Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

“That’s a lot! Do you have enough money?” Urudia asked a very practical, yet crucial, question.

"Ha ha……"

Fang Rui tapped the pen holder, which was being used as a decoration, a few times. The pen holder slowly turned into gold, radiating a dazzling golden light.

Urudia was silent for a moment, then asked the question that had been bothering him: "Don't tell me this is gold?"

"It's gold. Do you think someone who has mastered the art of alchemy would lack money?"

Gold remains a precious metal in the world today, and it still has value...

“No, but…” Ultear pointed out the problem, “Gold isn’t as convenient as currency…”

Furthermore, an excessive amount of gold entering the market could cause considerable trouble.

Urudia wasn't worried about the potential trouble, but selling too much gold was also a problem.

"really."

Not all chambers of commerce are willing to accept gold as payment for goods.

"Do you have money?" Fang Rui asked after thinking for a moment.

“…A little,” Urutia replied.

There's no way she'd get paid for "Heart of the Devil," and she's never even touched a guild commission...

Speaking of which, would "Heart of the Devil" accept commissions from others?

Almost all of the money she has saved now comes from her salary from the Magic Council.

The salary of a member of parliament is quite considerable, but... it is far less than the money needed to purchase equipment.

Chapter 313 Rebuilding the Guild Headquarters

"Is this so..."

Judging from Urudia's tone, you could tell she didn't have that much money.

Looks like... I need to make some money!

Fang Rui thought to himself, "Let's make a batch of exquisite ornaments and then give them to Urutia to sell!"

Adding some magical effects, such as improving health or enhancing beauty, would probably make it sell even better.

Let his clone handle the jewelry-making! Give him something to do since he's got nothing else to do…

"If I give you a batch of magical items, how many days would it take you to sell them all? Without lowering the price..."

"How many are there? What about the quality?"

"Ordinary quality, effects include strengthening the body and beautifying the skin, quantity..." Fang Rui paused for a few seconds, his gaze falling on the black and white text, "until the money... is enough to purchase these instruments and equipment."

'This is no small goal!'

After muttering to himself, Urudia nodded slightly, agreeing to Fang Rui's request.

After the conversation ended, Urudia left. The R system was nearing completion, and she needed to make some preparations.

Shortly after Urutia left, Fang Rui suddenly spoke, his voice echoing in the empty room: "Did you hear that? Interested in going to have some fun?"

“The R system…” The door was pushed open, and Zeref entered the room with light steps.

"Let's go take a look!"

After drawing the design, he paid no further attention to it, partly because he was soon plagued by a contradictory curse, and partly because his purpose had changed...

"Tell me about the precautions for the R system; I plan to use it to resurrect someone."

As he spoke, Fang Rui took out a ball of light and a pot of water.

After examining the "orb of light" and the "water" for a while, Jelf gave his opinion: "You can actually revive her without the R system."

"I know, but I want to see how well the R system works."

"Is that so..."

Jelf nodded slightly, pushed the small blackboard from the corner of the room to the center, picked up the chalk, and began to draw on the blackboard...

"R system..."

………………

While Zeref was giving his lecture, Erza and the others were rebuilding the guild. Fang Rui (his clone), who called himself an "alchemy master," was found by Natsu and the others and taken to the construction site to discuss the enchanting of the guild headquarters.

"Here's a suggestion: don't enchant. It's incredibly expensive."

"It's not a problem. We didn't intend to spend any money. We just wanted to ask you if there were any free and easy solutions."

Makarov was very open and showed no embarrassment whatsoever.

"To be honest, it does exist."

"It can't be said to be free, but the cost is indeed very low."

"Although I can tell you what to do..." Fang Rui said slowly and deliberately after a moment of eye contact with Makarov, "you at least have to give me something, just as a token!"

"Free accommodation in the guild dormitory?" Makarov asked tentatively.

Do I look like I'm short of money?

Actually, I am indeed quite short of money... Fang Rui added in his mind, but I certainly don't lack a little bit of money.

"Girls' dormitory..."

Before he could finish speaking, Makarov was slapped twice on the back and thrown forward.

