E3 Chapter 23

: the laid back life in the Great forest [3]

[Rudeus POV]

One week passed.

The rain continues to fall.

Claude's yelling and the beast warrior's groaning can be heard softly within the rain.

We occupied one of the vacant houses in the village and live there.

For the most part, we are heroes of the Great Forest, so even if we don't do anything, we still get food.

This isn't a good lifestyle. It's far too deprived.

But Claude is more deprived than that. He just used this opportunity to beat the guy's black and blue until he was satisfied. He came to me to learn more about language before we started our debate on magic and spell mastery.

There was a huge flood happening below the village, and it was terrible. At one point, a child from the village fell in.

I used magic to save them, and they were surprised and grateful.

Since that's the case, I considered using magic to just blow the clouds away, but I decided not to do it.

Roxy also said it, but it's not a good idea to manipulate the weather too much.

If I were to forcefully stop this rain, something bad could happen to the Great Forest.

Quite frankly, I just want it to end and hurry to the next place, but...

Well, it will stop in three months or so. It's just a matter of enduring until then.

While Claude is fidgety, he still controls himself since the great forest and the surrounding area are free of the people teleported aside from the deceased one.

I asked him at the time.

"You sure can be patient."

"I believe in Mike. He’s more capable and trustworthy than you. I’ve been planning every possible scenario with him, so there’d be less loss than expected before.. "

"Ugh… Geese told me that his Arbalest Merchant group is officially acting on behalf of the Boreas Greyrat house to deal with this situation."

"Yeah… he’d be doing well. It’s been half a year, after all. Those that can be saved will be. And those who can't possibly be dead by now...I just hope that I don’t waste those damn 2 months in the end. "

Well, I can’t blame him.

He needs the time to regenerate his limbs, and the fact that something scary like the troll could actually be there alone within the flocking monster will make you wary.

Someone as cautious as Claude will always think more about the safety of the path he treads.

I started to wander around the village in the rain.

After all, it was a village, so there were no weapons, equipment, shops, or inns.

Fundamentally, it was all private houses, warehouses, and guard stations.

All of that was built on top of the trees.

The design of the village was three-dimensional and quite interesting.

Even just walking around gets your heart beating.

There was a place where I wasn't allowed to enter beyond a certain point in one part.

That pathway is supposedly an important place for this village, it seems.

Of course, I don't intend to walk into such a place with my shoes on.

Then I discovered a point where the lower and upper levels met.

As I was thinking about whether a woman would pass over above me, Geese appeared.

"Yo, newbie, have they already let you out?"

After calling out to him, Geese made a happy face and waved toward me.

"Yeah, The Dedoldians told me to never do it again. They're idiots, right? It's already decided that I'm going to keep doing it."

"Police officer dog?! This guy over here hasn't learned his lesson!!"

"Hey, wait just a minute there. Wait. Stop it. I can't run away right now because it's the rainy season. "

Since it's the rainy season right now,

Since that's the case, this guy will do it again.

Really, he's a guy who can't be helped.

"Ah, I'll return the vest."

"Didn't I say to stop with that respectful way of speaking? Keep the vest. "

"Is that fine?"

"During this season, it's still cold."

However, he's not a bad person, it seems.

This whatever is convenient and warm feeling reminds me of Paul.

Paul.

I wonder if he's doing well.

"By the way, Geese, tell me more about this Arbalest group...."

"What? Won’t Claude know about it more than me, senior? "

"Well... you know..."

"Ah... you’re too embarrassed to ask, huh. Well, I don’t know much about this. But from the history, it started 3 years ago with a merchant group. They grew into the Arbalest we all know. Every piece of merchandise they create isn’t that amazing, but they’re cheap...."

"What does "cheap" mean?"

"It’s what it means. Every product Arbalest sold was obviously in the middle tier, but they sold it cheaply. Way lower than the actual market price...."

"Won’t the other merchants be mad at them?"

