The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 164: Invitation (1/3)

“I know full well how much you dislike rigid positions, so I won’t force the issue, but won’t you consider becoming our engineer?”

Immediately after inviting me, Reinhart-san said that he understood that much about me.

“It’s for the same reason that I don’t think you’ll ever try to work for another noble elsewhere. But you know too many strange things. If word of this blood serum of yours were to come out, nobles will surely appear in droves and try to employ you without regard for your own feelings. You understand this too, right?” [Reinhart]

I nodded silently and replied.

Even if the cure for the Cursed Wound is taken, if it were to spread in society, there will naturally be patients and families looking for it.

There are bound to be merchants and nobles who wish to sell to those people at a high price.

Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be a surprise if people wishing to secure the rights no matter what appeared.

“We would of course want to help you in such a situation, but there are things that are difficult to do with the way things are now.” [Reinhart]

Although the duke’s family treats me well, my social standing remains that of a ‘commoner’.

I’m not the subject of the duke’s family, but merely a ‘child they are slightly partial to’.

Of course, even just that makes things a lot more convenient for me.

After all, no one would want to incur the ill will of the duke’s family, which possesses great authority.

A boy adventurer, who owns a small store, and to whom the management of the abandoned mine has been entrusted to.

Even if such a boy were to possess strange ideas and knowledge, so long as these ideas were only at a certain level, then no one would dare lay a hand on him.

“But the knowledge to concoct the ‘cure for the Cursed Wound’ is a different story. Our family may possess great authority, but it’s not as if there’s no way for others to go against us.” [Reinhart]

When I thought of that, the idea of cleverly woven schemes immediately came to mind, but the madam seemed to infer that and she wryly smiled.

“I can’t deny what you’re likely thinking, but think of something simpler. Right… Let’s put it this way. Right now, you’re in a position where you can do anything you want with your store, yes? But if you’re too selfish, then various people will try to stop you. Depending on what it is you’re being stubborn about, people will turn a blind eye to your selfishness once or twice, but if you keep acting stubborn, eventually you’ll lose the trust of the people around you. It’s the same thing for us. We hold great power, but we can’t just use it as we please.

If you were to become our family’s engineer, then when people try to recruit you, we can refuse them if you don’t wish to work for them. But with the way you are now, if we tried to interfere, then they would snap back at us and say something along the lines of ‘You’re not even trying to hire him yourself! Don’t get in our way!’ That’s a bit more forceful than what they’re likely to say, but you get the point.

That being said, it’s doubtful that they would wash their hands clean of the matter so easily and will probably continue to keep up appearances and try to make excuses, such as in order to give you a suitable position given your meritorious deeds and what not. That’s just how valuable your knowledge is.” [Elize]

If I were to keep the existence of the blood serum a secret, I probably won’t get into trouble, but that would also mean having to live with the danger of leaking word of its existence to someone my whole life.

And if knowledge of the bloody slime’s blood serum were to spread, then it’s possible more cures might be discovered. It won’t necessarily be limited to just the Cursed Wound. I can’t predict just how big this will turn into, but it’s possible that a lot of lives that would otherwise be lost could be saved. Hiding such powerful knowledge is simply too wasteful. No, ‘wasteful’ isn’t even enough to describe how great of a loss that would be.

“…Can you tell me more about exactly what the occupation ‘engineer’ entails? I want to know exactly how my life would change if I were to accept that position.” [Ryouma]

“That’s right. As I’ve mentioned previously, an engineer is a technical expert hired by a noble. When needed, the noble will call upon him and have him demonstrate his expertise. In other times, he is called upon for consultation. So long as the engineer is able to accomplish those duties, then he can live as he wishes. After all, highly skilled craftsmen do tend to have strange fixations that normal people find difficult to understand.

For example, in our case, we have a live-in engineer on medicine, but our engineer on ‘smithing’ owns a workshop and a store in the Middle-Class District and is working normally. Being hired by a noble doesn’t mean monopolizing your expertise or keeping you on a leash and not utilizing your skills.” [Reinhart]

It would appear that as long as they can keep in touch with me, I don’t even have to stay at the town where the duke’s residence is situated.

As such, I can continue living at the abandoned mine as I’ve done until now and continue working at Gimuru.


