The smug-faced figure took his gaze off Podolo and walked towards us.

''Long time no see, Marquis de Samons (......)''

　The 'Marquis-sama' part was deliberately made loud so that those around me could hear it too.



　The Marquis de Samoens spoke to Podolo in a much more broken manner than when he was dealing with him.
　The people around him saw that and asked, "Is he the son of some great aristocrat? He was not sure what to do.
　The Marquis of Samos completely consumed by the Marquis's words and power, and he didn't seem to know what to do.
　And not letting such an opening go unnoticed, the Marquis turned to face Podolo again to push him further.

'So, how did you respond to me earlier? If you're right about the Home Secretary making a statement that deprives Lord Temma of the property of the people, then this is a vicious matter! We must immediately inform His Majesty the King and have him remonstrate with the Duke of Daraam!

　The Marquis de Samons made an exaggerated gesture so that everyone around him could hear him.
　Podolo, who had been watching the scene, was more pale and dazed than before, and opened his mouth while being supported by the men who had been dragging him along.

'Yi, I just misspoke.......this matter is my sole discretion.......no, there is. The Duke had nothing to do with..........

　Podolo says that with a regretful look on his face while turning pale.
　Hearing this, the Marquis of Samonth made a grim expression, unlike the one he had just made.

''Then you spoke the name of Duke Daraam and tried to seize a slave that was the property of an adventurer! I will formally report this to His Majesty in the name of the Marquess of Samons! Quasi-Consultant Podro il Chloride gave the name of the Duke of Dallam and tried to steal the adventurer's slaves from him, and! You'll be quiet until further notice! If you try to leave King's Landing before a case is made, be prepared to commit treason at worst!

　The Marquis raised his voice as if to declare it to those around him.
　Upon hearing of treason, Podolo's expression was astonished and then changed to one of indignation, but he did not refute, and left the place, borrowing the shoulders of the men.

'It has been a long time since I last saw you, Marquis de Samons. And thank you.''

　After making sure that Podolo was out of sight and that he didn't seem to be hiding further, I greeted the Marquis again.

''No, no, I don't invite you to thank me. Rather, I just want to thank you for being able to keep the reformers in check.

　The Marquis is waving his hands in front of his face and saying such things.

''That's right. And it looks like he was hiding nearby, trying to find the right moment to come out this way.''

　The Marquis seemed a little awkward at my words, and he looked away from me and looked up at an angle.

''Ahhh........did you notice......sorry. It was a good time that rarely happens, so I thought there was no way I could not take advantage of it.......

　The Marquis is a little impatient to make an excuse, but I didn't mind at all. If I was in the opposite position, I'm confident that I would do the same thing.

''No, I don't care about it at all. From a royalist's point of view, it's only natural. Thanks to the Marquis-sama, the reformers will be less likely to chalk it up to Jeanne in the future.

　Whatever it is, it's certainly one less thing for the Marquis de Samons to do to get in trouble for what he did. Perhaps this time, Podolo's trust within the reformers (I don't know if there is any) has certainly fallen to the ground, and hopefully Podolo might lose his power as an aristocrat. But I can smell the same smell from that guy as Regil...............................quite a small thing.
　

　I'm thinking of such a stupid thing, but Podolo actually seems to have more (...) wisdom than Regil (...), so I'll be careful in case, and I'll tell everyone to be careful later.
　The Marquis seems to have thought the same thing, muttering something like, ''Half-hearted little things are of poor quality.

''Anyway, let me report to His Majesty the King........By the way, Temma-dono is going to participate in the tournament, right?''

'Yes, I'll be in the individual and team games but so what?'

　Hearing my words, the Marquis slumped his shoulders.

....really.

　It doesn't look good in terms of physical appearance for the Knights of the Marquis to be defeated prematurely. Why do you want to join them? When I asked the Marquis what he had said, he came back with words I hadn't expected to hear.

''No, I want to brag about Gulliver. Gulliver at home is not some 'brain ogre' at all! Tone.

　The Marquis of Sammons also seems to be (...) quite a 'pro-idiot', participating not for the sake of honor, but for the sake of bragging about his own family members.
　But I believe that when a tamer participates in a tournament, to a greater or lesser extent, he has a desire to show off his family members. In fact, if you asked me if I didn't have that side of me, I wouldn't say I didn't either.　

''Ah~ Gulliver is smart, you know. If someone who knows Ogre's personality (brainiacs) saw that kind of cleverness, they would think it was unusual for an Ogre to be so clever. And I'm surprised too.

