After the meal, Tuna took interest in Ariete’s prosthetic arm.
“Oh oh! Does it move even when it’s fallen?”
“Amazing. How far will it go?”
They started experimenting right away. As a result, I found that the signal cut off at about 5 meters and stopped working.
“If it was a little longer, I think I could hang a wire on my arm and use it in battle.”
Ariete shakes her head as she imagines her arm flying like a rocket punch.
“I hate that. My arm must be attached to my body.”
Because Ariete suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder due to the horrific experience of having her limbs amputated, Crank gave up Rocket Punch.
“But it can be used against automatons…”
“Uhhh, if you separate the arm joints, the strength will decrease.”
“That is the difficulty.”
As we sat down to eat, Crank with his arms crossed looked at the seated exoskeleton automaton, Shion.
“Then, when you have enough money, do you want to renovate Zion some more? Ariete will continue to go on adventures anyway.”
“What! Do you?”
“Even if I use it in my daily life, I still need Zion’s help when I work. If there is something you want to change or need, please let me know.”
Ariete immediately brought a pen and paper and began to explain excitedly, and Crank and Tuna nodded as they listened to her explanation.
From the next day, the Crank family had time to reorganize once again. The aftermath of the visit to Gorgon is because Crank’s physical strength was reset to the time immediately after returning from his southern business trip.
“Adventurers! body! property! easy! so! enough! rest! with the body! equipment! maintenance! Sun! do!”
Although it was spring, and the wind was still chilly, Crank was exercising in the yard in his underwear.
A little further away, Ariete and Charles were dancing with sticks, and Tuna brought a chair and table to the entrance and sat down drinking tea while watching Crank’s back muscles and buttocks.
“Bar, you’re full even though you haven’t eaten?”
“Ahhhhh?! Crank?!”
“Oh, here we go again. you’re exercising don’t mind.”
Priestess Eris, who had followed Carrot after returning from an outing, made a fuss while covering her face with both hands, but her eyes and breathing were very dangerous.
“Ohhh, eh, Eris.”
“Oh, hello. Tuna.”
Eris, who has been visiting from time to time lately, and Tuna, who had not known each other, waved to her. Eris sat on the chair Tuna had prepared for her and watched Crank’s body start squatting.
“Wow, is the scenery nice?”
“Yes, yes…. Ho, hooook…”
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Eris, her face flushed, lowered her head, but her gaze was fixed on Crank’s back muscles.
Carrot walked over to Crank, who was exercising, and started talking about going to the guild.
“Suddenly, the frequency of monsters appearing increased, and there were several requests to eliminate them. There was even talk of signs that a wizard guild was being established in Argon. And there were a lot of letters?”
Crank, who was sitting down and standing up with his arms crossed and his hips out, turned the pitch slightly.
“letter?”
“hmm.”
Carrot rummaged through the small bag slung over her shoulder and pulled out a letter.
“There is the chief of Mekro, Geiger, Gage, and Bomba, and this is from Gustaf, the captain of the guards in the southern fishing village of Physio. and···.”
“Are there any more?”
Krank, who had been reading the letter from his seat, heard the pitch. Carrot held up a piece of pretty high-quality letter paper between her fingers.
“Surprisingly, it came to Ariete. can you believe Ariete is not from our country.”
Bend down, Crank looked at the sender written on the letter and blinked his eyes inside the helmet.
“Is this the Izelia script?”
“I also got it after asking Orion.”
Krank, who straightened up, glanced back at Ariete, who was swinging a stick while wearing a prosthetic arm and leg made by the maintenance guild.
“It doesn’t matter where you come from. I’m not idle enough to care about that. busy. We must exercise and hasten the transformation of Zion. bring me the letter The choice and responsibility must be borne by the parties. not us.”
“What if that person wants help?”
Crank, who was passing the letter to Tuna and Eris, turned his helmet.
“Of course it helps. Any problems?”
“no! doesn’t exist!”
Hearing the answer he liked, Carrot ran to Ariete in a hurry. However, Ariete’s reaction was beyond imagination.
He accepted the letter from Carrot, distorted his face, distorted it, threw it away, trampled it, and then suddenly returned to the workshop.
