Ch#83
"More than that, did you really make this for our leader?"
Meanwhile, at Basto's question, Berugon awkwardly averted his gaze.
"Well, rather than that, your leader saved my life in the subspace and freed me from Krazar's hold......"
He hated to admit it, but Tie's comforting pats on the back of his hand in the subspace had been quite effective.
He fiddled with the bag he had brought.
"Actually, this isn't all. I couldn't sleep well last night, so I made a few other things......"
At that moment, Tie spotted something inside the open bag and widened her eyes round.
The child dashed over and shouted.
"Factory chief, you stole the Battery from the subspace!"
Flustered, Berugon hurriedly hid the bag behind his back.
"Wh-what do you mean stole! I just secured research materials needed for new equipment development......!"
But Tie already had her nose buried in the bag.
"One, two, three, four! You stole four Batteries! And the headband and Bear Doll too!"
"N-no, that's not it!"
Tie narrowed her eyes and stared intently at Berugon.
"Stealing kids' toys from kindergarten......"
This was truly a heinous crime of the worst kind.
Meanwhile, feeling wronged, Berugon looked around at the members.
"I just wanted to make something for you all!"
Then, as if to prove it, he opened the bag and pulled something out.
It was a small Bear Doll.
"Didn't you keep staring at this when we came out of the subspace?! So I just thought it would be good to turn it into an Orb."
The members' eyes widened round.
Tie alone tilted her head in bewilderment.
"What's an Obbu?"
"You're a mage and you don't know what an Orb is? It's a magic tool mages use to store their mana or spells!"
As Tie's mouth fell open, Enzo whispered from the side.
"Usually, they look like round spheres."
At those words, something clicked for Tie.
She recalled the mages she had passed by last night.
They had been carrying strings of round beads around their waists or shoulders.
Basto had only told her they were 'tools mages use.'
'Why doesn't Tie have any......'
She had been inwardly sulking about not having those tools.
"I embedded a specially crafted magic stone inside this doll. Since you go around looking like a child, this would visually suit you better than a regular Orb......"
Berugon cleared his throat.
"Mages don't usually carry just one Orb. So I made two more just in case."
As two more Bear Dolls emerged from the bag, Tie's eyes grew even wider.
Berugon had picked the very best from the many toys scattered in the kindergarten.
A bit worn from children's hands, but they were none other than the Teddy Bear series.
An expensive brand stitched by German artisans stitch by stitch.
'A whole set of three!'
Polar bear version, brown bear version, and finally, the Pink Panda version.
"But it kinda hurts my feelings."
However, Berugon suddenly snatched the bag back from in front of Tie.
"Seeing you call it 'stealing' just for bringing out a doll from a monster's subspace."
Tie stared at Berugon with her eyes wide in shock.
"I was a fool for thinking you'd like it. Fine, I'll burn them in the incinerator."
But Berugon was already slinging the bag over his shoulder demonstratively.
True to his cantankerous blacksmith nature, his expression had turned fierce.
"Wait, factory chief!"
In the end, Tie blocked Berugon's path as he turned to leave.
"Take it back! I take back saying you stole it!"
Berugon tilted his head sideways.
Tie hurriedly continued.
"Tie heard that nowadays the world has changed, and grown-ups have toys and play with them a lot too!"
"......"
"On NewTube, there are uncles who assemble Legos this big!"
From makeup artisans to bead crafts and slime.
Grown-ups were even more serious about toys than kids these days.
"Grown-ups collect more Puppetmon stickers too! Because their self-control is strong. Tie only collected seven......"
So in the end, wasn't it not a big deal?
Berugon bringing out Bear Dolls from the subspace.
"Uung, so grown-ups can have toys and play too, right?"
Tie beamed innocently with sparkling eyes.
Then she slyly dashed over and pulled the bag from Berugon's arm.
"And when a grown-up gives them, you say thank you and receive them!"
As she stuffed the Bear Dolls and headband into her cloak pocket, it bulged like a hamster pouch full of sunflower seeds.
But Tie ignored it and bowed deeply at the waist.
"Thank youuu, Tie will use them in a good place."
Tie let out a sigh of relief only after grabbing the donut-shaped device Berugon had been holding too.
'Almost lost Tie's dolls to the trash......!'
She hadn't realized at first, but if Berugon had made something for her, she had to take it no matter what.
'The factory chief is a super famous master smith!'
Despite all the mess she'd seen in the subspace, Berugon was truly an exceptional weaponsmith.
Countless people wanted to buy the weapons he made.
'At the meeting, that Elastin lady wanted weapons from the factory chief too.'
Elastin, not Elanes, but Tie wouldn't remember the name properly.
Anyway, Tie had gotten free weapons that others coveted.
One, two, three, four of them!
"Tie finally has Obbs too......"
As she fondled the Bear Doll poking out of her pocket in感動,
Veil asked Berugon.
"What's this pin? Did you bring that from the subspace too?"
Berugon nodded.
"Yes. Nothing special, but it's armor of sorts. I just changed the metal parts to special magic metal."
Hearing that, Tie quickly pulled the pin from her pocket and stuck it in her hair at the crown.
For some reason, she felt strength surging through her body.
Berugon smacked his lips as he stared at Tie.
"......Anyway, make sure to try that ringed amulet on your persistent summon. If it seems broken, bring it back anytime."
Tie grinned and nodded.
"Neeeng!"
"Th-then, what about repairs."
Basto cautiously stepped forward next.
Berugon waved it off as if it was nothing.
"No need. Thanks to the Sovereign King, the thorn in my side Krazar's core is gone, and the Weapon District that nearly went under because I wasn't in my right mind seems saved now......"
He stared at Astie, who was hugging the dolls tightly with a hehe smile.
"From my position, adding a promising future client isn't bad, right?"
As the members exchanged awkward glances,
Tie, who had been half-listening, raised one hand.
"Tie go to room first?"
Veil widened his eyes.
"Why the room?"
"Wanna brag."
"To who?"
"Kkamang-i and Ppu...... no, to Kkamang-i!"
"Yeah, go ahead first."
Tie nodded and dashed toward her room.
The members watched her back with chuckles.
Then, as a brief silence fell among those left behind,
"More than that, don't you all have something to say to me?"
At Berugon's voice, the Agavert members turned their heads.
Berugon added flatly as he looked at the members.
"Sovereign King, you're not in disguise, right?"
