‘Why the capital of all things? I really don’t understand it,’ reading the same mouth shape, Yohan continued calmly.
“But you don’t have to worry too much. Talents who have risen from each region are always assigned to their hometown. If there are people who want to go to other provinces, they have to go through one more test held at the national level. If that happens, everyone will be laundering money in their hometowns, would you like to take the test one more time?”
“….”
‘I told you not to do it,’ Yohan, who saw the shape of the Baron’s mouth, answered calmly.
“Of course, if you receive a title or contribute to the imperial family, you may be able to work in the imperial family just like the Baron worked as a court musician. But how common would that be? I mean, how many people in this land have talent like an awl like Your Excellency Baron?”
He seems to have calmed down a bit with the encouraging words. Yohan quietly removed his earplugs.
“Did you say some fields?”
“Yes.”
“What is that?”
“Since it is still in the early stages of introduction, it was limited to areas directly related to the safety of the people. First, architects and civil engineers.”
“Right. The people saved a penny and built a house with difficulty, but wouldn’t it be a big deal if it collapsed? Like Miss Lucette’s house.”
“Secondly, the blacksmith.”
“I understand. Imagine going to war and wielding a sword at best, but then it breaks at once. It will be very difficult.”
“….”
“What’s the third one?”
Yohan took a deep breath and put the earplugs back on.
“It’s a pharmacist.”
“….”
“Yes. I feel the same way.”
Yohan answered while looking at the distant mountain.
****
“No, what did you just say?”
“I’m really sorry, but I don’t have the energy to talk right now, so read it.”
Luce and Dominic, who had been called early the next morning, received a copy of the edict from Yohan.
“We will be establishing a qualification system for the following reasons. With the purpose of preventing the mass production of disqualified technicians in advance, systematically managing and registering them, providing accurate information to the public, and properly grasping the current situation and actual conditions….”
Seeing the edict over Dominic’s shoulder as he read it down, Luce shortened the long words.
“So I have to have a license? What if I want to work as a pharmacist?”
“What is this? Six months of practice and exams in the capital? Practice is aside, but how do you test for blacksmithing?”
Luce was as perplexed as Dominic, who panicked while reading.
Of course, the purpose is understandable.
Even she couldn’t understand how the old pharmacist grandfather in Rodante Village right now became a pharmacist.
When she met the pharmacist grandfather for the first time, she thought, “Is it okay to be so careless when someone’s life is at risk?”
The prejudice against pharmacists in this country may be due to those who prescribe medicines mainly in folk remedies, which are not professional.
But, of all things, it will be implemented from now on!
‘I’m so unlucky.’
The test isn’t the problem. But she had to stay in the capital motionlessly for six months.
“Don’t just say you’re giving up. I used up all my power to persuade His Excellency Baron yesterday.”
However, she can’t give up her job because of the possibility that “something might happen in the capital.”
The second problem was that it was a waste of time and effort spent over four years.
‘If I don’t do this right now, what am I going to do with my life?’
Her heart sank.
It was hopeless.
If she wants to find a job, she can find it, but the job that a girl without family or other connections can find without any skills or experience will be a maid at best.
She recalled her past life when she was chased with only a small amount of settlement money and went back and forth to find a job.
Luce bit her lip. She never wanted to go through such an uncertain adventure again.
“The scholarship will be supported. Rodante will also support it, and since it is a national project, the imperial family will also support it. Even if it’s not enough, it’ll be enough to live on, so don’t worry too much about financial problems.”
Above all, it is not easy to break the expectations of people who trust her so much.
‘It’s different from someone else.’
Luce, who was making a complicated expression, made eye contact with Dominic, who was holding his head.
‘Are you going?’, ‘I have to go. What can I do?’, ‘Ha, damn it. The word has come to fruition.’, ‘You aspire to be a fortune teller, not a blacksmith. You seem talented?’, ‘What is it?’
The two, who were grumbling with their eyes, turned their heads only at Yohan’s hand gesture.
“Do you need time to think?”
Luce slowly shook her head at Yohan, who looked very tired.
There was no choice.
“No, of course, I have to go.”
“Damn it. It can’t be helped.”
Hearing Dominic’s grumbling words, Yohan’s complexion brightened.
And soon, in a businesslike tone, he recited the necessary documents.
Yohan, who was checking the ID card, residence list, and recommendation letters, paused.
