The Rise of the Sword Expert
Beautiful But Cruel Gift

In the following days we went through with a lot of drama.

On a sunny morning, and the sunlight is not as hot as usual.

This indicates that winter is coming.

It is quite strange in my opinion, in the arid land even though winter lasts. It's a little different in other regions, but it's winter.

People in Sanktessy usually only add scarves to their necks in winter. For them, the Sanktessy region was not the coldest region. If other regions will show temperatures up to -30°c, then the lowest point of Sanktessy temperature is only 2°C.

Regarding that matter, this has come close to the time of my departure to the Imperial capital. The horse carriage I was using had been refined, and was noticed with detail.

On this day, the shipment from Marquis Kingston came again. This shipment came with his confidant Aries.

"We meet again, Mr. Akion."

He looked at me calmly, even so he

watch around. In the room I occupied, Willian had just entered sitting in his chair.

I know that it is unusual for a master to be in the same work space as his workers. But we lack space. So for a while it didn't matter to me.

I'm nodding.

Our family is now a partner in a business that everyone knows about. Sending out a sills order is not something that should be kept secret from Willian.

"Your order is all done." He gave me the box he held.

Inside is another small box.

I opened all those cities. Seven brooches, one necklace, one bracelet, and one small size, all according to my order.

It's well carved, which stone attached to its skeleton shines brighter compared to the last I saw it. Whereas, the flops I asked for, these are very suitable for him.

Each one has great details.

Is this made by elves, or is this made by drawft?

"That's the technique the Elves use."

As if she could figure out my thoughts, Aries began to explain.

"Not all Elves shut themselves away from the outside world. The northern elves opened themselves up to cooperate."

"This is a good thing."

I twirled the clasps I was holding.

"If you want it again, you can order it to us."

I closed the box, and looked at him smiling like a puppy.

"I'll think about it."

Aries didn't take much of my time, he knew I was in a hurry to finish my task.

A few minutes after she disappeared, my back was heating up from sitting too long in the same position.

I changed my sitting position

"Do you want to see what she gave you?”

He frowned again, sweat appearing on his forehead. It's beyond his capacity again. Her heart was beating faster, her body was anticipating what else I would do to her.

I smiled as sincerely as possible at him.

Being a baron as warm as the sun, that's what I want.

I don't really like the predator gaze of Akion. But it always worked to make others tremble, and fall into his intimidation.

"I'm not menging-"

He stopped

He stopped saying what he wanted to say and caught what I threw at him.

"Mr Akion!"

His voice is a little high.

When I looked at her as if I was protesting her tone, she closed her mouth hastily.

"This is a valuable item. How can you treat her that way?"

He lowered his voice.

"Isn't that good?"

I changed the subject as I liked, to be honest, somehow I like to judge it more than others.

My memory came back when he reported to Bastian that I had not rested since one day ago. Finally Bastian forced me to sleep, and made a schedule that was a little late because of Willian's report.

He took a long breath.

I don't care if he uses his poker face in front of other people, but when he's with me, it sucks a little bit. Reminds me of Akion's stiff face.

"This is a very beautiful brooch, and charming. You must take care of him, Mr. Akion."

I'm nodding.

"If you dropped it earlier, I intend to cut off one hand."

He gulped, and walked carefully to me, and then, feeling deeply regretting his hand, he placed the brooch on an empty box.

"Well, you're safe there" she whispered.

"You should know me well, Willian." I'm shaking my waist looking at it.

"I'm not a tyrant who's a hobby of torturing others."

His expression says that I'm telling you shit.

"Hahaha, stop. You go to the lab, and tell me that all the Laboratory teams are being asked to come into my room."

"All right, Mr. Akion. Excuse me."

"Why are you calling us Akion?"

In front of me are Harzem, Tanka, and Eli. After delivering my message, I kicked Willian out. I allowed him to take a nap, or eat, or get some fresh air.

He complied without rejection.

"I have a gift for all of you."

