Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

Chapter 337 Mithril mines (1)

After doing a bit of shopping and gathering information, it was time to visit the mines.

The visit would be an official visit to see the mines and experience what dwarven mining was like, but in reality they were going there to inspect the ores and finish the deal.

When they arrived, there wasn't anyone that came out to greet them.

All of the dwarves just continued to work like they didn't even notice anyone coming, but Ivar didn't mind at all.

Ivar led the group like this was his home as he came up to one of the main tunnels.

There was a group of dwarves discussing something when they came over and the dwarves didn't mind them at all as they kept discussing their matters. However, Ivar just stopped and waited for them to finish.

In human society, this would be impossible.

If a noble was made to wait like this, this would be considered an insult to the noble and that person who made them wait might even be executed.

But it was different in the dwarven society.

Ivar was even happily willing to wait.

Once the dwarves had finished, the one that had been in charge of the meeting turned in their direction.

When this dwarf saw Ivar, he couldn't help revealing a surprised look before coming over.

Raising one hand, he waved at him as he said, "Yo, big brother, what are you doing here?"

Ivar revealed an awkward smile before saying, "Varric, we have guests."

The dwarf Ivar called Varric looked over at us before revealing a surprised look and saying, "Eh, isn't this a bunch of humans? What are they doing here?"

Ivar put his head in his hand and shook his head with a sigh before saying, "I knew that you wouldn't read my message. I even made sure to have them tell you to read it, but it seems like you still ignored it."

As he said this, the dwarves that had been walking away couldn't help stopping before walking away again.

But this time, they had awkward looks on their faces.

It was clear that they knew what Ivar was talking about.

After muttering this to himself, Ivar looked up and said, "Varric, I told you that I would be bringing some guests over today. They are here to inspect the mithril mines.

Varric just gave a nod before saying, "Big brother, did you review the proposal that I sent you?"

He completely ignored us and just went on to talk about what he wanted to talk about.

Ivar revealed a bitter smile before saying, "I already reviewed it, but I can't agree to it."

Varric's expression immediately fell. It had been filled with excitement before, but now it was just filled with despair as he said, "Why not? It's clearly the most efficient way to mine for more mithril. You should know that…"

He was about to say something, but then he remembered that we were here and stopped himself.

But the look in his eyes made it clear that there was some kind of problem.

Ivar knitted his brows when he heard this, but then he said, "Even if that's the case, this isn't something that can be decided that easily. We need to consider the cost and the difficulty associated with doing something like this. This isn't something that could be done that easily."

Varric had a clear unhappy expression on his face, but there was nothing he could say since he knew that Ivar was right.

But then he remembered something.

He turned to look at us and his expression underwent a strange change.

He looked at us with a strange look at first, but then it slowly changed into a weird looking smile that made us feel uncomfortable.

Finally, Varric turned back to say, "There are these humans here. Can't you just get them to help us with this?"

Ivar was taken aback by this sudden suggestion by Varric, but then he looked like he was considering it.

Seeing the look on his face, Varric kept pushing by saying, "You must have brought them here for a reason. They must be humans that we can trust if you're even willing to bring them here. So why not get them to help us with this matter?"

Ivar's expression looked like he was about to give in more and more when he heard this.

He knew that Varric was right, so in the end…he said with a sigh, "I can't guarantee anything, but I can try asking them."

Varric's eyes lit up before turning over to ask, "Do you humans know something about blast crystals?"

I revealed a confused look when hearing this and turned to look at Haley, but she also shook her head to show that she didn't know anything about this.

In the end, it was Shaka who gave a sigh and said, "How do you know about this?"

Both Varric and Ivar were confused when they heard this before Varric said, "It was something that our king told us about."

Shaka shook his head again before saying with a sigh, "This is a new discovery by the Magicians Tower, something that very few people know about. Even our country is only able to get a few of these things."

I looked at Shaka with a strange look, but he gave a shrug before giving me a look not to ask more and that he would explain later.

Varric and Ivar knitted their brows when they heard this.

But I couldn't help asking, "Is this really something that you should be discussing out here? Isn't this something important?"

Ivar revealed a confused look before suddenly looking like he understood something and saying, "Oh, you don't have to worry about Varric, he's not an outsider."

He turned to look at Varric before saying, "This is my little brother, Varric Silvermine."

"Huh?"

We all couldn't help being surprised by this because the two of them…didn't look like brothers at all!