“Oh, you must have an account to receive the scholarship money. Do you both have accounts?”
Yohan, who saw the two blinking eyes, made a chin gesture.
“What are you doing?”
“….”
“Aren’t you leaving soon?”
****
Yohan had given her an ID card and a list of places to live, which she had to carry in a noisy carriage all the way to the next estate, Elberick.
“How can a decision be made in such a hurry? Shouldn’t there be a grace period at least?”
“Have you ever seen high-ranking people go easy on ordinary people? We became so dull as we lived under Baron Felice, who was ignorant of the world.”
“Let’s say we go up to the capital. But does it make sense that we have to find a place to practice on our own?”
“You said that capable and skilled blacksmiths are always in high demand. You’re good at crafts, so it won’t be difficult to find a blacksmith to apprentice. The problem is on my side. Where should I find a job? How else to stay? In order to take the exam next year, we have to complete the procedure by this winter.”
They had decided to head to the capital, but there were still many problems.
Finding a drug store to work as an apprentice right away was a problem, and even if the scholarship was supported, finding a place to stay was also a problem.
Dominic, who had heard Luce’s murmur, narrowed his eyes.
“You don’t have to worry about where to stay.”
“Why?”
Dominic made a face as if asking for something obvious.
“My brother goes to an academy in the capital. The house where my brother lives is very spacious, so it should be enough for two people in the room.”
Luce, who smiled, waved her hand.
“It’s okay.”
“What is okay?”
“I don’t want to spend time arguing with you until I go up to the capital.”
“Even if you say something, you must….”
Dominic rolled his eyes and sat up.
“Think about it, it makes a lot more sense that way. No matter how much scholarship and funding come out, finding a comfortable place to live in the capital will not be easy. Looking for a house in Xenon took so long and stressed you out, but would it be easy to find a house in a capital that is several times crowded and has a high housing price?”
Dominic cleared his throat and murmured with a different look.
“And like you…How dangerous it is for a pretty… girl to be alone.”
“What?”
“Don’t pretend you didn’t hear everything!”
“I really didn’t hear. Pre? Tty?”
“Ugh.”
Dominic pursed his lips and asked with his arms crossed.
“Just listen a little. Why are you like that?”
“Ugh.”
Dominic pursed his lips and asked with his arms crossed.
“I told you, I don’t want to fight you until I go to the capital? And brother Dietrich also grumbles and frowns when he sees me. That way is much more stressful. I’m sorry that I seem to be swearing at your brother.”
“If you say you’re sorry after you’ve said everything, are you sorry? …more than that, that’s not the real reason, right?”
Looking at it, Dominic rolled his eyes.
“What do you mean it’s not a real reason?”
“That’s enough. I won’t say it because I think I’ll fight you if I add one more word.”
Dominic, who had blurred the end of his speech, looked out the window.
Before she knew it, she saw the national bank of Elverick, the territory next door.
“Anyway, don’t think about it after closing your mind too much in advance. Moreover, if you say you’re alone, my mom will be thrilled. There are two men like a beanpole nearby, so you should use it at times like this.” (t/n: It means like tall men.)
“Pft.”
“If you don’t want to watch me get slapped on the back by my mom, seriously consider it. There is an easy way, so what are you going back for?”
If it were Dahlia, she really thought she would say that.
Dominic, who was staring at Luce laughing, scratched the back of his neck and opened the carriage door.
“We’re here. Let’s get off. Do you want me to hold your hand?”
Dominic, who jumped first, reached out.
Luce looked at Dominic for a long time while sitting in the carriage chair and asked.
“You’ve grown a lot.”
“What are you talking about? Do you only realize that now? I haven’t been smaller than you since I was seven.”
“I know that.”
Dominic was at eye level with Luche, who was sitting in the carriage, even though he was standing on the ground under the carriage.
His tanned skin from always spending time in front of a fire, the small scars on his face left by iron and fire, and his well-trained physique gave off a very wild atmosphere.
Luce, who saw women passing by, glancing at Dominic and hitting each other, smiled and pushed his hands away.
“You don’t have to hold me. If I hold your hand now, I think everyone will pay attention to me.”
“Who pays attention?”
Luce, who jumped off alone without answering, walked quickly to the bank first.
She heard Dominic walking so fast, complaining and following.
