Chapter 127. There are many ways to obtain insulation (2)
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people.
Busy everywhere you look.
They were all naked.
“….”
The sunset that sets earlier than before.
In the midst of that, Xaviel cast his gaze down the hill.
The empty lot under the hill that used to be empty was now full of people.
Numerous tents tightly placed.
people passing between them.
All of them were refugees who had recently flowed into the Prontera estate.
“Lord Ashrahan, meal distribution preparations are complete.”
“….”
When I turned around, there was a senior guard soldier.
Xaviel nodded faintly.
“Let’s start before the day is over.”
“All right.”
I went down the hill with the soldiers.
Dozens of large pots hung everywhere.
The smell of food blooming in Morakmorakmorak.
Refugees forming a long line in front of him.
Their pupils were hungry and desperate.
“Let the distribution begin.”
“yes.”
The refugees’ ration bowls were filled one after another.
As the bowl was filled, the long line shortened.
one more person who did that.
Every time the refugees took food, Xaviel asked questions.
“Is there any pain or discomfort anywhere?”
Most said it was fine.
Occasionally, if there were patients, they would check them carefully.
The patient’s name, symptoms, temporary tent number, etc. were recorded.
“All right. The doctor will visit you sometime this evening to check on your condition. Until then, do not skip food and rest well.”
“oh my…thank you…. How can such a neat knight take care of such an old man….”
“no. It’s just doing the right thing.”
That’s how I identified patients and supervised distribution.
We had a busy time all evening.
“But Lord Asrahan doesn’t eat.”
“later.”
After distribution, there was still cleanup work to be done.
The soldiers said that you don’t have to worry about it anymore, but Xaviel stayed and worked with the soldiers until the end.
It was because he considered it his responsibility as the distribution supervisor.
But it was in the middle of organizing dinner rations like that.
“….”
Refugee tents lined up in rows.
I saw a little boy hanging out between them.
He must have been only six or seven years old.
However, the way he walked around was a little strange.
was holding a plate.
I was snooping around this tent and that tent.
Heads in all directions without a break.
He threw his wandering gaze nervously and walked briskly.
‘Have you lost your way to which tent to return to?’
It seemed like that.
It is a place where dozens of large tents are lined up.
Except for the numbers on the tent doors, all tents look the same.
It was a situation where even adults could get confused.
“Little boy.”
approached the child.
The puzzled child raised his head.
Xaviel tried his best to keep a warm smile.
“Don’t you know where to go back?”
“….”
The child just nodded with tears in his eyes.
Xaviel carefully stroked the child’s head.
“I think I can help. Would you like to look for a tent with me?”
“….”
nod again
Xaviel asked.
“But why didn’t you eat the food you received? everything will cool down Aren’t you hungry?”
“ship…I am hungry.”
Only then does the speech open up.
However, an unexpected word follows.
“I’m hungry, but I won’t eat.”
“why?”
“Mom is more hungry.”
“Mom?”
“yes.”
“….”
Why did such a young child come out to get rations when there was a mother?
I thought there must be something.
Xaviel held out his hand.
“I’ll take it instead of the tray.”
“….”
“I won’t spill it. promise.”
“…Ugh.”
got a plate
One hand wrapped around the child.
I called in some soldiers who were cleaning up.
In the refugee tent village, I also called several refugees who were representative of the influence.
Fortunately, at the end of the search, I was able to find the tent where the child was staying. And now I can understand why the child came out to get rations alone.
“Allen?”
I heard a woman’s voice as I entered the tent.
Xaviel could hear that voice clearly in the midst of the countless refugees in the tent.
It must have been the same for a kid called Allen.
“mom!”
the child ran away
I was embraced in my mother’s arms.
However, the woman’s gaze was a little strange.
‘The focus of looking at the child is not right. He must be blind.’
He is blind.
However, he was not accustomed to his discomfort.
Awkwardness was permeated in every little gesture.
As soon as I saw it, I could see why.
‘I’m not born blind. He lost his eyesight recently.’
Haviel’s face showed regret.
Perhaps he lost his eyesight while fleeing from being attacked by monsters. Even in the midst of that, he must have reached this point by protecting the child to the end.
To take care of such a mother, that little boy must have been carrying a tray with bracken hands and receiving rations. I must have tried to take care of my mother who was waiting for me before my hunger.
He got down on one knee, feeling his throat heat up.
He carefully held out the plate containing the cold food.
“here.”
I spoke to the woman who was taken aback by this voice and presence.
“Take it easy. This is Xaviel Asrahan leading the guards. The child seemed lost, so I accompanied him.”
“Is that true?”
“yes. I brought you dinner here too.”
“This grace….”
“it’s okay. let me help Come on slowly.”
I picked up a spoon.
Out of sympathy?
It could have been for that reason.
