The short and hurried tour can be described as a short and quick visit, which is a bit of a rush, as it is a bit of a rush to visit all the areas of the Enchanted Workshop in less than two hours.

But that's all there is to it, and I think that if I don't go back, the mission will really bring the news of my sudden disappearance back to the Empire. When the time comes, I'll be a sinner.

"Anna?"

In the depot on the forging floor, Gong De saw me off as I had already boarded the train.

"Huh?"

"We know who you are, so would like to ask you to keep what you see here a secret. ”

I understand what Gong De refers to by "identity", after all, the matter of the mission coming to the dwarven kingdom is not a secret to these soldiers who are responsible for defense.

"Oh! I know. Secrecy rules!"

"No! ”

"Well, it's a great honor for me to be a friend of the dwarves. ”

Trust between friends, that's it. When Gong De said those words very solemnly.

I understand, needless to say.

Gong De stretched out his big hand with a smile, and the thick hair on his face made it difficult to tell that he was laughing. I only subjectively thought that it was smiling in terms of the degree of shaking of Gongde's beard. At the same time, I leaned out of the window and handed out my right hand.

The palms of two contrasting hands, one large and one small, were tightly held together. It wasn't until the train roared that we let go of each other's hands.

The return journey is extremely boring, because there is only one person, and there will be no one muttering and nagging in your ear during this journey. The most important thing is that I can't sleep to pass this extremely boring time.

Get off at the seventh station, "Forged Steel Station", then walk across the driveway to the right and take the third train to the transfer station on the temporary platform five meters away, and then change to the train back to the ground. ”

On the crumpled note that I had already grasped, Gong De helped crookedly like a few lines. Even though I can see in the dark, it takes a lot of effort for me to make out all the handwriting on the entire slip of paper.

That's why you can't nap on the train anymore, you're likely to miss the platform because of the nap, and as a result, you'll have to spend most of the day rushing back.

Along the way, I occasionally pulled out a few pieces of barbecue jerky from a deerskin bag and stuffed them into my mouth, and luckily I had this little food to pass the time. Otherwise......

After staying in a dim environment for a long time and suddenly seeing light, the most unbearable thing is the eyes, especially for people like me who are sensitive to light. Even though the afternoon sun wasn't so dazzling, I still felt very dazzling.

The moment I got out of the car, I quickly covered my head with a hood.

When I returned to the ground, I had to carry out an inventory inspection when crossing the suspension bridge, which was intended to prevent someone from carrying some "contraband" out of the large fissure, which took a little time.

By the time I saw the sun again, it was already early afternoon, and I had just missed lunchtime. However, I would rather take a shower first than eat.

In just one day, I noticed that I also had an unbearable smell of sweat on my body.

Under the strange eyes of the dwarven soldiers in charge of security outside the Mission's quarters, I quickly walked through the hallway towards Ellie's room. I remember her room had a private bathroom and stove. I thought all the way that after taking a shower, I might be able to use the stove in my room to make myself something to eat.

Because of that bad smell, I felt like I was running away at this time.

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After a busy day, Ellie finally returned to her residence after meeting with Jean as an envoy. There was still no real progress on the design, which was a minor setback to her confidence. Ellie even regretted her recklessness at the beginning, which is why she made herself ugly with the dwarves.

Although Wei Lun, who was the actual manager of the entire forging, didn't say anything, Elle, who had always been smooth, couldn't help but think so.

"What's going on?"

As soon as she closed the door, Ellie smelled a scent.

In the main room of the living room and kitchen, the hanging pot on the stove was "gurgling", and the pot was tumbling with the thick soup with the pieces of meat that Elle couldn't recognize for a while.

Next to it are carrots that have been cut into small pieces and washed lettuce leaves.

Well, I guess lettuce! I don't know what the dwarves in this world call it, but it does look like lettuce. In fact, I decided to go to the market before taking a shower, because there really wasn't anything worth boiling in Ellie's room.

"Hey, you're back. Just right, get a taste of my craft. ”

Because I was worried that the soup in the pot would boil dry, I walked out of the bathroom without drying up. I happened to see Ellie staring at the hanging pot in the room in a daze.

So as soon as Elle turned around, she saw me passing by her wrapped in a towel and wearing wet hair.

"-Uh" Ellie, who had been stunned for a long time, finally came to her senses and cried out, "Anna! Do you know that everyone is worried about you, where have you been running all this time? ”

Elle clenched her fist and wanted to smash it, gesturing several times in a row, but she was reluctant to do it.

(No, you can't let this guy go.) ）

Seeing my look of innocence, Ellie suddenly released her clenched fist and began to attack my armpits.

"Hey, don't-make a fuss. Wok...... The pot is going to be mushy. Hey, I ...... I'm wrong, I'm wrong?"

Ellie's sudden attack almost made me drop my spoon to the ground. I can only hurry up and apologize before I fall completely.

"Okay......"

Seeing the tears in Ellie's eyes, I could only hug her and comfort her.

Ellie, who was hiding in my arms, suddenly stopped sobbing and slammed her hand into my chest with a wicked smile.

"What?"

I slammed Ellie away and exclaimed.

The towel that covered the shame slowly fell at this time.

"Huhu! sure enough, ......"

Elle had a "I knew" look on her face, staring at my chest tightly.

"Huh?"

It wasn't until I wrapped my body in a towel again that the drama ended.

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"Hey, won't you explain what happened during the time you disappeared?"

Elle said in a complaining tone as she spooned the broth into her mouth as if she was enjoying it. However, her expression told me that she had no intention of complaining at all.

Ellie had already been bought with the food in the mouth bar.

"As a member of the Development Bureau, you should know about such a thing as a "confidentiality regulation", right?"

"Yes. ”

As she spoke, Elle got up and added another bowl to herself.

"That's about it. ”

"What?—— uh, alright!" Ellie put down the spoon in her hand and looked at me very seriously, "But how can the dwarves explain that Jean has reported your disappearance to the dwarven king." ”

"You don't have to worry about that, someone will explain it to him. ”

The reason I say this is because I think that the dwarves will report to Scipio about my visit to the Great Rift. Whether out of duty or obligation.

In fact, it was true that when Gon showed me around the foundry, not long after McGonagall, Veron, and others sat down at the wine table, someone reported the news to Scipio.

And Scipio's instruction was - to be quiet.

He asked Gong De to secretly examine whether this "friend" who suddenly appeared was a friend of the real dwarf. And the dwarves got the answers they were hoping for, so that's why my visit would go so smoothly after that.

Otherwise, the disappearance may become a real disappearance.

Seeing that I was so confident, Elle was a little worried, but she didn't ask any more questions after all.

"Anyway, what's going on with your sharing with the dwarves?"

"Alas, it's hard to put into words. ”

As soon as she mentioned her own affairs, Ellie's spirit came up, and she put down the rice bowl in her hand and got up to take out the drawings from the document bucket hanging on the wall.

Then pull the dishes and chopsticks on the table and pull them aside.

"Hey, I didn't finish it!"

"—Wait a minute, eat it later. Elle wiped the stains off the table with a rag and spread the drawings on top, "Take a look at me, I know you're smarter than I am." ”

"Here..... Here......"

Elle pointed to several locations in the drawing. Those are the few points that she has so far failed to think of a solution.

It is not unreasonable for Elle to be so anxious, the Development Bureau has already sent a message through the Mage Guild to tell her that if she can't make substantial progress on her topic in a short period of time, the Development Bureau will have to cancel her future trip.

The end result is the first opportunity for the Development Bureau to work with the dwarves, and it will pass by.