Lindsey didn't try to persuade Anrui or express her opinion.

Because he knows it well.

As a lord who has managed a border town for a hundred years, An Rui must have a rather deep-rooted will in some ways.

His words could not have swayed An Rui's thoughts.

Besides, the purpose of coming to the lord's manor today is to find out what the other party thinks.

Lindsay's purpose has been achieved, and the current state of the town has been confirmed, and that is enough.

So when the conversation was over, he stood up from Anrui's side.

Before leaving, Lindsay asked one last question:

"Uncle Anrui, I'm going to try sharpening a little arrow on my own lately. I've heard that there are places around town where ore can be seen, can you tell me where it is? ”

An Rui raised an eyebrow:

"Leave this to the blacksmith in town, or go to Joel?"

Lindsay calmly replied:

"I'd like to try it myself, too."

“……”

An Rui glanced at Lindsay with interest.

Because of the experience of adventuring together in the world of Montenegro, he also knew that Lindsay's skills had very diverse abilities, and now he naturally connected everything.

However, this time An Rui did not delve into it, but simply replied:

"It's just north of town."

"It's a straight walk from here, and you'll be there in two hours at your pace."

After telling the location of Lindsay's mine, An Rui also pointed to the manor kitchen behind him:

"By the way, there are some nut cakes baked in the kitchen today, you can grab some and eat them on the road."

Lindsey nodded in thanks:

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Anrui."

Ending the conversation, Lindsay walked over to the manor's kitchen.

It's still early in the morning, and only Rena, the cook, is busy in the kitchen.

This is also an old acquaintance of Lindsay.

Because he started cooking from scratch, he learned from the other party.

Lindsay was seen walking into the kitchen. Rena, who was cleaning the turnips, immediately had a smile on her face, she put down the vegetables in her hand, reached out and wiped them on her apron, and greeted her warmly:

"Lindsay, why are you here?"

Rena's welcome was not polite, but heartfelt.

Because Lindsay has always respected her very much, and she is humble and serious when learning to cook.

As an ordinary cook.

How could Rena not like such a young awakened person?

Lindsay also smiled and said hello, and then said what she meant:

"I'm going to take a trip to the north."

"Uncle Anrui said there are baked nut cakes here, let me take some to eat on the way."

"Okay!" Rena nodded, turned her head and took out a few nut cakes from the basket next door and handed them to Lindsay, "Take them and eat them." By the way, I also cooked some porridge in the morning, do you want to drink a bowl before leaving? ”

"I had breakfast before I went out, and I didn't drink the porridge yet."

Lindsay excused herself, said goodbye to Rena, and prepared to leave the kitchen.

But at this moment, the cook called Lindsay from behind:

Rena mysteriously stepped forward and whispered a reminder to Lindsay:

"Lindsay, be careful when you come lately."

"Lord Anrui has been in a bad mood for the past two days. I had a fight with other people in the house last night, and I could hear it clearly downstairs! ”

“……”

Lindsay nodded, and her mood when she left was even more complicated by this little episode.

Reyna's reminder seemed like a kind admonition.

And she herself has no ill will towards An Rui.

But this is actually a subconscious change, the people in the lord's manor would never tell anyone else about An Rui without authorization in the past, even if the other party was Lindsay, this should not happen.

The changes in the town are changing everything in the details.

……

Two hours later.

Lindsay found the mine Anrui was talking about to the north of the town.

It's an open-pit mine, but deep in the middle of a dense forest.

In the past few years, the border towns have not sent people to clear the forests, so it is difficult to mine.

When Lindsey was studying with Finn, she had a general understanding of the history of this area.

With the size of a frontier town, there used to be very little demand for ore.

During the period of smooth communication with the outside world, only a small amount of iron ore imports could meet all the needs of the town.

The border town is just an outpost and does not need to develop the economy.

Under the premise that there is no urgent need in many aspects, it is basically in a state of absoluteness.

until they lose contact with the outside world.

The town was deprived of an imported source of iron ore and was redeveloped.

But even so, the mine still maintains a very primitive appearance. Lindsay walked in here, and along the open-air ore vein, she could see several open-air pits that had been cleared.

If there is a need, the town will organize people to mine here.

Thirteen years have passed, and not much of the ore has been mined here, and even rough red and black ore can be seen on the surface.

Lindsay walked a little further inside.

I saw a familiar hunter's hut on the side of the road.

This simple wooden hut was originally owned by hunters, but has now been converted into a makeshift hut by the mine's guards.

Lindsay knocked on the door and said hello.

The other party's name is Suna, and he is also an awakened person, but it is only the second stage, and his strength is enough to deal with some beasts, so he got the job.

Suna also knows Lindsay.

After explaining his intentions, he stopped paying attention to this side, and ran back to the hunter's hut to sleep in the cage.

Lindsey didn't mean to bother the other party too much.

He took out the pickaxe he had prepared and walked to a large pit dug nearby.

Lindsay raised her pickaxe, and the action stopped.

He doesn't even have to dig down!

Just beside the exposed surface, Lindsay saw a steel-gray, dense block of ore. He bent down and grabbed the surface of the ore, and with a simple warp, the ore was pulled out by him.

【Ore: Hematite】

[Ordinary ore, which can be used to refine metals.] 】

[Common crude ore in the market, low value. 】

"It's a lot easier than I thought."

Lindsay sighed and began digging in the pit.

It didn't take long for him to have four pieces of ore in front of him.

Lindsey took out the furnace that had been prepared in advance and put it on the ground, and as soon as the ore was put inside, the corresponding formula was revealed.

【4 Iron Ore = Iron Ingots】

Lindsay immediately chose to smelt, and a perfect iron ingot appeared in his hand.

"It's rare to come here, so it's better to get enough stuff and go back."

Lindsey picked up the ingot, stuffed it into her backpack, turned and began digging again.

Hematite is not the only source of this open-pit mine.

There are also small amounts of magnets, limonite and very small amounts of ilmenite.

Lindsey didn't want to make the scene too spectacular.

So after digging some of the ore in this pit, he moved to another pit to reduce his changes to the open pit mine.

After all, with his efficiency.

If you focus on one place and dig in one place, you will soon make a big scene.

Just even so.

By the end of the morning, Lindsay's hands were full of ores of various shapes.

With a smelting efficiency of four to one, these gains were enough for the amount he planned to use in the future.

I was going to spend a day here, but I was able to call it a day and go back early.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Lindsay felt ice on her hands.

He looked up at the sky.

Spotted white snowflakes falling from the sky, the gloomy sky was like a gray curtain that was pressing downward.

This scene means only one thing:

"Winter is coming......"

(End of chapter)