Chapter 117

The special wheat brewed drink full of rich bubbles looked delicious, but Luciel drank the honey tea and put down the empty teacup.

“One more drink?”

“Yes, please.”

As the sweet scent of honey rose, the tension melted away. She felt somewhat energized.

“Oh right.”

Apparently, something came to mind, Luciel opened her pink strawberry bag and took out oatmeal cookies filled with honey and cookies with maple syrup.

The maple cookie was plump and small, like Luciel’s hand.

“Honey oatmeal cookies and maple syrup cookies, I think it would be good to eat them together.”

When the four ate cookies one by one, they could feel the sweet honey and maple syrup in the savory taste. However, one cookie per person was not enough.

“……!”

“It’s really delicious.”

In particular, Rupdell’s reaction was astonishing. He ate the cookies little by little with an ecstatic look on his face and became angry when they disappeared.

“Crazy. These cookies are crazy. It’s the most delicious food I’ve ever eaten. How dare you bring so little of this, little brat! Are you kidding me now?”

I brought it because I thought of it before I went out as usual, but if I knew this would happen, I should have brought enough.

‘Chief Seth was right when she said dwarfs like honey. I’m glad to hear that.’

Luciel, who smiled bashfully, now opened her mouth to talk about the wand.

“I’ll bring more next time. Now listen to my story.”

Rupdell motioned his short arms roundly as if to continue. Luciel immediately gathered mana and summoned her white wand with a bluish tint.

“……Were you the owner of this wand?”

Since it was himself who made the wand, Rupdell watched with somewhat indifferent eyes but soon opened his mouth.

The beverage he was drinking spilled in the wind, and wet his chin while falling to the floor.

“Come on, wait. How can this be possible, it’s ridiculous!”

It’s only been a few months since he made the wand, and it has already grown?

Rupdell’s pupils shook violently. That’s not all. The next thing he felt was the huge and clear mana that overwhelms the child’s surroundings. His eyes twitched at the refreshing and pure mana of a child who clearly showed her presence without being buried in the intense mana of two powerful wizards.

“You……! It makes no sense to grow the wand in such a short period of time, but this mana oscillates so clearly. What the hell is this kid?”

Gillard shrugged his shoulders at Rupdell’s admiration.

“Now you see the greatness of our Luciel. You want to faint from surprise, right?”

“Even if it’s a fairy, this is…….”

Rupdell shook his head and holding out a ruby ​​in front of him, Luciel said.

“I want to use the power contained in this jewel in my wand. I’m here to ask you how to do it. Along with the power of fire, this ruby ​​has the highest level of mana, and the rest of the jewels contain the power of each element.”

Luciel handed Rupdell the other three jewels along with the ruby.

“Hey. Kid, you…perhaps.”

Rupdell lowered the glasses from his nose and looked at the jewel in his hand and Luciel.

He, too, had lived here for many years, guarding the forge. He knew that fairies had existed since time immemorial and that some of them had special powers.

“Yes. Among the fairies, there was a rare and special existence.”

Faint memories came to mind. When his father was guarding the Forge of the Night, the fairy who came to this place was a fairy who made jewelry.

He can’t remember why the fairy came here or what they looked like, but his father often told him about the fairy.

About a precious crystal fairy, and their jewels that were worth billions of coins.

That was more than one hundred and fifty years ago. Rupdell, who had been searching for a worn-out memory, pulled the name out of his mouth.

“Crystal Fairy……!”

A fairy who makes jewelry with emotions. The reason why the Crystal Fairy disappeared was because of its mysterious power. Because of human greed, reckless hunting of other races was carried out.

Rupdell was amazed and thrilled to see a legendary fairy again.

“Yes, that is correct.”

Luciel nodded her head in affirmation.

Rupdell’s eyes looking at Luciel were very different from the first time he saw her.

“To see the Crystal Fairy again in my lifetime……!”

As Rupdell’s eyes became moist, Gillard whispered to Arzeon.

“What am I looking at, Arzeon?”

“……Rupdell is crying.”

“……Is that old man senile?”

Whether or not the two of them kept whispering about him, Rupdell said to Luciel.

“You have survived without being sacrificed in this greedy world…Child, give me your hand.”

At his words, Luciel slowly extended her hand. While patting it, Rupdell said.

“You had a hard time.”

“Thank you.”

Luciel felt touched for a moment. Then, Rupdell looked at the jewel and said:

“There are two ways to bring the full power of this jewel into a wand.”

Luciel pricked up her ears and listened. As the dwarf got down to business, Gillard’s nerves were also sharp and focused.

“Two ways?”

“Yes. Using it on wands, one is to grow the wand again with your magic skills to absorb the power of jewels, and the other is to apply the power of jewels to objects with Magic Craft.”

Magic Craft.

‘Is that how the Crown Prince dug a groove in his sword?’

“Ah, Rupdell. By any chance can you dig a groove in a weapon and put a jewel in it using Magic Craft?”

