"Get the gran out? Is that what the Boutica family says, Payne"
"Yes, you're right. The House of Boutica demands the handover of Lord Grant."
"No. Gran is a difficult person for Barca. I don't know what you're going to do, but there's no way you can turn over Gran as a condition for surrender to the Kingdom of Fontana.... What are you thinking, the Bootica family?"
"Perhaps, but you want to take in the skill of Lord Grant's blacksmith. The Boutica family is famous as a one-of-a-kind nobleman. Until now, its name has been known as the nobility of a stranger who has not been associated with any nobility and has pursued blacksmithing techniques in its territory".
"I wonder if Gran could be a celebrity in the Boutica family with almost the only blacksmith skill in Barca that made the Holy Sword or something"
"That's right, Master Ars. They make not only holy swords but also hard tooth swords and ruyi dragon sticks and other different magic weapons. Lord Grant's name is known everywhere."
"Oh, yeah. So you're saying to take in the technology? Um, but you still can't. If I tell you to give me the gran, I'll crush it. Go back to the Boutica family and tell them that again, Paine. Can you ask for it?"
"Thank you. We'll be out in a minute."
It was Payne who went as a messenger to the Boutica family and came to communicate the outcome of that negotiation, but soon he was to return for nothing.
The Bootica family, with its magic for blacksmiths, apparently wanted the Gran.
The Boutica family is a bit of a special aristocrat, and they've even been blacksmithing on their territory for generations.
Instead of trying to get our hands on any territory, we harshly counter what we try to attack on our own.
The good quality of weapons and protective equipment, combined with the terrain effect of being difficult to attack in mountainous lands, has said that no nobility has ever tried to attack the Boutica family.
More than that, it appears that the Boutica family has purchased weapons and protective equipment to create a stream that makes every aristocrat inviolable.
If I tell you, they were in a state like a perpetual neutral country.
I'm sure there were some unusual events in that history.
Such a Boutica family has responded with a surrender recommendation.
Depending on the conditions, you surrender against the Kingdom of Fontana, and when you get under it.
The Fontana humans who heard it were happy to say "whoa," and I was a little dissatisfied with Gran's request.
but not for me even if it seemed like a good condition for a nobleman who had been neutral by himself making things.
The value of the gran is endless.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, because there's a man named Gran who only came here because I got a land named Barca from Carlos.
"Bite brother, get ready to move the army. We're going to Bootica territory."
"All right. We'll be out in a minute, Ars. I'll dust the bootica house."
I just sent Paine back, but I'm not even willing to wait long for a response.
I immediately assembled the Fontana Army and proceeded down the mountain from Hermes territory to march towards Bootica territory beyond Mount Snow.
"I'm so sorry there's been a trivial difference in language this time. My Bootica family was not demanding the stature of Lord Gran Barca. I hope you understand that."
"Hmm. So the messenger I put out made a mistake on his own, huh? Is that what the Boutica family wants to say?
"No, that's not true. I just think this happened before we got a better understanding of each other. We were never thinking about that. Instead, I even respect Lord Gran Barca as the same maker."
"I see. Because it's certainly the first time you and I have talked directly into each other like this. If so, we'll also be able to make each other's perceptions if we crack our bellies and talk here. That's the thing, Lord Luke Boutica."
"Exactly, Dear Ars von Barca. As a man of the Boutica family, I have no two words."
"... so the Boutica family will be under the umbrella of the kingdom of Fontana, are you sure?
"Yes, but there are conditions, as I said to the Apostle, Lord Payne. Unless that condition is accepted, the Boutica family will follow the path of being a nobleman, as always, without going under Fontana."
"... I see. So, what is that condition? It's not about demanding Gran's personality, is it?
"Of course it is. My Bootica family's wish is the pursuit of blacksmith technology. To that end, I want the skill of Lord Gran Barca. That is by no means Lord Grant's physical demand. Beyond our territory, I would like to teach you the art of Lord Gran that he came from a country east of Mount Big Snow. To fulfill the woes of the Boutica family."
"The Bootica family's grief? What is it, that?
"Didn't you know Lord Ars? The grief of my Boutica family, it is to create a weapon that transcends the Holy Sword. And for that, I want the opinion of Lord Gran by making the Holy Sword Gran Barca. That's all."
Beyond the Holy Sword?
What the hell is that?
That sounds interesting.
Having led the Fontana army to a position where Bootica territory could be seen, I was set to meet Luke Bootica, the man in charge of the Bootica family who was waiting there.
He told me he wanted to talk directly to Luke on the scene he was bringing to solve the misunderstanding.
Actually, if I got here already, I might be going to fight the Boutica family, but I thought if I were going to say that much, I'd listen.
I don't have to fight. That's a very nice story.
And then Luke said something unexpected there.
After all, I was just wondering if you'd give me an explanation for demanding Gran's personality, but my unexpected story popped up.
The Boutica family has continued to make independent strides without interference from any nobleman to blacksmith.
He says that such a grief as a clan of aristocrats is "to create a weapon that transcends the Holy Sword".
As soon as I heard about it, I kind of thought I'd like that weapon because I could give you a gran.
I was quickly drawn to Luke's art, and I heard the story.