23. Auction Banquet (7)
“Ian! Are you all right?”
Grace, who had been waiting in front of the banquet room entrance, often came running.
Leon, who had been waiting with him, followed in surprise.
“Poor princess, body pain… !”
“It doesn’t matter in front of Ian-nim!”
Ian smiled unconsciously and asked.
“Is my party inside?”
“yes. Even though they are warriors, they are definitely my guests. He’s waiting inside.”
Even though she seems young, she sets an example worthy of a princess at times like this.
“What happened?”
“I felt the presence of Mine, so I confirmed it. I apologize for not telling you in advance.”
“Mine?!”
Ian knew they were prisoners, but it wasn’t the time to reveal it yet.
To explain in detail, I have to say that Kati is a demon.
“Take it easy. For some reason, there seems to be a split within the group. They are all gone now.”
“I’m so glad… . You sensed a crisis even in that situation! You are amazing!”
“Well, by chance… .”
Leon summoned the troops around him and sent a search party in case of emergency.
So as not to scour the alleyways in the city and neglect the night guard.
“Your companions will be waiting for you.”
Grace also stayed out to see if she had something to do with Leon.
Ian left the two of them and opened the door inside.
Scary to enter, strawberries and grapes popped out.
“Ian!”
“How have you been?”
“I think there must have been an internal division within Le Sentimant. Fortunately, Ramnus stepped in and dealt with it before it became a problem.”
“okay… .”
The two rubbed their chests as if they were happy.
“Let’s go back. The outside will be cleaned up by the imperial family.”
Ian goes first.
Something tapped Ian’s back.
Turning around, I met Vivian’s eyes.
“… oh I hope you got dust on your back. I’m going to brush it off… . Hehe.”
Vivian smiled shyly.
“thank you. The place was an alley, so it must have been dirty.”
So, thanks to Grace’s unexpected cooperation, Ian was able to obtain the artifact without spending money.
As a result of the agreement between the personnel, the artifact was returned to Lucia as Ian intended.
“Somehow there is. I mean, I feel a little sorry for coming in late and getting everything.”
Lucia, who was wearing the ring, said shyly, and Vivian and Helena were embarrassed.
that there is no need for that at all.
That’s how the auction banquet passed safely.
At least for Ian.
“How was the banquet!”
Helena brushed off Vivian and Lucia when they returned.
“Have you eaten anything delicious? What about alcohol? What about dancing?!”
along with Mercy.
“Did you dance with Ian?! Yes?! Please let me know too!”
“I’m tired… .”
Lucia muttered with her eyes half-closed, but Helena and Mercy had no intention of letting go.
The two of them had to listen to what the banquet manager had to say.
It was the same with Katy.
From a distance, she gazed at Vivian and Lucia.
“Yes. I see. First, go to the banquet hall… .”
Vivian was the first to speak.
The scenery of the banquet hall, the food, the lighting, and the nobility.
and Grace.
After such a small story, the long-awaited part came out.
“Are you saying that Ian-nim danced with the princess?”
“yes.”
Vivian and Lucia instigated it, but didn’t say it.
“Oh My God. Oh my gosh! Is Ian-nim good at dancing?!”
“It was a mess.”
Lucia said with a smirk.
“So I personally guided him.”
“That, that word… .”
“yes. Ian and I came to dance.”
“Huh!”
“I-Ian, this guy… !”
Mercy trembled.
“In that case, maybe Vivian-sama… .”
“… Hehe.”
Instead of answering, Vivian laughed like an idiot.
That was a good enough answer.
“My sister was almost a hug, not a dance. You were hugging me as if you would die if you fell?”
“Huh? That, Nee?! Oh, no, that’s not the case… .”
“Isn’t it covered like a blanket?”
“I-I did feel like that, but… .”
Vivian’s face turned red.
It was embarrassing, but not disliked.
In a place where no one could see, Kati’s clenched fists trembled.
“I can’t hear any more!”
Helena jumped up.
Placing her hand on her waist, she scolded Vivian and Lucia.
“Dancing in a place you visit to increase your strength! It cannot be!”
“But is that where you are?”
“It was so good… .”
“profit… !”
Helena couldn’t help but ran to the door.
“Where?”
“I’m going to pray!”
“… pray?”
-thud!
The room Helena rushed out of was silent.
Lucia laughed.
“It’s cute. Well, I’m at an age where I’m envious of things like that. Things like dance and music.”
“Still, it’s amazing to see how you try to control your mind with prayer.”
“… But where are you running to pray?”
Meanwhile.
Ian was making the bed to sleep in another room.
– Doo doo doo… .
“what. The building seems to be shaking. Is it an earthquake?”
-bang!
“Ian Neim-!”
The door opened violently and an angry orange burst in.
