In the end, Frazi and Ernst returned to the forge and then directly declared the victory of the Emir.

However, the people present didn't care about the result for a long time, even if Frazi said that Grant won, everyone would not reject Emir because of this, they were just a little curious, what did the head of the family say to Grant, and they just hoped that it would be better not to offend the other party.

Next, Frazi didn't say anything, but continued to work, and everyone had to work hard to return to their posts.

Emir couldn't help but be a little moved when he looked at their hard work, and what was even more unexpected was that Vrazi, who was a great nobleman, was the hardest-working, and he didn't have any aristocrats, and his will couldn't help but be a little shaken.

But it didn't take long for the emir to figure out that maybe Frazi was really a great forger, but no matter how much he wanted to improve his forging skills, he couldn't steal the things of the elves without permission, not to mention that he had deceived such a pure race.

On the other hand, the Elven King has fulfilled his agreement, not only helping Emir lift the bloodline curse, but also allowing Ophelia to transform into a real elf, so no matter what, Emir can't break his trust, after all, the Elf King chose him because he liked him as a person.

Next, the Emir began to seriously participate in the forging work, and this time of everyone working together passed very quickly, and fortunately, with the help of the Emile, they finally completed all the orders of those who were promoted to knights.

This is also the deadline, and if it is not done today, the name of their Stuart family will be ruined.

At this time, the emir also understood how much these clansmen resented him, and would rather risk disgrace the family than let him show his strength, and it turned out that he was indeed not a promiscuity.

In addition, according to the information just got, only 100 people will be promoted in the audition stage, and it will be a 100-50 competition from tomorrow, and Emir is a little concerned about the result of Ophelia's game.

So that night, he took advantage of the break to come to Anthony's house, because after the banquet last night, Anthony suggested that Ophelia stay at his house for the night, so that she could take her directly to the competition the next day.

However, when he walked into the living room, he saw Anthony sitting in a chair with his head down, while Ophelia was closing her eyes.

It was obvious that they were waiting for the emir, and he was a little distracted by the fact that he had delayed his arrival so late.

Perhaps sensing traces of Emir's magic, Ophelia immediately opened her eyes.

"Here you are, Emir."

"Oh, Emile, you're here," Anthony hurriedly ran to Emir and cried, "You don't know how aggrieved we are today. ”

"Uh, what's going on? Could it be that Ophelia lost? ”

"No, Miss Ophelia is invincible, after all, how can a mere human compete with a dragon knight, but I never expected that those people would resort to despicable means, alas, I have never felt so ashamed of being a human being......"

Unwilling to listen to his ramblings, the emile turned his gaze to Ophelia, who looked at Anthony and shook his head with a wry smile.

"Here's the thing, I didn't go to sign up today, but the person in charge of the registration office didn't know what method was used, and I immediately learned that I could use magic, and the competition manual clearly stated that no one who can do magic is allowed to participate in the knight competition, so I was even rejected for registration."

At this point, Anthony began to complain again.

"It's so despicable, I know that I can't beat it, so I don't compare myself to others, right? Hmph, sure enough, there is nothing to see in the knight competition, so the so-called Twelve Paladins of the Empire must also have a lot of moisture. ”

Emir can understand him, after all, the dragon knight has always been a hero in his mind, and he is naturally invincible, but in reality, he can't even participate in the knight competition.

Of course, this was his own problem, and he shouldn't have wishful thinking that Ophelia was a dragon knight.

However, Emile remembered another thing, that is, the knight named Cohen he met yesterday, and the other party seemed to have expected Ophelia to not be able to sign up.

At that time, Emir had used magic perception, but he couldn't detect any traces of magic from Cohen, so how did he know that Ophelia couldn't sign up?

While he was deep in thought, Ophelia was about to say goodbye to Anthony, who seemed to be ready for a long time, just waiting for the arrival of the Emir.

"Anthony, I know you're angry, but since the dragon knight rides a dragon and has elven blood, it can't be considered a human being, and the knight competition is to select the twelve strongest knights among the human race, so naturally no other races will participate."

