"It's been a while. I'm really happy to see you two are doing well."
"...Uh, who are you? Are you Christabel's friend?"
The woman winked at them, and Hajime asked cautiously. Hajime was still frightened by the attack by Christabel when leaving [Brook Town].
Shizuku witnessed the other person's strange appearance from close up, and her usual sociable personality disappeared without a trace. She couldn't help but twitch her cheeks, and retreated behind Hajime as if nothing had happened, using Hajime as a shield.
"Oh, damn, I forgot to say hello first... You don't recognize me in this outfit, do you? I'm the guy who confessed to Yue-nee and got his balls ripped off... Remember?"
“…Ah, really?”
Yue seemed to remember something and looked up at the huge woman with a surprised expression.
Seeing Yue remembering herself, the man smiled happily.
According to his self-introduction, he was originally a male adventurer. He confessed his feelings to Yue in Brook Town, but was rejected outright. When he tried to use force, his crotch was severely damaged. Now he is under Christabel, learning how to be a man.
Incidentally, his name is Maria Bell (chosen by Christa Bell).
"I was so foolish back then. I'm so sorry, Yue-nee..."
"...Well, you've become stronger. Enjoy your new life."
"Hehe, I knew you'd say that, sister. Speaking of which, a lot of children have been wanting to become Christabel's apprentices lately. Among them are adventurers who were once Black, members of a secret organization, and former mercenaries based in Holyard... Because of this, the manager is considering opening a branch, and I'm here today to conduct some field research."
Hajime's back broke out in goosebumps, and his expression twisted with fear. It seemed that Hajime and the others had caused the proliferation of masculine women in this world.
Moreover, although Hajime hadn't noticed, Mariabell was actually of average build, with a medium height and weight.
Such rapid growth in just a few months...
It seems that Christabel's training method itself is monster-level.
Furthermore, as Mariabell briefly mentioned earlier, Christabel was originally a Gold-class adventurer. His disciples would naturally receive rigorous training in combat, as was clearly seen in the battle between Mariabell and Abel just now.
The incredibly huge and powerful female army...it's really a nightmare.
Watching Yue and Mariabell talking intimately, Hajime once again made up his mind to escape from this world as soon as possible.
From behind, I heard Shizuku say in frustration, "You clearly deserve this..."
Hajime felt inexplicably unhappy and pushed Shizuku towards Mariabell.
Afterwards, Shizuku is loved by Mariabell and is warmly embraced by him, which frightens her so much that her face turns pale. After saying goodbye to Mariabell, Shizuku and Hajime have a big fight, and the incident becomes a rumor that mocks their relationship... However, I won't go into detail about these things.
At the Adventurer's Guild, Hajime learns that the world is under another threat, but he tries not to think about it and immediately goes to repair the Great Barrier.
Under Shizuku's guidance, they came to a place that was heavily guarded by many soldiers. The guards looked at Hajime with caution.
However, when they saw Shizuku beside them, their eyes immediately turned kind.
Thanks to Shizuku, Hajime and the others were able to move forward unhindered and arrived at a space built with white stone resembling marble. In the center was a cylindrical artifact with patterns and magic circles painted on it.
The artifact was originally about two meters long, but now it was broken in half, and the debris was scattered all over the ground.
There were several men and women around, holding their heads in distress. They were probably the craftsmen who came to repair the great barrier.
"Hey? Isn't this Miss Shizuku? Why are you here?"
One of the men, who looked like a craftsman—judging from his beard, he was about sixty years old—immediately greeted Shizuku upon seeing her, and it seemed as if they knew each other.
"Hello, Mr. Wulpern. I'm only leading the way. I've brought along an alchemist who might be able to repair the Great Barrier."
"What did you say? Could it be that boy?"
The man Shizuku called Volpon turned his gaze towards Hajime. Although he didn't say it in front of Shizuku, his eyes were clearly filled with suspicion.
In reality, this Wulpon was the Chief Alchemist directly under the Kingdom of Heilig. The artifact of the Great Barrier was, of course, an artifact from the Age of Gods. Even if he were the Chief Alchemist of the modern royal palace, repairing it would still be extremely difficult.
But now he was suddenly told that there was a boy under 20 years old who could fix it. Of course he couldn't believe it easily.
However, Hajime ignored his gaze and strode through the craftsmen led by Volpon, placing his hand on the remains of the artifact and activating "Mineral Identification".
"Oh, I see... No wonder it's so powerful."
"Hmph, what does a little brat know?"
Walpone snorted in displeasure, finally understanding why the Great Barrier had protected the King from foreign invasion for hundreds of years.
But Shi was like a willow leaf blown by the wind, not taking Wolpern's words to heart, and began to "refine".
Red lightning spread out from Hajime, and the debris he touched gradually merged back to its original position.
