Chapter 422

Chapter 422

The moment he read the name of the old parchment.

Badump!

He felt his heart stop.

Who would have imagined he was getting a +10 Enhancement Coupon?! Who would have thought he was going to find the tissue paper that would wipe the shit off of Horse Fly here, of all places?!

Siegfried’s hands trembled as he carefully held the parchment, but...

Was it because it was old?

Shwoo...

The edge of the enhancement coupon crumbled into dust the moment he touched it.

“Ack!” Siegfried screamed in horror and immediately took his hands off of the parchment.

What if the entire enhancement coupon crumbled?

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Siegfried van Proa-nim has failed!]

[Alert: The item +9 Vanquisher’s Grasp has failed its enhancement!]

[Alert: The enhancement of the item +9 Vanquisher’s Grasp has been reset!]

Siegfried was certain he was going to suffer and lose millions of gold once again if he were to attempt to enhance his shit-stained Horse Fly.

[Bavarian Workshop +10 Enhancement Coupon]

[Enhances a +0 to +9 piece of equipment to +10 with a 100% success rate.]

[You may not use this on a piece of equipment above +10.]

[Type: Coupon] Finnd new chapters at novelhall.com

[Rating: Unique]

[Workshop: Bavarian Workshop]

[Warning: This enhancement coupon is old, so caution is advised when handling it.]

“A-Are you really giving this to me? But the succession war hasn't even started...” Siegfried asked in a trembling voice.

King Allen replied, “Yes, King Siegfried. I was told you will be delighted by this gift, so I hope it is indeed to your liking.”

“Who told you that...?”

“My chief steward has told me that the Adventurers love to enhance their weapons. I figured, as Your Majesty is also an Adventurer, that this gift would be to your liking.”

Perhaps it was because King Allen was educated in royal ethics as early as he started speaking, but his manner of speech did not lag behind even the most seasoned diplomat.

“Please accept my present, King Siegfried.”

“Oh yeah, I will, alright,” Siegfried replied without a hint of hesitation and accepted the enhancement coupon.

‘Look at this cute smart little boy! Fine! Alright! This hyung can’t guarantee it, but I’ll make sure I’ll help you win even if it means I’ll have to give up some of my bones!’ Siegfried was so grateful that he wanted to scream, but of course, he couldn't scream in such a place, so he ended up screaming inwardly.

King Allen was like an oasis in the desert for Siegfried. No, he was more than that, as this was not even the reward he was going to receive in the event they won the succession war.

“Thank you very much for this gift, King Allen.”

“Oh, please, it is my pleasure, King Siegfried.”

“I will use it well,” Siegfried replied as he placed the Bavarian Workshop +10 Enhancement Coupon in his inventory.

It was after they were done exchanging pleasantries that one of the officials, who looked like a dashing old gentleman, said, “Your Majesty, it is now time for the strategic meeting on how to subjugate the Rebel Faction.”

This dashing old gentleman was Duke Undertaker van Stunner. He was a member of the Kyiv Kingdom’s royal family as well as Taycan’s father.

“Is it so, Duke Undertaker?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Then I shall—“

Duke Undertaker cut King Allen off and emphasized, “Your Majesty must attend. I might be Your Majesty’s representative, but all authority within the kingdom is in Your Majesty’s hands. If Your Majesty does not take charge in making decisions, then how am I any different from Duke Taranis and his greed to become your regent?”

A regent was someone who would rule when the king or queen couldn't rule due to illness or their young age.

Duke Taranis immediately tried to become King Allen’s regent after receiving the news of King Aaron’s demise, and it was very obvious what he was trying to do.

What was he trying to do?

The ambitious duke was, without a doubt, going to use the powers he would gain through his regency to cull the officials in the Royal Faction, and what was going to happen after that was quite obvious as well.

King Allen was going to become a puppet king who would mysteriously die before coming of age. This was probably the cliché of all cliché stories one would find in both reality and in the media.

Thus, the Royal Faction nobles vehemently opposed Duke Taranis’ regency.

In response, Duke Taranis labeled the nobles as traitors impairing the judgement of King Allen and used that as his justification for starting the rebellion.

Of course, Duke Taranis and his faction convinced the people that they were patriots putting their lives on the line for the kingdom rather than rebels.

