Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha - Chapter 40

第１９話　都市マルトの鍛冶屋

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After I handed over large number of magic stone and all kind of raw materials which I got from Labyrinth to Lorraine, I received the liquidation in the Adventurer Guild(Guild), since it’s quite large amount of money, my chest feels warm right now.

As for the body fluid of the pure slime, it’s personally bought by Lorraine at quite high price.

It’s an item which will be bought at quite high price even in Adventurer Guild(Guild) but, it’s not like I’m bound by contract so that I can’t sell it to another place either.

Regarding the selling of it is up to the adventurer.

Since Lorraine is the kind of jack of trade master of none who will put her hand on various kind of alchemy, she will use it for making various kind of medicine for herself, The raw material she need is high in number, she will take the raw material which I brought back with handsome price when I brought the item she which fulfilled this demand.

There’s no need for middleman like when purchasing it from the Adventurer Guild(Guild), when thinking about that case the price become rather cheap. Adventurer Guild(Guild).

By the way, if you ask what I’m doing right now, I’m currently wandering aimlessly in the middle of the city.

Of course it doesn’t mean that I’m doing this just for basking in the atmosphere of the city which feel like long time ago, I definitely has something to do.

That is to buy an armor.

Since the time I’m just a Bone Man《Skeleton》, or should I say since I became a  Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》, I always using the armor which I used when I’m still alive but, armor aside, I’m quite difficult when it comes to the shape of weapon.

I’ve been using it since few years ago when I’m still alive, for this reason, maybe because receiving the influance of my Qi, magical power and the likes or, simple physical power which is rising further, it become easily damaged.

Even so, that’s natural, in the first place, I felt it that maybe it’s still okay if I use it once in a month for things like the power of Qi, since I couldn’t, or should I say that I didn’t have any experience in loading things like reiki or magical power into armor, since I can’t making use of this kind of function it came to me using cheap armor.

And that armor is suffering from powerful burden because frequent use of reiki, qi or, magical power during this few days, it become considerably damaged.

This is already, helpless case.

Though I originally planned to use it till the next year, it already damaged beyond repair after receiving an impact which made a complete restoration is impossible due to it being exposed in the labyrinth for several days.

But, thanks to the rising in my power, my hunting efficiency is going up, as a result my bosom pocket also become warm, since Lena even returning the change money after she brought the robe and other necessities, I have handsome amount of money when it’s combined together.

Around this time, I felt that it’s about the time to buy replacement armor.

Well, even if I have the money, for the side or the armor is still unreachable.

If you ask why, it’s because purchasing that means that I must do the adjustment by measuring my size properly, and because of that I need to taking off this robe.

It really is not that I detested the idea of undressing.

I’m not an innocent young girl.

But, I have a more important reason which made me impossible to expose my body than those young girl.

Called showing to anyone in the world this kind of Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》withered body of mine.

It’s impossible.

If it’s not to the people I trust the most.

The person to whom I have that much trust is only Lorraine.

Regarding Lorraine, she’s broadminded people who won’t mind about such trivial matter, even so, calling her broad is…………

In the first place, I have no doubt on her.

When I bounded to this kind of matter, it will cause a problem just by saying that she’s related to me.

That’s why I’m currently extremely severe when it comes to showing my body except to Lorraine.

Therefore, I came today just to buy a sword.

I’m finally arrived while looking at the signboard of the shop, I resolving myself and then opening the door of the store.

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「WELCOME！ ……？ 」

A woman came to greet me at the same time I’m entering the store.

She is Luca, the wive of Clove and the shopkeeper of this store,  the smithy《Trident Lance》

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A woman with lady-like appearance and the owner of golden hair and blue eyes, it’s incomprehensible how she become Clove wife. 金

Though her line of sight stopped for a moment when she saw me.

Maybe because my body covered with robe and I hide my face with ominous looking skeleton mask.

I’m steadily approaching Luca while thinking of those things, and,

「………. ExcUSe Me……………….. I WanT To LooKIng FoR WEaPon」

But, Luca’s shaking her head in panic.

「No！ It must be wrong. There’s no way it true…………. He’s just slightly similiar to the person that I know. Since someone who wear a mask is not that rare amongst the adventurer. My apologize for looking at you in the strange way」

So she came and apologizing.