Witnessing Hajime's speed and precision, not only Volpon but his subordinates were stunned. Shizuku, witnessing Hajime's true 'refining' for the first time, seemed mesmerized by the red lightning dancing in the white space, muttering, "So beautiful..."
"Alright, that'll do."
It only took Hajime a few tens of seconds to repair the artifact of the Age of Gods, and at the same time injected magic power into it to activate the great barrier.
The cylindrical artifact emitted light particles from the top, and the light particles continued to rise into the sky.
Then, a soldier guarding outside rushed into the house and informed them that the third barrier had been restored.
“…To think that they were able to repair the Age of Gods’ divine artifact so easily…”
Walpone was stunned. Shizuku smiled bitterly and told Hajime that she and she were both from another world. Only then did Walpone and the others suddenly realize what was going on.
When Shizuku told them that the black sword that ignited the craftsman's spirit in Volpon and the others was also Hajime's work, their eyes suddenly brightened like wild beasts.
Hajime ignored them and was about to head to the location of the next artifact.
However, Volpon and the others, who were filled with the spirit of craftsmanship, would not let an alchemist who was far more skilled than themselves go so easily.
“Please wait a moment—!! You must! You must accept us as your disciples—!!”
"Ugh! What did you say all of a sudden? Hey, stop hugging my legs! That's disgusting!"
Walpone hugged Shi's feet and begged Shi to accept him as his apprentice. Then, Walpone's masters also did not let Shi escape and hugged Shi one after another.
The furry uncles clung to him, causing Hajime to show a look of disgust, and he waved his feet to shake them off. However, their grip was too tight to be easily shaken off.
Hajime, helpless, unleashed his 'Tangled Thunder', electrocuting them all before pulling them apart. Even so, the craftsmen continued to crawl on the ground, reaching out to Hajime. Even Hajime couldn't ignore them any longer. Hajime retreated from their entanglement and refused them explicitly.
"I'm leaving here tomorrow and won't be returning to the capital for a while. Accepting you as apprentices would only cause more trouble. Besides, even if I accepted you as my apprentices, I wouldn't have anything to teach you."
"But you were able to repair the artifact with ease, and even forged Miss Shizuku's black sword. We have no idea how to do such things. If you could just teach us those techniques..."
"No, this isn't just about 'refining magic'; it also requires 'generation magic', which you don't know."
“Why is this…?”
After hearing Hajime's answer, Volpon and the others dropped their shoulders in disappointment. In reality, the Great Barrier's artifact had spatial magic superimposed on its creation magic, so the Royal Capital's barrier was a special barrier capable of blocking space.
No wonder ordinary alchemists couldn't repair it. Of course, since the space magic was attached to the ore, as long as it was slowly restored, even if it couldn't be completely repaired, it could be restored to some extent.
Just as Hajime ignored the dejected Volporn and the others and was about to go and repair other artifacts, Volporn and the others' eyes lit up again.
"Even so, your refining skills are exceptional! Please accept me as your disciple!"
"You're so annoying!"
What a terrifying craftsman's spirit. They will never compromise in order to create a good product.
As a result, while Hajime was repairing all the artifacts, the Kingdom's Alchemists, like the ※ Grandpa Ziqi, followed Hajime closely.
Perhaps having heard the news, even the craftsmen who were not originally present began to gather and surrounded Hajime, hoping to learn as much of his skills as possible.
Finally, Shi couldn't bear it anymore and used brute force to throw the craftsmen far away. However, they crawled up like zombies and surrounded Shi again, trying to find out the secret of "refining".
No matter what, Hajime couldn't send all the craftsmen needed to rebuild the capital to the hospital, so he tried to escape, but soon...
It seemed as if word had spread through the artisan network in the capital, and wherever Hajime went, artisans would appear. They would ask probing questions and cling to him tightly, refusing to let go until they had uncovered the secrets. Even Hajime couldn't help but feel a sense of fear from them.
They launched a fierce barrage of questions and asked Hajime to demonstrate for them. They finally made up their minds to escape, and it turned into a game of hide-and-seek between Hajime and all the craftsmen in the capital.
“Damn it! What the hell is going on? I even used [Breath Concealment]!”
"Hahaha! As long as we follow 'craftsman's intuition', that skill will be absolutely useless!"
“I can feel Nagumo-san’s intense passion!!”
“Hoo, hoo! It’s the breath of technology! I can hear the breathing of cutting-edge technology, ahhhh!!”
Some craftsmen (?) seem to possess special abilities that surpass Hajime's.
Hajime didn't even want to touch them, his cheek twitching as he seriously considered pulling out Donal & Hulak.
