116-Chapter 7-4 Request Failure

Two days after the school visit, Primera and the others left the royal capital.

Originally, the Fourth Order of Gunjo City led by Primera was composed mainly of noblemen, so the send-off was also quite a grand affair.

When I say grand, it's not that the royal family hosted it, it's just that the people involved gathered and made a lot of noise of their own accord. But even so, when more than a hundred people of noble birth gathered, it is only natural that people with bad ideas will appear. Because of this, the guards, under the orders of the royal family, formed a heavy atmosphere around the nobles.

However, thanks to this, more than a dozen people who tried to pickpocket or kidnap were captured, enhancing the name of the guards. But unfortunately, we weren't able to prevent the crime completely, with a few victims from the nobility and several times as many from the commoners, but all of them were only minor crimes.

And of course, there were criminals who had their eyes on us, but we fought them off and didn't cause any damage.

Beside me were my grandfather, my family members (including Aina and Namitaro), the Duke of Sanga and Albert, the Marquis of Samons, Cain, Leon and Chris-san, as well as Blanca and Amour. I couldn't help but stand out because of that.

Normally I would run away without hesitation, but as expected with Primera and the three sisters seeing me off, I couldn't run away and was exposed to curious eyes.

The three sisters were planning to stay in the king's capital until the very end, but they were half-heartedly following the knights, and were admonished by Primera many times.

'You've gone,'

What's up, Temma? Are you really that sad that you don't have them anymore?

Namitaro responded to my mutterings as if he was trying to be mischievous, but I nodded my head honestly.

As I nodded, everyone around me was surprised (except for Duke Sanga and Albert, who made a small gut pose), but I explained before the misunderstanding spread. In addition, the reason why I don't say 'before the misunderstanding spreads' is because Amour has already pinched my right arm. It's cute if it's just a light pinch, but it's an unfashionable pain because it shows the full power of a beastman.

It's a good thing that I've known the three sisters for a good amount of time, and I've had a lot of problems with Primera. There is a difference in the length of our relationship, but all four of them are my few friends.

I say sincerely as I pull Amour away. It makes me sad to say this to myself, but for all intents and purposes, I don't have many friends. Even if my first friend is Namitarou, the three sisters are my first human friends, and the next in my age group is Primera.

When I told Chris about it, he said, "What about me? He was pointing at himself as if to say, "Chris-san has been leaving me alone and playing with Shiroumaru all the time..." and then he turned his face away.

''Well then, let's go home, shall we?

At Grandpa's words, everyone started to move in unison, but after a short walk, Amur pulled his sleeve.

'Temma, do me a favor. Fix this.

Amur took out of his bag the magic item he wore during the tournament, commonly known as the 'Bandit King's Armor'. Well, it's more like a 'full-body fur suit' than armor, but apparently it's called armor because it doesn't look quite right.

When I unfolded it, I found that Jin's blow had torn about eighty centimeters from the bottom of his chin to his right leg, and it had been carefully sewn in place to seal it up, albeit poorly.

''.........Is this not good enough?''

I used the appraisal on the Bandit King's armor I received, but the appraisal was inhibited just like before, and apart from the seams, it seems to be fine.

Amur took the armor from me and began to put it on in place. The armor had some sort of zipper on the front that allowed me to get in through it, but it was torn in the middle, so even though it was sewn together, it was still caught in the middle, so it took me a while to get it on.

Then Amur entered the armor and pulled up the zipper, and the armor swelled up as if filled with air, giving him the same 'Bandit King' physique as when I first saw it.

I, Namitaro and my grandfather were surprised by this, but with a slight movement of Amur's armor, it began to deflate as if the air was leaking out, and finally, Amur was dragging his armor around like a twelve-piece suit.

We were all stunned by this strange sight. Blanca explained that this armor was given to Amur by his great-grandfather who died when he was very young, and that his great-grandson Amur was quite fond of it and wanted to do something about it.

It is said that originally, it had the effect of increasing the ability needed for hunting and the like, but since magic power fills up the gaps in the armor when it is strengthened, a petite person like Amur will temporarily look larger in stature when he uses it.

It's the stuffed toy of a yuru-chara! Fu-ching! Or G- 00's mordor-scithem!

