Episode 128
Vinchen asked.
“Do you know about this ring?”
“There will be no one among the dwarf blacksmiths who doesn’t know this.”
It was said that the dwarves and dragons were good-natured rivals for generations.
The best blacksmiths of the time were dwarves or dragons.
In recent years, the title of best has been taken by the dwarves, but the dwarves and the dragons know each other well.
“It is a ring that nurtures former dragon warriors.”
“I am hearing it for the first time.”
“Don’t even do that. The secret art of crafting has disappeared and now it is gone. I’ve only learned from Master, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it myself.”
Hansen looked at the ring curiously.
What was invisible to other people seemed visible to Hansen.
“Would it be possible to recover?”
“well. Accessories aren’t my specialty.”
“Is it impossible?”
“I guess I’ll have to see a little bit. Where the hell did you get this precious thing from?”
“I saved it because I was desperate.”
“It’s very elaborately made for what I’ve been looking for. Judging by the production style, it must be 200 years old.”
There was pleasure in Hansen’s eyes.
His gaze at what was produced 200 years ago was mischievous.
“You’re a guy with extraordinary talent anyway.”
“yes?”
“As of now, we cannot be sure of a complete restoration. But I have good news for you.”
“What is it?”
“It didn’t work even if I had a ring that was broken in two, and it wouldn’t work if I only had this whole ring.”
He said that the ring that had been broken in two had traces of implantation of jewels in the ring.
He said that the intact ring he took out of the chair left a clue to put the two pieces together.
“In the end, you need both of these rings to make a perfect recovery.”
“…okay.”
“The things that have gone through such a difficult restoration process are actually almost impossible to restore. You brought me the impossible now.”
Satisfying one condition does not make it easy to satisfy another.
“And when things get this complicated, there is usually a reason for that.”
said Hansen.
“Come back in a week.”
He skipped a meal and went back into the workshop.
The look on his back looked a little excited.
The job of blacksmith seemed to fit his vocation.
Vinchen smiled shyly and said to Milly.
“milli. The yard manager didn’t tell me the restoration cost…”
Millie almost shouted ‘Confucius is free!’
Still, he displayed a professionalism and held on to the strings of reason.
“If you go in like that, don’t come out for two days. In about two days, I will ask for the cost of restoration and contact Adenkaga.”
* * *
Vincen returned to Adencarga.
I was very happy that this was my home.
Returning to his room, he took a little break and waved the bell.
“Yes, Gongja. Just give me orders.”
With Vincen’s halo on his back, Wilson’s actions sped up.
Wilson, who became the envy of the attendants of the head family, seemed willing to give even a gallbladder to Vinchen.
“Call the Rail Company Chamberlain.”
“Chief Chamberlain? Shall I tell you to come over here?”
He became a loyal servant, but was still timid.
He was still very afraid of Rails.
“okay. It is to settle the bill, which was not done before, so come here.”
“I see.”
Wilson’s stride, which had recently widened by about 1.5 times, has narrowed by about 2 times.
It was narrower than the original stride.
Anyway, he hesitated and passed it on to Railsa.
“Go ahead.”
Railsa came to Vinchen’s room.
Wilson bowed and went outside.
‘Whoa. Let’s not be scared. I am the servant of the great Prince Vincen!’
After taking several deep breaths outside, Wilson moved away from Vinchen’s room as quickly as possible.
And then.
Railsa said.
“I heard you talked about the unfinished settlement.”
“I pointed out the chief chamberlain’s budget appropriation before.”
A weakness that Railsa deliberately caught.
Vinchen mentioned it.
“That’s right.”
“A chambermaid I know would have collected them.”
“That’s right.”
“I want you to give it to me now.”
Rail didn’t ask why.
This was originally collected for Vincen.
Therefore, the reason did not matter.
She immediately pulled out a piece of paper from the subspace.
It was a check guaranteed by the Kerbil family, which is in charge of the continent’s finances.
The check had 1000000000 Ludens written on it.
“It was originally 980 million Ludens.”
Even Vincen shut his mouth for a moment at the unexpectedly huge amount.
“…”
“As an apology, I added 20 million Ludens to make 1 billion Ludens.”
The embezzled budget had never been this large.
The average annual salary of adults who come from ordinary families and do ordinary jobs is around 30 million Ludens.
Some people couldn’t have the money of 1 billion Ludens even if they collected their whole lives.
Vincen asked inwardly.
‘Isn’t it embezzlement of 980 million Ludens?’
-yes. Even if you add up all the budget allocated to you so far, it won’t be that amount.
‘Right.’
However, Vincen did not point out the strangeness.
Whatever the cause, Railsa had committed a crime, and this was her own atonement.
to say nothing.
That was Railsa’s way of asking for forgiveness.
to ask nothing.
That was Vincen’s way of forgiving her.
-According to my calculations, I think I embezzled about 50 million Ludens. Wow… how did it get called that?
Yulian had failed in his investment.
It wasn’t that Julian did anything wrong.
Actually, Barnelli, the lord of the 6th Division, was a promising genius wizard.
– After all, investing is real.
In fact, both Vincen and Julian knew.
Railsa was lying.
It was said that he added 20 million Ludens of his own money, but in fact he must have added much more money than that.
There was a high probability that most of the salary received at Adenka had been poured into this amount.
