Chapter 64: Dropped blacksmith and exclusive blacksmith

Chapter 64: Dropped blacksmith and exclusive blacksmith

Lily returns, who has successfully killed Wolfman.

"I won! Takuto!"

Lilly innocently tries to jump on me, but Ion guards.

"Why are you stopping me? Ion-chan"

"That was a close one. Cuddling is prohibited"

"I agree with you, Ion-san"

"Muu!"

Lily's cheeks puffed up at Ion and Setia's comments. I stroked Lily's head.

"Ah..."

"I'm not allowed to hug you, but this is okay, right? You've done well. Lily"

"Ehehe~"

Lily shows a big smile. Then I look around at everyone.

"Good job, everyone. You did a great job. Thank you"

Everyone shouts in reply to my words. Ion and Setia answered as if representing them.

"There's no need to say thank you. We are Takuto-san's summoned beasts"

"Ion-oneesama is right. It is our pleasure to be able to fight alongside Takuto-sama. Please don't worry about us"

You two are really good at this.

"Emm...thank you for your help"

Oh, I forgot the boy.

"Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, thanks to you. Thank you very much"

I see. I mean, this is the flow of working as an exclusive blacksmith...well, it seems that it's good to have a relationship with Crow-san, so shall I like to make a suggestion?

"If so, why don't you become my exclusive blacksmith?"

"Eh!?"

He was surprised. Is he that surprised? That's how it went, right?

"Are you sure!? No, if you're so strong, don't you have your own blacksmith?"

"No, I don't. I do have a blacksmith that I have a relationship with, but I'm heading to Freetia the day after tomorrow and I need a new blacksmith"

"I, I see. But why me"

Because you're the god of blacksmithing.

"A hunch? I have a feeling you'll make a great blacksmith"

After all, it's the same name as the god of blacksmithing in Greek mythology.

"I don't really understand why, but if youre okay with me, please let me sign the contract!"

"It's settled. Nice to meet you. Hephaestus"

"Yes! Takuto-san!"

So, I escorted the boy back to town. First, I signed a contract at the Blacksmith Guild. Then, I'll get the information.

You have signed an exclusive blacksmith contract with the blacksmith NPC Hephaestus

With this, Hephaestus has officially become my exclusive blacksmith. I thought I would need to register with the blacksmithing guild, but Hephaestus has joined and it seems to be no problem. So I paid Hephaestus the contract fee and since there was an empty room at Mocchi-san's inn, I asked for two nights.

But when I asked her why there was a vacant room, she said it was because she had set the lodging fee too high with my cooking. That's where Mocchi-san set it wrong. It can't be my fault. I got to the inn, so that's it for today.

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Author note:

This was the episode where Hephaestus appeared. This Hephaestus is a young boy, so he doesn't have incredible strength or blacksmithing skills. He is a character who creates weapons for Takuto and his friends and grows stronger along with them. In other words, it's a game where you can develop NPCs as well. Naturally, how the NPCs grow will depend on the player.

Here's an additional point. This type of NPC can be joined by other players and it is possible to have multiple NPCs. So if you want to have a harem of NPCs, you'll have to get five different people.

Next time, Takuto will say goodbye to the people who have helped him. Finally, there are only four chapters left in Episode 1, including the bulletin board. I hope you enjoy it until the end.