Everyone except me nodded their heads at Namitaro's words, but since it's not uncommon for Namitaro to say something incomprehensible, everyone seemed to lose interest immediately. But as someone who knows that stuff, I was struggling to hold back my laughter. After all, I liked them both.

I received the armor again, but I didn't know how to repair it, so I decided to keep it with me after preamble that I might not be able to.

Amur seemed to have no other choice, and he said he was fine with that.

I don't know, Tenma. I'd like you to make something for me, too.

Nami Taro, who once again stops me as I try to leave. I don't think it's necessary to wait until after I go home, but it seems that I'm going to say this now while I'm with Amour.

If you have a knife and a fork, you can eat most things, but it's still inconvenient. And it's not easy to peel tangerines. That's why I want you to make something like the 'Gigant' of Tenma. A human-sized version.

'Ah! My hands are the hands of a drummer.

The question was cleared up in an instant. 'Then a knife and a fork would be a piece of cake.

'There's nothing you can't do, but you can't use them in combat. If it's for that, it's going to take a lot longer.

It's all right! If you try to use it in combat, you'll have some weird gaps! So I hope it's as strong as possible and doesn't rust.

Then it wouldn't take much time, since it would be like making a golem.

That's why I decided to take Nami Taro's request, but for now, I decided to give priority to Amur's, since he had a prior commitment.

So, after trying to restore it for a few days...

That's impossible.

I almost failed on the first try. I don't know how many needles I had to sacrifice, because the fur was so hard that it would bend without sticking a single millimeter into the fur with a normal needle. So I talked to Kelly and she got me some needles for such leather armor. Priced from a hundred g per needle........

A needle that costs 1,000 yen each, in Japanese yen! The material is made of mithril, which is expensive due to the scarcity of the material and the cost of processing technology. By the way, there is no hole in the needle to thread, but it is a type of needle that can be tied like a fishing hook.

When I tried it in Kelly's workshop, the tip of the needle bent like a charm.

Kelly and the other workers in the workshop were amazed at the results.　

According to Kelly, "This is the first time I've ever made a fur that didn't go through a mithril needle.

In the end, it was decided to use orichalcon needles (priced at 1,000 G per needle), which are used for dragon skins and the like, to sew the fur. When Amur was shown the needle he used later, he found that it was also made of Orihalcon. Amur was scolded by Blanca for forgetting to tell her this information.

Well, the bent mithril needle was re-hammered by Kelly, so it wasn't as much of a loss as it could have been.

With the needle problem solved, the next step was to get to work on the sewing technique. I had to try a different way of sewing because Amour was trying it out.

So, to make the skin tighter, I made the stitches overlap and weave in more, but this would have increased the thickness of the skin by four times, so it would have taken a long time to make one stitch. Moreover, the layers of fur would be shortened by the amount of overlap, making it awkward, and the zipper would not close.

'I guess I'll just have to say that I honestly couldn't do it...'

Amur also had a sense of hopelessness, but since this was unexpectedly the first time I had failed in a request, I was more depressed than I expected.

In addition, I finished repairing the armor of the King of Bandits with the item Namitaro requested. If Namitaro is happy with it, I'll finish the final adjustments and operation checks and it will be finished. This one was easier than I thought it would be, probably because I've made a similar item once before. At any rate, the thing that took the most time and effort was gathering the materials, which I was able to get from Kelly in no time at all.

The materials for the arm were mithril, magic iron, and magic stones, and the main shape was created with magic iron mixed with crushed magic stones, and a thin coating of mithril around it. However, in order to facilitate the passage of magic power, about 10cm from the base of the arm, the magical iron is exposed.

It is about a meter and a half in length and 15 centimeters in diameter, and looks just like a mannequin's arm, and its joints are modeled after those of a mannequin, so it has a high degree of freedom. However, its joints are made in the same way as those of a human, so it can't bend too far in the opposite direction.

In addition, by making the inside hollow, it was made lighter, and a wire-like cord made of mithril was threaded through the hollow, allowing it to act like a nerve, allowing it to make fine movements. However, it is not suitable for ordinary people because of the complexity of its operation, but it should not be a problem for Nami Taro.

By the way, it took me two days to make it.

That's it, Nami Taro!

