After the second stage of the knight competition, the organizer will let all contestants rest for three days, and during this time Emil can just forge weapons for the promoted knights.

The day after asking Cohen for help, the two parties made an appointment to meet at Anthony's house. Emil couldn't help but sigh that Cohen's work efficiency was indeed very high.

"To tell you the truth, we, more than 20 knights who have been promoted, have formed a small group and are temporarily operating under the name of the Iron-Blooded Knights, so we can discuss anything at any time. No, I was elected by everyone to be the knight.

Captain, after all, I was the one who decided to establish a knighthood in the first place."

"...As expected of you." Emil was no longer surprised.

"Hey," Cohen scratched his head and continued, "I recommended you to all the knights. Of course, I didn't say you were from the Stuart family, so they were suspicious and said you were an unknown blacksmith.

How can a master compare to the Stuart family? It wasn't until I took out the Holy Sword to open their eyes that they finally decided to believe you and even canceled the order originally given to the Stuart family."

"Oh? How many people are there exactly?"

"Thirty, but there are only twenty that really need you to worry about."

"Uh, what does this mean?" Emil was a little confused.

Cohen smiled slightly and immediately explained to him.

"To be honest, our knights don't just accept knights who advance in the competition. After all, friendship is the first priority for us. Then those knights in the knights who lost the game also want to entrust you. Of course, they

It’s not for competition, and there are no requirements for quality, so you just have to make do with it when forging, so as not to waste too much time.”

"I see," Emil nodded, and then said, "How about that? As a professional blacksmith, you should treat all customers equally, so you can rest assured. I will definitely be able to complete it within three days. You just need to be on time.

Just come and get it.”

"..." Cohen was obviously surprised.

He had been a blacksmith's apprentice for a period of time, and he knew a little about the forging process. It was impossible to complete thirty weapons in three days, not to mention that some knights' weapons were not ordinary long swords.

It will take longer.

But when he saw Emil's confident look, he gave up the idea of ​​questioning. He thought to himself that he was a talented blacksmith of the Stuart family. What he thought was impossible might be very simple in others' eyes.

.

At this time, Emil felt a little guilty. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but with the help of the crystal hammer, he could complete all the commissions in one day. But in this case, Cohen would definitely become suspicious. By then, his secret

It is very likely to be exposed.

In fact, Emil did not completely trust Cohen. After all, he had only dealt with him a few times, and he did not have a heart-to-heart relationship with him.

After that, Cohen told Emil all the knights' needs, so as not to forget, he also specially found someone to draw the weapon blueprints.

In this way, after the two reached an agreement, in order to avoid suspicion, Emil pretended to be pressed for time and immediately said goodbye to Cohen and Anthony, and then rushed back to the Stuart family's forging workshop without stopping.

He does not intend to find a place outside for forging. After all, he has almost taken over all the commissions from the participating knights. In this way, the Stuart family will not receive the commissions, and they will definitely feel strange by then.

Then investigate.

If they found out that Emil had robbed the family business, no matter how much the family leader loves Cai, he would not be able to protect him, or rather, Frazi would definitely be furious.

Of course, Emil would not believe everything Cohen said yesterday. After all, no one would be happy for the other party when they saw their title of strongest being shaken. Even if this was the case, he would not feel that Fra

Qi Hui is this kind of person.

In short, choosing the location of the forging in the family's workshop is more deceptive. If someone from the family asks, he only needs to explain that forging cannot be neglected for a day, so he must practice continuously even if there is no commission.

Perhaps after hearing this, Frazi would be really happy. At least Emil did not regard him as a competitor, but was focusing on improving his forging technology on his own.

So, in the next few days, Emil completed the forging work calmly as planned. In order not to make people suspicious, he only forged ten weapons a day.

Then he specifically asked Frazi for a single-room forging room so that he could use his secret forging method.

Since the beginning of the knight competition, the tribesmen have had almost no time to rest. Their daily schedule is the bedroom, workshop, and canteen. Therefore, when they did not receive the commission, the first thing they thought of was that they could finally rest for a while.

But after Ernst reminded them, they noticed something was wrong.

Frazi was originally like those tribesmen, because after he became a great noble, he did not personally forge for a long time. He would only take action when his tribe and apprentices were really too busy, so his

His endurance is no longer what it used to be. After working hard for a long time these days, he certainly hopes to take a rest.

Fortunately, Ernst reminded him that he realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately sent someone to investigate. However, he never suspected Emil from the beginning to the end.

However, Ernst was a very thoughtful person, and Frazier even gave him full responsibility for the matter. During the investigation, he accidentally noticed something wrong with the weapons forged by Emil.

