Chapter 21

Late afternoon that day.

Calian matched the magic pattern on the top of the safe and opened the door.

The old Calian had never touched it himself, so he couldn’t remember it, and he managed to open it after making several mistakes as he tried to operate it as he had seen Jan open it before.

The safe, which was large enough to fit a Kalian, contained several documents and a considerable amount of money, just as I had seen before. Kalian looked at it for a moment, then picked up a handful of gold, silver, and copper coins, excluding the check, and put them in his pocket.

“Sorry. I’ll just take it out a little bit.”

When Jan asked where it was, he was already outside, so there was no other answer to Kalian’s words.

Alan, who was waiting for Calian with Jan in front of Chermil Palace, was holding a black robe in his hand.

And next to him was Raven, standing with one leg slightly bent, as if this was the posture of a dignified horse.

“Raven.”

When I called out in joy, Raven lifted her head and purred. Yan, who was handing over the reins to Raven, asked in an anxious voice.

“Prince. Are you sure you don’t mind going without me?”

It seems like they forgot again that the person accompanying them is the world’s strongest wizard. Calian nodded as if telling him not to worry and got on the Raven.

Alan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he saw him huff and mount the horse with lighter movements than before. Although he had a thoughtful face, Alan soon hid his thoughts and spoke to Jan.

“Don’t worry unnecessarily. Your Majesty has given permission, and I will be by your side.”

“Okay, don’t worry. I’ll be there by dawn tomorrow.”

At that time, Calian made a surprise announcement and Raven took off on her own.

Yan shouted with a face that made his eyes pop out.

“Tomorrow! You said you’d be here before midnight!”

Of course, Calian was already far away.

Alan tapped Jan’s shoulder as if to cheer him up and ran out after Calian.

Calian, who successfully eluded Jan and came out of the palace as a guarantee for Alan’s company, quickly put on the robe handed to him by Alan. A deep hood covered the head and eyes.

“I used to cover my face for other reasons. It feels strange, Master.”

He had a very flushed expression.

That’s because it was the first free time I had since coming into Kalian’s body.

“Are you that good?”

“Yes, this… I’ve been waiting for this for so long.”

I almost said, ‘It’s been a while since I’ve been out,’ but I barely managed it. This was the old Kalyan’s first time out.

Alan smiled and nodded without answering.

Calian, who was playing with Raven’s mane, asked.

“Did Your Highness really give permission?”

“Probably by now, Lemain has also received reports of the prince’s outing.”

A carefree way of saying, “I don’t know.”

They said they didn’t tell Lemain.

“I knew you would.”

Still, I wasn’t worried. Alan will take care of it.

And at that time, Lemain only nodded when he received the report that Calian had left the palace again. I thought Alan would take care of it.

“Then I’ll be back, Master.”

So Alan, who was responsible for this outing, raised his eyebrows at Calian’s words that came out like this.

“Are you saying you’re going to leave me behind too?”

“yes.”

Calian nodded without hesitation.

The reason Calian came out of the palace was to purchase the supplies needed to solve Silike’s poisoning. And while I was leaving, I also tried to find Kirie. Accompanying Alan was difficult because all of this required traveling to Bern rather than Calian.

It was Kalian who even acted for this time. In order to avoid being hit by a car, he accepted the car and dropped it as if it was a mistake. Even if a situation arises while traveling alone, I had to at least have enough stamina to run away. It was a method I couldn’t use twice, but it didn’t matter since I was planning on drinking tea properly starting tomorrow anyway.

“I’ll be back by sunrise.”

Alan, who was thinking about something for a while, nodded. Surprisingly, it was such an obedient permission that Calian was rather surprised.

“There is a wizard association on Teinansha Street. They will be hanging out there, so please come and find us.”

Kairisis’s guidance had already been well passed down to Secretia through the three works. Because Bern knew the structure of Kairisis better than the old Calian. Therefore, Calian nodded confidently.

“Yes, Master. Thank you.”

Alan didn’t ask anymore what Calian was going to do, and Calian didn’t say anything. The two parted ways as soon as they passed the square.

* * *

Our first destination was Banensha Street, on the east side across the Seneu River.

– Multi-faceted, multi-faceted.

Because horses were not allowed to run within the capital, Calian moved Raven by walking quickly.

Calian, who was in a good mood after hearing the light sound of hooves, nodded and smiled in sync with Raven’s movements.

Finding Banensha wasn’t that difficult.

Even though it was sunset, all I had to do was find a place where the sound of hammering continued to echo. When I smelled the metal in the street, I felt something new.

“I never thought the once disgusting smell would be so welcome.”

Banensha was the town of blacksmiths. There were more than twenty stores lined up along a small road in the middle.

Since the secretaries of Secretia did not report on which store’s weapons were good, Calian got off Raven’s back, held the reins, and walked slowly while looking through the stores’ items.

“There’s no place I really like.”

After looking around the stores for a while and mumbling this, a store that caught Kalian’s attention finally appeared. Unlike other places, only weapons were on display without shields or armor, but at first glance, the quality of the products was considerable.

