The pirates that the cranks subdued were quite famous pirates in the area.
Ariete was surprised.
“The bounty is 50 million liz?!”
Crank felt his legs loosen up as he watched the pirate captain being carried away by the dispatched guards’ wagon.
“I can do a lot with that money.”
“Can you tell me the location of the sunken pirate ship?”
Crank, who went out to sea again in the boat, pointed to the point where the bubbles were still rising. The guards set up buoys in the vicinity.
They said that the sunken pirate ship would be salvaged separately and the contents collected.
one of the guards asked.
“According to people’s testimony, there was an explosion. What did you do?”
Crank turned his head and looked at the dwarf receiving divine treatment.
“I used a fireball scroll. There is no way to track it right now, and there was no choice.”
“Oh, I see. All right. The bounty will be paid by the adventurer’s guild. Thank you for your help.”
After saluting, the guards took the rescued people and headed for the city.
“Thank you, uncle!”
“Eww?!”
The village girls who returned safely after being captured embraced Gustav and thanked him.
Gustaf almost broke his back, but he comforted them with a non-trivial voice. Although there was an attack by pirates, most of the men were out for work, so there was not much resistance, so fortunately no one died.
Of course, there were people who were injured, but priest Eris healed them all.
“The priest really shines at times like this. amazing.”
“Uh-huh.”
Eris was delighted. At that time, several wagons arrived in the village, as if they had been contacted. They were men from the village who went out to work.
“honey!”
“dad!”
All of a sudden, all of the girls who have been bullying Gustav run away crying and cling to the young men. The men did not know what to do with the adventurers and dwarves who saved their families and villages.
“thank you. How can I get this grace…”
“it’s okay.”
“We did it for money.”
“No, but…”
“I’m going to rest, so don’t disturb me.”
Standing in front of the apologetic men, Gustav turned around.
“Sena! Shabu!”
Gustav, who suddenly widened his eyes, looked back. A man who arrived late is running towards a pregnant woman and a boy standing in an alleyway.
“honey!”
“dad!”
There was a shadow that watched from behind as a family hugged and cried, so it was Gustav.
“Hey Hanson.”
“What! Gustav, Mr. Gustav!”
The Dwarf who grabbed him by the collar pulled him straight and hit him on the forehead. Pak-!
“Where are the heads of households wandering around like that, leaving their women and children alone! It was a dead life without me and those adventurers! Shame on you!”
The men of the poor fishing village hung their heads and could not speak. Gustav, who did not know that, just did that and let go.
“But eating and living is important. Stay with your family for a few days. How scared would you have been?”
Then he turned and walked down the alley. Shabu whimpered and looked at his father, whose forehead was bleeding.
Hanson cries.
“sorry···. Sorry···.”
Crank, who had been watching it quietly, cleared his throat and raised his hand.
“There is a way for you to go to work with peace of mind.”
Everyone looked at the adventurer wearing a bizarre helmet at the remarks that could not read the atmosphere. Crank continued.
“It is to steal treasure from a sunken pirate ship and buy a guard automaton.”
“Oh no, look. Isn’t that stealing?”
Crank turned the pitch. His eyes don’t look like those of a normal person.
“Everyone lives like that. What’s wrong? Do you want to lose your daughters and wives to the pirates again? yes we are good I make money by beating them up.”
A slight hint of anger appeared on the faces of the men. Then Carrot, who was watching, opens his mouth.
“Oh, come to think of it, there was an amazing automaton there. Mera? He fought very well. My neck fell off, but can’t I repair it and use it?”
“Good. I’ll get something of moderate value and use it for repairs. How is it?”
Sparks fly in the eyes of the villagers. they got up
“The water here is not very deep. Let’s do it.”
“It’s winter, will you be okay?”
“It will take a while.”
“I’ll bring out the boat and equipment.”
“The guards are back, so let’s do it tonight.”
Looking at the evil sea men, Carrot smirks.
“The faces of naive people when they start resisting the world and fate are so cool to see.”
“It’s an automaton, but it’s amazing. Carrot.”
At Ariete’s words, Carrot smiled lightly and looked up at her.
“I love. I like you humans. I want to always protect your lives. that future,”
Suddenly, tears began to well up in Ariete’s eyes. I didn’t know why. why are you doing this For some reason, Carrot’s words shake my heart.
So I hugged the doll of the little goddess.
In the middle of the night, boats gather around a buoy announcing the location of a sunken pirate ship. People with light marbles tied to their heads put on goggles and dived into the sea.
Crank, who was watching them work on the beach with a lighted bonfire, noticed a dwarf approaching nearby.
“He made people shut down. Thanks to you, I put my mind at ease.”
“The arm is said to bend inward. If the people who put the restrictions saw it, they wouldn’t say anything nice.”
Gustaf looked at the night sea, thinking that the tin giant’s eloquence was quite good.
“Keep pretending you didn’t see it. To you, that sulfur-smelling weapon is the opposite. Killing everything alive isn’t enough, so we end up killing each other.”
like that day,
Krank, who had been silent for a moment, opened his mouth.
