Neither of them was an idiot. After a brief moment of thought, they immediately saw through the essence of the thing-you had to keep spending money until you drew whatever you wanted.
Add in the special "achievement" rewards Kroya had devised for obtaining certain items, and this practically forced nobles to spend money on draws.
Put simply, if Tiraya had something and showed it off, Atre would definitely resent it. Why could she have it when he couldn't? They were both Elector Kings. Was she somehow nobler than him?
For nobles who had nothing better to do than spend money and compete with one another, this was a temptation clearly labeled as a trap, yet one they would willingly dive headfirst into.
"It feels even more blatant than casinos and Starshine."
Tiraya shook her head. "But something like this needs enough temptation to sustain people's desire to show off and collect things. Otherwise, nobody's a fool."
She looked at Kroya and asked, "My business partner, as your shareholder, I need to know exactly how you intend to do this-I'll sign a Contract with you. I won't make unauthorized copies."
This touched on the Astral Plane's exceptionally strict copyright regulations. New research and new magic emerged there at every moment. Without copyright and patent restrictions, everything would long since have been copied beyond recognition.
Originally, copyrights and patents had merely been intended to safeguard scholarly mages' magical research. The Astral Council protected the new spells, alchemical products, and even textbooks they developed.
After all, if even scholars devoted to research could no longer support themselves, the situation would be serious indeed. Who would keep producing things that advanced magic?
Later, this gradually evolved into an extremely complex system of copyrights and patents, spearheaded by the Empire and the Astral Council. At