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

Wolfe smiled at Dahlia, but his attitude changed as soon as he finished speaking.

The people behind may be closer.

"Let's escape before anything gets serious."

"I'm sorry, I'm running so slowly. The guard post... is also in the opposite direction."

Although this road was sparsely populated, there were still people there. If they encountered a robbery, someone would probably report it to the guard post.

However, if the opponent is targeting Wolfe from the Earl's family, Dahlia may drag him down when he escapes.

"Excuse me, can I carry you?"

"I'm heavy! And tall."

"I just turned a corner. My apologies."

Dalia hurriedly tried to respond, but her vision suddenly began to shake.

Before she could understand the situation, she saw the scene behind Wolfe become blurred like a streamline.

The next moment, the entire starry sky came into view.

"what?"

It took her several seconds to realize that she was being carried by Wolff to the second-floor roof.

"It's obviously very light."

A familiar voice sounded in my ears, unexpectedly close.

She quickly turned around and saw the man smiling happily.

Wolfe held her in his arms as she tried to say something, but lowered her posture slightly.

"Don't move, or you'll bite your tongue. I'll keep moving and go down when we're alone."

Dahlia closed her mouth and nodded.

She was afraid of falling from this height, and she was so nervous that she could only hold on to Wolf's shirt.

Wolfe leaped lightly from rooftop to rooftop, searching for empty areas.

He looked around and moved forward, jumping from the roof to the balcony railing and then back to the ground.

There was a bit of floating and impact feeling when landing, but the vision finally became lower, which made Dahlia breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry for picking you up so suddenly. Does it make you uncomfortable?"

"I'm fine, just a little scared. How about you? Did you hurt your shoulder or back?"

"……fine."

Wolfe gently put Dahlia down and looked up at the roof he had just stepped on.

"I can no longer sense his presence, but I still need to be careful. Fighting is fine, but it would be dangerous if he used throwing knives or offensive magic at close range."

"Fighting is also dangerous."

"If I fight someone to protect you, do you think I'll lose?"

"I don't think you'll lose."

Dalia replied immediately.

Wolf has powerful body-strengthening magic and the Sirius Bracelet. Dahlia doesn't think anyone can beat him.

But fighting still carries risks. Wolfe might miscalculate his strength, or injure innocent bystanders. Dahlia hopes he'll consider these issues.

But the young man in front of her just stared at her with wide eyes as she answered decisively.

"No, I was just... joking. If I were to encounter a mage using long-range attack magic, I would definitely not win."

"This isn't a fight anymore..."

If a magician uses long-range attack magic to fight, is it still considered a fight?

This situation usually only occurs during large-scale exercises, wars, or large-scale monster annihilation operations.

Unless Wolfe truly became a demon king, it would be impossible for him to withstand a long-range magical attack.

She might be drunk and thinking strange things, and Wolf sighed softly.

"Recently, in some robbery cases, the robbers deliberately injure the victim's legs, making it difficult for them to walk. They then steal the victim's belongings and flee. Their goal is to make the victim seek medical attention or seek help from a priest, making it harder for the perpetrators to be caught. "

“That’s too much…”

This is really despicable.

Even though the capital's public safety is relatively good, it's still difficult to completely eradicate crime. You need to be especially careful walking down busy streets.

"This time, the cause might be me. I've been followed before by people who wanted to track me down. I haven't seen them lately, but it might be something like this again."

"No, the most likely reason is to rob me. Don't overthink it. Sorry to say thank you only now. Thank you for helping me."

"Thanks to the Sirius Bracelet, so in the end it was you who helped me."

Wolfe gave a wry smile and gently extended his left hand.

"I know this is rude, but I'm still a little worried. Can I hold your hand and walk you to the carriage shop?"

"Uh, excuse me."

The two held hands and slightly quickened their pace as they walked through the less crowded alley.

There must be a sky full of stars above her head, but she didn't have the energy to look up and appreciate them.

The starry sky I saw from the roof just now was incredibly beautiful.

It would be so wonderful to be able to admire the stars with Wolff on the roof of the Green Tower one day. She suddenly came to her senses. How could she indulge in such fantasies when Wolff was desperately trying to protect her from danger?

What she should do now is to concentrate and move forward quickly.

After crossing several roads, they arrived safely at the main road where a carriage was set up to pick them up.

"Dalia, will you go out tomorrow?"

"No, I plan to stay in the Green Tower and work all day."

"To be on the safe side, could I send a messenger from home tomorrow morning to confirm your safety? I wish I had tomorrow off, but unfortunately the Knights have joint training."

"No problem, thank you for your help."

Even if she told Wolff that he was worrying too much, he probably wouldn't change his mind. So this time, Dahlia obediently accepted his kindness.

Maybe because he has been in a state of constant alert, he has become very sensitive.

"If there's anything you want to buy or need, please let the messenger know. I can have a carriage pick you up at the Green Tower the day after tomorrow. Considering the impact on the Chamber of Commerce, it's best to be cautious."

"I understand. I've been booking a carriage for every trip lately."

Seeing Dalia nod obediently, Wolfe showed a handsome smile.

Just now, Wolfe matched Dahlia's quick steps and used his body to enhance his listening to the sounds around him.

Although his overly sensitive hearing made his ears uncomfortable, he continued until he got on the carriage.

As he and Dalia left the restaurant and talked while walking, he felt something strange behind him.

Although it wasn't murderous intent, it seemed to be watching the two of them. As soon as Wolfe had this thought, he immediately used physical strengthening.

After using his physical enhancement, his hearing also became stronger. Without looking back, he changed his walking speed several times to confirm the sound of footsteps.

