The Knight Wants To Be in a Relationship

20. Do you have a girlfriend?

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Canelli passed her subspace key with her trembling hand.

“Because it’s for rent… ? I must, must return it…….”

“Yes. Who has it I will write it well and return it.”

After receiving the subspace key, I looked around for the key. A golden key with a red gem embedded in it.

It was so bright that even an ignorant tramp on the street could tell that it was a valuable item.

Someone might steal it if you reveal it carelessly. Canelli hooked her key to her collar, fortunately enchanted with anti-thief magic, and put it around my neck.

“Now, it suits you well. Huh… ….”

“Thank you. How do you write this?”

“Imagine there is a door in your mind, and if you turn the key with the feeling of opening the door…….”

“Oh, that’s it.”

Clap – After the subspace key is inserted into the air, the subspace is opened. Inside the subspace that had been opened up, there were piles of pieces of dragon corpses and gold ingots the Count had collected.

I went inside for a while and took out the dragon heart and handed it to Canelli.

“Okay, take it.”

“This, this… ?”

“You said you needed it, right? Didn’t you come to me to buy this in the first place?”

“Oh, that’s right! Huh! I didn’t know it would be handed over so easily…… Also, what about the money?”

“I’ll think I received it instead of the gold bar inside. It’s annoying, so please take care of it instead.”

“Yes, yes!”

Cannelly nodded, as if he’d be willing to give up that bar of gold if he could get his hands on the heart. Holding the dragon’s heart in her bosom, she opened her mouth in a slightly excited tone.

“Well, then- I’m going to go now. See you next time!”

“Go carefully.”

“Yes! Evan you are fine too! See you next!”

After finishing her greeting, she quickly disappeared. Just like when she first met her, her presence and appearance vanished in an instant.

As I watched her leave, I stood in a daze for a moment and thought about her.

‘What can I do with this? No, what should I do?’

I remembered the responsibility that a hero should have. It takes strength to protect someone. Unfortunately, I thought that I couldn’t increase my strength by swinging a sword and increasing my swordsmanship skills.

In order to improve his skills beyond what he is now, he needed actual combat training, just as he did when he met Cyrus and stole his sword.

What I need right now is a real battle, but in the process, if I meet a talented person like Changwang, I could die.

‘I need a way to get stronger right now.’

Fortunately, I was able to think of a way to become stronger right now.

I found the hint in a story about a warrior I read as a child.

From noble mtl dot com

─Hero, are you okay with that kind of equipment?

─It’s not okay. A lot of problems.

─There is a holy sword prepared for the hero in the shrine over there. Take that

A journey to catch the demon king. In the process, the hero develops his skills and acquires powerful weapons at the same time.

At that time, the holy sword that was obtained went beyond helping to kill the demon king and boasted insane performance that made me wonder if it was the holy sword that killed the demon king, not the hero.

I needed a weapon that was useful even if it wasn’t that kind of holy sword. Equipment that I could use when fighting an opponent stronger than me, and at least I wouldn’t be helpless by magic I didn’t know about like this time.

“Good.”

There is a dragon corpse that will be an excellent material than anything else. He had the position to ask to make equipment and the money needed to make it.

I headed straight to the artisan street of the royal road.

To make my sword and equipment.

* * *

There are many artisans in the royal capital. In addition to being the easiest place to make money, it is also the safest place in the country.

Wang Chang does not treat or persecute craftsmen who come to his country like slaves. The mindset that he doesn’t care much about what he does as long as he pays his taxes well.

Thanks to this, numerous artisans who worked like slaves in other countries or organizations found the kingdom and settled in the capital.

No matter how powerful a superman is, he will not go on a rampage or kidnap in the royal capital within the sphere of influence of the king.

If you did such a thing in someone else’s territory, you wouldn’t have any life left, and if you were a strong superman who could survive even if you did such a thing, you didn’t have to stage a kidnapping in the first place, just tell me to proudly present it to you.

“What? You want me to make a sword made of dragon bones? hahahahaha-! Do you think such a thing is possible!”

That’s why the artisans of the royal capital had more than a fair amount of superhuman pride. He doesn’t care much if the person who came to visit him is a high-ranking adventurer or a renowned superman.

Anyway, they came because they needed their skills, and no matter how strong they were, if they went wild, they would be instantly killed by the King of the Spears.

The artisans, who had often seen adventurers thrusting knives at artisans in the blink of an eye, become headless corpses, no longer succumbed to threats.

“Why not?”

“If you don’t know why, study and come! The damn kid is unlucky in the morning…….”

“No, why not?”

“Get out!”

Of course, because of that, the number of artisans who rolled and ate shredded eggplant increased. Evan, who was kicked out of the store without knowing why, went around other stores, spitting out curse words.

Unfortunately, most of the stores showed similar reactions to the first store we entered.

