Episode 177
Episode 68. Let’s rob the imperial castle warehouse (2)
Hella, who was working in the office of the prime minister, ran out as soon as she heard the news that Yuma had arrived. Beside her stood Adeline Woods and the eunuch Arantino.
“Baron Drake. How are you?”
“Thanks to the deterioration, I am always comfortable.”
“Haha, thanks to you, I am suffering from the Prime Minister’s heavy workload. Even so, it is very nice to see you like this.”
Hella stared blankly at the mysterious boy now a nobleman, or Yuma, now a young man.
Then the images of Natalie and Katherine appeared, and she had to concentrate for a moment.
He was in a position where he shouldn’t be swayed by trivial love feelings.
She made up her mind while facing her mother’s twisted love and her sister’s deep wounds.
I will definitely become a wiser and stronger ruler than Tekken Asuka Rose.
He said that the wounds that could stain his heart the darkest in this world had already passed.
“Sir Adeline Woods, Assistant Prime Minister Moon’s official uniform suits you well. Arantino, you have become the chief eunuch.”
They were so busy these days that they had little time to see each other.
As the time to say hello passed, Yuma told Hella the reason for her visit.
He said he came because he had an artifact he needed before he left for the east.
Of course, the artifact could have been obtained from the Povian family through Barlinan or from the Jacques family.
However, the Povian family was managing the artifact very specially, and it was far from practical in Jacques’ warehouse. Only various kinds of treasured swords and famous swords are as common as wild grass.
“Artifact! I wanted to take you on a tour of the imperial storage from before.”
Hella nodded and said.
If Hella had responded like this to others, Arantino and Adeline Woods would surely have advised not to do so.
This is because the goods in the Imperial Palace warehouse are the property of the state.
But it was none other than Yuma. This time, of course, the two prime ministers did not add anything to Hella’s choice.
Hearing Hella’s answer, Yuma smiled and bowed her head.
The Imperial Palace Warehouse was a place he had visited countless times during his days as a eunuch.
During the Yongma War, it was the duty of the eunuchs to manage the receipt and disbursement of goods in the imperial castle warehouse.
Originally, there was a separate warehouse keeper, but during the Yongma War, goods were put in and out frequently, so an additional manager was needed.
‘Lowering. It’s not me to watch, it’s for me to show you the poor.’
Rather, during the reign, the empress herself or the princess had a chance to visit the imperial castle warehouses on their hands. Of course, Yuma had no choice but to know better about the inside of the imperial castle warehouse.
Of course, Yuma remembers the storage arrangements in the warehouse before returning, but nothing much has changed. The only things that changed flexibly in the Imperial Palace warehouse were gold and silver treasures.
Things like artifacts and special equipment rarely escaped. There was a change when it was borrowed by wizards for research or given as a prize to unmanned people.
“Open the warehouse.”
“yes! Lowering!”
The warehouse keepers turned huge iron gears and took out their keys from their pockets.
The key to be inserted was different every time the cogwheels engaged, and when the key was inserted, the pressure had to be adjusted, and the turn order was also very complicated.
Yuma still remembered all of that.
“You’ve seen the warehouses of great nobles many times, but the imperial castle warehouses can’t compare to them. If there are items you need, feel free to pick them up.”
Hella seemed thrilled that she could finally repay Yuma with something.
Humming a low song, she and Yuma looked around the warehouse.
A space with many of the rarest objects in the world.
Yuma recalled old memories while looking at artifacts and treasured swords he hadn’t seen in a long time.
After the Dragon Horse War, about 80% of the special items in this warehouse had disappeared.
“It’s amazing…
Yuma said a made-up impression and checked to see if her memory and the current state of the warehouse were similar.
As expected, most of the items were not very different from his memories.
I couldn’t remember even the smallest things, but I guessed based on the taxonomy.
‘Hmm, the cellove string rope and the magic machine owl… It would be useful to keep those things. I also need to pack a meteorite shield and a starfire crossbow.’
As Yuma pointed at the items, the warehouse keepers climbed ladders and brought them out.
Except for the dragon scale rope, the cellove thread rope was the strongest rope in the world. It could be used for a variety of purposes, such as strapping and climbing.
The magic machine owl was a portable communication tool.
The Meteorite Shield and Starfire Crossbow were the artifacts I picked for Kog.
The Meteorite Shield is a shield made by processing a special meteorite that fell on the empire in the past, and the power of the Aura latent in the meteorite adjusted the defense range.
The Starfire Crossbow was an artifact set with him. It was able to produce about ten times the power of a normal crossbow.
It was no different that the Meteorite Shield and the Starfire Crossbow were stored in the Imperial Castle Storage and were not being used.
It was because it was a level of equipment that was not necessary even if it was just a sword master.
At least, the Starfire Crossbow was a fairly threatening artifact to Sword Expert, but it was not something that could be handed over to a lower-level soldier.
‘Cog seems to be enjoying himself.’
Cog, unaware of anything, was diligently gathering all kinds of preparations for the trip at the Puang Merchant. with Igor.
“Hmm. Yuma You can choose a better one. There are quite a few swords and armor in this storehouse that even the riders of the Zach family would covet.”
“I’m sorry, but there may be nothing in the world better than my sword and armor.”
From the moment the two entered the warehouse, they talked like close friends of aristocrats rather than the princess and her servants.
“Well, that would be it. I heard from Lord Duran. Serukaze steel sword… I know that there are only two of them in the imperial castle warehouse.
