A sunny morning.

In the branch of the Seagull Chamber of Commerce in Alrant City, the royal capital of Lloris, the room of the branch president, there was a cheerful singing sound from time to time.

On the floor of the room, a flat black box was placed there, on which was lit up with a magic circuit that was glowing because it was working, and above the box, a translucent cute girl with a turquoise double ponytail was suspended out of thin air, the girl was wearing a strange look but not lacking in cute clothes, singing a classic ballad of the Kingdom of Loris over and over again, swaying briskly to the beat of the music, as if she was dancing and seemed to be simply catering to the beat.

However, Mr. William, the listener of this beautiful girl singer, Mr. William, the director of the Loris branch of the Seagull Chamber of Commerce, was not very excited when he looked at the scene in front of him at the moment, but rather looked more embarrassed.

"Well...... In short, you can see this...... Uh, it's done with a lot of care, hmm......"

Yes, on a purely technical level, William doesn't feel like he has anything to fault with. "Qiu Qi" must be a high-quality product, a flat magic device box that can be placed under the armpit and can walk, but it can be equipped with such exquisite illusion magic plus matching sound magic, and even the life-size illusion beautiful girl can also make all kinds of movements, which undoubtedly requires a very clever magic coding technology to be able to do, which is completely in line with the consistent style of the genius magic master "Qiu Qi", but ......

“...... So, Miss Cheruth, you mean to say that you think this is called Chu, Chu...... Belch...... This virtual singer, who is purely made of magic magic, will be sought after by young people and become a new entertainment fashion?"

Cheruth looked at William, who seemed to be trying to speak more tactfully, and felt a little depressed.

Originally, she was quite happy when she made the finished product, but what was the reaction of these people one by one...... Okay, she has to admit that there is still a bit of a gap between the work she made and her imagination, but the first time you receive the concept of virtual idols, at least it also gives a little bit of the reaction of the natives of the other world who should be shocked by the body madness ♂ after hearing that the protagonist copied a novel concept and theory on the earth, okay, this kind of expression that is obviously disgusting but considering the face of others, so such a tactful expression will make people even more depressed, okay......

“...... Well, of course, while these false things full of magical elements may be boring to magicians, I think it's a good idea for ordinary people to have a phantom beautiful girl who is almost like a real person to be their own singer, and to be able to listen to her sing for herself at any time?"

"Uh......" William thought about it for a moment, and then nodded a little relieved, "Well, I'll admit it, Miss Cherus, there is something about your idea that really struck me. After all, although it is true that on some ceremonial occasions before this, some lowly magicians will be hired to perform some magic tricks on the stage with illusion magic or some magic of other departments, but it is indeed the first time on the mainland that such a large-scale use of magic to provide entertainment to ordinary people is indeed the first time on the mainland. And since it uses a magic guide to release magic, it won't be too much of a problem in terms of desecration of the status of the magician. And from the perspective of the potential market, the Loris Kingdom where we are now, the enthusiasm and admiration of the people in the country for magic and magic guidance does provide a perfect market for this new entertainment device......"

Cheruth nodded frequently at first, yes, that's right, this is the treatment that her protagonist Long Tsundere should be, as long as she mentions a novel idea from the earth, there will be natives from the other world who will immediately come over to applaud and list the benefits that she has not even thought of herself, and she will only need to be responsible for pretending with a smile of "However, I have already seen through all this", but listening to Cheruth feels that something is not quite right...... Ale, these have analyzed so many advantages, and it is indeed confirmed that if this product is developed, there should be no problem in the sales market, but William's expression is not as treasured as when he developed other new household magic devices before, that is to say...... The magic guide she designed didn't seem to meet William's expectations?

"Mr. William...... You have something to say, we've been working together for so long, you should know that I'm not the kind of person who cares about the opinions of my work, do I? ”

William smiled a little embarrassedly after hearing Cheruth's words, yes, as a partner, the wolf girl is indeed a very ideal collaborator who is willing to accept opinions, but the problem is that William has also heard about this work, if the previous "Qiu Qi" household magic guide series that was developed and handed over to the Seagull Chamber of Commerce to sell for profit is just a half-play work of Cheruth, this time this is called "Virtual Singer" Anyone who is familiar with the wolf girl can see that she is very enthusiastic about the development of this magic guide, so William is also worried that this time if she directly proposes one, two, three, four modifications like before, it will make her unhappy.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else, it's just that some things do ...... Well, then I'll just make two simple points. ”

With that, William looked at the phantom girl in the middle of the room, still singing merrily.

"Cheruth, how can I say it, the concept of a beautiful singer for herself is really good...... But have you ever thought that no matter how enthusiastic people are about magic, the illusions created by illusions are not real things after all...... It is a fixed thing that is realized through a certain magic rune command and magic circuit structure, so maybe people will be enthusiastic about it at first, but after a long time, people will find that this thing is actually different from the magic guide phonograph that you developed before and then we sold it, in essence, it is just one more illusion image, and even because it has to carry illusion in a limited body, so its own song capacity is not as good as the magic phonograph at all. ”

Sure enough, this guy is an excellent businessman, and he's really sharp.

Cheruth couldn't help but smile wryly, yes, William's first one was the main reason why she came to him with this half-finished product of her own this time.