“To dig a groove in the weapon? What kind of bastard would do such a nasty thing?”

Rupdell frowned and burst out in anger. As a weapon maker, he treated and cherished weapons more preciously than anyone else. He couldn’t even dream of digging a groove on a weapon he treated carefully as if it was his own body.

“Ah, I saw a sword like that…it had twelve grooves. They put my jewels in the groove, and the sword gained tremendous power. A power strong enough to destroy a strong family, or perhaps even a country.”

Luciel said this while recalling the sword of the Prince in the far-off past, but it was an act that was not understood by Rupdell’s common sense.

“Not one groove, but twelve? This is a matter of ruining the weapon’s balance!”

“Maybe it was a special sword, not a regular sword. The sword was strengthened with the power of jewels.”

“Do you mean a magic sword?”

“I don’t know.”

Arzeon, who was listening to what Luciel added, murmured.

“What an unusual sword. If used badly, it would bring disaster…”

At that, Rupdell ripped off his hair and muttered.

“Wait, did the sword move on its own or made strange noises?”

“Ah……I think there was a hum.”

“Really? Wait a minute!”

As soon as he remembered something, he went to another room and only a sound of rummage through chests of drawers was heard.

After a while, he showed up with an old book. When he opened the bookcase, various swords were drawn, the drawings were so vivid that if one touched them it seemed to cut with it’s sharp lines.

There were swords that seemed to burn with fire and swords that struck lightning. It wasn’t until the very end that they say it.

A sword with a single black hole was drawn on paper, and a demon was seen smiling over it.

“Is this it?”

As Rupdell pointed with his finger, Luciel nodded her head.

“Yes, it was like this.”

“Whatever that sword was originally, it must have met a very evil spirit as its owner.”

Rupdell shook his head and said.

“This is how you make a magic sword into a soul eater. The hole for the jewel you mentioned is a sign that it was made by swallowing someone’s soul.”

“What? A Soul Eater?”

Luciel asked back while doubting her ears.

“Simply put, it means an object that absorbs the soul of a person.”

Gillard all of a sudden had chills.

“Does that mean that one person was sacrificed for each groove in the sword?”

“At the very least, that would be the case.”

“So it’s a sword that sacrificed at least twelve souls, isn’t it?”

The sound of the sword humming and crying was not a reaction to me, but the voices of resentful souls. He drove Bellstein to ruin by putting my jewels created by exploiting me until death into a sword made by killing people.

Luciel was at a loss for words in disbelief.

It was a terrible thing indeed. Only Luciel and Gillard, who knew the situation, looked at each other blankly, with shocked faces.

He didn’t know the circumstances, but Rupdell advised.

“The one who made this sword as such. It’s a very wicked and dangerous person. If he’s evil enough to sacrifice people to make an evil sword…he must never be left alive.”

Luciel nodded with difficulty. Her whole body trembled at the evil deeds she could never have imagined, and was filled with anger.

Paah!

Ddorong, ddorong.

Luciel created jewels such as rubies, sapphires, and obsidian with the mana gathered in her heart.

Rupdell next to her let out a startled sound, but Luciel, who was enveloped in anger, couldn’t hear it.

How many people have you sacrificed? How much blood did he shed to seize power?

‘Reynold, you are a human being who is trash enough to be called a devil. I will make sure you pay for that sin in this lifetime, in a very harsh and desperate manner.’

Luciel’s jewelry eyes vibrated like flames.

“Yes, I must kill him. That’s why I came here. Rupdell, please let me know. How to enchant jewels on my wand.”

Gillard patted Luciel on the shoulder and supported her.

“I will also ask you to help her.”

Rupdell took a deep breath and said.

“I have already promised, didn’t I? To grant a request. But crafting is not easy.”

Rupdell, who tapped the floor with his golden staff, spoke to the two of them.

“First, we need to gather the necessary materials for magic crafting. I will also need dozens of natural plants and animals that are native in the Night’s Forge habitat, as well as dozens of top-notch magic stones. And……how many jewels are you going to work on your wand?”

“Ah, can’t we just craft one?”

“I suppose so. Even if it’s a regular wand, this Innocent is a special item. First of all, you need to find out how much space the wand has to contain the power of the jewel. So, leave your wand, jewels, and magic stones behind.”

“How long will it take?”

Feeling somewhat sad to leave the wand in her hands, Luciel asked.

“Well. It’s not my decision, it’s your wand and your jewels. If they do not match, the magic crafting may fail and the parts may not be combined.”

Gillard spoke on behalf of the worried Luciel.

“I’ll give you any amount, so please take care of Luciel’s wand.”

“You must keep that promise. Come on, go back! You’re done here so I’ll open the portal for you.”

“Yes, thank you. Rupdell.”

“Well, next time you come, don’t forget to bring those cookies.”

“Of course!”

Luciel softly laughed.