‘Why the capital of all things? I really don’t understand it,’ reading the same mouth shape, Yohan continued calmly.
“But you don’t have to worry too much. Talents who have risen from each region are always assigned to their hometown. If there are people who want to go to other provinces, they have to go through one more test held at the national level. If that happens, everyone will be laundering money in their hometowns, would you like to take the test one more time?”
“….”
‘I told you not to do it,’ Yohan, who saw the shape of the Baron’s mouth, answered calmly.
“Of course, if you receive a title or contribute to the imperial family, you may be able to work in the imperial family just like the Baron worked as a court musician. But how common would that be? I mean, how many people in this land have talent like an awl like Your Excellency Baron?”
He seems to have calmed down a bit with the encouraging words. Yohan quietly removed his earplugs.
“Did you say some fields?”
“Yes.”
“What is that?”
“Since it is still in the early stages of introduction, it was limited to areas directly related to the safety of the people. First, architects and civil engineers.”
“Right. The people saved a penny and built a house with difficulty, but wouldn’t it be a big deal if it collapsed? Like Miss Lucette’s house.”
“Secondly, the blacksmith.”
“I understand. Imagine going to war and wielding a sword at best, but then it breaks at once. It will be very difficult.”
“….”
“What’s the third one?”
Yohan took a deep breath and put the earplugs back on.
“It’s a pharmacist.”
“….”
“Yes. I feel the same way.”
Yohan answered while looking at the distant mountain.
****
“No, what did you just say?”
“I’m really sorry, but I don’t have the energy to talk right now, so read it.”
Luce and Dominic, who had been called early the next morning, received a copy of the edict from Yohan.
“We will be establishing a qualification system for the following reasons. With the purpose of preventing the mass production of disqualified technicians in advance, systematically managing and registering them, providing accurate information to the public, and properly grasping the current situation and actual conditions….”
Seeing the edict over Dominic’s shoulder as he read it down, Luce shortened the long words.
“So I have to have a license? What if I want to work as a pharmacist?”
“What is this? Six months of practice and exams in the capital? Practice is aside, but how do you test for blacksmithing?”
Luce was as perplexed as Dominic, who panicked while reading.
Of course, the purpose is understandable.
Even she couldn’t understand how the old pharmacist grandfather in Rodante Village right now became a pharmacist.
When she met the pharmacist grandfather for the first time, she thought, “Is it okay to be so careless when someone’s life is at risk?”
The prejudice against pharmacists in this country may be due to those who prescribe medicines mainly in folk remedies, which are not professional.
But, of all things, it will be implemented from now on!
‘I’m so unlucky.’
The test isn’t the problem. But she had to stay in the capital motionlessly for six months.
“Don’t just say you’re giving up. I used up all my power to persuade His Excellency Baron yesterday.”
However, she can’t give up her job because of the possibility that “something might happen in the capital.”
The second problem was that it was a waste of time and effort spent over four years.
‘If I don’t do this right now, what am I going to do with my life?’
Her heart sank.
It was hopeless.
If she wants to find a job, she can find it, but the job that a girl without family or other connections can find without any skills or experience will be a maid at best.
She recalled her past life when she was chased with only a small amount of settlement money and went back and forth to find a job.
Luce bit her lip. She never wanted to go through such an uncertain adventure again.
“The scholarship will be supported. Rodante will also support it, and since it is a national project, the imperial family will also support it. Even if it’s not enough, it’ll be enough to live on, so don’t worry too much about financial problems.”
Above all, it is not easy to break the expectations of people who trust her so much.
‘It’s different from someone else.’
Luce, who was making a complicated expression, made eye contact with Dominic, who was holding his head.
‘Are you going?’, ‘I have to go. What can I do?’, ‘Ha, damn it. The word has come to fruition.’, ‘You aspire to be a fortune teller, not a blacksmith. You seem talented?’, ‘What is it?’
The two, who were grumbling with their eyes, turned their heads only at Yohan’s hand gesture.
“Do you need time to think?”
Luce slowly shook her head at Yohan, who looked very tired.
There was no choice.
“No, of course, I have to go.”
“Damn it. It can’t be helped.”
Hearing Dominic’s grumbling words, Yohan’s complexion brightened.
And soon, in a businesslike tone, he recited the necessary documents.
Yohan, who was checking the ID card, residence list, and recommendation letters, paused.
