episode_0078

‘You’ve arrived, Commander Eugene! I thought you weren’t coming today since the appointment time has passed!’

A man with a greatsword reaching 190cm on his back,

and a mercenary wearing black armor made by Mina, the chief blacksmith of the Black Hair Smithy,

Mina, who was crouching and embracing Margaret as if to protect her at the appearance of Eugene Schneider, the charge captain of the Red Fox Mercenary Corps, also stared at him with widened eyes.

There was sex with Jeanne, and an unexpected meat dinner.

Because of that, I was about 2 hours late for the appointment.

Because she is a mercenary and blacksmith Mina knows very well that anything can suddenly happen,

She was playing with Margaret, thinking that Eugene wouldn’t come.

In that situation, she recognized Kyle’s intrusion and hurriedly hid Margaret in the office.

The chaotic situation that followed,

In the midst of it, when Eugene appeared unexpectedly, Mina’s expression rapidly turned into one of relief.

“Uncle came…??”

Margaret, who was being protected in Mina’s ample bosom, also recognized Eugene’s appearance and looked at him.

Tears welled up in Margaret’s large eyes.

“…..”

The one showing a 180-degree different reaction from the two was Kyle, who had brought his two lackeys and raised his hand to slap Mina in the face.

Kyle couldn’t even look at Eugene and froze in place.

He suddenly became very intimidated.

His eyes lost focus.

It was definitely close to feeling like his head had been wiped clean.

“Why is that bastard suddenly here?”

“Damn it, the timing is awful…”

The two lackeys also felt embarrassed.

They were the ones who were with Kyle at the mercenary tavern last time.

However, even they had no choice but to have a different attitude than before,

because they had heard that Eugene had become a Sword User.

So, even though they were talking big, they couldn’t dare to touch the sword hilt.

“Hey Baldy, aren’t you going to lower your hand? Should I break it and lower it for you instead?”

The atmosphere inside the smithy completely changed.

So, Eugene once again suppressed Kyle.

“Ha… damn it…”

Swoosh…

Kyle, with his tail down,

slowly lowered his hand.

But with a low murmur, barely audible, and a swaggering gesture,

he satisfied his self-esteem.

Thwack!

Soon, Eugene stood in front of Kyle.

“I have an appointment with the chief blacksmith here, okay? Looks like you were rejected, Baldy, so why don’t you just go back.”

Then very politely,

Eugene respectfully suggested that Kyle leave.

Gleam!

However, only the words were polite, and Eugene’s eyes gleamed with a murderous intent that seemed ready to kill Kyle right away.

He would have cursed at him already,

but he couldn’t because Margaret was there.

So, he was deliberately trying to intimidate him with his eyes even more.

“Hey Jansen, what time is it now? I think it’s time for inspection?”

“Yes?”

“You son of a bitch, isn’t it time for inspection?”

“Ah, yes! Vice Commander, it’s time.”

Then, the hoodlum Kyle asked Jansen, the inspector behind him,

about a random schedule check.

It was a pathetic preliminary work to create a reason to leave.

Jansen, who noticed it a little late, was hit with the fallout.

That’s how Kyle’s gang left the Black Hair Smithy.

“…..”

And Eugene silently watched them, and

‘Just you wait, you son of a bitch…!’

Kyle sharpened his sword of revenge even more.

“Hooray! Thank you so much, Uncle!!”

Whack!

Afterwards, Margaret hugged Eugene’s leg and burst into tears of relief.

“Our Margaret was very surprised? It’s okay now, Uncle is here.”

Pat…! Pat…!

Eugene stroked Margaret’s head and comforted her.

“I’m sorry for getting you involved in this noisy situation, Commander.”

“It’s nothing. It’s related to me after all. And personally, I’m glad I could protect the chief blacksmith’s conviction to refuse to deal with those guys.”

Mina carefully approached Eugene, who was comforting Margaret, and expressed her apologies.

Even she thought that the situation Kyle had created was too vulgar and dirty.

All sorts of vulgar language and personal attacks were rampant,

especially since it was a scene created because she, with such a vulgar background, was involved,

she felt very bitter.

However, Eugene is glad that he was directly involved, so he was able to help protect Mina’s beautiful conviction.

Isn’t a mercenary who makes a living by the sword supposed to not be swayed by emotions?

He knew that was right, but it was really hard to keep it.

But this time, things lined up perfectly, so he could be free from such worries.

“How is it, Uncle? Isn’t this pretty? I made it very hard yesterday!”

Margaret, who had already recovered her innocent energy, held something in both hands and confidently handed it to Eugene shyly.

“Wow! It’s a huge flower crown! Was it this big?”

“Hehe! Margaret never lies, Uncle!”

It was a flower crown.

In the last meeting, Margaret had promised to make a flower crown for Eugene.

Because she wanted to keep that promise so much, Margaret sang Eugene’s praises to Mina whenever she had a chance.

That’s why when an appointment like today was made, Mina said she would bring Margaret to Eugene.

“But you made this flower crown yesterday? But it’s so fresh?? Wow… the scent is amazing too?”

