Chapter 262 – For You.
Usher looked at the fruit Erica was holding out. The blushing fruit, like the flowers of the peach tree, was somehow unique. It was basically round, but there was a shallow solid line drawn on one side and a concave shape. Suddenly remembering something stern, he shook his head.
“Why is this all of a sudden?”
“Hee hee, it’s a gift.”
Erica is just smiling, whether or not she knows him agonizing in her head. There were still many things she wanted to ask of her, but she accepted her fruit reluctantly in her youthful greyness of anticipation. The pink rind had small fluffs on it, so it felt strange, but when you take a bite, it glides smoothly over the flesh like a thin petal, and the white, soft flesh and honeydew burst out. A sweet fragrance that fills the mouth with him.
“Aha ♪ Is it delicious?”
“Yeah, it’s delicious.”
It was her flaw, if anything, that it smelled like her scent.
“Huh? Is there something wrong?”
Erika asked him anxiously, probably because his answer was ambiguous, but Usher backed away.
“Wait a minute!”
Did he notice something when he was restless at the thought that if he did something wrong, he might be caught having a strange idea? The girl stares at him silently and blushes her red face.
“What is Usher thinking about the fruit?”
“What, what were you thinking!”
Seeing her as if she could really read his thoughts, Usher struggled to pretend, but Erica covered her mouth with her long sleeves and looked at him.
“Then why did it grow?”
“Ugh!?”
Sure enough, she found an object that revealed its presence without my knowledge.
“Huh, if this award isn’t enough, other things are fine too.”
“What other award…”
“Aha ♪ Even if you know it.”
It was just as the girl approached him and tried to back off hastily at the sound of her whispering voice.
“You guys! What are you doing coming so far away!”
Krikaliev and Thaddaeo were approaching, shouting from the border of the hill in the distance.
“Mister? How is this place?”
“I just came to think of it.”
“What is it? That’s it.”
Erica also found them and withdrew as if disappointed, so she was glad he came at the right time anyway.
“There was a tree like this in a place like this?”
As if seeing a peach tree for the first time, Thaddaeo raised his head and looked up at the top of the tree stretching high into the sky.
“It seems like it’s been around since ancient times. Since it’s out of town, there aren’t many people coming.”
Krikaliev seemed to already know of this tree’s existence.
“By the way, someone was collecting parts, so are you dating?”
“Ugh, that’s it.”
Usher tried to say no to his teasing remark, but he didn’t know what to say, so he kept his mouth shut. It was because he was concerned about what Erica had said. If I explained it like that, it seemed that the listener would look at it strangely. Hesitating, the girl looked at him and puffed out her cheeks.
“Ooh, I gave you a present. Usher was playing with me.”
“What, what?! It’s not like that!”
Usher shouted in bewilderment, and Thaddaeo, who had been looking up at the top of the tree, glared at him. Then Krikaliev whispered quietly to him.
“I’m telling you just in case. If you do something wrong, you’ll get stabbed in the stomach?”
“Because it’s not like that!”
He shuddered at the thought of the girl cutting him into three parts. It could have been just her words, but I figured if what Erica was saying was true, she would really do it if she wanted to, even if it was a bit different from Belka.
“Ahahaha!”
Erica, who held her breath at them and swallowed her laughter, eventually burst into laughter. Seeing that, Krikaliev scratched his head as if he knew it was a joke.
“Well, that’s all right. Now let’s go find parts for the motor.”
“…But how many more times do I have to go looking for that part?”
Usher was dissatisfied with the longer stay here than he had expected. At least, she remembered Rachel, whom she had met for a while in Parz, and thought that Belka would not go through such a terrible thing, but nevertheless, if she could, she wanted to meet the girl right away.
“I’m lucky enough to find another one. Now I just need to find the last one.”
“That’s fortunate.”
So they got out of the tree to find the last part. As Usher made his way up the hill along Krikaliev, carrying the berries he hadn’t eaten yet and eating little by little, he could see houses coming in little by little. It seemed like we were close when we came here with Erica, but it seems we’ve come farther than we thought.
“By the way, are you going to Perevaaru Sector?”
Krikaliev sighed as if he had remembered something as he looked at the houses appearing around Thaddaeo, who was leading the way.
“What is Perevaaru Sector doing?”
This place seemed to determine the area of the village based on the sector. I guessed that it must be because the village here is much larger than most villages, but there was a peculiar feeling nonetheless. Besides, every time adults saw him, they said the word Pavilion Sector.
“Simply put, it feels like a village of blacksmiths.”
“A town of blacksmiths?”
“Yes, I just arrived.”
Listening to his words, I heard people’s voices along with the sound of tapping iron.
“Where’s the oil! I told you to put it where you can see it!”
“Not enough carbon steel! Bring more!”
“Is the 27 – 5 cogwheel ready?! Replace it in a month! Hurry up!”
Following the voice of someone shouting, the strong men carried long and thick iron poles, while others carried sacks carrying something on their shoulders as they walked. It is to the point where it seems that there is no time to set foot in the appearance of those who are so busy.
