Chapter 38: Discussions

After the banquet, that just became something like a buffet because of the quantity of the foods. Me, together with Altair, and Idun who is together with Virgo started to walk out of the corridor. Yeah, now the fight with my wife is already over, the festival also coming to its end.

It is about time that I decided to finally ask for compensation, honestly I want to continue the "quality time" of me and Arachne, and I can also invite the Lady one of Gemini the twins, I am sure that she will most likely agree and accept my invitation. Well, a person with many women always finds it fun if their are more than one lady riding his crotch right?

However, I have restrained myself in doing so because I still have to go back to Valentine, I also have to prepare for the future cooperation of my country and the country that will be developed by Idun. Surely, Idun still remembered her dreams of turning this place into an officially recognized Fairy nation.

Good thing that this place have a lot of resources, really. It was even placed under extreme importance that I have to personally negotiate with the lord of the future nation, it's honestly a pain, but hey that's another business partner, of course I will not complain.

Anyway, going back, because of all of this, I refrained from having sex the whole night and immediately went to get my reward in saving Idun's life, though I said it is my reward, it is really for my subordinate. Now, now, I am not spoiling her, its just that she is my subordinate, and she have a wrong choice of weapon in which is unacceptable for me, she have to have a weapon that suits her the best, and have a weapon to be nothing other than the best.

Altair was quite this entire time, because there is a banquet and she is being used as a servant for me, she stands on standby in my back watching me eating so that if I need something, she will be able to get it at the fastest time possible, well that was the formality, but yeah, she was just standing there and occasionally help the maids move around the used plates and deliver the newly cooked food.

When the event was already over, she is mentally tired because of her nature of being a hyperactive person that is always running around while her breast are bouncing around... Ah, I got off topic. But anyway, she is hyperactive, plus she just have a mental battle of wether or not snatch some food in our table in which just made the mental fight for her who is experiencing her first time serving others, and... She's really burned out.

However, the moment I said that Idun will talk to her and she will be able to ask things to her, she immediately perked up and right now, Idun and her are in the back of Virgo and I as they blabber loudly about things that is being asked by Altair, most of them are exaggerated but most of them are true and Altair was just replying "Cool!" And "Amazing!" all the time making Virgo and I feel annoyed about it as we know that Idun's ego was now fed bloated because of someone actually complimenting her achievements.

After about an hour of walking and waiting for the two blabbermouths to finish their boisterous and noisy conversation, well even though it is to be expected, Idun looking at me and is brimming with an ear to ear smile as she looked at me intently.

She have her eyes shining as if she found a sandbox to play into in the middle of a savanna, I looked at her with an annoyed face and knitted brows seeing her having her ego-bloated mode active.

"HA! HA! HA!, I have taken interest into your subordinate Loki! How about a trade!?"

While saying so, she placed her hand heavily in Virgo's shoulder, barely being able to do so as she tip toed her way to it while walking with her feet in tip toes. Good thing she have quite the physical power too, so doing things so stupid like that is not really that big of a deal.

Virgo just smiled, however some veins started to pop out off her forehead, I then immediately stretched both of the cheeks of Idun and released it immediately after.

"Are you stupid? Do you want your children to cry?"

I knitted my brows in front of her, as Virgo looked into me and immediately knew the meaning of my cue. She started to lessen her smile becoming faint as it can still be considered a smile, she let her head down a little and made her brows be separated with each other. Look of sadness was now seen in her face as a struck of realization hit Idun in the heart.

"Wha- Ah... Hm-hmph! I-i'm just joking! You people are so boring! So what do you want, Loki?"

Virgo, as another part of her act made a faint and relieved smile and just silently stood back up in the back of Virgo, similar to Altair.

I can see that Idun still have her ego fully bloated, thus she cannot openly apologize to Virgo in front the two of us, well that was all an act though.

Anyway, because I still something to say, I immediately dismissed the matter and immediately went and asked the compensation I want.

Idun already expected me asking for compensation even though I am calling it a favor for a friend, I mean, after all, what I did is just to save her life. It is just like how teachers, famers and doctors have high salaries (atleast to our country) because of their services, if their services was not appreciated in a monetary way, they will be left unsatisfied. You can say that my mentality is the same as those people, I have just saved a life by fighting my wife, furthermore my pride was somehow unsettled because I was used as someone who just buys time for the spell to work even though I am the protagonist.

