Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 70: Choosing a Weapon

Rio and Masato arrived at the narrow, dim, and old weapon shop.

It seems the blacksmith is behind the table.

A scorched, pitch-black smell flowed into the store from the innermost part of the store.

"Welcome!"

At the counter was a boy who seemed to be an age apprentice, his age seemed to be on the same generation or slightly older than Masato.

The boy approached Rio and Masato who entered the store, and greeted them with a brilliant smile.

「I, I asked what you want to buy today?」

The boy asked something he should ask Rio while showing his business smile.

Other stores never take a direct approach like this, they usually ignore the basics.

He might greet them this way because they were small shops, or maybe because of the business spirit of the boy, or both.

「I am looking for a suitable one-handed sword for this child」

Rio briefly informed her request.

"I saw . All the one-handed swords in the shop were placed in a corner there. In addition, we also accept special order orders. May I ask if this is the first time a dear customer has come to our store？ 」

"Yes nih . Right"

"I saw . Custom made must first accept interview from our master but, may I ask if good customer want to get custom made？ 」

"I saw . For now, I think I will try to see if there is a suitable sword for him on the items lined up in the shop window...

Rio sent a fleeting glance at the one-handed sword lined up in the shop window.

"I saw . In that case, feel free to see the place first 」

「Yes, I'll do it」

Rio replied with a forced smile, and moved to a corner of the shop where the one-handed swords lined up.

Although the numbers were not many, he took out the swords one by one with his hands, unsheathed them from the sheath, and then carefully evaluated them.

The shopkeeper boy and Masato stared at him silently.

After unsheathing the sword in his hand from its scabbard, the sword with a simple design that adorned its long body came out, Rio slowly narrowed his eyes.

This one-handed sword emitted a pale blue light.

「Masato, please hold this sword」

After swinging it lightly, Rio called out to Masato.

「Ou」

Section 2

Masato received the sword with a tense expression.

「I want to know how this sword handle compares to the sword in the shops we visited so far not Is it not heavy?」

So, Rio asked Masato.

「Oh？ Although it is a bit heavy, I feel like it ..... as if it is not difficult to use use」.

Masato swung the sword lightly with an awkward move.

Even though the touch felt trivial, he realized that somehow the touch was fitting in his hand.

It was really just a feeling that he was talking about it.

"I saw . Then let's postpone it first. Should we wait a while after seeing the rest of the sword？ 」

After saying that, Rio started testing every little thing about the remaining one-handed sword.

The shopkeeper boy stared at his appearance curiously.

「Yosh, will we go with this sword」

After finishing with the short test of the one-handed common sword in the shop, Rio told Masato to buy the sword from before.

"Excuse me . We want to buy a sword on that shelf 」

Turning his gaze towards the sword they had stored up a while ago, Rio conveyed his intention to buy it to the shopkeeper boy.

「Are you okay with that sword?」

The boy asked Rio.

「Ya, please」

Rio said that without hesitation.

「Uhm, right then and there. I'm sorry I have to go ask your permission, it will take some time if you really want to buy that sword, is it okay？ 」

The shopkeeper boy replied in an apologetic tone.

"Lzin?"

Rio's eyes turned into a circle for that unexpected development.

"Yes nih . My deepest apologies. May I ask if it is okay？ 」

The shopkeeper boy bowed deeply while saying that.

Section 3

"No problem…………"

「Thank you very much！ I'll bring it soon!」

After saying that, the boy quickly rushed to the workshop behind the desk.

Even a minute later, an old man with a healthy-looking body, glaring wrinkles and white hair appeared from within.

She was wearing a slightly dirty work clothes with soot, there was a lot of sweat on her face which was probably because she had just finished her work.

It seemed that this man was the smithy master of the smithy, the owner of this weapon shop.

The man who looked like a craftsman was staring at Rio's body attentively.

「Are you. The guy who said he wanted to buy my sword？ 」

He asked the question in a flat tone.

"Yes it's true . Precisely it is not for me, but for him 」

「Hou」

Master was staring at Masato attentively.

Masato retreated as if jerking.

The master turned his gaze into a sword that adorned the walls, which Rio was about to buy.

「Why did you choose it for that person？ There are many other swords with good appearance in this store」

So he asked.

「I am not obsessed with design, even though it is just a basic and simple broad sword, it is a good sword. I also know without a doubt that it is the best one-handed sword among those lined up in this store 」

Rio praised this sword with a simple sentence.