Well, she might have experience with this kind of suspicious customer.

After that, Luca,

「………… By the way, may I ask your business today？ What kind of weapon you’re looking for in 《Trident Lance》？  Or do you need a maintenance？ 」

「A-Yes. IF YOu’Ve, I WAnT A PoWerFUl SwoRD, Uhn………….. LiKe tHis」

Saying so, I put the sword which still inside it’s scabbard on top of the desk.

Even witout needing particular explanation, It seems my intention known by Luca.

「Well then, excuse me」

Saying so, she pulled out the sword from it’s scabbard and examined it.

She’s the wife of Clove, the master smith of this store but, that eyes is certainly have something to do with accompanying the customer in the shop front like this.

The type of weapon is goes witout saying, she can even identifying the degree of damage weapon to a certain extent.

If I must say it, the sword that I brought is being examined by this woman.

「……… This is, it seems you have no choice but to buy a replacement huh. Anything you wish for weapon？ Though looking from the damage of the sword, it seems caused by the user of qi or something like magic………？ 」

Though it can’t be found so easily like this, it seems the cause of the damage is just obvious when examined by her.

Since there’s nothing special to hide, I just obediently tell her.

「YeAh…………… I’M UsINg MAgICAl PoWEr, Qi and……………….. ReiKI ToO. THat’S WHy THiS SWoRd WHiCH WITHSTAndING ALL OF ThAt is…………..」

「………….. You can use all of those. This is also unusual. You’re the second person you know」

「If POsSibLE, CaN YoU KeeP It SecREt………..？」

「That’s natural. Since we’re not qualified to be a blacksmith store if we can’t even protecting the secret of t=our customer. But, you need to give some fee……. If you want us to keep that secret. Moreover, it’s covering for few days………..？ 」

Well, I thought that’s just natural.

At any rate, it’s rare for there’s a person who can use all of reiki, magical power and, qi.

Though it’s not like two is none, someone who can use all three of them was truly rare.

The weapon of these kind of people can’t be made with mass produced method.

Moreover, normally, the blacksmith who’s making weapon for those kind of people is fussing about factors like magical power.

In the matter concerning the rarity of reiki user, since most of them are clergy, they’re placing order directly to their own favourite store when they need weapon.

In short, my order was of that kind of rarity.

That’s why I understand that even if my money is piling up.

「I DOnT MiNd.  BuT………… SinCe ThIs Is MY ENtiRE FOrtuNE…………」

I placed my very small fortune which filled leather pouch which amounted to nothing on top of the desk while saying so.

The gold coin and the silver coin is quite amount of fortune when judged from my situation.

Of course, maybe this amount to nothing when it’s coming from high-ranking adventurer…………….

Luca’s confirming the inside of the pouch, and then,

「……….. It’s plenty enough to make your weapon if it’s this much. But, we don’t mind if you’re paying the first-half by deposit for the time being. And then, the rest of it when the weapon have completed」

「Is THat OKay？」

They have to made a considerable unique item.

Though I was thinking of “the money itself is used for procuring the material“, Luca is,

「Yes. But, instead of that………. Maste-……… please meet with Clove, the blacksmith master and the shopkeeper of this store. Since Clove is a fastidious person………. He might have to call you few times during the process of weapon forging」

Said that words.

Clove, he’s the master blacksmith who I’ve known for a long times since I becoming an adventurer.

That’s why I also understand his personality.

His personality isn’t so bad when it comes to a normal sword but, when it comes to the item like my order-made sword, he’ll be completely fussing about the weapon by repeating trial and errors.

That’s why you can say that I’ve been expecting this word from Luca to some extent.

So I nodded to her.

「I DOnt MinD………. At ThAt TimE, PleaSE ConTAct Me AT ThE PLaCe of LOrrAine, The SChoLAr」

It’s decided this way since she say that I can use her own house when I’m in the city instead of using inn.

Though Luca eyes is opened wide as she seemingly extremely surprised, it returned back to her business smile right away.

「Certainly. Well then, first, let me return this」

Saying so, she returned the pouch which half of the content already taken to me, and then,

「Well then, please come to this way. Since I think you’ll be asked about various things regarding your order made weapon after this by Clove」

She guided me toward the inside of the store while saying so.