My arrogant face made them curious. First impressions are important to create surprises.

Well, their eyes waded through the room, and the wooden box I was holding made them even more curious.

"You should be honored to accept him as the first person."

without further ado I opened a city of sparkling brooches.

"What do you think?"

Harzem approached like a kitten wagging its tail. Even from afar with the intuition of the three of them, they knew what was embedded in this brooch was a Mana stone.

Harzem touched it, his forehead frowned, protesting because the elements made were different from the elements. This is just for promotion. Made very beautiful and striking so that when people use brooches in the upper association, naturally they will be the center.

They will witness for themselves the quality, the energy, and the beauty. I have indeed created waves when doing an auction. However, the waves can

disappeared because of the obstructing coral. So I created a ripple, although small but it will spread wider than this.

Don't they all know this?

Some news even said we had manipulated.

Of course I don't want to give this beautiful thing that I've made to everyone, so I make it limited and only to people who deserve it.

"wear. That little Mana Stone won't hurt you."

His slightly pouting face finally complied with my wish.

A bit of disappointment did not take away her smile and friendly attitude, she hugged me once with a smile.

"Thank you for the thing made with this high technique, Akion. It's the most luxurious accessory I've ever worn."

The reality is clear, that we always simplify appearances so as not to waste money.

Then, the two girls in front of me looked at me together, are they just decorations?

I picked up two boxes of different sizes. A big box for Eli, and a little box for Tanka. Without considering anything, they opened the box quickly.

"Waw, this is so pretty."

Tanka admired the flops she was holding. The pinch fits perfectly on her tiny head.

"You're perfectly suited to using it. "

I looked at him with a bright smile. A girl likes shiny things that look luxurious.

But the girl next to him stared for quite a while, looking at what I had given with her residence.

"What's up, Eli?"

She looked at me, and a small forced smile, "This is a very pretty bracelet. Really."

"Then?"

"Achion, I honestly like Peridot better."

I felt a little disappointed about it, two people didn't really like what I had done and thought for them.

Seeing my slightly disappointed face, Tanka came up to me and shook her head. On his face he asked me not to discuss the matter again in front of Eli.

I shut my mouth. He swallowed the disappointment, and after that the two men left.

"Pardon Eli's previous attitude, Akion."

For the first time, Tanka defended Eli. It's clear he knows the reason why Eli did such a thing, which I'm less pleased with.

"Actually Eli had a little trauma to the red Mana rock."

He scratched his nape. What he will explain requires consideration.

"Eli's family was slaughtered by a fire witch. The sirens in the ocean that he thought would help him, they didn't."

Now I understand why Eli is so mysterious about his family. He covered all his wounds by acting as if nothing had happened.

"Did you know that Eli was of high-level Siren descent? Like humans, sirens have their own social order" Tanka continued.

"Not all siren tears can turn into pearls, not all sirens have the ability to attract qualified."

He told me that sad thing well. Making my guilt embrace the coldness of my heart. It's something cruel.

"On top of that, the Eli family has all these superior abilities. Akion must have understood it, how when the envy of others is so great that it wants to get rid of others."

The fact that it's true. A rottenness of humans who have lost their identity. They are more savage than animals.

Eli was great enough to hide his wounds, Every day he always laughed lightly, like he was losing his guard. Being close to a human is a hard thing for him.

If it were not for Caesar, I would believe that Eli could at any time not forgive men. For the fire witch who burned her entire family, I really didn't expect it. Naturally Eli had been ignoring Verion, it turned out that it was his kind heart.

"I understand, Tanka."

It's sad, it's hard to accept my Mana bracelet is only as heavy as a feather when compared to the reason Eli doesn't like the gift.

"I should have apologized to him. Wouldn't you be jealous if I gave her another gift?"

"If you promise to allow me to name when that mystic egg hatches."

I weighed the matter. I would rather give my own name.

"I'll give you a proper name, which you'll agree to when you hear."

"All right."

I give up on this discussion.