I called out to Namitaro, who was basking in the sun in the garden. The sun is mild today, so it's perfect for sunbathing. Beside him were Shiroumaru and Solomon.

'Oh, so it's already done. You're early.

Gawd!

Coo!

Namitarou said, and tried to crawl over to me. A beat after he moves, I hear Shiroumaru and Solomon scream.

Having learned a lesson from his near-mummification when he once basked in the sun on a sunny day, Namitaro now basks in a special wooden vat of water and basks in the sun, which tipped over when he moved, soaking Shiroumaru and the others who were standing beside him.

As if to protest to Namitaro, Shiroumaru and Solomon were biting and scratching him, but Namitaro didn't care. As expected, Shiroumaru and the others don't seem to be taking themselves seriously, but Namitaro's scales seem to have as much or more protection as a ground dragon.

''It hurts, though, you two.......so how does it feel?''

The Namitaro, with a spare look on his face, while being bitten around his waist and neck, holds out his pectoral fins to me. I held out the arm I created to hold the pectoral fins, and Namitaro lightly shook his arm to check the weight.

'So it's lighter than I thought. So how do you use it?

You'll be able to move it by channeling magic power through the base of it. It will take a while to get it to move correctly, but with practice, you should be able to move it just like a human being. And this is a bonus. It's just like a reference book.

Saying that, I held out a book on the art of summoning written by the Marquis of Sammons.

Namitaro takes the book and rolls up the pages with one fin. You can't help but feel like you're reading a book while lying down, but that's the limit of Namitaro, who can't open the book in front of him.

'It's interesting, but how will you learn the summoning technique (summon)?'

After rolling up a few pages, Namitaro gave me a strange look. There are several reasons why I gave you this book, but the main one is.

'With this, you can temporarily have four arms, just like my 'Gigant'. It will be much more difficult to operate, but having your own hands free will be very useful.

In fact, my 'Gigant', I didn't understand it at first, but I was using a combination of space-time magic and summoning techniques.

When I first started using it, I used space-time magic to connect the bag where the "Gigant" was stored to the place I specified, and then used space-time magic to hold the "Gigant" out there.

But when I read the Marquis de Samoens' book, I found out that this method of connecting the bag to the location I designated is almost identical to the method called 'Summoning Technique (Samon)'.

In other words, the summoning technique is an application of spatio-temporal magic, so if you're trying to learn the method I'm using, this is the best book to use as a reference book.

I've thought about writing my method in a book before, but I gave up writing it because it's too dependent on my senses to put it into words, and also because it seems to be influenced by creation magic (magic that makes imagination easier to form).

''Hmm... well, I don't know if I'll be able to remember spatio-temporal magic, but I'll try it anyway!

Namitaro says so, but my guess is that Namitaro should have already learned space-time magic. After all, he has 'Concealment 10'. There is no doubt that he has many other hidden abilities.

But as long as he doesn't mention it, there's no need for me to point it out to him. There is nothing to gain or lose by knowing this. In fact, if I'm not good at it, my relationship with Nami Taro might go bad.

Well, good luck with that. It's worth remembering, and since Namitaro will probably live for a few thousand years, there's plenty of time for that, right?

It would be best to say. We may be fish in shape, but we're from the same Earth. And for what it's worth, you're my first friend... I'm going to miss saying that my first friend is an outsider (carp), but I'm going to miss saying it myself...

...That's right. I'll do my best! Besides, it's probably easier than you think when you try it.

Namitaro knew that I was onto him, and he responded with a firm precaution.

The first thing you need to do is to hold it in your hand (pectoral fin) and move it around freely. So, since Wai's is ready, then the tiger girl's is ready too. How did it turn out?

Nami Taro casually changes the subject, but when I tell him that I haven't been able to complete Amour's request, he looks sullen and corrects his posture.

You should say a few words to the young lady before you make your own. It's late, but I'm coming now!

I took a lecture from Namitaro and headed for the inn where Amur and the others were staying while getting my ass (physically) beaten. Behind us, Shiroumaru and Solomon were following us. I thought Slarin was staying at home, but before I knew it, he was on Shiroumar's back.

