God's family

With Lyon's "generous gift", Lyon and Roger bought all the equipment they wanted to their heart's content, and of course, Leon also bought it—with Roger's help.

It's just that they didn't leave there, but started asking the shopkeeper about the metal fragments.

The dwarf who called himself Kuima was also very curious about the metal fragments in Roger's mouth. Obviously, the years did not make this dwarf lose his curiosity, but made it more vigorous.

Kuima asked the girl named Lasili to look carefully at the store, and then led Roger and others through a small door and down the steps to the basement of the equipment store—the place where the dwarves really live—and asked Roger to put the The metal fragments were taken out and shown to him.

Roger also had some lingering fears about the fragment that tortured Leon so badly. Although nothing unusual happened every time he touched the fragment, Roger's hands still trembled slightly—— The last time he snatched the fragments from Lycente because of the emergency, Roger didn't think too much about it, but now, he is much more cautious.

Knowing that the shard seemed to refuse to be touched by anyone other than Roger, Kuima didn't touch the shard at will, but let Roger put it on the table, and then began to detect the shard with various inexplicable things.After a long time, Kuima let out a breath of admiration under the expectant eyes of Roger and others, and spoke slowly——

"I don't know its origin and material at all!"

Immediately, everyone fell into a state of speechlessness. Leon, who was outspoken, rushed ahead of Roger and said his heartfelt voice, "Since you don't know anything, please don't use this kind of strange secret that seems to have discovered something precious." Same tone!"

"Boy! What do you know!" Kuima stared dissatisfiedly, and looked at Leon with disdain, "It's because I don't know anything, so it's precious! It's rare! It's worthy of admiration! I don't know how long I haven't Saw something beyond my knowledge..."

"...Why do I feel that you are completely bragging about yourself?" Leon retorted in a low voice.

"Cough, indeed, it is precisely because it is unknown that it is the most precious." Roger coughed lightly, interrupting the somewhat gunpowder-smelling atmosphere between Kuima and Leon at the right time, "Speaking of which, if it is so easy to It's incredible to be able to figure out what this mysterious and strange thing is..."

"That's it!" Quema glanced at Roger approvingly. Quema, who had treated him differently because of his "dwarf-like talent", had no doubt that Roger was duplicity. I have visited every corner of this continent—except for the dead zone where the demons live, and I have seen all kinds of strange or priceless things, which made me completely unable to see through the essence of metals and ores, except for this one. , that’s the one I’ve seen in Manlai Forest.” Thinking sideways, Kuima’s eyes lit up, “Oh! That’s right! Speaking of which, this piece of metal is similar to the one enshrined by the elves in Manlai Forest. That piece seems very similar!"

"The... metal fragments enshrined by the elves in the Manlai Forest?" The right eyelid suddenly twitched - it is said that this seems to be a harbinger of disaster? ——Roger suddenly felt that there seemed to be some main storyline that had been opened...

"Yes, I also thought it was strange at the time. The elves admired nature and enshrined the goddess Alicia, the god of nature of the elves, but they paid uncharacteristically attention to that fragment, which aroused my curiosity. Curiosity... It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to watch it up close, so I lived in this small town outside Manlai Forest without giving up. Looking back now, that fragment is indeed very similar to this one..." Kuima looked at the fragments pensively, as if he was in a daze—or rather, he was meditating, "Yes, wave, a very wonderful magic wave, I once felt this wave at the holy place of the elves, and It's exactly the same now, only much more intense..."

"Magic fluctuations? I remember that dwarves, like orcs, are natural fighters, but they cannot use magic..." Leon pondered.

"Orcs?! Don't compare our dwarves with the barbaric and uncivilized race of orcs! Our dwarves have a level of craftsmanship that even you humans can't match!" Kuima stared again, as if insulted The reaction was intense.

"I'm sorry, sorry, that's not what I meant..." Knowing that he had stepped on a dwarf's reverse scale unintentionally—most races on land look down on orcs, even humans—Leon apologized again and again, and finally let Kui The horse's anger subsided, "I mean, since dwarves can't use magic, how can they feel the wave of magic?"