Would you like to take one?”
“haha. ok lowering. If I choose something like that, I think Sir Adeline and Arantino will get scolded.”
Actually, I wanted to get one and give it to Marlon, but it was too much to take out like this recklessly.
Duran, who gave Ascalon to Yuma for the first time, was a strange beggar. Seluk’s steel sword was never something that could be stopped.
“You are always considerate of me. In fact, I wanted to give it to you even if it was too much.”
“I’ll choose a pair of armor mixed with Orihal Khon instead of the Serukaze steel sword.”
That, too, was for Kog.
Katherine was sure to pick up Orichalcon armor from the family armory before leaving, and Natalie didn’t need one.
The same goes for not having to choose an artifact for Ballinan.
Even that little kid could rummage through the family warehouse to his heart’s content.
‘Hmm. It seems to be at this point…
Even though he had already picked out all the necessary items, Yuma continued to look around the warehouse. It was to find the book Radion left behind.
Yuma thought there were only a few places where Radion could have hidden the book.
The structure of the imperial castle warehouse itself had no corner suitable for hiding items such as books.
‘Then, all that’s left is the inside of the armor on display?’
Based on my memory, no matter how much I looked around, there was only a place where I could hide a book.
Pretending to be choosing armor, Yuma put her hand inside the helmet and at the seams.
‘Since Sir Radion’s book was discovered at the beginning of the Dragon Horse War, I guess I can look at the nameplates that were sold around then.’
Yuma eagerly thrust his palm into the erected armor.
“You are truly unmanned. You inspect your armor very meticulously.”
Even though Yuma looked at the armor for a long time, Hella did not stop Yuma.
‘Oh, Zen… Huh. Sir Radion, where did you hide it…?’
Why did you make such an important book and hide it so tightly!
Yuma was getting annoyed with the habits of the wizard race. They rarely do anything out of the ordinary.
I was already looking at more than 20 pieces of armor. Time had passed for almost an hour, and Yuma’s heart was slowly getting impatient.
Just when I was contemplating whether I should just give up the book and find it again later, Hella opened her mouth.
“I’m sorry Yuma.”
“yes? What do you mean you’re sorry?”
“You’ve been away from the Chancellor’s duties for too long. I’ll go first with Arantino, so take it easy with Adeline Woods and pack your stuff and go home.”
Yuma hurriedly got down on one knee.
“Sir, please do not say that you are sorry for what I am sorry for. I will engrave in my heart the great consideration you gave me today.”
“Haha…
Hella suddenly bent her knees and met Yuma at eye level. When the eunuch Arantino cleared his throat, the warehouse keepers who were watching took care of themselves.
Hella pulled closer to Yuma and whispered in his ear.
“At the farewell party, I will take a wagon and go to the upper ranks.”
Hella then took Arantino and left the warehouse first.
She had noticed that Yuma was ‘looking for’ something in the Imperial Castle warehouse.
To make it easier for Yuma to find the item, Hella showed great delicacy by having the warehouse keepers wait at the entrance.
‘You always decide everything to the extent that it’s too much for me.’
Yuma, too, had just realized Hella’s consideration.
“Sir Adeline, I’m sorry. Because of that, I’m going to lose my job as an aide to the chancellor.”
“No, Yuma-sama… don’t say that. I couldn’t tell you the story earlier, but this time my grandfather came to visit me and suddenly said he was sorry…
It was the story of Haiwan Woods, who was scolded by Yuma.
“Sir Adeline then… please do me a favor.”
“Tell me anything.”
“Do not ask anything, can you use detection magic to find just one book inside the imperial castle storage?”
Nod.
She soon chanted a spell and used a wide range of detection magic.
For the former imperial mage, this was not even a problem. Detecting paper material in a warehouse full of iron and stone artifacts was particularly straightforward.
“Hey… it’s near that armor…
“Ah…
the armor Adeline pointed out was the first one Yuma checked.
Radion’s book was rolled inside the gauntlet, not at the seam between the helmet and breastplate.
Once opened, all sorts of intricate diagrams were drawn that Yuma could not understand at all.
“I will return this book before I leave for the East.”
“Yes, Yuma. I won’t tell you otherwise…
“Sir Adeline has always been my benefactor.”
After choosing a suit of armor for Kog, Yuma left the castle storage.
The items from the imperial castle that Yuma had chosen were delivered to the top of Puang directly by the imperial carriage an hour later.
“Wow, Yuma! It’s the first time I’ve seen these items. Is this Yuma-sama’s new armor?”
said Cog, working hard with Igor carrying the shipment.
Yuma couldn’t find any greed or selfishness in Cog’s eyes when he said that.
“No, this is your armor. And this is your new weapon, and you will use this shield as well.”
“omg!”
Cog barely calmed his aching heart while Yuma applied the armor himself.
“Oh cog. Pretty plausible? matches well. Please take good care of me in the east as well.”
“Uh hmm. ah. you. mind. sir. I. hey.
word. as.”
Cog was so happy that the words came out like yugir.
Yuma, seeing him happily, thought of taking Igor and Cog to the ‘Morning Star’ this evening to cheer him up by buying him some fine wine.
The two of them also had no doubts that they would clink glasses until late at night, saying that the Puang Merchant was the best.
“It’s not too far to start now.”
Yuma came out of the upper deck and muttered as he watched the sunset.
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