Chapter 34 Time to become a blacksmith? (1/2)
Edelgard was a large city, it was considered prosperous in the kingdo professions A lot of the country's ht here An ite fro in coins
These coins were being regulated by the merchant council as well as by the noble house that was here The nobles mostly kept their noses out of the merchant business and only required them to pay taxes This was natural as s, like attending parties, acquiring her position like the duke houses or the royal family
In a well-lit roo around a round table Two chairs were eathering of the rich est business owners in the city So proxies, one of those people was the Gnoer that Roland was affiliated with
“Blasted mine cost me a fortuin, how did a myrmeke infestation spread thare, this e dith a bit of a tue hand on the table This hand had various golden rings on it just as his beard did
“Just some bad luck?~”
Replied an elven woman whose skin color was dark She was a ht hand and so out of the end of the bud She was squeezed into a black dress that showed quite a lot of cleavage She looked to be a young beauty but her age was several times above this dwarf
“Clary dwarf replied while spitting out saliva in rage
“You should watch that teht with one of ood price~”
The wo over to show off soue and leaned back in his chair as he started to calm down
“This doesn't mak' na sense, ye kno that dose monsters don't wander near places close tae water Mah e river next tae it, someone mist hae lured thaim thare! ”
The dwarf voiced his concerns The e body of water, the ants should have reacted to the ue
“Yes, this does feel fishy…”
The one answering was the Gno for
“Haven’t strange things been happening lately?”
The people quieted down and startedheadache for this dasn’t the only thing that was out of place
“Yes,attacked lately, uards!”
Another member of the council answered
“Someone put poison in one of the dishes in , they almost tore down the whole place!”
Another person that owned a lot of food-related businesses voiced his concerns There had been a lot of irregularities happening in this city since half a year ago Thebody count and the adventurer guild even had to get involved
“So tae muscle in oan oor turf?”
“Possibly but ould be so sha of the noble fa as he looked at the councilthis Even if one of their businesses was hit it could easily have been a distraction If they started bleeding money someone could very easily just
Even in his stores that he had spread through the city were getting hit,and asking for returns This in terht fewer customers that went to others to do their purchases It wasn’t that bad at the moment but could become a problem if it continued
The council discussed some more rumors but they didn’t coreed to keep an eye out for potential spies and sabotage They could easily have the authorities work for the with their businesses
The gnoe with his elf attendant Zilyana The gno about the real mastermind behind this After some time Roland’s involvement in the mine expedition was mentioned and the conversation switched to hiood thing that he signed up with us It's going to take a while till he develops further, the scrolls he makes are a hot commodity…”
The elf woman that worked at the store was here as well She praised Roland's work reat sales The only problerade item and the stock was very liht in sorand schenome nodded as the elf spoke Since the youth returned froo he had been working tirelessly He unloaded quite the sizable number of spell scrolls onto hiy as he was able to craft the highest quality coht that he would be a one-trick pony and continueHe could scribe all of the eleave him scrolls to sell as a bundle and explained how they worked together One of them was the combination of wind, water, and ice that could simulate a tier 3 blizzard spell quite well and freeze opponents in a wide area
The profits from the runic scrolls were sizable but at ular mana scribes He wasn’t a runesear for adventurers or the country's soldiers If you ood commission from the noble lords to outfit their ar too sparse adventurers
“Aye, the brat is working hard he even requested sno to change classes again already…”
The tere baffled by Roland's progress, they figured that he couldn’t be an ordinary person just by the fact that he already had his second class when he was eleven There were certain ways to increase your experience besides killing
“You think he used blood crystals, er? He doesn’t seens of using the up his pipe The elven wo a fan of smokers to say the least
“We have him for another two years, so we can watch him closely, don’t think he is a security risk”
Zilyana said with a resounding nod
“Should I do so? The people that complained at our shop were a dead end, they didn’t seem to know much even when I ‘asked’ them nicely~”
The elf woated the people that were trying to return their ite it as if they were told to make a scene They haven’t been hit that hard like the rest, nothing as a poisoning incident or a hten the security, whoever this is they are being careful Might be one of the council members or even the nobles… could also be an unknown third party that is trying to …”
The two continued talking while riding the carriage back towards their residence Edelgard was considered a large city of half aplace was on the other side of the city so they would need half an hour to get back
“Well then, I’ll be off first Another little , her body started turning dark and it soon turned into black se that she occupied with the gnome He just continued to se occurrence as if it was so that he saw many times before The faint screaarner a reaction either
“Wished she didn’t always leave such a uards all the tih his nose while the ht
In another place, a different scene was playing out A certain hue pile of thees quite fast and his eyes were h the letters at a rapid pace He finally placed it down on the table where the stack of the others was
“Think that’s all…”
Roland rubbed his eyes that were slightly tired and glanced at his status screen
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Nae L25 [ Secondary ]
T1 Runic Mana Scribe L 25 [ Main ]
HP
413/413
MP