This was the reason Duke Undertaker tried to force King Allen to attend important meetings; he didn't want the latter to become a mere symbolic figure.

“Your Majesty, please do not forget you are the king of this nation. You must attend all important meetings and exert your authority in them.”

“I understand, Duke Undertaker,” King Allen replied and sat back down on the throne to attend the strategy meeting.

As for Siegfried...

Snore, snore...

He fell asleep as soon as the meeting started.

***

“Hey.”

Siegfried smirked and replied, “No need to thank me. I’m here for the money.”

“Still...”

“Anyway, I’m going to drop by the Bavarian Workshop on the way to the Bayaba Territory. I’ll leave the frontlines to you.”

Siegfried immediately headed to a Warp Gate afterward.

How was he supposed to resist the temptation?

His top priority at the moment was to wipe the shit away on Horse Fly with the Bavarian Workshop +10 Enhancement Coupon.

***

Siegfried put on the Metamorphosis Mask to secretly enter the Bavarian Workshop.

“Are you really going to be like this? I’m going to be sad if you keep this up,” Quandt said while looking genuinely saddened by Siegfried sneaking into the workshop like a rat.

However, Siegfried did not look sorry even one bit.

“What did you just say?” he sounded quite harshly.

“Hmm?”

“Ha! What is it to you whether I sneak in or come through the front?”

“H-How can you say that...? Why are you being like this, Siegfried...?”

“Hey, why don’t you make proper enhancement machines if you have the time and money to do all that fanfare? Or why don’t you make proper artifacts?”

“W-What do you mean by that...?”

A vein bulged on Siegfried’s forehead at those words, and he started barraging Quandt as if he were rapping.

“Do you have any idea how much I spent on your enhancement machine?! How does this make sense? I spent so much money, yet I couldn’t even reach +10!”

“B-But that is...!”

“I know you’re running a business, but you need to have a conscience as well! Are you sure you didn’t rig your enhancement machines to squeeze as much money as possible from your customers?!”

“N-Never! Our workshop has never rigged our machines! No, rigging the machines is impossible to begin with!”

“Then how do you explain what happened to me?”

“T-That is...” Quandt could not answer the question.

Why?

Because the only answer he could think of was that Siegfried was a very unlucky person. In fact, he found it hard to believe someone would actually fail to reach +10 after spending such an astronomical sum.

“All I can say is... Your luck is—“

“Don’t try to make excuses.”

“...”

“It’s either you rigged the enhancement machines or smeared shit on my artifact.”

“T-That’s too—“

“You must be happy making a lot of money from your enhancement machines.”

“Well, that’s because the enhancement machines bring in more revenue than selling—Ahem! T-That’s not what I was trying to—“

“Enough,” Siegfried curtly cut him off and took out Horse Fly.

“Just enhance this for me,” he said.

“E-Enhance? D-Don’t tell me, are you asking me to enhance this for free because you lost so much money? I’m sorry, but that’s impossible even for you! Enhancing is—“

“I’m not a beggar!” Siegfried screamed and took out the Bavarian Workshop +10 Enhancement Coupon, “I have this, so enhance it for me!”

“Heok! This is an enhancement coupon of our workshop! Where did you get this from? Hoho!”

“That’s none of your business.”

“...”

“How long is it going to take?”

“Let me check if I have the materials needed. Give me a moment.”

Quandt returned ten minutes later.

“I can start right away, and it will take three hours to complete.”

“Then please get started right away.”

“A-Alright...”

Quandt started profusely sweating after Siegfried gave him the cold shoulder. He took Horse Fly and immediately rushed to enhance it.

“Wait! Wait a second!” Siegfried shouted.

“Hmm? Is there a problem?”

“Hold on, let me think about it first.”

“Think about what?”

“How I’m going to use these babies,” Siegfried said while waving two pieces of paper in his hand.

“H-Hiiiik!” Quandt shrieked in horror after seeing the two pieces of paper.

The reason was that...

“A-An enhancement coupon and a protection coupon?!”

The pieces of paper Siegfried was waving were none other than the Bavarian Workshop Enhancement Coupon and the Bavarian Workshop Gear Protection Coupon.