(Walson)
“Master… Are you alright?” When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was lon’s worried face, and my head was on her lap.
Ahh- I drained all my mana and fainted again. A strong headache hit as the side effect of abusing the mana potion.
[Commoners] have really low stats, and despite using [ditatraining] to improve my mana, and being a [Vassal of The Forest], I’m still at this level…
By the way, [ditatraining] is just a random na, it’s execution is to drain all of my mana as much as possible to train my stats.
As we all know, ‘better start when you’re young!’ So I started training like this since I was 5, this is why I have more mana than other [Commoners]. If they have 100, then I have 1000. *
But, this is actually not a lot.
In this country, the weakest of the weak [Beginner Mage] has about 900 mana, in other words. Despite having impressive reserves for a commoner, I’m still just a slightly uncommon [Commoner].
But on the other hand, I had Grace train using this thod from a young age, which had extraordinary results and made her reservoirs really scary.
How scary, you ask? On the levels of sothing like Godzilla, I think.
“…Ahh.” I moaned in pain. My headache is absolutely killing .
Even though this is pushing myself too much, I had to get this done quickly. This is going to be my gift for Grace, and she is going to leave soon.
“It’s lunchti, Master, do you want sothing to eat?” Said lon, kneeling. I saw her move a box of mana potions away from out of the corner of my eyes.
“lon, those potions are the last batch…”
*Crash!* Before I could finish, I saw her tail sway to the side, in a heavy, smashing motion…
“I’m sorry, Master, I accidentally ruined the potions, please discipline .” lon said with a straight face. The potions are now nothing more than glass shards on the floor.
“… Whatever, can I lie down a bit more?” I closed my eyes. Well, I could always do things later.
“Of course, Master.” lon caressed my head… I don’t know why, but I want to snuggle with her for now.
“Erm…Master…what about Grace…”
“Let her be, it’s ti for the both of you to choose your future paths.” I replied, not really wanting to continue with the subject.
“But, Master has been ssing around these days.”
“Yeah… Right, lon, I have sothing to ask you.”
“What is it?”
“I’ll leave this place once I’m 15, what do you plan on doing then?”
“Master… This can’t be…” She gains a panicked expression
“Do you want the collar to go? With your current level, you can beco very powerful…” Becoming an [Adventurer] or joining the army shouldn’t be too hard for her.
“No.” I was cut off suddenly. “I want to keep serving Master.”
“…Really? You could beco an [Adventurer], or go to the capital and join the army.”
“…Are you abandoning ?” She suddenly teared up.
“Ehh!? No, no no no. I’m not abandoning you, I just wanted to ask… On a side note, do you not have any interest in freedom?”
“Then choosing to keep serving Master, is my freedom.” She answered without hesitation.
“So you like that much.” I started to laugh, teasing her.
But hearing this, lon straightened up her pose and stared at .
From the position of the lap pillow, I saw lon’s cheeks turn red, but her eyes were still full of determination.
Whoa, she looks so cute.
“… Saying this might be overstepping my responsibilities as a slave… but Master, I like you a lot.”
Ehh…Ehh!?
“Ahh?”
Wait a second, am I being confessed to right now?
“Yes, Master, that kind of like.” lon started to get embarrassed. “So I wanted to stay by your side and keep serving Master… is that not okay?”
Ahh… to think, she was with for a long ti, is she the kind of slave that offers both body and soul?
After hearing what she said, I wanted to make lon wear a maid costu.
“Thank you.” I sat up and patted lon’s head.
“If Master wants to be a rchant, let be your guard.” lon looked at the hand on top of her head and laughed.
Seeing lon’s smile, my gloomy emotions were gone completely.
Alright! If soone wants to tag along, then let’s make ‘that thing’ bigger. I walked up to the desk, picked up the pen, and started to modify the blueprint.
I thought I was going to beco a lone rchant, so I didn’t want to make the carriage too big, but since lon wanted to co too, I had to make it bigger.
How about I just make it as big as I can, in case other people need a ride in the future… let think, I can just use the [Chest] for storing goods, so I’ll leave enough space for 10 [Chests].
It shouldn’t be too heavy… will Rifle be able to pull it?
That’s right, I’m going to let Rifle pull the carriage. Buying a horse and adding it as a pet is too troubleso, Rifle alone should suffice for companionship.
Looking at the modified blueprint, I took out different kinds of materials. Since I don’t have mana to make more progress on the wand, let’s make sothing that doesn’t require mana.
The carriage is box-shaped with doors on the side. Other than the doors, you can get in through the driver’s seat…it’s 5 ters long, 3 ters wide, 2 ters tall, and the appearance is based on a caravan…
With the construction skills from Minecraft, structuring the prototype was quick, but in order to apply more things, I drilled the bottom of the carriage.
First, the suspension and the bearing.
I’ve gotten used to the luxurious car rides from my past life, so this is really important. Usually, this involves forging, but it could be taken care of with the Minecraft crafting skill and the [Furnace].