“yes… ?”
“pray!”
“yes?”
“Help me pray!”
“What… .”
Helena didn’t even listen and grabbed Ian’s hand.
Like that, Ian had to help Helena in prayer.
The woman, who had been fuming, calmed down after holding Ian’s hand and praying for a long time.
That night, when everyone was asleep.
“… … .”
“… … .”
In front of Ian’s visit.
Kati in cat state and Mercy in fairy state met.
Their goals and intentions were obvious.
Katie growled lowly.
‘You can’t sneak in anyway. will get caught go back.’
That’s what it meant.
Mercy shook her head and glared at Kati.
‘If you help me, it might be possible! Cooperate!’
Wait a minute for such a confrontation.
– Clap.
“What are you doing, the two of you?”
Feeling the annoying presence of the two, Ian opened the door.
Bewildered for a moment.
Mercy said confidently.
“Ian! together after a long time… !”
“get out.”
“… … .”
Eventually, the two were kicked out.
Katy glanced at Mercy with sullen eyes.
‘It’s because of you.’
It had such a meaning.
“huh. Guy Ian, rejecting this good thing! It’s disgusting!”
Mercy blamed Ian for nothing.
It was a peaceful night.
***
After the auction banquet, I went back to Supervia with my party.
I met someone I haven’t seen in a long time.
“Ah, ahaha… . Ian… .”
Iris.
She was a researcher of the Imperial Magician Order, and a woman I had identified as a talent to invent a warp portal.
Her black hair was braided into two pigtails, and her large round glasses were still there, but she had lost weight, probably from studying.
“Philip… It was you.”
What happened in the courtroom last time was spreading rapidly.
“The person who named me directly… .”
did you even hear that
It didn’t matter.
“Well, that’s how it happened.”
“ha ha ha… .”
Iris seemed very awkward with me.
“It doesn’t change anything. Treat it like before, like before.”
“It’s not that easy, but… .”
Phew. She sighed and sat down in the front seat.
“Actually, the reason I came today is because of something else, Philip, no, Ian… What should I say?”
“Let’s do it with Ian.”
“Since Ian is said to be the party, I will tell you. First of all, the portal is almost complete.”
“Already?”
“yes. We’ve come to the brink of commercialization, and we’re currently undergoing the last test for stability. I expect it to be installed at key points before the fall.”
Before the fall, there wouldn’t be much left.
Are you very fast?
“Also, while developing the warp portal, there is something that I accidentally developed incidentally.”
Iris took out the crystal ball from her bosom.
It was as transparent as an apple.
“What is this?”
“It’s not yet officially named, but I’m calling it the ‘image mirror’.”
“A picture mirror?”
“yes. If you inject mana like this and manipulate it… .”
The blue light flowed into the crystal ball, and soon began to form a certain image.
What I could see through the crystal ball was the scenery of a certain room.
Upon closer inspection, it was this room.
I could see the crowns of Iris and I sitting across from each other.
It was an angle looking down from the ceiling.
“You can see the scenery from a specific point.”
“… yes?”
As Iris moved her hand left and right, Iris inside the crystal ball also moved.
When she raised her head, the girl in the crystal ball also raised her head.
The crystal ball illuminated this room from a different angle.
Behind me, behind Iris, the desk between her and me, and so on.
“It is not yet completely tested, but it is estimated that there is no maximum distance for displaying images. By calculation.”
… So, isn’t that what made TV?
“A bit useless, right? It just came out after applying the principles of portals.”
“no. It is not useless at all.”
It’s nonsense.
“If we show the warriors fighting with this, how much the public will like it. I can see it in person and be enthusiastic and supportive.”
“… ah! wow, is that so? It really is!”
Iris mate applause! I immediately took out a notebook and started jotting down my ideas.
Even if it’s an idea, I did something.
Heroic stories of warriors have always been handed down only as stories.
If you can show that directly to people, the status of the hero will be higher and people will be more enthusiastic about the hero.
‘It could be useful for my party.’
“And if both sides can receive each other, wouldn’t communication be possible in real time?”
“… … .”
Iris was blank for a moment.
I worry for a long time as if I don’t understand what I’m saying.
“… ah!”
Here, the idea of having a face-to-face conversation in real time may be difficult.
“Wow, wait, wow! Really? uh?! Really?”
Iris quickly scribbled down what she had just heard in her notebook.
“Can I use this right away?”
“I thought it would be useless, so I only developed this much. But since Ian’s advice was taken, I’ll have to research it again. If we do it in earnest, I think we can commercialize it around the same time as portal… . Hehehe.”
Iris’ face suddenly brightened.
“Oh, and actually, today’s main topic is this.”
Iris took something else out of her bag.