"Not being able to use magic doesn't mean that you can't feel magic waves! Ignorant human kid!" Kuima glanced at Leon contemptuously, obviously not even bothering to answer.

Leon glanced away helplessly, he felt that he always seemed to be the one who was disliked by others...

Unable to find out any further news from Kuima, Roger and the others had to leave temporarily and booked a room in a hotel in the small town, intending to stay here for one night.

"If there are magic fluctuations on this metal fragment, it means that it should be a fragment of a magic item. After all, dwarves are not familiar with magic items, so maybe they should go to the Magic Guild to ask?" After dinner, the three Leaning on the chair beside the table without any image, he continued the conversation about the metal fragments.

"Well, that's fine, anyway, I need to go to the Magic Guild to buy some things... If I want to continue to be a mage..." Roger nodded, agreeing with Leon's words, but his expression was still a little absent-minded. Caressing the body of the Baludy beast cub, forced it to drink more milk from the small saucer in front of it.

"If the Magic Guild doesn't have any answers, then maybe you should find an alchemist, but unfortunately all the alchemists I know are in the imperial capital, which is too far away from here, and these guys are all mysterious hermits, so they don't know They are hiding in some corner to do research..." Leon complained, obviously he had great resentment towards the alchemist.

Roger responded casually, and pressed the cub's bulging belly when he didn't intend to continue drinking milk, and finally stopped the force-feeding with satisfaction, and said slowly, "Actually... I am going to the Magic Guild, or Before going to some alchemist..."

"I want to go to Manlai Forest." Lacente suddenly said, startling Roger.

"Hey... I knew it..." Leon rubbed the center of his brows, like an adult worried about a naughty child, "You two have been at odds ever since I heard the news, I've been waiting for such a long time , and now it's finally said!"

Roger scratched his hair, feeling a little embarrassed.He has always been a little conflicted about going to Manlaisant. On the one hand, he always feels that if he continues to explore, he will encounter very difficult troubles, and it is better not to go too deep. On the other hand, he feels that this The question was so damn compelling that he couldn't ignore it.

Turning his gaze to Lacente, Roger found that there was no hesitation in his expression, but eager to try, as if his wish had finally come true—it seemed that he had been waiting, until Roger finally finished his entanglement, and he couldn't wait. made the same point of view.

"Let's go to the Manlai Forest first. If it doesn't work, then go to the Magic Guild of Aintes. If there is still no result, then go to the imperial capital to find an alchemist. After all, we can figure out what it is!"

The corners of Roger's mouth twitched. Of course he didn't doubt Lacente's desire to explore and curiosity about metal fragments, but he still felt that he simply wanted to prolong the journey a little longer...

Then, Roger turned his gaze to Leon again, silently asking for his opinion.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with going and taking a look." Leon laughed, and the same eagerness as Lacente was on his handsome face, "The so-called adventurer is going to take risks in various places. I’ve been through all kinds of things, haven’t I? I finally feel like an adventurer!”

"You have never been an adventurer, you are a reserve member of the Knights." Laycent said calmly, interrupting Leon's "delusion".

"...I don't like knights at all! It looks so rigid! I don't want to be a guy like Big Brother at all!" Leon thumped the table angrily, as if he had been stepped on a sore foot, "I am a free adventurer I am a knight! Not a knight who must follow all kinds of stubborn dogmas! Even if my father beats me to death, I will not change my ideals!"

In the face of the impassioned Leon, the culprit who provoked him, Laycent, turned his head and looked at Roger, "Then, shall we leave for Manlai Forest tomorrow?"

"...Uh, okay, okay." Roger nodded blankly, a little unable to keep up with the jumping level of the topic.

"Lycent! Do you dare not ignore me like this?!" Leon grabbed Laycent's collar angrily.

"It's not a question of daring, but a question of willingness." Laycent's expression was still calm and outrageous.

Roger bowed his head silently, and looked at the cub in his hand, both pairs of identical red eyes were full of helplessness.Roger always felt that after Leon arrived, there was a sudden commotion around him... No, it was much more lively, and Lacente also seemed to gradually reveal another side - people don't know how to describe it... another side...