“Crazy bastard.”

“You are talking nonsense.”

“If such a thing is possible, I would like to make one too.”

It’s normal to swear, and it’s common to be ignored.

Evan, who had been kicked out of almost every store along the boulevard, sat on a bench in the middle of the street and wondered what had happened.

‘Are people overflowing with rotten money? Is that why they refuse the request even if they offer money?’

I didn’t know the answer. But one thing was certain. Artisans say they don’t sell weapons, but you can’t get them.

Evan licked his lips lightly and wondered if he should go to another city. However, he wondered if there would be a blacksmith skilled enough to smelt dragon bones elsewhere.

If such a person were in a provincial town where there was nothing, he would have been kidnapped by someone right away.

“Ehh. I don’t know.”

Evan, thinking that he should get his weapon later, pulled his butt off and stood up.

As I was about to get out of the artisan street after spitting on the street with the thought that I would never come again, someone ran towards Evan sweating profusely.

He is about half as tall as the average person. But the muscles protruding from the side. It was a dwarf.

“Heh- Heo-Eok-! Now, are you the one who asked me to make a weapon out of dragon bones?”

“Yes? Yes. But now it’s done. Just don’t make…….”

“A corpse! There must be a body!”

“There is, but…… Are you just going?”

“Please make me a weapon!”

The dwarf, who was covered in sweat, said that and started crawling on the floor. When a man the age of his father grabbed my crotch in a sweaty state, Evan didn’t know what to do and pushed him away.

“I will do anything, please!”

“Oh, okay! Okay, so let’s put this first…… !”

“Really!?”

“Yes! So wake up quickly!”

On this day, Evan realized that crawling on the floor while holding on to the crotch of his trousers was more dangerous to his heart than the curses fired by the black magicians.

* * *

A blacksmith’s shop appears only after going into the alley from the main street of Craftsman Street.

That was the forge of the craftsman who grabbed Evan’s crotch.

“Hmmm- My introduction is late. My name is Ymir.”

“This is Evan.”

“Can I see the body first?”

At Ymir’s urging, Evan opened the subspace with the key on the spot. Yumir, whose eyes changed from the moment he saw the key to Ah Space, saw the dragon corpses piled up inside Ah Space and began to tremble.

As she approached the dragon’s corpse and stroked the scales that had grown over her flesh, Ymir realized that the body in front of her was a real dragon.

“Gee, it was real…… !”

“You can’t fake a favor, can you?”

“Yeah, that’s right. Hmm. You can’t fake things.”

“More than that- what were those people talking about? The things I said to come after studying…….”

“Ah, that’s- I think I said that based on your appearance.”

With his eyes fixed on the dragon’s corpse, Ymir opened his mouth lightly to explain why Evan had been rejected.

“The dragon corpse is an impossible-to-find material. When asking to make a weapon out of that material, it’s usually the rule here to get the material myself.”

“I know that. Is that why you saved it?”

“The guys on the roadside are all kids. They judge others based only on their appearance.”

“What is that…….”

Evan, who was pondering what Ymir was saying, understood his words and slightly frowned. His words were like this.

You’re a kid. Dragon corpse? You can’t find anything like that.

They, whose name was a waste of artisans, looked only at Evan’s appearance and ignored him.

Evan looked at Ymir, holding back the desire to run right away and let go of a knife.

“…… So, how did Ymir come to see me?”

“I heard that there was a kid who asked me to make a weapon out of dragon bones, so I came running just in case. I’m not an idiot who judges by appearance alone.”

“What if I didn’t have a body?”

“Then you should smash your head for wasting my time.”

Evan let out a laugh as he watched Ymir casually spit out cruel words. Like a craftsman, there was a strange part in one corner of his head.

Ymir, who had been examining her corpse carefully, came out of her ah space and shouted toward the back of her smithy.

“Yumina! Come out and help move the corpse!”

─Yeah!

A cute female voice comes from the back. Hearing that voice, Evan looked at Ymir in surprise.

“Are you the wife?”

“It’s my daughter.”

“Have you ever been married? I am surprised.”

“Why do you think dwarves won’t even get married?”

“No, that’s not it… ….”

“Dad, what do you want me to move?”

And then, the cute voice that had been heard from inside the smithy came right behind me. Evan turned her head to look at her face, and she stiffened as she looked at the giant standing behind her.

“Hello.”

A dwarf woman smiling with a smile. Like a dwarf, her face was cute. But the size wasn’t cute at all.

Large height that seems to easily exceed 190 cm, and a muscular body suitable for that height.

Looking at her toned body, it’s hard to believe that she’s a woman – Evan hardened her expression slightly.

‘Bigger than me… ….’

“Her face is cute.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Do you have a lover? How am I?”

Evan saw Yumina dashing at him and she started to tremble.