The inn where Amur and the others are staying is not a high-class inn in the royal capital, but it is a top-class inn for adventurers to stay at, and it is a popular inn that is cheap in comparison to its quality...or rather, it is an inn run by Aunt Martha.

Welcome. If you're staying overnight, I'm sorry, but it's fully booked.......or is it Temma, what's going on?

'Hello, Uncle Mark. I need to talk to Amur and Blanca....

It was Uncle Mark who was at the reception desk. This inn was opened by Aunt Martha and employs a few villagers from Kukri village as her employees, so there are always some familiar faces at the reception desk.

However, it is impossible to hire many of them, so we increase the number of holidays on a rotating basis so that they can earn money by imitating adventurers on their free days.

She also asks her aunt to take care of our jubees and provide them with milk from a white wild cow in exchange for the milk, which is enough to keep them happy as long as they don't overindulge.

There are several other inns run by people from Kukuri village, and they seem to be helping each other in various ways.

Oh, I understand. But since there are rules and regulations, I'll show you to the front of the room.

Since this is a crime prevention measure that is always done if the innkeeper, I asked for guidance to the room.

The inn is a room for employees and a dining room on the first floor and the first floor in three floors, the second and third floors are twelve guest rooms.

The room is a little small because one to two people are kept clean and clean, the price is 500G per person for one night with two meals. This is about two-thirds of the average price, plus 400G for double occupancy (but 600G for single occupancy), and there is a discount for longer stays.

This is the place. Mr. Blanca, you're a guest.

Uncle knocked on the door and called out for Blanca, and Blanca seemed to sense someone approaching the room beforehand, so she knocked and came out without a pause.

'Well, I'm not going back with this, then.

The uncle went back to the reception desk as Blanca came out. He seemed calm, but I saw the surprised look on his face the moment the door opened, so I'm sure he's really in a heartbeat.

'I knew it, Temma, because the young lady was fidgeting strangely. So, what's the matter? I see you've completed your daughter's commission....

Before Blanca could finish speaking, Amur pushed her away and kept her to the edge.

'Temma, is it ready yet?'

I told Amur, whose eyes were shining, that I felt guilty and told him it was no good. Amur hugged the "Armor of the Bandit King" that I offered him, and he looked down sadly.

''Can't you just fix it?''

It's impossible. At least not with my skills. I've asked Kelly about it, but she says it's impossible. If you want to use it as a material, he says he can remake it into a different armor, but...

Before I could finish, Amur looked up and handed me the Bandit King's armor again.

'Then rebuild it. Old Kay will be more pleased if you rebuild it and use it than if you leave it there without knowing if it will be fixed or not.

Who is old Kay? But then he told me that Blanca was Amur's great-grandfather. And also that he was the first (...) bandit king...

'Seriously! You said Aina was a hundred years old or something, but how old was that old Kay?

From what I've heard, he was about one hundred and twenty years old but I don't know exactly.

Blanca replied as she put her hand to her chin. As a further precaution, he said that he could speak up to the point where the Bandit King was a relative (ancestor) of Amur, but he was not to spread his real name as much as possible. Old Kay himself didn't want to become famous, so he wore the armor of the Bandit King to hide his true identity. A few days before he died, he jokingly said, "That's my last will and testament! I heard that he said something like that. The cause of death was probably senility. When Amur's father went to check on him, he found that he had died asleep on his bed, and since no one had ever heard of him having any illnesses, it was thought to be due to old age.

It's a good thing that the old man is more and more prosperous... After all, Amour's father and I were beaten up by that man who was over a hundred years old all the time... It's not simply that he's strong, it's that he's strong in battle I was better at it.

The only person who could beat old Kay was your mother.　

Beside Blanca was speaking sincerely, Amour made a surprising statement. In other words, it's 'Blanca < Bandit King (Grandpa Kay) < Amur's mother'. I wonder how strong Amur's mother is........

By the way, Branca can't even beat his wife.

Furthermore, it seems there is a fierce man of the bandit king class. Blanca turned away, scratching her cheeks.

''Putting that aside........Temma, what kind of things can you make in the future?''

This was the armor of a bandit king. I thought about it for a bit, and listed a hooded cloak, gloves, cuirass, shin guards, chest pads, and trousers.

