"Seriously?"
Elder Ivanhoe stared at Ezra, his eyebrows rising as he tried to make sense of what the young noble had just told him.
"I'm not the creator, so he should receive a percentage from his own work. I'm fine with three percent since I already have plenty of percentage gains coming from the firearms and gadgets I will earn from their first sales."
Ezra replied in his usual straightforward tone.
He sat comfortably in his chair, showing no sign that he considered the matter worth arguing over.
To him, the decision was simple.
Although he had assisted Blake Wellston with the production of the Steam Bicycle, Blake was the one who had created the original design.
He had helped improve it, but that did not mean he needed to take a larger share of the reward.
He already had plenty of incoming earnings from his own inventions.
There was no reason to collect more from someone else's work.