「Hou. Do you know？ This sword material? 」

「Adamantite-PureSteel」

「Type of magic equation given in it?」

「Hardness, lightness, plating, and, The charm of the attributes of wind」

Rio gave a short answer to the question from his master.

"I saw . It seems that you have a very sharp eye for someone your age. Coating, hardness, and light weight are visible through the side, even the attributes of the wind. Sorry but, please allow me to look at your hand for a bit 」[ED: Eyes are very sharp for anyone ignoring age!]

After showing that she was satisfied, her master suddenly tried to snatch Rio's hand.

Although he could easily avoid it, Rio only showed his hand to master as he was.

The master looked at Rio's hand attentively.

「You have a good hand. It won't turn out like this unless you swing your sword every day 」

He said it was in a good mood while showing a bitter but happy smile.

Section 4

"Thank you"

Rio replied to his master with a wry smile.

「Although I'm a little interested, how about you show me the sword you used?」

Asked, the master sent a glance at the sword at Rio's waist.

Stone that gives off a beautiful gems-like luster in the middle of the ―― hand guard It is a spirit stone attached.

Although adding it was like giving a beautiful ornament, the master did not think that this ornamental sword was only used for etiquette.

「This ....... Understood」.

Although Rio hesitated for a moment, he took out a mithril sword from his non-removable black sheath and handed it to his master.

Looking at the part of his sword, the master looked extremely shaken, as he was made speechless by the mysterious silvery light emitted from Rio's sword.

「Oi, what kind of metal is used to make this？ Steel, no, in addition it is different from Adamantite-Steel Alloy or steel. Don't say … . Mithril 」

He stared at the sword as if enamored by it.

When he assessed the metal used to make the sword, his expression instantly changed and then asked the question.

Another name of mithril is magic silver, although only its strength alone, adamantite steel which far exceeds that, it is a very light metal with excellent magical power conductivity.

It was unknown how to make it or where to get it among the human tribes, with only a small portion of the armors made with mithril appearing on the market, it was definitely a legendary metal.

The magic inserted into the mithril equipment was usually impossible to apply by the human tribe, there was a very high possibility for any mithril equipment found to have unexpected magic loaded on them, he said, for such legendary weapons once they appeared in the human tribe market, skyrocketing prices were attached to them.

「May I ask what magic is loaded on the sword?」

The master asked as if squeezing his voice.

「It is full of magic formation of durability and coating」

「Although it can be filled with many magic formations, why only two. I wonder what it was designed for？ Where did you find this sword？ 」

The master threw a barrage of questions at Rio.

Despite the Durability magic to solidify the object's power, the sword would break if it received a punch that surpassed its durability, its blade would immediately peel off if used as it was without receiving treatment.

Section 5

Although plating can prevent metal corrosion from occurring, with no more than that rust can occur due to blood clumping, because it will deteriorate little by little if left alone for a long time, it is the need of oil painting on it regularly.

After all, there was a large amount of magic appearing in the markets of the human tribes, so there was magic equipment as if it was only natural that it was a slightly more qualified weapon.

While it is possible to load multiple magic into the same material, there is a limit in the amount of magic loaded according to the material properties.

When one loads magic beyond the material boundary, the material will become fragile if it is unable to bear the burden of magical power flowing through the magic formation.

When one made magic tools or magic clothes, they needed to take into account the durability of that material.

Mithril is a material that is very suitable for magic tools and magic clothes, its resistance to magical powers is known as the best metal.

Weapons made from mithril that rarely appeared on the market were undoubtedly artifacts from the fact that they were loaded with high-grade magic formations, he said, the craftsman contained nothing but the two magic formations commonly seen on the mithril sword brought by Rio were anomalies.

"Yes nih . The magic formation that was loaded onto this sword was definitely only two, coating and durability. I don't know what it's designed for because I'm not the one who made it. Although the method to get it is not something I can say except the fact that I received it from an acquaintance 」

Rio replied by hiding the most important information by including a bit of false information in one piece.

「Because, is he the creator of this sword?」

「No, she's not」

"……I saw"

The master dropped his shoulders while showing a disappointed expression.

As a fellow blacksmith, he instinctively wanted to know the person who could attack a sword of that level.

Although it was probably because he had no hope from the start, the master believed and swallowed Rio's story for what it was.

