I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling

65 – Keycross Red Mountain

“This is right…”

“Yes. This is the area where students from the Valhalla Academy’s production department gather to hone their skills with the goal of becoming the best artisans——a so-called ‘Artisan’s Town’.”

I said so to Miris, who admired the scene unfolding in front of me.

Miris and I finished a satisfying meal on Restaurant Street, and after looking around the commercial district, we came to ‘Artisan Street’ to purchase equipment, which was our original purpose.

Ground-! Earth-!

Puss-

A street full of the smell of medicinal herbs, somewhere stifling and bitter, wafting from the clear crackling sound of hammers striking heated iron ingots and boiling potions.

“Damn it! Some bastard stole the black iron ingots I bought from Metathra!”

“That’s what the drego dog in the studio next door said, ‘I told you not to bid more than the black iron ingot I bid for!’ And took it?”

“That baby !!! This dog can’t buy it and I’m bored with me!”

“…Isn’t that because you knocked out the back of the head with a hammer on the Dregodog who was trying to bid again?”

“I don’t remember.”

“Have you seen such a conscience thrown into a furnace and smelted…”

The high-pitched voices of the students and the fierce heat of the flames in the streets, as well as the production of polishing themselves with the goal of becoming the best craftsmen, had a fierce energy that was similar to, but different from, the struggle for each other’s lives.

Seeing that, Miris suddenly opened her mouth as if she had a question.

“By the way, Mr. Seonwoo. Why is Craftsman’s Street located between the academy and the commercial district? Wouldn’t it be easier to come and go inside the academy?”

“Oh, they say there are quite a few reasons for that.”

Currently, Craftsman’s Street is a district located between the academy and the commercial district.

The workshop with the production department was originally inside the academy, but…

The noise resounding day and night, the risk of failure in crafting magic tools, and the ease of procurement of materials needed for crafting, etc.

It is said that various problems arose, and it naturally settled between the academy and the commercial district.

“Ah, there was a reason for that…”

After hearing my explanation, Miris nodded her head as if her doubts were cleared, looked around her and opened her mouth.

“Then, Mr. Seonwoo, where should we go now? I’m going to get some armor this time. My grandmother gave me a divine magic wand, so it’s fine, but the armor isn’t that good…”

“… Hmm. What budget does Miris have for her armor?”

“About 50 gold! Her grandma and her grandpa sent it as a congratulatory gift!”

50 Gold was a pretty significant amount.

If the cost of living for a typical family of 4 is roughly 1-2 gold per month, you can see that 50 gold is not a small amount.

But….

“Hmm… With that amount, I’d be able to buy a D+ grade armor at best?”

“…Yeah?! Really?! I knew that at least C-grade items were affordable…”

“For armor used by melee class, C grade is a reasonable price, but equipment used by magic class is basically expensive.”

The equipment used by the magic series is not only difficult to make, the material of the equipment must be light, but the mana must work well, and so on.

As relatively valuable materials are used, it is basically more expensive than other types of equipment.

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“Is that so… Then there’s no choice but to buy D-class equipment…”

“Oh, wait Miris. Don’t choose already. Before that, why don’t you go to the workshop I’m going to go with?”

“Yes?”

I smiled at Miris, who was blinking.

“If you do well, you might be able to get a C-grade or higher item with that amount.”

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Artisan’s Street rents workshops to the academy’s production department and students at a low price. Thanks to that, even in the production department, if you are above the middle rank, you can have your own workshop with the points provided by the school.

Then, in the workshop obtained in this way, the students of the production department made items, put them on the auction house, or sold them to academy students, mercenaries from afar, or merchants.

It draws a kind of virtuous cycle of purchasing materials with the goods obtained and remaking them to improve their skills.

However, there is no way to grant equal rights to all students at Valhalla Academy, where the merit-first principle is strong.

The higher the rank, the higher the priority for the studio location, and the higher the rank, the higher the studio rental discount rate.

For this reason, there is a large floating population, and all workshops close to the main street where products are distributed are occupied by top-level students in the production department.

It can be seen that the lower the ranking, the more the workshop is set up in a deep place away from the main road.

And now

Miris and I were moving our feet into the depths of the Craftsman’s Street, at least 20 minutes away from the main street.

Turb-Turb-

The workshops have not been used for quite a long time, and you can feel the chilly air.

