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Lekan went to Sheila's house once because Eda said she would really take a water bath.
Didn't you tell me you weren't coming?
"Speaking of which, you did. Sorry. I forgot."
"Well, fine. Don't go on vacation yet, I've been sorting out materials and letters. So what can I do for you?"
"The lord wants to recommend me and Edda to the Golden Adventurer."
"Heh. That's good. Take it."
"I think Edda would like to be promoted to gold, but I'm going to say no"
"Why not?
"I don't like to be tied up. Besides, the lord said he wanted to buy a Hart dagger. I don't care if you have to make a brother-in-law and sell a dagger."
"Wait a minute. Because I'm making tea now."
Sheila brewed the tea by unloading the superior tea leaves from the top of the shelf.
The smell filled the room.
"Lecan."
"Oh."
"Your strength is the strength of a sharpened blade. Sharp and pointy. Anyone who steps in nearby stabs him. Except for the one who admitted to being one of us."
"Right."
"That's a lot of strength."
"What?"
"Think about it. The pointy ones are fragile. Sharp blades are prone to spills. You are."
"What are you gonna do to me?"
What's with the sword?
"The sword?
"Tapping and slashing will not spill the blade, it will become such a sword"
"How can I be?
"I don't. Let's start by knowing the weakness of something strong."
I don't know what you're talking about.
"You think the lord is strong?
"It will be strong. I have money, men and power. And who you are."
"I suppose so. But the lord is also the weakest in town."
"What?"
"Because there are many things I have to protect. economy, prosperity and peace in the town. Nobility and civilians. Merchants, craftsmen, peasants and adventurers. We have to protect all of those things. If a part of the town dies, it means a part of the lord dies."
"In this town too, there are the underprivileged"
"Do you blame the lord with it? Sometimes the lord has to kill two to keep eight alive. Sometimes we have to look at some of them to get the whole thing going. But if we let the whole thing flourish, we'll all be happy eventually. That's the Lord's position."
"Is there really a lord like that?
"I'm talking about my position. Except I think the lords of this town are doing pretty well."
"My son is a fool."
"That's it."
"Which one?"
"Well, you look at people."
"What's wrong with that?"
"I think you're the thin one, then maybe that's when they're really thin, or maybe you're the only one looking at that guy who's thin"
"Mine, Micah?
"I think that Boya is pretty good."
"Where do I look at that?
"Let me tell you what to do. Finding it for yourself is your path to becoming a sword. I can't let people walk my own way."
I can't fathom Sheila with my mouth. But even so, Sheila has more beauty than she appreciates her lord's son, which she doesn't know.
"Lords are weak. But it's not weakness, it's weakness."
"Strong weakness?
"Yes."
I don't understand what you're saying.
"You won't know soon enough. If I knew, I'd already be a sword."
"In the end, what am I supposed to do? Should I take the gold grade?
"It's up to you. Yeah, hey, we were gonna go see the lord from now on. Give me everything I can."
"What?"
"If you're about to be deprived of your freedom as an adventurer or taken away from something you care about, don't accept that. You don't even have to sell daggers. But for the part where you're not, don't put your lord in his face."
"Stand up?
"Don't say it with a strange look on your face."
"Even if that's what binds me?
"I'm telling you to help me find it. Yeah, well, that could be armor to protect you, not chains to tie you up. If you had slashed away everything that comes down on you, you'd live bare."
I wasn't sure about Lecan.
Doesn't being an adventurer always mean being naked?
As long as you don't have anything, you won't be tied to anything.
Isn't that freedom the privilege of the adventurer?
But I don't think Sheila would lie or waste her time.
Sheila is the first teacher Lekan has ever met in her life.
Even if it's a monster without a man.
I could have swept Sheila's words away.
"You're right, I'll give you where you can. I'll come back for a report later."
"That's why I'm telling you not to come"