“Oh, you must have an account to receive the scholarship money. Do you both have accounts?”
Yohan, who saw the two blinking eyes, made a chin gesture.
“What are you doing?”
“….”
“Aren’t you leaving soon?”
****
Yohan had given her an ID card and a list of places to live, which she had to carry in a noisy carriage all the way to the next estate, Elberick.
“How can a decision be made in such a hurry? Shouldn’t there be a grace period at least?”
“Have you ever seen high-ranking people go easy on ordinary people? We became so dull as we lived under Baron Felice, who was ignorant of the world.”
“Let’s say we go up to the capital. But does it make sense that we have to find a place to practice on our own?”
“You said that capable and skilled blacksmiths are always in high demand. You’re good at crafts, so it won’t be difficult to find a blacksmith to apprentice. The problem is on my side. Where should I find a job? How else to stay? In order to take the exam next year, we have to complete the procedure by this winter.”
They had decided to head to the capital, but there were still many problems.
Finding a drug store to work as an apprentice right away was a problem, and even if the scholarship was supported, finding a place to stay was also a problem.
Dominic, who had heard Luce’s murmur, narrowed his eyes.
“You don’t have to worry about where to stay.”
“Why?”
Dominic made a face as if asking for something obvious.
“My brother goes to an academy in the capital. The house where my brother lives is very spacious, so it should be enough for two people in the room.”
Luce, who smiled, waved her hand.
“It’s okay.”
“What is okay?”
“I don’t want to spend time arguing with you until I go up to the capital.”
“Even if you say something, you must….”
Dominic rolled his eyes and sat up.
“Think about it, it makes a lot more sense that way. No matter how much scholarship and funding come out, finding a comfortable place to live in the capital will not be easy. Looking for a house in Xenon took so long and stressed you out, but would it be easy to find a house in a capital that is several times crowded and has a high housing price?”
Dominic cleared his throat and murmured with a different look.
“And like you…How dangerous it is for a pretty… girl to be alone.”
“What?”
“Don’t pretend you didn’t hear everything!”
“I really didn’t hear. Pre? Tty?”
“Ugh.”
Dominic pursed his lips and asked with his arms crossed.
“Just listen a little. Why are you like that?”
“Ugh.”
Dominic pursed his lips and asked with his arms crossed.
“I told you, I don’t want to fight you until I go to the capital? And brother Dietrich also grumbles and frowns when he sees me. That way is much more stressful. I’m sorry that I seem to be swearing at your brother.”
“If you say you’re sorry after you’ve said everything, are you sorry? …more than that, that’s not the real reason, right?”
Looking at it, Dominic rolled his eyes.
“What do you mean it’s not a real reason?”
“That’s enough. I won’t say it because I think I’ll fight you if I add one more word.”
Dominic, who had blurred the end of his speech, looked out the window.
Before she knew it, she saw the national bank of Elverick, the territory next door.
“Anyway, don’t think about it after closing your mind too much in advance. Moreover, if you say you’re alone, my mom will be thrilled. There are two men like a beanpole nearby, so you should use it at times like this.” (t/n: It means like tall men.)
“Pft.”
“If you don’t want to watch me get slapped on the back by my mom, seriously consider it. There is an easy way, so what are you going back for?”
If it were Dahlia, she really thought she would say that.
Dominic, who was staring at Luce laughing, scratched the back of his neck and opened the carriage door.
“We’re here. Let’s get off. Do you want me to hold your hand?”
Dominic, who jumped first, reached out.
Luce looked at Dominic for a long time while sitting in the carriage chair and asked.
“You’ve grown a lot.”
“What are you talking about? Do you only realize that now? I haven’t been smaller than you since I was seven.”
“I know that.”
Dominic was at eye level with Luche, who was sitting in the carriage, even though he was standing on the ground under the carriage.
His tanned skin from always spending time in front of a fire, the small scars on his face left by iron and fire, and his well-trained physique gave off a very wild atmosphere.
Luce, who saw women passing by, glancing at Dominic and hitting each other, smiled and pushed his hands away.
“You don’t have to hold me. If I hold your hand now, I think everyone will pay attention to me.”
“Who pays attention?”
Luce, who jumped off alone without answering, walked quickly to the bank first.
She heard Dominic walking so fast, complaining and following.