Or it could have been because he had seen the woman’s apron covered in dried porridge. If it wasn’t him, I don’t know if it was because he suddenly remembered his childhood.
“Now, open your mouth.”
“I wonder if I dare….”
“it’s okay. Food is sufficient. And children too.”
“ah….”
The mother’s face was colored with a relieved expression only when she was told that she had children.
He slowly fed her food.
Scooping up food on a spoon.
Two spoonfuls of memory.
After feeding all the food, he said to the child.
“Are you kid? See this sign at the tent entrance here?”
“I see.”
“This reads A-3.”
“A-3….”
“Remember this. You can come back to the tent this is used for tomorrow morning. can you do it?”
“yes! I could.”
“Yeah, that’s nice.”
Xaviel thought as he stroked the child’s head.
Realistically, this is all the help you can give.
So, I hope Lloyd will find a solution to the apartment plumbing insulation problem he is thinking about quickly. Then, this child and the blind mother and all the other refugees would not be able to live a little more comfortably.
Perhaps it was because of his sentimental state.
That night he made the complacent mistake of nodding happily when Lloyd told him that he needed help because he had found a solution to the pipe insulation problem.
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“So you’re saying you’re going to the Everglow Forest where the elves live and get the sap from the tree called ‘Ellensia’?”
“uh.”
“What kind of nonsense….”
Xaviel shook his head.
He sent a determined glance at Lloyd, who had come to recite a lullaby (?).
“If that’s the case, I can’t help you.”
“and. why?”
“Why? Because it is impossible to help.”
“But didn’t you just nod your head saying you’d do it?”
“Because you didn’t say you were going to Everglow Forest at the time.”
“aha. I thought it would be easy and nodded my head, but looking at it now, it’s not zero? So, would you like to reverse what you said and take a step back?”
“I don’t mean that….”
“No, bitch. Is that right?”
“….”
“Why is Xaviel Asrahan’s tongue so long?”
“….”
“why? Did I say something wrong?”
“….”
Xaviel kept his mouth shut for a moment.
Because Lloyd wasn’t wrong.
“But Mr. Lloyd.”
“uh. Make an excuse.”
“It is an impossible attempt in the first place.”
“Collecting Elencia sap in Everglow Forest?”
“yes.”
“You really think so?”
“yes.”
“why?”
“Because elves are a race that cannot be negotiated with from the beginning. Lloyd’s attempts will result in wasted time and effort on the impossible. I think it would be more constructive to focus on finding other solutions here and caring for the refugees.”
It’s true.
at least 500 years.
It was the orthodoxy of the Laurasia Continent’s similar race academia that no human had ever interacted with the Elves.
“They are stubborn. They refuse to interact with humans at all. I’ve only heard from one place that it’s possible. It’s a fairy tale book. It is a favorite read for children.”
“….”
“If you believe that it is possible, you can understand if your mental age is still around the age of six.”
“Six years old? What is the basis?”
“It wasn’t until I was six that I believed I could be friends with elves.”
“Hmm, so are you trying to change my mental age?”
“no.”
“then?”
“I’m just putting in a stone fastball.”
“omg. I’m openly stone-straight.”
“Because it is true.”
“But are you just using the word fastball?”
“Since Lloyd-sama used it so many times, now I can guess its meaning a little bit.”
“…Awesome. But what do you do? I think you were a bit wrong this time.”
“What do you mean by saying it seems wrong?”
“It means that there is a way to obtain Elencia tree sap from the forest where the elves live. What are you talking about?”
“….”
“what. why. what. Why are you staring at me with your eyes open again?”
“It’s nothing special, I was thinking about whether I should visit my lord tomorrow morning.”
“why?”
“I would like to discuss whether Lloyd-sama should be sent to the royal capital for mental treatment or recuperation.”
“….”
Tsk.
Lloyd licked his lips.
Xaviel always refuses to believe his words.
It was because he knew very well why he behaved like that.
‘The drip of psychiatric treatment is a bit strong, but it’s actually not unreasonable to do something like that.’
It really wasn’t too hard.
The elven race of the Everglow Forest he mentioned.
They had no interaction with humans.
It was basic not to mix up the conversation.
Anyone who dared to enter the forest was killed unconditionally.
So, what do you mean to the people of the Laurasia continent that you will negotiate with the elves?
It was nonsense on the same level as a declaration that he would be safe even after tap dancing in his underwear in the 21st century African savannah.
‘Actually, no one has been able to successfully communicate with them for hundreds of years. Any mighty lord, king, emperor, or even a sword master swordsman.’
all failed
The sword master’s force was also useless.
In front of the elves who were new to the forest, the sword master was nothing more than a sluggish hunter.
‘And the first person to break that absolute perception is Xaviel.’
A pioneer of Everglow Forest.
Xaviel Asrahan.