It took 3 hours to install everything. lon was in the training room, the sound of her training with the [Training Dummy] served as ambience.
Ok then, with this, a comfy carriage is done.
But! This is going to be used by , so I can’t just leave it like this.
Considering the total weight and Rifle’s physical limits, I have to make it so that it can move without Rifle’s help.
So, I put switches self-made from gears, redstone, and magic. It’s too complicated, so I don’t want to elaborate.
The power source is redstone, so there isn’t a problem with running out of energy, and I can control it with a lever, by the way, there’s even an ard arsenal!
It’s technology not from this world, so normally, I’ll just let Rifle pull it, even though letting a monster pull a carriage is already showing off.
The lever is usually hidden under the driver’s seat, it can be pulled out directly when needed, and the carriage will be able to dash after Rifle jumps on top… Ok! It’s practically finished!
I crawled out from the bottom of the carriage and discovered that 5 hours had passed… I forget about the ti whenever I get really absorbed in making things, regardless of which life I live.
“…Walson.” Until a soft-spoken voice appeared, I had not noticed soone was next to .
While I wasn’t paying attention, Grace has co here… it has been a long ti since she visited, after that incident.
“Is there anything I can help?” I spoke.
My voice was far colder than I thought… What am I doing? I can’t talk to Grace with this attitude.
“…Walson, are you in a bad mood?”
In a bad mood? Before you arrived, my mood was sort of good, but now it’s complicated.
Of course, I can’t say that out loud.
“No. Why suddenly co up here? It’s dinner ti right now, want sothing to eat?” I get ready to go to the kitchen.
“…Am I not allowed to co here without a reason?” Grace didn’t answer , but asked a weird question instead.
Hearing this, I stopped walking.
Am I not allowed to co here without a reason? You dare ask this question?
“Of course not, if your friends don’t mind. You can co and go whenever you like, treat this place as your private garden. It’s okay!” I turned around and answered Grace, and despite keeping a smile on my face, my tone was cold.
“…No, it’s not like that… I…” Grace seed nervous, but to , she was just feeling guilty.
I know, I know that Grace has beco more outgoing during these two years, she even has a huge group of fans back in the village, and I know that the landlord’s son is clearly after her.
The landlord’s son is experienced, handso, and has a good reputation, plus having the rare talent for [Magic Swordsman], I should be happy for Grace.
But? The incident 3 weeks ago is freaking impossible for to forget.
At that ti, I went to the Dryad’s tree to refine the [Core Magic Circle] of the staff, but after I spent a whole night on that, dragging my tired body along, I returned to the secret base to see an unbelievable sight.
A group of rcenaries is searching the outside of the secret base, an enraged Rifle is being attacked, and Grace? She is the one that led the rcenaries here, and the landlord’s son is holding her hand while saying things like “protecting her”, etc.
It would cause a big ruckus if anything in the secret base was known by the public; and for a weak being like , this can only lead to my death!
She knew that!
SHE KNEW THAT!
If it wasn’t for them attracting the mountain king by being too loud, I think I would already be taken away by now!
“…That was a misunderstanding, I-I don’t…”
“Am I wrong? Oh, right, it’s now enough treating this place as a private garden, how about this, what’s his na… Your boyfriend… Oh, Neolla, right? I’ll just give you this place, how about that? Oh, you don’t have to care about our feelings, no, why am I saying this? It’s not like you cared about that anyway!”
Yeah, if you cared, why only decide to visit after three weeks?
At this point, I realized that I just said sothing very serious, which I had never done before… I… never talked this way.
“…Walson, think of like that?”
“…Well, I shouldn’t bla you, sorry for saying all of that.” Watching Grace like this, I deflated. I… can’t really stay angry when she has that look.
It’s no use arguing anyway, as it has already happened.
I thought Grace would be angry at and leave, but she stood straight – her height makes her tower over – instead and stared down into my eyes.
So this is a height advantage… My height was still stuck at 160cm, a head shorter than Grace.
“…If that’s how Walson thinks of , then Walson needs to take to the Capital.” Grace’s eyes were filled with anger and stubbornness.
“Ahh?” I wasn’t able to react.
“…Walson made unable to get to the Capital… I still need to go to the Academy, Walson needs to take there.”
I finally understood what Grace was saying, she wanted to take her to the Royal Academy.
Of course, the next term starts in one and a half months, to make it in ti, Grace needs to depart early.
So, it’s before the coming-of-age ceremony…
“…The shop owner can’t take there because of personal reasons, so Walson must take there.” Grace added, “… We need to leave as soon as possible, or I can’t see the shop owner again.”
I almost choked when I heard this, a-are you treating as an errand boy right now?
…Whatever, it’s not like I haven’t experienced this in the past life.
The staff for Grace hasn’t been finished anyway, and I haven’t decided where and what to trade, maybe it’s better to go to the Capital.
I started to calculate every risk that would bring, but there’s no reason to not go.
“M-Master, sothing happened in the village!” Just then, lon runs in, panicking.
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