The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

Although it is unusual or irrelevant for anyone who knows Antonio Roto's life, Antonio's life is a qualitative thing for the chairman of the Roto Chamber of Commerce in the heart of the Kingdom of Flame. My diet is not flashy, and I drink alcohol, but it feels better to drink cheap alcohol than to call it little one. The building itself is solid, but not gorgeous, and the interior decoration is about the same as the painting of my brother-in-law. The only thing is that there is a wide variety of accessories, but the commercial pattern of the Rote Chamber of Commerce, which conducts the business of precious metals, if I may say so, this is like a necessary expense.

"... oops. Long time no see."

Almost the only such 'luxury' of Antonio is a small house built along the Avenue of the Holy King. A house I only know about my body and a very close friend - no, such a small house is the castle of Antonio, more like a 'cabin' coming pin than a house to be exact. In the kitchen and in that house of simple construction where the bedroom and living room were together, Antonio, who was drawing a line on the drawing towards his desk, looked back at the poorly constructed door making a giggly noise and opening it, smiling at the visitor.

"... it's still a shabby house, isn't it, Colle? Move to a better place. Door, I think it's crooked."

"Yes, I'm here. I mean, don't worry too much - if it's a house, I'm not comfortable. I think you can concentrate more narrowly."

"What are you talking about with such a big figure?"

That said, the man, a sudden visitor, peeks into Antonio's hand. I leaked a sigh of admiration that seemed just a little in love with my hand creating such a delicate and elaborate design painting that I wondered where this power was hidden in this man with a body like a bear.

"... that, the design of the new work?

"Oops! Next time, Westria's... what is it? Master Marie? Well, that princess is marrying Prince Laurent, isn't she? Well, I had a request to design the earrings to be used at that time. We're working on it."

"... heh. Other than the kingdom of Flame, and orders from royalty...... Sugai, normally"

"There's a lot of good craftsmen over there. Nothing. I don't have to order from us. I can make it in front of me... well, that's it. You care about Laurent, don't you?

"... what do you mean?

"It's also a bad idea to carry the design of my wife's home. I don't care if you're bad at it, okay? That's why it's the princess at our place who makes it in Laurent, and now there's a cad standing in Westria, right? So, the truth is that you ordered from a third party. That's why I'm not the best."

That's it, Antonio takes a seat. Carefully stroking the design painting two or three times with bird feathers so that the design painting did not get dirty, I stretched out my back and pounded my body bones to show it.

"Well, why don't you sit down and not stick around like that at all times? There's gonna be a lot of stories, right? You want some tea?

"... is that good?

"Fine or not, right? Or something?" Now, which side did you lower? "You want me to tell you?

"That's about what I was prepared for. I mean, I thought one or two shots was gonna get beat up, right?

"I'm not gonna hit you. If I hit him, it would be a 'pardon' for you to take him for scolding me. I'm an adult, so don't think sweetly about punishing someone and asking someone to forgive you. Wipe your ass off."

Hey, Niza? and.

"... my dad is tough after all"

"Holy shit. Because he's your father, I am. I'm not going to spoil you."

Antonio laughs with a broken face, as opposed to Niza dropping her shoulder. I kind of miss it. With a grin that could take both a bitter smile and a smile on her face, Niza tugged down the chair that was nearby. Put that on the edge of his sight, Antonio hands Niza one of them when he brings two completely cold pots of tea and a cup from the kitchen.

"Why? I've been disturbed and disappeared. What can I do for my prodigal son now? Now I'm flying to another country, so you're gonna give me my fortune?

"I don't know why! What do you think, about me!

"I think he's an idiot son. Well, if I had said that, I would have bugged you. So, what can I do for you? I'm busy. Just talk."

Antonio mouths the cup by saying that like a pain in the ass. Seeing the figure, Niza shows a frequent patrol. Antonio gives a surprise look at the troubled figure, whether he says it or not, as he switches the cup with his right hand and left hand.

"What's up? I thought you wanted to tell me something.

"... Father!

Rot kicks his chair and stands up so that he can put it on Antonio's words. Instead of asking his own father to show a distracted look, he bowed his head vigorously as he did.

"Father! A lifetime favor!

"Say no."

"Give me the design. Give me the design."