There were two footsteps following them.

The two men didn't talk to each other at all, which showed that their purpose was not to rob or molest Dalia, a woman.

A low metallic sound was also heard along the way, which meant that they might be carrying daggers or hiding iron plates for self-defense under their clothes. They were not amateurs who could not fight.

Although he felt sorry for Dahlia, for safety reasons, he picked her up and jumped onto the roof while turning.

He had been prepared to be scolded, but Dalia, considering the situation urgent, let it slide, which relieved him.

Fortunately, the two men didn't catch up, but Wolf was still very concerned about why the other party was following them.

He thought the most likely reason was that someone was holding a grudge because of a misunderstanding about his relationships with women.

Wolfe felt even more unhappy with himself for not being able to solve the problem immediately because he had scared Dahlia.

The only comfort is the soft and warm hand in my own.

Volume 3 Improved Small Magic Furnace

Dalia took out the materials and parts and placed them in the workshop early in the morning, and kept writing notes.

The small magic furnace in front of me is much smaller than the stove in the kitchen.

But for the monster-suppression unit that Wolfe belonged to, the furnace was still too large and too heavy to take on the expedition.

Considering the portability, she wanted to reduce the weight to the same as or even lighter than a leather bag filled with wine or water, so that the team members could carry the stove without drinking a single drink.

But in order to achieve the goal, simply calculating, the weight of the furnace must be reduced to half of its current weight.

She had already reduced the weight of the regular magic furnace when she had improved it into a small one, so this time she needed to use a different approach. She recalled the ways in which she had made the magic tools she had made so far to reduce their weight and wrote them down.

To make a magic lamp lighter, one would reduce the metal base and use thinner glass. By switching to a smaller magic furnace, perhaps the base and the materials themselves could be reduced.

A book winder, which can dry parchment books without causing mold, reduces weight by compressing the entire unit and expanding the ventilation duct to accommodate the size of the book. However, this method is not applicable to magic furnaces.

As for lightweighting the cooling fan, her father had excitedly talked about pushing the limits, but ended up reducing the weight so much that the fan would recede when turned on. They had jokingly considered turning it into a wall fan, but if an expedition stove kept receding, that wouldn't be funny.

However, it should be possible to round the corners of the furnace to reduce the amount of metal.

Dalia thought about the areas that could be improved in terms of materials, shapes, and textures, and put all her ideas into words until her mind was blank.

After her mind went blank, she turned over the small magic furnace on the table and felt the materials and parts. Then she wrote down what she thought of in her notebook.

This process was repeated several times, her fingers were stained black with ink, and a thick stack of notes accumulated.

When she works with her father and Tobias, she always takes the initiative to say, "Come for morning and afternoon tea," and "You've been working for so long, take a break."

However, when she works alone, time and her senses disappear. She often doesn't get up until she's done. While this allows her to make progress, it's not good for her health.

Dalia finished writing her notes and was stretching when the doorbell rang.

She answered the door and found it was a messenger from Wolff. Wolff had mentioned this to her yesterday, so she wasn't surprised. The messenger handed her a letter and a small sky-blue box.

The letter said that if Dahlia wanted or needed anything, she could ask the messenger to buy it. Since she had nothing to buy, she simply asked the messenger to pass on the reply letter, which read, "I've been home all day today, improving my small magic reactor. Good luck in your training."

It would be nice if she could write something more beautiful, but unfortunately this is all she could think of.

She thought that next time she went to the bookstore, she would buy a book that taught people how to write letters, and watched the messenger leave.

The messenger had brought her a small box filled with colorful candies called konpeito (a type of sugar candy). Wolff seemed to have noticed how much she enjoyed eating them in the wine shop.

She put two candies, one white and one pink, into her mouth, enjoying the sweetness of the candies and continued working.

Dahlia sorted the notes she was currently writing on her work desk by content.

Place the ones you can do and seem to work on top, and the ones you can't do and don't think will work on the bottom, then clamp them in place. From there, just work your way down, testing everything you can.

The first step is to choose materials and textures.

She weighed several candidate metal plates and frowned at the unexpected heaviness. While it was possible to thin the plates, considering the heating required to create a small magic furnace, they couldn't be made too thin.

It would be nice if there was aluminum or titanium, but unfortunately that's not available in this world.

If price is not a concern, you can also use monster shells or rare metals, but this is a bit expensive.

Dahlia hopes the monster-suppression force can purchase more small magic furnaces. Considering the price, it's better to use common metals on the market.

She finally chose a mixed plate of iron and copper, thinned it slightly to make the furnace material, and then gave it lightweight magic.

Next, we need to shape the appearance.

She designed lightweight books based on small items she had previously borrowed from Fermo, changing the shape of the metal sheets.

First, lower the height of the small magic furnace until it can hold the small magic stone. Then, trim the square furnace into a nearly circular shape, keeping one side flat to prevent it from tipping over.

The shape of the stove was changed to a circle with the lower half slightly cut off, which made it much lighter.

To prevent users from accidentally cutting their hands when touching the stove, Dahlia rotates the stove and polishes the edges, occasionally injecting magic to smooth the curves and edges.

She touched and inspected the furnace, leaving her fingertips bruised, but that was a common occurrence. After inspecting the furnace with her slightly stinging fingers, she made a space on the back for the small magic stone and a sliding cover.

As for the stove's fire power, she only set it to three levels: weak, strong, and off.

Then, turn the knob to the "off" position to lock it. This prevents the stove from opening by itself during transport or when it's dropped. The safety lock requires a considerable amount of force to unlock.