They made their trip while hunting and making their own food. Looking at Mandol giving his utmost best, his wife, Delfina, sometimes smiled.
“Here’s Morata.”
Unlike Mandol, who had a bushy beard and looked like a bandit, his wife, Delphi, was a slim and attractive beauty.
“There’s been a lot of development since the last time I came. There are a lot of buildings that have been built as well.”
Mandol once came to Morata to leave his request with Weed.
‘At that time, there weren’t this many people and buildings.’
A lot of large and ornate structures have been made too.’
It seemed like even a few days wouldn’t be enough to cover looking around all of Morata. Mandol spoke with an uneasy mind.
“Even if the sculpture is disappointing, please don’t be mad.”
“It’s alright. I mean it was great on the way here.”
Mandol deliberately approached Morata slowly trying to ease his wife on the way.
1 Copper for a Sculpture! ‘He couldn’t have made it terribly for being a cheapie, could he?’
Having traveled a long way, the distress would be devastating for his wife much less himself if the sculpture was unsightly.
“I can only leave it to his conscience. But he didn’t look too kind, nor that honest though.”
As they tried to pass though the gate, there was a girl waiting to pick them up.
“Are you perhaps Mandol?”
“Yes, but . . . . . “
It was a cute and pretty girl.
The girl named Freena had worked in several occupations after being saved by Weed. She sold flowers, helped make clothes, and even assisted with cooking in the cafeteria when the meat of the King Hydra and the Imugi was cooked and served.
At present she’d even been entrusted with the guide mission.
“My lord has urgent work to do elsewhere, so you can not meet him.”
Questions and doubts flew across Mandol’s head.
‘Did he really make a cheapie and run off?’
Freena continued.
“Instead I will guide you there.”
“There?”
“The location of the sculpture.”
Well, he definitely wouldn’t have thrown it just anywhere. Beginners in this city could be seen everywhere; the whole place was vibrant and lively. Drawn to its bright and cheery atmosphere, Mandol just wanted to go exploring the city already. New quests and hunting grounds were being discovered one after another, and there was also the nearby lake and mountain scenery that was out of this world. Delphi and Mandol receiving the guide entered the center area of Morata. There was a jumbo sized building surrounded by gardens and a live fishpond.
Weed’s Art Center.
“This is the place.”
“This is where the sculpture... that I requested of the lord is, you say?”
Mandol was slightly overwhelmed.
The Arts Center building was constructed grander and larger than many of the villas in the central continent.
“Yes, from here on out the architect, Pavo, will personally guide you.”
Pavo was waiting in advance at the entrance.
“I am the architect of this Arts Center, Pavo .”
“I’m Mandol and this is Delphi.”
Mandol politely bowed to Pavo who looked much older than the two
“You seem to be more of an elder than us, so please take it easy on us. But, it’s the middle of the day, so why is the Art Center’s doors closed? ”
“That’s because it hasn’t been opened yet. I’m opening the door now, so please take your time looking around.”
Weed’s Arts Center’s first guests were Mandol and Delphi. The official opening would be after the two come out. The locked doors that had been waiting for them sprang wide open.
***
After obtaining information from Rejado port they finally departed for Lal Phalanx! First, they stopped at Mocon village for the quest of meeting the blacksmith. Everybody had the quest except Weed. Weed did not say much as the others went into Mocon village. He just sighed seven hundred times.
“Sigh, huff, ehfuu, aarhus, shhhiii, wow, whew.”
“...”
“Call Death Knight!”
“You called master? Who must I fight ?”
“It’s me.”
“Huh?”
“Let’s fight.”
There had already been dozens of incidents of beating the innocent death knight in between fishing.
“I’m doing this just to raise my combat skills’ proficiency, so don’t mind me. It’s definitely not like I’m still holding some kind of grudge from Go-stop.”
(T/N Weed…you still hold a grudge huh.)
By the way, the Mocon village blacksmith also issued a quest.
“There’s a lack of Iron ore and I can not make the stuff I need. Heard that near Mordred there were good mines, could you search over there for me? I can’t wait forever so I hope you can get it in at least 4 months.”
A Difficulty level C request.