When Calian stopped in front of the store called ‘Roton Blacksmith’, a child in the store ran out to greet him.

“Welcome! Have you come to see the sword?”

Calian nodded and handed over the reins to Raven. Then he gave the child a coin and made a request.

“If you pet it, you’ll be in big trouble. Just take it gently and tie the reins.”

The child swallowed his saliva as if he was scared. It was cute, so Calian gave the child another coin and stroked the child’s head.

“As long as you don’t touch it, it’s quiet, so don’t worry.”

After sending the child away, I went into the store and looked around, and a middle-aged man who seemed to be the owner of the store came out. His thick, muscular arms were glistening with sweat, as if he had been making the items himself.

“Is there the kind you are looking for?”

“Is there a sword that would be good for a child around seventeen to use? It could be the same length as an adult’s, but I want it to be lighter in weight. It’s been a long time since my child held a sword.”

The man looked at Calian with a slightly strange expression. He was talking as if he was looking for the sword of a child much younger than himself, but the voice of the person who said those words sounded so young that he couldn’t have been even close to seventeen.

However, the man nodded and said, because he knew that in a place like this, asking deep questions was the perfect attitude to shorten one’s life.

“Okay, just wait a moment. I’ll show you right away.”

“I understand.”

After the man went inside the store, Calian moved around and started looking at the weapons. Then my eye was caught by a thin knife about the length of a hand. There was no guard, perhaps with the intention of using it hidden under clothes, and the scabbard had a leather belt that could be worn on the forearm.

Calian reached out and picked it up.

It was just a knife, but just by holding it in my hand, I could tell that it was a well-centered object. When I pulled out the knife, the sharp blade made of ink iron shone. A satisfied smile appeared on Calian’s face.

“This will be enough for me.”

What he had just asked the master for was not Kalian’s.

It was intended to be used by Kirie, whom she had encountered on her way to the equestrian performance hall, to practice with her sword.

In fact, even if Calian used a sword himself, he could not use one made of ordinary iron. Because you won’t be able to withstand the aurors for long.

‘what. Even my body can’t withstand the aurors now.’

Suddenly, I remembered the cry of the broken sword on the day Bern died.

Of course it will be fine now and not broken, but Calian will never see that sword again. Because it was a treasured sword that had been passed down from generation to generation in the Secretia royal family.

When I thought of the sword, I also thought of the wizard who broke the sword and caused Bern’s death. A deep smile appeared on Kalian’s face as he remembered him covering his face with a white mask.

It was very painful. Just try to meet sometime. It was a smile with some kind of meaning.

“Here it is.”

Before he knew it, the voice of the store owner who had come looking for the goods brought Kalian back to reality.

What the owner brought out were three long swords.

Although it was on the light side, Calian could not even lift it with one hand.

‘What a mess.’

Calian laughed at himself and grabbed the sword with both hands. He then swung it slightly and began to carefully check various parts of the sword. Since this was the first sword Kirie would use, she couldn’t choose roughly.

‘The center of gravity was well established. Flexibility and sharpness. It looks like an ordinary store, but the workmanship is not ordinary.’

The owner’s doubts grew as he saw this.

This is because the appearance of the customer, probably a boy with his face covered with a hood, examining the sword was unusual.

The attitude of accurately pointing out and checking important parts was stricter than that of a senior engineer. However, he cannot even lift the sword properly.

“I’ll take this. This knife too.”

I was confused as I couldn’t figure out what it was, but Calian picked out a sword. It was an item that would have been the same even if the owner had chosen it.

Calian, who soon took out 8 silver coins and paid for the long sword and knife, asked.

“Are all the weapons here made by hand?”

“Yes, it is.”

Immediately, three gold coins were placed on the counter. The owner’s eyes widened because it was almost four times what he had just paid.

“I need a slightly stronger long sword and a dagger without a guard. The weight should be the same as a regular sword.”

“Will the person who will use this sword use it when he or she is more skilled with the sword?”

Calian nodded and added his request.

“That’s right. He’s very tall and wields a heavy sword, but he’s not slow. Both of them will be used for a long time, so I want them to be good swords made with care. Can you make them for me?”

The owner, who remembered the user’s description, readily answered.

“Of course. But do you have a name to engrave on the sword?”

“No. There is no such thing.”

“Okay. Then how long will you give me?”

“That’s something I should ask. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, you just have to make it right.”

The owner thought for a moment and then said.

“Then, I will find the best materials possible and make a sword you will like. Could you please stop by again in about a month?”

“I will do that. If you run out of money, you can pay more then.”

“all right.”

After greeting him like that, the owner handed the knife to Calian and then went out with the long sword and tried to put it on Raven’s saddle.

Then Calian, who momentarily saw the whites in Raven’s eyes, waved his hand and took the sword.

“No, don’t do that. I will do it.”

Thanks to the words of this guy who was only kind to his master, Calian whined and tied the sword to the saddle himself.

Then, after fastening the leather belt connected to the knife sheath to the inside of the sleeve, he climbed on Raven’s back.

The place to go now is a bit special. It was a store that sold things.