Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 185



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Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt Chapter 185

32-Post-war revival

Dr. Cronell expressed his curiosity about the new method of producing Ignaqua.

“That’s amazing. If you strike seawater with lightning, something similar will come out.”

“Salt comes from the sea anyway, right? That’s a natural result.”

Arthur spoke to Dr. Cronell for a while more about the production and sale of Ignaqua, satisfying his curiosity, and then they parted ways.

When I came out of the hospital, it was afternoon and the sun had not yet set.

As Arthur was walking to board the carriage, someone approached him. The well-dressed gentleman looked like a nobleman to anyone who saw him.

“Baron Arthur Hurt?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“My name is Viscount Uraniba.”

“Nice to meet you, Your Highness.”

Arthur smiled and shook the hand he had extended. Inside, he was filled with questions like, “Who is this? What is his business?”

He identified himself as Viscount Uraniba and shook his head as he spoke.

“I’ve never seen a worker bee like you. Why do you run around like that?”

“Um… … If you had sent me a message saying you wanted to meet, I would have found you.”

“Ah. Then wouldn’t other people notice?”

“Can’t you still catch other people’s attention?”

The place where Viscount Uraniva caught Arthur was on the street. Perhaps that was why Viscount Uraniva continued speaking quickly.

“So, follow me quickly.”

“uh…….”

“Why is that?”

“I feel uneasy.”

There have already been two attempts to kidnap him. The first was by Viscount Johnson Cordelli, and the second was by Count Hanbayar. So isn’t it quite possible that there will be a third?

And, learning from the previous two failures, it was worth trying to deceive her instead of kidnapping her by force. Above all, it was suspicious that she met him on the street and tried to take him away without even contacting him to meet her. It was like she had a feeling that if she followed him like this, she might disappear?

At Arthur’s hesitant attitude, Count Uraniva spoke with a friendly expression.

“I don’t know what you’re worried about, but I can tell you for sure that it’s something you’re worried about. I’m just trying to come up with a good offer for you.”

“okay.”

Arthur nodded, thinking. He had made good suggestions to others many times in his past life.

The offer was so good that the other party simply could not refuse it. To be exact, through sufficient ‘persuasion’, the other party was made to understand that it was a good offer and accept it.

Arthur blinked and looked over Viscount Uraniva’s shoulder with a surprised expression as memories of his own hardships came to mind.

“Huh? What is that?”

Then, Count Uraniva turned his head absentmindedly. At that moment, he suddenly heard the sound of someone running, and Count Uraniva quickly turned his head and saw Arthur running with a staff in his hand, in a posture reminiscent of a fine horse.

Viscount Uraniba cried out in confusion.

“Now, just a moment!”

But Arthur did not turn around at that shout.

* * *

“Poohahahahaha!”

Balan laughed out loud after hearing Arthur’s story. He had a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the need for administrative assistance for the export of Ignaqua, and he heard such an interesting story.

However, Arthur did not bring up unrelated topics simply for the purpose of socializing or building rapport to ensure smooth negotiations or requests before getting to the main topic.

Even if such small talk was essential social knowledge that helped her escape from being a workaholic, the incident where she was almost kidnapped was not suitable as a topic for small talk. Arthur brought up the story because he wanted to ask her to investigate him.

“Is there really a person called Viscount Uraniba?”

“Oh. It exists.”

“? How do you know?”

The answer Arthur wanted was that he would look into it. As a civil servant, Balan would have easy access to the noble genealogy and lists.

There was also Viscount Cato, but since he was supporting Samuel in the love affair with Madame Zeltney, he wanted to avoid being indebted to Viscount Cato.

Balan answered.

“He is a diplomat sent from the Kingdom of Jarta.”

“… … .”

Arthur was dumbfounded at the sight of him answering while wiping tears from his eyes without even a hint of laughter. If you look at it seriously now, it’s a very serious situation, so how could he laugh like that?

“Do you find it funny that a diplomat from an enemy country that you were at war with is secretly approaching a talented person from your own country?”

“No, isn’t that funny? I can’t help but laugh when I imagine how absurd that author must have been.”

How hard must it have been to get a chance to meet secretly? How absurd must it have been to finally get a chance to meet secretly and talk, only to have the person run away in the blink of an eye?

“Are you going to keep smiling like that?”

“Ah. Now everyone is laughing.”

“The laughter has stopped, but Balan’s smile still remains,” he said.

Arthur asked him,

“Aren’t you worried?”

“What concerns?”

“I’m concerned about what they’re after.”

At Arthur’s words, Balan pointed at Arthur with a fork and said.

“It’s obvious what you’re after. It’s what’s in your head.”

“What is that, that?”

Arthur grimaced playfully. For someone who was a civil servant, his expression was too cheap.

But the joke was short-lived. Arthur continued with a serious expression.

“It doesn’t seem like you’re just after making money, right?”

“Of course. What the Kingdom of Jatra wants is to weaken this country’s national power. In that sense, it’s not strange that they’re after you.”

Arthur furrowed his brows at those words.

“Have I become such a great person?”

