Dwarves

-A-and w-what do you think about it?

- About your drawings?

I clarified. When she nodded, I answered honestly.

- Although I didn't think you had such a hobby, but you are really talented. If you had painted not only me, you could well have been considered the greatest artist on the continent, I couldn't even restrain myself and took one of them for myself.

- Did you take one drawing? Which one?

- This one!

I took out the drawing I took earlier from the inventory. In the picture, Lisa was in my arms, and my hand rested on her chest, well at least we were dressed. She was surprised at the drawing that appeared out of thin air, but then asked.

-D-do you like it?

- Of course! However, because of the depravity of the drawing, you will have to hang it where outsiders will not see it.… Can you draw a big oil painting where you and I are standing against the background of the palace?

- Y-yes!

- Okay, but don't forget to avoid such obscenity.

- O-okay…

I expressed an idea that visited my head and did not think that I could accidentally offend the girl by calling her work obscenity, she was visibly upset about it.

- What an idiot! It would be necessary to watch the words!

I gave myself a mental slap and got close to her, then I hugged her and whispered.

- I don't blame you at all, and I don't consider such creativity unworthy, I just don't want outsiders to see it. Tell me, would it please you if people looked at a picture where you're groping me or I'm standing half naked? You see! That's why I don't want everyone to stare at MY woman, you should only delight my gaze!

I tucked a lock of her wet hair behind her ear and rubbed my forehead against her forehead. A smile appeared on her face again.

We didn't repeat the scene from her paintings, but just washed up and sat in the water, hugging. No matter how much I would like to pounce on her, but now is a rather critical moment, I have just taken over the management of the kingdom and a lot of things require my attention. Specifically today, I was supposed to meet with the magic blacksmith I asked Almeria to meet. Also, on the agenda was the preparation for the purge of corrupt officials, which I plan to carry out simultaneously with the purge of criminals and a meeting with Olivia, and of course the torture of Kyle. When there was a knock on the door of the room, I told Lisa.

- I have to leave.

She nodded, hugged me tighter, raised her head and looked at me so that I could understand her intentions, and I did not disappoint. The kiss was short-lived, but I couldn't help but admire the taste of her lips again. Then he got up, left the bathroom and opened the door so that Lana could come in. She helped me change, and I left my sister's bedroom.

- Lana, the magic blacksmith from Almeria was supposed to come today, has he not come yet?

- Miss Guern has indeed brought the blacksmith, he is now waiting in the waiting room.

- Great!

A good and reliable blacksmith is incredibly important to my plans. Now magic blacksmiths produce armor and weapons for magicians and fighters, but their best use is the production of magic tools in the likeness of a magic gun, that is, in mixing technology and magic. A blacksmith capable of producing such tools and having the necessary drawings will open the way for the appearance of magical shooters and technomancers on the planet. A magic shooter is a subclass of a fighter and specializes in shooting from a distance, their strong characteristics are speed and feelings. They use them to quickly and accurately aim at enemies, and they make up for the lack of strength with the help of magic guns. Magic arrows are irreplaceable in war, but they are almost not applicable in normal times, but almost anyone who has access to magic guns and equipment for aura training can become one, so the creation of a unit of magic shooters is not far off.

Technomancers, on the other hand, are a subclass of magicians, but they, violating the order in the class system, are melee fighters. Technomancers use special techno-magic and can make magical mechanisms a part of their body, cyborgs can be said. Technomancers have talent requirements, and really talented technomancers are stronger than most subclasses of the same level. While I do not have drawings that would open the way for the creation of a division of technomancers, and I will have to buy skills for them in the store, and money in the treasury is still tight.

But the possibility of creating a squad of mage-shooters is a very important thing. Because of the effect of the title of the state [Young Kingdom], wars will knock on the gates of the kingdom of Jorgen themselves, and on the battlefield the squad will be like a fish in water.

We came to the reception room, there I saw a bald dwarf with a long red beard and Almeria, they greeted their king with a bow, and then we sat down, and I started discussing the case, not forgetting to check the [Relationship] tab.

[Carl Horn] – magic blacksmith, respect 10/10, loyalty 10/10.

-!!!

I was very surprised to find out that he is devoted with such frenzy.

- My name is Karl, Your Majesty, Miss Guern came to me last night and asked me to come to you, when I heard about it, I immediately agreed! But first, let me, thank you.

- What do you want to thank me for?

I asked, not hiding my interest. He got up from the sofa and fell to his knees, resting his forehead on the stone floor, and said.

- Your Majesty personally took revenge on the bastard who killed my dear Karen, for it this inferior will faithfully serve you until the end of his days!

From his words, I realized that one of the criminals I killed to raise the level was the person who caused someone important to Karl to die.

- If that's what you want! I will accept you as my court blacksmith, since the position is empty!

- It's too much…

- If you want to serve me well, then just accept the position and do everything in the best possible way!

- That's right!

The dwarf replied in a military manner, getting up from his knees.

- Now sit down, and we'll talk about an important topic!

When he sat down, I laid out the drawing of the mana rifle on the table. Karl was silent and thoughtfully looked at the line, calculating something in his mind, for about a minute, we did not confuse him with reflections. When he finished, he said.

- I don't know who came up with it, but he's a genius!

- Can you do it?

- yes! But mass production will not work. At first, I can only share one rifle in two days, when I fill my hand, then a rifle a day will not be a problem!

- Okay, and now I have another question. Can you construct something like that based on a rifle device?

I took out another piece of paper, it was not a drawing at all, but a crooked drawing of a medieval cannon that I sketched yesterday, thinking about the possibility of inventing a device without the help of a system. I wanted to try to push the master of his craft to invent a magic artillery cannon.

- Hmm ... the goal is to increase the size and strength accordingly?

Carl understood my goal and ignored the lack of a proper drawing, as well as the curve of my drawing, which I liked, because it meant that he valued a good idea no less than the implementation.

- Yes, I thought about it and threw a sketch to illustrate the idea. Do you think it's possible?

- Without any doubt, it is possible! But I don't know if I can develop it on my own, besides, I will have to postpone the creation of rifles.… I can delegate this task to my daughter, who is much more talented than me in mechanisms, but I cannot do this without your approval…

- Bring her, we'll wait, I'm not bad at reading people, and if I can trust her, then no problem!

- Now, Your Majesty!

Carl left the room, and I started discussing with Almeria the organization of the magic shooters unit. The discussion took about an hour and at that time Carl returned, with a dwarf brought a girl, who looked about 12-13 years old, with hair as red as his beard. The game-designer of "Airial" was clearly a man of culture and instead of the usual masculine dwarf girls, he made all female dwarves lolies. And judging by her appearance, I could be sure that she was already an adult.