Ezell led us to a room in the guild branch's rental conference room instead of the branch office.

　They decided to change the location after Natalia and the others left, as they couldn't keep their guests waiting in the branch office forever.

　Natalia seemed to know that this matter had been introduced by Ezell, and there was no particular question interrupted by that side.

'So, what's up with the sword?'
You're moving too fast. I'll explain later.

　Ezell is walking at the front of the pack, and Garnett looks into his face as he walks shoulder-to-shoulder, intertwining with him in the manner of a friend of his age.

'Well you've lost it, haven't you?

　Ezell's shoulders shook with a freak out as he said that with a mouthful of "ha-ha" that could be heard.

　Looking at the overly blatant reaction, it seems that Garnett's guess was correct.

'You, man, even though the white wolf's is a mithril-processed sword.
And you know what? It's not uncommon for people to lose their weapons while searching. It's a bad neighborhood.

　Ezell gave me a look that asked for my agreement.

　Every weapon, without exception, is a consumable item.
　If you keep fixing it, you can make it last longer, but that still doesn't prevent it from being lost in the course of battle.

　It is not uncommon to lose equipment in fierce battles or in the confusion of being separated from the front lines, and it is difficult to recover them immediately because of the circumstances.

　A skill that allows you to call your beloved weapons to hand at any time is also a type of summoning skill, but the skill that Ezell has is probably different from that.

''Anyway, while exploring the deep realm, we unexpectedly encountered Fenrir Wolf. I was able to fight it off, but the sword that was flung off by my claws fell to the bottom of the valley.

　Ezell seemed to have given up the procrastination of explaining the situation and began to walk down the corridor and recount the events that led up to this point.

I'm not going to be able to get out of the house unarmed, so I decided to go back for a while to get a new weapon. On the way, 'they' asked me to introduce them to the White Wolf Store.
'You said you wanted them to handle the weapons we made.　What an unexpected ...... No, not surprising, huh?
I think of 'they' as mining and blacksmithing. Well, we're here. I'm just going to introduce them, so you can decide whether or not to stock them or not at your own convenience.

　The door to our destination, the conference room, is thrown open.

　Waiting for us there were the head of the guild branch, Florence, Ezell's brother and squire, Eddie, and a young dwarf who didn't even seem to have a beard.

　The dwarves living in the 'Demon King's Castle Realm' underground want their products to be handled by the White Wolf Store - a situation that Natalia told me about earlier.

''Thank you for your patience. Could you tell us more about the situation?

　When I urged him to quickly get to the point, the young dwarf looked terribly nervous and opened his mouth.

'Ha ...... yes!　My name is Newlers. I'm really glad you're here, not Lord Alfazul ......, but, uh, Sir Luke ......

　When you think of a dwarven man, you think of a man with a rich beard.

　But this young man, who called himself Newlers, had a typical dwarven build, but he didn't have a single beard on his face.

　He must still be a boy, if you think of him as human.
　What are the circumstances behind such a young man's arrival in the human realm all by himself?

　You have to understand the background first before you can think about it from a commercial perspective.

''As you know, our town was ravaged by the Demon King's army. The adults who were forced to work in the mines were killed, and the elders who knew many secrets and the people who made equipment for the Demon King's army were taken away .......

　It was the dwarves, of all people, who suffered the most during the end of the Demon King's War.

　They continued to be harshly dominated by the dark elves led by Gandalf, and even though they sought relief from the humans on the ground through some kind of handiwork, the Demon King's army saw through them and became a part of the ruse to lure the brave men.

　The war has been a miserable one since it began.
　The dwarves who were forced to work were all killed when the Demon King's army abandoned the mines, and the town was thoroughly destroyed before the siege began, and the whereabouts of some of the dwarves who were taken at that time are still unknown to this day.

'...... Of course, we are trying to rebuild it somehow, with the help of the people of the kingdom. We're trying our best to help the adventurers earn money on the ground by helping them, and we're trying our best to use that money to get the town back on track.

　But Newlers had an uncontrollable frustration on his face.

'But ...... if I have to earn gold and silver coins, I want to earn them in a dwarven way.
That's what you call making weapons.
'Yes!　All the skilled blacksmiths are gone, so ...... I may only be able to provide you with an inexperienced weapon made by me, but .......
Do you have any samples to show me?
I've got it, too!

　Newlers jumped down from a chair that didn't fit his physique and came back grabbing the long sword that was propped up in the corner of the conference room.

　If it were a human standard, it would be an ordinary long sword, but if it were a dwarf standard, it would be in the category of a large sword, but he received it and immediately activated 【Analysis】.

　So far, I've restored] countless scrap swords, and I've processed a mountain of famous swords with mithril coating and mithril alloying.

　Of course, before doing so, it was necessary to check the condition of the sword with 【Analysis】, and as the saying goes that skills become more refined the more they are used, my 【Analysis】 was also constantly improving its performance.

　That's why I'm confident that I can quickly grasp the quality of the sword's workmanship.

''...... This guy is quite good. I've processed a sword that I said was made by a dwarf in another dungeon, but it's not as good as that one.
Really?

　Newlers expressing maximum joy in a small body.

　Now that wasn't flattery, that was an objective assessment.
　I would have thought that if they were so determined to make it here, it would be a bad idea to be lenient with their sympathies, but the quality has been achieved in such a way that there is no need for that.

　I don't think this will be a problem for us to put on the shelves as a product.

'The remaining problem is the number of production. "The remaining question is the number of products we can produce," he said, "and if we can make enough to earn the income we need, we'll do the same as other blacksmiths.
Ugh, ......, but we'll figure it out!　We've picked up the pace of being able to make a sword of that same quality!
I'm counting on it. By the way, that's a bit of a unique metal composition: ...... Are you using a special mixture?
No, we use the ore from the nearby deposits as it is. Maybe the quality of the ore is different from the ore above ground from the original .......

　It's a good thing that you're not the only one who's been talking about weapons, but Garnett continued to look at us from behind, as if he couldn't help himself.