[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-shota-s-isekai-ntr-adventure":3,"chapter-shota-s-isekai-ntr-adventure-shota-s-isekai-ntr-adventure-chapter-313":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},992307,1296,"Chapter 313 Testing Blades (3)","shota-s-isekai-ntr-adventure-chapter-313",313,"\u003Cp>But then all of a sudden, the crowd started jeering Rondo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You won't accept it? It's clear that you lost and you still won't accept it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already said that this dwarf was shameless! His beard is definitely to hide his shame!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha, it's clear that his sword was weaker or else the lord's sword wouldn't have been able to cut through it! And here he's saying that he won't accept it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rondo would have been embarrassed if it was a normal situation, but his curiosity and unwillingness to accept this made him ignore all these jeers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't mind this and just calmly looked at him as I asked, \"What is there not to accept? Wasn't my sword better? Is there anything that I can explain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rondo was about to say something, but then he realized the hidden meaning implied by my words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To explain this would mean revealing the secrets of how to forge this sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that what he was doing was shamelessly demanding Zwein to reveal the secrets of his forging technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was considered taboo among the dwarves and punishable by death in dwarven culture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After opening and closing his mouth a few times, all Rondo could say was, \"I, I, I…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him struggle like this, I gave a sigh before saying, \"It's not as if I can't explain, but…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I left my words hanging, but the meaning in them was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rondo's eyes lit up when he heard this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was right, if he paid a price, wouldn't he be able to buy this knowledge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something considered acceptable in dwarven culture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew that to progress one would need to accumulate knowledge and the first step in that was to share knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they also recognized that knowledge was not cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This knowledge was something that was gained from the hard work of someone else and to have them share it for free wouldn't be fair for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the dwarves had a system where knowledge would be registered and then it could be accessed for a fee. A bit of that fee would be kept by the offices that managed this system and the rest would be paid to the person who registered this knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dwarven society, this was called a patent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was nothing like this in the human's society…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how was he supposed to pay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see that Rondo was struggling over this matter and could guess what he was thinking, so I said, \"I can't get a patent registered for this, so you can just pay me a small flat fee and we'll call it a consultation fee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rondo looked at me with a surprised look at first, but he still gave a nod in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that this was the best solution to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking about it for a bit longer, Rondo suddenly thought of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dug in his pockets for a bit before pulling out a small piece of white metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He presented this to me and asked, \"Is this enough for a consultation fee?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that this small piece of white metal appeared, the entire atmosphere changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those that didn't know weren't affected at all, but those that knew…their expressions immediately changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was most of the blacksmiths and Haley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that they saw this small piece of white metal, their eyes started to glow and they almost started to drool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This small piece of white metal was…mithril as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only a small piece, but this small piece was already worth a king's amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was just how rare and expensive mithril was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was known that there was a piece of mithril here, there might have even been a war started between two noble territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I was a bit surprised that Rondo would be able to pull out a piece of mithril like this so easily, but I wasn't that surprised since I knew that the Silvermine Family behind him owned several mithril mines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like this was an even better deal than I had thought..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a slight nod and said, \"That's fine, I'll take that as a consultation fee even though it is a bit of a loss on my part.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley immediately turned to look at me with a shocked look, but I just ignored it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rondo gave a nod in response to this since he knew what I was talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was only the case in the dwarven society where mithril didn't have value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Dwarven Kingdom, there was mithril all over that they could use since they controlled mithril mines. So in truth, mithril wasn't worth anything in the Dwarven Kingdom, especially such a small piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using this small piece of mithril to obtain knowledge about forging…it really was a cheap deal for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rondo said in a sincere voice, \"Thank you. If I have a chance, I will repay you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd couldn't help being surprised by this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment, this dwarf was questioning the legitimacy of this duel and the next, he was thanking their lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw this, they couldn't help looking at Zwein with eyes that were filled with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel these gazes and I just revealed a secret bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that great, it was just understanding the difference between human and dwarven society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was about to reach out to take the piece of mithril, but before I could…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley had already come forward and grabbed hold of the mithril.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rondo knitted his brows when he saw this and didn't let go until I gave a nod to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he let go, but he still looked at Haley with a strange look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley turned to me and said, \"I'll keep this safe for you, alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just shook my head with a smile before saying, \"I was going to give it to you anyway. It's not like I have a use for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley immediately revealed a beaming smile when she heard this before coming forward to whisper in my ear, \"I'll thank you tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a cough to calm myself down, but I was feeling quite happy deep down.\u003C\u002Fp>",1047,"2026-06-03T08:25:27.812Z","2026-06-03T08:25:33.750Z",1,"novelbin.me","87d152da699533da97fee8c019c5ceb9c24828d48ca9f5b3b2c03797dcfee780","shota-s-isekai-ntr-adventure-chapter-314","shota-s-isekai-ntr-adventure-chapter-312",2237,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshota-s-isekai-ntr-adventure-cover.jpg"]