The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 208

Chapter 208: Registration Woes

And that might be a good call considering this generous chipmunk’s current trials in parting with his reserves.

Maybe he’ll feel better after being thanked for his generosity. _{freewebnøvel.com}

But why was this even a problem?

It was because a huge expense was about to drain his current stash.

Well, technically, it was the group’s stash of 779,100 CP that everyone’s been working on for the past few days.

That was why he felt a little bit guilty; it wasn’t something that he had earned himself.

This all started after learning about mecha registration. The main objective was to ensure that when a pilot was missing, they could be identified by more things, such as the mechas they were using.

Especially with the current death tolls, the risk was too high, and sometimes, all that was left were wreckages.

And this was eye-opening knowledge for the newbie who had just gotten his combination license.

However, the problem actually arose when the staff discussed the positive aspects of mecha registration, which included the accolades that would be given to a pilot’s mecha.

In fact, Luca was shocked to learn that there was a whole ranking dedicated to the mechas alone.

Obviously, this attracted a watchful system because mechas only started getting points and recognition once they were registered.

And Luca wondered about Sid, only to learn that Sid couldn’t be registered until the Imperial Crown Prince revealed his identity.

But as a holder of many ancient titles and the receiver of the point accumulation award from before, Sid had no complaints.

The reward was apparently something that could push the mechas to graduate into full-on guardian mechas. And many of Sid’s brethren were actually awakened by winning these.

It was just that these mechas had long sacrificed themselves for the sake of the people, and no new guardian mechas had emerged because they couldn’t handle that unique prize.

Now, If a system could twitch, then D-29 would probably be experiencing that, as the little system wanted in on it and has learned to use animated tears for the sake of pleading.

And that was how Luca sat in front of the mecha materials lab while trying to figure out what to do with D-29, who handed him a mecha design.

To be fair, Luca was actually thinking about what to do with the blueprint they had since it was just a framework that could be used to build upon a personal mecha.

Only to be handed one, which was more like a conceptual drawing.

But it was just a design without an actual shop drawing or detailed schematics.

And this was the source of the problem.

When D-29 estimated half a million CP, the hopeful system still could not factor in other components beyond those described in the tooltip.

However, after recalculating the estimated costs after unlocking the blueprints, even D-29 glitched in panic.

For even Luca could do an estimate, given that the Synapse Reactor alone, sans the blueprints they already own, costs 109,000 CP.

Then what more for the entire thing?

Apparently, a staggering 724,000 CP without the cosmetics upgrades of roughly 68,000 CP.

If Luca’s estimates were correct.

If.

And that makes what of the grand total?

792,000 CP.

This meant he would be short 12,900 CP if he delayed the need for a weapon other than his precision tools.

Sigh.

Luca mulled over this problem.

In his opinion, D-29 deserved all the good things, but they were limited by time and financial constraints.

Also, when he attempted to convince the system to temporarily alter the design, the penny-pinching mechanic received a vehement no that bordered on alarm, considering all the pings he received.

And all through this, Sid actually remained silent as he figured this was Karma finally working its way around the Empire, albeit late.

But then again, the guardian mecha figured that Master Luca would try his best to accommodate D-29’s request, and so he contemplated solving the issue for them.

At least in this way, the bully would be the first to experience a major cosmetic change and can be the gauge for the guardian mecha’s future.

So, Sid decided to help by calling on the resident problem solver.

Current capitalist Xavier, who was also the husband of the rolling mechanic who currently had CP problems.

And this was how Xavier witnessed the live wilting of a golden dragon.

Luca sat there, his normally bubbly presence visibly deflating, as he stared at the estimated costs again, as if sheer willpower could shrink the numbers.

[ERROR: CRITICAL CP SHORTAGE]