Chapter 221 All The Valuable Items
A meeting had been held at Kirke's 4th house, the explorer guild, and Clan ≪Wooden Sword Way≫ the day before...
Eva Kirke visited a certain place in the afternoon, around the time just after noon.
"Mr. Aaron! Fiona! Are you there!?"
She was standing at the entrance of Aaron Gale's home.
She loudly knocked on the door, calling out to Aaron and the others.
After a short while, light footsteps could be heard approaching from inside the house.
The door soon opened with a creak, and...
"――Hmm... Eva, what's up?"
"Huh?"
Eva was surprised to see the person who appeared.
The young girl with silver hair and golden eyes, Lucia Aron, had an air of mystery about her... (I'll skip this part since I've already done it with Chloe!!)
Eva was shocked to see Lucia here, and Lucia nonchalantly said, "Papa!" and called out to Aaron, and unlike Chloe, she was let into the house without being guarded!
And now...
"Thanks, Fiona."
Lady Eva, seated on the living room sofa, had a cup of tea placed in front of her by Fiona, who had returned from the kitchen. Fiona also placed cups of tea in front of Aaron and me, and a glass of lemon water in front of Lucia, who was sitting on Aaron's lap.
"Hmm... Fiona, I'd rather have grape juice."
"No way. You drink too much. If you keep drinking only sweet things, it's bad for your body."
"Aww, come on!"
Lucia, who looked like she had received a serious shock, was ignored by Fiona, who sat down next to Aaron.
"Hmm..."
On the other hand, Eva, who was sitting across from them, couldn't help but smile mischievously.
(It's like a young couple with a small child. I'm so sorry for intruding.)
"...What's wrong, Eva?"
"No, it's nothing."
After responding, Eva straightened her back, ready to get down to business.
"By the way, the reason I came today is...first, I have something to give to Fiona."
"Huh? What's this?"
Eva took out a piece of paper from her storage ring and handed it to Fiona.
Fiona received it, checked the paper, and tilted her head, not understanding what it meant.
"What is this?"
Aaron peeked at the paper from the side.
"Hmm...it's a bank deposit record."
It was a certificate that proved money had been deposited into a bank account――a remittance certificate. And the amount deposited was...
"Even if you lived a life of luxury, you wouldn't be able to spend it all!"
"――Wait, this isn't my account!!"
Fiona, who had been living an ordinary life, suddenly realized that a huge amount of money had been deposited into her account, and she let out a loud cry.
Across from her, Eva quietly took a sip of her tea before speaking calmly.
"That's an apology from father to you, Fiona. He has transferred all of his personal assets, including cash, to your account."
"I can't accept this much money!!"
"And besides, for that old man, this is quite an honorable thing to do for his baldness, isn't it?"
Fiona was freaking out after getting a huge amount of money, while Aaron was amazed by Isaac's actions.
Eva answered Aaron's question first.
"Well, it's something my father did himself... but he refused, so I had to do it forcefully."
It seemed like Lady Eva had come up with an excuse.
"I see... but is it okay to do something so reckless? Won't that baldy still be the head of the house?"
"Ah, I forgot to mention it earlier. I've actually become the new head of the Kirke house."
Aaron and the others were stunned, their faces frozen in surprise, after being told this sudden news.
Then Aaron tilted his head and asked,
"So, does that mean Lady Eva took away the authority and power from that baldy?"
Isaac felt responsible, thinking that he should have stepped down as the head himself, and that there must have been pressure from the surroundings, or maybe from the next candidate for the position...
"Well, to put it simply, that's what happened. The vassals also gave their full support. ...And that's what happened yesterday."
"Heh, that's great. It's better for us too. Well, congratulations, Lady Eva."
After Aaron, Lucia and Fiona also offered their congratulations.
"Eva, congratulations."
"Uh, th-thank you, Eva, congratulations...?"
"Hehehe, thank you. This makes things a lot easier for me now."
Fiona, still in shock from the huge amount of money, was staring blankly, but Eva received the congratulations with a bright, cheerful smile, unfazed.
――But that's not the issue... It's not like it's good or anything! But this money is a different story! I can't just accept it!
Fiona turned to her, bringing the conversation back on track. Even as the daughter of a large merchant guild, Fiona seemed to be hesitant to accept the money.
On the other hand, Lady Eva spoke lightly, as if it was no big deal.
"Oh, don't worry about it, Fiona. Like I said, it's my father's personal asset. It has nothing to do with Kirke's assets, so no one will be bothered except for my father."
"But... honestly, I'd be troubled if I received this much money..."