-Kuhm Anyway, I made a lot of money. would be useful
Railsa said.
“Let’s just step back. I will live the rest of my life atoning for the mistakes of the past.”
Since I have to atone for my sins,
I have no choice but to serve her son, Confucius, for the rest of my life.
I swallowed those words.
And two days passed.
Millie from Hansen’s Blacksmith came to Adenka’s home in person.
A message has arrived at the gates of Adenca.
It was a call asking if it would be okay to let the guest in.
That alone made Yulian intuit that a lot had changed.
-Milli didn’t submit a formal application for admission in advance, and she wasn’t a child of a powerful family, but just because she came to see her older brother, she was allowed to enter.
It would have been impossible if it had been Vincen’s position in the past.
Because the old Vincen was an abandoned ugly man, and everyone in the Adencar family ignored him.
Before long,
Millie, who received permission to enter, was guided to Vincen’s room.
The person who guided Millie was Jeron, a 5-star soldier belonging to the White Sword Corps.
Wanting to meet Vincen for the first time in a while, Geron offered himself as the guide.
“Haha, Confucius, how are you!”
“It’s been a while, Jeron.”
In the meantime, Geron seemed to have grown considerably.
I couldn’t read the exact achievement, but it was definitely stronger than before.
“Have you completed six stars?”
“You are sharp. you’re right.”
“Congratulations.”
Zenon didn’t particularly admire Vincen’s keen eye.
Because he knew that Vinchen was special.
He shrugged and continued.
“thank you. This is all thanks to Gongja-nim.”
Geron was greatly stimulated by meeting Vincen.
With that stimulation as the driving force, he devoted himself to training and was able to achieve rapid achievement in a short period of time.
“But it feels like Gongja-nim has become much stronger.”
“is it.”
“yes. I don’t think you’ll be much stronger than me after a few more years. haha!”
Millie, who was standing behind, poked her head out from behind Geron.
“How long are you going to keep your guests standing like this, Gongja?”
“Oh sorry. It was nice to meet a friend, so you stopped rude.”
When Vinchen behaved politely, it was Millie who was rather embarrassed.
It was the first time among the nobles that he had been so formal to himself.
Vinchen had no corner like a child of his age.
It felt like watching an adult.
“No kidding. Please don’t be too formal. I find it so awkward and difficult.”
“I recognize and respect Captain Hansen as a great commander. Therefore, everyone who helps him must be acknowledged and respected as if he were Mr. Hansen. That’s courtesy to the field manager.”
Vincen laughed.
“…Ma is very uncomfortable, so let’s make it a little easier.”
“Please put your words at ease.”
“I will.”
“Ah, I feel a little more comfortable now.”
“I think you can talk to me too, Milly.”
“yes?”
“That’s fair.”
Milly glanced over with a sneaky look.
Normally, I would jump up and refuse, but Millie wasn’t normal either.
“Is that really okay? yo. this?”
“Really, you can.”
“really?”
“okay.”
“Really? Shouldn’t I catch up later? yo. this?”
“I promise.”
Listening to the conversation between the two, Zenon smiled.
“Gongja. I will see you again later.”
“Good work.”
Zenon bent down and walked away.
Vinchen brought Millie into his room.
The tax collector served hot tea and Vinchen started talking to Millie.
“That… you know. Confucius. no Confucius. I don’t know where to start and how to say it.”
Millie paused as if it was difficult to say something.
Vinchen comforted Millie by saying that it was okay several times, and Millie was able to get to the point only after a while.
“That… is impossible for the old man alone, and he needs the help of another dwarf blacksmith. The best in accessory restoration or something.”
“however?”
“Because our old man savagely criticized me for being a filthy old man who only cares about money.”
A dwarf who is the highest authority on accessories.
Julian knew that name.
-It must be the Dirmidel field. I know that you and Hansen have a very bad relationship.
Vincent said.
“Dirmidel Field?”
“uh? I know? Maybe you have a friend…”
“It’s not like that. I just know the name.”
Millie opened up a little more detail.
“…That’s why the narrow old man in Dirmidel is mad at our old man. When you treat me like an old money-crazy old man, you always get very excited about collaboration.”
“…”
“So I put up a condition that doesn’t sound like words.”
Vincen sighed, touched his chin once, and stared at Millie.
“What is the condition that doesn’t sound like that?”
“Please bring me 10 billion Ludens in cash.”
“…”
It was an unrealistic amount for both Vinchen and Julian.
Julian taught me.
-I’m sure Hansen is not a gentle person. He must have lied about giving 10 billion Ludens.
Vincent asked.
“Has field manager Hansen thrown an empty check to pay 10 billion Ludens?”
“huh? how did you know?”
The reason Hansen lied about giving him 10 billion Ludens was because he knew Dirmidel well.
He said he would pay 10 billion Ludens on purpose.
After all, it was because I expected to put up another condition anyway.
As Hansen expected, Dirmidel offered another condition.
“Now that the conditions have been changed once, it will be difficult for the captain of Dirmidel to change his words again. He has face too.”
Millie’s eyes widened.
After a brief admiration, she continued.
“They said it was a heaven-sent instrument. It must be real.”
She sighed deeply.
“It’s a ridiculous condition, but I’ll deliver it first.”
she didn’t know
In common sense, the fact that ‘nonsense conditions’ for someone is also a ‘condition that can make sense’ for someone else.
