Main Character Hides His Strength

round the Screaming Sword’s Edge Mountain Range isn’t so bad.’

“Looks good.”

Bertelgia who hadn’t been interested in Sungchul’s dishes before was lingering around him for some particular reason.

“I like crab…”

“That’s quite the shame.”

Sungchul commented dryly before grabbing another leg and indulging himself.
Bertelgia continued to watch him eating before she let out a sigh and howered around him as though she lost interest before abruptly opening her mouth as though she remembered something.

“Oh right… is it ok for us to be so relaxed? Don’t we have to get that bad guy Sajators?”

“The one who needs to find the other isn’t us, but Sajators”

“Is it because of that weapon?

She asked the question with deliberate naivety.
Sungchul nodded, so she looked at his mood before asking another question.

“That thing… where did you get it from…?”

“It was a gift.”

“From who?”

“None of your business.”

Sungchul cut her off there.

“I see! Well, I wasn’t that curious anyways!”

“…”

As she became silent, Sungchul continued his meal in that silence.

Only the shells of the juicy and succulent mud crabs remained on the floor.
Sungchul bit into a fruit that he had been eyeing in the jungle before heading toward the small golem once again.

The golem was still performing its endless task without complaint, but there was a difference.
It was the small golem’s path.
As it cleaned the fallen refuse of the ruins endlessly, it was heading toward a single point.
A small path had formed where the golem had crossed.
It was clear to see that the golem was trying to break a path to a certain point.

“How about helping? You’ve eaten, and it’ll cut down on time and increase his affection.”

Bertelgia spoke out, and Sungchul agreed that it wasn’t a bad thought as he headed toward the small golem to assist it.

“Gyuung?”

The small golem peeked over at Sungchul before continuing its task.
As Sungchul joined the process, the job became significantly faster.

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‘It’s been a while since I’ve done work like this.’

An indeterminable time passed before the small golem stopped its movements.
There was a familiar statue standing straight up before the small golem and Sungchul.

‘This is…?’

It was a figure that could be seen in Eckheart’s room before Sajators’ attack.
The small golem devotedly cleaned the figure’s vicinity.

“Gyoong.”

The small golem stared at Sungchul unapologetically while it finished the cleaning as though telling him to touch the statue.
Sungchul slowly stretched his hand and reached toward Eckheart’s figure, and when he did, faint words appeared in his eyes.

It appeared that a portion of the text was lost as the destruction of the ruins had disrupted the formation, but what remained intact activated.
Sungchul read through the string of text.

[ … If I had the Bertelgias that had been constructed all across the land, we might have been able to easily take care of the warlords of the merfolk and its armies that threaten the world; not to mention the Priest of the Abyss.
However, it might be best to leave the Ruler of the Deep Seas to older brother Sajators and older sis Vestiare.]

“Bertelgia can you see it?”

Sungchul called out to Bertelgia.
She shook her body.

“Hm? What are you talking about?”

“Try touching that model with your body.”

When Sungchul asked, Bertelgia brought a corner of her book toward the golem figure doubtfully and touched it.

“Ah!”

Bertelgia must have seen it as well.
The message continued.

[If you are an Alchemist Class, you may act with your back straight and your head held high.
Alchemists might not be able to create something from nothing like god, but they can create hope from despair!]

“Didn’t papa leave this?”

Bertelgia’s body lightly shook.
Sungchul nodded and look on toward the final message.

[If you see Carbung still hanging about outside, treat it well.
He is quite shy, but overall friendly.
I should have stopped them when they were putting him in a Soul Stone… he’s a good kid, so take care of him for me.
Who knows? Maybe he’ll open his heart to you?]

The message ended there.
Sungchul was suddenly looking up at the small golem standing beside him.

“Gyoong?”

The small golem was looking down at Sungchul with its glass eyes as it cried out.

‘It must have formed this path to lead me here.’

Bertelgia suddenly flew over to the golem’s shoulders and spoke with a gentle voice.

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“Your name must be Carbung.”

“Gyoong!”

The small golem nodded.

“It’s papa’s naming sense, but I think it’s better than this man?”

Bertelgia spun around toward Sungchul.

“You have a problem with my naming convention?”

“You’re going to add some Favre or something.”

“Favre is a famous figure.”

As they argued back and forth, a significant change occurred to the small golem’s body.
The chassis that surrounded the core opened up and the Soul Stone hidden within revealed itself.
Sungchul and Bertelgia both shut their mouths and watched the small golem’s sudden action.

Carbung was speaking through its actions.

Take him.

“Why is it suddenly doing this? Did you actually manage to earn Carbung’s heart already? That can’t be right.”

Bertelgia spoke with skepticism, and Sungchul was in agreement.
His Charisma and Luck was at a solid 28.
It was level of charisma that even a street cat could beat, but for one reason or another, Sungchul could understand the small golem’s inner thoughts.

‘You must have been lonely, spending several thousands of years all alone.’

Sungchul had also spent nearly ten years in solitude.
He knew better than most how difficult it was to spend those years in solitude alone.
Sungchul felt as such after just ten years, but the golem had spent thousands of such years.

Sungchul reached out and grasped the white Soul Stone within the golem, and when he did, brightly lettered message appeared in his view.
Curiosity rose in Sungchul’s eyes.

[ Familiar ]
Merkit Carbuncle (Soul Stone)

A new category opened up in his status window.

‘This means that Bertelgia wasn’t something like a familiar as I thought.’

He had realized that she had been an individual entity since earlier, but this simply confirmed this suspicion.

Another surprising event followed.
The familiar who was held within the soul stone transmitted its intentions directly to Sungchul’s consciousness.
Sungchul looked at the Soul Stone before speaking to it in a low voice.

“What? You want me to make another golem in your stead to clean this place?”

The Soul Stone emitted a faint light in what seemed to be an affirmation.