Chapter 59

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Translated By Arcane Translations

Translator: FusionX

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The Dwarf Republic passionately kept their promise.

As soon as we returned to Lionheart Fortress, they immediately sent the promised numerous pieces of equipment and top-grade supplies.

Thanks to that, the empty warehouse was almost full.

The only problem was the lack of a blacksmith to manage the weapons, but let’s think about that later and be satisfied for now.

Fortunately, everyone was said to know the basics of managing and maintaining weapons.

They said it was the basics of the basics for those who handled weapons.

Thanks to that, I felt a bit stung.Discover new chapters at novelbin(.)com

But with my experience of handling firearms in the military and the scraps I learned by watching over someone’s shoulder, I could somehow imitate it.

At that moment, Helia ran up to me and said,

“Teacher! I finished the maintenance!”

“Is that so? Good work.”

“Would you mind taking a look at it?”

Helia, oh Helia.

Why are you giving me such an ordeal?

I’m the one who couldn’t even do firearm maintenance properly and got scolded.

Let alone knowing about swords.

But I couldn’t ignore Helia, because Helia was sitting in front of me, looking up at me with sparkling eyes.

What was contained in them was none other than expectation.

I took the sword from Helia and looked it over.

Well, it was clean, but... I didn’t know anything beyond that.

I didn’t know if there was too much oil or if it was just right.

My head just hurt.

“Excellent. Have you done this kind of thing before?”

“I did it for the first time today.”

“You have a natural talent for swords.”

“Ah, right. Hasn’t Helia gotten really strong lately?”

“You’ve gotten weaker. You lump of ore.”

Putting aside Clara and Ruby, who started bickering, at some point, Helia began to speak casually to others.

Did they get along well with each other?

If so, that would be great.

As Clara and Ruby said, Helia’s growth had been shining lately, and Helia’s growth started to show in sparring as well.

If it used to be a clean defeat before, now, it was possible to have a somewhat even exchange of offense and defense.

Of course, both Ruby and Clara used swords instead of their main weapons.

Nevertheless, it was a tremendous achievement.

“It’s been about a year and a half since she started learning the sword, right? She has truly tremendous talent.”

“If it weren’t for you, Teacher, I wouldn’t have come this far.”

“She even has an eye for skill. She’s really dependable.”

“I just happened to find her and help her by chance. It has nothing to do with having an eye for it.”

Yeah, yeah.

You guys can chatter as you please.

I’ll be stepping down from the commander position in half a year anyway.

Right now, we were in the armory, maintaining and repairing the weapons received from the republic.

And at the same time, I instructed them to take one weapon of their choice.

They say a master doesn’t blame his tools, but if there’s a good weapon, you should use it.

Is there any reason to let it rust?

Clara chose a usable bow, Ruby chose a large hammer specially made in the Dwarf Republic.

Helia chose a longsword of the highest quality.

Besides, it was true that I felt burdened by Cluna managing the fortress all by herself.

We headed to the dining hall to prepare.

The dining hall of Lionheart Fortress had everything.

Not only various facilities such as ovens and griddles but even a primitive refrigerator was prepared.

I prepared the ingredients.

“First, the basics of cooking are hygiene. And next is a balanced meal.”

“I will remember it clearly.”

The problem was that I didn’t know anything beyond that.

After all, the Royal Knights were performing combat on the front lines.

Should I just make it similar to the military?

The ingredients I took out were vegetables and chicken.

It was a pity that there was no gochujang, but surprisingly, there was soy sauce.

I heard that since it was a multi-race alliance knight order, ingredients and seasonings that each race actually ate were prepared.

The dish I was preparing today was braised chicken.

Usually, braised chicken was made red, but there were quite a few cases where it was stir-fried with soy sauce added.

I prepared the cooking utensils.

“The spatula and griddle are harder to use than I thought.”

“Leave the physical work to me!”

“You just watch from the side...”

I dissuaded Helia.

The griddle, or in more familiar terms, the frying pan, was much harder to use than I thought.

Moreover, the fire was dangerous.

So I was going to just teach Helia, and then I was going to cook alone.

But what’s this?

She’s using the griddle much better than me?

Looking at Helia with a dumbfounded expression, Helia said,

“I asked Cluna and learned a lot about cooking.”

“You learned? By yourself?”

“Yes. There were even a few times when I made it myself and served it to you, Teacher.”

“I-I see.”

No wonder she would sometimes stick close to me and persistently ask how it tasted.

I wondered why she did that then.

It was because of this, but why cooking of all things?

“That’s when I first realized. Just by watching the person I like directly eat the food I made with sincerity, I could be this happy.”

While I was wrestling with the griddle, at some point, she had placed the fully prepared ingredients on the griddle, and she skillfully lit the fire and started grilling the ingredients with the griddle.

I ended up just watching from the side.

Fortunately, Helia occasionally asked me about cooking.

If not, I would have almost become a crazy bastard who completely relied on a kid.

Honestly, I wasn’t that much of a help either.

I made a lot of mistakes because the recipe was vague.

Helia faintly smiled and put the food on a plate from the griddle.

“It’s done. How is it?”

“Y-You did much better than me.”

“You flatter me, Teacher.”

It was a dish that couldn’t be thought to have been made by a 13-year-old.

Helia leisurely started cleaning the kitchen.

I could only blankly stare at that sight.

I felt like I was bewitched by a goblin.

Was this really the Helia who used to be violent?

It really made my heart swell with emotion.

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