It's impossible for a person of normal build, but with a petite body like Amur's, plus the size of the Bandit King's armor, it's a calculation that could be made with some ingenuity. The only problem would be the cutting of the skin.

Hmm, that's it then. But you have to make it a little bigger. You are in a growth period, so your height and chest should be large.

Well, it's true that if you're Amour's age, you're supposed to be in the middle of your growth spurt, so making it a little bigger would be just fine. Then I'd need to find a way to make it a little more flexible in size, using belts and straps. Even if you don't grow, as long as you wear clothes underneath, there's no problem.　

'Okay, let's make it easier to adjust your size to a certain extent.

When I said that, Amur put his hand on his clothes and started to take them off in front of me.

I stopped her in a hurry, but Amur looked at me curiously and said, "I can't measure your size until you take your clothes off.

I convinced him that I was going to consult Kelly about the armor, so I would ask her to measure it for me. Afterwards, Amour's head developed a large, cartoonish bump. The creator is Blanca.

'So, if you've got time, I'm going to go to Kelly's now... what do you think?

He asked Amur, who was rubbing his head painfully, and he quickly nodded and went back to his room to start getting ready. Blanca, who had been listening beside him, was also getting ready to come with him.

'I'll be waiting for you in the dining room on the first floor, come down as soon as you're ready.　

After saying that, I went downstairs and headed for the dining room.

The dining room here is unusual for the innkeepers of this world, it is basically not open to non-guests, and there were no customers ahead of us other than Namitaro and the others.

This is because it is difficult for the number of employees in this inn to serve even outside guests, or the food menu is not stable since it is run in shifts. Therefore, the inn does not make more money than the number of guests, but it does not lose much money instead.

The basic profit of an innkeeper is from lodging fees and sales of the tavern, but in order to run a tavern, you have to pay for the alcohol and foodstuffs.

If this were a normal village or town, everyone in Kukri would have opened a tavern, but in this royal capital, there are many business rivals and it's not easy for newcomers. And of course we are inferior in many ways to the large inns, and even on a smaller scale than this inn, we can't compete with the stocking routes of the places that have been running (and surviving) for a long time.

After taking all these things into consideration, the inn does not run a bar, but specializes in running an inn.

However, it is difficult for an innkeeper to survive if he just focuses on running an inn. So they tried to differentiate themselves from other innkeepers by lowering the cost of accommodation and not opening the dining room to the outside world.

Thanks to this, they succeeded in attracting guests who wanted a quiet place to stay, those who wanted a cheaper place to stay, and those with special needs, and now the inn is said to be very popular.

Moreover, some merchants who took notice of the innkeeper's business condition started to open restaurants and bars nearby to attract customers, so there is less friction between them and the surrounding area, and it is one of the reasons for the synergistic effect.

This is a bit of a digression, but in such a quiet diner, a creature (a freak) was having trouble.

"Temma I'm sorry, but please take care of the money.

As I was stunned, Uncle Mark put a hand on my shoulder and told me to take responsibility for the devastation in front of me.

'Temma, this is harder than you think,'

Nami Taro is practicing, wagging the palm of his arm that I gave him.

On the table in front of Namitaro, the main culprit, there is a pile of crushed fruits and vegetables. It seems that he was grabbing and moving the vegetables and fruits as an exercise for his arm manipulation. And it seems that he failed at everything.

Uncle, it's...

For now, I handed Uncle Mark a single gold coin as payment for the vegetables and fruits, I gently summoned 'Gigant' and grabbed Namitarou up.

'Namitaro what do you have to say?'

'No! Temma's s*x!

These words snapped me out of it, and I used my gigantism to slam Namitaro to the floor a few times, and then I magically iced him as it was and threw him into my bag.

Then I came to myself and in front of me........

Temma you'll have to pay for the repairs to the floor.

Uncle Mark made a blue streak on his forehead and asked for the money.

In addition, it was said that it would cost about one large gold coin (100,000 G) to repair the floor, and I handed him five more gold coins as a nuisance fee for the repair. If the floor was made of stone or earth, I could have repaired it with my magic, but since it was made of wood, there was no other way but to replace it with a new board.

I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have the same thing happen to me as when I was at home, but from now on, I made up my mind to make sure I had a proper check of where I was before I summoned the gigantism.