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89 – New and Ancient Currency

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Pocket money.

A kid like me may wonder where money is needed, but while going to the academy, there are more things that require money than you think.

In the case of a restaurant’s basic menu, you don’t need money.

Maybe that’s why, the side dishes change every day, and commoners, humans, and other races enjoy eating them.

But it doesn’t suit the tastes of elves.

It is not possible to change the menu itself for the very few elves, so they sell vegetarian meals for a separate fee.

The sweet pumpkin salad I usually eat is one of them.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that elves can’t eat meat.

But it means that you can eat it, the problem is that it doesn’t feel delicious.

Do I have to say that I feel a sense of rejection physiologically?

I am also a little sad about my taste now, thinking that I was a person who would not eat rice without meat in my previous life.

After eating meat, my speed gets worse…

But things like eggs and milk are okay too.

It’s not just restaurants.

Academy classes always follow preparation materials.

In Adventure Studies or Thaumatology, they were asked to buy magic stones, and in general theory classes, various preparations such as rulers, compasses, and notebooks were required.

Since they are a bit overpriced, commoners are aiming for scholarships by studying hard.

As I mentioned before, the scholarship is divided into quarters, so you can receive the scholarship at least once.

FYI, Lillie and Maron both resigned from the scholarship section.

Because they only need the titles of senior and second seats.

So why are you suddenly talking about pocket money?

Because pocket money day is coming soon.

We get pocket money from Alice.

Lillie and Marron once refused, but she seemed to have no choice but to accept the two as Alice was not convinced.

Alice is sending money to my allowance account every month, even though I also have money that her mother took care of.

That’s a pretty staggering amount.

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Perhaps, she doesn’t want her man to hear that her wallet is thin.

“By the way, isn’t 3 pieces of salt a bit too much?”

I smiled bitterly when I saw the amount printed on the smartphone bank application.

Three salt coins are simply 300 million won.

I gave this kind of money to a 7-year-old kid.

By the way, gold coins are not real gold.

In the past, copper coins were used for copper, silver coins for silver, and gold coins for gold.

It is said that this is because gold coins were unexpectedly melted and damaged frequently.

“In our account…”

The account Lillie showed me contained an amount that was hard for me to imagine.

To see a circle like this, it was enough money that I wondered if I would have to open the accounts of people like the bosses of the dark organization in the movie.

I feel like this every time I get pocket money.

That’s why I can’t accept it.

Wouldn’t it be nice if I had money to manage when I grew up?

It’s not bad if you think about preparing for that time.

Well… If I want something, Alice will find it for me, so I wonder if I need it…

***

Time passed, and the day came when the allowance was deposited.

But wouldn’t Alice be gathering us in one place early in the morning?

“Is something wrong?”

“Is there any need to call us and talk?”

Anyway, these are 7-year-olds.

It would be quicker to call Mother or Lara.

At that time, Alice and a maid came in with a box.

Is something really going on?

“The reason I called the three of you today is because of this.”

The maid unlocked the doorlock-like mechanism attached to her box, and she took out three shiny chunks like glass.

It was flat and thick, but it was cut into an octagon and handed out to us one by one.

For me, it was heavy enough that I had to lift it with both hands, but Lillie and Maron are holding it with one hand and turning it around.

“Alice, what is this?”

As I tilted my head and turned around, Alice smiled.

Now I will look like a kid holding a huge lollipop with both hands.

“Can you guess what it is?”

“Hmm… First of all, I don’t think it’s glass.”

Lilie turned on the phone’s light and looked at it.

I heard that you can tell what kind of gem it is by looking at its transmittance and refractive index.

Did Lillie have such a skill?

“Hmm… It looks like a jewel.”

“Maron came closest.”

Me and Lili were watching quietly, saying they didn’t know what it was, but Maron seemed to notice one of the secrets.

Mmm…

What the hell is this?

“Shall I tell you?”

“Yes, so what is this?”

Where do you need such a thick thing that is not a part used in a machine?

“Actually, this is a new currency to be issued.”

“…? Is this currency?”

It was a little hard to think of money as something that looked like thick tempered glass.

Alice smiled at my expression and continued her explanation.

“Recently, there has been a public opinion that wants to issue the above-level currency.”

No, you have 10 billion units of currency, but you need more than that?

I have a little headache.

What kind of transaction is it that even 10 billion won is not enough?

“It’s often used in lord trades.”

“Isn’t it convenient because you only have to come and go by 1/10 the amount even if it increases by one unit?”

Lilie and Maron were talking as if it were natural.

Anyway, it seems that only I have a slightly different sensibility.

“So, these are the gold coins that will be issued this time.”

Geumganghwa.

Are you referring to diamonds?

This hunk is a diamond?

“How much will it grow if it is converted into gold and compared in value?”

“It’s just 10 times.”

After answering Maron’s question, Alice took one out of her own pocket and started looking at it.

