153話 錬金術士のプライド
「それで、おまえさんのメインスキルは?」
工房の奥へと案内がてら、ゲンクロウさんは俺に背中を向けたまま問い掛けてきた。彼はどうやらこの工房内では三本の指に入る名工らしく、若いながらも大活躍をしているようだ。
武器職人とあれば、依頼人が戦闘中に主流で使うスキルを把握するのは当たり前だろう。それぞれの
「メインスキルは、錬金術です」
ゲンクロウさんは振り向き、その足を止めた。
みな一様に激しい表情をし始めた。
「ふざけているのか? ここは、『
武
「大真面目です。できたら、武器生成の見学などもさせていただきたいなと思っています。錬金術と鍛冶は相性が良いかもしれないと、ジョージが言ってましたので」
俺は周りの鋭い空気を何とかスルーして、堂々と言い放っておく。
錬金術に卑下すべき点など何一つないと。
「おいおい、ゲンクロウさん。これは俺たちも黙ってられないんだが」
「お嬢ちゃんみたいなのが鍛冶? 使い物にならない道楽主義者の錬金術使いが、俺達の鍛冶を見に来ただと?」
「鍛冶をバカにしてんのか」
「道楽に付き合うために、俺達の鍛冶スキルを......技術と研鑚の積み重ねで、創り上げてきた集大成をおいそれと見せるわけにはいかない」
「アンタは......鉄を知ってるのか? 鉄の熱さを、堅さを......」
口々に徒弟たちが険呑な口調で、敵対心むき出しな言葉を浴びせてくる。
「「「鉄の、美しさを知ってるのか?」」」
徒弟たちの文句がひとしきり止んだ後、ゲンクロウさんはフンっと鼻を鳴らして言った。
「まぁそんな感じだな。錬金術は鉄を
そう一拍おいて、この工房の三番手は溜息をついた。
「バカにするのも程ほどにしておけよ。さもないと帰ってもらうぞ」
俺はその言葉にカチンときた。
バカにしているのはどっちだろうか。
まだ俺の話も全部聞かず、ただ錬金術と言っただけでこの扱いは酷いと思う。ましてや、ジョージという仲介人を通して紹介してもらっているのだから、こんな態度は仲介役であるジョージの顔に泥を塗るような行為ではないのだろうか。
「キミ達はそうだね。鉄だ......鉄が相手なんだろうな」
「キミら鍛冶師たちが鉄や鉱石、金属を相手にしているというのなら......錬金術士は万物を相手にしている!」
頭一つ、二つ、三つも上背のある男衆をジロリとねめつけるように見回し、ゆっくりと笑みを深める。
そしてハッキリと宣言する。
「ガキのくせに調子にっ!」
徒弟の一人が
「それに話は最後まで聞くべきでしょ。仮にも俺は仲介人がいる、一応はお客なわけだよね?」
「鉄を鍛えるのは、せっかちでもできるのか。イメージでは忍耐力とか、たくさんの大事なモノが必要で、もっと崇高なモノかと思っていたけど。キミたちの態度そのものが、鍛冶の価値を低めてるって気付けよ」
嫌味を言われた徒弟たちは、顔を引くつかせながらも言い返してくる事はなかった。
にしては、黄が濃過ぎるな......」
「光を放つ金属なんて初耳だぞ。宝石の類でもなさそうだし」
「間違いなく、武具の素材になりえるぞ! ゲンクロウさん、これは?」
「わからない......未知の金属素材だ......」
さてさて、この金属を見せた結果だけど、徒弟たちやゲンクロウさんの態度は豹変していた。
もっと詳しく見せてくれ、と声が聞こえてきそうな程に身を乗り出し、凝視している。俺はそれを完全に無視して『
「あぁ、ちなみにこの金属は、錬金術で作った金属だから」
お前らがコケにした錬金術が、今、まさにお前らを魅了する金属を生成したんだぞ。そう暗に伝えると、一同は黙って、親方の待つ場所まで案内してくれた。
これから交渉する相手なのに、やり過ぎたと少しだけ反省する。
だけどやっぱり錬金術をバカにされるのも、ジョージの顔を潰すのも許容できなかったのだ。
155 153 Stories Alchemist'S Pride
"So, what's your main skill?
