novelraw Chapter 200
Chapter 200
200~ Dagger Inspection Results~
"Ling."
"Yes."
"Pass down the order. Starting tonight, follow the list. Purge them. Leave not a single one."
"Yes."
Not a single person on the list was to be spared. Leaving even one would be a challenge to her authority.
After the Maid Ling left, the Empress sat quietly in her chair. All those documents piled on the desk no longer had any motivation to continue being reviewed.
Today's good mood had been thoroughly ruined by those good-for-nothings.
"Your Majesty the Empress."
"Speak."
"Um, Princess Mo, she... dragged Xiyan out!"
The Empress fell slightly silent for a moment, then immediately tossed aside the pen in her hand.
"Where did Mo go?"
"Well, Lady Red Leaf has already followed. From the looks of it, Princess Mo seems to just plan to wander around the city. She has no intention of leaving the city."
Great, just great. She had thought that after having people capture and bring back the little Princess, plus with her body's issues, she would be much more obedient. Turns out this clearly showed she didn't know where she went wrong!
"Do we need to notify Lady Red Leaf to invite Princess Mo back?"
The maid inquired.
"No need. I will personally go find Mo and bring her back. You may withdraw."
"Yes."
After the maid finished reporting and withdrew, the Empress returned to her own bedchamber to change clothes, preparing to personally go onto the streets to find the little Princess.
......
At this time, on the other side...
"Achoo..."
"Princess Mo, did you catch a cold?"
The little Princess shook her head and said:
"No, I just feel like someone is talking about me."
She didn't know why, but her heart always had some ominous premonition, always feeling that something big was about to happen soon.
Nothing should happen, right? Although she left the Imperial Palace, she didn't leave the city! And this time she came out with important business to handle!
Finding a weapons shop that looked very high-class, after the little Princess saw no one around paying attention, she directly slipped inside in a flash.
"..."
At a slightly distant location, a pair of eyes was firmly staring at the shop the little Princess entered.
As for who would follow behind the little Princess to monitor her? That was naturally Red Leaf.
Red Leaf found a corner, removed her hat, quickly used magic to disguise herself, then also followed into the shop.
Before the Empress arrived, she must keep a good watch over the little Princess.
"Princess Mo, what are you doing here?"
Without paying attention to the little loli maid Xiyan's question, the little Princess directly said to the person at the front desk:
"Call out your boss."
The front desk clerk took one look. The visitors were two children in cloaks. He immediately became unhappy.
"You two kids, if you're really bored with nothing to do and don't know what to play, please kindly find a river and jump right in. Don't come here to bother... Princess Mo, please follow me. I'll take you to see the boss! It's all this lowly one's fault for being blind and offending Princess Mo. Please punish me, Princess Mo!"
Mo: "..."
Somewhat speechless, but it fit the principle of acting without doubt. This front desk clerk, upon seeing the little Princess's face revealed beneath the cloak, immediately changed his tune.
At least this front desk clerk was still sensible. She didn't plan to pursue this matter much.
After meeting the boss, she had the front desk clerk leave first.
"Your Highness, please sit. I wonder what Your Highness wishes to do by gracing this shop with your presence?"
"I know Boss, you are well-informed and experienced. Those who can open weapons shops are mostly experts. So I want Boss to help me take a good look at this blade in my hands."
The little Princess took out that dagger her birth mother left her.
"Since it is Your Highness's request, I will answer to the best of my ability."
The shop owner received the dagger the little Princess handed over and held it in his hands to examine carefully.
After her Father the King gave her this dagger, she had been using it all along without ever testing the dagger's material composition.
If it weren't because the little loli Xuan gave her a gemstone imbued with divinity to attach divinity to weapons so they could harm deities, she wouldn't bother bringing the dagger over!
Although she knew this dagger's main material was an alloy made from mixing Black Gold Ore and mithril, according to her Father the King, if it were only these two materials, this dagger wouldn't be so expensive...
The materials added to make this dagger, even her Father the King wasn't clear about. He only knew that besides Black Gold Ore and mithril, a special metal was added, making this dagger still look like new even after more than ten years of use, still not needing to be resharpened even once until now.
When they initially tried to replicate this dagger, after the two daggers clashed multiple times, the result was the replica directly broke under continuous collisions, while this dagger remained intact, not even having the slightest edge rolled.
"This..."
The boss slightly injected some magic power into the dagger. Although he only had the level of an Official Mage, using it to sense the blade's composition was more than sufficient.
"Mm..."
The boss placed the dagger on the table and regretfully shook his head.
"My apologies, Princess Mo. I only know this dagger's main materials are Black Gold Ore and mithril, but there's one more material I truly have no way of detecting."
"You could say I'm the best bladesmith in this city. If even I can't tell, then there's probably no one else who can determine the materials in this."
It was like seeing a ghost. He'd been in this field for decades, yet this was the first time he'd seen a material even he couldn't recognize, and moreover, it was a material that could strengthen a blade's toughness and hardness to a nearly indestructible degree.
If this material were used to make Magic Wands or staffs, these kinds of Magic Implements, it should be possible to create a perfect one that could truly withstand Great Archmage-level magic power, right?
(PS: Magic Implements are weapons specifically for mages that can carry a mage's magic power and enhance magic power.)
It was just unfortunate he didn't know what this material actually was or where it was mined from.
"It's fine. If even you can't tell, then there really is no way."
A bit regrettable, but also within expectations.
"However, regarding hardness and toughness, Princess Mo, you can completely rest assured it won't be damaged. I dare say that even a Great Archmage's attack, this blade could probably withstand."
"Is that so?"
The little Princess picked up the dagger and casually spun it a few times.
Before coming here, she had only thought this dagger had extremely exaggerated hardness and toughness, having been used for over ten years without its edge rolling.
Because it was a gift left to her by her birth mother in this world, she had never sent it anywhere for testing. Only now did she learn this dagger's hardness and toughness far exceeded her initial estimate.
Could withstand Great Archmage-level attacks? Didn't that mean in this world, aside from deities, this thing was absolutely a Divine Artifact?
"Then I'd like to ask again, how much is this blade worth?"
"Is Princess Mo planning to sell it?"
The little Princess shook her head.
She had no such plan.
Selling a keepsake her mother left her, that kind of beastly act, she still couldn't do.
Moreover, this was probably also one of the items her Father the King cherished in memory of his wife, right?