The Otherworldly Wizard version of the virtual singer system she developed at the moment does not have its own function to synthesize songs like the VOCALOID system, the prototype singing synthesizer on the earth she remembers, and can only play some recorded songs in limited quantities.

There are many reasons for this, the main one being that the development of this magic guide has been carried out by Cheruth as a personal interest in her spare time in the academy, so many things that require a lot of resources to support, such as the adoption of a large number of instrumental and vocal sound sources, and the writing of a large number of similar rune sequence groups that are inevitable in the core sound synthesis system, these things cannot be done by Cheruth alone, but must be done by borrowing the resources of the Seagull Chamber of Commerce。

Only with these things can she make this thing become an exclusive virtual singer who gives the operator a few degrees of freedom in the true sense. And not just a visual phonograph like it is now.

After explaining his plans to William, William really showed interest this time. He didn't know much at first, but he thought that the thing that Chyruth had made this time and brought him to see it was already a finished product, so he was a little disappointed. However, after listening to Cheruth's explanation, he has already seen that if he can really make this magic guide have the ability to edit his singing voice and even change the image and dance movements of the singer as Cheruth said, then this is indeed worthy of the "revolution in the entertainment industry in the mainland" that Cheruth told him at the beginning.

However, William did not take long to make up for the bright future proposed by Cheruth, and he soon poured a second basin of cold water on the wolf girl, who was getting more and more excited, for reasons that surprised her.

“...... The second point I'm worried about is the consumption of this magic device. ”

"Huh?"

Chelus blinked.

"Do you mean that this device consumes a bit too much power from the magic crystal?"

Seeing William nodding, Cheruth said that she was a little unacceptable.

"How could it be? I thought about this when I was designing, and the simultaneous supply of two separate magic systems for illusion and sound would really put a strain on the function, but even if the power is fully on, this magic guide will not consume more than some large household magic guides?"

"Although the household magic guide consumes a lot, magic guides such as magic refrigerators and room temperature adjustment enchantment generators are now regarded as indispensable household appliances in ordinary families, so people have no way to stop using them because they consume a lot, but this device is only used for entertainment, so if people see a magic guide that is not much help for actual life but is used for entertainment and body and mind has such a consumption, I am afraid that few people will be willing to spend so much money in this regard. ”

William saw that Cheruth still looked a little unacceptable, and suddenly patted his head as if he remembered something.

"Oh, yes, I remember, no wonder you find it hard to accept, you stay in the academy all the time and you shouldn't know about it. ”

Cheruth looked at William with some confusion.

"What's the matter?"

"In the past month, the price of magic crystals in the kingdom has risen to a fairly high price, and from the current information in all aspects, the price of magic crystals can only continue to rise in the short term and will not fall, so during this time, the magic guide industry has also received a considerable impact, after all, the magic crystal as an energy source has become expensive, and the cost of using the magic guide is much higher than before, so I will say that as an entertainment appliance, the energy consumption of your device is a little too much. ”

"Eh, the price of the magic crystal in the Loris Kingdom has actually risen so much in this period of time, isn't it?"

The wolf girl was really a little surprised. The Loris Kingdom is civilized with magic technology, not to mention the popularity rate of various household magic guides in people's lives, but the urban magic circuit that is known as the highest masterpiece of magic technology in the Loris Kingdom, in addition to the earliest urban circuit established here in the royal capital Arlante, some important towns around the Lorris Kingdom are almost all equipped with the same urban magic circuit system, so the demand for magic crystals in the country of Loris is now quite large, and the status of magic crystals in the Loris Kingdom can be said to be almost comparable to the oil on the earth, which is a very important strategic material。

And now, the price of such an important strategic material for the Kingdom of Loris has risen silently, and the price of magic crystals has actually risen to the point where the amount of magic guides used in people's daily lives has actually risen to a great impact, which makes Chelus really feel a little shocked.

"But...... The price of the magic crystal has suddenly risen so much, and the official regulation ...... Ahem, am I saying that the Loris Court didn't do anything to stop the price of the magic crystals from rising?"

William shrugged.

"Of course there is, but it doesn't work very well...... You must know that although there are a lot of magic crystal mines in the Kingdom of Lorris, most of them are just barren mineral sources with few reserves, and the few magic crystal mines with relatively large reserves have long been listed as strategic reserve resources that restrict mining, so more than half of the magic crystals that the Kingdom of Loris usually consumes rely on foreign imports, and this time the price of magic crystals has risen precisely because of the recent problems in one of the main channels for the Kingdom of Loris to import magic crystals from abroad...... Since a month ago, the production of magic crystals on the side of the Warcraft Forest has suddenly dropped, and there has been no new output at all recently. ”

Originally, Cheruth was not very interested in the causes and consequences of the sudden energy crisis in the Kingdom of Loris, but when she heard William say this, Cheruth suddenly pricked up her wolf ears.

"Warcraft Forest?"

"Yes," William didn't notice the change in Cheruth's attitude, only thought that the other party was curious, "There are two ways for the Kingdom of Loris to import magic crystals from abroad, and cooperate with several major chambers of commerce on the side of the port to use Alant and several other seaside ports to import by sea, and purchase magic cores from the main gathering place of the Warcraft Forest for crystallization and refinement. (To be continued.) )