[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 76: Work (1)

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"This is your reward~"

Several hours had passed since Noelle returned to work as a waitress to serve guests.

During that very instant, Olivia and Charlotte endlessly rained down on Mioku with all sorts of attacks.

However, Mioku happily accepts all those attacks with his body and even protects the room from damage by using magic.

"Ahh, thank you~ In this way, all the ingredients I need have been collected~"

Mioku gives Noelle a cloth bag that looks very heavy, and she cheerfully accepts what Mioku gave her.

As Noelle peered into the pouch, she could not help but hold her lips to form a happy smile.

The pouch contained chunks of crystal stone that shone brightly with various colors. Noelle picked up one of the stones and looked at it up close to check it out.

"Mhmm, this is good! Although I've never actually seen this type of mineral before, but I'm sure it's quite a quality."

"Of course~ I collected it all while I was still an adventurer, but now I don't need it anymore, so Noelle-chan can take everything~"

Mioku said that while smiling at Noelle.

"really? Thanks."

Widening her eyes for a moment in surprise, Noelle then with a bright smile thanked Mioku.

Mioku with a friendly smile then turned his gaze and pointed right towards the corner of the room.

"But .. I don't know what to do about them … "

In the corner of the room that Mioku pointed at was two girls who were sitting hugging their knees with empty eyes.

It was Olivia and Charlotte who looked hopelessly lamenting their defeat against Mioku.

They really did not expect that Mioku would accept all of their attacks happily and be completely unharmed.

Next to them is Chloe lying lifeless on top of Brackas' hairy body.

Noelle who saw the three figures she knew in such circumstances was only able to smile awkwardly and then speak to Mioku.

" … I'm sure there's a misunderstanding going on between you, but .. Please forgive their rudeness … "

Mioku smiled gently and looked at them from a distance.

"I don't mind, it's only natural that they would react that way. Besides ... They've given me a very great stimulation♡"

"A-ahaha … "

Facing Mioku who started to smile ecstasy, Noelle was only able to awkwardly force her laughter.

"Then we go first."

"Baik~ Careful on jalan~"

Noelle's body began to be shrouded in black smoke, and her appearance became what it was.

(Already I guess, the male form is the most comfortable.)

Noelle walked over to the place where Olivia and Charlotte were falling.

She wordlessly carried Olivia in a princess sling, then raised Charlotte to her back.

"Let's go, Brackas."

"Wait a minute, I can walk on my own! "

Charlotte who began to realize directly hit Noelle's shoulder with a hand that had almost no power, then forcefully tried to go down while turning her face that became slightly flushed.

"Then let's go. See you later, Mioku."

"Okee~"

Mioku waved his hand and smiled as he saw Noelle's back getting further and further away.

" … I'll wait until you need my help again~ Anyway thanks to you this place is so crowded … "

The total silence drowned out the last voice of Mioku who was smiling miserably.

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Arriving at the front area of the inn, Noelle dropped off Olivia who had been carrying her and stroked Brackas' hair carrying Chloe on her back.

Brackas happily closed his eyes and accepted Noelle's elusan.

"Then you go in first. I still have some things I need to take care of directly."

The words that Noelle suddenly spoke made Charlotte frown and look at Noelle with a suspicious look.

"About? "

Not only Charlotte, but Olivia was also looking at him with narrowed eyes.

Their reaction was not strange, after all Noelle had gone outside too often lately, and she had also gone outside for quite a long time, so it was only natural that they would be irritated by Noelle's behavior.

"Just calm down, this time it won't be long" Noelle said with a smile and turned away.

Olivia and Charlotte who were looking from behind could only stare at him with displeased eyes, while the customers and civilians who were around them stared at them with terrified looks due to Brackas' presence.

It only took some time until the guards came over to them.

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After leaving the inn alone, Noelle was dragging her feet down the road and bridge that had now become familiar in her memory.

Although she had only been in Eisen for a few days, her brain and body had already remembered all directions to the important places so that Noelle could walk in a semi-conscious state towards that place.

Now he was walking through the crowd to the Glantz workshop which he remembered very clearly.

Of course, he left while endlessly moving his hand to 'capture' the purse of the robbers he happened to see.

(This place has too many robbers .. )

Noelle let out a sigh and crossed the last bridge connecting the main district island with the industrial district island.

"Well, let's go in."

Noelle smiled as she stared at the workshop building where Glantz worked.

"Welcome back, sir. Is there anything I can help you with this time? "

As Noelle passed through the gate, a man graciously greeted her while bowing.

It was Kuzto, the man who was appointed manager of the ironworks that Glantz owned.

"Ahh, I'm here to see Glantz. Is he inside? "

Noelle while maintaining her smile tried to ask Kuzto, and Kuzto smiled in response to Noelle.

"If it's Mr. Glantz, he's inside working on some work."

"Oh yeah, is he busy? "

The day had begun to night, and the sky had been dyed completely orange, it should have been the working hours of the workers in the factory would have been completed soon, but it seemed Glantz still had some work to do.

If so, Noelle would probably leave or wait there for a while, but Kuzto immediately smiled and dispelled her worries.

"No problem, sir does have some work, but he's not so busy. You can visit it anytime."

"really? Will he not be bothered by my arrival? "

Noelle worriedly asked a question that would make Cryll reflexively yell 'since when do you care about it' and then hit her.

Fortunately Cryll isn't there right now, so he can be free from a pretty shitty punch.

"I've told you not to worry about it, you can visit Mr at any time."

" … Okay then."

After saying that, Noelle then bowed and thanked Kuzto, then went inside the workshop.

In the middle of her journey towards Glantz's room, Noelle scratched the non-itchy part of her head with a puzzled expression while narrowing her eyes.