The guy who throws stone fastballs right in front of you, saying that negotiations with the elves are impossible, later shares friendship with the elves in the Everglow Forest. They go through all sorts of adventures and even ride a thumb.
‘It’s a bit nasty all of a sudden when I think about that.’
Iron Blooded Knight.
Lloyd, who recalled the contents, opened his ax eye and glanced at Xaviel.
‘Come to think of it, it really is. This guy in the novel secretly flirted with him everywhere he went. This isn’t some kind of real women’s heart bomber, it’s real.’
But what’s even funnier is that Xaviel hit all those women with an Antarctic glacier-level iron wall.
Come to think of it, that was even more nasty.
“So you can’t, man.”
“…What do you mean no?”
“You are the nemesis of the solo unit…No, just use your imagination.”
“Imagination?”
“uh.”
Lloyd put his thoughts aside.
I recalled the memory of the Everglow Forest, which was the main topic again.
“The elves of Everglow Forest? No problem. Elencia Sap? can get it Really.”
if that’s true
So, if only I could collect the Elencia tree sap.
I was confident in solving all the pipe insulation problems I was worried about.
The sap of the Elencia tree mentioned in the novel Iron Blooded Knight.
It was because the substance made by hardening the sap revealed the strongest heat blocking ability in the work.
‘of course. Because Xaviel in the novel hardened the sap to make special armor and helmets. Because I faced a dragon wearing it.’
The opponent was a fire dragon that spews hellish flames.
However, even that ruthless breath could not melt the armor made by solidifying Elencia sap. No, it blocked almost 99% of the heat transmitted to the inside of the armor.
‘I got three straight breath hits. But right after that, Xaviel’s self-talk was a hit. Oh, did I say it was warm?’
He even felt drowsy, saying he remembered the cozy blanket by the fireplace in winter.
In this way, Xaviel was completely safe from the Fire Dragon’s breath and cut off the Fire Dragon’s horn after a fierce melee battle that lasted for three days and nights.
iron-blooded knight.
It was a page in that great adventure.
“So, you just have to go to Everglow Forest and get Ellensia tree sap. If you just get it and apply it to the insulated plumbing, you can supply heat from the central heating room to the entire apartment without any loss. Are you sure.”
And the remaining sap is saved and used to make more money.
Lloyd looked at Xaviel with intent and conviction.
The boy also cast a firm gaze in this direction.
“….”
“….”
How many eyes did you meet like that?
Finally, the boy spoke first.
“Are you serious about that?”
“uh.”
“Are you not concentric?”
“of course.”
“great. Then, if you are really going to visit the Everglow Forest, how are you planning to persuade the elves there and lead them into negotiations to obtain the Elencia sap?”
“I’ll tell you that if you promise to cooperate.”
“What if I make a promise?”
“uh. I have a secret I don’t want to tell anyone. so? Aren’t you going?”
“….”
“If you don’t like it, don’t. what do i go alone Instead, getting the Elencia sap would be a long way off. Refugees won’t be able to move into apartments next year. oh so sad If our heartless Lord Asrahan cooperated, the refugees would suffer less next year.”
“….”
“If only apartments are built, everyone will be able to spend a cozy day on the first snow day. Children will roll snowmen, have snowball fights, laugh and ride sleighs. But that will only end in a sad imaginary future that can’t come true. why? Because our heartless Lord Asrahan is not cooperating.”
“….”
“So, in the cold wind of next winter, a refugee boy said, ‘Ah, Paturache…’ …’, he muttered and shook his head. Is that all? A poor girl said, ‘Buy matches…’ …Hehe, buy matches…’, then in despair, warming up with a weak match, I will close my eyes in the cold. Why is this all a tragedy? not simple Because our heartless Lord Asrahan is not cooperating.”
“….”
“Ah, but just like that, even if countless tragedies hit hard, our merciless Lord Asrahan….”
“going. go.”
In the end, Xaviel gritted his teeth and said.
Lloyd’s eyes flashed with life.
“go?”
“yes.”
“Are you with me?”
“…yes.”
“To the Everglow Forest?”
“Whoa yes.”
Shall we hit one?
Xaviel responded by clenching and opening his fists.
A satisfied smile bloomed on Lloyd’s lips.
“It will be so.”
“If you do, let me know.”
“what? How to get Ellensia sap from Everglow Forest?”
“yes.”
I was curious.
What other weird and ingenious ways are there?
What kind of method could that be to obtain Elencia sap from stubborn elves?
Xaviel waited with anticipation.
And at the same time, I made a promise.
The refugee child and the blind mother I saw earlier in the evening.
He said that he would devote himself to the best of his ability for such unfortunate people. He would do anything other than petty theft that would go against the knight’s honor.
The moment Xaviel remembered his firm resolve.
Lloyd’s lips curled slightly.
“The method is simple.”
He said, recalling the contents of the novel.
“You can steal it.”