Take a breath.

"- What...? Say no? Hey, Dad! Oh, my God, say no! Even if you give up a hundred steps and say no, it will be after you hear what it's about, but it's normal! I wouldn't say no without asking!

"When you were four, I said, 'I really want this!' Don't you remember Gone at the Toy Shop on Holy King Street?

"Ha? Se, toy store on Holy King Street?

"That's right. That's when I said, 'Please, Father! A lifetime of favors!' I thought you said. If they'd asked me for a lifetime, I'd have bought you a toy, wouldn't I? I'm done doing you a lifetime favor."

"No, I don't remember the old days! I mean, a lifetime favor for a four-year-old, you know... this is it! I would have dared to say it!

"Normally, that's the kind of dialogue that people say, and I don't think it sounds great to say it, right?

"Gu!"

"Well, okay. That's when you went to the University of Larchia. Even then, you said you didn't have a date rent to play with women, right? Didn't I tell you it was a lifetime favor or something? Aren't you talking about four or five kids?

"Well... yes, I said...? I feel like I said..."

In other words, Niza, who gets into a lot of trouble. Seeing that appearance, Antonio sighed small.

"... How many times do I have, your 'lifetime' thing? I already asked you, a lifetime favor. So it's over. Holle, go home when you're done."

At the end of the story, Antonio waves to get rid of the dog child securely. Nevertheless, Niza can't go home with this either.

"Hey, wait a minute!

"That's right, uh-huh. I thought you said you were busy. Just go home."

"So! At least listen to me!

On the shoulder - breathes - Niza. Staring at the look with a mixed look, Antonio glanced over his shoulder.

"... trouble me - you're the guy. Wow. I'm going to listen to you. Just talk to me."

Antonio like that with his little finger on his right hand, whispering a hole in his ear. Despite saying 'A Lifetime's Pleasure', Roat nevertheless breathed and opened his mouth, remembering things that were just a little angry with Antonio for such an attitude.

"Please, Father! Tell me - tell me, design the accessories!

Words out of Niza's mouth. With sincere eyes, the words, spinning like an appeal, struck Antonio in the ear, and at the same time the silence ruled, as if indoors time...

"Yeah, say no"

"Uncle, no!

- I didn't stop. Niza goes on to say that to Antonio, who turns her back like nothing else.

"Why not! Dad, you have to tell me the design! Hey, please!

"I know you're saying no. Tell me what the design is. Sleep and say, you idiot."

"Sleeping is... not sleeping! Seriously!"

"... you know what?

Looking bottomless, Antonio looks back at Niza. After showing a slightly surprised look at Niza showing her serious eyes, she shook her neck to the left and right to show him, for Christ's sake.

"... I said no for three reasons"

"Tell me!

"One. Even if it's limited to accessories - this kind of business...... technology? Well, whatever, 'mon like this' has taste. So, as far as I can tell, you don't have any shards of taste. I saw the painting you wrote when I was a kid. He said no."

"Let's see, the taste... may not be there. But I'll do my best! Because I will try!

"Holla, not at that point"

"Hey, why not! You can't make an effort! Even my father is trying! I know! You've always pulled a design toward your desk!

I've seen my father round his big body, clinging to his desk, creating a design, and Niza since he was a little girl, saying, "Hips are here" or "Shoulders are stiff."

"Even my father... even my father has tried so hard!

Antonio sighs heavily again at Niza's words like that.

"I don't know how you saw it in your eyes." I never tried. "

"It's a lie! You've been so desperate! Or, Father, you've been doing this all by yourself!

"You're a rude guy. It can't be one hassle. Well... sure enough, you did everything you could. But in the first place, even if you hate hard work or dislike it, you're gonna work so hard without losing your hand, right? I don't know about the other guys, but I hate painting designs on my desk every day for once, or something... well, it's me. I never thought I was making an effort. Whether I design or make accessories, I simply like them and like them. I just imagine my daughter dressed beautifully in my accessories, and it's so freaking comfortable."

"... so, but..."

"Well, if you want to make regular accessories, that's fine. But, you know, assuming it's a Rote Chamber accessory, right? That's not how much I like it. This is the first. Just the second. I've never even looked at designs or accessories before, but suddenly," Tell me what you're looking for. "Isn't that it? Anyway, Ferber told you something, didn't he?

