Honestly, it makes me cry.
I knew the Magic Stone was buried there, but I was getting anxious because I hadn't heard from it for two weeks.
“Ugh.”
I ran towards Ryan and stamped my feet hard.
“Daddy!”
He picked me up lightly and started spinning me around.
“Aaaah~ My cute! My bunny! My lucky bunny! It really came out! Really!”
“What is this stone?”
“I don’t know? But I wonder if this is what the champion was waiting for?”
The miners were still confused, but they were happy because they liked it.
“Daughter! Now!”
Ryan and I shouted together.
“We’re rich!!!”
“We rich man~!”
That evening.
A wild boar meat party was held in our front yard.
And the magic stones piled up next to it.
Colored stones are dotted among the rugged, grayish rocks. Some are red, some are yellow, some are blue...
“Does this stone really make money?”
Mr. Jonathan, the miner with the bushy brown beard, asked.
“Oh, I see!”
Ryan grinned as he sliced a wild boar leg that was being deliciously roasted over a campfire.
“It’s indeed a useless stone, but there are people who need it.”
To be exact, it's not that I need it, but rather I want to collect it and get rid of it.
'I'm so glad.'
I looked at the lit room of Revan on the first floor of the mansion with a happy heart.
When the magic stone appeared, the one most thrilled was, of course, Revan. He must have been busy with his research, so he'd been cooped up in his room since morning, not even eating.
"I'm going to sell the stuff I dug up today and come back tomorrow! I'll come back with a lot of cash in my pockets, so let's extend our contract next year with a 1,000 gold bonus!"
“Huh, huh?”
At Ryan's words, Uncle Jonathan just waved his hand.
"Enough, you bastard! Even a contract worth 5,000 gold a year was excessive. We didn't do anything!"
"That's right, sir. But you didn't know whether the stone would come out or not, so what made you come to Belzer?"
They asked because they were really curious.
The compensation is supposed to be paid in arrears...
"Oh, honestly, we didn't think you'd show up. But it was a job Wolf connected you with, wasn't it?"
“Uh. Do you only believe that person’s name?”
"Right? If we don't receive the promised payment, Wolf will pay in our place. That's the condition we joined Wolf's guild."
“Huh?”
"Since Wolf is taking a loss, he rarely brings up that clause and writes letters of introduction. But this time, he said he trusted us, so we were able to come here without hesitation."
Oh my goodness. If we didn't pay, he had to take the blame. Was Wolf Lehmann a swindler, not a conman?
'...to say that.'
I glanced at Ryan, who was happily chewing on a wild boar's leg.
I don't know how he managed to win Wolf's trust, but I think it was Ryan's talent that did it.
Even though he may seem sloppy, he is a smart man.
The problem is that he doesn't use his good brains for good purposes, but in fact, all of my father's children were smart.
'Ryan is no exception.'
“By the way, Champion, are you leaving tomorrow?”
Mr. Frank, who was drinking beer, asked.
“Oh. It’ll take about two weeks.”
“It takes two weeks to dig a stone?”
"No. I have some business to attend to. Have you heard? There's a demon with a bounty of three million gold on his head?"
Oh, that's something I hinted at to Ryan a few days ago. It's something that needs to be addressed around this time.
“Three million gold? Are you talking about ‘Ratan’?”
“Huh? You know?”
“Oh, I know!”
All the miners became confused.
"It's a talking demon! You're going to catch it now?"
“I heard he’s the kind of guy who wipes out an entire village every time he appears?”
"That's right. I said no one survived after seeing that guy! Even you..."
Unlike the trembling old men, Ryan was calm.
“...He must be a formidable guy. Anyway, I’m going to catch him, so you’ll be on vacation for two weeks starting tomorrow!”
The men were surprised again.
“Don’t come to work?”
"I'm not here. I appreciate you coming to such a dangerous place, but do you think something will happen when I'm gone? I shamelessly tell you to keep digging?"
Ryan shrugged.
"You've worked hard all this time, so get some rest for two weeks. When I get back to being able to fend off bears and wild boars, we can start working again."
“Cha, champion...”
“Hey! You all saw it! This is why I became a fan?!”
The gentlemen were all impressed with Ryan. After several warnings to be careful, they praised his insight in buying Belzer. Honestly, after working with him for two weeks, they said Belzer was worth buying.
“Right, right!”
