She Becomes The Hero In Another World 152 She Admires Ayva

The stone cutter slapped her back in annoyance.

"No, you fool! I'm saying you managed to pick out another gem! You've got a magic amethyst this time!" He said, excitedly. He had only ever cut out normal gems. But to cut out a magic gem, now he could brag with his head held high to the other stone cutters.

Robin's eyes widened.

"Eh? What?!" She turned and looked at the stone cutter.

"I got another amethyst? For real!?" Robin asked, incredulously.

"Here, let me clean my ears out. I must have heard you wrong." Robin opened her bag as if looking for something.

"Ow! Hey what was that for!" Robin scowled at the dwarf that had punched her in the arm.

"Listen you onyx-haired bean pole! I'm telling you, you picked out another amethyst!" The stone cutter said angrily, shoving the partially cut ore before her face. "This one's a magic one this time!" He said.

"This isn't a joke?" Robin blinked incredulously. "I-I really got one?"

""YES YE REALLY GOT ONE!!"" The surrounding crowd called out. Then everyone broke into laughter at Robin's foolish display.

"I'd say, you might have a gift fer this!" The stone cutter nodded as he sat back down, carefully rubbing off the stone around the magic amethyst.

Robin burst out laughing, as if it just got through to her.

"Why, so I might. So I might! Right, amethyst..." She peered into the crowd, then pointed. "earlier, you wanted an amethyst, right?"

The jeweler pointed at himself. "Me?"

"Yes you! Do you want this amethyst?" Robin asked.

"Why, anyone would want that amethyst! It's a magic gem! You could craft a magic item using a good gem like that!" The jeweler nodded, trying to subtly warn Robin not to get cheated.

"That's not what I was asking." Robin shook her head. "Do YOU want this amethyst?"

"I do. But I dare not take it." The jeweler replied.

"Why not?" Robin asked.

"I can't afford it." The jeweler said regretfully looking with longing at the emerging stone.

"It's yours." Robin replied.
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"Wait, what?" The jeweler blinked. "Are you just giving away a magic gem?" All the dwarves present paused and began cleaning their ears, afraid they hadn't heard correctly.

"Yup." Robin nodded. "I just did this for fun. To actually have a magic gem on my hands, not only would I not be able to use it, I'd be terrified lest I should lose it to thieves or bandits. That's why I'm giving it to you, who can put it to better use."

"What about yer trophy amethyst? Are ye so certain thieves an' bandits wouldnae go for that there shiny?" A dwarf joked.

"Of course not." Robin replied. "My amethyst is only ordinary, nothing special, a bauble-if you will. Amethysts come and go in this kingdom like water flowing under a bridge. If you want an amethyst, you can find them anywheres in this kingdom. But a magic amethyst? These don't come out often. Even should you have the gold to buy, there might not be the gem to sell."

"Then isn't that more of a reason to keep it to yerself?" The jeweler asked.

"You dwarves are so stubborn." Robin sighed. "I wish to give, and you wish to have, but dare not receive. How can I make you accept it? If for nothing else, please take it as a token of my esteem for Innkeeper Ayva."

That shut up all the questions. Anyone asking questions after that would look like they were questioning whether Ayva was worth giving away a magic gem. Instead, a warm glow of pride spread out among the dwarves. Yes, the Dwarf Kingdom's Ayva was most certainly worth more than a magic gem.

The jeweler looked at Robin closely. He hadn't spoken a single word to anyone. Was it possible this human knew that he had been secretly commissioned to fix Ayva's coronet? He paused for a moment, then solemnly pocketed the magic gemstone.

"This here means more to me than ye know." He said, his voice shaking with emotion.

"I don't doubt it." Robin chuckled. "While I am rather curious about what you make with that, I hope it's something good!" With that, Robin hopped off the platform and trotted back to her group.

"I'm back" She smiled.

Quinn glared at her with a sour face. "You cheated." He replied.

"Why, whatever do you mean?" Robin chuckled.

"Don't you give me that! You knew which stones had gems in them all along. I'm not sure how, but somehow you just knew!" Quinn pointed at Robin getting ready to scold her.

"And you!" He pointed at Christian. "You also knew all about this, somehow!"

Christian glanced at Robin, a bemused smile on his face before shaking his head.

"I didn't know beforehand about this." He said. "Robin hasn't breathed a single word to me outside of your hearing. But his confidence was what clued me in. Robin never does anything that he isn't certain of. But, now that I do know, this is most definitely a good thing!"

"Hmmph! Are you trying to scam me?" Quinn eyed Christian disdainfully.

"I merely made a wager based upon an educated guess. Your lack of faith in Robin's abilities is your own loss." Christian shook his head.

"Ara? Are you trying to renege upon your deal?" Jasmine asked.

"Th-they were bullying me!" Quinn said, looking hurt, pointing at Robin. "That person already knew which stones had gems in them!"

"Hmm...well, did the bet ever stipulate that Robin couldn't use his full abilities? I'm pretty sure that you bet upon the outcome of the treasure hunt, nothing was said about the method. I now declare, by default, Christian wins. You should know better than to make bets with a confident Christian."

Jasmine smiled, businesslike, as she handed Quinn's gold coin over to Christian. Christian put the gold coin away, then held out his hand towards Jasmine again.

"What is it?" Jasmine beamed her sweet smile at him.

"Where is my gold coin?" Christian asked.

"I just gave it to you." Jasmine pointed out.

"No, not that one. The coin I put down to bet in the first place. I should get two gold coins back now. I know my basic arithmetic." Christian smiled businesslike.

"Why, so you do! What a surprise~!" Jasmine chuckled. "That gold coin was taken as a gambling tax. It's mine now. 'The worker is worth their wages' after all~"

Christian scowled. "What kind of witness takes half the earnings for their wages, hmm?"

"The rich kind." Jasmine smirked back at him, visibly daring him to go against her. Robin laughed out loud.

"You two really are cousins!" She chortled.

""Who would want to be cousins with him/her!!"" They both denied at the same time. At that, the entire company burst out into laughter.

n.o.body noticed that the conversation had steered far away from Robin, all the stones she had bought, and her ability to find gems.

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"...Remember to bring your kid, and ask for Robin at the inn." Chelsea finished instructing, before she left Traughn with Liam.

"Is this what you were after all along?" Liam asked, puzzled by Chelsea's almost flippant change of att.i.tude towards the dwarf, even healing up his men before she left.

"Trust me, this will all make sense later." Chelsea laughed.

"If you say so." Liam replied, still puzzled. They soon returned to the cafe Chelsea had been 'recuperating' at, and not,a moment too soon. Not two minutes later, Robin's group returned to see how Chelsea was doing.

"Much better, thank you!" She laughed. "How did your day go? Did you manage to gain quite the haul?" Chelsea winked over at Robin.

"Hear me out, Chelsea! This dunderhead gave away a Magic Amethyst!" Jasmine joked as she pointed at Robin.

"Well done! You couldn't have chosen a better time!" Chelsea chuckled.

"I didn't tell you so you'd approve of it! Tell Robin that sh...HE needs to stop wasting resources upon random people!" Jasmine almost let the cat out of the bag, but managed to stop herself in time.

"You're right." Chelsea looked at Robin in mock seriousness. "Robin, you need to stop wasting resources upon random people. Make sure you chose carefully next time you bestow fortune upon them. Even so, this time I really do approve. You did well." Chelsea nodded. Everyone aside from a confused Liam burst out into laughter.