29. [The Damp Sister Elizabeth][3]

‘Huh... what if there’s a hole in the waterproof cloth that covers it?’

Mina's return from going to get Eugene's Great Sword Armor was somewhat delayed.

The waterproof cloth covering Eugene's armor had a hole in it, and he was drenched in the water that had been sprayed to cool down the forge.

So, I had to remove the moisture from every nook and cranny of the armor for about 10 minutes.

Afterwards, Mina hurriedly returned to the office inside her workshop, carrying the armor.

“Gyaarrrr! I’m flying in the sky, Charlotte!”

“It’s really the best! Please do it for me too, Eugene hyung!”

I could hear the bright laughter of children.

It was clearly the laughter that was echoing and resonating with Eugene.

"Huh! What do you think, Jonathan? But you're so light. How can you be a mercenary when you're so light? You'll get dragged down by the sword while swinging it."

“Wow~! This is really cool!”

"Okay, Jonathan, don't be a mercenary. Learn blacksmithing from Mina and work with Michael. Why would someone so timid keep doing that?"

Mina, who had entered the room, was greeted by the sound of laughter.

Margaret and Jonathan were riding on Eugene's shoulders.

And in front of them, Michael and Charlotte looked up at the two people.

“Oh, are you here, Mina? I guess you had some finishing work to do?”

“Yes... some water got in, so I had to wipe it off...”

“Mina unnie! I’m flying! Look at me! Hehe!”

Eugene found Mina carrying armor.

He welcomed her, still carrying the children on his shoulders.

Margaret sitting on Eugene's broad right shoulder,

He waved both hands with an excited expression and showed off to his beloved Mina.

“See you next time, kids. Margaret, will you keep your promise to make a crown for me?”

“Okay, sir! Hehe!”

The children moved back to the opposite office.

Eugene looked into each of the guys' eyes and said goodbye to them one by one, making a promise to meet again the next time.

“....”

Mina, a blacksmith from the underground city, silently follows Eugene behind him.

But he looked at me with a mysterious expression.

“You are so kind to children...”

After the children left the room

Eugene began to try on his custom-made Grand Inspector's armor.

At that moment, Mina was standing next to Eugene and helping him put on his armor.

In a low tone, he once again expressed his gratitude to Eugene.

Mina was somewhat concerned about keeping Eugene and the children separate.

Because she wants her children to be able to play freely and without being intimidated, at least when she is with them.

That is, if you put the guys in the office because a guest has come,

The kids might have thought we were bothering their sister.

However, Eugene, the guest, filled that gap by playing with the children.

“Is that so? Hmm... Those kids are so cute and adorable. That makes it even more fun for me to be with them.”

Eugene responded coolly to Mina's words.

After I came to my senses a little after I was in my early twenties in my previous life,

In fact, he often went back to the orphanage where he grew up and played with the children.

How could the vibe change even after 20 years?

Glance...! Glance...!

But in contrast to the overall leisureliness

Eugene's eye movements were quite busy.

I was busy glancing at Mina, who was helping him put on his armor from behind, through the full-length mirror in front of me.

'That's right. Just like Charlotte and Margaret said, everyone has makeup on, including their eyes and cheeks.'

It was to check Mina's makeup condition.

Margaret suddenly came up to me and asked if Eugene was Mina's boyfriend.

Eugene's face, which had been blank for a moment, immediately straightened and he carefully asked why she had thought that.

Then, what Margaret hesitantly relayed was none other than

The answer was that she heard from her older sister and brother that Mina had put on makeup.

That is, Charlotte, who is now at an age where she is starting to take an interest in makeup, was the first to discover Mina's makeup condition and shared it with Michael and Jonathan.

After Eugene appeared in the blacksmith shop

The three kids are Eugene and Mina's boyfriend.

I guessed she put on makeup to look good for him.

Because it was Margaret who was watching the chatter from the side,

This innocent little boy approached Eugene without a second thought and asked if it was true.

‘If everyone really put on makeup because they were conscious of me, as the kids thought,’

After checking Mina's makeup, Eugene's mind began to spin at the speed of light.

I understand Mina's intentions behind her makeup.

So, actually, to get to know the kids,

And to understand the information I unintentionally acquired in more depth,

Eugene had Margaret call the other children and play with them.

While playing like that, he would ask Mina probing questions.

