Chapter 252 – 252. Urgent Request (3)
[Okay.]
After hearing Alex’s story, Eleanor through the crystal ball calmly nodded her head.
[Then are you leaving for the sand with Erin?]
“It is meant to be.”
After she finished talking with Erin, who visited the mansion, she intended to report the contents of the conversation with the girl to Eun-hyeon through a crystal ball, but it was Eleanor, Alex’s younger sister, who responded to her message, not Eun-hyeon.
“Judging by the reaction, it seems like you already knew.”
When Eleanor, who had been informed of the situation and Erinn’s story, had a calm expression on the story that the monster’s stampede had attacked Mograf, Alex asked with an expression that he had already guessed.
[Yes.]
“What… Since he’s that guy, even if I hadn’t told him, he would have understood the process to some extent.”
As long as Heilangdan was also recruited as his subordinate, Alex thought that the reason Eun-hyeon didn’t say anything even though he knew the whole process was because Eun-hyeon knew his intentions.
“So, does he have any plans for the future?”
If there was, Alex asked Eleanor, thinking that she might be able to make a move on her side that might help the plan.
[That person… He said there was one thing he was concerned about.]
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Erin had to notice the doll girl in front of her in the underground facilities of the dungeon house, blacksmithing, and alchemy, and other various workshops.
“…”
“Eh, Emilia… Are you mad?”
“This entity cannot understand the meaning of the feeling of being angry.”
“No, anyone can see that expression…”
Her beautiful appearance, her eyebrows slightly narrowed and her lips slightly protruding forward, is an expression that anyone can see saying, “I’m in a bad mood.”
“I can’t understand the submaster’s intentions. The performance test of ‘Optimus’ produced this time is a good opportunity to test whether there are any defects and whether it is working normally. In addition, the powerful firepower of this object can be usefully used in an extermination battle with the demon…”
“No. Please protect the children here.”
“…”
Tomorrow, Alex will lead an army of knights from the Duke’s family and leave for Mograf with the adventurers who have accepted an urgent request.
It was a conceivable hypothesis that Erin and herself were also included there, and that the security of the dukedom would be so precarious as more than half of the troops were missing.
With Alex’s departure, the Duchy was unofficially retired, and his father, Avros, took charge of the estate.
Avros, who had not yet been freed from the guilt of the past, did not like his son’s request, but as the situation was, he needed someone’s care while he was away, and Avros was the only one who was suitable for it.
An unofficial retirement was decided, but outsiders do not know about Avros’ retirement.
In this situation, Abros reluctantly accepted Alex’s request, appealing that if Abros did not take charge of the territory again, the meaning of hiding this fact would disappear.
Under that circumstance, Erin ordered Emilia to take care of her nursery, where her many orphans were located.
“Please. Emilia.”
Erin had lived a long time in the position of the ‘weak’, so she knew how helplessly miserable she would be if the weak were not protected and were exposed to danger.
It is said that the security of the dukedom is very good due to Alex’s efforts, but now there are many adventurers with bad thoughts brought in from the outside, and the knights of Armitas and other enlisted soldiers have more than half of the gap due to the expedition. .
Keeping in mind the possibility that something unpleasant may happen, Erin is an order for Lily and the children at the nursery in preparation for any possible threat to Emilia.
Besides, there was one more reason why she couldn’t bring Emilia to her frontline.
I glanced up and saw the gigantic steel giant-type golem that had been deployed.
‘… There’s no way you can show something like that in public.’
Although she knew that it was a secret weapon that Eun-hyeon was currently developing, Erin knew that now was not the time to openly showcase a golem with performance that was outside of the standard even in Eun-hyeon’s plan.
Emilia seemed to have a desire to introduce a golem called ‘Optimus’ as soon as possible, but having to control the doll girl now that Eun-hyun is away was one of Erin’s few roles.
Erin could not take her eyes off the golem called ‘Optimus’ as she felt that the element of ’emotion’ that existed inside Emilia was getting richer over time.
‘What on earth was Hyun-i thinking of a golem like that…’
The time Illyana looked at with pitiful eyes as Eunhyeon worked hard on the golem production together with Emilia while making ambiguous remarks about making a man’s dream come true is still good in my eyes.
“Ah. Anyhow, please?”
Soon after, Erin shook her head vigorously and hurriedly regained consciousness, conveying her request to Emilia again.
“… I accept your order.”
“Huh. Thank you. Go straight to Lily and her sister. No matter what happens, you must not hurt her sister or any of her children.”
Seeing Emilia’s reaction as she reluctantly accepted her order with a sullen expression, Erin left the studio with a happy smile.
She finished her shower and returned to her room, before lying down on her bed, her gaze shifted to the rapier lying next to her desk.
“… Good. Let’s try it.”
As soon as she made up her mind, she immediately raised her body from her seat on her bed and moved her steps toward her desk.
