episode_0138

“What is it? Are you back?”

Schwein approached me.

Then I glance at Shir behind me.

“You don’t know how much that wolf behind you screamed at Felix. Why did you clean it?”

He spits out curse words with a smiling face.

“Still, it was quiet for 15 days.”

Full moon. It seems that Sur knew that I would return.

‘I guess I knew what happened.’

I don’t know exactly, but I’m sure you sensed it through emotion.

I laughed and accepted Schwein’s taunts, who were speaking in Dverg.

“It’s okay now. I said I was hungry. Are there any leftovers?”

“There’s a lot of food. Especially sausages. It was very filling with minced meat. Do you want to eat it?”

“Yes.”

“There is something I was cooking earlier. Just wait a moment.”

Schwein turns his head toward the kitchen.

“Here—! Bring me some of the sausages I made──!!!”

Schwein sat down at the remaining table.

As I sit in front of Schwein, Shir sits next to me.

Schwein rolls his eyes, glances at Shir, then looks at me again.

“I’m putting a lot of effort into the dagger I’m giving you, so I haven’t finished making it yet.”

“You didn’t stop because I left?”

“Well, that too.”

Empty!

The chef brought a whole 5m long sausage rolled up on a large plate. It looks like a snake has coiled itself.

It looked like vegetables had been added here and there to see green.

“Ah! I’m busy, so take some on your own!”

“You man, don’t fight back and go grill some meat.”

At Schwein’s joke, the chef glances at Schwein and runs to the kitchen.

Shir took out a dining knife from his clothes, cut the rolled up sausage neatly like cutting a pizza, and held out a fork to me.

“Write.”

···Why is this kid not even using cutlery?

Well, I just happened to leave my chopsticks behind.

“Thank you.”

Shir stabbed the sausage with a knife and ate it.

I ate the sausage with a fork, and ironically Schwein ate it with his bare hands, as if the food culture had been reversed.

‘Why this slutty bitch?’

Out of curiosity, I glanced at Shir’s face and saw that his exposed fangs were pure white. This is absurd.

“The only thing you did with your power was whiten your teeth?”

Shir tilts his head and looks at me.

“Whitening?”

“To turn yellow teeth back to white.”

“No? My teeth have been like this from the beginning.”

It’s not.

Your teeth were light yellow.

Shir’s eyes become saggy and he looks at me.

“It was like this from the beginning. Believe me when I say it.”

It’s not?

“No, it was like this from the beginning?”

Schwein, who knows nothing, is looking at Shir with a blank expression.

“Why are you doing that?”

I aimed for this moment!

“Well? Why is it like that?”

Schwein examines Shir.

When I smiled, Shir saw my face and eventually smiled brightly and cut the sausage with a knife.

Pak-!

···If I play around with it one more time, it looks like the bowl will split. He avoided Shir’s gaze and turned his gaze towards Schwein.

“What is Felix doing?”

“What would that old man do?”

Schwein points toward the square with his thumb.

When I take a quick look, I see him bringing the repaired armor and sword to Juul and asking him various questions.

Jules is talking to Felix. The armor and curved sword that Felic held out to Juul were white.

Why?

“If you make an alloy by adding the shell of Ouroboros, won’t it turn brown?”

“Well, since silver and tin are added to the alloy, the whitening effect becomes more elastic. Less rust. This is the best alloy that my friend and I created through metallurgy together. You only need to put in a quarter of the shell instead of half.”

“Where did you get the annotation?”

“Smuggled import. We can distribute everything except steel.”

Well, making a new alloy is not easy.

“What is the proportion of the remaining ore?”

“No, where are you going to eat this raw?”

Schwein picks up the sausage and eats it, glaring with a smile on his face.

“It looks like the armor and curved sword that Juul is wielding right now are made of that alloy.”

“That’s right. Same goes for Bolt. It is a spear that pierces anything and a shield that blocks anything.”

This sounds like something a scam merchant would say.

But when it comes from the mouth of a craftsman, it has a different weight.

“Is it that much?”

“Is that so? For the ones to be used as bolts, I adjusted the proportions a bit to improve elasticity and reduce weight───.”

“What is the ratio?”

“Ehey! You say it can’t be done?!”

Schwein got up from his seat as if running away.

After getting up and eating another piece of sausage, I take a deep breath and stretch.

A person who is only about my height looks cute when he stretches out. It was also funny at the same time.

“I have to go to the kitchen now. Take a good rest.”

“Yes. Come in.”

“Yes.”

Schwein went into the kitchen next to the workshop to help with the cooking, and I was left alone with Shir.

“After I finish eating, I have to come see Dennis too.”

“Then. It must have been quite quiet since I left.”

Shir rises at the same time as me, like a shadow.

It’s like a machine that has been assimilated to me.

‘Don’t worry about it.’

I headed out of the cave.

Tinchy was lying in front of the tent.

His hands and mouth are covered in blood, as if he has been eating too much.

Dennis was leaning on Tinch, polishing his hunting gear.

“Dennis. How have you been?”

“···Lee?”

Dennis’ eyes widened.