It was the last day Emil forged weapons, and Ernst admired him very much, so he went to watch it.

Emil naturally expected this. Although the place where he forged was a single room, he did not say that others were not allowed to enter. If this was the case, it would mean that there was no silver here.

Because of this, he set up a layer of barrier outside that ordinary people can't detect. Since it consumes very little magic power, even magicians can't detect it.

Then once someone approaches the forging room, Emil can hide the forged weapon in time and replace it with a practice one that does not use the crystal hammer.

"Mr. Ernst, why are you here free?" Emil pretended to be surprised.

"Haha, it's not just me who is free, the entire Stuart family is too free to do anything." Ernst smiled bitterly and couldn't help but joked, "Sure enough, genius is not terrible. What is truly terrible is genius.

Works harder than most.”

"You are ridiculous." Emil smiled sheepishly, and then continued forging.

Ernst didn't want to disturb him, so he was going to take a look at Emil's practice results before leaving.

But when he picked up a piece of forged iron, he immediately discovered a problem, because it was completely different from the iron piece forged during the previous competition.

At that time, within two hours, Emil could forge iron sheets with a high degree of completion, which even made the people of his tribe feel ashamed for a time. But now, the quality of these iron sheets is too poor, just like those inferior ones.

Forged by human beings, he couldn't believe that it was forged by the emir whom he favored.

Of course, most people would understand. After all, Emil said that this was just a daily practice, but Ernst could not let go of this doubt.

So, he left in a hurry and immediately reported the incident to Frazier.

He himself can speculate on many possibilities and then investigate them one by one, but he cannot make a decision and can only leave it to the head of the family to judge.

Of course he hoped that there would be no problem with Emil, but this matter was likely to be related to the future of the family, and he did not dare to mix up his personal feelings.

"Well..." Frazier fell into deep thought, and spoke again after a few minutes, "This is indeed a bit strange, what do you think?"

"I, I can't make a decision." Ernst waved his hand quickly.

"Of course I'm not asking you to make a decision. I just want to ask you what you think about this matter."

"Oh, I can only say that it was definitely not forged by Emil, and the reason why he lied must be to cover up something. According to my idea, we don't have to confront him immediately, but we have to keep an eye on him secretly and say

You may not know when he will reveal his true nature."

"...Well, this is a good idea, but what exactly does Emil want to cover up? Do you have any clue?"

"Haha, I really don't have that," Ernst couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said, "Emil came to my store suddenly, just like all the previous blacksmiths. It's not much different. I just learned from him.

I vaguely saw your shadow, it shouldn't be surprising, after all, he also has the blood of the Stuart family."

"...Well, you go down first and let me think about it again." After that, Frazi closed his eyes slightly and leaned back on the chair, seeming very tired.

But Ernst did not leave immediately, but stood in the middle of the hall, hesitant to speak.

"Any thing else?"

"I..." Ernst still hesitated.

"But it doesn't matter."

"Yes, since the game between Emil and Grant that day, haven't you been talking to that boy? So the clansmen have been discussing privately whether you said something that offended him, so... in short, they asked me to ask

you."

"Haha, so that's what happened," Frazier smiled slightly and continued, "Didn't you see the way Grant looked when he left? He was obviously happy. How could he come to retaliate against us now, so now this

It has nothing to do with him."

"Then, what exactly did you say to him?" Ernst continued to ask.

"...Come on, I guess you're just curious." Frazi immediately dispelled his idea.

"Haha, it seems that I can't hide anything from you. It's true that I want to know," Ernst had to admit with a silly smile, "Then just tell me, otherwise there will always be a stone in my heart. It's weird.

Uncomfortable."

"Oh, I really can't stand you," Frazier sighed, and then decided to tell the truth, "You should know what the Raymond family controls."

"Well, the imperial army, the security of the royal capital, and the economic lifeline of the empire. After all, Her Royal Highness Malika, who is supported by Duke Raymond, and Her Royal Highness John, who only knows about business, are on the same side."

"That's right, it's just that Duke Raymond is old and has long wanted to retreat behind the scenes. His family's business has been taken care of by his three sons. So I made an agreement with Grant to let him give up what he has not obtained.

The qualified blacksmith is driven out of the royal capital. In exchange, I will try my best to help him maintain his status as a blacksmith. You should know what this means, right?"

"...Haha, you are too clever," Ernst said in sincere admiration, "In this case, they will have to obtain a qualification certificate, or they will come to you for help."

"Yes, either rejoin the Stuart family or get out of the royal capital. In short, from now on, the empire's forging industry will still be under our control. No one can try to overthrow us."
Chapter completed!