"......," Anthony heard this, and felt that it made sense, "that's right, in fact, I just think that such a powerful knight can't get the same honor as in the storybook, but those mediocre guys are warmly welcomed, which is too unfair." ”

"Mediocre?" Ophelia murmured softly.

In fact, when she didn't get the elven blood, she was also one of the mediocre people in Anthony's mouth, but she didn't blame Anthony for his thoughts, after all, for ordinary people, knights are only strong and weak.

"Anthony, I still want to say sorry to you because I couldn't live up to your expectations."

"Oh, Miss Ophelia, it's not you who is at fault, it's this unreasonable knightly competition."

"Well, anyway, it's time for us to say goodbye." Ophelia said solemnly.

“…… Why," Anthony's eyes widened suddenly, looking surprised, "as long as you two are in the royal capital, we can go back and forth often, why do you say like we'll never see each other again?" ”

"Yes, yes, but ...... Alas, it's hard to explain this, but we all have a very important mission, and maybe we'll leave here when the mission is completed, so we don't have much opportunity to move around each other...... I'm sorry, but we can't respond to your expectations, either in battle or as friends. ”

“……”

Anthony fell silent, and although they had only been together for two days, he hoped to be friends with Emile and Ophelia.

However, he thought about it, if the emir hadn't let him ride a dragon, and Ophelia wasn't a dragon knight, would he still be so enthusiastic?

Of course not, at most, I will only thank them as lifesavers, and then they will be strangers.

So, after thinking about it for a while, he finally figured it out, and then he smiled.

"Well, I see, it's a pity, but I'm glad to be friends with you two, even if it's only for two days, I won't forget it."

Ophelia didn't say much, just walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, and Emir did the same.

After a short farewell, the two were about to leave, but suddenly a servant hurried in and said a word to Anthony.

The emir heard it, as if a man named Cohen Frem had asked to see him, for he had heard that a great blacksmith was here.

He subconsciously thought that Cohen was looking for him, after all, he was the only blacksmith here, so he planned to stop for a while to see what was going on.

"Well, then invite him in." Anthony instructed the servants.

After a while, Cohen walked in, still the same as he had been when he had competed yesterday, except that the silver whip at his waist was missing.

"This knight, my family is in business, and I don't usually hire forgers, but there is indeed a forger here, is it the person you are looking for?"

"Hehe, of course," Cohen graciously admitted, then looked at the Emir and continued, "I heard that you are from the Stuart family?" ”

"Well, what's the matter?" The emir nodded and asked casually.

"Sure enough, it is worthy of being a family that monopolizes the entire empire's forging industry, I can't hide it, I want to ask you to help me forge a weapon, any weapon, you can make your own decision."

Only then did the Emile remember that Cohen's weapon had been destroyed in the audition, and that he still had to participate in the promotion tournament.

As far as the Emir knows, although it is possible to defeat the opponent without a weapon in a match, before that, it is necessary to have a weapon to enter the arena, after all, a handy weapon is the standard equipment of knights, and knights have an inexplicable obsession in this kind of thing.

"But it's my time off, and why don't you make a reservation at the Stuart family's store sooner?"

"Haha, this ...... I'm also new to the city, so I don't understand these things. Cohen scratched his head.

“……”

Emile was speechless, but he had also seen Cohen's performance on the field, if such a good knight could not participate in the competition because he did not have a weapon, then this year's paladins would really be mediocre as Anthony said.

Seeing that Emir was hesitating, Cohen hurriedly continued.

"Please, the price is easy to say, I set up a stall in the royal capital not long ago to do business, and I made a lot of money, as long as you are willing to help, I can give it all to you."

“…… Trade? The Emir couldn't help but complain that this guy was really a wonder.

"Hehe, it's not a big business, but it's unexpectedly popular, so I earned more than 100,000 gold coins." Cohen said embarrassedly.

“…… Ten, more than 100,000? The emir was dumbfounded, this was not the looting of some nobleman.

"Well, I'd like to take the liberty of asking, what kind of business are you doing?" Anthony was suddenly interested.