「Could you not want to create a demon sword by loading a magic formation in the surplus area?」

「Although it's a good idea if there are good magic formations, he rarely finds them」

So Rio bragged to her.

There was actually one more magic formation in this sword that he did not tell his master.

Because magic formations that took into account spirit arts never appeared in the human tribe market.

「Well, after all it is a precious mithril sword. When compared to magic formations loaded into ancient magic tools like artifacts, it might be a little extravagant to load them with magic formations that appeared in the current era market 」

The typical magic formation for weapons that appeared in the human tribe market was only one charm attribute like lightning, ice, water, wind and, fire.

Although there were magic formations that would grant similar attributes among ancient Artifacts, their abilities were higher and could not even be compared to magic formations in the current era.

「Ya ..... By the way, I wonder if you want to sell that sword there?」

Rio asked as he glanced at the sword hanging on the wall.

Section 6

「Hn, Yes. Salah . Although it has been over thirty years since I became a master blacksmith, this is the first time I have seen a sword of that level. I accidentally lost my curiosity 」

The master apologized for feeling bad about their conversation coming out of this kind of topic.

「By the way, will this sword be given to the young man?」

"Yes, that"

「Although the design is somewhat unrefined, this sword is practically among the first level swords made by me. I used it as a test for the eyes of the customer who wanted me to make a custom-made sword. That's why even if it's on sale, I want it used by a suitable user but .... 」.

The master looked at Masato.

「Uuh ....」.

Masato shivered as if overwhelmed by that sharp gaze.

「Although it's too good an item as a first sword for a rookie brat, that's okay I guess. Go to that apprentice boy if you want to buy him. But, even though I will give you a discount for letting me see a good sword, it is still quite expensive you know？ 」

The master peeked at Rio's face to guess his reaction.

"How much?"

"Come see . The actual price is 40 gold coins, but what about 30 gold coins 」

Speaking of 30 gold coins, it was the annual income of the lower class nobles.

Pure adamantite steel was quite difficult to produce unless one was a skilled craftsman, adding to the fact that it was a rare ore, the so-called discounted price was not very expensive.

「Understood. Please"

While saying that, Rio took out 10 gold coins and 1 mystic coin from his wallet without blinking his eyes.

「O-Ou ....」.

The master stared wide-openly at Rio who easily took that much money without hesitation.

「I wonder. It seems that you have earned enough at this age. You, could. Or maybe a famous adventurer？ But I've never seen you in this area 」

「No, I only earn money by hunting monsters while traveling to various places. Usually I don't spend a lot of money 」

「Hou, you can earn more income if you become a true」 adventurer

「I don't need a lot of money because there seems to be a lot of shackles for it」

Rio shrugged his shoulders while showing a slight wry smile.

"I saw . Well it's not like I don't understand about it and have an obligation to explain it because I'm also that kind of person. Just bring the sword to me at any time if it needs treatment. I will do it at discount price 」

"Thank you very much . Since I thought that I also need to prepare a replacement sword for this child sooner or later, maybe I will feel relieved with this place at that time 」

"Good . Although it will depend on the skill of that brat at that time whether it will be custom made or not 」

「Yes, I will train him for that time」

Section 7

The master nodded in.

「Mondo！ Transaction completed. Skip sword！ 」

He called an intern.

"Yes! 」

After answering in a loud voice, the boy took the sword from the shelf.

「Alright, here it is. Please accept"

The boy presented the sword to Rio while saying that.

"Thank you"

After picking up the sword, Rio handed it to Masato.

Masato happily received his sword.

He held the sword as if it was the most important item and was even more fascinated when it was placed in his hand.

"All right then . We'll excuse ourselves

After smiling lightly at the smiling figure of Masato, Rio said his farewell words to the pair of teachers and disciples and turned around.

「Let's go, Masato」

「OU！ Thank you！ Oh, haruto-anchan! 」

Masato thanked him in high spirits.

「Thank you for your protection！ Please cone visit us again!」

The apprentice boy looked cheerfully at Masato and Rio who left the shop cheerfully.

After leaving the shop, the continuous sunlight raining down on the clear sky stimulated Rio and Masato's eyes.

They closed their eyes tightly to the light.

「I think we should buy shield next」

After that, Rio and Masato bought the necessary equipment and then went to meet Miharu's group.