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Chapter 62: Anna’s Request

Three days later, a craftsman delivered a pile of boxes to Reiner’s doorstep by carriage and then laboriously dragged them into the room.

Martina couldn’t wait any longer, and when she saw the carriage stop she dashed outside.

She grabbed the boxes like a robber and carried them away.

One had to admire her ability to recover.

Reiner had expected she would lie in bed for at least half a month, but he hadn’t expected her to be able to jump around now without any difference from before.

The craftsman whose wooden boxes had been robbed fell into a slump, but he didn’t dare complain out of respect for Reiner.

After all, the whole city was saying that there was a very powerful mage who was upright and kind, whose only flaw was a fondness for demi-humans.

“Mr. Reiner, I have delivered the items, and if you have any questions you can ask my apprentice at my shop; I will continue with my deliveries.”

After bidding farewell to the armorer, Reiner looked back and found that Martina had already pried open the wooden boxes.

She threw on the mail shirt and then began putting on the plate armor.

“You picked the wrong one; this set is mine.” Reiner picked up the other plate armor and handed it to her.

“How did you know?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Why is there a bulge at the chest of this armor if not to accommodate those two mounds of fat of yours?” Reiner was speechless.

That’s what Intelligence D is like.

Martina compared them and obediently put it on as Reiner had said.

After ten minutes of fussing, fully clad in armor, Martina stood before Reiner again.

Except for the helmet, it was almost identical to the suit of armor she had worn before.

However, the defense on the greaves and poleyns had been reinforced, and now a full plate covered Martina’s knees, making it unlikely that her knee would be shattered by a single blow.

The crude, rough bucket helm she had originally chosen was replaced with a more protective, aesthetically pleasing, and finely crafted Gothic plate helm.

Additionally, Reiner noticed that this armor was covered with many enigmatic runes.

These runes surely served more than a decorative purpose; they might be used to resist the corrosion of evil whispers.

Dimas had been quite thoughtful and even upgraded their equipment for them in the process.

He stepped back a few paces and sized her up from head to toe.

Full plate Martina looked really impressive.

Especially after abandoning that ugly bucket helm, she looked even more dashing.

Martina lifted her visor, her silly grin making her look like a drooling fool who had just been healed.

“Reiner! Look at this!” she bent over and picked up a knight’s sword that glittered with a strange light from the box.

She swung it a few times before her face darkened.

“What, not satisfied?”

Martina nodded and said seriously, “Hmph, this sword is for women; it’s too light and floaty.”

Reiner took the knight’s sword and found it indeed light, weighing only about two or three jin.

When he first crossed over, he had weighed a proper knight’s sword at the blacksmith’s, and it had weighed at least four or five jin.

“There must be quite a bit of mithril mixed in, which is why it’s so light.”

“But it’s too light and too short; it has no power when you swing it.”

Reiner was momentarily at a loss for words.

After all, Martina was the woman who wielded a two-handed sword as if it were a one-handed one.

The old blacksmith’s two-handed sword had weighed about twenty jin, so it was indeed inappropriate to have her use a two- or three-jin weapon now.

“Just make do for now; next time we go to the ruins, I’ll retrieve your greatsword for you.” Reiner sized her up again and continued, “Besides, aren’t you female anyway?”

Martina said proudly, “I’m a female! Female is female (With a different intonation), woman is woman!”

“They’re pretty much the same thing, don’t quibble.” Reiner was too tired to refute.

He began putting on his armor as well.

It was reasonably comfortable, at least better than last time, and it didn’t chafe much, which was good.

At that moment, Nora poked her head out of the bedroom and covertly observed the two of them.

(They bought new stuff again, and my daggers and throwing knives are gone…)

When she saw Reiner turn around, she quickly hid again.

“Are you playing hide-and-seek with me?”

Nora poked out half her face, peeked at Reiner, then hid again and said, “Master, are you going off to the ruins again?”

“No, just trying things out.”

“I don’t have any weapons… next time to the ruins.”

“I’m not taking you.”

Nora’s ears perked up, and she whispered, “Why?”

“Your Spirit resistance is too low; you’re likely to be singled out by a necromancer.” Reiner answered with a straight face.

However, it was worth mentioning.

In the past few days, Reiner had noticed a subtle change in her Talent attribute.

Nora’s Spirit had jumped directly from D to B.

Normally, Talent attributes shouldn’t change so easily.

At that moment, the system’s notification rang in Reiner’s ear.

[A very small chance of a random event could change a unit’s Talent rank.]

Nora said she had seen some goddess, which might be related.

“Master, take me with you.” Nora ran to Reiner’s side and gently shook his shoulder, her adorable look making it hard to refuse.

Nora’s Spirit was now higher than Martina’s, so logically there was no problem taking her along.

“Don’t leave me at home… I beg you…”

Reiner conceded.

“What about your eye…”

“It’s fine, only one is blind; I still have the other.” Nora shrugged.

Reiner took off his gauntlet and touched her soft animal ear: “Alright, I’ll take you to the smithy to buy weapons later.”

“Mm-hmm.”

At that moment, the sound of horses’ hooves approached steadily outside the door.

No one ever came to this secluded corner, so Reiner recognized it as Dimas at once.

He opened the door and indeed found Dimas standing outside.

The mage Anna rode another horse behind Dimas.

She was still wearing that revealing fur outfit.

Dimas dismounted and stood in front of Reiner without saying a word.

He seemed to like waiting for Reiner to speak first.

“Going to the ruins again?”

“Mm, I found Junice at the guild and she said that if you go, she’ll go too.” Dimas asked and answered earnestly, “Are you going? I respect your choice.”

Reiner looked down at the brand-new plate armor on him.

Actually, it wasn’t Dimas’s fault last time.

It was that militiaman who, out of fear, activated the magitech stone.

“Go ahead, I’ve accepted the money.”

Reiner rubbed his eyes, thinking his eyes were deceiving him.

The normally expressionless Dimas’s mouth curved slightly: “See you at the city gate tomorrow morning; I have other matters.”

Anna dismounted and tied her horse at Reiner’s door.

She drew close and said in a flattering tone, “Lord Reiner…”

Reiner instinctively took a half step back, not knowing what her real intention was.

“If you have something to say just say it.”

Anna said with a bright smile, “When we were adventuring in the ruins the other day, I’ve been watching your actions; I noticed that when you cast spells you seem not to chant incantations, and your speed is much faster than that of ordinary mages.”

“If it’s convenient, could you teach me? I will do anything for you.”

After saying that, she lowered her neckline slightly.

If Reiner hadn’t just recently graduated from Nora, he might actually have been seduced by this burning woman…

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