Chapter 216
Digging?
“Alright~! Let’s proceed to our destination and dig up everything!”
Morgan, who was fully enthusiastic all of sudden, started walking so we followed after him .
“”Ah!””
Then, Allen and Elena immediately found something and ran a little ahead .
After squatting about five meters in front of Morgan-san, they picked up something and happily returned .
“”Onii~chan . ””
“Allen found something orchid-like~”
“Elena you see, I found a daylily-like flower~”
“You found it well in the dark~”
“”Saw it~””
Even though I illuminate the surroundings with Light, it’s still dark five meters ahead . Even so, Allen and Elena found medicinal plants, so they ran ahead . The two seem to see well in the dark .
“Allen, Elena, you are fine to go gathering, but you mustn’t go to places we can’t see you from . ”
“”Okayy~””
This time, we are not able to choose the destination on our own, so I advised the children to be careful where they go .
“This way . ”
That being the case, we proceeded under Morgan-san’s lead and pa.s.sed through the fence labeled A-2 .
“Alright, let’s start digging around here . ”
“”Digging~””
“Here lad, you guys use these . ”
Morgan-san took out small pickaxes and handed them to Allen and Elena . He said that he would lend me mining tools, but it seems that he has prepared some for the children too .
“Is this fine, Morgan-san?”
“What is?”
“No, I did not think too much about borrowing tools from you, but they must be very important to you, no? We really are amateurs, after all . ”
Tools are important to the craftsmen, no? You wouldn’t usually lend these things to kids, right?
I’ve heard that swordsmen don’t lend their swords to others… I imagined that craftsmen would be even more concerned about their tools .
“Hahaha~ I would refuse if I didn’t want to lend you any, so be at ease! Those are tools the apprentices use, so there’s no problem . ”
I see, they are tools to lend to the apprentices . I can feel better about it then .
“Thank you very much . We will be borrowing them then . ”
“”Do my best~””
“Ou, work hard! I won’t mind if you dig up the big game, alright!”
… Morgan-san’s expectations are growing .
Well, Allen and Elena are totally willing, and I would also like to see what we can find~
“Now then, Allen, Elena, where would you like to dig first?”
“”Hmm, you see, over there~””
“Roger that, over there it is . ”
“”Yeah!””
Morgan-san already started working, so we decided to start digging too .
“Using all of your strength when digging would be dangerous, so you have to dig little by little, okay?”
“”Got it~””
I don’t really know where to look for minerals, so I decided to leave it to instincts first .
“”Ei!””
When Allen and Elena swung their pickaxes enthusiastically——crack, the surface rock crumbled .
“Right, just like that . Carefully . ”
“”Yess~””
I did not feel a hazard in the children’s work, so I decided to dig too .
“”Nniyu?””
“N? What’s the matter?”
Not a long time after they started digging, Allen and Elena let out weird voices .
Therefore, when I looked at the two, I could see a whitish lump mixed within the gray of the crumbled rock .
“Uoh! They really dug up Mithril!”
Noticing Allen and Elena’s reaction, Morgan-san swiftly ran over .
“”Misril?””
“Right, it’s Mithril!”
“”Amazing~?””
“It is amazing! I haven’t gotten any Mithril recently, so I had to settle for iron these days! You really did well!”
“”Ohh~””
Morgan-san explained in excitement .
“Dig more where this came out from! More Mithril may come out!”
“”Okay~””
The children and Morgan-san were now happily digging together .
Somehow… they become close without I noticed .
“The Old man is unusually lively today~”
Rudolph-san who was watching the surroundings came over to me, apparently finding Morgan-san’s state curious .
“Is that so?”
“Oh yeah, he’s normally the ‘work in silence’ type of guy . ”
“He must be the opposite of what he usually is then . ”
The current Morgan-san was digging while conversing with Allen and Elena happily .
“That’s right . I have been to the mines with the Old man many times, but this is my first time seeing him like that . Still… you guys really did dug out Mithril . ”
“Nono, I had nothing to do with that, okay!?”
“If the pipsqueaks do something, you have to take collective responsibility, Tak.u.mi . ”
“Ehh!?”
He’s intending me to take responsibility for what the children do . However, that’s only when they make a mistake or cause trouble, right? This time is completely different, right!?
“”Something came out~””
While my hands were stopped because I was talking with Rudolph-san, Allen and Elena apparently dug out something again .
This time, rather than Mithril, it seemed like a whitish gem .
“Lemme see? Ohh, it’s Platinum ore!”
Morgan-san spoke before I could appraise it .
Platinum ore…? Not White Gold?
“Morgan-san, isn’t something very similar used to make coins?”
“N? Yeah, I’ve heard that there are white coins which are very rare . They are called White Gold coins if I am not mistaken . Unfortunately, this is not White Gold . ”
It’s platinum then . Well, either way, I imagine it can be used to make jewelry .
“There is . ”
“Whitish~”
“Mithril!?”
After that, Allen and Elena dug up some Mithril and even some small crystals .
“At any rate, digging up one after another, this is really incredible . I wonder if I should bow my head and give some offerings?”
O, offerings… entreaty to a deity, you mean? Ah, but, wors.h.i.+pping Allen and Elena might have a plausible effect . They are a G.o.d’s children, after all . Well, they are not the children of Earth G.o.d that is related to mining, but the Water G.o.d, though~
“”What is it~?””
“Just a don’t knock it until you’ve tried it, type of thing . You guys don’t mind me . ”
“”… Okay~?””
——Oi! Morgan-san, you really are wors.h.i.+pping them!?