"Selling weapons, swords, guns, swords, halberds, everything, and then I posted an advertisement saying that these were the personal weapons of the former paladins, and as a result, the more than 100 weapons I brought were sold out in a few hours."

"Uh...... How can someone else's paladin's weapon be sold to you? ”

"Isn't that normal? A knight would get a new weapon almost every year, and the old weapon would be sold as scrap, and I would recycle it at a high price and sell it to someone else at a higher price. ”

"Tut, it's a shame that you don't go into business." The emir sighed heartily.

"Hehe, in short, as long as you help me forge a weapon, my more than 100,000 gold coins will belong to you, of course I know the price of a weapon on the market, even if it is the highest quality, it is no more than 10,000, but you don't shirk, after all, it is more to thank you, so what do you think?"

For this kind of almost free money, Emir naturally did not refuse to come, so he nodded and accepted the commission.

However, when he heard about Cohen's experience in business, he suddenly came up with a brilliant idea that completely crushed Frazi.

"By the way, how did you know I was here?" Emir asked suddenly.

"Hehe, it's not me who blows, there's nothing I don't know about in this part of the royal capital."

"Oh? Do you have a reliable intelligence network? The emir couldn't help but speculate.

“…… I don't have to hide it from you, in fact, I can do magic, do you know divination? That's it, so whatever I want to know, I'll see it when I cast a spell on the crystal ball. ”

As soon as he heard this, Anthony couldn't bear it anymore.

"Wait, since you know magic, how can you participate in knighthood, and my Ophelia can't."

Although Emile wanted to complain about when Ophelia became Anthony's family, he also felt strange.

"Hehe, this is simple, just give the person in charge of the registration office a meaning, you know."

“…… Uh, and that way? Everyone present was dumbfounded.

"That's why I said, in this place of the royal capital, you can't get along without money, now you should understand." Cohen said with a proud look on his face.

"Well, I see, I see." The emir couldn't help but smile wryly.

To be honest, he also wanted to know how far Ophelia could go in the knightly competition, but it was actually unsuccessful because of this kind of thing.

After a while, the emir decided to implement his own plan.

"Mr. Cohen, what do you think of the sword?"

"Longsword? Although I haven't been in contact with it for many years, it can be regarded as a bit of a memory, and it should be possible to refamiliarize myself with it. ”

"Uh......"

Emir was shocked by this guy's words again, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of mentality he had to participate in the knightly competition, could he really do it temporarily?

"Well, listen to you, do you have a ready-made sword?" Cohen seemed to hear it.

"yes, how about you look at this one?" The emir said this, and directly took out his holy sword.

Cohen took it, looked at it carefully, and then let out an ape-like cry.

"This, is this what you forged?"

Emile nodded, and he couldn't help but think that this guy was quite knowledgeable.

"This is also wonderful, Emir, are you a genius in forging? To be honest, I also worked as a blacksmith for a while, and I know the difficulties, if I didn't think that the forging certificate was too easy and not challenging at all, I might have persevered. ”

“……”

The emir had become undisturbed, and he would not be surprised if anything outrageous came out of this guy's mouth.

"But, such a good weapon, do you really plan to give it to me? You must know that this kind of thing is not something that can be bought for more than 100,000 gold coins, and what I just said is that the weapons that can be seen on the market do not exceed 10,000 gold coins. ”

"Not for you, of course," said the emir bluntly, "but to borrow it, and you will return it to me when the game is over, so you only need to pay me the rent." ”

"Well, that's a good idea, but I'd like to give you all my savings anyway." Cohen said solemnly.

"And what about yourself? You've got to live. Emir couldn't help but cover his face, thinking to himself how this guy did things so hastily.

"Hehe, Emir, you're such a nice person, so you're more worthy of me, and you don't have to worry, if you don't have the money, I'll just rummage through the garbage and sell it." Cohen is rightly right.

"What?"

Although it was already calm, the emir was still shocked at this time, is this treating customers as rags?

Eventually, Cohen left in a huff, leaving the Emir staring at the sacks of gold on the ground.