She picked up her rapier with a tense expression and drew it from her scabbard with all her might, taking a deep breath.
However, she did not move, let alone move, and the rapier, which did not move, could not be pulled out of the scabbard.
Even after a year had passed, the rapier that Eun-hyeon had made and presented to her as a gift did not show her slender blade.
“Ha… I can’t either…”
[How many times do I have to say it for you to understand? With your current level, it is impossible to pull out that sword.]
“Without even teaching you how to pull it out…”
The Gumiho’s words, recklessly repeating the words ‘It’s impossible with you now,’ were very vulgar.
Erin was feeling a lot of frustration as she had to leave it in her room without ever using the weapon she was given.
“Why is Hyuni unable to pull out the sword…”
At first, she was thrilled that she had received a gift from Eun-hyeon, but now that she has gifted her with such a weapon, she feels frustrated because she cannot understand his intentions.
[Hmph, when she got that sword, why didn’t she pull it out right away? At that time, if she had asked him directly about the conditions, she would have been.]
“Ugh…”
At the point of the gumiho, he frowned as he recalled his past self, who only liked the gift he received.
[In the first place, that sword was not a present given to you now.]
“What do you mean? Are you Miho?”
[I told you to treat me with respect…]
If he had a physical body, the gumiho would have naturally gnashed his teeth at Erin’s attitude of never changing her mind no matter how many times she talked about it.
The nine-tailed fox continued as she tried not to show her narrow-minded side, saying it was ridiculous to take a young girl who wasn’t even 20 years old and get angry.
[It’s literally a weapon specially designed for you to use in the future, not for you now. Therefore, it is of course impossible to draw a sword with the current four levels.]
“… When the hell is that?”
[Well. That would depend on what you do.]
“The explanation is so unkind…”
[Hey, it’s too much for those of you who don’t understand what the sword was made of, by whom, and through what kind of smelting process.]
“Huh? Isn’t that what Hyun made?”
[… It doesn’t mean that.]
The nine-tailed fox began his explanation while thinking that it was pitiful why the remnants of his power, Shinsoo, entered the body of a girl like this.
[Listen carefully. First of all, the material of the sword is not ordinary iron. One of the most precious metals in the world, it is iron smelted from an ore called Orichalcum, which is also called divine iron. And the sword is a weapon made by beating the iron dozens or hundreds of times and filling it with high-quality divinity. It means that a lump of blood like you, who knows no value, is not a weapon that can be handled carelessly. First…]
“No, anyway, it’s a weapon that Hyun-i made with so much effort.”
[…]
That’s not wrong.
However, Erin did not understand at all what value the rapier Eunhyeon had made for her.
It is due to the huge gap between the weapon and the user.
No matter how much a sword with absurd specs made to the level of a holy sword is handed to you, if the person who handles it lacks understanding and self-awareness of the weapon, it will be as useless as putting a diamond necklace around a pig’s neck.
That’s why Eunhyeon made and gifted a weapon for ‘future Erin’ who would have achieved great growth, not ‘current Erin’.
[First… Take care.]
“Huh?”
He explained to Erin that he couldn’t draw the sword due to Erin’s lack of ability, but that explanation was actually half correct and half wrong.
Why did Eunhyeon present Erin a rapier with specs comparable to that of a holy sword, but he took measures to prevent him from using the rapier?
Even the nine-tailed fox could roughly guess how to unlock the device that was locked in the scabbard so that the sword could not be pulled out.
However, he did not tell Erin how to do it.
Realizing Eun-hyeon’s intentions, the gumiho did not like Eun-hyeon’s intention to drag him into this game.
No matter how much he is called the ‘Apostle of the Goddess’, since the existence of Earth’s civilization, he has accumulated countless magical powers and devoted himself to self-discipline, looking at the time of a thousand years, I could feel the intention of a mere human being to use them.
Far from hiding it, it was uncomfortable to be confident in revealing it.
[Cheeky thing…]
“… You mean me?”
[I am not talking about you. Just in case, take that sword.]
“No, you can’t pull this out…”
[If the four of you achieve growth once again through this campaign, you will be able to pull out the sword and use it, so make sure to keep it.]
“Yes? You can use this sword? Miho, how do you know that?”
[Don’t ask questions about people who can’t understand even if you explain!]
When the gumiho, who was too lazy to explain, irritated her, Erin pursed her lips and grunted.
“If you’re not going to explain, you can just say you don’t like it. It’s mean. Really.”
Looking at the time of a thousand years, it is hard to believe that he became a miraculous being through self-discipline.
‘I’m really narrow-minded.’
After reading Erin’s grumbling unconsciousness, the gumiho spoke again.
[You can hear everything. Immature.]
“Joy! Listen what! What can I do!”
[This cheeky thing!]