The men cheered, each raising a beer glass. Ryan, thrilled, offered to give a toast.
"Now, now! For Belzer, who will soon become a wealthy manor, and for Lord Ryan!"
A very greedy toast...
But everyone was happy.
“For our Champion~!”
“For our Champion!!!”
The next day.
I tied my long, messy hair up into a ponytail and put on my new shirt and pants.
Ready to go out!
This may sound surprising, but this is my first time wearing pants. When I was a Princess, I spent my entire life changing fancy dresses three times a day.
‘But it’s so comfortable...’
It's a shame that I can't hide anything under my skirt.
Anyway, at this point, I am about to leave home again and begin a two-week wandering.
Go out and check your plans to resolve it.
First, let's start with the urgent matter.
1. Dealing with the demon 'Ratan.'
2. Sell magic stones for cash
3. Stealing the fourth brother's blessing
First of all, number 1... number 1 is very urgent.
[-WANTED-]
Wanted.
The intelligent demon, 'Ratan'.
Do you remember the wanted poster I picked up on the ship coming to the continent?
I knew that Ratan was causing a terrible commotion at this time of year, so I tried to deal with him in time.
'No, no. To be exact, rather than processing...'
I plan to catch him and bring him here to live with me. No matter how much I think about it, there's no other answer.
Are you crazy to live with a demon?
It's okay. It's not a demon.
‘...Maybe now?’
I am the only human being who knows Ratan's jaw-dropping 'true identity' at this point.
This is something that only I can solve without any fuss or damage.
‘But I only know about this much, I don’t know exactly when the rampage started...’
If the timing is off, chaos will ensue. People will die en masse, and the imperial court will be put on high alert.
And then people will even go so far as to hand over dozens of interests to Wassenberg, begging them to please take that hand.
'I can never see that!'
At that time.
“I told you to leave me alone...”
Ryan, carrying a suitcase full of bags in both hands, dragged the back of Revan's neck, who had dark circles under his eyes.
"Are you crazy? It's dangerous for you to be alone. You have to leave the house for two weeks. What can you do if a hungry bear comes attacking during that time?"
“…What? Half a month?”
Revan was surprised.
“Aren’t you going out to sell magic stones? You can just go to Koenig in front of here.”
Ryan waved the wanted poster in front of Revan.
[-WANTED-]
Wanted.
The intelligent demon, 'Ratan'.
Bounty: 3,000,000G
I gave it to Ryan...
"Bounty hunting! A whopping three million gold!"
“What, what is this?”
I swallowed, nervous about what was about to happen.
"Why are you catching this? Why do you need a bounty? If we sell the magic stone, we'll never have to work again, right?"
Of course, Revan won't be convinced.
Honestly, Ryan, I thought you wouldn't agree when I brought this up a few days ago.
"When our magic stone comes out, how about we catch this demon while we're out selling it? The bounty is a whopping three million gold!"
Of course, I thought they would ask me every single question.
After mining the magic stone, why do you need money? Do you know where the demon will appear and go to catch it? Can you catch it without using your powers and avoiding Wassenberg's eyes? etc...
I was preparing for the expected barrage of questions from Ryan.
“Yeah, well.”
“...?”
I was embarrassed when he said that without asking or inquiring.
Something... felt strange!
But I'm glad he didn't ask. Even if I gave him all the excuses I had prepared, he still noticed something strange.
Unless you know the future, you can't know in advance where the devil will appear and go there.
"Guinz? You're going there to catch a demon? What kind of nonsense are you talking about?"
Revan was dumbfounded.
'As expected. Ryan got away with it, but I'll have to convince Revan.'
After organizing my thoughts in my head, I approached the two arguing.
“Why are you talking so much when the eldest is going?”
"I'm busy! Why are you suddenly hunting monsters? I'm not going, I'm not going!"
“Ah! That guy! I said let’s go!”
Then Ryan pointed at me.
“Is it okay now?”
Then Revan looked back at me.
Make eye contact and stare.
“Brother, I...”
"...Yes. Then let’s go, okay?”
What? Revan nodded obediently before I could say anything.
“...”
“When will the carriage come?”
“I’ll be there soon.”
And... two men talking calmly while leaving me flustered.
I watched them in silence.
And I felt it instinctively.
‘...What else is there besides me?’
I knew the Magic Stone was buried there, but I was getting anxious because I hadn't heard from it for two weeks.
