Hard Work Will Never Betray Me

What?　The Lantern Ruins?"

"Yes, I've already talked to Guilmas in Heitburg, so all you have to do is make the formalities and it'll be over.

When I told my father about the Lantern Ruins, he seemed quite surprised.

"I knew you were going to do something big someday, but ...... you did it much faster than I expected.

"You say that like it's a bad thing."

"Well, it's not bad, and as a lord, I welcome it. "

"Well, why don't you let your subordinate civil servants take care of that?　They're well paid, right?"

"Well, the salaries of civil servants in my territory are as high as in the imperial capital  so I guess that's okay. ......  We larking people if they , if you work too hard,  they will destroy their   body."

"If we don't have enough people, why don't we hire more?

"That's easy for you to say. ......?

Based on the chit-chat, I made sure to convey the important points. Now I don't have to worry about the Lantern Ruins. The old man looks like a brainiac, but it seems that he is quite good at governing.

Well, it's natural to say that. If he wasn't good, he wouldn't be able to be the northern general.

And so, the Lantern Ruins and buried resources fiasco came to an end.

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"This will be your share, Hal. And the cart. It was left in front of the forest, and the staff took it home."

A few days later, when I visited the guild, what awaited me was an eye-watering pile of metal ingots and my beloved cart.

"How did you bring all this back?"

"I heard it was so  troublesome . ...... I', so much so that even the entire guild staff couldn't keep up. , so they had to bring in a lot of Heitburg soldiers and adventurers.:

"it was hard to keep them from being stolen.

"I heard that they got together a group of trustworthy people and counted them properly before transporting them, so there was no problem."

"That's  good to know."

I wish the Japanese management would learn from that.

"But we can't bring back such a large amount of metal."

"The guild has arranged for a wagon to deliver it to the lord's mansion. "

"Oh, idon't have to carry it there  on my own . Thank God."

"I also want you to accept that this is unavoidable, but the cost of transporting it from the ruins to the mansion will be deducted from the ingot pile. I'm sorry for accepting it after the fact."

"Oh, well, that can't be helped. It's not like I can pay in cash, and I'm grateful to you because  I only had to pay a little bit out of your pile of ingots.

"And also, with the accomplishment of this request, Hal-has been promoted to D rank. Congratulations. It's the fastest record of getting rang  ever."

"Oh, really ?　I've only done one D-rank request."

Even though it's a big accomplishment, I'm pretty sure the request itself is a D rank.

"That's Gilmas' intention. He said it was a waste to let a talented person like you  doing at a low rank missions ."

"Ah, I see. ......""

The guildmaster is likely to say that.

"And it wasn't just the ingot that was found.

"What?"

I wonder if there was more to it."

"It seems that the veins are still alive in those ruins, and a huge amount of mithril resources have been discovered deep in the tunnels."

"Wow, ......, that's amazing."

"The Lantern Ruins are now officially owned by the Farenheit family, so the frontier county will be enriched from now on.

"It's not a gold rush, but a mithril rush.

It'll be interesting if this leads to economic development. I'm going to be the one to spark the historic economic boom.

"I wonder if my salary will go up, too.

Sally, the receptionist (who told me her name the other day), glances at me with a wandering eye and mutters.

"What's the pay system like for guild employees?'

"It depends on the department you work in, but for a receptionist, it depends on how many good adventurers you can handle.　The more the adventurers in your charge contribute to the guild, the higher your reputation will be."

" Well then, I guess I'll just go ahead and accept the request."

"Yeah, good luck."

After parting with Sally, who had a nice smile on her face, I decided to head straight for the request board. Now, what should I do today? It seems that I'm a newcomer with high expectations.

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The next day, having obtained a large amount of precious metal ingots, I went to Mei's house for the first time in a while.

As I walked down the street to the forge, I felt like it had been a long time since I had been here, even though I hadn't been for a few days. There are still many people on the street, and the market street is as lively as ever, but there are products and foods that were not here the last time I was here, and it makes me realize that the economy of this world is constantly spinning.

"Old man, give me four skewers."

"Whoa, kid, that's really generous. I'll give you some."

Every time I pass by here, I talk to the old man who is SELLING skewers and pay him more than usual. He picks out a slightly larger skewer and hands it to me.

". Thanks for the food.

"Thanks a lot!"

As I had acquired enough wealth by chance to live a life of extravagance without working for the rest of my life, it didn't matter how many skewers I bought, it wouldn't affect my wallet. Even if I bought all of the street vendors' goods, the percentage of expenditure would be negligible.

I wouldn't actually do it, because I'm sure some people would get in trouble if I did, but the fact that I don't have to worry about prices when I shop anymore is a huge advantage.

I walked down the lively street with a skewer in my mouth, wondering what it must be like to have a black card.

After a few minutes of walking, I arrived at the familiar Kajiyacho.  I   pass along the street until  i came to a relatively large workshop a few blocks away. That was May's parents' house, the Arendal Workshop.

"Mei, are you there?"

I called out from the front  to the second floor where Mei would be. A moment later, the window opened and Mei peeked out from inside.

"I'm coming!"

Mei came running out of the front door with the usual sound of running down the stairs.

"It's been a long time!"

"Geez.

I don't think it's been that long since I've been away, but it's been a very long few days for Mei. She ran out of the room and lunged at me with all her might.

"Mei, here's a souvenir for you."

I had to pull her away from me and put a skewer of roasted meat in each hand. I'm not sure if it was the skewers that did it, but she easily pulled away from my embrace and started to squirm for the meat.

"'Actually, I've acquired a large amount of metal in the past few days."

"Oh, yeah."

"You can tell me about it after you've finished eating."

I warned the ill-mannered May and continued.

"It's not just metal, you know. Do you know what thhis ?　Mithril and Orihalcon.

"Mithril!　Mifui!"

"All right. Finish your mral first  for 

I'm not going to listen to you, so I'm going to be quiet until Mei finishes eating.

"Mogumogu......, thank you for the food!"

"Yes, thank you. So, do you know what mithril andOrihalcon  are?

Judging from  her reaction, I'd say she probably did.

"Of course I do!　Mithril is a very important treasure for magicians., and orichalcon is also famous among dwarves as a treasure of transmission!

"Hmmm. It's not only famos  among the human race .

I'm not sure what to make of this. It's not hard to understand why even a child would know about mithril and orichalcohol.

"So, I want you to come to my house as soon as possible. Let's build the workshop  in the secret base  thar we talked about before.

"I'm coming!"

"Okey!

I took Mei to my house. All the while, I was being nibbled on by Mei, holding her hand as usual. Let's just say it was quite embarrassing for an adult of my mental age to see people on the street looking at me with smiling faces.