So, 100 billion won for a loaf.

Hmm… Hearing that it’s a diamond makes me feel like it’s worth it.

If you think about the previous life when expensive art pieces exceeded 100 billion won, even a large diamond like this would do that.

Transferring a large amount of money can take quite a bit of time, and there are times when it is easier to pay in kind.

Even if bank transactions are the main thing, it is said that cash transactions are common among lords and lords.

It’s not because I don’t believe it, but it’s a custom and tradition…

Because they say the lords didn’t get along very well in the past.

“But isn’t it dangerous to be this big?”

“They were also greatly reduced in size.”

It’s not bills, but it looks like a medal, so it’s cut down?

It looks similar to the crystal medal I saw in my previous life…

I handed the gold boots I was holding to the maid.

Because it’s heavy for no reason, I’m losing my strength.

And it’s a little scary to hold.

I won’t be able to see you anymore.

“What are you doing, Yuk?”

“Yes? I saw it, so I’m putting it back?”

As I tilted my head, Alice took it out of her box and placed it in my hand.

For a moment, I had a very scary imagination.

You wouldn’t call this pocket money, would you?

Alice gave her grandson pocket money with the expression of her grandmother.

He grinned.

“This month’s allowance.”

“…..”

As expected, my foreboding has never been wrong. I lowered my head and held the gold coin in my hand.

“Alice… You can’t give me this.”

Looking at Alice with a frightened expression, he began to panic.

Should I say that he is like a middle school student who can’t help making a child cry?

Suddenly, he put the gold reinforcement into Alice’s pocket.

Because of the heavy weight, the pockets are visibly stretched.

“I don’t need anything like this.”

“Ah…Okay. If you don’t like Yuk, I won’t.”

Are you reflecting on the fact that you made fun of yourself too much?

I took a gold fortification from her pocket and put it in the box earlier.

“What would you two do?”

“…I’m also going to return it…”

“Me too…”

I might be able to live for the rest of my life just with the money I’ve deposited so far, but that’s 100 billion won.

It was natural for me to decline because I was scared.

“Is that so…Is that so? Lara took two…And mother…”

“……”

It’s amazing who gave it to you, but it’s also amazing that there are people who took it.

Lara seems to be putting something in her room..

Why did you take your mother?

“She took one for Sylphy, and she said she never knew when it would be gone and she said she would keep it in the exhibition hall.”

“Aha.”

The purpose of collection is recognition.

I didn’t understand the idea of giving it to Sylphy.

Could it be her youngest daughter’s coma?

No, my little sister is only 6 years old…

By the way, I’m 7 years old.

Alice also put the gold reinforcement she was carrying into her box and locked it.

The maid politely lifted her box, and she walked backwards out of her room.

“We’ll go get ready for school.”

“Yes, take care of yourself today.”

Alice saw her off at the door, as she always did.

But it was a joke after all.

When I put it in my hand, I really did something.

“…Sylphy must be frightened too, right?”

“Your mother must have taken it as a joke too.”

Teacher and pupil love to play pranks.

My life is to live while being teased by my mother and wife… No, I’m not human, so I’m Elsaeng.

Still, I was a bit surprised this time.

You must be quite taken aback by my reaction this time.

I won’t do anything too scary.

“Well, wouldn’t Sylphy take care of herself?”

“That’s right, I know everything about tax, real estate, and the law.”

Lilie and Maron are promoting Silfia’s excellence.

I knew you were smart

Am I already learning that kind of thing?

I’m determined.

“By the way, how long ago did the new currency come out?”

In the first place, the existing currency system was established even before the establishment of the Kingdom of Kritias.

This system is in use all over the world.

How it is used differs from country to country.

It is convenient to think that the currency of Kritias Kingdom is the US dollar of the previous life.

A key currency that can be used in any country.

So, I was suddenly curious, so I asked the two of them.

In the history I know, from small fairy tales to daegeumhwa

All of them were appearing, and it was an old standard enough to be mentioned in mythology.

“The concept of money given by the Goddess Iris appears in the Bible, but…”

“What else?”

“Well, I’m pretty sure it’s at least 40 million years old.”

“Hmm… I should ask Cristina about this too.”

Somehow he seems to know.

When you come to my room once, you tell me what I’ve been curious about

This is fun again.

Should I say the pleasure of monopolizing knowledge that others do not know?

Wouldn’t it be possible to become a historian just by listening to Christina?

“I don’t know if it’s true, but there are rumors that there is ancient currency in the secret cache of the Royal Museum.”

“Well, although the Royal Museum dismissed it as saying there is no such thing as a secret locker.”

“I heard from Alice a while ago, and she said there is.”

“…Really? Wow, are you hiding it on purpose?”

Listening to two people talking quietly

I looked at the scenery outside the car.

The Royal Museum.

For some reason, I started to get curious.

Should we go after school?