Chapter 70

“Well, now that the owner’s here, this should be simple. You’ll be easier to deal with than that stubborn old man. I only have one thing to say: sell me the Mithril Sword.”

“No. I need it too, which is why I commissioned it.”

Weapons suited to B-rank adventurers and above should be hard to come by, even in this City of Adventurers.

If we gave it up now, who knew when we’d get another chance? Besides, we had no obligation to do so in the first place.

Hilde must have known that, which was why she’d been hounding and even threatening Belga, the stubborn blacksmith she couldn’t get along with.

“Don’t get so worked up, Heavy Knight. It’s not like a piece of equipment like that means much in your hands. What’s a weakling like you going to do with a fancy sword? You don’t understand a thing about this world.”

Hilde shrugged as if to mock me, then shook her head from side to side.

“You’re probably all excited because you got your hands on a rare weapon, but it’d be wasted on you. The adventurer business is a lot smaller than you think, y’know? Once someone higher up has their eye on you, it’s over. I’ll teach you a little lesson. Which would you rather do: stubbornly pick a fight with me, or hand over the Mithril Sword like a good boy? I’m not trying to lowball you. I’ll pay you plenty.”

“Plenty of money, huh...”

I did want to save up some money for 〈Skill Books〉...