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"Well, aren't you going to make silver coins?"

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No, sir. We are not going to make silver coins.

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　The white dog man we caught safely.

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　We returned to the town of Biden with them in tow.

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　At first they were pulling the dogmen by the ropes, but they stopped halfway through.

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　They were moving too slowly.

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　Until then, they had been moving forward with only Valkyries and their riders, so they had been able to maintain a fairly fast speed.

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　But there was no way that the dog-man could keep up with such speed as he was being led by the bead, and he was tired of walking slowly in the mountains where it was cold and there was nothing but snow.

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　Or rather, because of the demons and the fact that we wanted to get back down the mountain as soon as possible.

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　So, from the halfway point, I let the dog people run without the ropes.

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　In case you are wondering, even though they are not so strong, they are demons too.

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　Although they do not use aggressive magic, there is no way that such demons will obey meekly if they are taken off their ropes.

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　However, the Valkyries were able to handle this situation well.

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　Several Valkyries are surrounding and guarding the unraveled dog people.

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　And if any of them tried to escape, a nearby Valkyrie immediately chased after them.

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　At first, they would pull them back by shouting threats or lightly biting them.

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　But when the dog person tried to run away again and again, he bites them hard, hit them with his body, or kicked them away, so it seems that a perfect hierarchical relationship has been established.

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　Now the twenty-four dog people surrounded by the Valkyries are docile enough to follow their leader.

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　This improved their travel speed and they were able to return to the town of Biden within a few days.

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　There I met Biden again and gave him the materials for the ice bears and four-handed ice monkeys that I had obtained.

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　He was surprised to find that there were quite a lot of them.

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　Moreover, the fact that there were also some other unusual items that are said to be only available in Elmeralda, made Biden realize that we really can act in the great snowy mountains in winter.

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　He treated us even better than a few days before and put us up in a spacious room.

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　There, as we rested, I said to him

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　If Ai is going to make silver coins, he needs to get a place where he can get iron.

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　So that's where we'll go in the spring.

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　But Ai's reply was, "I don't intend to make silver coins.

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　Is that so? .......

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　Then, why did they come all the way to capture the white dog people they found at this time of the year?

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"We are considering creating a coinage in the future."

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"...... yes?　Well, didn't you say earlier that you don't make silver coins?"

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"That's right. We are not going to make silver coins."

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"Hm?　What do you mean?　Since we've got a dog man who can use alchemy, that means we've got a silver mine, right?　Doesn't that mean you're going to make silver coins?"

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"No. The silver is only supposed to be secured as a guarantee."

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"Secure silver?　So you are saying that you are going to let the white dogs make silver, but you are not going to use it. But make money ....... Do you mean they are going to make it out of something other than metal?　It's like a testimonial."

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　My conversation with Ai had me confused.

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　He said he had access to silver, but he was only going to keep it on hand, yet he was going to create money.

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　How is that possible?

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　I'm not sure, but maybe it's something like making money out of paper?

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　I believe I heard that there is a method called paper money, which is issued completely backed by credit, but I wonder if they would use that?

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"No. We don't even plan to make paper money."

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"Oh, I see. Then what are you really going to do?"

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"We will issue insubstantial money. We are thinking of using a formless money to complete transactions, without using metal or paper."

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"...... hmm?　Oh, I see. That's what you mean."

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　After hearing that much, I finally understood.

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　I see.

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　Until now, the existence of such money had completely disappeared from my mind.

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　In short, the money that Ai is referring to is probably based on the Kingdom of the Sky.

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　It is true that they do not use Barca silver coins to exchange money in the sky kingdom nowadays.

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　But I think it started around the time I went to study in Briaria.

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　I was a child who was not old enough to spend money by myself at that time, so I was not familiar with it at all.

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　But now, it seems that in the Kingdom of the Sky, transactions are completed with the bracelets provided to all the citizens.

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　The bracelets in the Kingdom of the Sky have a glass display that says "status open", and personal information is written on the bracelet.

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　The bracelet also records all the money that the person has.

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　The total amount of money is the sum of one's property in the Bank of Barca, and by exchanging bracelets with each other, money is transferred through transactions without having to withdraw money from the bank.

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　In other words, you can make purchases even if you don't have money on hand.

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　I wonder if Ai intends to use this in the East as well.

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　The bracelet made in Barca Church does not have a status window because it does not have a spirit stone, but it is linked to Ai, so it always knows the individual's location and other information.

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　I suppose that this bracelet will be further improved so that money can be exchanged in the East without silver coins.

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　However, since many people are uneasy about such a fictitious number at first, they may indicate that silver is to be held as a guarantee.

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　I see.

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　Then maybe there is no need to attack somewhere in order to take the mine.

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　It would be boring not to be able to fight, but it would be interesting.

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　Intrigued, I decided to ask for more details.

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