The Hard Work Will Never Betray Me

CH 38S

After carefully explaining to Mei, the developer of the secret weapon "Magic Shock Gun," how the weapon will have a major impact on society and how it could harm her, he said, I managed to make him understand and immediately let out a sigh of relief.

To be honest, I'm not sure if Mei would understand, because she was an inventor and craftsman, or at worst, a mad scientist. He is not stupid, but rather intelligent enough, judging from his sense of discovery and observation as well as his underlying point of view.

“It's really scary to think that this could be circulated and eventually used to target myself."

May is the creator of this incredible discovery. It would be better if his genius was purchased and he was recruited by a great capital trader or noble. Some of them may use dangerous professions and use illegal means to get May to do what they want. As the eldest son of the Northern Shogun family, and more importantly as a friend, I would never allow such a thing to happen, but I could not just hold on to May the whole time. Maybe in the future I will hire Mei as my own personal Forger, but for now, we are both still children.

It would be best to hold the magic shock weapon until I am strong enough not to let anyone mess it up, or at least until Mei learns how to defend herself. The impact gun is very strong and makes time, but it is still good to use up to B rank. Rank ... No, if there is an A-rank, it should be done without hands or feet. And if you are a royal noble or a great merchant, you can easily hire adventurers or A rank guards.

In short, I should be able to fight A-ranker lightly to be safe.

"A-rank, huh?"

I'm sure I'm the strongest six-year-old in the world, but it's meaningless.

Ranking is a kind of official standard for measuring the strength of adventurers and magicians, and a certain skill level is guaranteed if the rank is the same regardless of the type of job. This was the standard set by adventurer guilds and magicians, and the governments of various countries, including the Imperial Country, cooperated with each other, and had spread all over the world due to its convenience.

The father who was always doing mock fights during practice was too strong, and to be honest, it was hard to judge how strong an S rank was, but my mother, Theresia Sally von Flensburg Fahrenheit, "a fresh green saint", relatively easy to understand. But it's relatively easy to tell. My mother is an A+ rank magician, but even though she uses magic with high dexterity, I have far more magic power than her. Of course, in proportion to the amount of magic power, the power of a single punch was actually higher for me.

However, the rank was not as simple as it seemed. It's not just a matter of being strong. It's about how well you can use magic. How well can you use the right spell? Is that strong enough? Is the activation speed and accuracy within an acceptable range?

There is no limit to the criteria, but I have never defeated my mother at all except her magical power and power. The wonders listed in the "Magic Encyclopedia" have been roughly mastered, but the latter few have not been mastered, and most importantly, the "Magic Encyclopedia" alone is not enough. If it was the level of a common mage, it would have been enough at the time of "Magic Encyclopedia - Basic Edition-", but if I wanted to replace the Northern General who occupied one of the strongest parts of the empire, "The Advanced Edition" will be a little unsatisfactory.

I still need to learn a lot of magic, and besides magic, I also need to learn the Northern Bushin Shogun style martial arts. The development of a magic tool was also a good idea, but when would I become strong enough to feel safe? Looks like my road is still long.

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“I've never been to this area before, come to think of it.

“Yes, I sometimes come here while carrying loading and unloading items, but ……'

“This is not a place you want to go to yourself.”

"Yes." Yeah."

We are now on the edge of the warehousing district, not far from the artisan area and the blacksmith area in the city of Heitburg. The reason is not important. We were just exploring a part of town we hadn't been to. Since it was only a row of warehouses, there were only a few pedestrians. If anything, there were only the occasional muscular craftsman carrying a weapon, which was not a convincing sight.

The warehouse was large, and the atmosphere was dim and somewhat frightening, but not dirty. In fact, I would say it's beautiful. It was somewhat similar to the Red Brick Warehouse in Yokohama that I had visited in my previous life. But it's dark. It's like a red brick shed in the shade.

This warehousing district is the economic driver of the Heidburg industry. When I think about it, I don't feel scared. However, it must be dark and quiet even during the day, so I didn't really want to come here.

"Nobody's here."

"Even if there were, nothing would happen."

"Something might happen."

"I don't think anything will happen."

We walked along the dimly lit warehouse district, chatting about such things. The area was quite spacious, so the view remained unchanged.

“Eh, there are people."

"It looks like he's looking for someone."

"Are you lost?"

Some warehouse down the street, a young man running around looking for something, running around. His face was pale so he might be in a tense situation.

"Ah, he's gone."

"He's gone, isn't he?"

Maybe he didn't notice us, but he went around the corner and disappeared. He was running around the corner when he disappeared, so he must have been in trouble.

“She's a strange person, ...”.

"I wonder if he's fighting."

Fires and fights are the flower of Heitburg, but not like that. I don't know about any other city, but at least in Heitburg it's different. The city is relatively safe. If you get into a street fight, the military police will help you immediately. Fire is no different. The city has a mixture of half-timbered buildings and stone buildings, so the fire did not spread as quickly as in Edo. In addition, most high-rise buildings have water tanks on the roof for daily use, so there are many fire suppression systems.

In the end, after the strange man I saw earlier, the path disappeared again.

“...... should we go somewhere else?”

"Yes, of course. …… ”

We were a little bored, so we turned the corner to leave the warehouse district.

Then I made eye contact with a girl in front of me – of our age – who was crouching in the shadows hiding and shivering.

“?”

“!”

For a moment, the girl almost shouted, but when she realized we were children, she hurriedly held her breath and swallowed her screams. Then he took a deep breath and looked at us again.

"alright. What the hell happened to you? Are you running away from someone, by any chance?"

The girl's appearance was too unnatural and the suspicious man from before was swirling around in my head. I have a bad feeling about this.

“....., I was captured by a strange man. And I was locked up in a room. So I was scared and ran.”

I don't understand what he's saying, but it looks like a kidnapping. I think something suspicious is going on in Heitburg, I think the city should be safe.

"By the way, can you stand up?"

Mei extended her hand to the girl and helped her stand up.

"Yes God. …… There will be some problems.”

As I walked into the patrol officer's office to leave the girl with them, I scratched my head and thought that I should report more to my father.