Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

Book 10: Chapter 38: Tina’s Proposal

“Halt-sama, there is something I wish to discuss with you… Are you free at this moment?”

Akari went to the H&T Corporation one day. That very evening, Halt had been spending the time leisurely in his mansion when Tina approached him.

“Yeah. What’s up?”

“Please look at this first.”

Tina laid the seven accessories she bought from Akari on top of the table in front of Halt.

“Whoa. I can sense some kind of strong power from them.”

“Yes. All of them are Legend grade items.”

“Legend grade… So they’re at par with the bracelets I gave to everyone?”

“Indeed.”

Tina had appraised the bracelets that Halt handed to each of his family members, and it turned out to be Legend grade items.

The bracelets possessed unbelievable functions such as making communication between owners of the bracelets possible, acting as markers for teleportation, and having the ability to contain multiple magic spells such as the flaming knights which were considered to be of the highest class spells.

“So, what’s up with these?”

“The person who brought them to me was no other than a young girl who is still wet behind the ears.”

Even if Akari was 15 years old in this world, she came here while retaining her former appearance as it was. The humans of this world were already considered adults when they reached the age of 15, and even their physique reflected.

Akari’s height was on the shorter side in the first place, so from Tina’s point of view, she was just a child.

“I believe we should take that girl under our protection.”

Tina learned that Akari was orphaned. The girl told her that she created items to sell, and she planned to travel with Tet using the money she earned.

“Protection? Why? She’s a child that can create Legend items, right?”

There were plenty of orphans in this world.

Many children lost their parents because of the wars among the kingdoms or they had been killed by monsters.

Halt and the House of Ernol exterminated monsters on a global scale, but that didn’t mean disasters would be totally eradicated.

Moreover, Halt’s made it his policy to stay out of wars as much as possible, although he would still do his best to deal with them if he or someone from his family were to be involved in them.

He also aided and supported orphans through the H&T Corporation, but personally, he believed that he didn’t have the ability to save all the orphans in the world.

He would do his best to help within the scope of his ability.

However, he didn’t believe it necessary to extend his hand to those who were capable of managing their own affairs.

Especially a girl who could make Legend grade items — she should be perfectly capable of living in this world even without Halt’s help.

No matter how hard he tried, he wouldn’t be able to save them all.

The experiences he had during his days as the Guardian Hero had rubbed this realization into him, they made him think this way.

“She’s way too dangerous to leave alone based on my assessment. I happened to be her transaction partner this time, but if the other merchants learned of her true worth, it wouldn’t be long if they were to try to get their hands on her and exploit her…it wouldn’t be odd to see the world thrown into chaos because of her in the future.”

“Throw the world into chaos — that bad?”

“She’s a girl who can craft Legend grade articles without an inkling as to their true worth. She could even easily slip past the guards I hired to protect her.”

A theory came across Tina’s mind while looking at all the information on hand.

“Perhaps she is just like Halt-sama and Luna — she might be a transmigrator.”

“Heh. Transmigrator, is it?”

Halt didn’t want to do anything with this girl, but the possibility that she was a transmigrator piqued his interest.

“By the way, did you ask for the name of that girl?”

“Yes. I also have a surveillance crystal installed in my room at the company, so you see check that girl’s face for yourself.”

Tina took out the magical tool that could record images. She then projected the image of the black-haired girl who visited her today in the space in front of Halt.josei

“Her name is Akari.”