I Give Up on Conquering the Heroines

24 – Episode 24. Vasel (1)

“Huh?”

[Eujin: 0.02%]

[Known to few people. Its presence is very small.]

Was this originally 0.02%?

Isn’t it a slight increase?

‘What. ‘It’s there anyway.’

It’s about two digits after the decimal point and can change at any time.

In the first place, there are only two people in this world who know my name, Mijeong and I.

It looks like it went up a little because Mijeong went with me.

If it had just gone up by 1%, I would have been nervous, but that’s not really the case.

It won’t be a big deal.

I turn off the Myeongseong window and raise my head.

A panoramic view that you would not want to miss will unfold.

“Oh, it’s an amazing place no matter how you look at it. Right, Mijeong.”

“······Yes.”

Mijeong reluctantly opens her lips as if answering.

No matter how you look at it, these are empty words.

It is worth it.

The view of the village that unfolds before your eyes is cute and pretty, but it’s not that exciting.

Not yet.

Cute buildings and colorful, pretty roofs.

Bassel is a town famous for its craftsmanship.

It is called ‘mirror world’ by another name.

Bassel is the only dwarven village in this area.

The setting is that all the craftsmen who first settled here were dwarves.

“Let’s get to the inn first.”

Processing magic stones takes a very long time.

There are many cases where the total work time exceeds 24 hours.

Under most circumstances, you cannot receive the results on the same day, and it is common to receive them the next day or the day after.

So, you can think of staying here for about two days.

In the meantime, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go around the dungeons around here.

“You. Take off your shoes first.”

“······Why?”

“You’ll find out in a little while.”

Mijeong raised her head and expressed her doubts, then quickly took off her shoes and held them in her hands.

I likewise take off her shoes and walk down the street with her bare feet.

When we reached the square and looked around, everyone was taking off their shoes like us.

Most people are wearing shorts, but some people are also seen wearing swimsuits.

“Can you hear me?”

“······Huh?”

The sound of shooting slowly grows louder from afar.

The sound of this town finding its identity.

And this is a sound that tells us why the nickname of this village is ‘Mirror World’.

Soon, water begins to fill the floor from the end of the square.

In an instant, shallow water approaches and wets the soles of my feet.

“······Water!”

“Ugh!”

But at that moment, I had to groan from the pain that felt like my hair was being folded in half.

Mijeong, who suddenly shouted water, stepped on my back, climbed up, and landed on top of my head.

Mijung is shaking and holding my hair tightly as if she doesn’t care whether I lose my hair or not.

Mijeong’s body, which had always been motionless, trembled like an electric massager.

She was speechless for a moment, but she asked Mijeong carefully.

“Are you really afraid of water?”

“······.”

Mirror World.

This is another name for Basel, the city of water.

This town had a unique setting.

The setting is none other than periodic floods.

Of course, even if it is a flood, it is not a big deal.

The flood water reaches the level where you can get wet up to your ankles.

The dwarves put their heads together to try to solve the problem, but soon gave up.

It was not because it was technically impossible.

Rather, because of the water crisis, Basel began to become a huge hit as a tourist destination.

Because we are used to floods, this village has a somewhat unusual shape.

The foundations of all buildings are raised one level higher to prevent them from being submerged, and all the chairs in the street stalls have long legs.

This unique appearance that cannot be found anywhere else has great appeal as a tourist destination.

When the water rises, minerals mixed together create blue-colored water that surrounds your feet.

The entire view of the city is reflected upside down in the clear water, which is an incredible spectacle.

I will never forget watching the sunset while drinking alcohol at a street vendor in Basel.

You can see the sun disappearing beyond the horizon from this mountain village.

It is a sight I never get tired of seeing.

But why am I now?

“But why are you…”

Why are you giving Mijeong a ride on a wooden horse?

My shoulders are starting to feel stiff.

