Episode 349
The master noticed it right away.
[Abolish the king…?]
“Yes. I will eliminate the position of king.”
A furrow forms between the teacher’s eyebrows.
He had a thoughtful expression on his face. Then he realized something.
Open your mouth slightly and let out an exclamation.
[… … There are basically three levels in a pyramid.]
“Yes.”
[Are you going to eliminate the position of king from those three classes and put an emperor in its place?]
“yes.”
The master noticed it right away.
[You… … are thinking of unifying this continent.]
I ended up laughing.
The teacher paused for a moment and then let out a deep sigh.
[Do other races also enter the pyramid hierarchy?]
For now, I guess I’ll have to go in. I have Charlotte and Cell under me. There are more things entangled than I thought, so I have to sort it out somehow, but there’s nothing more certain than tying it all together. My teacher asked me as I nodded.
[As the story progresses, I feel a little strange. How many people know your thoughts now?]
“There are two. Oh, now there are three.”
[Three people?]
“Master, and Harold, and.”
[and?]
“To Aveiro.”
The teacher tilted his head as if he was puzzled.
[Aveiro? I don’t think I’ve ever had a conversation like this with him. When did we have this conversation?]
He lifted the teacher up and sat him on his shoulders.
When did you share it?
“I didn’t share it.”
[……huh?]
“We haven’t talked about this.”
[But how does that guy know?]
“Because he’s a guy.”
[… … .]
“Aveiro is the one who knows best what I want. Why are you leaving that territory alone, even though you’ve been slaughtering the nobles of other kingdoms except for Tulkan? Why aren’t you appointing a noble to take over that territory, but instead having the existing nobles manage it instead? Given the various circumstances, he must have noticed.”
[Well, I’m a little skeptical.]
“If you don’t believe me, would you like to make a bet with me?”
Normally, our teacher would have refused.
But this time, you seem to be very curious.
[Okay. Let’s make a bet.]
“No problem. How about the person who loses the bet cleanly granting the winner’s wish?”
[good night.]
That’s how the story was concluded.
I turned my head and looked at Harold with a blank expression.
The guy.
Without losing his blank expression, he said this.
“… … I smell money.”
What are you talking about out of the blue?
That was when.
An intruder’s voice was heard from behind.
“Hey, are you guys them?”
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When I turned my head, I saw a dwarf laughing on a hill about 8 meters high, with his arm resting on the railing, beyond the chair I was sitting on.
The dwarf’s thick finger points at Harold.
“Are you the one who broke Rogers’ neck?”
Harold spoke in an irritated tone, as if he was displeased with the dwarf who was adding insult to injury to this fantastic atmosphere.
“If that’s true?”
“Oh, really? Why are you getting so upset? I did it because I was jealous. Because I was jealous.”
“Are you jealous? Are you jealous of me for breaking the crown prince’s neck?”
In reality, it wasn’t Harold who broke Rogers-Amour’s neck, but that didn’t matter.
A dwarf who says he envies the human who broke the neck of the dwarf crown prince.
It was a difficult thing to believe to have come out of a dwarf’s mouth, but it actually came out.
“I don’t like them. Especially that bastard Rogers, the crown prince, who doesn’t even know how to do magic. Is a dwarf, or is a dwarf who doesn’t know how to do magic, a dwarf? Do you like Khalid above him? Not that either. That bastard is even worse. At least he has the ability to make things, but he’s a mean bastard who would give his liver and gallbladder to a dragonfly.”
It seemed like a very unusual dwarf, even for someone who looked like him.
“The dwarves around you didn’t look kind when looking at you. How did you manage to eat?”
“What if I didn’t do it?”
“I’ll treat you well. How about coming to my house?”
Harold looked at me silently.
The dwarf, who noticed the gaze, said immediately as if it was a bit unexpected.
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“Oh, there’s someone else in charge. Hey, you. Want something to drink?”
The dwarf’s voice was too loud to remain quiet.
Already, many dwarves around here were looking this way.
“I’d rather drink cocktails than alcohol.”
“Huh, cocktail? I’ve always wondered about that. Why would you mix a drink that you can just drink with strange sugars and flavorings to make a mess of it?”
“That’s right, it’s to pursue a new taste that can’t be found in regular alcohol.”
The strange dwarf just tilts his head.
After hearing it, it seemed like it was okay, an expression that seemed to accept it as it was.
“That would be right. A cocktail… … I have some grapes growing on the farm, so I should try making one with them. How would you like to drink it?”
There was no reason to refuse.
I was already a little hungry.
He stood up and nodded to Harold.
Let’s go.
The dwarf spoke to us like that.
“Just come up to this hill and see.”
As soon as I climbed up the hill, I was surprised.
There was something very unusual.
First, the dwarf was riding in a small carriage, and underneath the carriage was a long, thin thing that seemed to be made of steel.
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Honestly, this is my first time seeing this.
Harold must have felt the same way.
Was it because of that we were so curious?
The dwarf said.
“You look really curious about what this is.”
There was no need to ask me to tell you just because I was curious.
Because that dwarf said it right away.
“My greatest invention is called ‘rail’. Do you know what it is?”
He shook his head.
