Chapter 210. Let's make a boat... a very big boat (2)

“Who do you know as a countryman? After all, I have been on a boat before.”

“Nonsense!”

everyone who heard him exclaimed in disbelief at the same time.

“He knows how to swim!”

“Really nonsense!”

....why are we just pretending to be surprised by this?

“Have you ever been a sailor before working as a blacksmith?”

“It's not like that, but before I had a forge, I'd personally go looking for novel materials. It was just part of it.”

Aha, come to think of it, did the dwarves of the Iron Workshop, including Aken, dream of working with all the metals that exist in the world?

And I am making that dream come true.

“Once I heard a rumor that a rare metal was found in the sea, and I boarded a merchant ship to get it.”

“Oh my God... but does that really not sink?”

Asha is still making that noise.

It seems she still can't believe that a boat like that could float on the water with her common sense.

“Can’t you? It's stupid.”

As Aken snorted, Asha said, “Fuck!”

He bit his lip and shook his shoulders.

It must be quite resentful to be treated like an idiot.

Oh that's going to be a fight

“Well, I'm going to listen to Aken's travel story later. Don't forget that we came to work today.”

“Come to think of it, Arel-nim doesn’t seem very excited?”

Originally, when I come to a new place, I get excited at the thought of playing there, but today I am more cynical than anyone else.

Why?

“Because there is no beach here...

” “Yes?”

“There is such a thing.”

I smiled lonely looking at the distant sea.

Since it is a port, there is no place to play on the beach.

Besides, this place is absolutely shit.

I knew it beforehand, but seeing it in person is even more disappointing.

What have the people living here been doing all this time?

Why didn't you make a place to play when there is an ocean?

Why did you rot such a precious natural tourism resource so mercilessly!

I cried out in my heart.

I felt like writing the protest papers as much as the weight of that ship and sending them.

Chit.

done.

I'm going to put off the regret and go to work.

The reason we came here was never to play.

I'm sorry but it's true.

Although friendly, there is only one reason why I set foot in a foreign territory.

It's because of these ‘ships'.

The reason all of us came in the first place was because of the escort.

Although a ship belonging to the Arnil Company is anchored in this port, this place is clearly a foreign country.

I had no choice but to bring all three escorts because I was going there myself.

If you don't do that, you won't get permission.

It was because of that that he even brought Aken there.

We removed the signboard of the former Geothal Firm and headed to the Arnil Firm's branch, which had a new signboard up and running.

When I entered, there was something strange under my feet.

“It's an honor to visit the bar!

Although it is a shabby place, it may be a nuisance, but I will take care of it so that the prince will not be displeased.”

Isn't the branch manager in charge of this place lying on his stomach?

I could have stepped on it.

Too bad.

“Okay, get up. It's honestly embarrassing.”

“yep.”

When I allowed him to get up, he got up more quickly than he did on his stomach.

However, if I persuade others, I may not know it, but if I listen to others, I am not Arell.

“Ha, but they don’t have enough culture to talk with the prince.”

“When did I ask for that?”

As for being rude, it was me who negotiated face-to-face with the saddest dwarves, second in the world.

yes?

He sneered and shrugged as I turned to Arken, who was following me.

“don't worry. I have no intention of saying anything to them. Some degree of rudeness was to be expected. Even my escorts won't lay a hand on them at all.”

yes?

When I look back at the three escorts, they smile embarrassingly.

“I promise never to give you any disadvantage whatsoever.”

“...Then there's nothing I can do about it.”

Wow, you're not harming yourself, so you can see how it's falling out.

This is why I like merchants.

People who like money are honest.

words flow well.

I looked at Jelsen happily as he started guiding.

How nice it would be if everyone in the world were that honest.

“...you should never expect them to be educated.”

“I understand, so shut up and guide me. Will you get angry if I keep saying the same thing?”

“yep.”

What do you see me anyway?

If anyone hears it, they will misunderstand that I'm going to upset a bout.

I'm just going to intellectually convince the other party.

hmm? Am I that scary?

He said he was angry even as a joke, but Jelsen was seriously contemplating and trembled.

Where in the world do you say you're so afraid of?

There are very few men who are as gentle and harmless as me.

The reason why I had to go so far and visit the territory of a foreign country by force through various interests was not just because I was thrilled with the thought of seeing the sea.

I didn't come expecting something delicious from the sea.

It was because it was necessary to persuade some people directly because of the matters related to trade through ports.

“This is it.”

Zelsen led us into a room located in the merchant building.

“Is everyone here?”

“Yes, I instructed everyone not to leave out and gather together.”

“okay? Then you go.”

” yes?”

I waved my hands in front of this blinking middle-aged merchant.

“Anyway, no matter what we talk about here, there will be no aftermath for you, right?”

Having said this, he suddenly noticed and backed off.

Also, I like quick-witted people.

“Well, then... where shall we persuade the proud sailors?”

just opened the door

Then, at a glance, there were a lot of shabby men who looked sweaty sitting in the seats.

All of them are former sailors belonging to the Geothal Firm.

As expected, I wondered if I would believe that even if this was a place for pirates to meet, honestly, they were all rambunctious like a seaman.

Well, it was said that sailors who had a hard time making ends meet piracy.

‘Muscles are no joke.'

Is it because of that... For a moment, even I hesitated to enter.

It must be a fairly sweaty space.

‘...Didn't I just bring in one representative?'

Come to think of it, wasn't it like this when you persuaded a dwarf in the past?

Why did you think of bringing them all into one room?

Even a guy like me doesn't know how to reflect.

By the way, Aken, who came in behind me, looked at the sailors and snorted, saying, ‘Hmm, that's quite right'.

Do you really think you won because your limbs are thicker?

It's terribly childish!

“Are you all the crew members here?”

“That's right. Obviously, everyone gathered here as instructed.”

Among the sailors who hesitated for a while, the one with the thickest muscles... not the one who seemed to be a senior came forward and knelt down in front of me.