Chapter 1029: Great Prophecy
"But I won't give it unconditionally. That's understandable," Lin added.
Juan Javier asked generously: "Of course, no one will make such a request. So what are your conditions?"
"The first point is that all material costs and personnel costs are borne by you."
"The cost of materials is easy to say. What are the personnel costs?" Juan asked cautiously regarding unfamiliar terms.
"To put it simply, it is the wages of hired workers, craftsmen who make parts, and the wages of these people. I know that there will be many people on the airship who are both craftsmen and manufacturers. Of course, these people are welcome to join the work. They want to learn, I'll try my best to explain, that's no problem. But whether these people get paid or not depends on your own plan. After all, you are the captain of the boat, and those people are also considered your subordinates."
"That's easy to say. I'll make the arrangements." Arranging his own people was not part of Juan's original plan. Unexpectedly, someone had made arrangements before he opened his mouth. This made Juan hastily agree.
But Juan Javier also understands that exchange of interests is the means of equal communication between magicians. It seems that I have taken all the benefits, and the part I have to pay is what I should give. Then the other party... "Sir, what do you need?"
"Before making my request, I would like to ask you something first." Lin said politely.
The advantage of negotiating a deal with such an acquaintance is that the other party knows his own limits and will not make exaggerated demands, and then the two parties will slowly see each other. Until both parties were very dissatisfied with the result, they signed the contract with an unhappy look on their faces. This kind of gameplay is simply a waste of time and life!
Without winner-take-all, who would be truly satisfied! So it's better not to waste your feelings in the first place. Just wanting to do this is not something you can do when communicating with strangers. A certain fat nerd version of time traveling people doesn't like to deal with outsiders.
But just like what Fen said, the other person is the same person as himself, so naturally there won't be so much useless foreplay. Lin went straight to the topic and said: "An has the gift of prophecy. Is this true? I heard such rumors before I left."
Juan Javier nodded and said: "This is true. I just don't want her to become a plaything of some powerful people, helping them with divination and prophecy all day long. That's why I take her with me to protect her." . So you also want to do some divination? I thought you didn’t believe in these false things, but would... well, what do you say, be more pragmatic."
"I don't want to know the future, I'm interested in the great prophecy. Fen is very knowledgeable, but she is not good at this magic. So I want to know how a magician with the gift of prophecy would explain , use this magic. This is my condition."
From Lin's current perspective, the barrier between magic and science is not obvious; because there are many aspects of magic that can be explained using scientific methods. If there is no way to explain it, the only reason is that we have not yet controlled all the variables. It is because there are too many uncontrollable parts that magic is dismissed as "idealism".
And the 'Great Prophecy' is someone's recent personal project.
For Juan Javier, exchanging great prophecy for the knowledge of airships is no longer a question of whether it is worthwhile, but a question of willingness. Because this level of knowledge cannot simply be measured by value.
The Great Prophecy is very powerful, but in any case, it is just a magic. The knowledge of airships is a technological change and an era of progress. How can it be compared to a powerful magic?
Taking a step back, as long as you have money, you can build 10,000 new airships. But with the same money, it is not necessarily possible to recruit 10,000 magicians who can use great prophecy. So how to choose? For Juan, who has many identities such as Viscount Javier, Captain of the Gauss Bertone airship, and Dean of the King of Vilva's Royal Academy of Magic, it doesn't seem to be a difficult choice.
But he didn't let his own thoughts make the decision. Instead, he turned around and asked Anmari, the other party involved in this transaction who was also his wife, sitting next to him. "My wife, do you agree to this deal?"
Anmari, who is similar in age to Kaya and Halumi, but is now a wife, has shed her former childishness. Maybe it's because her heart belongs to someone, or maybe it's because she has a safe home to live in, so she has a calmness that a girl can't compare to. Faced with her husband's inquiry, the taciturn woman nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, there is no difference between a magician with the gift of prophecy being held captive by a powerful person and being held captive by Juan. But who knows that this is not the path she has chosen and managed. Can others really control people who can see the future?
Just like the request at hand, as the husband Juan Javier asked out of respect, it was actually an opportunity for Annemarie to influence his choice. No matter he is soft-hearted or stubborn and arbitrary, as long as this person has a place in the trajectory of destiny, he cannot escape the hands of the chosen ones of the goddess of destiny. Of course, she has never revealed any of these things or the identity of the voters.
The path Annemarie chose was actually to spend her life peacefully with the man beside her. All she has to do is to help Juan choose the safest path on every fork in fate. However, it is difficult for her men, or people of this era, not to meet these two people at the decision point of their fate.
In terms of strength, in general perception, the lich who once had the name of Demon King is higher than another man. In Annemarie's eyes, on the road to destiny, the lich that was no longer a lich was like a boulder blocking the road. Those who want to move forward can only take a detour; if they desperately want to shake the boulder, they will end up being crushed to death by the rolling stone.
But another man is like a mountain in the eyes of fate. Everyone has only three endings when encountering this mountain: stopping in front of the mountain, crossing along the mountain, or dying in the mountain. The most terrifying thing is that everyone who enters the mountains does not realize where they are and what choices they face. Even if the end comes, they may not be aware of their situation.
Anmarie had never told anyone about such an idea. If Lin himself knew it, he would definitely think of this sentence from his hometown: Only in this mountain, the clouds are deep and nowhere.
Faced with such a man, even if he was the chosen one of the goddess, Anmari actually didn't have much choice. There was no way she could provoke her husband to stand against that man.
She knows better than anyone else that the person in front of her is terrifying, and that even the goddess of fate is a troublesome person. So Anne-Marie compromised; or in other words, she made a choice that allowed her and her husband to avoid the worst outcome and get the most benefit.
From this point of view, even though she knew that the great prophecy technique she had handed over would make this mountain, whose top could not be seen when she looked up, become a little higher. But how could it not be possible to choose such a path?