“Are you back? Why did you come back? When?”

“It was morning, but it looked like he was out hunting.”

“Ah, that time.”

“Yes. I fell asleep as soon as I arrived and am now in the car.”

As soon as I sat down in Dennis’ tent, Shir also sat down next to me.

“Next to Lee…is it Shir…?”

“Yes. It’s been a while.”

A look of surprise crossed Dennis’ face.

“A lot has changed in the time I haven’t seen you.”

“That’s right. I almost didn’t recognize him either.”

To expand on what Dennis said, it means that Shir did not come out of the cave for a month. Even if you go somewhere nearby to have fun, Dennis will follow you.

“I was surprised. Tinch waved at me.”

When I saw him waving his hand, I thought he was a reincarnated human.

“Like this.”

I waved at Tinchy.

Tinch shook his hand as he lay on his back and turned his head. It must have been annoying.

Still, one eye was looking at me.

‘Aren’t they really human?’

The corners of Dennis’ mouth rose as he pet Tinch.

” That’s how we educate. Because the villagers still hate cockatrice.”

Shir waves to Tinci.

Tinci glanced at Shir, then looked away. To Tinch, Shir seems to have been marked as the eternal underdog.

Dennis spoke first.

“Why did you come back?”

“My parents left me behind. I came back because I had nowhere else to go.”

“····I’m sorry. I hope Lee’s parents are in a good place.”

no. He’s not dead.

“I didn’t die, I just left home.”

“····Oh? Ah… I’m sorry.”

Dennis smiles shyly and nods.

“Have you tried investigating?”

“You crossed the Great Wall and entered Habstenburg. I think we probably won’t be able to meet each other until we die.”

I don’t even know the geographical features or city of Habstenburg. I can’t even write there.

“I’m sorry.”

“I came just to say hello today. Can you teach me how to walk on clouds and shoot an archery starting tomorrow?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Dennis nods.

When we try to greet us, Tinchy pulls away and purrs as if telling us to stay still.

It’s night and I’m getting night blindness so I’m scared.

“I’m sitting.”

“I’m sorry. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you everything I know. Because there is a lot of time.”

“Thank you. I guess I should just go in and sleep.”

When I got up from my seat, Shir, who had been sitting quietly, also stood up after me.

*

Two months have passed and our birthday has arrived.

I was writing using a mix of Elvish and Hangul.

Jules sits on the chair next to me, rests her chin and tilts her head.

“What kind of bizarre writing are you writing?”

“Diary.”

“Deberg takes care of the workshop. There’s no need for you to help.”

“No. There are many more things to add.”

Most of the weapons made here are all in one piece.

They say that this will increase durability, but anyway, you have to make it well when making it.

“Don’t push yourself too hard.”

“Yes.”

When I went out of the house and looked out of the cave at the square, I saw five children sitting together squeezing sugarcane.

“Hello.”

Shir greeted me first.

All the children’s eyes were focused on me.

I tried to surprise him with a cloud walk, but there was nothing I could do about Shir.

“You guys are all so diligent. Every morning.”

“I should at least do something like this.”

Yuso smiles and offers up a seat.

I smiled and shook my head.

“Humans can’t squeeze sugar cane like you.”

“Weakbone.” “You can’t even do this? What can you do?”

Yuzu and Usot are racist.

“Uh, so I’m going to do what I can now. Also, don’t bother Shir because he stinks and transforms.”

“I don’t.”

Mira, who caught my gaze, shook her head and smiled.

After I returned, I received an apology from Mira within a week.

That was enough. Forgiving a 15-year-old’s mistakes.

At that time, I asked why Shir was wandering around, and the reason was shocking.

I’m afraid of Shir’s body odor.

The wild smell that the boys of the ‘large marine species’ that Jules mentioned would like was something that Hosott could not stand.

It was to the point where one could sense fear from the smell.

‘That crazy person.’

It was a disaster that occurred because Jules’ common sense was different.

Of course, things are better now. I guess I got used to it.

“Going.”

As we quietly entered the workshop, we saw Schwein, who was smoking a pipe, and Felix, whose nose was blocked from smoke, frowning as he looked at various parts of the blueprint.

“There is no need to make it this thick. It just becomes heavy for no reason, and if the center of gravity is not right, fatigue will quickly build up when worn for a long time.”

“Don’t you know how strong Hosott is?”

“I don’t think it’s good to put pressure on users just because they have strong muscles.”

“There is too little iron in the South to sharpen stocks and use iron. Because the humidity is high, it rusts easily. It doesn’t matter to me, but aren’t you also sick of the smell of rust right now?”

“Stop talking back. Shouldn’t we just use the alloy we made?”

“That’s a limited resource.”

“Didn’t they find a way to dramatically use less shells? That’s an amount that won’t run out even if you use it for 30 years!”

Schwein, who turned his attention to Felix’s request, looks at me standing awkwardly. The look in his eyes is disgusted, as if he is begging to be saved.

“I’m here.”

“Uh! Are you here?”

Schwein jumped up from his chair and approached me waving. Felik, who had lost his breath, glanced at me, then sighed and walked past me and left the workshop.