But no matter how subtly she notices, Mijeong is just holding on to my head as if it were a lifeline, and she doesn’t seem to have any intention of coming down.

‘Now that I think about it, there was an omen.’

I thought something was strange.

She never asked for food until she fainted from hunger.

This is a guy who just sits still even when a thief points a knife at him.

The default is to just stay still and not say anything other than what I tell you to do.

That guy called me the other day in the dungeon, saying water was falling on his head.

I didn’t think much of it at the time, but now that I look back, I realize it.

For Mijeong, having water dripping on her head was a much more critical situation than just before she was starving.

“Don’t you like getting your feet wet?”

“Yes.”

I forgot to pause as usual and gave an immediate answer.

It’s okay to let a drop of water hit your head, but it seems like you don’t even want to touch this much flowing water.

A little playfulness kicks in.

“Ugh!”

“Ouch.”

When she slightly tilted her body as if she was going to drop it, Mijeong crawled up to her other side and cried.

I was trying to play a little prank, but ended up tearing out her hair.

I had the urge to throw Mijeong into the water, but she decided against it.

She doesn’t just hate it, but seems to instinctively fear it from the genetic level, so she has no choice but to continue on with her horse like this.

“It’s not even a paratrooper. What is this?”

Was there a setting that blood demons were afraid of water?

In the first place, I had no way of knowing because I had never even met a blood demon throughout the 12th episode.

Now that I think about it, Mijeong only drinks blood, and has never found water.

But what should I do on a rainy day?

Is she so crazy that she jumps up and down and tap dances?

I became a little curious.

I hope it rains soon.

“Ugh. I was going to enjoy it a little more and then go in. I have a headache because of you, so I have to quickly find an inn first.”

“······Yes.”

Your voice seems a little depressed.

I guess the reason it sounded like I was sorry was because of my mood.

“Give me a room. One bed is enough. I’ll stay for two nights.”

“This is room 201. Please dry your feet well before going up the stairs.”

Even though she has a businesslike attitude, she seems surprisingly friendly.

Am I too obsessed with the Adventurer’s Guild?

After drying her feet well on the towel, she puts her shoes back on.

Only then does Mijeong slowly get off my shoulder, put on her shoes, and join me next to her.

She has a calm face as if nothing had happened.

I quickly find a room and insert the key into the keyhole.

“Do you want to just stay at the inn? They have to flush the water twice a day. You stay at the inn, and I’m the only one doing the work…”

The moment I open the door, my lips stiffen.

I thought I might have found the wrong room, so I looked at the sign and the inquiry number again.

This is the right room.

This is a cozy room suitable for a couple, with a double bed.

“Grunt…”

I forgot to say it was a single room.

If two people come and ask for one bed, of course they will give them a double bed.

But I have no intention of changing my room now.

Anyway, there isn’t much difference in price between a single room and a double room, and it’s more annoying than anything else.

It’s actually nice because the bed is wider so you can sleep more comfortably.

Of course, I plan on letting Mijeong sleep on the floor.

“Let’s go in.”

“······Yes.”

Once inside, I close the door and start unpacking.

When I glance back, I see Mijeong just standing still and looking at me without even taking off her coat.

I was so frustrated that I ended up taking off my coat and hanging it up.

Nevertheless, Mijeong still follows me with her eyes.

“Why? What do you want?”

After spending a few days together, I learned about Mijeong’s habits.

When she doesn’t want something, she just stares blankly into space by herself, but when she wants something, she stares at me endlessly.

Dude tell her to speak.

“What? Are you hungry? Or the bathroom?”

“······Something like the bathroom. I’m not going.”

“I guess so. Then what is it?”

“······I’m hungry.”

“I told you to tell me at the right time if you’re hungry. If you faint from hunger, I’ll leave you behind.”

“······Yes. I’ll tell you. In the future.”

There is a blood pack that I bought in advance and stored with cold magic.

When he throws the blood pack, it hits Mi-jeong’s face in an immobile position and only flows down.

