Episode 135 [Former workshop manager 3]
After that, I exchanged greetings with Liza's grandfather while leaving her father lying on the ground.
"I'm sorry for showing the customer something unsightly. I'm Liza's grandfather, Rubado."
"Nice to meet you, I'm the adventurer Jin."
“Jin… Ah, the adventurer who sold an extra-large gold nugget to you or Leeza!”
When Rubado said that with a surprised look on his face, he asked Leeza, "Is that you?"
Liza nodded to that question, and Rubado patted me on the shoulder and said, ``I see, you're the master!'' and looked happy.
I thought he was strong from his appearance, but his shoulders are ridiculous! I don't think he put that much effort into it, but his hand is about the same size as my head, and it's incredibly thick.
If you were hit with a normal hand like that, I'm sure it would hurt.
"Grandpa, Jin looks like he's in pain, so stay there."
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry! I just got so happy! I heard that Lisa was looking for gold nuggets, so I was looking in various places a while ago."
"Oh, that's right. That's right. That grandfather of Leeza is really close to her. Unlike her father."
When I said that, Rubado said, ``Liza's grandfather is a long name, so feel free to call me Rubado too.''
"So it's only natural that I'm on good terms with Leeza. It's hard to believe that he was born to such an idiot son. He was such an excellent blacksmith. Leeza made her first piece when she was five years old. Yo. Isn’t it amazing?”
“Did you create your work at the age of 5?”
"It's not that great. Even if I say I made it, I didn't have the strength or skill to do it, so I just made it randomly as a child. Grandpa also told me not to talk about it anymore because it's embarrassing."
"It's okay to be so angry...I still have it with great care."
After Rubado said that, he took out a dagger from his bag.
When Lisa saw the dagger, she cried out, "Hey!" and tried to pick it up.
However, Rubado quickly dodged and hid the dagger so that Leeza wouldn't take it.
“Grandpa, why do you still have it!”
"Well, it's my sweet grandson's first work. It's also a present for me, so you should always keep it close to your heart. What do you think, Jin? Lisa made such a good dagger at the age of five. Come on.”
After saying that, Rubado showed me the dagger.
Although it looks a little ungainly, with the blade being a little loose, I can sense a great talent when I hear that a 5-year-old made this.
No, I mean, Leeza's talent is truly amazing, even though she started blacksmithing at the age of five...
"Well, Grandpa. Why do you still have such shabby things? I'm sure you gave some of them to Grandpa as a present, so keep those."
"Hmm? I'm sure you're carrying around all the things that Leeza made for you, right?"
After Rubado said that, he took out several weapons from another bag.
Could that be an “item bag”? In this world, magic tools for storage are bought by people who don't have storage skills and pay a lot of money.
The only reason he has that is because he was the head of Gafka's workshop.
After that, Rubado, me, and Leeza moved to the residence behind the workshop.
Ribble was unconscious and was left in the workshop, but Rubado carried him and moved him because he was afraid that he would use the blast furnace on his own when he woke up.
"He's incredibly strong. He looks more like an ordinary warrior than a blacksmith."
“I started training my body after retiring, so I’m confident that I won’t lose to the average swordsman.”
Rubado showed off his muscles while letting out a snort.
When I asked Rubado his age earlier, he was still 58 years old, much younger than I expected.
I thought he was quite old since he was about to retire as a blacksmith, but I was surprised to find that he was still in his fifties.
“Oh, but if you were in your fifties, wouldn’t you still be able to continue working?”
``One of the family rules of Gafka's workshop is that if you feel that the next generation's head is more talented than you, you will retire.Well, it doesn't mean that you will stop blacksmithing even after you retire, but 'Gafka's workshop manager' I have decided to give up the name.''
"I see, there is a family precept like that. It's an unusual family precept."
After I said that, I suddenly wondered if Rubado-san retired because he felt his talent was lost to Ribble-san, after seeing the exchange earlier.
"Jin, I know what you're thinking. You're probably wondering if Bad Son lost your talent and retired, right?"
"Ah, yes. Did it show on your face?"
"Hmm, he was there. So, on that note, even though Bad Son did something stupid like that, he has the skills as a blacksmith. Although he doesn't have as much natural ability as Leeza, He's better than most blacksmiths out there. Look, this is the work he did when he was still active.''
The work of Ribble produced by Rubado was an ordinary one-handed sword, but its construction was beautiful and beautiful.
“His personality is such a no-good guy, but he certainly has the skills...I don’t really understand how he developed such a personality...”
``It's just my father, and we even talked about it in our family, thinking that he must have been hit on the head with his stupid personality.''
"Hmm"
Rubado nodded vigorously at Leeza's words and was seriously thinking, ``It was normal when I was a child...''
I felt a little sorry for Ribble, who was told this by his father and daughter.
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