“Ugh.”
I ran towards Ryan and stamped my feet hard.
“Daddy!”
He picked me up lightly and started spinning me around.
“Aaaah~ My cute! My bunny! My lucky bunny! It really came out! Really!”
“What is this stone?”
“I don’t know? But I wonder if this is what the champion was waiting for?”
The miners were still confused, but they were happy because they liked it.
“Daughter! Now!”
Ryan and I shouted together.
“We’re rich!!!”
“We rich man~!”
***
That evening.
A wild boar meat party was held in our front yard.
And the magic stones piled up next to it.
Colored stones are dotted among the rugged, grayish rocks. Some are red, some are yellow, some are blue...
“Does this stone really make money?”
Mr. Jonathan, the miner with the bushy brown beard, asked.
“Oh, I see!”
Ryan grinned as he sliced a wild boar leg that was being deliciously roasted over a campfire.
“It’s indeed a useless stone, but there are people who need it.”
To be exact, it's not that I need it, but rather I want to collect it and get rid of it.
'I'm so glad.'
I looked at the lit room of Revan on the first floor of the mansion with a happy heart.
When the magic stone appeared, the one most thrilled was, of course, Revan. He must have been busy with his research, so he'd been cooped up in his room since morning, not even eating.
"I'm going to sell the stuff I dug up today and come back tomorrow! I'll come back with a lot of cash in my pockets, so let's extend our contract next year with a 1,000 gold bonus!"
“Huh, huh?”
At Ryan's words, Uncle Jonathan just waved his hand.
"Enough, you bastard! Even a contract worth 5,000 gold a year was excessive. We didn't do anything!"
"That's right, sir. But you didn't know whether the stone would come out or not, so what made you come to Belzer?"
They asked because they were really curious.
The compensation is supposed to be paid in arrears...
"Oh, honestly, we didn't think you'd show up. But it was a job Wolf connected you with, wasn't it?"
“Uh. Do you only believe that person’s name?”
"Right? If we don't receive the promised payment, Wolf will pay in our place. That's the condition we joined Wolf's guild."
“Huh?”
"Since Wolf is taking a loss, he rarely brings up that clause and writes letters of introduction. But this time, he said he trusted us, so we were able to come here without hesitation."
Oh my goodness. If we didn't pay, he had to take the blame. Was Wolf Lehmann a swindler, not a conman?
'...to say that.'
I glanced at Ryan, who was happily chewing on a wild boar's leg.
I don't know how he managed to win Wolf's trust, but I think it was Ryan's talent that did it.
Even though he may seem sloppy, he is a smart man.
The problem is that he doesn't use his good brains for good purposes, but in fact, all of my father's children were smart.
'Ryan is no exception.'
“By the way, Champion, are you leaving tomorrow?”
Mr. Frank, who was drinking beer, asked.
“Oh. It’ll take about two weeks.”
“It takes two weeks to dig a stone?”
"No. I have some business to attend to. Have you heard? There's a demon with a bounty of three million gold on his head?"
Oh, that's something I hinted at to Ryan a few days ago. It's something that needs to be addressed around this time.
“Three million gold? Are you talking about ‘Ratan’?”
“Huh? You know?”
“Oh, I know!”
All the miners became confused.
"It's a talking demon! You're going to catch it now?"
“I heard he’s the kind of guy who wipes out an entire village every time he appears?”
"That's right. I said no one survived after seeing that guy! Even you..."
Unlike the trembling old men, Ryan was calm.
“...He must be a formidable guy. Anyway, I’m going to catch him, so you’ll be on vacation for two weeks starting tomorrow!”
The men were surprised again.
“Don’t come to work?”
"I'm not here. I appreciate you coming to such a dangerous place, but do you think something will happen when I'm gone? I shamelessly tell you to keep digging?"
Ryan shrugged.
"You've worked hard all this time, so get some rest for two weeks. When I get back to being able to fend off bears and wild boars, we can start working again."
“Cha, champion...”
“Hey! You all saw it! This is why I became a fan?!”
The gentlemen were all impressed with Ryan. After several warnings to be careful, they praised his insight in buying Belzer. Honestly, after working with him for two weeks, they said Belzer was worth buying.
“You're right! The mountains are great, the water's great! And it's close to the city too! Those fools are too scared to even dip their toes in, so they don't know the true value of this gold mine of a place!”