Plus I am a selfish person, so all in all, if you summarized all of that. I will not let Idun rest in peace and will annoy her until she gave me my compensation. And like I said earlier, it's not like Idun didn't expected all of this, rather, she already prepared all the rewards she can muster, and that means a great amount because of how bountiful this forest is.

Furthermore, she also have a lot of pride just like me, meaning that she doesn't want any personal favors even to a friend like me, and I am also vice versa. Well, the point is, if I didn't demanded a reward, then Idun will not let me leave this place and will annoy me to receive a reward from her.

Well, even though I said "my reward", the reward I am seeking is actually for my subordinate, Altair. Do you remember the time when I pointed out her mistakes, one of it was her weapon of choice, right? however like I also said, because she is my Subordinate now, her weapon should be amazing and nothing else lower than that.

And the best place that have the best materials and the best artisan required to create the sword that suits my preference, the sword that will be given to my subordinate is this place. This place is littered with minerals that can create massive waves and revolutions in the military and war waging industry of the world, metals that have pre that can become as big as a person, metal that explodes upon contact and many more that I cannot really list them all.

Plus this place is the dwelling place of dwarves, an unofficial race of craftsmen that didn't have a ruler... well because they are craftsmen focused race and doesn't have many fighters. They are being subjected to slavery and many of them are in the kingdom that I took down a long time ago.(1) Some of them became famous artisans and merchants in Valentine, and the remaining was fetched by Idun. Meaning all of them have sense of gratitude towards the two of us, thus making me relieved that they will not make a shabby job in their craft.

My demands are simple, atleast for the said craftsmen filled race. First I want the sword to become a great sword, a two handed one. I want the hilt to be obsidian in color and wants Ouroboros metal in the blade.

Furthermore, the great sword should have the following effects that would further amplify the performance of Altair in fights as a way to compensate with her berserker and straightforward fighting style.

I actually made Altair spar with me in the span when Vega's ribs was still shattered and was on the hospital, and saw her style, it was... strong, to say the least. However, it is lacking because her weapon is a short sword making the power transmitted by the blade lower than it should have been, she doesn't use magic even though all people can use magic to a certain extent making her body the only way to tank the hits of an enemy, furthermore magic can also serve as a good distraction for a nemeses in a drawn out fight, however because of her lack of foundation to the said field, such a good compliment to a very straight forward fighting style is wasted.

And so, here are my conditions in making the sword of Altair. First, it should have a function that electrocutes anyone, including myself, that is not Altair that will try to wield the sword unless of course, if Altair gave permission of that specific person to do so (but who the fuck gives permission to make other people use their weapon right), the last part will be applied by Idun as an enchantment because there is naturally no metal that can give such a function. Second, I want the blade to have a high mana adaptability, meaning that the blade should force Altair's mana and mana characteristics into itself and let Altair manifest magic powers through the blade.

Third, the blade should have a homing function. This arrangement is more of an assurance, really, we all know that Altair is... Kind of lacking in the brain department and thus raising the problem of misplacing the blade in her toilet, in the house or in the base. Though of course I cannot say that "my subordinate is dumb so give it a homing function", so what I said is that it will come in handy when Altair have to use it as some kind of throwing weapon in unique situations, that her opponent escaped with only his or her life barely hanging on his or her ass.

That way, she can just yeet the sword and hit the opponent, and because of the broadness of the sword, as long as Altair hit the middle section of the body, it is sure to stab from the stomach up to the diaphragm, and of course, people will normally die if they was stabbed in the stomach.

Hearing this, of course Altair was fascinated because of my arrangements, while Idun can only give me a frown, seemingly annoyed because of my incredibly hard to fulfill demands. But also just shrugged it off.

"Sigh... Alright, alright. Well, I will soon built a nation, so I might as well look for the best blacksmith for my future country."

Idun immediately reached her hand into Virgo who have a paper and a quill, who knows where did she get the quill. She wrote down all of my demands and points, like a secretary, even though she's technically a maid and immediately gave the paper to Idun.

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Author's note:

You will have more information if you read Special Chapter number one.