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29 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 164: Invitation (1/3)”

  1. cydra Avatar
    cydra

    Thanks for the chapter

    1. Tr1gg3rhappi Avatar
      Tr1gg3rhappi

      Engineer does not seem to fit well. I think specialist might sound better

      1. caudyr Avatar

        Sounds more accurate to me, yeah.

        Thanks for another chapter part Jiggly~

      2. ashton Avatar
        ashton

        Consultant.
        Retainer ?
        Expert ?

        Still specialist sounds better I guess.

      3. 龍忍一月 Avatar
        龍忍一月

        Agreed

  2. gohankuten Avatar

    I mean it’s only engineer for now until he become son-in-law 🙂

    1. Tom Avatar
      Tom

      I hope not seems to cliche and while I like her I don’t see any romantic chemistry between them at the very least on his part, I would rather he ends up with a goddess as I can see him becoming a god by the end of this.

      1. Godric Kharg Avatar
        Godric Kharg

        When does the MC ever really (typically) have romantic feelings, especially at his “early” age…

        Maybe in a couple years, but I doubt it in this type of story… at least unless the daughter shows clear intention to him… where he has to tackle it head on…

  3. sfcipher Avatar

    Thanks for the treat.

    1. Hoezell Buckleon Avatar
      Hoezell Buckleon

      Thanks for the translation! That said, engineer is a modern term and is really out of place in this fantasy world where engines weren’t invented yet.

      1. Godric Kharg Avatar
        Godric Kharg

        Give him time… lol

      2. kotarou inugami Avatar
        kotarou inugami

        Actually, it’s a term that dates to about that time period. At that time, “engine” meant “siege weapon”, and engineer was the guy who made them, or any other clever thing.

  4. twinnnn100 Avatar

    thanks for the chapter

  5. aditue Avatar
    aditue

    thanks for the chapter

  6. Philip Avatar
    Philip

    Thanks for the translation! May God bless you!

  7. hb98rml Avatar

    Thank you for the update ❤️

  8. Mikan Avatar

    [nobles will surely appear in droves and try to employ you without regard for your own feelings. You understand this too, right?” ]

    as if he can’t deny those nobles. if you know what I mean. 😏

    1. Godric Kharg Avatar
      Godric Kharg

      He can deny them as much as he wants, but once they learn where he lives, what businesses he owns, those places will become restrictive for him to attend to.

      He’d have a queue outside his launderers waiting to request he work for them…

      That said, they’d get further ahead making a request at one of the guilds to “consult”…

  9. Lion_hug Avatar
    Lion_hug

    Thanks for the update!

  10. Belkar Avatar
    Belkar

    Thank you!

  11. kariageweb Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  12. Zax Avatar
    Zax

    It’s only a matter of time before people learn about his skills anyways. Thanks for the chapter

  13. darkloki2 Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter, this is better than the previous version

  14. CCaprice Avatar
    CCaprice

    Thanks for the chapter.

  15. ladghelson araujo dos santos Avatar
    ladghelson araujo dos santos

    A versão anterior foi melhor em algumas coisas!

  16. killuayu Avatar
    killuayu

    Thanks for the chapter ^^

  17. BulvaSniffer (@BulvaSniffer) Avatar

    Thanks! This is getting interesting by the minute…

  18. Ziry Avatar
    Ziry

    In Japanese “engineer” is actually written as “technician” (as opposed to a researcher or academic) so it makes more sense.

  19. Dancer Avatar
    Dancer

    Engineer is a very old term, but the meaning has changed.

    An engine is an ingenious device and an engineer is someone who devises (engineers) ingenious engines.

    Engine equals motor was a 20th century alteration. Babbage’s Difference Engine is named such because it is an ingenious mechanical contrivance. Unlike a motor it provides no output that can power other machinery.

    Ingeniously designed motors are also engines in the original sense, but not all engines are motors.

    Engineer as a profession has had its meaning expanded to include anyone who constructs ingenious structures or operates railroad engines. The original designer and builder of ingenious mechanical engines meaning has also been applied to those who design virtual engines built with computer instruction code and those who design and construct electrical systems.

    Apart from engine driver, the various meanings stem from “builder of ingenious device”

    So calling professionals who are masters of their art “Engineer” is apt and accurate, especially when it involves the mechanical arts or practical applications of science.

    From there it is natural to expand the title to any master craftsman, scholar or researcher hired by a noble family as it is a role that is not strictly defined.

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