"Yes, they create a ruckus at that time." Almost every merchant group goes to their HQ and makes Arbalest have a tough time. But, they soon became allies... What happened in the HQ is unknown, but the fact they can bring the high and mighty merchant group under their heel is something else....... "

"What?..."

What did Claude and Mike do?

Did they use mind-controlling magic?

No, it’s forbidden from being used.

There’s also the drawback to using that kind of magic.

"No one knows what happened. But the fact that the merchant group leader was overjoyed in the meeting that day was obvious to all. "

"Did there any usage of magic?"

"Mind controlling type magic, right? No... there’s none. "

"Then... what?"

"It’s the weapon box."

"Whoa! Geez, don’t startle this old man. "

Claude suddenly appeared, astonishing us. Geese even jumped.

"The weapon box? That coffin? " I asked.

"Yeah, we promised to sell them that space box. No one can create the item in this world besides me, at least not yet. "

"They don’t haggle, even try to confiscate the one Arbalest owns."

"Arbalest doesn’t have it. All the items Arbalest sold were created by the Buena Village. "

"Wait...."

"Ah… so that’s why the merchant group only sold things limitedly." Geese add

"Yep, the smart ones know that technology that can make their lives easier is good for them. The inventory box I showed them was only a prototype sized 3x2 m. It is limited and can’t have something 4 times its size within, but it can store items unlimitedly... The weight will increase too, though. "

"However, they can have their item spoiler free with that item."

"Not quite, but it can let their items be safe within another space." So the item that breaks in transportation... "

"Will decrease huh… as expected of a merchant... "

"Well, I’m not promising to give them for free, but I'm allowing them to buy it later."

"What do you mean?"

"Hah! Hahaha! Those guys must be biting their fingers knowing that the craftsman might be dead in the teleportation incident. " Geese laughed out loud.

"Wait, but didn’t you tell them you created it?"

"You sure are dumb, Rudeus... The things that happened 2 years ago How old was I? "

"Oh...."

That’s right, there’s no way they will believe a 10-year-old kid can create an item like that. That’s why they should be in tears when they realize that their golden goose can die...

"Is this one of your plans?"

I asked him because this can also be linked to the Merchant group, who’ll be searching for the whereabouts of the Buena Villager.

"It’s Mike's idea. Brilliant, right? I’m telling them the truth and saying I created it. But, Mike controls them to make them believe that the one creating it resides in Buena village. increasing our contact with the outside world. "

"Creating an economic circle in the village. Thus allowing the population to increase... "

I am amazed.

Is this something a child under age can do?

I can't even think of something like this.

I mean, am I the modern-day reincarnator or him?

"I see that asphalt road. Is that something Arbalest did? " Geese suddenly asked.

Wait, asphalt?

"Nah, it’s my idea. My magic training under the fire and earth combination created it. That’s why it’s not something other than me who can do."

"An original magic at that age? Senior, along with you... What kind of monster does this Buena Village hide? "

"You forgot to mention Mike. He’s also from Buena and the leader of Arbalest... "

"Damn, what a mystical village..."

Huh, Asphalt?

Wait a second...

Did that imply...

Claude is also…

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[Claude POV]

"F*ck! Head towards the furnace! Don’t try to run away from the heat! Embrace them. As a smith, how can you fear the heat? " As I chastised them, the beastmen smiths continued to work their hands and create more weapons.

I never stopped to bark at them, and they fear me as I’m stronger than their protector.

No one will save you from my beating here, and with how I am irritated by the life and death occurrence I just experienced on my way here. There’s no way I’d be light with my punishment.

The bastard, on the other hand, appears to enjoy how I punished them. They think this is some kind of care, since they were neglected by the villagers before I arrived here. They feel their improvement since I trained them and started to see me as their savior.

Oh well, I don’t really care, as long as I can deal with all these troubles I feel. I need some kind of release, and torturing them is a way for me to deal with my rage boiling from the inside.

I’d never thought this to be a boomerang for me in the future though.

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[Edited 06/29/2022]

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