The 1000 Year Great Sage - Chapter 8

Seya It’s done. She’s fine now.

Little Princess – ???? I can feel my body again! Dad, Mom, I’m hungry…

Royal Healers/Queen/King Impossible… we couldn’t do anything… even the High Healer was not able… how can a small child accomplished such a thing… without chanting????

Queen My beautiful child… Quick, bring food to the Princess, she didn’t eat all day!

Royal Healer Yes my Queen!

Anna Hinamoto Wait! My King, no one must know what Seya did, ever!

King Rohan Royal Healer, you heard Anna. Bring food to the Princess, but if you speak with anyone, be careful what you say. For all purposes, it was the High Healer Anna Hinamoto who healed the Princess. Everyone understands?

Royal Healers/Queen Yes my King.

Anna Hinamoto Thank you, my King. Seya is still too young to get any kind of reputation or rumours, it would only bring trouble for him.

King Rohan I understand. Now, can you and your son wait for me on the meeting room? I wish to stay some time with my daughter and my Queen.

Anna Hinamoto/Seya Hinamoto Yes my King.

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King Rohan Being able to heal my daughter when not even you could… How old his he?

Anna Hinamoto He’s 10 years old, my King.

King Rohan The Princess is 6, she still plays a lot and fools around, like a normal girl of her age. Your son acts and speaks like he’s a lot older. And such amazing amount of Healing Magic…

Anna Hinamoto He’s been like this since he was a baby… at first he surprised me every day, but now, nothing really surprises me about him. I just see him as a sweet and loving child that the Goddess decided to give me.

King Rohan I see… So, we can expect great things from him when he gets older, don’t we? Now, we must talk about your rewards.

Anna Hinamoto My King, we don’t need any, I just did my duty. I’m glad that we could be of assistance.

King Rohan But for such a deed, I must reward both of you accordingly!

Anna Hinamoto For me, it’s enough if my King allows me to return home and continue working around the kingdom when I’m needed, instead of being confined to the Royal Palace…

King Rohan As always, you make it sound like living in this Palace, it’s a prison… Ahahahahahah… and you little one, there’s anything that you want as a reward?

Seya – . My King, I have a question, if my King could answer…

King Rohan So respectful! Ok, you may ask anything, if I can answer, I will.

Seya If I have an idea to improve something in the kingdom, or if I have an original tool, is there anyway to protect my idea or my tool, so that no one can sell it instead of me? Or if they sell, can I receive a part of the money?

King Rohan mmmmhhh…. there’s one Royal Law like that, The Ownership Law. My father created that. Since I’ve become King, there was only two times when it was used.

When a person came to me to talk about a new kind of fishing net and when another person show me a new type of hunting bow.

Both tools are being sold throughout the kingdom and those two persons are receiving a copper coin each time one of those is sold.

Seya – … one copper coin for each fishing net sold… that could amount to a lot of money if 100 persons buy the new fishing net… Who controls the selling? It’s not possible for a seller being able to sold 10 fishing nets and lie, saying that he only sold 5?

King Rohan Each merchant must make accurate records, for him to calculate accordingly his monthly taxes. But you are right, a merchant could tamper with his records, and for that, on the Ownership Law, there’s also a punishment for those that don’t obey and get caught.

That punishment is decided by the owner, when he shows me his idea and asks for an Ownership Law.

Seya Even if the punishment it’s death?

King Rohan Upon agreement between me and the owner, yes, it can be. Normally, if the punishment is big, the less a merchant tries to do anything illegal.

Seya mmmhmmmm….I see, so there’s already such a Law…

King Rohan Why the strange question? Do you already have something to show me?

Seya – …..mmmhhh… Not yet. I’m still making some experiences on my fields back home. Let’s see how the harvest turns out. But when I have something, what must I do to apply for an Ownership Law?

King Rohan You ask for an audience with me and my advisors, at close doors.

You present a project or show something that you think it can be important or profitable, explain for what can it be used and how or what good it will do.

Of course, the manufacturing process or any Magic involved, you don’t need to show.

That project or object is then put to display at the House of Commerce to see if any merchant wants to sell it.

Or I can buy it. It depends if it benefits the kingdom or just a group of people.

But remember, the Ownership Law is only valid for a period of 3 years. After that, anyone can copy and sell it and you stop receiving a part of the money.

Seya Can I have a shop and be the only one to sell that object?

King Rohan Yes you can. Until another merchant copies you…

Seya – .. I see…

Anna Hinamoto My King, please excuse my son, he’s always like this, always thinking and making difficult questions!

King Rohan He’s quiet remarkable indeed… Young Seya, it’s that all you want to now?

Seya Yes my King, I thank your kindness.

King Rohan Anna, are you sure he’s only 10 ????