After the examination began, Ernst, as the examiner, sat on a chair outside the door and waited patiently.

In order to make it easier to check the time, an hourglass is placed outside that same as in the room.

If it was before, he would always feel bored while waiting, but now it is different, he is very confident in his vision, so even if he deliberately comes up with the most difficult questions, he believes that Emir will definitely pass the assessment.

After a while, he casually picked up the personal information that Emir had just registered, and he couldn't help but be surprised at this glance, because he noticed that Emir's surname was actually Stuart.

In fact, Ernst is also a member of the Stuart family, but he has not been able to embark on the path of a blacksmith, and this phenomenon is especially common nowadays, most people in the family would rather choose other industries, which is also the fundamental reason why the Stuart family is gradually declining as a famous blacksmith.

Although the outside world does not know much about the Stuart family, and thinks that they have been controlling the entire empire's weapons industry with their excellent forging skills, Ernst knows very well that the current family has not produced a talented forger for decades, and even if there is, he has not been able to go down this road in the end, so he even thinks that within three years, the family's business will completely collapse.

At this point, Ernst was more than surprised, and he thought that if the Emir passed the examination, and then he introduced him to the head of the Stuart family, Frazzi, then he would definitely receive a great compliment, and maybe even become the president of the Forge Guild.

After all, the current Stuart family is in dire need of talent, and even Frazi himself often laments that the family's decline has been irreversible.

Although he was able to forge very high-quality weapons, his strength alone was limited, and he could not mass-produce these weapons.

Since Frazile ordered his forgers to retake the assessment, the family's talent drain is very serious, although most of the people who left are outsiders, but it is with them in the past that the production of weapons has been guaranteed.

Now only the people of the Stuart family are still in the family, but unfortunately their abilities are very ordinary, and Frazi realized afterwards that it was actually his own family who wanted to kick out.

Many of the people who left chose to set up their own doors, they knew very well that the Forge Guild was already controlled by the Stuart family, and although they could wait for Frazi to lower the assessment standards, in fact, the real purpose of their abandonment of the assessment was only to get revenge on Frazi.

After all, they had worked for the Stuart family for so long, and as a result, Frazi swept them out of the house with a whim, and then set up a rare and outrageous assessment, which was clearly intended to make things difficult for them.

In that case, they will not stay here any longer, and they know very well that it is their so-called outsiders who have propped up the Stuart family, and once they leave, the family is not far from decay.

They don't feel sorry for this, but they like it, because that's the price of Frazi's lack of attention to them.

For Ernst, his own future is one thing, and more important is the future of his family, so every time he thinks about it, he really feels pity, but it is difficult to recover, and Frazi, as the head of the family, can only swallow his own bitter fruit.

At this time, Ernst looked at the hourglass with hope, and did not open the door until the last sand fell, and Ophelia and Anthony, who were waiting, followed in.

The emir handed the forged weapon to Ernst, and when the other party took it, it was obvious that he could not hold it, so he had to put it on the ground.

As Ernst looked closely, his face became more and more solemn, and the Emile could not help but be nervous when he looked at him like this.

"It shouldn't be a problem, even Cosette is happy with this weapon." The emir muttered quietly.

When Ernst had finished his observations, he fell back into deep thought, and at last he looked at Emile with a serious face, but in an admiring tone.

“…… Oops, it's so perfect, dare to ask which master blacksmith did you study with? ”

"Ah, this."

The emir was dumbfounded, and what was the matter with this sudden and respectful tone.

"Don't you have anything to say?" Ernst was a little frustrated.

The emir had no choice but to tell him about his blacksmith, including the village blacksmith, but Ernst was clearly not convinced, and in the end he had to compromise.

"Alright, then I can announce the results now," Ernst said, ticking the Emir's registered name with a checkmark, "Your forge has passed the exam, please be patient here, and I will issue you a certificate." ”

"Hmm."

"Congratulations, Emir." Ophelia congratulated from the bottom of her heart.

Anthony was also happy for him, and then said.

"Well, when you get your credentials, I'm going to throw a big celebration for you."

Emir didn't want to trouble him, after all, they had only known each other for less than a day, but looking at his elated appearance, it was as if he had met a happy event himself, which made people embarrassed to refuse.

