Chapter 20: 20 \nâOr raise your faceâ\n
I speak to a woman in a hurry. But women donât try to move.
âPlease! Make me your apprentice!
Until I make this a disciple, and (âŚ) this (âŚ) doesnât workâŚ
People are gathering around to see whatâs going on. I donât want to keep this woman and, most importantly, Thermia in too much of a curious gaze.
âIn the meantime, let me talk to you afterwards because Iâm going to be in the storeâ
So the woman stood me up for a moment. Quite frankly, Iâm a bummer. I want to leave before the guards arrive. I donât really want to bother the guards.
The moment I knocked out the fastest time Iâve ever had, cleaned it up, held the sales counter, and the three of us tried to get to the return location, I ran into Mr. Marius. But youâre taking it easyâŚ
âOh, Dwarfâs daughter, did you get to see her properly? Good, good.â
Dwarf woman responding with a smile. Oh, what Mr. Marius said this morning was about this guyâŚ
âMr. Marius, you could have told me nothing in the morningâ
I protest loosely against Mr. Marius.
âNo, well, from what I said, the results havenât changed, and you couldnât help it, could you?
Thatâs true, but hereâs the thing: prepare your mind.
âBesides, I was usually surprised to see you on the top of the Buddha, so it was a profit for me.â
If I thought it had come out in good time, heâd be on a patrol or something and watching from afar.
âWell, forgive me. Well, hereâs what Iâm looking forward to.â\n
At the end of the day, Mr. Marius stands aside and even salutes. I donât think Iâm a bad person, but thereâs a part of me thatâs a little bad at this kind of nori. I loaned it anyway.
Mr. Marius also said goodbye, returned the sales counter and came to an inn in the new town. Most of it doesnât leak, and the first floor is the tavern and the second floor is the lodging. This Dwarf woman says sheâs been here about three days now.
âMy name is Like Moritz.â
And the woman named herself. I have a big jock â not made of glass, like a small barrel with a handle on it â but it wasnât the ale I was asking for, it was the grape flame wine (brandy)?
Bosoli and Thermia speak out their doubts. ButâŚ
âOh, no, Moritz is not a family name, itâs a workshop nameâ
Now it was my turn to express my doubts. Thermia is having a little ale next door.
âYeah. Dwarves basically get together in a few families and have a workshop. People who are born or live there name the workshop besides their own name. Iâm Moritz Workshop Liquette.â
Like naming a tribe or a village?
âMy name is Eizo. This is Thermia.â
Thermia looked at me for a moment. Probably because he didnât name the âTanyaâ one. I donât mind telling Mr. Riquet, but we donât know whoâs listening to what in the tavern. If it was a family name in this world, it would be a hassle, and I wouldnât go out of my way to risk it.
âNice to meet you. Eizo,⌠are you from the north? \nâOh. Iâm from. I live in the Black Forest, where I work as a blacksmith.â
Listen to me and think about it, Mr. Riquet.
âOh, no, I was wondering why I didnât see a blacksmith who could make all this stuff by the time I got here.â
I drink the contents of the cup with chibi. Wine divided by water, not so goodâŚ. Iâm vulnerable to alcohol, contrary to appearance.
Well, you donât usually build workshops in the woods. Theyâre a little closer to running water, and they move hammers with water trucks or something. I wonder if the hydraulic hammer or something used to forge in the previous world is close. In my case, it was prepared in the woods, so no questions asked.
âIt would be helpful if you didnât pursue the situation in that area in depthâ
âRight. Iâm not particularly interested.â
Donât be so blunt, Mr. Riquet.
âSo, what do you say you want to be an apprentice?
âAh, yes. Thatâs the story, isnât it? Itâs a long story.â
Mr. Lique sips the contents of the jock gubbily and exhales haha.
âMe and my brothers were leaving the workshop and going around visiting workshops everywhere to load the drills. If there is a workshop that I think this is, I will be allowed to apprentice there, and eventually I will return to the original workshop to use the technique, create new objects, and return them to the apprenticed workshop again. Thatâs how Dwarves live.â
Oh, that wasnât in the âinstallationâ. There is no such thing as the fine ecology of animals in it, so I wonder if there is any such thing in it. Well, thatâs more funâŚ
âDonât we all say no to such things as technology spilling out if we do poorly?
âYes, but there are four conditionsâ
âFor one thing, I hate that Iâm prepared to sacrifice myself, like Mr. Rike this time. Donât do it in the futureâ
Correct your residence and nod, Mr. Rike.
âSecond, we donât have enough room. It starts with that architecture.â
âYes, even in the Moritz workshop, if a family had a child, we would be fine because everyone in the workshop would build more roomsâ
âThird, Iâll wear it a little while ago, but Iâll need a lot of help besides blacksmithsâ
âYes, because thatâs what discipleship means.â
âLetâs not salute each other. Iâll call you Rike, too. Rike, call me Eizoo.â
âNo, you canât say that, parent!
I heard that. Thermia is Kyoton.
âYeah, Iâm a disciple, so itâs the muscle Suzi that calls me a parent to honor!
Thermia finally laughed uncomfortably. Remember that.
This is how I made my apprentice who I thought would be a long way ahead of me.