There were three rooms inside the palace treasure room. The outer part was supposed to be the least flashy one, but Abel could already see twelve sparkling pearls on its top.
“That’s the outer decoration, I assume,” Abel smiled at Burbridge.
“That would be the years of wealth the George family has collected throughout the years,” Burbridge sighed for a bit, then continued, “Forgive me for being so infatuated with the past, Master, but when the duchy was at its most powerful state, I….”
Abel stopped Burbridge before he was about to give a bow, “No, no no no, that’s fine! Everyone’s got their story to tell. Come on. You can think and talk about the past all you want here.”
Burbridge continued with a more careful tone, “Thank you, Your Majesty. Here, as you can see, this room is mostly filled with ordinary treasure. They can all be classified as antiques.”
When Abel took a closer examination, he saw that the room was filled with various precious items. There were some accessories for both men and women. There were more things with historical value. Since he did receive proper training as a nobleman, he could recognize the origins of some of these things.
After handling an art piece made with sea corals, Abel flipped through some other items he was curious about. He hoped that he would find something interesting, but most of them weren’t to his taste.
Abel said, “I hate to say it, Burbridge, but I don’t think these are worth much. Some of them do look interesting enough. It’s kind of weird that you’re putting them here instead of at the palace.”
“Yes, your Majesty,” Burbrgie nodded in compliance. In his mind, he was baffled about how little care Abel seemed to show to these treasures. Not one item here could be called ordinary, but to his master, they all seemed like toys that happened to look a little peculiar. Still, he had to obey his new master’s order. Even if Abel asked him to throw away everything here, he would have no choice but to follow that order through.
As Abel made it to the second room, he saw that there were also twelve pearls in total there. Something was different, though. This room was filled with weapons and other gears.
Abel widened his eyes for a bit, “Blazing sun armor? Three of the same set?”
No, he didn’t remember the blazing sun armor because of how powerful it was. He just happened to see a replica at Lord Marshall’s place. Instead of being known for its durability, people usually get it because of how pretty it shone under the blazing sun.
Burbridge bowed, “Yes, your Majesty. That is the blazing sun armor.”
“Sure,” Abel took two sets into his portal bracelet, “I’ll send two away as gifts. Remember to write that down.”
As okay as the other things here were, they weren’t close to Abel’s knight’s big sword. Yes, even all of them were combined were still not as valuable as Abel’s super-practical hand-made weapon.
Abel frowned for a bit, “Don’t put them here. I want them all as decorations in the palace.”
“Yes, your Majesty,” Burbridge bowed. As sad as it was to see how little his new master appreciated the wealth collected over the past few generations, it did make sense that Abel wouldn’t show much care to these gears. He was the only human grandmaster blacksmith, after all. If his friends were to visit here, they would probably laugh at him for possessing these useless pieces.
Abel began to make his way into the third room. Again, the twelve sparkling pearls made the room shone very brightly. As far as he could, there weren’t a lot of things here. There were ten scrolls of knight’s secret techniques, one magic knight’s big sword, one magic shield, and one magic armor set. They were all placed on a single rack.
Burbridge introduced to Abel, “That’s the magic armor set for the ruler of the duchy of Carmel. That there, your Majesty is the secret knight’s technique that the George family has passed down for generations.”
Upon flipping through the pages, Abel could see that Georgy’s family had a better teaching system than the Harry family. The former just seemed to be more focused on all kinds of areas. There were horse-riding, fighting on foot, attacking, defending, and all sorts of other secret techniques in all sorts of different situations.
Abel said as he pointed towards the magic armor set, “The scrolls can stay here, but that armor set is too mediocre. Have it placed next to the throne as decoration.”
“Yes, your Majesty,” Burbridge complied as he tried to hide his disappointment.
Next, Abel found a giant piece of meteoric iron in front of him. With a touch of his hand, he could tell that it came from the same period as what he’s found in the secret room in the Matthew estate. They probably came from the same source, actually. Otherwise, it’d be hard to explain why they were both found at the duchy of Carmel.
“Keep this,” Abel slapped on the meteoric iron piece. He wasn’t planning on bringing it away. With his current skill as a grandmaster blacksmith, it’d be more than easy to make materials that could be used as substitutes for making more super explosive balls. If needed, he could even just leave this piece for his future descendants.
To Burbridge, he was just happy enough to see that Abel found something worth keeping. He wouldn’t want to see the palace treasure room being completely emptied.
Abel went to pick up a box he found on the side. When he opened it, he found a scepter and a crown inside. The scepter was made of green tourmaline, which had a size that was extremely difficult to be found in nature. The crown was made of gold from top to bottom. Upon a closer look, one could see that there were hundreds of mini gemstones laced on it. It was like a gigantic piece of diamond, but only much more valuable than that.
Burbridge gave his introduction, “Your Majesty, these two were the secret treasures of the George family. No one has ever shown these in public before.”
“Of course no one has,” Abel said with a sneer, “Just look at that diamond piece! Think about what the wizards would do if they saw it.”
Burbridge didn’t seem too familiar with jewelry, “Is there something special about that diamond piece?”
Abel laughed as he shook his head, “The wizards would’ve snatched it away as soon as they saw this.”
“Wait,” Abel then turned to ask, “I did remember that the previous king had a crown and scepter with him. Will I need to do so as well?”
Burbridge replied, “Of course, your Majesty. It wouldn’t matter most of the time, but you must follow a stringent dress code when you’re attending formal events. A crown and scepter are sometimes mandatory.”
Abel took the two items into his portal bracelet, “Sure, then. I’ll be using these at the banquet.”
Just when Burbridge was about to stop Abel from doing so, he was reminded of something once again. Abel was much stronger than the previous kings. There wasn’t a need for him to hide anything from the wizards. He could wear whatever he wanted, and no one was going to want to steal them away from him.
Finally, there was an anonymous magic gold card with about ten million gold coins worth saving. This was probably what the duchy had been saving for the past few years.
Abel wasn’t too interested in stuff like this. After picking up five million from it, he dropped the money into a shelf meant to store magic gold cards.
“These will be used for public spending,” he said with an unconcerned smile.