“The flowers and trees that grow around our village have very strong vitality~ So they don’t wilt even if you leave them like this for a few days~”

When Eugene gave a very sincere reaction,

the innocent little Margaret explained with all sorts of gestures, looking so excited.

In some areas with abundant mana, plants often live longer and do not wilt easily.

The slum where Margaret lives was such an area.

“I’m going to live persistently like those plants! So I’m going to become a pretty woman like Mina unnie! And I’m going to become a great person like Uncle!”

Margaret, who was born and raised in the slum, likes to roll around on those plants.

Because she wanted to be like them.

Because those flowers also grew up there, but they bloomed so beautifully and were living on.

Margaret told Eugene about her aspirations.

“Yes, you can definitely do that, Margaret. This uncle will help you by your side. Forever. I promise on my soul.”

Squeeze..,!

“Hehe! Margaret likes Uncle so much!”

Rub! Rub! Rub!

A pure dream that makes my heart ache,

Eugene, who wanted to protect it, put the flower crown that Margaret had made on his head and hugged the small life preciously.

Margaret, who liked his attention so much, made crescent eyes and rubbed her face in Eugene’s arms.

“Then, Uncle! When Mina unnie comes to our village next month for volunteer work, will you come with her too?”

That’s why Margaret’s desire to get closer to Eugene blossomed even more.

What would little kids with such a mind want?

The slum girl Margaret wished that Eugene would visit her home with Mina.

“Yes, I’ll go there then. Let’s have even more fun there, Margaret!”

“Wow!! Exciting!!”

Eugene readily granted Margaret’s wish.

Eugene already knew about Mina’s regular slum relief activities.

He promised to participate in it and visit.

“Wow!! Bread! It’s bread!! I’ll eat it deliciously, Uncle!”

Pitter-patter!

“Eat it while drinking water, Margaret! Don’t eat so fast!”

“Okay, Unnie~ Hehe!”

Margaret, who was holding the bag of bread that Eugene bought in her arms, ran inside Mina’s office with a very happy face.

This quick-witted little girl is avoiding the place, knowing that Eugene and Mina will be talking about work.

“Ah! You had a video recording magic stone installed?”

Before starting the work talk, Eugene asked about the Kyle-related incident,

which was how they knew about their intrusion a few days ago.

Mina’s answer to that was the video recording magic stone.

‘Hmm… As far as I know, video recording magic stones are quite serious magic tools. Mina seems to have deep knowledge in various fields?’

As the brother of a genius magician, Eugene was quite surprised by the answer.

This is because it is a professional magic stone that ordinary people do not even know exists.

It can be said that only merchants who handle a lot of money know about it.

The more you talk to Mina, the deeper her intellectual depth and it extends in various fields.

Eugene had vaguely felt it, but he felt it even more properly through this conversation.

“Oh my…”

After that, Mina’s inspection of Eugene Schneider’s greatsword armor began,

Eugene took off the armor, and Mina spread it out on the greatsword armor inspection table and examined it.

In the process, she clicked her tongue with a sigh.

“The joints connecting the parts are already damaged here and there? It hasn’t even been a month yet, but it’s already this bad.”

Eugene’s greatsword armor seemed fine at first glance, but the parts that were important for braking and making rapid movements were significantly damaged.

“I became a Sword User this time. I think it’s because much more physical attacks are being made than before.”

Eugene shared his thoughts.

Originally, he didn’t have any intention of inspecting the armor after returning.

But after obtaining the weapon inventory, he felt a sense of incongruity in the armor while doing related experiments and training, so he decided to get it inspected.

Since he hasn’t received any external damage so far, Eugene thinks that it’s a situation created because his movements have grown too explosively.

“I also heard about Eugene’s entry into the Sword User from the people of the mercenary association who came here to repair weapons…”

Mina, who heard Eugene’s words, stroked her chin and thought deeply.

‘Ha… those crazy mercenary association guys… how can they reveal such things.’

At that moment, Eugene couldn’t help but be angry at the mercenary association’s terrible administration.

Spreading around the profile of association members, which is a top-secret level.

They are truly irresponsible and sloppy medieval fantasy public officials.

“From the beginning, I made this armor, calculating that Commander Eugene would even go up to User.”

The reason Mina was puzzled was that, in her opinion, the reason the armor was damaged was clearly due to internal factors of Eugene, not external factors.

But Mina is convinced that even if Eugene went up to Sword User, the physical impact on the greatsword armor would not be this great. This is because she made the armor at that time, considering not only Eugene’s stats but also his growth potential.

‘This is troubling…’

In the end, it was the influence of Eugene going up to Sword Expert.

Because Eugene fought with the movements of an Expert, Mina’s greatsword armor couldn’t withstand it.

Eugene, who recognized it, became troubled.

At that point, Chief Blacksmith Mina was

‘It’s definitely the influence of movements beyond User. There are even traces of mana’s action.’

She was scanning Eugene’s awakened state more than Eugene thought.

‘Could it be, Commander Eugene is a Sword Expert?’

And her thoughts even reached the possibility of Eugene being a Sword Expert.