The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

I hope you truly understand.

The village chief blew his beard and glared at Vina.

If this brat were truly content with mediocrity, he wouldn't have kicked open his own front door in the middle of the night.

"Miss Anna is visiting our village for the first time, so please show her around properly. Remember to come to my house for dinner tonight."

“Alright, village chief,” Viner replied.

After receiving the reply, the village chief waved his hand and went back to the field to pick up his hoe.

“Then please, my lady,” Vena said in a monotone voice.

Knowing that she was trying to help him out of a difficult situation, Viner couldn't really get angry.

“Okay,” Anna nodded, then placed the reins in Vina’s hands.

"Then please, Mr. Venere, take good care of my horse for me."

Then, Venere casually hooked the reins around Little Ma's neck.

"Go, take it to play. It doesn't need to come back before dark."

Little Ma: "?"

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After letting the two horses find a place to play on their own, Vina led Anna into the village.

“It’s a nice village,” Anna suddenly said.

"You've already figured it's good without even looking closely?"

“If you’re a good person, then you’re a good person.” Anna stopped in her tracks. “The old village chief seems to care about you quite a bit.”

"That's incredibly caring. If I hadn't gone away to study, he would have been concerned about my marriage."

Anna ignored Venere's ramblings and instead asked, "So, Venere, how do you plan to show me around?"

"Let's go to a place I've never been before," Vena said, resting her chin on her hand and giving her answer after a moment's thought.

After asking a passing villager for directions, Vina led Anna to the newly built ancestral hall in the village.

This is a building that the village of Lumiel has never had before.

It's called an ancestral hall, but it's just a small bungalow of about 60 or 70 square meters, not even as big as the workshop that Wiener opened up.

It was the stone tablet at the entrance that caught Wiener's attention.

"Heh, sure enough."

Wiener immediately spotted a familiar name.

Arios.

As the first emblem bearer to emerge from Lumiel Village, his name rightfully ranks first.

A mountain is not sacred because of its height, but because of the immortals who dwell there.

This ancestral hall, though not luxurious, becomes entirely different in value simply because of its name.

"How come your name is listed so high up?" Anna followed Vina's gaze.

Vena's name was also engraved on the first row of the stone tablet, right to the right of Arios's name.

The first bowel movement only had these two names.

“I probably paid for the construction of this ancestral hall myself, so where do you think I should stand?”

Vina's blacksmith shop is the most profitable place in Lumiel Village.

However, this leads to another problem.

The money won't run out.

Lumiel Village is not a place where one can indulge in extravagance and reckless spending.

After deducting his daily expenses and the money he earned from blacksmithing, Wiener donated most of it to the village.

That's why Lumiel Village had the money to repair the road in front of the village.

No one knows how envious Vina, trapped in the village, was when he watched other villagers simply use a shovel and a cart to shovel some stones and walk out of the village.

"Then this...could it be?"

Anna pointed to another name in the first row.

She vaguely remembered the name.

"Just know it, don't say it out loud," Venere stopped Anna from continuing.

“I’ll go and ask the village chief to remove this stone tablet tonight. He’s not even dead yet, and he’s already in such a hurry to put up a tablet. Doesn’t that shorten his lifespan?”

"You don't regret it?" Anna reminded her. "To be listed alongside this person's name, let alone living a few years less, countless people would be willing to die on the spot."

“That’s easy, just add the name of a demon god at the end,” Vena joked. “They’ll be on the left and right, and I’ll be in the middle.”

"Then let's retreat." Anna finally gave in.

To dare to put one's name between a hero and a demon god, one's life must be incredibly strong.

"The old man said he put all my things in the ancestral hall, so I have to go find them."

Uninterested in the remaining inscription on the stone tablet, Wiener went into the shrine.

Anna continued looking at the stone tablet.

There are many names on the stone tablet, but only five people have their deeds specifically introduced.

Only heraldic officers enjoyed this honor.

The stories of Vina and Arios are the most extensive.

Arius, a brave warrior, had already shown his prowess even before leaving the village.

The recorded deeds included either eliminating ferocious beasts that attacked villages or defeating bandits in various places.

Wiener's story is more like a bill.