“How is your hair?”

“Thanks to you, I feel better.”

“Thank goodness.”

I passed Felik and sat down at the table.

Felix, who stopped and looked at me, soon left the workshop.

Schwein, who had been looking at the front door of the workshop for a long time, finally sighed.

“That old man. I decided to abuse my already lacking shell.”

“Didn’t you reveal that you were trying to make armor?”

“It’s a matter of the old man’s sense of time.”

but. Felik is Ramrat.

Life expectancy is less than 20 years.

I will probably reach the end of my life within 15 years and retire in about 8 years.

Even so, he is the same age as Juul and one year older than me.

Felik may feel that Schwein is thinking too grandly.

‘I can’t help it.’

Because I didn’t tell Felix that I was preparing for war. It’s an issue that needs to be addressed at some point, but it can’t be brought up right away.

‘I can’t completely believe it yet.’

Because Felix trusts Jules, not the village.

On the surface, they are deceiving people by claiming that it is an increase in armament for ogre hunting.

The military build-up will be decided upon Amy’s return.

If it’s bad news, let’s say it then.

“What are you thinking like that?”

“──────?!”

Before I could even turn around, something pressed down on my shoulder. As if telling you not to stand up.

“····Pretend to be popular. And it’s no big deal.”

“Why are you so angry?”

Shir playfully traces my cheek with his soft fingers. Why is he like this?

“I’ve heard that Deberg’s bow has a sight.”

“Oh, take a look at this.”

A thick, short hand stretched out and pointed to a part of the blueprint. What Schwein envisioned was an open mechanical scale.

‘It’s perfect.’

Considering that the area where the crossbow will be used is in the southern forests rather than open areas, it is the best choice.

“A crossbow is difficult to carry like a bow or sword. It would be a good idea to make a leather strap so you can carry it on your shoulder.”

“Okay. If you want to do it, then so be it.”

“Drill three holes in total: the butt plate, the top of the handle, and the very front.”

Schwein scribbled something down on a piece of paper scattered around the blueprint. I can’t think of anything anymore.

This is because I spit out everything I learned in the military about the appearance of modern aircraft. When he got up from the chair, Shir’s hand naturally fell away.

“Are you going today too?”

“Yes. I’m going to check it one last time.”

I was drawing Juul inside the studio, wondering if Juul would get wind of it.

I’m really looking forward to seeing what people’s faces will look like when they receive this.

“I prepared the picture frame. I think your picture is a good picture.”

Although I am an outsider, it is a compliment from a craftsman. My expectations soared.

“Thank you.”

The painting seemed all dry.

I wrote Jules’ name and my name on the picture hidden deep inside with the fountain pen I brought with me.

“Can you frame it for me?”

The picture frame here was designed to completely block contact with the outside air, so it wasn’t something I could touch.

I’m even more scared of ruining the painting if I touch it.

“Leave it behind. I will take care of everything.”

“Thank you.”

“You just need to know.”

Schwein, who was avoiding my gaze, put his pipe in his mouth again. After running away from the workshop before Schwein could exhale smoke, I headed to where the children were gathered.

The children who had just squeezed all the sugar cane were washing their hands thoroughly in the river. Dennis was sitting around the tent, looking at me with surprise as I came out earlier than usual.

I was being taught by Dennis every day.

“Ri? It came out faster than usual───.”

Caw!

Tanchi cries out to the sky.

At that scream, Dennis’ head turned and looked straight toward the sky. The eyes became fierce.

“It is a giant eagle. Everyone go into the cave.”

···It’s still early in the morning and there are eagles roaming around?

I guess eagles are also one of the diurnal birds, right? But there’s no way Dennis saw it wrong.

The children turned their gaze to the sky after hearing Dennis’ words and were staring at the eagle blankly without any sense of crisis.

“Wow! It’s a giant eagle!”

“Over there! That black one!”

Especially Yuso.

What is so good? I am smiling while looking at the sky.

It’s like watching a Korean person suffering from safety insensitivity.

“Go in. If we get caught, the giant eagles will throw us from high in the sky.”

“What? Giant eagle?!”

The chef suddenly ran away, leaving behind the sugar he was refining.

The children then hurriedly followed Deberg’s tail into the cave.

Nevertheless, I stick my head out and look at him.

It was the same for me too.

Dennis’s pulled bowstring—is released.

It had to be that way.

“What is that?”

“It’s not an eagle?!”

Because the great eagle that landed on the ground changed from a harpy to a naked woman.

I quickly took out a light dress from my bag and put it on, but I was naked.

───Amy.

Amy looked around and boldly approached Dennis, who was standing closest.

Dennis’ face was filled with confusion.

“Do you know where Seolrang’s slave is?”

When the eagle turns into a human and finds me, Dennis’ eyes turn to me, demanding an explanation. Amy follows that gaze and glances at me.

“I’m here, so don’t say a word.”

Dennis and Amy’s eyes, as well as the children’s eyes and Deberg’s eyes were shot from all directions.

“Amy. Just follow me.”

Let’s hear where and what information they got.

Also, why did he bother to express his presence?