" ……… I thought it was strange … "

Leaving those words, Noelle opened the door and entered Glantz's room.

"Hmm? Yo, you're coming."

As soon as Noelle entered the room, a heavy voice of a man called out to her from another corner of the room.

Noelle turned her head and saw the figure of Glantz holding an iron hammer in her hand.

"Mhmm, I've come to give you the last material you need" Noelle said, taking out the large cloth bag she received from Mioku earlier.

Noelle threw the sack, and Glantz easily caught it with one hand while her other hand held a long reddish iron claw due to the heat at the end.

Glantz looked at the contents of the sack and widened his eyes.

"It's a very good quality, where did you get it? "

"I got that from Mioku," Noelle replied.

Glantz who heard the name instantly widened his eyes and made a thoughtful gesture.

"Mioku .. Mioku who is a former A-rank adventurer? "

"Yes, that one."

Noelle with a smile nodded at Glantz.

"I was surprised he wanted to give it to her .. He is indeed a very good man, but he is also very sensitive and has a very high self-esteem as a top-ranked adventurer? "

"Well, you don't need to know about that."

Noelle with an awkward smile answered Glantz.

"I remember that Mioku opened a cafe in the main district .. And the place became very crowded today … "

"I told you you didn't need to know, did you? "

Noelle smiled widely and narrowed her eyes as she said that. An indescribable pressure shot out from the teenager's body and left Glantz shocked for a moment.

Even so, as a veteran, facing the pressure Noelle exerted was not a problem for him.

"From that, are you able to finish it quickly? Anyway, I made this request quite suddenly, right? "

"About that shouldn't matter. I just need to break all these magic crystals and fuse them with the weapons you want using alchemy for the function to become more stable. If there's no problem, it should be done by tomorrow morning before you and your group go on a mission."

Glantz spoke as he closed his eyes to make an estimate.

There was no problem with the quality of the materials in the form of magic crystals that Noelle gave her. So he could finish the request quickly.

"So, yeah .. Good, you work fast. As expected of my dog."

Noelle's lips formed a smile and her eyes narrowed as she called Glantz her 'dog'.

For the record, Glantz was still under the influence of Noelle's brainwashing, and apparently, Glantz had also completely sunk into the hypnotic and brainwashing effects Noelle had exerted on her.

She still behaves normally to Noelle because of the order Noelle gave her the last time they met.

At that time, Noelle was incessantly cast a hypnotic spell and instilled thoughts into Glantz's subconscious that Noelle was the master he had to obey.

At that time Noelle also asked Glantz to make a weapon that Noelle will use for the raid.

However, in order to make that weapon, another material in the form of magic crystals was needed.

It was a material Noelle did not know about. Let alone having the material, he did not even have any knowledge of the crystal at all.

This was only his estimation, but he assumed that magic crystals were minerals that had only been discovered decades after the defeat of the demon lord's side.

That's why there's no information about magic crystals in Noelle's bookstore.

Let alone having it, knowing about it is not. At that time Noelle was only able to smile wryly because he had to find a material that he never knew.

Fortunately, Glantz said that it was not a rare item. Magic crystals can be found in all mines that have a depth of about more than 400 meters so that it is quite widely circulated in the market.

It's just, to find the best quality, he had to put in more effort in the mining process because magic crystals that had better quality could only be found at depths of over 1300 meters so it was hard to find.

Limited oxygen and underground pressure are the biggest obstacles for miners to find good quality magic crystals.

Fortunately Noelle had made a request to the guild to find a magic crystal of good quality that would eventually bring him to meet Mioku.

According to his confession, Mioku obtained all those high-quality magic crystals from the missions he had done while he was still an adventurer first.

Even after giving some of that to Noelle, he still had a few sacks filled with those magic crystals.

"Yahh, I came just to give you this material, so I'll leave now. Finish your work as soon as possible, okay~"

Noelle cheerfully turned around leaving Glantz who was focusing on checking the details of the quality of the magic crystals she gave.

As he exited Glantz's room, he was made quite surprised by the condition of the workshop which suddenly became quiet.

Based on his memory, the workers in the workshop should not be coming home until nightfall.

" … Did everyone get home early today? "

Noelle wondered, but decided to ignore her and immediately left the gate.

The sky was already dark enough and the sound of bells coming from the center of the city echoed to all places, signalling the end of community activity.

Noelle walked down the streets of the city that was starting to be deserted from the residents, and found a small stall that would take care of her belongings.

It was just an ordinary stall, but what interested Noelle was what they were selling, so she tried to talk to them.

"Hey, what are you selling? "

The stall owner looked confused for a moment, but immediately let out a friendly smile at Noelle.

"That .. We sell lottery tickets. The day of the draw will start in three days, but today will be the last day of the ticket sale. Would you buy some to try your luck? "

(Lotre, yes .. I'm not too interested anyway .. )

Compared to doing an obscure lottery like the lottery, Noelle prefers to play gambling because she has to put all her mind into winning profits.

Using all the underhanded and cunning means he could do was quite a pleasant thing for him.

When compared to the lottery that only 'buy cards or numbered tickets and then drawn', Noelle will certainly immediately choose to play gambling.

But still, he was interested in trying out the lottery at least once.

Because it–

"Well, I bought one" Noelle said, handing over some brown coins to the stall owner.

The owner of the stall gladly received the money from Noelle, and handed Noelle a paper like a ticket bearing the number 789.

"Good numbers, I love this."

Noelle smiled and put the ticket in her pocket.

"Hehe, thank you and good luck, sir."

The stall owner smiled and waved his hand at Noelle while saying goodbye.

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(AN: It may be late, but .. Happy Valentine's Day, may your day be good~)