Then, after another hour of waiting, Ernst presented him with a carefully framed certificate.

Before leaving, the emir asked if he could sell this weapon to him, even if it was ten times the price, he could accept it.

As a result, after listening to his words, Ernst was very surprised, after all, Emir himself could forge it, why did he still ask him to buy it, even at ten times the price.

But in the end, he didn't ask too much, and he didn't do anything excessive, but gave the weapon to the emir for free.

"One more thing, I hope you will answer me seriously." Ernst said seriously.

"Well, I'll try to know everything."

"Are you really from the Stuart family?"

“…… Well, yes by blood, but my ancestors broke away from the current Stuart family hundreds of years ago. The emir was blunt.

"I see." It dawned on Ernst that it was no wonder that he knew everything about his family, but he had never met Emile.

"What's wrong with that?" The emir asked him rhetorically.

"Haha, no, I'm just asking," Ernst said with a smile, "and then what I want to say is, are you willing to join the Stuart family, which can be regarded as a recognition of your ancestors, and the current head of the family, Frazi, appreciates talents like you very much, he is one of the great nobles of the royal capital, and when the time comes, maybe you will become a nobleman in the royal capital, what do you think?" ”

The emir was glad to do so, but he still had a pact with Lydia that he couldn't stay in the royal capital forever.

At this point, he cared more about the name Ernst had mentioned than how tactfully he refused.

"Wait, who did you say is the current head of the Stuart family?"

“…… Frazi Stuart, by the way, you don't know each other, do you? Ernst couldn't help but speculate.

"No, no, I just think the name is familiar." The emir hurriedly waved his hand, he was worried about revealing his true purpose.

However, since he was going to introduce him to Frazi, it was necessary for him to agree to Ernst, after all, it always hurts to know more about the enemy.

"Familiar? Also, it's normal. Ernst smiled.

"Oh?" The emir was a little confused.

"Since your ancestors are also from the Stuart family, then the name of Frazi must have appeared in your family, and a person like him has a very famous reputation, and your family must not mention it less, right?"

"Hehe, that's true." The emir scratched his head and smirked, there was no need to correct the other party at this point.

However, Ophelia spotted the problem.

"Listen to you, do you know how many hundred years Frazi has lived?"

"......" Ernst couldn't help but shake his head, but still patiently explained, "Hehe, it seems that you are indeed from other towns, because this is not a new thing in the royal capital, everyone knows that he became an elf, and then obtained an almost eternal life, as for why he said almost, it is because no one knows how many years the elf can live, maybe thousands of years, or tens of thousands of years." ”

"I've heard about Frazi, too," Anthony quickly interjected, "Although humans have always been in awe of elves, Frazi is on the side of humans, as can be seen from the fact that he forged weapons for humans, so we didn't reject him. ”

"That's right," Ernst nodded, and then added, "but it's only because it's useful, and if he doesn't forge weapons for humans one day, people will probably still think of him as an anomaly." ”

"No," Anthony couldn't understand his words, "heck, there won't be that day anyway, aren't the Stuarts in the limelight right now?" ”

Although he was complimenting Ernst's family, he shook his head with a wry smile, for he knew it all too well.

After a while, he returned to the point.

"Alright, without further ado, let's go see Frazi."

"Huh? Is it so fast? The emir was a little caught off guard.

"Of course, I have to tell the head of the family the good news quickly, he will be very happy, and maybe he will give you some precious gifts."

The emir couldn't make up his mind for a moment, because it was a direct meeting with his target, and he hadn't had time to come up with a suitable countermeasure.

Ophelia could see that he was hesitating, and comforted.

"Emir, you can rest assured, with me, no one dares to take you?"

“…… All right. ”

Anthony saw the atmosphere of the scene, and then said to the emir, "Since I am going to see the big people, then I will not be foolish, I will wait for you at home, and you must come to the celebration when the time comes." ”

"Well, I won't forget." Emir held out his hand and shook it tightly with Anthony.

After getting along for a while, he has a good impression of Anthony, and although he has only known him for a long time, he can still see that Anthony is a friend worth befriending.

Afterwards, Emile and Ophelia watched him leave the assessment point, and they were about to meet with Frazi officially.