The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 384

Chapter 384: The Deal

They weren’t ready.

Even if they thought they were.

Because when everyone moved toward the hangar and the materials lab, they didn’t expect the shock value of that "reject shelf."

And not metaphorical rejects—actual mecha parts, stacks of them, neatly organized and labelled like common spare bolts.

Marquise Julienne nearly blacked out.

Meanwhile, the polisher clutched Xavier’s cuff in embarrassment until the prince whispered, "You did really well with the parts. I’ve never seen such good ones, Luca."

It was true. For in the many years that Xavier has had to watch his mechas being serviced, and after seeing the bill for the parts, nothing has come close to these.

And yet his little chipmunk was shy.

Was it because he thought it took him too long to perfect? Or was it because he had so many tries?

But no, it was because behind that display case, Luca was working on a little secret project that he was hoping none of them would see.

Because then it would be really embarrassing!

"Thanks, we were practicing with the part that used renewable materials; the others might be too expensive to practice with." Luca’s voice was strangled as he clutched on tighter, hoping Xavier wouldn’t start looking around.

Thankfully, there was so much more to see in there, with Ollie excitedly calling everyone over to show their latest creations.

Components.

In a great stroke of absolute genius and luck, he was showing off components, and one dwarf was loving it so much that she wanted to just sleep there.

"You’ve got this much material?" asked Cece, who was close to driving herself dizzy with everything she was seeing, especially after seeing ores.

"You have these?! Where did you get these?!" Her eyes were like saucers, and her fingers practically zinged as she watched the floating Nanite ore that Luca kept contained in an energy canister to keep it from reacting.

"About that...I was actually hoping you could help us, Auntie Cece." Luca moved from behind Xavier because he almost forgot about this important bit.

See, if the Mylor couple really do agree to sell them the materials, all they would be lacking would be the Obsidium, Voidsteel, and Oblivium—all of which they could actually mine from the dungeon.

They just need someone who’s better at spelunking than they were because Sid and D-29 didn’t want them returning there without an expert.

So, the obedient boy asked after the excited dwarf moved forward as if receiving an award.

"What is it? Tell Auntie! I will do it!"

"It’s the dungeon caves. We actually need three more materials to complete the ones needed to make the aquaponics complex, and they’re supposed to be somewhere in the dungeon."

"But the last time we went mining by ourselves, there was a little trouble, so we were hoping for an expert’s help."

As if it were not a done deal from the moment the young lad mentioned the word "mining", Luca still looked at the shorter dwarf with the same eagerness and devotion as he would look at eggs on clearance sale.

"Ehem...So, you want Auntie to mine?"

Nod.

"You want Auntie to bring back the rarest metals in the Empire?"

A very eager nod.

Cece smacked her chest with one hand. "Say no more."

It was a done deal.

But Luca said she’d have to first look at the information they have about the material, because the last time they didn’t, they were sorely surprised to encounter the ruthlessness of the Nanite ore.

Ollie turned pale from remembering, but they promised not to mention what happened, so the blonde had been trying to be one with the wall of materials whenever someone attempted to make eye contact.

But the hiding didn’t last for too long, as the blonde’s father realized that this was already their version of staying within the realm of possibilities but existing within a totally different category.

"If we’re going to do this, we should probably start with your most rudimentary ones."

Honestly, he didn’t say "normal" because there was nothing normal about this. Not when even his wife still hadn’t picked her jaw off the floor.

Not to mention how many of them are so set in their ways that sometimes it’s like talking to the wall. And yet you’ve got these two munchkins who are playing around while trying their best and producing these. _{freewebnøvel.com}