As a result, Mina meets someone while resting.

I heard that you are not the type to wear makeup.

If you think about it based on that

Even though Eugene is not the type who is very good at understanding women's psychology,

The Barbarian Blacksmith could sense that Mina was quite conscious of their meeting today.

"I showed such a dirty side to you that day, but maybe it didn't leave such a bad impression on you as I thought?"

What kind of person is Eugene Schneider?

The first day I met Mina,

He is the one who erected a tent right in her face.

If the size is just right, it will just startle you and end up being a bit startled.

As confirmed directly by Jeanne, he is a man who possesses a large object that is 26cm long and the thickness of a log.

So, from the opponent's perspective who encountered that monstrosity, it would be natural to fall back.

Even though I was so shocked and confused,

Mina's face just widened for a moment

I talked to him appropriately and bought him time to let his erection go, and calmed him down.

Eugene, who experienced the process, said that Mina was so innocent that he handled it that way.

Still, I thought that there might still be an unavoidable sense of discomfort in my heart.

But if you look at it from the perspective of the fact that I consciously put on makeup on the day I met you,

As Eugene, the man with the erection that day, he infers Mina's state of mind, which is quite different from his previous thoughts.

‘Eugene, you’re so considerate and kind… I’ve never seen a man like you in my life… The only person similar to you is my teacher, although he was blunt and eccentric…?’

But Mina's feelings went beyond that.

A woman with a voluptuous body from a shallow underground city.

Moreover, he is a blacksmith, which is his calling.

So, sexual harassment is bound to be a daily occurrence in Mina's life.

But not only because I'm so used to it, but because this fantasy world is basically a macho culture,

Mina just lives on like that.

To her, the sight of Eugene, whom she had experienced during their first meeting a few days ago, was a refreshing shock.

‘I couldn’t believe a man could make that face when he looked at me…’

Because it is a blacksmith shop where not only is the heat intense, but the heat is also extreme.

Mina is sticking to her unavoidable, revealing work clothes.

The mercenaries who were aroused by Mina's appearance usually enjoyed Mina's embarrassed reaction with an blatant perverted smile.

But Eugene was different.

Even though it was clearly an unavoidable situation, he first showed an apologetic expression to Mina.

He also sent a greeting to Mina, thanking her for smoothly smoothing out the situation.

Born into humble circumstances, I have never experienced the kindness of a man.

Since I became an adult, I was treated like a piece of ugly female meat.

The man in front of her, Eugene, treated her like a person.

‘A man like this... Is it okay for someone like me to like him...?’

Because of that, Mina's heart started to admire Eugene Schneider like a gold digger.

**********

"Are you sure this is the right request for us? It seems so massive to me."

That evening,

Another woman, her mind agitated by Eugene Schneider, had a pensive expression on her face.

This is Joan of Arc de Sel Obléan, the second daughter of the red-haired Archduchess.

She has a serious expression on her face and is looking over a scroll that appears to be a situation report.

It's probably a scroll related to the new quest I told Eugene about.

"I personally investigated the issues, and even I found them to be so out of standard that I, like you, had my doubts. So, I decided to be sure, so I started gathering additional information."

Unlike other regular mercenary groups, when you receive a quest,

Jeanne's mercenary group, which is known for its thorough pre-investigation style,

So after getting the quest, Thomas sent a message to Jeanne

I had moved to the quest area to conduct a preliminary investigation.

So, we investigated from yesterday afternoon until this morning.

I arrived at the lodging where Marie was staying around early evening and reported it to the manager, Jeanne.

I did so much research beforehand,

The entire scale of the quest is too large for the Red Fox Mercenary Corps, which consists of about 30 people including porters, to cover.

“The Black Stone Mercenary Corps is already carrying out a quest, so it’s difficult to mobilize them for the quest we’ve been given.”

Because it is an ambiguous size, to ensure stability, we ask a mercenary group of black stone scale

It seemed appropriate to make a request to two mercenary groups of the size of Baekseok.

However, the Mercenary Association said that the supply of Heukseok-sized mercenaries is not smooth.

A sole offer was made to the red-haired mercenary group, which was about 100 stone in size.

“Hmm, it seems to me that the association is lobbying the Black Stone-scale mercenary group and giving them some leniency?”

