low information density, not none at all.

While painting a rosy picture of the business's future for Jia Xiu, the article also revealed a considerable amount of useful information.

The most basic form of help she can provide is financial support.

At this stage, she covers all the production and advertising costs for the small toys and films.

Don't underestimate the cost of advertising. In many industries, advertising is even more important and costs more than production.

Many businesspeople here have also begun to realize the importance of advertising, but it hasn't progressed to the point where the money spent on advertising is several times that of production—a truly "outrageous" level.

Secondly, in terms of connections, according to her, she was able to persuade government-run brothels in the Iris Kingdom to cooperate and prioritize the introduction of the Thin Film Mage Armor as a standard item.

Yes, in order to make money, the Iris Kingdom has this industry officially run.

Once the official ones are taken down, the private sector will quickly follow suit.

Finally, it can also provide cooperation channels with numerous chambers of commerce and business groups, who can bring the goods to various parts of the mainland for sale, while Jia Xiu and Juan only need to focus on production.

They didn't even need to put in much effort in production; Jia Xiu provided the technology, Juan handled the acceptance and supervision, and the rest was left to the alchemy workshop.

The alchemy industry is now quite mature, with highly skilled professionals.

Before the market for your goods is fully established, there's no need to build your own alchemy workshop; you can simply place orders with others.

It's an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).

Jia Xiu is very familiar with this.

After summarizing these points, Jia Xiu felt that the business they were going to do had turned into marketing.

They don't produce or sell anything; they focus all their efforts on creating buzz, advertising, and building brand awareness and recognition.

"Are you currently in a situation where production hasn't started at all, or have you already produced a portion and started testing sales?"

Emilia asked again.

When this was mentioned, Juan seemed a little embarrassed, as he had indeed been asked about his weaknesses.

Not much business has started yet.

Despite the various reasons, he was unsure whether Princess Emilia would accept these explanations.

What if, after hearing about the current dismal sales situation, one suddenly loses confidence in the business prospects and decides not to invest anymore?

After hesitating for a moment, Juan chose to answer honestly and not try to outsmart the princess.

Emilia didn't react much to his answer. She trusted her judgment; there was a large market for these items, and the fact that they hadn't sold yet was just a minor issue.

However, she looked at Jia Xiu.

"So, you only came to me because you were in trouble, otherwise you wouldn't want to cooperate with me."

"Doesn't this show that you've shown true friendship in times of trouble?"

As always, Jia Xiu displayed his talent for shamelessness.

"So, how do you plan to solve the problem at hand?"

Jassi quickly recounted his plan, which included bribing scholars to produce low-quality papers and then publishing them as the latest research findings in newspapers, as well as using the royal family's name to recruit traditionalists, and so on.

"Are you trying to bribe scholars to commit academic fraud?"

Emilia hadn't expected that Jasshu's plan would be somewhat illegal from the start.

While it's not entirely impossible, it would be best if the business she's involved in was conducted in a "clean" manner.

Selling this already sounds like a huge blow to the dignity of the royal family, not to mention the illegality of the methods used.

If exposed, it will severely damage one's reputation.

"No, no, no, how can this be called academic fraud? It's just selectively publishing papers."

Jia Xiu explained very seriously.

"We simply asked those scholars to expedite the research, publish the good parts, and not mention the bad parts."

Emilia nodded.

That sounds much better.

This is something that is often done when writing about royal history. It cannot be said that the historical records of the Iris Royal Family are false; at most, they are missing a little, but not much.

"Are you sure this thing has any academic merits?"

"Yes, Your Highness, yes. Although it has not yet undergone rigorous testing, it can be basically confirmed that the membrane mage armor is very effective in preventing infectious diseases."

"There's this feature too."

This was a completely unexpected surprise for Emilia.

Those working in special industries have always been at high risk of developing the disease, and their employers have to spend a considerable amount of money every month to treat the young men and women working for them.

After all, one can't expect those who do this kind of work to be blessed by holy light or chosen by nature to be immune to all poisons.

From this perspective, it's easier to promote in specific industries. You don't even need to persuade them; just explain the pros and cons, and those business owners will choose to embrace the new product on their own.

This stuff is much cheaper than medical treatment.

It can even save the military a sum of money.

Such diseases are also prevalent in the military, and expecting the army of a feudal kingdom to have strict discipline is pure wishful thinking.

If we can effectively reduce the disease rate within the military, that would be perfect!
Not only did they make money, they also gained prestige.

It's even better than the best-case scenario we had originally anticipated.

"As soon as possible, it must be as soon as possible. Spread the word as soon as possible, increase production as soon as possible, the faster the better. I will send a group of people to help you with this. Just tell them what needs to be done, and they will definitely be able to get it done."

Besides Jash, who is a very unruly and disobedient knight, Emilia also has many proper knights. Anyway, they probably won't be needed in battle in Larvin, so it's better to let Jash shine.

Having settled the matter at hand, she thought for a moment and continued, "I have a few more suggestions."

"You say."

"If we add other spells to these magical artifacts, will it be difficult? How much will the cost increase?"

"It depends on what spell you want to add. If it's just a trick or a first or second-level spell, it's not difficult and the cost won't increase much."

"Let's add illusion magic to the toys. That way, they'll have an immersive experience when they use them. Ideally, the illusion magic should be replaceable, so that if someone gets tired of one, they can pay to change it to a new one and keep paying."

“Good idea,” Jia Xiu agreed.

I heard this from a princess, which felt a bit out of place.

“It should be added soon,” said Juan, the actual creator of this type of mage armor.

“And another thing,” Emilia added, “I see that yours are labeled small, medium, and large.”

"Yes."

"Change to large, extra-large, and super-large."

Hearing this suggestion, Jia Xiu couldn't help but be a little surprised.

First of all, it's definitely a good suggestion.

Secondly, he didn't think this princess was a decent person.

(End of this chapter)