Magical Tool Master Dahlia Never Compromises ~ Starting Today: Life as a Freelancer ~

This was completely unexpected for Ivano.

This is not an order, but a request.

What Wolfe wanted was not the interests of the Chamber of Commerce, nor to open a back door for the Knights, but the safety of a woman.

After hearing this, Ivano basically believed in Wolf.

"This is for you to prepare."

“…Huh? Isn’t this the gold coin commemorating the accession to the throne? I wonder how expensive it is!”

While Ivano was lost in thought, Wolfe handed the gold coin to him without a second thought.

It was a commemorative gold coin for the 20th anniversary of the current king's accession to the throne. It was larger than ordinary gold coins and was sold in limited quantities.

The Merchant Guild also received inquiries about buying it, and when it went on sale, it was selling for ten gold coins each, an absurdly high price. Some time has passed since then, and it's unknown how high the price has risen now.

"This is just ordinary gold to me. I heard that changing jobs costs a lot of money, and it's hard for the Chamber of Commerce to pay you immediately. This money is from me. You don't have to tell Dahlia, just accept it quietly."

"...Okay, I'll take it. Also, please call me Ivano."

"Okay, Ivano. You can call me Wolf, too. Please take care of me."

"I will address you as Lord Wolfe. Please take care of me."

The two nodded to each other and walked towards the conference room where Dahlia was.

The sky outside the window gradually darkened.

The stairwell illuminated by the magic lantern was deserted. They seemed to have been talking for too long.

"By the way, Mr. Wolff. Let's get back to the topic..."

"What?"

When they reached the landing of the stairwell, Ivano called out to Wolff.

"Seriously, are you a waist or chest person?"

"...Waist style."

"We have opposite preferences."

Hearing Ivano's sigh, Wolf couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Most of the people I know are from the chest faction. Is that also the case with the Knights?"

"I don't know about the entire Knight Order, but among the people I know, the ratio of breasts to waists is about three to two..."

They were halfway through their conversation when a dark shadow came down from upstairs, elongated in the light of the magic lamp.

"...Mr. Ivano, the clerk on the second floor seems to be busy and is looking for you everywhere."

"Ms. D-Dalia, thank you! I'll be right there!"

Ivano, who was stunned, came to his senses instantly, bowed his head to Dahlia, and ran away.

Wolff, who stayed where he was, tried hard to hide his embarrassment and looked at Dahlia.

“…Uh, did you hear that?”

"Sorry, I heard some of it. The noise from the stairwell would have gone up."

"Where do I begin?"

"From where you are from the waist sect."

"...It was just a silly joke between men..."

Wolff, who wouldn't even sweat in front of a monster, was now sweating profusely.

By the way, his intuition told him that it was useless to say anything now.

"Foot pie."

"what?"

The word suddenly came out of Dahlia's mouth, and Wolf asked in a daze.

"My father calls him a foot person. One day he was drinking with his friends at the Green Tower, and even when I was around he kept emphasizing the charm of feet. Afterwards I didn't speak to him for a week."

"Uh, Dalia..."

"Wolf, next time, please discuss this topic in a men-only room."

Wolff had never seen her smile so coldly.

He could only nod silently.

Volume 2 ◆ Unicorn Pendant

The weather was so hot that the air conditioner in the workshop had been on since early morning.

After Dalia finished tidying up the raincoat cloth, she asked a loaded carriage to deliver it to Rukia, and the workshop became much more spacious.

She was cleaning her workroom, thinking back to yesterday's events.

Before leaving the guild yesterday, Ivano came to her and said, "I want to work at the Roseti Chamber of Commerce."

Although the Rosetti Chamber of Commerce was called a "Chamber of Commerce," it was actually just one person, Dahlia, who had no idea how to run a business. She was anxious about this and wanted to learn more, so Ivano's proposal was a timely relief.

Based on Wolf's recommendation and his own strong request, Dahlia agreed.

Dahlia asked him three times, "Are you really going to leave the Merchant Guild?" and "Won't you regret it?"

She also said that she might not be able to give him a stable salary. However, he said that this order of socks and insoles alone was already very profitable, and if she felt uneasy, she could wait until there was profit before paying him.

Of course she couldn't do that, so she agreed to give him a salary equivalent to that of a union member, and if there was a profit, she would give him a raise after discussion.

Finally, they agreed that after Ivano left the guild, he would be removed from the list of guarantors of the Roseti Chamber of Commerce and become a member of the chamber of commerce.

Dalia was deeply grateful for this, but she also had many concerns.

First, she was worried that this would cause great trouble to the Commerce Guild, especially Gabriela.

Then she was confused. When did Wolf and Ivano become so close?

The fact that they can make jokes between men like that shows that they must get along well.

But she had no idea what men's standards were, like breasts, waists, or feet. No, even if she didn't understand, it wouldn't bother her at all.

As she passed the mirror in her workroom, she glanced at her waist. It looked ordinary, completely unattractive. She recalled her past life, filled with exercises like hip lifts. She wondered if there were any beauty books like these in bookstores today.

“What the hell am I thinking…?”

She must have been too tired from yesterday's business guild meeting.

Dahlia shook her head and continued cleaning.

As she cleaned, she tidied up the cabinets and caught a glimpse of the box of unicorn horns Ireneo had given her. The horns were thin, but still quite long. She wanted to cut them open slightly to confirm the material.

As soon as the magic box was opened, the unicorn's unique magic power immediately surged out.

The horn was white with a hint of gold, and if you looked closely, you could see fine, spiral lines on it.

The unicorn Wolfer saw also had a pale gold horn, suggesting this is likely its typical color. The Monster Manual simply states it's "primarily white," but one has to see it in person to truly understand its appearance.