"Oh, no..."

Take a breath.

"... but I do"

"Right? I'm not saying I should be desperate for a woman, am I? I don't know... Well, that's not funny to me. What an insult to me, if I may borrow your words, to teach you what I'm 'trying' to do with an onna tangle. In the first place, he thinks he's trying. In front of a human being, he says, 'Tell me about the design. My dad told me not to use it lightly."

"Oh, that's not what I meant! Really, that's not what I meant!

"Um, third. It has something to do with the second, but your 'lifetime' is too light. This job is what I've been doing for the rest of my life. As soon as I have a problem, I'll use" for life "or something... I'm not free enough to teach you" for life "light."

He even talks to Soko, and now it's just the end of the story and Antonio turns his back on Roto.

"... really, that's not what I'm going to do, Dad"

"... Hmm. You think I can trust you?

"No, I trust you... I may not. Here..."

Word, and still carry on the word.

"... I heard it at Lord Ferber's."

"At Ferber's?

"'Antonio is a rare engineer.'"

"What? You gonna use it even with your old lady?

"Not really."

That's what I'm laughing at.

"... what do you say? Me, I hate my father's work... but there are places where I've been distant. Even the lines can't pull straight, and even the circles can't write well. Give up that I can't do it anyway... so let's move on to" business "like Uncle Enrique."

……

"... my father might say, 'Whatever, it doesn't make sense,' but he still has enough technicians in him to compliment others, but he doesn't learn that technique... I thought it was purely a 'loss'"

"... you're going to make a" piece "of the Rote Chamber of Commerce?

"If I can, I want to. I want my father, the finest engineer of our time, Antonio Roto, to tap into that technology."

To the words, Antonio finally flips his back he was pointing at and meets Roth. With a smile on his mouth, he opened his mouth.

"- Say no"

"... well"

"As I said earlier, it's not a mon you can handle in 'Effort', like this. I like it, I like it, I like it, I can't help it, I don't give birth to a good piece of work, not a guy who likes it better than eating, drinking, or holding a nice woman. So I'm not going to teach you technology."

Talking that far, Antonio sighs small. Then I let him shake his head to the left and right.

"... well, even so, I'll just rate you for being motivated"

"... to?

"Tomorrow, come to the workshop every day. Oh, am I mistaken? I don't know what to tell you. But, you know, whatever you want to see on your own."

"Yes, okay!

"Learn what the technologists think, think, and want to express to produce their work. Learn what you think, what you think, what you think and what you make of your work with your own eyes. It is good to try to make accessories to the extent of hand play. How hard it is, how hard it is, or maybe it's easy... well, learn that sort of thing"

He smiles bitterly at Niza, who sparkles his eyes, and Antonio sips away the remaining tea in one breath.

"... well, I'm not saying I don't have a place, am I? He hated our job too much."

"I hate fur... I wasn't..."

Antonio strengthens the colour of bitter laughter to Niza. After getting lost for a while, he slowly opened his mouth.

"Oome told me not to tell you... Oome noticed for himself. I don't think that's a good idea anymore, so I'll talk to you, okay? Enrique used to go to the workshop every day, right? Even now, he's got a face about once every ten days."

"... Uncle Enrique?

"The design was a tease, but he was still walking into the workshop. I don't know what to do, but you heard the artisans dig their thoughts, their will, everything that shapes it. What did you paint this design with in mind, of 'Craftsman' in this design...... what? What do you mean," dust "? Anyway, that's what I asked you to look at the most."

"... I didn't know. I mean, why didn't you tell me?

"I'm not even a monster who blows people around. Besides, I thought Enrique said, 'It doesn't make sense if Niza doesn't notice for herself'?

……

Antonio continues his words as he gently tells Niza to shut up.

"... hey Niza? Do you have any idea why the mon we made sells it?

"... good stuff, so?

"That's how you think of it as a 'product'"

"... how to think as a product? What? Is something wrong with that? We merchants have a job selling merchandise, and good stuff sells better.

