It didn't take long for Bouvalle to return.
He climbed onto the stage with a somber expression, bowing towards the audience.
"Apologies for keeping you waiting. We acknowledge that there was a mistake on the part of our organizers."
He pulled out a crumpled paper from his pocket.
"Lord Dosville had, kindly, researched and determined the pricing basis.
In recent years, a new puzzle series had been created with a certain ratio between mass-produced items and originals forming the price. As the puzzle series exceeded 100 and the production quantity and demand from enthusiasts remained steady, a kind of market price had been established.
Depending on the difficulty of the puzzle, the original ranged from 200 to 600 times the mass-produced item.
The organizing committee assigned a value 500 times that of the original puzzle received by Maya.
According to the rules, the price of the prize, i.e., the value of 500 puzzles, was deducted from the revenue."