This horn may have been taken off just a few days ago.

Just by holding it in your hand, you can feel a certain magical power. The slowly flowing magic brings a slight warmth to your fingertips, a slightly itchy feeling.

The texture is somewhat similar to ivory in the previous life, but it is heavier and denser than ivory.

The root was about 2.5 centimeters in diameter. Dahlia carefully secured it with cloth and cut an 8mm slice. Worried about cutting through it with a regular saw, she used a magical jigsaw, but it still proved difficult to cut.

I've heard it can be "totally detoxifying, purifying water, and alleviating pain," but I'm not sure how effective this sheet is. Testing its effectiveness is a bit challenging, but it's certainly interesting.

The flakes appear white from a distance, but when held in the hand and angled, they sometimes gleam with gold. Perhaps they could be used to make small jewelry.

Dahlia took the sheet, feeling the magic flowing into her hands, smoothed the edges of the sheet, and carefully polished the surface.

The material has a beautiful luster, so she carved a light rose pattern on its surface, just like she would with jewelry.

She thought she had done a good job carving it, so she deepened the three-dimensionality of the rose, refined the details, and processed it into the main part of the pendant, concentrating so hard that she forgot about time.

It was already midday when Dahlia, feeling thirsty, looked up.

Finally, she tried to increase the pendant's durability by channeling magic power from her fingertips, attempting to grant it the "hardness enhancement" function, but the pendant bounced back. Recalling her experience crafting an artificial magic sword, she tried to have the magic power envelope the pendant rather than collide with it. However, the magic power continued to disperse.

"Hardness enhancement" didn't work, so she persevered and tried "lightweighting" instead, but the pendant still bounced away.

"Um……"

Some of the magic power that was deflected remained on her fingertips, and Dalia tilted her head in thought.

She thought of two possibilities.

1. The magic power of the unicorn is too strong, and she cannot give it with her magic power.

Second, unicorns have the characteristic of "blocking magic power" and cannot be endowed with magic.

To test whether the first hypothesis is correct, we can only ask for help from a powerful magician.

As for the second hypothesis, she had just successfully cut it open with the wire saw magic tool, which showed that it didn't repel all magic power. Perhaps it only repelled the magic that was given to it.

She wanted to disassemble the dagger to confirm whether the unicorn could be used as the material for the dagger, or even block the magic power. She would only know after trying it in practice.

Wolfe likes the magic sword so much, so it’s better to do this experiment when he is around, otherwise he might get angry.

Dahlia placed the unicorn pendant on the table and stretched out, her shoulders stiff from holding the same position for so long.

She suddenly remembered that the horn of a female unicorn could relieve pain and treat neck and shoulder pain. Ireneo found this material for her.

Dahlia took the thin leather belt at hand, passed it through the pendant, and hung it around her neck, so that the back of the pendant directly touched her chest.

She was skeptical at first, but the heaviness in her shoulders had eased considerably. Perhaps it was the size or the material, but the soreness hadn't completely subsided. Still, it was perfect for alleviating the pain. With this pendant, long hours of work should be easier.

If she wanted to endow the sword with a unicorn, she wondered how much magic power it would take. As Dahlia thought about it, she suddenly remembered the material that had consumed the most magic power in the past, and she couldn't help but frown.

Sirius fang.

Like a unicorn's horn, it radiates golden light and appears bright silver-white, with a very beautiful appearance.

A skoll is a beast-like monster with jet-black fur and gold or silver eyes.

It can fly through the air and feeds on cockatrices, unicorns, pegasuses, and other monsters.

Dalia's father was commissioned to make a large water heater and obtained the Sirius fang from the customer.

Her father gave her two extra scraps and said, "This material is difficult to handle. Don't use it right away. In five or ten years, you should be able to use it."

However, Dalia was still a curious student when she got hold of this material. She secretly tried it in her room in the middle of the night, but once she grasped it, she couldn't let go. Her magic power was constantly being sucked away until she was on the verge of fainting and then vomited violently.

The ability of Sirius Fang to absorb magic power is truly amazing.

Once you start giving it magic power, you can't stop it by your own strength. It's like you're trying to tear the magic power out of the person.

The feeling of having her magic power taken away, as if being devoured, was different from the fairy crystal, and it triggered a deeper fear in her.

She said nothing, but her father still found out. He didn't scold her, but told her to lie down and rest for two days, feeding her milk and bread porridge with a lot of sugar.

Incidentally, my father successfully used the Sirius Fang to grant the wind magic effect of "Preventing Thermal Runaway" to a large water heater without any problems.

Four years passed after that.

Although she was still a year away from the five years her father had promised, her magical power had increased, and her skills in crafting magical tools had improved somewhat. However, she was still a long way from being able to impart magic power and create magic circuits as accurately as her father.

"Those two pieces should still be in the drawer in the room..."

She was afraid that her father would find out, so she put the fragments in the desk drawer and never touched them again.

The fragment that failed to be gifted must still have a bit of magic power. I wonder if I can add more magic power and gift it to the bracelet made of the hardest material.

Perhaps it had been damaged in that failure and was unusable.

Anyway, I have failed once, so I might as well try again this time. If it doesn’t work, forget it.

Now Dahlia is the only one in the Green Tower, and if she faints, no one can save her.

However, this also meant that no one would worry about her if she fainted.

Once all the magic power is drained away, the worst that can happen is vomiting or falling unconscious to the ground.

There was nothing wrong with doing this, no, there was a little bit of a problem, but she didn't think there was anything to worry about.

There was a saying in my previous life: "Once you have an idea, take action immediately."

In this world, people say, "Whenever you have an idea, look at the shadow first."