Since we had received permission to enter the Dwarven Kingdom, we didn't waste any time at all.
As we were about to leave the border checkpoint, Haley had a few of her men take out a barrel of alcohol for the captain and his guards.
When the captain and his guards saw this, their eyes lit up.
They could smell the delicious fragrance coming from the alcohol, so they naturally knew that this was good alcohol.
If they were given a gift, they would naturally be happy.
So the captain took out a map of the Dwarven Kingdom for us as repayment.
This wasn't a very detailed map, but it would give them a general idea of how the Dwarven Kingdom was laid out.
With this, traveling in the Dwarven Kingdom would be much easier.
But in response to this, Rondo had an ugly look on his face.
He was clearly unhappy that we were giving this barrel of alcohol to the captain and his guards.
However, Haley was able to convince him that it was fine by telling him, "This is from the portion that we were planning to sell and not the portion that we had saved for your family. So we're losing profits from this and you're not losing any alcohol."
With this, Rondo was calmed down.
He was agitated because he thought that there would be less alcohol for himself and his family, but when he found out that this wasn't the case, he didn't seem to care.
Dwarves were only selfish like this in two scenarios.
One was involving ores that they needed for their forging and two was with alcohol.
Since that matter was settled, they didn't waste any time in heading out from the border.
Their destination was Silver City, the city that was ruled by the Silvermine Family.
On the way, there were many dwarven travelers that looked at their group with strange looks.
That was because it was a long time since humans had been let into the Dwarven Empire like this. So any human that was in the territory of the dwarves would be stared at by the dwarves.
But it didn't take them long to arrive in Silver City since it was close to the border.
After traveling for around a week, they were finally able to see the silver walls of Silver City.
This place wasn't just named Silver City for no reason.
It was because of the abundant amount of silver mines that were found all around this area that this place was named Silver City. At the same time, that was how the Silvermine Family received their name.
It was because they had been in charge of these silver mines for generations, starting from when the ancestor of their family first found them.
But of course, walls that were made of silver alone were weak and didn't qualify as walls.
So these were actually silver plated walls.
The middle of the wall was still made of steel, but the top layer was covered in silver to give it this sheen.
In terms of defenses, this wall was actually much stronger than normal walls because it was made of steel.
Humans would never be able to make a wall like this, it was only dwarves that had an abundance of ores like that that would be able to make a wall like this.
Still, it was a very breathtaking sight.
When they arrived at the gates of this city, they were naturally stopped by the guards.
The guards even showed more hostility towards them than towards the other travelers since they were humans rather than dwarves.
But that was where Rondo came in.
He jumped out of his carriage and raised his hands to calm the guards down.
The guards were surprised to see that the humans had a dwarf with them, but they were even more surprised when they recognized him.
"Young master!"
The captain of the guards ran forward and kneeled down in front of Rondo as he said this.
Everyone couldn't help looking at Rondo with strange looks as the rest of the guards also kneeled down in front of him.
Rondo however just scrunched his face seeing this before saying, "Thorgrun, you know that there's no need for you to do this. We grew up together, we are childhood friends, you can just treat me like normal."
But the captain of the guards who Rondo called Thorgrun shook his head and said, "You are the next head of the Silvermine Family, how could I do that?"
Rondo gave a sigh when he heard this before saying, "Alright, then let us through. These humans are with me."
Thorgrun revealed an ugly expression when he heard this before saying, "Young master, even if you vouch for them, we can't just let them in that easily. We need to check their papers and their luggage before we can let them in."
Because he was back in his territory, Rondo no longer acted as seriously as he did before and let his real personality come out.
We had already seen bits of his real personality back in my town when he had challenged me to the forging duel, but now it had fully come out.
Rondo just gave a sigh and said, "I said that it was fine, can't you just let it go with that?"
Thorgrun revealed a look of difficulty as he said, "We can't, there are the rules that your father, the City Lord has set."
When his father was brought up, Rondo had no choice but to back down.
At the same time, I took this chance to step forward and say, "We will wait for you to finish checking everything."
Rondo revealed a displeased look, but Thorgrun revealed a grateful look before saying, "Quickly check it all and then send them through."
This was the little bit of lenience that he could give them as the captain of the guards here.
So in no time, they were allowed to enter the city even if Rondo had a displeased look on his face.
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