There was a guide to the back of the workshop, and Mr. Genklow asked me with his back turned. He's apparently a famous worker in this workshop who gets into three fingers, young but very active.
If you are an arms maker, it would be natural to grasp the skills your client uses in the mainstream during battle. An indispensable confirmation task to create the weapon that best suits each mercenary (player). When I first heard about it, I noticed that it was a workshop where many mercenaries (players) had made weapons.
"The main skill is alchemy"
Mr. Genklow turned around and stopped that leg.
Everyone began to look as intense as ever.
"Are you kidding me? This is the Batter."
Mr. Genklow says off in a slightly grumpy manner. I understood that although I did not put it directly in my mouth, there was contempt (bump) for alchemy. What can mercenaries (players) deal with such garbage skills do for Blacksmith Mercenary Corps (Clan) "Wu (Bu) Hitters (Bu)" under heaven?
"I'm very serious. If I could, I would also like to give you a tour of weapon generation, etc. George said alchemy and blacksmiths might go well together."
I manage to get through the sharp air around me and leave it to grandeur.
There's one thing to be despised about alchemy.
"Hey, Mr. Genklow. We can't keep this quiet, either."
"Like your daughter is blacksmith? You think some useless Taoist alchemist came to see our blacksmith?
"You're making a fool out of blacksmiths."
"To get along with the road, we can't just show off the amalgamation we've created with a pile of skills and research."
"You... you know iron? Heat of iron, firmness..."
My brothers and sisters spoken in a rugged tone and showered with hostile words.
"" "Iron's, you know how beautiful it is?
After his brothers' complaints stopped, Mr. Genklow hunched his nose and said.
"Well, that's the way it is. Alchemy tells a dream story when it turns iron into gold. They're trying to tell me that they don't know iron."
Yeah, one beat, and the third one in this workshop sighed.
"Be as foolish as you want. Or I'll have you home."
I'm crazy about that word.
Which one of you is fooling around?
You haven't even heard all about me yet, and I just said alchemy and I think this treatment is terrible. Not to mention, you're being introduced through an intermediary named George, so isn't such an attitude an act of putting mud on George's face, the intermediary?
"You guys are. Iron... I guess iron is the target"
"If you and the other blacksmiths are dealing with iron, ore and metal... the alchemists are dealing with everything!
I look around at the head, two or three, all of them with a giddy tall man, and slowly deepen my grin.
And declare it clear.
"Keep up the good work, kid!
One of his brothers calls, but he is forced to speak to his voice.
"Besides, you should hear the story till the end. Assuming I have an intermediary, you're a customer at first, right?
"Can you train iron even by accident? In the image I needed patience and a lot of important stuff, and I thought it was something more sublime. You realize that your attitude is making your blacksmiths less valuable."
The jailed brothers, who were told of their disgust, never returned the words, even though they had their faces drawn.
"The yellow is too thick for platinum..."
"It's the first time you've heard of light emitting metal. It doesn't look like a jewel."
"Definitely, you can be a material for your weapons! What's this, Mr. Genklow?
"I don't know... it's an unknown metal material..."
Okay, well, as a result of showing this metal, my brothers in prison and Mr. Genklow had a leopard attitude.
Show me more, and I'm staring at myself so much that I'm going to hear my voice. I ignore it completely and turn The Gold of the Honorable Horizon (Pride Blonde) [Extended Stick] into item storage.
"Oh, by the way, this metal, because it's a metal made of alchemy"
The alchemy you guys made is now producing exactly the metal that fascinates you guys. When I told him so darkly, they all shut up and guided me to where my parents were waiting.
I only reflect a little bit that I've overdone it, even though I'm the person I'm going to negotiate with.
But I still couldn't stand to be fooled by Alchemy or to crush George's face.
I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie
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