The Demon Queen's Disciple
Chapter 35 - Design

"Anu.... I want a pretty strong one-handed sword." Lucius said after a question from Albert.

"Hoo.... A one-handed sword that was quite powerful. The material you want?" ask the officer again.

"Eh? I-I don't really understand but I have about 100 gold coins. I-the essence is a powerful sword that I can wear to adulthood, maybe?" lucius' reply was confused.

This was the first time ordering a weapon made especially for himself.

Normally, Lucius would simply go to the iron shop and pick one from the various piles of swords present and pay for it.

But this....

"Is that so? Before that, can I see Where is yours, Lord Lucius? Just put your hand on this crystal." Albert replied as he placed a box where a crystal ball the size of two fists was inside.

"It's.... Just like the time at the academy?" lucius whispered to himself.

"That's right, Mr. Lucius. But ours, it's a little bit better at assessing where a person is." replied Albert who continued to smile kindly.

Without waiting any longer, Lucius immediately placed his hand on the crystal ball. Slowly, He drained his Mana.

Suddenly....

'Zwuuushh!'

A greenish and reddish glow appeared filling the crystal ball.

The light with the greenish color showed a quick and sharp movement. While the reddish light looks like a hot fire.

Next to the crystal, a pointer needle appears to move at a certain size. And in the case of Lucius, the pointer needle moved and stopped in the range of the number 87.

Lastly on the back, there is another pointer needle that stops at the number 46.

"eeh?! What's this?!" lucius shouted in surprise.

"Hoo.... It seemed that Lord Lucius had quite a high talent towards the fire and wind element. As for your own Mana purity, it was at the 46% level%. A pretty amazing number for the young Lord Lucius." Albert explained with a friendly smile.

"46%? The purity? Don't say this...."

Mana Purity, as the name suggests. Shows how much Mana content compared to other impurities in a person's body.

The higher the purity level, the better the Mana quality of a person.

"Mean number belongs to Lord Lucius is estimated to be equivalent to 87 Magical Flux or Magaflux. An amount equivalent to a beginner B-level magician." continued the employee.

Thas right.

No matter how high the amount of Mana a person is, if the level of purity is low it will be useless.

A magician with a Mana capacity of 100 Magaflux who has an average Mana purity of 25%, is equivalent to a magician with a capacity of 50 Magaflux with a Mana purity of 50%.

Although it sounded easy, increasing the purity of Mana in the body of a magician was much more difficult compared to increasing the capacity of Mana.

Because in general, the purity of Mana was carried away from the moment they were born in this world. Of course, race also determines that.

"W-is that a pretty good result? Then, what does that have to do with my ordered sword?" asked Lucius curiously.

"Of course it's an amazing result, Mr. Lucius. If depicted roughly, your magic ability alone is already on par with the captain of the magician division in the royal army. As for his relationship with your order...."

Albert was seen taking out a large but thin book. Reverse a few pages before showing them to Lucius.

"infernal.... Steel?" lucius asked after seeing what Albert had shown.

What he showed was a picture of a metal chunk with black and a deep red tinge in various parts.

In the explanation that is next to it, Infernal Steel is one of the advanced metals with the main characteristics of being very fond of fire.

Its own hardness rate is about 2.6 times higher compared to wrought steel. The sharpness is slightly below the diamond.

Although a bit heavy, but this metal has a high durability and is not easily broken.

"But why this material? Don't I also have a high match with the wind element?" asked Lucius curiously.

"That's because Mr. Lucius' match rate with the fire element is much higher compared to your match on the wind element."

Albert continued his explanation while asking how the fighting style favored by Lucius.

After spending about 30 more minutes discussing, Albert finally managed to complete a sword design suitable for Lucius.

On the table, there was a piece of paper with a drawing for Lucius' sword design.

It is a one-handed sword, with a blade length of 92cm and the overall length of the sword is 114cm. The width of the blade itself is 5.4cm with a thickness of only about 8mm.

The design itself has a simple sword shape with one sword eye only on the lower side. In the middle of the sword blade will be fitted with 3 Rune letters that will strengthen Lucius' fire and wind magic.

While the handle itself is not so thick or large. Quite slender but still prioritizing the balance of the center of the weight of the sword itself, with a Blazerock gem to strengthen the fire magic that Infernal Steel metal received itself.

"Fuuuh, it's finally finished" said Lucius relieved after all the long process just ended.

And now, it comes to the end of the discussion.

That is about the price that will be pegged by Brown Smithworks to work on the sword itself.

"Amazing design, Mr. Lucius. I'm sure this sword can be a friend of your struggle for the next few years." reply Albert happy.

"Is that so? Mercifully. I hope so...."

"As for the cost.... Given the materials used, Rune, and also Blazerock.... Hm...."

Lucius' heart thumped fiercely as he saw Albert's figure scrawling out a small piece of paper to calculate how much this sword-making cost.

More than that, Albert seems like a smart man. It would be strange for him to take such a long time in calculating all of this.

Until finally, after about 3 minutes doodling the paper....

"1,627 gold coins, Lord Lucius."

"Deeehh?!" lucius shouted in surprise instead of playing, even spouting a drink in his mouth.

"Ohuk, uhuk.... Wh-you kidding? Mr Albert? I-I'm sure I've said that my finances are only 100 gold coins right?" continued Lucius.

"That's right." Albert replied with a satisfied smile.

"Then how can it cost me 16 times my finances?" asked Lucius who was getting panicked.

"Just calm. We receive installments up to 48 months." reply Albert, now while presenting documents for payment in the form of installments.

"That's not the problem!"

In the end, Lucius signed a 48-month installment payment contract, with installments of 45 gold coins per month. Interest included 25%.

After all, that sword sounds really great. It's impossible to just miss it. And of course, his own friend is impossible to deceive him. That was what Lucius had in mind at the time.

Although his mind has now increased by one. That is how to pay as much as 45 gold coins per month.

Amount sufficient for the simple living expenses of a family for one year.

Just for a sword.