Catalog Listing Method

"Regarding listing your own creations in the catalog, you can ask Otou-sama to register them. You can even request for him to make more to sell."

"I see… so you can request duplicates as well?"

"Yes, although your profit will decrease, there's almost nothing that Otou-sama can't make."

"As expected of Tou-sama, Onee-sama!"

"Ojii-sama's amaaazing!"

"That's right, Rokuko-chan, Soto-chan."

With that, I was having dinner in the suite room with Haku-san, Rokuko, and Soto while listening to their conversation. The menu, of course, was the A-rank dinner [Avarice Meal]. It was incredibly low-cost to make, so this one meal at five gold coins could recoup the bonuses I gave Narikin and the others.

Still though, it wouldn't have been a problem if she'd just replied by email since it wasn't sensitive information that could bother us if Leona eavesdropped. She probably visited in person just to see Rokuko. Nah, she definitely did.

"So, Leona's magic potions can be purchased with DP, but… a dungeon is needed for that. It's either that Leona's base is there or that there's a hidden dungeon in the Holy Kingdom despite having a policy of destroying dungeons. It's one of these two possibilities."

"On my side, I've asked my subordinates to investigate the origin of the potion. As for the dungeon investigation, I left it to you, Haku-san, which left me with free time."

"You're very efficient. As expected of Kehma-san."

Niku quietly placed a refill of melon cream soda down and Haku-san immediately picked it up, putting the straw in her mouth. I'll add the fee.

"It's as delicious as ever, isn't it? It would be much quicker if I could buy cream soda with DP."

"Speaking of which, my menu and Haku-san's menu have different prices and contents, right?"

"Yes. Kehma-san is from another world. That's why you can get items from that world."

"Can those items be registered?"

"They can't. It's limited to things that Rokuko-chan and Kehma-san have created themselves. So, to register melon soda, you'd need to gather the ingredients without relying on DP, cook it, and then offer ten or so of them to Otou-sama for registration. There's no getting around it."

By the way, being the actual creator (in this world) of the item seemed to be important too. You couldn't just buy ten items from a store and register them, then reproduce them indefinitely with DP.

The judgment for that kind of examination laid with [Father], or in other words, the Dark God.

But it seemed quite tedious in various ways… was it really okay to just hand over ten items when registering?

Ah, maybe it was like a sample.

"There are two ways to register. One is a system where the registrant replenishes the items themselves. In this case, it will be a limited quantity sale, but the registrant can set the DP price, and 80% of the DP goes to the registrant when it sells. The other method is to have Otou-sama duplicate the items. In this case, Otou-sama sets the price and the registrant gets 10% of the DP when it sells. There is no such thing as it selling out that way."

I see. It's like deciding whether to sell freely by handing over a fifth of the sales to [Father] as a distribution/catalog listing fee, or sell the blueprint to [Father] and only receive a tenth of the sales. Hmmm, it seemed convenient.

"Not many people register things in reality, though."

"Is that so?"

"If you can create something that's not in the catalog, you'd use it as a unique bait for your dungeon and attract adventurers to earn DP. You wouldn't use it unless you wanted to spread it out specially like my [Dungeon Studies for Beginners], or unless you had special circumstances like Leona."

If you wanted to share DP or items among your friends, it was enough to hand them over when you met face to face at their gatherings; let alone the hurdles that came with asking [Father] anything. You'd either have to use GP or go talk to him directly at the gathering.

In the end, the buyers were limited to Dungeon Cores, so it wasn't that attractive of a market.

The catalog was already well-stocked, so…

"By the way, are you interested in registering melon cream soda? I could arrange for the ingredients if you like. What do you need? Cherries? Melons?"

"… If we make cream soda available for purchase with DP, won't it reduce your excuses to come here?"

"Oh, that's true. Let's not do that then."

With that, Haku-san asked for a refill. Yes, I'll add the fee. Hmm, quite the spender.

"Speaking of which, I wonder what's in Onee-sama's catalog?"

"Since Rokuko-chan and I are both Humanoid Cores, the basics shouldn't differ too much. Rather, I wonder if Rokuko-chan's catalog is more comprehensive because of your share, Kehma-san? My catalog didn't have playing cards, for example."

Speaking of which, Haku-san's master was Lyon Raverio, the first emperor of the Raverio Empire and a human from this world. A human and a Humanoid Dungeon Core from this world. There must have been few additions to the catalog.

"Ah, yes. Dolche, what's your report?"

"Forgive my discourtesy, but I will begin telepathic communication now."

Whoa! Dolche-san suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She appeared on the map all of a sudden, but did Haku-san summon her? I wished she'd stop appearing like that, Wraith or not. It was bad for my heart.

What made it worse was that she reported silently with telepathy and I had no clue what she was reporting despite being right in front of us… What kind of report couldn't be sent by email and shouldn't be heard by Leona? I won't ask because knowing might get me erased.

"…"

"Hmm. I see."

"…"

"Yes, that's fine. As expected, Dolche is the right person for the job… I'd like for you to show your face in the imperial capital soon, so have Soto-chan send you."

"Yes, understood."

Oh, right. Haku-san entered Soto's [Storage] dungeon this time when she came and we had Rokuko's dungeon function transfer Soto and everything else here. She then came out of Soto's [Storage] for an easy overnight trip.

The previous statement was about the transfer using Rokuko's known dungeon function, not Soto's [Storage] cheat travel… Technically, it could have been done using either my or Rokuko's [Storage], but since introducing Soto to her, these overnight trips had become quite frequent.

Was it because Haku-san, the founder of the Raverio Empire, needed Soto's [Storage] dungeon with a proper entrance like a door and using a simple [Storage] was too low-class for her? Or maybe Haku-san wanted to keep a closer eye on Soto after she was born…

"Soto-chan, Rokuko-chan, could I ask you a favor?"

"Yes! I'll accept one pair of socks or stockings per person!"

"I'm fine with it too."

"Yes, thank you… But why socks? Well, I suppose it's an adult's role to go along with children's games."

Well, it's good to see that Soto's hobbies were thriving. However, seeing my daughter collecting Haku-san's stocking as transportation fees caused cold sweat to drip down my back. Please, do it in moderation.