"Fifty gold coins were donated for road repairs in front of the village."

"To provide relief to the militia, a donation of twenty-seven gold coins was made."

"Repairing dilapidated houses, donating thirteen gold coins;"

"Reclaim wasteland, donate ten gold coins..."

Anna only needed to count briefly to see more than a dozen donations.

These various amounts, large and small, add up to several hundred gold coins.

This amount of money was nothing to Anna.

Any capable Herald user could accumulate enough over several years.

Kovina became a Herald after these events.

Chapter 198 You are Master Venere?

"He painstakingly saved up all his savings, and then donated it all. He's really generous," Anna remarked.

With the support and resources of the Valentine Chamber of Commerce, Anna can amass a fortune simply by buying low and selling high.

Bargaining with walk-in customers isn't because she really cares about those small profits; it's mainly a matter of personal preference.

Hiding one's identity and setting up a stall on the street is also a personal hobby.

She had seen merchants who were humble and subservient during negotiations, only hoping to get orders from the Valentine Chamber of Commerce, and she had also seen arrogant and unreasonable customers while setting up stalls.

This made Anna understand the hardships others faced.

When Vina was still a blacksmith in Lumiel Village, he only earned a meager living even though he produced and sold his own goods.

However, judging from the amount of donations recorded on the stone tablet, Wiener left almost nothing for himself.

This is why Venus always spoke so confidently when she pointed at Anna and called her a profiteer.

"If you're not in it for profit or fame, what kind of businessman are you?"

Anna realized that she still knew too little about Vina.

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"It should be right here."

Entering through the main gate of the Venerable Temple, I wandered around to the back entrance, finding a quiet spot. Sure enough, in the shady corner of the temple, I found a bolted wooden door.

Wiener gently removed the wooden latch, and the door slowly opened, letting in a ray of sunlight. Sure enough, several boxes were visible inside.

Wiener opened all the boxes at once.

"So there really isn't one."

After seeing the contents of the box, Wiener was slightly disappointed.

The box contained the Murakami sword and the Murakami gun, but the Murakami axe was nowhere to be found.

They were probably all used for chopping wood.

Using an axe to chop firewood is a good way to make the most of it.

Wiener casually picked up a village sword, glanced at the number "1557" on the blade, and switched the sword to his left hand.

As a result, Gondorav seemed uninterested, and even when Viner tried to stimulate him, he didn't give any feedback, let alone find the feeling of that sword strike from before.

The boost provided by weapons of this caliber is no longer sufficient to match Vener's swordsmanship level.

Viner put the sword back in its place and closed the box.

His original intention was to see if there were any spirit weapons left behind in Lumir Village, and to retrieve them as well.

It seems like it was all for nothing.

These items in the box are likely a farewell gift left by the village for future heralds to embark on their journeys.

"Didn't you find what you were looking for?" Anna finally circled around to the back of the shrine.

"Well, I didn't have high hopes to begin with." Viner shrugged, adopting an indifferent expression.

Where do you want to go next?

"Are you really throwing the problem back at me again?"

"As you can see, aside from the warm hospitality and simple folks, there's nothing particularly special about Lumiel Village. Even if you asked me, I couldn't think of anything else worth seeing."

If Lumir Village had any rare resources or relics, it wouldn't have been in such dire straits before.

"Then let's go check out the blacksmith's shop in the village."

Anna gave a location that surprised Vina.

“What’s so interesting about that kind of place?” Viner was completely baffled.

“Didn’t I say I came to investigate?” Anna had her reasons.

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After the relocation, the blacksmith shop in Lumir village was moved to the central area of ​​the village.

However, after the change of owners, even with its prime location, it is difficult to regain its former glory.

Wiener lifted the curtain of the blacksmith shop and looked at the blacksmith shop, which had changed beyond recognition, with mixed feelings.

Sparks flew around the anvil, and Sagoci, who was forging, noticed the commotion outside and looked up at the doorway.

Are you a guest?

"Hmm," Viner replied indifferently.

"Please wait a moment while I finish what I'm doing," Sargozi said apologetically.

"No rush, let's take a look around first."

Anna's voice softened considerably as she entered the room.