"Lord Earl, welcome to Hammer Town. ”

Henry the Great – of course, this is just Charlotte's petty spit – is Lolita's father. At this time, in Henry's property, a middle-aged man with a big belly and a well-dressed person wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He is the mayor of Hammer Town, and when he hears the news of Charlotte's arrival in the town, he immediately frightens the six gods. It wasn't until his wife, who was a noble lady, reminded him that he straightened up his clothes and hurried over.

Although on the surface, Icewind Castle is an autonomous country belonging to the Inner Ring Mage Council, the Icewind Castle family still has a very high right to speak. That's not all, you must know that Charlotte has just advanced to the Seven Rings, in other words, both nominally and in fact, he can be regarded as one of the supreme rulers of this country.

And the small mayor of Falling Hammer Town, the most big man he has seen on weekdays is just a viscount.

"Ah, don't worry, my teacher and Master Claire don't care about these false courtesies!" Lolita waved her hand, and the mayor couldn't help but laugh at her amazing attitude.

The mayor, who has a good relationship with Henry, has long known the nature of this bear child's death, otherwise it would be easy to think of her as a villain with a fox and a fake tiger.

Charlotte glared at her, and although he had intended to say it, it didn't taste very good to be represented.

"It's okay, the Count and I are here just for the celebration. Claire, who usually didn't talk much, replied coldly, because he always felt that if the negotiation was handed over to the master and apprentice, the mayor would most likely die of a myocardial infarction.

The muscles on Mayor Mare's face finally relaxed, and he smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I wonder if the two adults want to participate in the celebration...... Or watching?"

"Participate?" Charlotte wondered, "Is there any difference?"

"Yes! As you know, Hammer Town is an important iron-smelting town in the Principality of Icewind, and it is also the most important source of income for the town's residents. That's why every year we hold an iron-smelting competition at the festival, and the winners will receive great honors and rewards. Not only money and fame, but also the favor of beautiful girls. ”

"On-site iron smelting?"

"Of course not, excellent equipment must be tempered, so the jury will announce the champion on the day of the celebration. ”

"Oh?" Charlotte said with an interested expression, "and what's the proposition for this year?"

“…… This ......" Mayor Mare's expression of embarrassment appeared, and when he noticed that Charlotte was a little unhappy, he was startled, and said very quickly, "It's a riding gun! Although the proposition will be announced tomorrow, please keep it secret!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Henry, who was sitting beside him. The latter was looking embarrassed, and it seemed that he had little experience in forging a mounted spear.

Of course, Icewind Castle, unlike Erosa, was not founded on knights. Ordinary celebrations are also mostly based on various components, or ordinary swords as propositions, and this time the cavalry spear is believed to make many powerful blacksmiths rack their brains.

Claire looked at Charlotte, whose eyes were shining, and sighed helplessly, "I understand, then please report our names to the mayor of the town, let's compete." ”

"Hey, Claire, you're really my good brother, just like I thought!"

"No, anyone who sees your face can guess what you want to do, right? ”

During this time, the study of souls and memories had reached a bottleneck, and Claire felt that a proper relaxation might open up the two of them.

So, the two who had never smelted iron decided to participate in this competition.

"No, no, two adults, isn't this cheating?"

Early the next morning, Henry, who was blocked by Charlotte and Claire, showed an embarrassed expression.

"Huh, what are you kidding, how can this be called cheating? This is called solidarity and cooperation!" Charlotte was awe-inspiring, probably only at this time, he would show the shameless face of a future politician, "As a citizen of Icewind Castle, unity and cooperation is an instinct that must be engraved in the bones! People are social creatures, and without the help of their peers, everyone will only achieve nothing!"

"But, but...... In terms of time, I can't make three riding spears in half a month!" "Daddy Henry, although he has a big personality, is not a heartless guy like Lolita. Ever since she knew the true identities of Charlotte and Claire, she was more or less afraid of them.

"Who said you want to make three, just one!"

"Ahh......h

"Huh?" Henry asked, noticing Charlotte's blank eyes, and the mage seemed a little confused, "What do you think?"

"......" Henry's five fingers clenched and loosened, and the dignified eight-foot man was panicked at the moment, "Of course it's your name!"

"Wonderful!" Charlotte patted Henry on the shoulder with a look of 'you are very sensible'.

- Hmph, don't blame me, blame your unreliable daughter!

- No wonder they took my unreliable daughter as an apprentice!

The moment they passed by, the above dialogue sounded in the hearts of the two.

Early the next morning, the mayor announced the proposition of the celebration, and the next evening, the list of contestants was announced. The half-month forging competition officially began, and the town of Falling Hammer, which is famous for forging iron and smelting iron, was in full swing and smoke was billowing out. The celebration group is responsible for decorating the town, and the participating group is responsible for forging riding guns, and the whole town is lively.

Charlotte's name was prominent, and the rules of competing alone allowed Claire to give up the honor of signature. In other words, this young man, who was immersed in spells, didn't care about this kind of thing at all.

But unlike the actual forger, Daddy Henry, he and Claire and Claire spent their days wandering the town and nearby maple forests with their disciples, without any hint of contestant awareness.

Lolita takes a bite of the icy smoothie, the only small shop in town that serves cold desserts, and it is said that the owner came from a cold drink shop in Icewind Castle, and Ye Cheng came home to open such a delicate shop with maple red ice sweetness.

"Well, Vivien, Leonard, why don't you eat it? it's delicious, no worse than Icewind Castle!"

Leonard aside, he was born a fisherman and was cautious, plus he was a boy, so he didn't have much interest in desserts. But Vivian is different, although she is usually timid, and has the demeanor of a future lady and celebrity at a young age, as a girl, she still has a natural interest in sweets.

It's just that today, she seems to be a little uneasy.

"No, nothing......" Vivien replied with a deer-like glance at Charlotte and a whisper in a voice as sweet as a mosquito.

"Are you worried about your father? Cut! It's not our turn to worry about the adults! Look at my father, I never worry about him. ”

"Yawn!" A few kilometers away at the entrance of the town, a sweaty Daddy Henry wiped his nose with his sweaty beaded arm.

If he knew that his only daughter, who he regarded as a treasure, was talking about him, this daughter, who had lost his wife at an early age and had never renewed the strings, would have cried loudly.

"What father?" Charlotte looked at Vivien curiously.

Even Claire, who was always expressionless, stirred the cold cuts in the dish and looked at Vivien curiously. Unlike Lolita, Vivian's quiet personality is more liked by Claire.

Vivian shrunk her neck, and Lori, with long straight black hair, was so cute that she was shrunken!

"Huh, Vivian, haven't you told the teacher yet?" Lolita said very quickly, "That's right! Because I heard that Vivian worships you as a teacher, Vivian's parents plan to visit the teacher in Hammer Town!

"Hmm!" Vivien, who was not ready, looked at Charlotte pitifully with her big watery eyes like a poor young beast.

Charlotte was stunned for a moment, and was adored by Vivian's cuteness. He rubbed Lori's hair and said gently, "Really, I wish I had told the teacher about this kind of thing." ”

It seems that Vivien is still cautious, for fear that Charlotte will expel her from the school.

"Why haven't you ever treated me with such tenderness?" Elle, whose mouth was full of cream, glared with rage, held up her spoon and wanted to poke it in Charlotte's face.

"That's it, the teacher is eccentric!" Lolita was also heckling.

"Shut up, you two unsavory bastards!"