The men cheered, each raising a beer glass. Ryan, thrilled, offered to give a toast.
"Now, now! For Belzer, who will soon become a wealthy manor, and for Lord Ryan!"
A very greedy toast...
But everyone was happy.
“For our Champion~!”
“For our Champion!!!”
***
The next day.
I tied my long, messy hair up into a ponytail and put on my new shirt and pants.
Ready to go out!
This may sound surprising, but this is my first time wearing pants. When I was a Princess, I spent my entire life changing fancy dresses three times a day.
‘But it’s so comfortable...’
It's a shame that I can't hide anything under my skirt.
Anyway, at this point, I am about to leave home again and begin a two-week wandering.
Go out and check your plans to resolve it.
First, let's start with the urgent matter.
1. Dealing with the demon 'Ratan.'
2. Sell magic stones for cash
3. Stealing the fourth brother's blessing
First of all, number 1... number 1 is very urgent.
[-WANTED-]
Wanted.
The intelligent demon, 'Ratan'.
Do you remember the wanted poster I picked up on the ship coming to the continent?
I knew that Ratan was causing a terrible commotion at this time of year, so I tried to deal with him in time.
'No, no. To be exact, rather than processing...'
I plan to catch him and bring him here to live with me. No matter how much I think about it, there's no other answer.
Are you crazy to live with a demon?
It's okay. It's not a demon.
‘...Maybe now?’
I am the only human being who knows Ratan's jaw-dropping 'true identity' at this point.
This is something that only I can solve without any fuss or damage.
‘But I only know about this much, I don’t know exactly when the rampage started...’
If the timing is off, chaos will ensue. People will die en masse, and the imperial court will be put on high alert.
And then people will even go so far as to hand over dozens of interests to Wassenberg, begging them to please take that hand.
'I can never see that!'
At that time.
“I told you to leave me alone...”
Ryan, carrying a suitcase full of bags in both hands, dragged the back of Revan's neck, who had dark circles under his eyes.
"Are you crazy? It's dangerous for you to be alone. You have to leave the house for two weeks. What can you do if a hungry bear comes attacking during that time?"
“…What? Half a month?”
Revan was surprised.
“Aren’t you going out to sell magic stones? You can just go to Koenig in front of here.”
Ryan waved the wanted poster in front of Revan.
[-WANTED-]
Wanted.
The intelligent demon, 'Ratan'.
Bounty: 3,000,000G
I gave it to Ryan...
"Bounty hunting! A whopping three million gold!"
“What, what is this?”
I swallowed, nervous about what was about to happen.
"Why are you catching this? Why do you need a bounty? If we sell the magic stone, we'll never have to work again, right?"
Of course, Revan won't be convinced.
Honestly, Ryan, I thought you wouldn't agree when I brought this up a few days ago.
"When our magic stone comes out, how about we catch this demon while we're out selling it? The bounty is a whopping three million gold!"
Of course, I thought they would ask me every single question.
After mining the magic stone, why do you need money? Do you know where the demon will appear and go to catch it? Can you catch it without using your powers and avoiding Wassenberg's eyes? etc...
I was preparing for the expected barrage of questions from Ryan.
“Yeah, well.”
“...?”
I was embarrassed when he said that without asking or inquiring.
Something... felt strange!
But I'm glad he didn't ask. Even if I gave him all the excuses I had prepared, he still noticed something strange.
Unless you know the future, you can't know in advance where the devil will appear and go there.
"Guinz? You're going there to catch a demon? What kind of nonsense are you talking about?"
Revan was dumbfounded.
'As expected. Ryan got away with it, but I'll have to convince Revan.'
After organizing my thoughts in my head, I approached the two arguing.
“That monster's gonna wreak havoc in Guintz, so hurry up and get here. Did you even tell them? Can you at least communicate with the monster from a distance, bro?”
"I'm busy! Why are you suddenly hunting monsters? I'm not going, I'm not going!"
“Ah! That guy! I said let’s go!”
Then Ryan pointed at me.
“Is it okay now?”
Then Revan looked back at me.
Make eye contact and stare.
“Brother, I...”
"...Yes. Then let’s go, okay?”
What? Revan nodded obediently before I could say anything.
“...”
“When will the carriage come?”
“I’ll be there soon.”
And... two men talking calmly while leaving me flustered.
I watched them in silence.
And I felt it instinctively.
‘...What else is there besides me?’
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