"If you don't want it, you can donate it or throw it away, whatever you like. And besides, this apology is also a punishment for my father. If Fiona doesn't accept it, it'll be troubling."
"...Punishment? I think Eva gave him punishment yesterday, didn't she? Like, hitting him or pulling his hair..."
"Oh, that's not punishment. That's just me venting my frustration at my friend's teasing. So, the punishment as the former head is this money."
"But..."
"Well, it's fine, isn't it? Just accept it. Money isn't the problem."
Aaron interrupted Fiona's words, trying to cut her off.
Even if Fiona tried to return it, Eva wouldn't accept it, and further arguing would just be pointless.
As if understanding that, "Uggghhh...!!" Fiona hesitated for a while before nodding reluctantly.
"Okay... fine. If that's the case, I'll really accept it?"
"Yes, please do so."
――And so, Fiona ended up getting an enormous amount of money.
But that's not the main topic for today.
"So, Mr. Aaron, about what you said yesterday..."
"Ah, what was it?"
Aaron replied, slightly tense.
After all, Lady Eva's answer would greatly affect the difficulty of defeating the [Evil God].
Aaron swallowed hard, waiting for her response. Eva smiled and answered.
"Yes, I have them. Caduceus didn't have any left, but Aron had one, and Gridavor had 2. They're the same size as the ones I gave you before, Mr. Aaron."
Aaron let out a sigh of relief upon hearing her answer.
"Phew...so that's 3...hmm, well, it's not like we can distribute them to everyone, but since we still have some left from before, we can give one to each party member, right?"
"And, I also have all the materials from the other Attribute Treants. The quantities are varied, though..."
"Ah, don't worry about it. What's important for defeating the [Evil God] isn't that."
Aaron nodded, and Eva took out a different storage ring from the one she was wearing and placed it on the table in front of him.
"This contains all the valuable items you requested, Mr. Aaron. I've included all the heavy attribute equipment stored by the 4 families. You can keep the ring too. Please, take it."
"Ah, thank you. I appreciate it."
Aaron received the storage ring.
Among those, the "valuable items"――that is, what Aaron requested from the 4 families in exchange for their cooperation in defeating the Evil God yesterday.
Namely, the 'core of the Gravity Elemental Treant' and the 'core of the Attribute Treant', as well as the heavy attribute equipment stored by the 4 families.
Perhaps the Four Great Families of the Seals had these items in storage, and his prediction seemed to be correct. It appears that the 4 families possessed even the materials that don't drop in the current labyrinth.
And of course, the most important ones among these are the 'core of the Gravity Elemental Treant'.
In the battle against the Evil God, Chronosphere, who had been elusive, is also expected to participate. And both of them can use Space magic.
Securing heavy attribute weapons to counter Space magic is the minimum necessary condition for the safety of the participants. After all, both enemies are gods, and far stronger than the 4 families' Space magicians we fought a few days ago.
Although he has taught his clan members about the weaknesses of Space magicians, it's better not to think that it will also work against the Evil God or Chronosphere.
However, if each party has at least one heavy attribute weapon, even if they have to fight against the Evil God or Chronosphere, the probability of survival will increase significantly.
On the other hand, he's not expecting much from the heavy attribute equipment, to be honest.
So, he checked the heavy equipment that Kirke had yesterday, but to be honest, its performance was not that great.
By 'performance', he means the strength of the attribute that's added when one uses an aura.
Compared to Aaron's 'Black-White', it was way weaker.
If they're fighting against an average Space user from one of the four major families, it might be useful, but against someone like [Evil God] or Chronosphere, it would only be good for a little protection.
Aaron thought that it would be better to focus on dodging attacks from the start, rather than relying on that equipment and getting too confident.
"Well, at least we got the 'Gravity Elemental Treant's core wood', which is a big help. Now we can prepare the minimum we need."
"Good, good."
Eva said, looking relieved and patting her chest.
With the materials he got this time, Aaron can make equipment to fight against [Evil God].
"It's going to be busy for a while."
Fiona said to Aaron. And that's true――Aaron will be spending a lot of time in the workshop from now on.
"I don't think I can help with processing the 'Attribute Treant' material, though..."
"Hmm, yeah...that's true."
Even Fiona, who's second only to Aaron in terms of skill with the ≪Wooden Sword Way≫, can't process the 'Attribute Treant' material.
"But I can help with other things, so don't worry."
"Okay, thanks. I'll count on you."
Fiona smiled and said,
"Don't worry about the household chores, I'll take care of them!"
"――――."
――Clatter, the Storage Ring slipped out of Aaron's hand.
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