Except for that special matter, the transaction proceeded as usual. Clerk-san then leaves the room to tell the others what to load in our cart.
“Ah, right. About those five halberds…”
“What’s the result?”
“His Excellency, the Count, happily agreed to buy them.”
“Oh I see, I didn’t really think that he wouldn’t buy them.”
“And then, there’s also a request from His Excellency.”
“Hohoh. What is it?”
“He wants me to sell him three more of those halberds. He wants the guards at his mansion to have them.”
“I see. Okay, I’ll comply to it.”
If it’s a request for a custom model, I’ll have to ask the requester to come to my house in person, but if not, I’ll simply accept the request. I’ll make it when I got home before it slips out of my mind.
After that, we talk about the happenings in the world as usual. So far, this is the only opportunity I have to hear about what’s going on in the world. In my previous world, I was able to get some news about the disturbance on the other places on Earth via the Internet. Given that, his brain sure is terrific as from him alone, I’m able to listen about the situation on the other region every once a week.
I wonder if it would be better to secure some other means for this. Oh well, I’m not in a hurry, so I’ll just explore slowly.
There seems to be no talk of a major war somewhere, or a troop dispatch for a major subjugation operation (defeating a dragon or ogre), so I don’t think there’s any urgent need for me to make anything. Even if there is, whether to accept it or not is a different story.
However, although this information is not confirmed yet, there are some fishy stories such as small-scale skirmish with monsters in remote areas, or scuffle over borders or water rights. Hopefully, none of those will be on a large scale.
After leaving Camilo’s store and as we pass by the entrance to the town, I noticed that the man standing guard was not yet equipped with a halberd. Well, training for that could take some time. I guess he couldn’t distribute it right away. I just nod at the guard again then we passed through.
Nothing major happened on the road or inside the forest. We were always vigilant on the surrounding, but as usual, the trip was quite peaceful. Just like that, we arrived home and then we bring our luggage inside the house. Today’s purpose of going to the city is now completed. From the next day, we’ll start doing some blacksmithing.
We prepared some sheet metals and then I made the halberds while Rike and the others made the other weapons. I already made some halberd before so I made another three without much effort.
It took me about two and a half days so far, and for today (which is the third day), the remaining half day we’ll be my free time. Since this will be given to the guards of the mansion, I will carve on the halberd during this free time.
Perhaps it was because I had successfully strengthened the chisel (for me to be able to engrave on the Mithril earlier), I was able to engrave with ease and the three halberds were completed. It’s a bit unrefined to be used for ceremonies, but it is perfect enough for a mansion guard to have and use to protect the gate.
Now that I have finished making the ordered items, from the next day, I will proceed with the production of items to be wholesaled to Camilo’s store. Rike will continue making the general model ones, and Samia and Diana will go hunting. With us having enough meat, half of their purpose would be like a forest patrol.
And, like that, the “usual” routine began.
Samia and Diana will take a break from hunting tomorrow, so we will start making knives today. Rike and I heat up the sheet metal and then we start hitting them to make a knife. The smithy is filled with the sound of soft flames and regular hammering. In between, there are sizzling sounds when we are quenching and also the sharpening sounds as we sharpen the knives. After having our lunch, we continued until just before dusk.
The sound that had been echoing like some kind of music was mixed with another sound. It was the sound of the knock on the door of the workshop/sales room. It wasn’t as unrestrained like the time Helen knocked on the door, I feel like the person knocking is timid. No, compared to Helen’s knock that made me think the door was about to break down, it is just much softer.
“Yes, yes, I’m coming out now.”
“Ooop”, I stood up and headed for the door. The knocking sound stopped, perhaps because the person knocking heard my voice. When I removed the bolt and opened the door, there is a woman standing there. She’s taller than Rike, but a little shorter than Samia. Overall, she has a slender figure and she is dressed in travel clothes. Her fine silvery white hair was cut around the shoulders is striking, but the most eye-catching one is her ears.
Thin, long and pointed ears.
The knowledge I gained in my previous world and the knowledge I gained through the installed knowledge gave me the same answer. She is an elf.
The woman elf spoke in a thin voice,
“Is this is Eizou-san’s workshop?”
“Yes, this is my, Eizou’s workshop.”
“Oh, thankfully. I came here to ask for a favor.”
“I see. This is not a good place to talk, please come inside.”
“Oh, okay. Thank you very much.”
I led her inside and she also came in obediently. Rike stopped what she’s doing and was watching the situation. I gestured an “it’s OK” sign with my hand and asked her to bring some wine diluted with water.
“Please tell me what you came here for.”
The woman elf nods her head, she then unloads her luggage and sits in a chair (although it’s a log) without making a sound. There was a simple table set-up here and Rike gently placed the drink on it. The woman elf bowed lightly and thanked her.
“So, what can I do for you?”
“This one”
From the luggage she put down, she took out an item that was wrapped in a cloth and then she spread it on the table. I was so surprised when I saw what was wrapped inside.
“I want you to repair this.”
The woman said as she stared at me with a begging look.
What was placed on the table was a Mithril sword –a mithril sword broken into several fragments.