　The Ogre, a demon, has been identified as one of the three major brainiacs in my mind. The first is a goblin, the second is an orc, and the third is an ogre. But if you look at them individually, there are individuals who say they are not that smart, but if you look at them as a species on average, I think most adventurers would agree.
　That's how brainy ogres are.

''But I'm sorry, Marquis-sama. The topic of this tournament will be taken by Solomon of the house.''

　No matter how Gulliver is a rare 'intelligent ogre', he won't be able to compare to Solomon, the dragon.



　He looked like he couldn't argue, and started praying to the sky.

''Speaking of which, Marquis-sama. I recently read a book written by the marquis in the royal castle's archives and I learned the 'summoning technique'.

'What! It's true! That was an introductory book on summoning magic, but my sons couldn't learn it... I managed to get my oldest son to learn it one-on-one, but he learned it from that book alone. You're the first person to say you were the first!

　The Marquis' way of saying that book sounds like a defective product, but that is wrong. Rather, it was an easy to understand book as an introductory book.... the only problem is that many of them have no aptitude for summoning magic...

　When I told him about it, the Marquis rolled his eyes, not realizing that he hadn't noticed.
　The summoning magic has few users. I've been told that there aren't ten users in the current kingdom, and I'm the only user who doesn't have the blood of the Samoens family flowing through his veins at the moment. I've been told that there are only about five confirmed users who are not related to the Samoan family.
　The book says that the summoning magic was developed by the ancestor of the Marquis de Samoens, and that the Samoens family received the rank of nobility in recognition of their achievements.

　There are, as a matter of fact, only two types of magic in summoning magic.
　The first is summoning (Samon). This is a magic that summons things, and it summons objects with their own original and recognizable landmarks, and you can't summon a summoned beast like in games or novels (with the exception of inanimate objects like golems).
　The second is remote instantaneous movement (apports). This one can send objects to a specific location or retrieve a marked object.
　There are many similarities between the two, but the difference is that Sammon can summon to a location he can recognize, and Aports can be summoned to a location near his hand, while Sammon can only summon, but Aports can also send back.
　If that's all, it feels like Samon is inferior to Apports, but Samon has no limit on the size of the objects he can summon as long as his magic allows, but Apports can't summon or send too big... as a rule of thumb, he can't summon or send back the same size as himself. It's about as big as it gets.

If I had a daughter, I'd apply to Lord Tenma for a marriage proposal, but...

Even if there were, I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with Gary being my brother-in-law...

　Not only will there be resistance, but it will be adamantly opposed... mainly by the other side (Gary)....
　Hearing my words, the Marquis smiled bitterly, but he didn't have any particular objection.

''Well then, I'd better be off. Thank you for interrupting me this time.''

''No, no, it's me too... I just thought of something... if you follow Lord Temma, you'll catch another stupid nobleman...''

　I'm not sure if it's a joke, but for me, I can't say that it's not such a thing, based on my experience.
　It's a very good idea to be able to have a good time with your friends and family.

　As we all went around the stalls, buying, eating and chilling out, we noticed that we were near my recent favorite restaurant.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to go see him for a while.

　I was going to go alone to say no to everyone, but everyone seemed to be willing to follow me, so I decided to head with them.
　The shop I went to with everyone is a shop that seems to keep the good old traditions while introducing the latest trends, and it is also my favorite shop in the capital.

Hello~ I was just in the neighborhood and I stopped by.

　As usual, we walked through the door of that store and the one who greeted us inside was.....

'Oh! That's Temma! Welcome!

　Aina and Chris-san seemed to know about the store and didn't act surprised, but Jeanne, Aura and the three girls had only heard that Primera was my favorite store, so they were quite surprised when they saw the inside... Most of all, they weren't surprised by the store's merchandise Not to the person handling the store's merchandise (.........).

'What?' Are you ladies unusual in that I, a woman (...), am making this kind of (...)?

　Saying that, the woman lifted the shield with one hand, a large shield that would weigh 30 kg, even if estimated lightly.
　The shield is so large that Jeanne would be completely hidden, but the woman is humming as she lifts the shield while making various minor adjustments.

　She is actually a dwarf. However, she is taller than a normal female dwarf (a little over 160cm, which is one of the tallest for a female dwarf), and at a glance she looks like a normal human race woman.
　Even for a male dwarf, it's not so easy to adjust a large 30kg shield while lightly lifting it with one hand, so Jeanne and the others are understandably surprised.