Then, after Ivan the Shield Rabbit, there was Sophia, a secular nun who had been a mercenary for a long time.

The absurdity of the Mercenary Association was exposed.

The Mercenary Association is a public institution or public official,

And collect quests with commission fees from the sign.

Afterwards, when the mercenary group assigned the quest completes the mission,

The structure is such that the commission fee is divided between the mercenary group and the association at a certain ratio.

In general, there is no major problem in the fact that the mercenary association administration can be carried out with only the association capital secured in this way.

However, as expected, the Mercenary Association is not satisfied with the situation.

So they are desperate to increase the association's capital power.

“This quest is just big in scale, but there’s no way to collect any money.”

In the case of a general mercenary unit that has grown to the level of a black stone

It is difficult to maintain the size of the organization with only quest fees.

Furthermore, it is virtually impossible to increase power beyond maintenance.

So from that point on, the mid-sized mercenary group starts looking for sponsors.

Their patrons are usually wealthy merchants and nobles who have abundant land but lack the troops to defend it.

As a result, the Black Stone-scale mercenary groups are regularly lobbying the Mercenary Association to only allow them to complete quests that can connect them with them.

Then, the association will connect with sponsors through their own efforts.

After agreeing to share a certain portion of the sponsorship money, only the valuable quests are provided to the mercenary groups.

Under that quest distribution structure, this quest assigned to the Red Fox Mercenary Corps was neither a quest involving merchants nor a quest involving nobles.

It was a quest commissioned by ordinary farmers who were far from the bean curds.

Even the medium difficulty level is not easy.

In other words, it can be seen that the Mercenary Association has effectively entrusted the Red Fox Mercenary Corps with handling unpopular quests.

"Huh! Really... The mercenaries in the Elysium Empire originally inherited the form of vigilantes created during the Warring States period. It's truly disappointing. With quest fees of this magnitude, the locals must have squeezed every penny they had to raise them as a last resort."

Ivan, next to Sophia, crossed his arms and sighed with regret.

Ivan became a mercenary because he wanted to protect the village he lived in from monsters and bandits.

But in the end, I couldn't keep it.

Ivan Igor, an indomitable man who wanted to prevent others from going through the same thing as he did.

Having lost his hometown, he continued to walk the path of a mercenary in silence.

Thanks to his hard work and talent, Ivan was able to join the Hwangdong-gye Mercenary Group.

But at some point, the place where you are

Ivan felt himself drifting away from the path of mercenary he had been pursuing.

The inevitable trend of the mercenary system, where the market continues to grow,

Ivan, who felt skeptical about him, eventually left the brass-scale mercenary group.

For several years after that, he wielded his axe as a wandering mercenary.

“In a world of chaos, people wield their swords for their own purposes, so I don't think it's right to criticize them for focusing on self-interest.”

Jane, who had been silently listening to her colleagues' conversation, seemed to have made a final decision.

She continued speaking as a leader in a quiet, steady voice.

"The same goes for us. We simply live the mercenary life we desire. If you look at it that way, this quest clearly aligns with the path of the Red Fox Mercenaries."

Jeanne was reluctant to do the quest because the additional beans were not that big compared to the difficulty of the quest.

She decided to do a new quest for her mercenary group, the Red Fox Mercenary Group.

**********

“Maid, is my underwear missing?”

Eugene, who had collected the Grand Inspector's Armor, returned to his hometown.

While he was organizing the armor, he belatedly remembered the condom he had received from Sophia.

So Eugene Schneider started going through his own laundry that had been moved to the laundry room to deal with the guy.

But more than getting the condom back, what caught my eye was the disappearance of his panties.

Because of this, Eugene is going to find the maid and ask her about the whereabouts of her panties.

“I threw away your underwear. It was badly damaged.”

Crack, crack, crack...

At that moment, the voice of Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of the Obligatory Family, and the sound of her gentle footsteps were heard behind Eugene.

Swish!

“Really? Was it damaged?”

Then Eugene turned his head towards the direction Elizabeth was approaching.

He reacted with a puzzled expression.

‘Was I so out of it at the time that I didn’t realize it?’

This is because, in his memory, his panties were not particularly damaged except that they were soaked in sweat.

“Yes, brother. That’s why I handled it with great care.”

Blink...!

Looking at Eugene like that, Elizabeth answered with a subtle smile on her beautiful lips.