375 Inspecting the Crafters Sui (1/2)
When Zero received the news that Dorgon agreed to help them build Freya's statue, the doctor was overjoyed. However, Truen still sounded a little concerned so Zero asked why he wasn't feeling happier about the good news.
”We might have to make a trip to Derby Desert to find a gnome technician. Dorgon says that he has a Crafter's Suit that's broken and only a gnome can fix it. Without that suit, there's no way he could build a huge statue of Freya that's even taller than the giants. I don't think our mission will be done anytime soon...”
Zero smiled. ”That's alright. It's an adventure, isn't it? Besides, how about you ask him where the Crafter's Suit is. I can take a look to see if I could repair it.”
”Zero...” Truen warned. His friend had a tendency to take things too far by trying to help. ”How about you leave the fixing to the gnomes instead and focus on transforming Princess Dorothy into a drop-dead beauty as you promised?”
The doctor rolled his eyes even though Truen couldn't see it over the communicator. ”Don't be silly. She is already a great beauty now. She's just going to become better once she stabilises the second stage of her core. It's been two weeks since you've left, when are you coming back so that we can go to Derby Desert? Schaf wrote a letter. He said that Half Moon Village will be sending a representative over to negotiate with the royal family about trading for ores, minerals and salt with the dwarves in exchange for medical plants, potions and cultivation pills.”
Truen sighed. ”It takes about two weeks for the dwarves to walk to Geode Town and it might take me another two weeks to get back with Dorgon. We can't ride any horses because the dwarves aren't good horsemen.”
With some reluctance, Zero agreed that he would only steal a peek at the Crafter's Suit but not fix it even if he thought giving Merlin a call would resolve the issue quicker. Truen threw his words right back at him for being impatient about wanting to get the job done.
”It's an adventure, right? Let me return to Rocket Mountain and then report the situation to King Darius with Dorgon so that we can make arrangements to go to Derby Desert. Besides, I believe that it might be better this way. You can take this opportunity to convince the stingy counsellor to give you your adventurer's pass.”
The laughter took Truen by surprise. ”Silly Truen! I don't think we need to negotiate at this point. In fact, you can call it a happy accident that I lost control of my temper back then. I'm receiving a treatment better than royalty right now so I'm bored out of my mind waiting for you. I'd even started to teach the princess some martial arts. She's a natural warrior, must have gotten it from her mother.”
”I did apologise later and talked to everyone about it. The chancellor agreed to keep it hush-hush but they were more understanding about why we wanted me to have a special guild pass with a healer class and a low rank with the ability to travel anywhere. King Darius won't be refusing to sign the document and I'm sure the monocle dwarf would have made arrangements by now.”
Truen nodded. Not bad! Zero was improving even if he shouldn't have been that careless to lose control of his powers. ”The monocle guy has a name. I found out from Dorgon today, he hates his name. Want to guess it?”
Zero hummed and tried to think of the most embarrassing names a prideful dwarf like the chancellor could have.
”Flower?”
”Nope. It isn't a girl's name so don't even try.”
”Mm... Ginger?”