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Chapter 16 – The Dwarf Blacksruht inside, ‘Geez, the Eht make a

move? What kind of idiocy is that!?’

Indeed, for the past 300 years it had remained a peaceful era

Kaijin couldn’t understand Why would the Eh the trouble of invading other lands?

Although for this dwarf, whoof the war should have been a really good chance to e

profits…

‘But still! Why did my workload have to increase so suddenly!!!’, was all

that ran through the dwarf’s head

Moreover, there was one thing that he was greatly worried about…

Even as he cursed and fantasized about beating up a certain govern another h as he continued to think

There was al for hi the deadline would be a huge blow to his reputation

Saying ‘I couldn’t do it!’, was siht now, his future depended on whether he would receive contact from

the friends he had sent word for

He ell known for his skill as a blackss he couldn’t do

What was troubling him so much, was the lack of materials to create

weapons with!

And then the people he had been waiting for finally appeared before him

[Sorry…we should have made it by yesterday, but there was athat, the three men entered Kaijin’s shop

There were three of thes, and also of the dwarven race All of

the

The eldest son Garm He was a skilled armorsmith

The second son Dold He was for known his first-rate craftsh he was a dwarf of feords, he was an expert

at what he did Having knowledge in construction, and well-versed in the

arts, he was a one of a kind genius

By all rights, these three outstanding talents should have been the owners

of their own shops, but unfortunately, they were all rather clu

Blessed only in their respective specializations, they were hopeless when it

cas or business trades, which hy they were

frequently taken advantage of by the people around them

And so, their shop was taken over by a person they had trusted in, and what

was more, they even fell into a trap laid by a fellow apprentice as

jealous of their talents, and ended up literally kicking an officer of the

king and was now under watch by the country…

Having nowhere else to go to, they chose to rely on Kaijin, as their

childhood friend as well as the big brother of the group

Although he ruefully thought to himself, ‘You should have depended on

me sooner!’, he are that it was already far too late to say that

He had decided to shelter three brothers into his shop and hire them to

work for him However, there was no work to entrust to theoods were bought

from other suppliers

Since he personallyassistance in regards to that, however…he feared that

unnecessary troubles would occur if his shop suddenly stopped trading

with the other suppliers and began self-producing armors and crafts

There was a need to continue business operations as usual until the three

settled down This hy he had tasked the three brothers with

overseeing laborers in the gathering of ores and rawtheir circumstances, he found out that they had encountered a

dereatly perplexed at this Nevertheless, their safety was

so of how fortunate the three were to avoid any injuries, he voiced

his relief

[Well, it’s good that you guys are safe! You reat that none of you were hurt!]

Indeed, as long as they were safe, it was always possible to go back to

gathering the needed ores

But while he was thinking to himself, ‘The safety of my friends are ed aard looks with each

other

They said,

[No…it’s not like we et away in time]

[Mhm To tell you the truth, even now I still can’t come to terms hat

happened yesterday…]

[……]

Third bro is silent

From then on, he listened as they explained what happened in detail

They claiht us back

to life!’

Norly replied, ‘I don’t believe that!’, but he

knew that the brothers were never the kind to lie Or rather, they just

weren’t skillful enough in telling lies Whichas it was only yesterday that a de new miners would most likely be impossible

Due to yesterday’s events, theone

after another Since they also incurred considerable injuries theular circuo to the

Freedom Association with a request, but that was not an option

He had already issued a request for the gathering of ores, but there was yet

to be a reply It was the same situation for every other workshop, and so

the stocks of goods in the uards, not only would the fee be

coh, they would only ithin the extent of the request

If you asked for escorts, they would do just that and no more…

And when it ca a B rank

de a profit, he would go

bankrupt instead

He thought to hi demon have to cohed heavily

He conte nearer He even considered going so far as to

personally gather all the ores with his own hands

But no good ideas popped into his head, and ti short…

The four dwarves were all lost in thought as they looked at one another

And it was then that a strange group ca bro, you there?]

While calling out to someone inside, Captain-san, non as Kaidou–

san, entered the shop

In the midst of our conversations, we had become much more open and

friendly towards each other, and were now on a first name basis I was told

that the owner of the shop , the one he wanted to introduce me to, was his

actual elder brother

From the outside, it looked like the kind of small shop run by a stubborn

old uncle

[Sorry to intrude~!]

Ri our greetings, we followed Kaidou-san inside the shop

The moment we entered,that many eyes were focused on us

[Ah!]

All three dwarf brothers had exclaimed at the same time

The three dwarfs I saw yesterday had all raised their voices in surprise and

were looking over here They were looking healthy now Although for

so depressed faces…

And then surely, as expected, there was a gri uncle whose face

didn’t lose one bit to those of the scary town construction old men He was

the owner of this shop

Honestly, he didn’t resemble Kaidou-san at all

[What’s this? They friends of yours?]

[Kaijin-san! It’s this sliht! So the Captain-san was the younger brother of our shop

owner!]

[……]

Third bro is silent

[Ohh…! So that’s the sli about! I’ve heard you were

the one who saved these guys You have ratitude!]

[Not at all! I don’t feel as if I’ve done that ht have?

Hahahahaha~~!!!]

For one such as I, who easily gets carried away and goes too far, words of

praise is taboo…because I wouldn’t be able to cal

while

[So, why have you co his composure, Uncle-san asked a question

All of us had moved further inside of the shop to talk And then, Kaidou–

san began briefly explaining my situation I also chipped into the

conversation, when needed, to helpsmoothly

But I must say, this third dwarf brother called Mild-san, he never says a

single thing! I e to actually communicate? It

was mysterious

[I understand what you want now But I’ is, we’ve already received a request from a certain

country…]

He told us that it was a secret, and explained as happening

hile withholding the important infor pressured by the fear of a war