"Don't get me wrong about that. But what? No matter how good it is, I don't want you to buy it if you have to know it. Even the 'Rote Chamber of Commerce' sign. Well, it does sell. But what?" Merchant "is the first time a" merchant "who understands the work sells it, and" product "becomes" work ". And we artisans aren't going to be making 'products'. I'm working on a piece."

……

"I'm proud of my work, but it's a pretty tough job being an artisan. If a good design doesn't come to mind, I'll be worried sick enough to want to die, and if I want to craft iron, I'll use fire. Hell to do in the heat of summer, seriously. Smells pretty tight, too. My hands will be black, my hips will be - and my eyes will get worse. I don't move my body, so I also lack exercise. I don't mean to make it easier for merchants... but it's not the kind of job that noble daughters do to me. I never even thought about Onna at work, did I?

"... I'm sorry"

"You're still praising me for this, right? I thought you'd do better than me."

That's what I said and laughed callously, and Antonio narrowed his eyes and showed them.

"... Enrique was moving on and putting himself in that kind of environment. Join us in the workshop for a miscellaneous fish sleep, think about the design together, and say, 'Oh man, what do you know!' What a fool, but I still took to the workshop every day, every day. I didn't even talk to him in detail to Soko... well, he must have been 'proud' of his job with him. So the craftsmen who were fooling around at first also got a glimpse into Enrique. As a matter of fact, we've sold more of our merchandise since he was commercially available."

That said, sip on the cup of tea in your hand, mouth.

"... ma, what? Even we'd be happier if we sold corners, and if we were to sell them, I'd like you to sell 'Mythology' well included. I want you to understand and sell it. Speaking of greed, I want you to treat the craftsmen with respect. So, Niza. Don't you dare imitate Enrique. Let's sell the product, including" Craftsman's Thoughts. "

To Antonio's words like that, Niza bowed her head small.

"... thank you, Father. I'll do my best."

"No, I don't feel like it. Thank you very much. Well, what is it? Don't you dare."

That being said, Antonio shook the empty cup a couple of times to fly the water and turned his gaze to Niza again as if he noticed something where he tried to work on the design again.

"I totally forgot, why don't you do an insurance store?

"An insurer... oh well. I'll do something called maritime insurance. Didn't you go talk to your father?

"Coming. I'm here... it's me. The kingdom of Flame is involved in maritime insurance as a nation.

"Yes, but... what is it?

I just need to know what you're talking about, and I'm gonna twist my neck and show you Niza.

"No... I mean, I can't help it, can I? Can you do that? I can't believe you show your face every day in our workshop while you have that marine insurance"

"I can... I mean, I have to. And I promised Lord Ferber."

Talking that far, Niza showed the edge of her mouth crooked.

"If you believe you can, you can fly in the sky, too, right?

"What? Empty? What the hell?

"He said he was in Yamate. Even though I can't fly theoretically, I didn't fly because I believed I could, there's a hell of a" bee. "

"... are you serious"

"I hear the truth isn't the same, but I decided to think so. If you do your best, you can do anything. So, do it. I'll do the maritime insurance right, and I'll make the Rote Chamber of Commerce bigger. Iris will be happy, and I will be a 'son' that Sir Ferber can brag about with his chest up."

For Niza today, that's too big a goal. 'Cause when I say it, I don't have to worry about it at all, but when I say it in nature, I say it to Niza, and Antonio rounds his eyes.

"... uhhh... uhhh!

Later, laugh. I burst into tears at the edge of my eyes and banged my desk, then wiped those eyes tears and laughed and showed them happily.

"Ha-... laughed, laughed. Haven't laughed so much in a while."

"Seriously, me"

"I know. That's why... well, I laughed."

I breathed heavily into Niza, who gave her a slightly dissatisfied look, waving indifferently to get her breathing ready.

"... if I get this done, do I have to pay back my debts?

"Borrowed?"

"Hey, Niza. You're going back to the royal castle after this, aren't you?

"I'm going back... is that it?

"When I get back... tell Coata or Lady Ayano to put it down"

"Tell me... what?

"Hmm... right"

Thinking about it, often.

"'I took care of my son. Thank you to the others. Instead of saying thank you, I took on the Marine Insurance and the Nine Person Commission'?

With that said, once again, he laughed more. Antonio ran a brush on the drawing's almost design painting - just a little happy, to that design painting.