The dwarf beckons to us.
Get in the carriage quickly.
As soon as he got into the carriage, with no reason to refuse, the dwarf reached out and placed his hand on some round object inside the carriage.
And the moment you put mana in there.
The carriage slowly moved backwards with a rattling sound.
The dwarf chuckles.
“This is, in the true sense of the word, a ‘magic carriage.’”
A magic chariot drawn by mana, not a horse-drawn carriage.
For the first time in a long time, I ended up showing my true expression.
Look at this.
What is this?
Harold, who was standing next to me, was speaking with an expression on his face.
I told you it smells like money.
Something like that.
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I took a sip of the grape cocktail made by adding sugar, grapes, and spices to the dwarf’s brew.
and.
I just put it down.
“Why? Does it taste bad?”
“Uh. Strangely, it doesn’t taste that good. It tastes like rotten grapes.”
“Well, that’s how it is in a mixed soup. Don’t do that. Let’s do this instead.”
The dwarf offered me a glass full of alcohol, but I declined.
Because I’m still young.
Than that.
“You didn’t even give your full name. What’s your name?”
“Hehehe, do you really have to know? You’d be surprised if you heard my name?”
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A dwarf with a huge hidden identity, something like that.
I just get curious.
“I’m Jack, and you are?”
“Don’t be surprised when you hear this. My name is Hammer Slave. I live by the hammer and die by the hammer… … .”
The dwarf couldn’t finish his speech.
Our Harold sighed and spat out the alcohol in his mouth.
“Ahem, sorry.”
The dwarf nodded as if he understood.
“Most people say that, it’s something that humans don’t understand. I had hoped it might be the case, and it was as expected.”
I guess it’s not that new.
Then Hammer Slave asks me.
“But you look strangely serious. Why? Are you impressed by my name?”
That wasn’t it.
Hammer Slave. The direct translation is hammer slave, and honestly, it’s a bit of a funny name, but that’s about it.
I was thinking about that now.
Why, is this the first time I’ve seen a dwarf like this?
“Rail, you said?”
“Yeah. Have you seen those vampires working in the mines over there?”
“I saw it.”
“What did you think when you saw it?”
“Poor thing?”
Hammer shook his head.
“Of course, my situation is a bit difficult. I started the war of liberation, lost, and now I’m just trying to survive, but that’s not what I’m asking.”
“Then what is it?”
Hammer continued speaking after downing the alcohol that filled a glass that must have been almost 2000cc.
“Wasn’t the movement terribly inefficient?”
“movement?”
“To be exact, I should call it a route. The mine is wide. In that wide space, vampire miners dig up ore and put it on the sack they carry on their backs. Then, they return to the entrance in that state. Then, they bring the ore they’ve gathered to this city. Let’s see.”
Hammer took on a serious expression, as if the main topic was now starting.
“What if there was a ‘cart’ that could move freely within the narrow mine, assuming that the miner continued to mine the ore in that spot? What if it was a cart that could go from the entrance to the end of the mine with just a little bit of mana?”
“hmm.”
“If a system were established where miners could continue mining in the same spot and the resulting parts would be transported by wagon, efficiency would increase tremendously. Isn’t that right?”
“It’s refreshing.”
“So I made it. But unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like it will be usable.”
I was genuinely curious.
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“why?”
“I’m going to be killed by a dragon soon.”
My expression right now is probably the same as Harold’s.
An expression of incomprehension.
I made that expression and then I realized.
Oh, is that it?
“Are you going on a mission to Rare?”
This time, Hammer’s eyes widen.
“Wow, this young man knows more than I thought.”
Harold seemed to be the only one who didn’t understand.
So I said it with my own mouth.
“What comes to mind when you think of a lair where dragons live?”
“Well, a cave-like place comes to mind.”
“Yeah, that’s the general idea. But the dragon here is a little different. It’s very modern.”
“Modern?”
“They all make ‘castles.’ Castles where dragons live, they call them lairs.”
Harold nods, seeming to understand.
“If it’s a dispatch, then you live in that castle, find places that need maintenance, and repair them… … So that’s completely warm… … . Ahem.”
Hammer burst into laughter at Harold’s reaction.
“Wow, they’re interesting friends. This young guy who seems to know a lot and this guy who seems to have a lot of money somehow don’t seem to fit together, but they do. The hierarchy seems clear. Are they friends who used to be kings or something?”
I just nodded vaguely.
Because we’re doing something similar.
“Well then, young friend, you know a lot, guess this too. Why am I going on a mission?”
“Well, since he seems to have a bit of a rebellious streak, I guess he’s not on good terms with the King right now, and he doesn’t seem to like dragons very much either… … There’s only one. He’s a loser, right?”
Hammer chuckles.
“It’s so boring to guess everything correctly. In fact, it’s a bit odd to call it a top. I didn’t support Khalid or the dragon in the first place. Instead, I supported the second, Menama. If he had been the king, I probably would have made a different decision.”
“Really? But usually, the kids who get sent there are the ones who are disliked by those above.”
“You’re leaving me speechless. Hehe.”
Hammer laughed for a long time, as if he wasn’t denying it.
Then he slammed the table down.