What she took out was a bracelet made of brown wooden beads.
“rosary?”
“yes. It’s a rosary, but it’s not ordinary. that’s, um… .”
Iris, who was contemplating an explanation, spoke.
“You said you were teaching Helena how to use protection from a distance, right?”
When there is time left, Iris has visited training a few times.
That’s when I heard what I said to Helena.
“This can help with that.”
“… Yes?”
“Why, there is a barrier stone dungeon from last time.”
There was such a place among the dungeons where Iris was taken.
A dungeon where it is extremely difficult to kill the boss monster unless you fall into a side road and remove the barrier stone.
“To put it simply, the barrier stone applied the way it protects the boss monster. I’m sure it’s been done in collaboration with Seonghwagyo priests.”
“… … .”
I can’t help that my expression is shaking.
No, who would have known that he would suddenly create artifacts instead of studying portals?
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Just look at that barrier stone.
“uh… . thank you… .”
“Thank you. I should be grateful to Philip for directing me.”
I received the present, but Iris seemed more happy than me.
“I made this in my free time. Phil… Oh, it was Ian. I’m sorry. I’m glad to be able to help Ian. I had a lot of worries about what I could do with the Imperial Magicians… .”
With such a talent, what on earth were you worried about?
I didn’t know her situation or even her heart.
In any case, it was a good thing that my designation helped her, and she helped me a lot too.
The effect of the rosary was truly astonishing.
At a distance, Helena succeeded in putting a shield on Vivian.
“Whoops!”
Startled, she hurriedly backed away.
To be honest, I was dumbfounded because I didn’t know that I would be right.
“No, that’s nonsense… ! Eh, hehe?”
Helena made a strange noise and cast protection again.
The target this time is Lucia.
A semicircular shield was placed around Lucia’s head like an umbrella.
I still can’t cover my whole body, and I can’t wear it like the ‘clothes’ I mentioned, but just being a long-distance protection was a ridiculous development.
Vivian magic theory help, Helena protection… .
‘Iris… . Is she a god?’
It was a startling result.
*
The formal warrior test date has been set in three weeks.
Unlike the temporary exam, the test center was not managed, so it was not known when exactly three weeks later.
Anyway, it was certain that it was right in front of me.
“everyone.”
Three weeks before the exam, I called the party together.
3 fruit warriors to take the test.
Vivian, Helena and Lucia.
The three of them looked up at me with firm expressions.
“You know the test is three weeks away.”
“yes… !”
His skills passed my standards, and he gathered quite a few artifacts.
But there is still something left.
“So, today we’re all going to get our gear together.”
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Just what they are wearing right now is overflowing with the level.
However, now I decided that it would be okay to give them a higher level of equipment.
Especially the weapons of Helena and Lucia.
I’m still using only the most basic and common things.
Class C dungeons, where the official exams are held, are not normal, so I have to change them once and for all.
“good!”
“where are you going?”
“It is the most famous and most expensive place in Superbia.”
There is one blacksmith who has been with me from the beginning, like Ruby Taylor.
Before the exam, I will visit him.
*
There is a smithy near the river that runs through the center of Superbia.
Boiling steam can be seen from afar.
The sound of bellows being struck and the sound of iron being struck resound.
You can feel that they are busy even without seeing them in person.
It’s actually a good place to be.
It’s the most famous forge here.
There are many reasons for coming here, but it is also because of Lucia’s artifacts.
It has to be engraved with armor and used, but engraving is not an easy task.
‘And the blacksmiths here are known for their elaborate engraving skills.’
Around the forge, there were several shops lined with all sorts of equipment.
All those shops are operated with equipment from one blacksmith.
Vivian, Helena and Lucia.
I took the three of them to the forge.
“here is… . Ah, I heard that it’s a place where no one can come… .”
“okay?”
“I usually buy what’s on display, but I can’t just enter the forge… .”
Vivian met my eyes and shut her mouth.
It was the reaction of realizing that I was Philip.
“Well, I know a little bit about the blacksmith here. It will be fine.”
After entering through the wooden fence, a large yard came out.
A crucible for melting ore was heating up, and a watermill was also visible near the riverside.
The man who was pulling the rope and bellows turned around and opened his eyes wide.
“Ian?”
Anton Smith.
A middle-aged man with a thick black beard, he was the representative blacksmith of the Supevia Blacksmith.
“Anton. Long time no see… .”
“Ian you bastard!”
Wow, he rushes in and punches me in the back! knocked
“If you come back, you should say hello! You rude child!”
“It hurts.”
“then! I hit you because it hurts, man! It’s been a few weeks since you’ve been back and I don’t think I should hear from others about you! After having a major accident in court, are you finally showing your face!”
He was my benefactor in the past and a man who nags me badly.