She came out with an oil bottle, poured oil on the crumpled letter paper, put her boots on the floor, and kicked while dragging them.
Chaak-!
Sparks fly as the metal horseshoes on the heels of the boots rub against each other, and the flames soar. The shaky gazes of the studio members fell on Ariete, who was looking down at the burning flames and letters in disgust.
What broke the silence was Carrot’s cry.
“Owaaagh! fire! fire! Turn off the lights!”
There was nothing to burn around, but Carrot struggled to put out the flames with her feet. The letter is now completely reduced to ashes.
“Don’t play with fire recklessly in the city! Are you going to burn everything?!”
At Carrot’s scream, Ariete turned her head and cleared her throat before opening her mouth.
“Well, I passed. apologize.”
“I wish I knew, whether you sleep or wake up, watch out for fire, okay? Ariete children.”
After speaking, Carrot turned around. And as I walked towards the studio, I looked back.
“If you can’t say something, do it when you want to say it. Because neither I nor the masters are interested in your past. But if you hold out your hand, I will catch you. Because we are friends, we are parties, we are family.”
A smile spread across Ariete’s face as her eyes widened.
The tip of your nose is frowning.
“You are well. I will remember.”
“That’s it.”
When I returned to my seat, everyone pretended not to know about her eccentricity. Crank finished the squat and started doing burpees.
Eris, who came to play, ended up eating until dinner before going back.
“Oh no! I just came to see your face…!”
“Oh, the rice is done.”
“Eat and go. Eris, Charles’ cooking is quite good.”
Everyone caught her, so Eris was forced to join them. Crank was still assembling Shion, which had been hung in the workshop.
Eris looked at it and said.
“Wow, this is the first time I’ve seen an automaton repair job. Is that Zion? Ariete’s.”
“That’s right. I’m working on the 3rd fix right now. We’re going to add outer gloves to the arms and legs. We will also change the mana engine to a higher output.”
As Ariete explains, Tuna smiles as she sits down while wiping her hands.
“Wow, it will be quite a sight to see when finished. Oh, it’s the image of a female knight wearing armor and a nice skirt, right?”
“hmm! Looking forward to it! Tuna!”
Ariete, suddenly excited, grabbed Tuna’s hand. Tuna smiled and liked it. Before long, Crank also came and sat down.
When Charles and Carrot gave them plates and bowls, they took them and turned them aside.
“It’s just a dress-up that only decorates the exterior, and there is no improvement in output.”
“what?! Can not be done! Output matters most! I want to fly like an automaton!”
It was Ariete who was generally acting like an adult to others, but to Crank, she started acting subtly like childishness.
Crank held out a bowl of beef stew to Ariete and said.
“Because of the simplified skeleton, there are few muscles and ligaments, so Shion can’t use all the output of the Mana Stone Red. However, the magic stone blue can be used. It has slightly higher output than the Mana Stone Green and has the effect of self-charging.”
While eating the beef stew, Ariete opened her eyes wide as she put the spoon in her mouth.
“Did you say Chun Dian?”
“Eat and talk.”
“Aww, that’s rude. Ariete. Don’t put anything in your mouth and talk. Even children don’t do that.”
Tuna, who was mumbling and chewing bread next to her, opened her mouth and said,
“No one can stop us adults. Yum yum, ah, my, would you like to see the chewed bread in my mouth? ah···! hehehe! Whoa?!”
A large arm crossed Eris’s face and grabbed the face of Tuna’s seat next to her. Red eyes flash from Crank’s blackened helm.
“You just took away my precious appetite. put it back I cannot eat without it.”
“Ooh! Ugh! Now, I was wrong! aaa! I won’t! It hurts!”
As the veins sprouted from Crank’s forearm, Tuna’s struggling scream grew louder.
Eris, who was thrilled by the somewhat pleasant dinner that she couldn’t feel at the temple, stopped laughing.
Crank, who let go of Tuna, looked at Eris and said.
“How are you these days?”
“I am living while helping with the temple work. I have a lot of work.”
“That’s the temple’s job, isn’t it yours?”
Eris’ hand, which was breaking the bread, stopped. Crank continued.