“Have I been working too hard?” Balan replied to Arthur, who was frowning.

“That’s great. You tend to underestimate your own worth.”

It’s better to underestimate than to want to be underestimated…

Balan continued speaking.

“If I bring up your achievements here, you’ll hate it and say I’m gilding them, so let’s just discuss the symbolism.”

Balan developed his argument step by step.

Arthur’s international prominence began with the music box business. He developed a new product called the music box and exported it. Up until this point, it was possible. It is not uncommon for new inventions to become popular internationally.

But the real meat of the story was this: the International Copyright Association, a system for expanding the concept of copyright, generating revenue from it, and cooperating to preserve the revenue generated.

Historically, such organizations that crossed national borders were powerful, and commercial alliances were a prime example. Although the framework for cross-border cooperation was broken by wars between countries, its remnants still remain and exert influence.

Of course, compared to the commercial associations of the golden age of the past, the International Copyright Association did not have such strong solidarity.

Could it be because of the inherent limitations of copyright as a means of generating revenue, unlike commercial alliances that were tightly bound together through collusion?

So it was rather difficult to break completely. If each party protects the other’s interests, money will be copied, but the powerful who do not do this are fools. It was different from a commercial alliance where the cooperative system cracked due to the greed of some and eventually led to war between countries.

The influence that could be exerted on the country would be weak, but that is why it was diplomatically valuable. When it was impossible to communicate accurately through official channels, this private line was useful for communicating without misunderstanding.

And the ones who conceived it and started it were none other than Mato Trading Company, Jaran, and Arthur.

“Ignaqua appears here.”

Because papers on Ignaqua were actively sent to medical societies abroad, it was inevitable that stories about the original creator of Ignaqua would come up.

‘A modern-day alchemist who succeeded in reproducing ‘water containing the power of lightning’ by deciphering an ancient alchemy book.’

With this reputation, combined with the title of the first developer of the music box, Arthur became a man of distinction. It was no exaggeration to say that in the past hundred years, no commoner had achieved such success without having achieved any military achievements.

“The Kingdom of Jatra must have been worried. They started a war out of fear that our country, which had grown its national power, would launch another preemptive strike, but instead of our country’s economy collapsing, it showed signs of growing.”

Besides, is there a patriot who would donate to his country the rights and profits of a new substance called Ignaqua, which is likely to be worth a huge amount of money, with a limited condition that it would be paid off while the compensation is still being paid?

From the perspective of the Kingdom of Jatra, they probably wanted to sabotage it somehow.

“Hey. What can I do with just that one… .”

Balan continued speaking with a smirk on his face as Arthur waved his hand.

“Of course, I will try to persuade other talented people besides you. It would be good if I could persuade them, and even if it doesn’t work out, it would be good to plant seeds of doubt.”

“That’s vicious.”

“Because it’s a matter between countries.”

Arthur nodded. The survival of the nation was the ultimate national interest, and there was no way to be picky about the means and methods used to pursue it.

“A person who can be persuaded is stupid.”

“yes.”

Balan nodded at Arthur’s words. No matter how much benefit was offered, a traitor would not be promoted.

Even if you sit in a high position, you can only rise as high as the price you received when you were persuaded. This means that if you pay more than that, you are a person who can be persuaded.

No, it was fortunate that they could go up. Most of them were abandoned after being sucked to the bone marrow. That’s why defectors and traitors are the most vicious of henchmen. They have to prove their usefulness in order not to be abandoned.

“I don’t think there’s any reason to suspect that I’m being persuaded or persuaded.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“Then are you going to attempt assassination?”

“huh?”

Balan doubted his ears.

“Assassination?”

Arthur said.

“Since we can’t start a war right away anyway, and since the relationship is already at its worst, wouldn’t we want to suppress it somehow? Assassinating the enemy’s talented people is the most effective way to weaken the enemy’s national power.”

The important thing here is not simply to assassinate a person who is sitting in a high position, but to assassinate an irreplaceable talent. For example, what is the difference between assassinating a king in a country where the crown prince is firmly established and the succession is certain, and assassinating a king in a country where the succession structure is not completely established?

Persuasion is the best, but true talent cannot even be persuaded. If so, then you have no choice but to kill them.

Balan frowned at Arthur’s words.

“Would you really do that?”

It was too risky. It was pointless, petty, and your reputation would plummet. Assassination was certainly an effective method, but there were too many intangible losses.

“It’s not like we’re in the Dark Ages… … .”

It took a long time for assassination to be phased out as a means of power struggle among the nobles.

As assassinations continued, the noble bloodlines eventually reached a tacit agreement not to carry out assassinations, saying, “If this continues, we’ll all die!”

This was also a natural flow. Once someone used assassination as a means, they were considered an extremely dangerous person who would attempt assassination again rather than negotiate and compromise. This was extremely dishonorable, and it was natural for them to be isolated and eliminated from the aristocratic society.

There was such a historical context to why assassination was considered such a sin in today’s aristocratic society and was not even mentioned.

Arthur replied.

“I’m a semi-noble, so the risk isn’t that big.”