“Are all these people blacksmiths?”
“No, most of them are assistants or workers.”
Usher looked at them curiously. Blacksmiths were usually people who made various agricultural tools or weapons in a small blacksmith’s shop. It wasn’t uncommon for them to work together in one area, but it was common for them to put their name on it and make it. It seemed like many people gathered here to do the same thing, just like when they were building a house.
“But if you come, do you come to the busiest place?”
“Because the closest place is here.”
“No matter what, if you bring your kids here, you’ll get hit and they’ll get beaten up for interfering with your work.”
In the end, they decided to go back to find another entrance, but something came to mind.
“Do you sell something like a shield here?”
The reason Usher was looking for the shield was with Krikaliev. On his way to the Holy Land, he learned that he was most comfortable using a shield and rapier while being trained by him. He already had the rapier, but the shield he had been using was broken, so he needed a new one.
“It will be difficult to find a shield you can use here.”
“Yes? Why?”
It’s definitely a town of blacksmiths, so why can’t I get a shield? There are many blacksmiths who make agricultural tools or daily necessities, but in any case, making weapons would be no different from their knowledge because they also make weapons according to the needs of the state or mercenaries.
“We rarely make weapons here, so there is no blacksmith who specializes in such things. It’s better to get a shield from somewhere else.”
Then a strange voice broke through them.
“Your brother knows it well! It’s not good because there are only young old-fashioned nobles here.”
When I turned to the place where the voice came from, it was a strange man with long hair pulled back and a cloth tied over his forehead. If he wasn’t dressed similar to the blacksmiths here, he would have thought he was a suspicious person. Seeing him like that, Krikaliev looked at Thaddaeo.
“Do you know each other?”
“Why do you think you know me?!”
“Well, you know a lot of weird guys, don’t you?”
“Don’t frame me!”
After arguing with Thaddaeo for a while, Krikaliev looked at him again and asked.
“Anyway, I don’t think we were just talking. What’s going on?”
Haha! I ended up overhearing. Didn’t the girl over there say she needed a shield?”
“Yes?”
Erica, hearing his words, looked at Usher and tilted her head in a puzzled way, but Usher was tired of refutating one by one. He’s only wearing a dress, so I don’t know why people only think of him as a woman. As she ate the rest of the fruit in silence, he continued.
“It’s because that’s my specialty. How is it?”
“Hmm, then let’s see your skills.”
Krikaliev watched him for a moment and then nodded his head.
“Well thought of it bro! I won’t disappoint you so don’t worry! Why don’t you follow me to the studio first?”
Then Usher approached behind Krikaliev as she followed him as she moved her steps excitedly.
“Mister, is he really okay?”
It seemed certain that he was a blacksmith, but he wasn’t very reliable. He looked so different from the taciturn blacksmiths he knew, from his unwashed, thick hair to his sloppy clothes and sloppy speech.
“Well, if it’s a workshop, it’ll be on the way anyway, so even if you take a look at it, it’s not worth it.”
In the end, they had no choice but to follow the unfamiliar blacksmith to his workshop.
“Guests are so lucky! Am I the only one here who handles that?”
However, he continued to chatter on the way.
“Even in the Pavilion Sector, that kind of thing is only commissioned from me!”
“If it’s the Pavilion sector…”
Usher was a little interested in what he said because of the familiar name. I had only heard of the name of the Pavilion Sector, but had never heard of what it was like. But that was only for a moment.
“These are the customers who buy my weapons at high prices every time! As expected, the high-ranking people know the value of my weapons.”
I got tired of seeing him constantly bragging about how well his weapons were selling without even telling him what the Pavilion Sector was like. At last, Usher had turned his attention away from him and was examining the streets that were still colored by the sunset. He suddenly noticed something that stood out. I hadn’t entered the Perebaaru sector yet, but the image of a flower shop opening its doors in this place filled with the smell of iron dust was clearly visible. Among them, it was one flower that caught Usher’s eye.
“Wait a minute.”
Usher ran there, pointed to a flower that caught his eye, and asked the owner for the price. Fortunately, flowers were not very expensive, so I could pay for it with the money I had in my pocket for emergencies. Soon he was holding a flower beautifully wrapped in white paper and he held it out to Erica.
“Usher? This?”
The girl gave it to herself, and her gray light flickered as if she hadn’t expected it.
“That’s a gift.”
The flower was a lily of the valley. She never thought she would see the flowers she saw in the forest again here, but she had given them to Belka before. She didn’t know if she was really her Belka and her one, but if it was, it would be better to give her this flower too.
“…Wuh.”
Erica buried her flushed face in the flowers he had given her, and she averted his gaze. From that appearance, Usher looked at Belka again. Hoping that her words were true, he vowed to meet Belka as soon as possible.
“The wind cuts the stomach, cuts the knife~ The wind cuts the stomach, cuts the knife~”
“Why are you suddenly singing that strange song?!”
Usher followed them, shouting at Krikaliev, who was humming as if he were making fun of him. He didn’t even know the gaze that was coldly glaring at him.