“Eris, I tend to think that human relationships should be thin and broad. We have a nice adventurer party. How about that? They are all good people. I guarantee that.”
“Where is it?”
Carrot asked.
“The Molly Magic Division, if one priest goes in, it will become whole.”
“Oh, are you okay? Eris. It’s your chance. They’re a bit funny, but they’re all nice, and their skills are up to the mark.”
Eris, who kept her mouth shut, was speechless. He seemed hesitant. Crank pointed out the reality.
“You have to move. Hierarch Eris, meet many people and earn money to spend and live like that.”
“And marrying a good person after getting his nose pierced. If you stay in the temple, no one will notice your beauty and kind heart. Move Move! Eris!”
Eris smiled lightly at Carrot’s ridiculous cheer, imitating the flapping of chicken wings, and nodded.
“Thank you for your words. Then I beg you. Actually, I was just thinking about what to do these days. My future life, Crank, seemed like it would be difficult because there were so many competitors.”
“Wow, competition…?!”
Ariete and Tuna blushed and expressed interest in the bread and stew. Crank nodded as if he wasn’t interested.
“Then I will tell the story to your leader. I will contact you.”
“Thank you very much. crank.”
Crank gave a thumbs up.
“I want to be friends with the priests.”
“It hurts?! Cool cool-!”
“Ehh?! Ariete grown up! Did you hear the case?! I can’t paint! Eat slowly!”
While eating beef stew, Ariete coughed after hearing about the case. Crank, who was sitting across from her, let out a melancholy sigh as she got hit properly.
“Mi, sorry, but half of it is because of you. After saying that to the priest before…”
Eris and Tuna laughed as if these accidents were funny while eating.
Carrot is wiping herself with the towel she brought, when she hears a knock at the door.
thump-!
“Are you inside?”
“who are you?”
Carrot ran to the dodo and opened the door, revealing a familiar face.
“Oh oh! Maria! What are you doing?! Come in!”
“Oops, have you been eating?”
Crank rose from his seat.
“Maria. it’s okay. come in Charles, some chairs over there.”
Everyone widened their eyes at the appearance of Maria, the innkeeper with a splendid appearance. Sitting down and accepting the mug Charles brought, Maria laughed and said,
“I came because I had a request.”
Maria’s request was none other than escorting the village wives and maidens out to pick spring greens.
“Isn’t that the order of ordering quests to the guild… yo. this?”
At Ariete’s question, Maria laughed.
“That’s right, but before that, Crank came to ask if he would take the job. It’s not something I’m going to say, but I’ve known you for a long time.”
“All right.”
Ariete, Tuna, and Eris looked at the crank. Carrot answered instead.
“Yeah, we stayed at Maria’s inn for quite some time before we came here. At that time, the monthly rent was delayed a few times, but instead, I was hit with Bomnamul escort. It’s like a spring event.”
“I was thinking of stopping picking spring greens after you all went out, but there are more people looking forward to going outside than I thought. Oh, don’t worry about escort fees. I have a collection of dues.”
Crank raised his hand.
“no. The cost has been. If Maria hadn’t helped me when I was having a hard time, I would have had to stay under the bridge. When is the date?”
Maria was overjoyed, told her the date and hurried back to the inn she had vacated, and Eris also stood up to return to the temple. Carrot hurriedly prepared to see them off.
“I’m going to the library to return the book I borrowed. Can I come and play? I’ll be back by morning.”
“Well, because I have nothing to do right now.”
“no!”
Ariete approached with very anxious eyes.
“Without you I will sleep…”
“Oh yes. he was the problem Ariete, I’m going to put the children to bed and go out.”
Krank, who was greeting Maria and Eris, suddenly turned around and took out something from the closet in the studio.
It was a sewing doll wearing Carrot’s combat uniform and wig.
“I made it for you. Let’s experiment with this.”
“crank! What do you see me as?”
“A patient with insomnia.”
“Ummm…! That’s right! I hate your attitude!”
“Don’t hit me when it hurts.”
Carrot escorted Maria and Eris out of the workshop, leaving Ariete, who was strong and energetic, banging the crank behind her.
“Leave those idiots alone. ma’am.”
“Ho-ho-ho! It’s a fun place.”
“I think so. Whoops.”