Quest Reward: If Brave is in a good mood, you will be able to receive one candy.
That annoying quest was completed.
Weed waited patiently to receive the candy.
'It was a quest that doesn't even pay the labor cost, but I can get about 3 coppers if I sell the candy at the store.'
Instead of a candy, Brave returned the sculpture.
“Yeah, this is mine. Although I thought my hyung stole it… But I don't need this anymore.”
“…”
“I'm no longer a kid. I'm eight years old. You see, I've passed the age to play with toys and the like. Mister can go play with it.”
Griiind!
The sound of Weed grinding his teeth could be heard. But he was patient, and remained patient.
The profits were greater the more you maintained the possible friendly relationships with the residents of Versailles Continent.
The basics of service mentality were friendliness, assistance, and dedication.
Endure even if you're angry, and if there was something unfair, you must never bring it up.
You could call it a grievous ironclad rule of a Dark Gamer.
“Even so, you should take this toy, since it's yours. Take it as a consideration of my sincerity; I came here especially to find you. Don't you think you should give me a candy?”
“I said I don't want to play with it!” Brave suddenly shouted. “Mister, do you want my candy that badly? How'd you know my cinnamon flavored candy was delicious…”
“Ahem.”
“Anyway, I'm not gonna give you my candy, so you can take the toy and play with it. Oh yeah, try giving it to the drunkard mister Smith, who wanted that toy.”
“Mister Smith?”
“He's just an old uncle with nothing better to do. But well, I guess he's better than a Dwarven mister who goes after a kid's candy.”
Ding!
The Toy the Old Drunkard Smith Wants.
The toy the drunkard Smith from Hagen Village is asking for.
Smith who drinks in a tavern until he becomes dead-drink, wants Brave's toy. Difficulty: F
Reward: There may be none.
Quest Note: There is no penalty even if you abandon it.
Brave grinned as he added, “He's an old, incompetent uncle who always pushes left his alcohol tab unpaid. He doesn't have any family, either. I'll never get old and useless like him. Hehe!”
Weed breathed out a sigh.
An F-rank difficulty chain quest.
Since the tavern was nearby, he'll go in to see Smith at least once.
“Alright, Kid. I'll see you later then.”
“I said I'm not a kid. And there probably isn't any more reason to see mister anymore. If you maybe bring me the iron sword that I want, then we'll see.”
Weed quietly put the sculpture in his bosom and disappeared.
Brave was intent on stealing another fresh bread from the warehouse.
After a short while, a dreadful Orc leapt out from the place where Weed had disappeared.
The Orc Karichwi!
A powerful existence that reduced even vicious criminals to gentle lambs with his face and body!
“KYAAAK, IT'S AN ORC!”
“Chwiik! Found you. Little human boy!”
Weed did not say much.
He gave him a scare, to engrave respect for adults into the very marrow of his bones.
When he showed the sculpture to the tavern's drunkard Smith, a glimmer returned to his bleary eyes.
“Where did you get this sculpture?”
“It's a sculpture a kid named Brave used to play with.”
“I did want to have the kid's sculpture… Did you perhaps steal it from him?”
Weed shook his head.
After his transformation into Orc Karichwi, he cancelled his Sculpture Transformation and returned to his Human form.
“No. I found the lost toy with difficulty and tried to return it to him, but he said he no longer wanted to play with it. Brave told me an elder wanted this toy, no, this sculpture, so I brought it here.”
“Is that so. Will you lend me the sculpture to me for a bit? I wanted to examine it when Brave had it, but he only let me see it very briefly.”
“Here it is. You can have it.”
Ding!
The Toy the Old Drunkard Smith Wants has been completed.
The drunkard Smith got his hands on the sculpture he wanted.
Although it's still midday, you will be able to get a drink from him.
Quest Reward: Get it directly from the drunkard Smith.
— Your Fame has increased by 1.
Smith examined the sculpture carefully.
“This sculpture… I've seen it once before while traveling during my youthful days.”
“What?”
“Did Brave ever tell you where this sculpture is from?”
“He did not say.”
“This is a story goes back from 20 years ago. The time when I roamed the continent as a mercenary… Ahem! Back then, I was an extremely prominent mercenary. You might not believe it, but I even commanded a mercenary squad.”
Of course, Weed didn't believe it.
Drunks were one and the same— there was no one who hadn't been a big merchant or first-class mercenary in the past. Their boasts didn't encompass one or two days, so he agreed to his claims and let it slide.
“Under the command of Her Majesty the Queen, I executed the traitor Count Savoid together with the Royal Forces. There was a sculpture that looked exactly the same as this one inside Count Savoid's warehouse.”
“I see.”
“It's regrettable, but I didn't know what kind of piece the sculpture was either. It's not as though I didn't have my suspicions… Do you think there might be a story about this if you went to check the local library?”
Weed somehow had a strong feeling the quest wasn't going to end here.
“Why don't you look into it a little for me? If you do, I'll tell you the stories in my old days as a mercenary.”
Ding!
Old Smith's Curiosity.
The former mercenary, Smith, has questions about a sculpture he saw in his youth.
If you gather information about the sculpture and give it to him, it appears he will tell stories he gathered as a mercenary. Difficulty: D
Reward: Smith's Story
Quest Restrictions: None
Chapter 8: Reconstruction of the Niflheim Empire
The linked quest already had 3 stages. It did occur to him that it was convoluted, however Weed continued on to the Kingdom's Library.
It held a considerable portion of the general history of the Versailles Continent, but you would have to personally search for information on individual histories.
Count Savoid (Sur Empire Year 436~Year 479)
Received his Knighthood at age 17.
Returned from fulfilling Knightly duties at age 20.
Inherited his territory at age 36.
Possessed exceptional talent for swordplay and horseback.
Executed for rising in revolt at age 43.
There was only simple information in the Biography section. He also read the History and War sections, but parts involving Count Savoid were missing, as if someone had intentionally erased them.
“Found it.”
“Where is it?”
“It says there's a treasure hidden in this area.”
Adventurers and Magicians who'd been reading in the library hurried to leave. There were almost 20 users who, like Weed, had come to obtain information in the library.
A jackpot was hidden somewhere, but he would have to invest a lot of time and recovering the costs was difficult— this was the situation while hunting inside the library for information. It was also a condition in where many basic information was lacking, or there was simply nothing to be read.