Fang Rui remained remarkably calm, quickly shifting a step to the left to dodge Makarov's lunge, and said in a flat, even tone, "Deal!"

"No !!!!"

Erza, Mirajane, and the others lived in the girls' dormitory. Upon hearing Fang Rui's words, they immediately rushed to him and spoke in a very serious and firm tone.

At the same time, a less-than-friendly glint flashed in his eyes, implying that if you didn't refuse, don't blame me for being ruthless.

In addition, many men's gazes were also unfriendly; their desire to kill someone was impossible to hide.

The current situation is... if Fang Rui doesn't refuse Makarov's suggestion, the probability of him getting beaten up is over 90%.

'Ha! I, Fang Rui, am not the kind of person who would back down because of threats!'

Thinking this through, Fang Rui said, "You are the bidders, so you can continue bidding: 'Okay! Tell me your other conditions!'"

Even if you force yourself to move into the girls' dormitory, you're not guaranteed to be surrounded by beautiful women, since they can always move out.

Upon hearing this, the crowd's gazes returned to their friendly state.

Erza and the others, who were initially excited, calmed down and thought for a moment before saying, "The Fairy Tail library has a rich collection of books. How about a week's worth of unlimited reading rights? You have a week to read the books in the library..."

The price is indeed very reasonable for a collection of rare books from the Fairy Tail guild, which is over a hundred years old.

"Okay, the transaction is complete."

"Since you're so sincere, I'll show you my skills!"

Fang Rui rolled up his sleeves as if he were about to embark on a major undertaking: "What kind of guild headquarters do you want? One that can fly? One that can sail? Or one that can transform into a magical giant?"

Everyone: "…………" You mean a guild? It sounds like something else.

"...Can I have them all?!" Natsu's eyes gleamed with a strange light. What Fang Rui was talking about sounded very interesting—a guild that could move around at will...

It has a feel of Howl's Moving Castle.

Fang Rui nodded slightly: "Yes, we can even customize the appearance, like a giant dragon..."

"Ohhhh..." Natsu let out an excited scream, and wisps of flame shot out of his mouth.

"Calm down, don't set the table on fire." Gray conjured a piece of ice and threw it into Natsu's mouth to stop him from breathing fire.

"How much will the renovation you mentioned cost?" Mirajane asked.

If you were to ask who knows the guild's finances best, besides Guild Master Makarov, it would only be Mirajane...

After all, Makarov often went out to attend meetings, and Mirajah was the one who managed the guild's normal operation and was responsible for purchasing various food, drinks and other items.

"It doesn't require much money. It mainly relies on my alchemy and some magic, which means I'll need to purchase some magical materials. The required amount will be under two hundred thousand..."

'Two hundred thousand...'

They looked at each other for a moment, and all saw surprise in each other's eyes—not too much, but far too little…

Putting everything else aside, the cost of building the Magic Giant alone is more than two hundred thousand, at least several million.

Not to mention other functions, whether it's navigation or flying, the required equipment is not cheap.

"Are you serious?" one person asked again, still somewhat skeptical.

"Of course it's true. After all, I can make many of these devices myself, so I don't need to buy them, which saves me a lot of money."

"Enough with the small talk, let's discuss the blueprints!"

He pulled out a piece of clean white paper, about one square meter in size, from somewhere and spread it on the square table. Then, he pulled out a pencil from somewhere and looked at the people gathered around the table.

"A dragon! Something that can transform into a dragon!"

"Love! Natsu is right!"

"I think... a magical giant that can change into various types of armor is pretty good."

"No, no matter how you look at it, your request is a bit outrageous!"

"man!!!"

"What do you want to say?!"

A group of people started arguing, each wanting to transform the guild into their preferred form.

"Why not combine everyone's suggestions and create a unique guild?"

Mirajane clapped her hands lightly, silencing the arguing crowd. They all turned to look at Mirajane, their gazes questioning her. After hearing what she said, their expressions became somewhat strange.

Taking everyone's suggestions into account...

Imagine the scene in everyone's mind, and a strange and bizarre building immediately comes to mind. Because the shape of the building is so strange, everyone immediately loses the will to argue and tries to persuade Mirajane.

"No need! Absolutely not!"