Take hold of it.

“Drink that.”

“······Yes.”

Only after her order is given, Mijeong picks up the pack of her blood that had fallen on the floor and holds it in her hand.

While she was drinking, she was thinking about going to find me.

I turn around as Mijeong pulls my sleeve tight and she hands me her blood pack again.

“Why?”

“······This. It’s not tasty.”

“Just eat it.”

“······I don’t like the smell. I like Eugene’s blood.”

“I-C.”

It will spin.

Where in the world is there a blood demon that eats blood?

It looks like I was really scammed by that slave dealer.

If he’s this annoying, shouldn’t he at least wake up later?

“Open your mouth wide.”

“······Yes.”

They are slaves who were bought for free in the first place.

You sound like you’re full, like an awakening.

I have no expectations.

“This is it.”

This is a workshop I have been to several times.

It looks a lot more shabby than in my memory, but it is unmistakable.

It’s only natural that I came here long before this workshop became famous.

“Hello, sir. What brings you here?”

“I’d like to sell some magic stones. I’d like to have one of them processed.”

“Please come this way.”

As you enter, you can see dwarf craftsmen busily working.

I said it was shabby, but that’s true compared to the prosperous future. Even now, the size of the workshop is by no means small.

Appraisers who appraise and grade magic stones are examining the magic stones with magnifying glasses in one corner.

On the other hand, he is busy shaping and processing magic stones using various tools.

“Then can you show me the magic stone?”

“I’m going to sell these.”

“Wow. That’s a lot.”

Low to mid-grade magic stones pouring out of the bag.

Sometimes high-quality magic stones are also mixed in.

However, the staff does not blink an eye and calmly sorts the stones and hands them over to the appraiser.

It wouldn’t be surprising to find this amount of magic stones in a workshop like this.

“And this is the magic stone I want to entrust to you for processing.”

“This…?!”

But the moment I took out the magic stone that I had kept separately in the bag.

Not only the employees, but even the craftsmen working on the work immediately turn their attention in this direction.

It has to be that way.

This magic stone, which seems to emit light on its own, emits a brilliant light as if it embraces the universe.

At a glance, you can see that it is quite different from other magic stones.

“Ho, aren’t you planning on selling it?”

“I’ll just leave the processing to you. It’s something I will use myself.”

“Oh my. It’s a shame. Still, I’ll do my best to process it. What is it for?”

If they buy it, they can process it the way they want and sell it, but it must be a shame to think that they have to process it only as I ask.

It was so disappointing that I sighed deeply, forgetting that I was in front of guests.

It seems to be even more of a disappointment since it is a magic stone of particularly high quality, even among the highest quality.

As expected, he is a dwarf who has no compromises when it comes to work.

You don’t have to worry about the work being done in vain.

“Hmm. Can I choose a craftsman to carry out the work first, prior to the purpose?”

“Of course it’s okay. It looks like you know the craftsman at our workshop.”

“You know. A very great person.”

“Hans! Allen! Karl! Come here! These three people have the best skills in our workshop, so you can choose among them. Is there anyone who came here after hearing their names…?”

What a bunch of novices are standing in line.

When I lost interest and turned away, the employee hurriedly caught up with me.

I take a long stride into the workshop and begin to check the faces of each dwarf.

“hahahaha. I guess you want to leave it to someone you’re close with. But please believe me. Those three are by far the best in our workshop. I don’t know who you’re looking for, but it’s better to leave it to one of those three. ·······.”

“Ah. There it is.”

“Yes? Who are you talking about?”

I finally found it.

Smile brightly and wave at the guy.

Then, a dwarf girl covered in soot, who was helping a craftsman by picking up his tools, raises her head.

It’s a puzzled look, as if he’s asking if he really called me.

Yes, Yonseok. You’re right.

“I’ll leave it to that child.”

“Yes?!”

The workshop became very noisy.