Ultimately, this fugitive chase caused the artisans working on the reconstruction site to disappear, causing chaos everywhere. News of this finally reached Liliana, but it was only when the royal family stepped in to clean up the mess that the situation was finally resolved.
"Yaegashi...why didn't you save me? You know them, right?"
Hajime returned to the palace exhausted and saw Shizuku, who had returned earlier, drinking tea elegantly. He looked at her with a reproachful look and complained.
Yue was also beside Shizuku. When she saw Hajime come back, she immediately prepared tea for him. She is truly a wise lover.
Even when she saw the excited army of craftsmen approaching, Yue turned her head away, not daring to look at Shi, and returned to the palace first. She was still the best lover.
"Don't force it... I received their help with the Black Blade incident, so I know very well that once their passion is ignited, it can't be stopped."
“…Hajime, thank you for your hard work.”
Shizuku looked away, defending herself. Hajime took a sip of tea and took a breath. Yue held Hajime's head and stroked it.
After Hajime hugged Yue tightly, he picked her up in a princess hug and sat down in the seat opposite Shizuku.
"...For some reason, I feel a surge of discomfort in my chest. Yue and I have clearly taken the same action..."
"What are you talking about? How can Yue and Yaegashi be compared? The same thing would make me unhappy, but it wouldn't matter if it was Yue."
「对,月是你的恋人,我明白你的意思……但我现在很想揍你。」
The difference in Hajime's treatment of the two was truly enormous. Shizuku knew it was natural, but when it happened right before her eyes, she couldn't help but feel her veins bulge with anger. It was like knowing that flirting between lovers is normal, but seeing a couple flirting in front of you still makes you angry.
Hajime sat Yue on his lap and fed her tea. Shizuku's cheeks twitched as she thought, "I'm a third wheel, right? A third wheel, right?" Just as she was debating whether to run to Kaori's place, the door to Hajime's room suddenly banged open without a knock.
The three of them looked towards the door and saw a beautiful blond boy, about ten years old, staring at Hajime.
Moreover, perhaps he couldn't stand Yue sitting on Shi's lap, because when he saw Yue, he immediately frowned and his anger doubled.
"Is that you?! You're the one who turned Kaori into such a scum! And, even though you already have Kaori, you still did that... It's unforgivable! Absolutely unforgivable!"
The person who appeared with these words was the prince of this country, Randhir S.B. Heilig.
Randir clenched his fists, roared "Oooooh!", and rushed towards Shi, obviously wanting to beat him up.
Although Hajime didn't understand the situation, he still picked up the sugar cube for tea from the table and used his finger-snapping technique to flick it away.
The sugar cube bullet flew out at an incredible speed and hit Randhir's forehead. Randhir let out a strange howl of "Eek!" and the back of his head hit the ground directly.
The double pain in his forehead and back of the head made Randhir roll on the ground in agony, holding his head.
After rolling around for a while, he got up and rushed towards Hajime again, glaring at him.
The second shot was fired. With a snap, Randhir's head tilted back, shattering sugar cubes into the air. Randhir was forced to do a spectacular backflip and fell to the ground again.
"Your Highness, how dare you attack Your Highness!"
"I'll kill you!"
"Protect His Highness!"
An old man and some men who looked like guards rushed out from the door that Randhir had opened. They seemed to be chasing Randhir, but now they attacked Shi angrily.
——Snap! Snap! Snap!
Of course, the sugar cube bullet hit everyone's forehead beautifully, causing them to flip backwards and perform a kind of artistic kneeling gesture together.
However, Randhir and the other uncles stared at Hajime unyieldingly, trying to stand up. Hajime admired their perseverance, but still grabbed a handful of sugar cubes and launched them all.
——Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!
The sugar cube bullets made an incredible sound and popped out from Hajime's hands like a machine gun. Randir and others rolled on the ground in pain like crude puppets.
Since it's a sugar cube, it won't hurt as much, but it will still hurt.
Shizuku was stunned. Just when she finally came to her senses and was about to stop Hajime, she heard sobbing from inside the room.
Since the sugar cubes had just run out, he stopped shooting and looked at Randhir. He looked like a girl attacked by a mob, with his feet together on the ground, his face buried in the ground and sobbing.
It seems that Hajime's relentless attack has frustrated Randhir.
The uncles around him ran over, shouting "Your Highness, it's just a flesh wound!" and tried their best to comfort him.
At this time, Liliana happened to arrive.
Shizuku was scolding Hajime for going too far; Yue was sitting on Hajime's lap, eating snacks as if nothing had happened; Hajime sipped his black tea like the wind blowing through a willow tree, not taking Shizuku's correction seriously; Randhir fell to the ground crying, and the uncles tried their best to comfort him.
When Liliana saw this scene, she immediately understood the situation, covered her eyes with one hand and sighed to the sky.
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