　The woman called to the back of the room, and two female dwarves came from the back and collected the shield.

The woman called out to the back of the room and two female dwarves came from the back to collect the shield. What's wrong with you, Temma, with all these women? And you've even got Aina and Chris.................Did you mess with a younger man in a man's day?

　The woman comes in front of me, wiping sweat off her face, and is teasing Aina and Chris just for the sake of being present.
　Judging from their appearance, they seem to be on good terms with the women.
　I introduced Jeanne and her friends, and the women began to introduce themselves to her and her friends.

It's nice to meet you, I'm Kelly. It may be hard to understand, but I'm still a pure dwarf!

　When we'd finished introducing ourselves, Kelly beckoned me over.

'But Temma is in a good place. One of the things you asked for was just finished a while ago.

　Then he led me to the workshop at the back of the building.
　Jeanne and the others followed without permission, but Kelly didn't seem to mind and didn't say anything.

'Here, here's what you asked for. I finished it super-express, but of course I didn't cut any corners!

　What was there was a two-swing sword... no, I called it a sword, but it was too large for a sword, and it lacked the hilt that should be present in a normal sword, with a round, spherical object attached to it instead.

''This is one of the largest swords I know of. To be honest, no sane person would order or build a sword like this.......that's how out of the ordinary it is.

　Kelly smiles very contentedly.

　The sword was two meters long and about 50 cm wide, with the thickest part of the sword being about 15 cm long.
　In appearance, the sword was almost the same width from the base to the tip of the sword, and the tip of the sword was not pointed and the blade was built so that the blade arced.
　Since the width of the sword is almost the same from base to tip, the tip of the sword is slightly thicker to facilitate centrifugal force.

　Of course, this sword is not something that I myself would use in my hand. It is also one of my trump cards, a sword to equip the "Guardian Gigantor", which is a guardian of giants.　

　I've never used this gigantor in a dungeon, but I had been looking for a way to equip it with a weapon, but I couldn't make one due to its size.

　I've been visiting weapon shops and blacksmiths every spare moment since I arrived in the capital, looking for a craftsman who could make it for me, but no one would listen to me, no one would listen to me, and no one would give me any detailed information.
　I was beginning to think that I'd rather do something on my own than ask such a craftsman for help, when I happened to learn about Kelly and asked her for advice.

"I can build it, but I'm not building a weapon you can't use yourself!

　So I asked him to see the gigantines in person, and he understood that he could use the item I was requesting, and he accepted the order.
　I've been coming back every so often since then to check on him.
　I ordered a total of four things from Kelly. Two of them are gigantine swords, and the rest are halberds with a shortened version of the handle of a large body spear.
　The normal Daimoku spear is called a spear with a tip about twice the size of a normal spear, and is the same type of weapon as the three famous spears of the previous life. The tip of the spear is 150cm and the handle is 100cm, a distorted balance for a large body spear. It's a sword modeled after the large-body spear, if you will.

　In this world, there are, in fact, quite a few people who handle weapons with such a distorted balance. It's a good thing that you're not the only one, because unlike the previous life, there is magic in this world.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of good reasons to be interested in this.

　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with them. This is because the materials used for the weapon were more special than the shape of the weapon.

"But I didn't expect to be able to make a weapon using 'Hibikane' and 'Mithril' and 'Orihalcon' with my own hands.　

　That's right, the weapons we ordered this time, with the exception of the Gigant's sword, are actually too extravagant to be made of the 'top three hardest materials in the fantasy world (according to Tenma's research)'! (As for the materials used to make the swords of Gigant, they are all made of magical iron.)

　The mithril was used from what I had and what Kelly had saved for her business, and as for the baboon kane and orichalcon, they were given to me by the royal family as a reward.
　

　Incidentally, baboon kane is a metal that is 'somewhat inferior to orichalcone in terms of hardness, but superior to orichalcone as a catalyst for magic power' and is a rare metal that is superior to mithril in terms of hardness and catalyst.

　The reason why I even used mithril as a material is because there wasn't enough quantity of baboon shells and orichalcone alone to make two weapons, so I used it to increase the bulk. Kelly blew out the liquor in her mouth like a poisonous fog (...) when I said, "Increase the ratio of the metal," she said.

