Chapter 41: I’m Not That Nice (1/2)
As we plowed our way through the crowds in City Square, I overheard various conversations about the Lances These Six Lances were es; they would soon become the very symbol of this continent Composed of two lances for each race, they were impartial towards all humans, elves, and dwarves I had to hand it to the three royal falorified incentive—or rather, goal—I wouldn't be surprised if this stirred up a new era of s purposely put a bad light on this new continent so that this mysterious potential common enemy would becoically, there could be great advantages, such as trading raw ic and artifacts, and different technology, but this could also potentially create a competition between the huet to the new continent first to claianda-esque manipulation didn't quite sit ithwith the latter choice
My father stepped into the carriage, waiting for us at the edge of City Square, instructing the driver to first take his to take care of so I'll ht Don't cause too ripped my arm and patted Sylvie, as on top of e leaving our view, Vincent beckoned for a public carriage with a wave of his hand Finally, an unpainted, wooden carriage pulled by two horses stopped for us with the driver tipping his hat as a silent introduction
"Please take us to Gideon's facility," Vincent pro the driver to our next destination About thirty minutes into the drive, the scenery shi+fted fro "Artifacts" and "Elixirs" on e ,a mental note of stores that I would want to visit later on, until Vincent's voice stirred me out of my daze "We're at the part of the city where all of the artificers gather You'll see a lot of neat gadgets and other useful aids for uys want to check it out sometime"
This had sparked Elijah's interest, apparently, because he asked the driver to stop at the nearest artifact store "I' to look around for a bit and see if I can find anything worth buying," he inforo with Elijah while I visit Gideon with Uncle Vincent,' I trans her fox-like head, she gaveout of the carriage after Elijah; I enius researcher like Gideon eyeing Sylvie
"Do you have any e as we leave hi that normal twelve-year-old boys shouldn't have thatthe eon!" He patted his chest pocket and shot rin
"Well, no need to kiss and tell," I shrugged, leaning back in the carriage seat
About an hour later, after we passed through the densest part of the city, we arrived at a fairly large building This building was a single story but was quite large in width, which was rare to see in a clustered city like Xyrus
"We're here!" the driver announced as he opened the door for us
Hopping out of the carriage after Vincent, we made our way to the unadorned front door After a few firm knocks, an old man with a handlebarthe door cos Master Gideon is not—ah, hello, Master Vincent, please co by the stern expression the butler had for a split second before realizing ere, I'd have to guess that this Gideon person wasn't very welcouests
As we stepped inside, a foulmaterial bombarded randiose, the inside was even less appealing to look at The whole place was a mess with tools scattered with no order, piles of discarded clothes and other miscellaneous ite and unfah atop shelves There were also uely familiar to the ones in my old world
"Himes! I told you not to let anyone—Oh, it's you, Vincent I see you've coain" From the dim corner of a back room, a very short, huncheda closer look at the supposed genius inventor/researcher/artificer, I could say for certain that he definitely looked the part His curly hair that looked like it's been struck by lightning s under theing on his neck paired with a dirty lab coat
"Haha! As welco his acquaintance a helpless smile and handshake
"Bah! Don't even start! This past year, the Royal Fa for a way to start traversing the ocean to reach the new continent! I haven't had a chance for a decent sleep in ust as he started pacing around
"Is it really true that they found evidence of another continent, Gideon?" Vincent asked quietly, leaning closer to the inventor
"Hoho! That, my lad, is actually a truth those snobby Royal Fa for once I was the one to study the evidence! All I'll say is that the new continent has better artificers and perhaps even better rin widened to reveal a set of yellow teeth with remnants of whatever he had eaten for his last meal
"Whata seat on a stool besides Gideon
"The Royal Fa, but that 'evidence' was an artifact Even I couldn't figure out everything it does, but this artifact was attached to a bird-like mana beast that had never been seen in Dicathen before This bird-like ainst its surroundings The only ere able to catch it was because an adventurer accidentally shot it dohile he was actually ai to eat Not only that, but one of the functions I was able to figure out fro ies The artifact was the size of ic projection crystals could and more! Tell me, ould someone from our continent need to record videos?" He leaned towards Vincent too so that the two of the!" Vincent sighed as he rubbed his chin
"So… who's the little bugger you brought? Your led his eyebrodly at Vincent
"Oh God… Don't even make jokes like that Tabitha would kill me… quite literally, I'm afraid No, this is Arthur I consider him a nephew ofa respectable bow, I introduced myself "Arthur Leywin, son of Reynolds Leywin hello, Mr Gideon Uncle Vincent has told s about you and your work"
"Quite the etiquettes for a little booger How old are you?" hetwelve in May," I answered si him here, Vincent? I don't take on students or disciples, you know" He puffed his chest out condescendingly
"Actually, I would like to know for myself why he wanted to come" Vincent turned to ers fro you, I can assume that your work is quite influential, correct?" I put on the air of a respecting young lad
"Of course! They're a pain but I receive quite a lot of money from theetting longer fro round and sketched out a blueprint It took a while forthe world too er tools and machines That was primarily one of the reasons they couldn't build a shi+p capable of travelling long distances Noenoughshi+p would be impractical
I could feel both Vincent and Gideon's hot breaths on the back of
After about half an hour, I finished drawing a rough draft of a steaine I didn't draw in some of the key components so that Gideon wouldn't just steal otiations were complete
"Th-This is…this…" His beady eyes widened two-fold as he snatched the paper away so he could study it in depth
"Of course… why didn't I think of this? There was this solution as well!" I could see his hands tre as his nose practically touched the parchaze darted all around the paper "I feel like soently took the paper back and rolled it up "I did leave out some key details that I will otiations are over" I put on an innocent saze becah Even Vincent looked baffled by the turn of events but he handled it better since he knehat kind of person I was