Utilizing the alleys in between, Miris and I were moving deeper and deeper.

Miris was carefully following me, holding onto my sleeve.

“Sunwoo… Is this really the right way…?”

There was a bit of anxiety and doubt in Miris’ words.

‘Well, it’s worth it.’

If you think about it with common sense, there is no way that a skilled artisan who can produce C-grade or higher items would really set up a workshop in an area like this.

“It’s probably right. The craftsman we’re visiting now has a rather peculiar personality, so they say he purposely set up a workshop in a place like this.”

I said that while walking using the strategy guide as a guide.

“Hey, I see. So who’s the owner of the studio we’re visiting this time?”

“He’s the head of the 1st year production department who entered with us this time.”

“…Yes?”

“Oh! I found it. There it is!”

As if a name came up completely unexpectedly, Miris involuntarily stopped her steps….

My gaze was directed towards the workshop that had begun to appear at the end of the alley.

The workshop that appeared was different from the ones we’ve seen so far.

At a glance, weapons such as sharpened swords, spears, and axes, which can be said to be of good quality, were hung on the wall with medium heating.

Clear and clean, but potions of indescribable colors were piled up in a corner.

On the mannequins standing right next to the entrance are leather armor made from the hide of an unknown monster, a shiny steel helmet, and a robe made of fine silk. The armor that was not unified was randomly covered.

On another mannequin next to it, accessories presumed to be magical tools were hung so tightly that the body of the mannequin could not be seen.

“…It’s like a warehouse where things are roughly crammed in.”

Miris commented on the workshop in front of her, and I agreed in my heart.

In the other workshops I have seen so far, all items are displayed neatly and neatly. The types of items sold in this way were unified.

However, in the workshop in front of my eyes, whether it was a weapon shop, an armor shop, or a magic tool shop, there were so many indiscriminate types of items that I couldn’t tell, and when I saw the messy display of those items. It was a state of doubt whether the creator really had any intention of selling the item.

“Let’s go in first.”

I went into the studio holding the hand of Miris who was curiously looking at the magic tool hanging on the mannequin.

“Hmm, that’s messier than I thought.”

The condition inside the studio was worse than what it looked like from the outside.

Except for a space where one person could barely pass, the floor of the workshop was covered with all sorts of junk, so there was no space to step on.

Perhaps there was no ventilation, the workshop was filled with a strange smell mixed with various things, such as the musty smell of dust, the smell of medicine from potions, and the smell of oil used to clean weapons.

I called the owner of the workshop while arousing the workshop with light magic.

“Are you there—!”

……

My voice resounded in the quiet workshop, but no answer came back.

“…Isn’t it?”

“No, if what I know is correct, I’ll be in the studio. Except for lectures, I’ll lock myself in the studio and just make things.”

As I said that, following my senses, I walked into the studio.

Miris panicked as if she was wondering if she could go in without her owner’s permission, but soon she followed her with her frequent steps.

By the time I went into the innermost part of the studio, harming junk like that,

“Sun, Sunwoo! There’s a person down there!”

I found the owner of the workshop lying face down on the floor.

******

“Yeah~ Thanks to that, I was able to live! As expected, not sleeping or eating for four days was dangerous! I collapsed as soon as production was finished!”

Ahahahaha! A girl with a youthful face who smiled cheerfully and ate the food I took out of the subspace (I was going to bring to Baekmyeon) as if inhaling it.

I took a closer look at that girl.

The girl had vivid orange eyes, doll-like features, and clean orange hair that fell down her shoulders in two ponytails.

Her height barely exceeded 140, she was the smallest woman I’ve ever seen,

Such a small height and a girl’s face harmonized, highlighting the girl’s youth….

Her voluptuous body asserted that she was not just a little girl, but a full-fledged adult.

Her attire was bizarre, with a tank top that covered her chest, suspenders like those worn by blacksmiths, and a white coat like those worn by doctors at the research institute.

In the numerous pockets on the pants and the belt worn around the waist, there are metalworking tools, empty potion bottles, heavy blacksmith hammers, herbal care tools, and more. A lot of work tools were attached.

It was so diverse that people who didn’t know it might think it was just a joke….

If you look at the girl’s information written in the strategy book that pops up in front of you, you won’t be able to say that.

▶ 〈All-round craftsman〉 Keycross Red Mountain

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