　The ratio of the metal is three mithril, four baboon kane, and three orichalcone, but since it's impossible to mix all three, we'll use mithril and baboon kane, which can be mixed together, to make an alloy, with the orichalcone as the core of the weapon, and use the other alloys to.

''The other two are just material, and by all accounts, they're not going to make it in time for the convention... sorry...''

　Kelly bowed her head and apologized, but I told her that I hadn't originally intended to use these weapons in the tournament, so I told her that and asked her to make sure it was finished to Kelly's satisfaction.

''And by the way Tenma-san are you going to use that big sword in the team competition?''

　Primera asks me fearfully. Perhaps she is imagining what would happen if her opponent were to take that sword strike, and her face is slightly pale.

You're not going to be able to use that one........to begin with, I have no plans to use the Gigant itself in the tournament. That was only for the purpose of 'strengthening the Gigant (my trump card)'.

　I haven't been able to fully control the gigantos myself yet, so I've decided to equip the hands of the gigantos with swords because I think they'd be more effective in their current state.
　Of course, it can be used in opponents' battles, but I believe that the Gigant is most effective in group battles, and even more so in dense battles, so I don't think it will be able to show even half of its true value in team battles...................most of all, even half of that is against an average opponent It would be overkill, though.

'I forgot! Temma, let's team up!　

　Lily mentioned it as she remembered, but unfortunately, my team was already set and I couldn't team up with Lily and the others since they already registered me as their leader.
　When I told them that, Lily and the others looked disappointed.

''In that case, what should we do about the rest of the team?''

　Lilly and the others groaned at Primera's words. Because the rest of the team was counting on me to be me, there was an opening in the team. Lilly and the others seemed to understand that they weren't good enough to win with not enough members, and they were seriously considering it.

''If it's okay with you on a conditional basis, I'll be allowed to leave, though?''

　It was Chris-san who extended a helping hand to Lily and the others.

''When a member of the Order participates in a tournament, there are cases where the work of the Order is exempted (...). It's an urgent matter, so I can't guarantee that you'll be able to participate but you can count on the members if you're okay with that.

　Primera was more pleased than Lily and the others with the words.

'It would be very reassuring if Chris-sama would be willing to join us!

　When I asked Primera why she was so happy, she told me that apparently Chris-san was quite a celebrity among the female knights and was considered a target by many female knights.

''Chris-sama, who was appointed as a kinsman guard as soon as she became a knight, and yet she was chosen as His Majesty's guard, is the admiration and goal of female knights!

　Chris looks at the excited Primera and looks at me (me) with a smug look on his face.

'But I'm not popular with men, though.

　Aina said an unnecessary word to Chris-san.

''Nah! It's not the same with Aina!

I'm often approached by Noblemen.

'You've never met a bastard of a nobleman who's ever approached you!

Still, it's nice to hear from you.

　They were both getting more and more heated. I thought they were both the same, but I didn't talk about it and tried to stay out of it.
　But here was someone who couldn't read the atmosphere.

'I guess it's either that I'm not popular or that I can only be approached by weird...'

　It was Aura who muttered to herself. And only at such times were their senses sharpened, and they were able to pick up Aura's small voice properly.

''Aura, what does that mean?''
Can I talk to you outside for a minute?

'Eh, eh, wait a minute!　

　They had been arguing until then, but with a very breathtaking combination, they cornered Aura and took her out, clasping one of her hands under each of their sides as if to pinch them together in a friendly way.

'Aina, Chris!'

Lady Temma, help me...

I'll be home ahead of you, so take your time!

　

'Well then, let's go home. Kelly, I'll be back.

Oh, I'll see you later, Temma! I'll have the goods made up by the end of the competition!

　We said goodbye to Kelly and we decided to head back to the mansion.



　On the way there, we passed by the marketplace in the square and found a shop that was strangely busy with something.

'That place was supposed to be a fishmonger... but what's with that crowd?'

　There was some kind of metal slamming sound coming from the crowd, with cheers and screams coming from every sound.

'Excuse me. What kind of event is this?'

　I approached a man nearby and he replied, sounding somewhat excited.

'We're trying to break up a rare fish, man! Moreover, the fish is quite big and the scales are terribly hard, and I've been failing a while ago. The owner of the store is asking for challenges. And he's even holding a betting session.

　We walked up to the center of the crowd to catch a glimpse of this "big fish" and...

'Namitaro.......that's hard.......'

　The "big fish" lying on the table for a cutting board is, in a way, my hometown fish (Namitaro).