“The bounty on the pirate ship is 50 million Leeds. How about splitting it in half?”
“It could be used as a silencer for you and that little automaton.”
Gustav, who was silently looking at the sea with his hands behind his back, disappeared into the darkness again.
After about an hour, the people who finished the exploration returned. What was poured onto the sandy beach where the bonfire was lit was a large box and the body and head of the automaton.
“There are many useful things in the ship, but it’s a waste. Shall we go in one more time?”
“Being greedy, they freeze to death in the water. Many died like that.”
“uuu! Moo, the water is too cold. I can’t stand it.”
The men gathered by the fire, warming up their cold bodies and chatting, saw the crank unlocking the box.
Kki-rik, clack-kkeok, bang!
The box with its mouth open was full of gold coins.
“oh! You made the right choice!”
The men were delighted. Crank, who was counting the money, nodded.
“At this rate, even after repairs, I will have some change left over.”
“Then I will yield to you. No matter how much they paid for it, they didn’t spare expensive potions and saved people from dying, so please accept that.”
Crank did not hesitate.
“I will take this automaton to Nivera, repair it and send it back to you. Can you trust me?”
“I have nothing to say even if I am deceived by you. Do what you like.”
People who bring clothes smile. Crank, who had been still, opened his mouth in passing.
People’s hearts can’t all be the same.
Those who have not will envy those who have.
“I think we will hire divers to salvage that pirate ship at the end of the winter hunt. Go for it then.”
The sea men’s eyes sparkle.
And the mouth slowly started to rise.
The next day, after successfully completing the night patrol, Crank’s party went back to Nivera with the people of the fishing village seeing them off.
Gustav, who was looking at the carts leaving on the hill, turned his head and looked at the endless ocean. Eventually, the corners of his mouth go up. The long awaited ship has arrived.
A ship near the horizon could be seen as a dot to the human eye, but the dwarf’s eyesight was extraordinary.
Just then, a gruff voice came from his chest.
-Ahh! Can you hear me? Gustaf! Gustaf!
Taking out the pendant hanging around his neck, Gustaf screamed.
“Hey man! why so late! You thought you were going to lose your neck!”
-oh! Gustav! Don’t tell me, I met a storm on my way. how’s the stuff?
“I already brought it!”
– That’s great. You can hear it when it gets dark.
“okay.”
Around dawn, a huge merchant ship quietly entered the dock.
“Gustav!”
“Dora!”
The two dwarves we met at the dock noisily embraced. The brown-skinned, exotic-looking men who got off the ship together looked at them expressionlessly.
“What about things?”
“This way. Follow me quietly.”
Gustav took the workers to Hanson’s house. Having been warned in advance, Hanson asked his family not to leave the house and opened the warehouse door to greet them.
wheein! Whiing!
The roaring winter wind on the beach killed the footsteps of the workers. While the goods in the warehouse were being moved to the merchant ship, Gustav met the person in charge on board.
He was also a tall, brown-skinned man, but the atmosphere and people around him treated him like a person in a high position.
“Do you know how to speak to us?”
It was a cold and high-handed gaze, but to the dwarf Gustaf, human eyes were no different from those of chickens raised at home.
“What if I try? If you get a knife stuck in your stomach, all you can do is gasp.”
Suddenly the man grinned. At that time, Trance, an elf woman who came with her as an interpreter, intervened.
“Cover your words. Gustav, this is…”
“I am Cyphers, the second prince. Haman, it is. Dwarves know very well. In front of the providence of power, everyone is equal.”
It’s hard and the height of the accent is not familiar, but the meaning is conveyed.
“You are doing pretty well. You must have studied hard.”
“thank you.”
The man’s mouth smiles. but the eyes don’t smile
Gustav laughed along. But the eyes didn’t smile.
Each of them had their own unknown purpose in their eyes, but they did not know what it was.
However, the interests were right, which led to this result.
“I didn’t call to say hello. how to use Who can I tell?”
Haman turned to Trance when he said an unknown word. His expression brightens as he translates in a fluent language.
“You just need to let me know.”
Gustaf did not ask again. He brought out a box and showed me the contents.
Long rifles are neatly stacked. He took one of them and held it out to Haman, who was delighted to accept it.
“It’s a full-length single-shot rifle, but it’s convenient because it’s ignited with a magic stone. Just put gunpowder and lead in the barrel and pull it right away. And this…”
As he showed off various weapons and chatted for a while, before he knew it, the workers who had finished unloading gathered around Haman to listen to his lecture.
“It is more than that. Figure out the rest yourself as you write it, it’s not that difficult if you touch it.”
Haman, who heard all of his explanation through an interpreter, put his right hand on his chest with a very satisfied expression and bowed slightly.
It was the greatest compliment the Cyphers royal family, famous for being stiff, could give, and his royal guards followed the prince in greeting.
“Thank you for your explanation, sir. After all, unlike elves, dwarves teach you skills well.”
Gustaf, who raised his fist on his thick waist and snorted, said.
“It feels bad to be compared to a cheap elf.”
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The entourage elves who were listening by the side, including Trance, let out a sigh.