Chapter 28: Preparation for the Two

    All of my actions, which includes the collection of materials, Sophia and Maria wished to do together.

    Also, although it had already been decided that I will make Sophia and Maria’s equipment, a certain incident happened on the night of the discussion.

    I was relaxing alone in the bath when, all of a sudden, a bare Sophia came in.

    「Wha!」

    I forgot how to breathe and my eyes were wide open.

    There stood an exceedingly marvelous figure far beyond my imagination, smiling while enduring her shame.

    「Takumi-sama, would you please accept all of me?」

    I had the two of them change their way of calling me master after the discussion we had earlier. I want to get along with them familiarly, not as their “master”.

    「Sophia, there should be a clause in your slave contract stating that you are not demanded to attend to me. Restoring your limbs was also because I wanted your fighting potential.」

    「These are my feelings. In my long life as an elf, my time together with Takumi-sama is short and fleeting. With that being the case, I wish to spend that time devoting my mind and body to you.」

    Being told that much, my reasoning was at its limits. A beautiful girl the likes I’ve never seen before is in front of me, naked. There is no way I could endure that.

    What happened after that was quite excessive.

    It was morning by the time we realized it.

    On the large bed I made lay an exhausted Sophia, sleeping.

    Last night, what happened in the bathroom was a first for Sophia. She had already lost her limbs by the time she became a prisoner, but she is the daughter of a noble, even though low ranked. After that, why Sophia was not returned in the exchange of prisoners and indemnities, I was not told.

    In the beginning I thought Sophia would be too much for me, but the constitution of my body was made special by Goddess Norn; It was very high-performance. In various meanings.

    Although Maria and Sophia exchanging glances about something during breakfast was on my mind, I plan on making their equipment today.

    In order for Sophia to recover from her 50 year blank, she practices in the garden using the spear and sword I lent. When Maria is done cleaning and tidying up, she would join the said training.

    As for me, I was secluded in the workshop in the garden, making Sophia and Maria’s blades and spears.

    I think Magic Steel would be good as the material . I can just buy or make a request the ores aside from this. Although it’s fine if I buy the weapons since I have a lot of money, I still want to do it by myself., from mining, to refining, to smithing, until enchanting.

    Additionally, in this world, simply being a hard metal is not very meaningful. Even if I made tungsten carbide, a hard metal alloy, that alloy has low affinity with magic power and would do little damage to monsters. That is why, in this world, a bullet from a handgun would only pass through a weak monster. This is a fact from the information I had received from the Goddess.

    So now, I’ll divide the magic steel ingots into the necessary portions using Earth magic.

    With the Smith magic “Craft”, I imagined a blade 50 cm long, the spearhead of a spear in Japan called an Oomiyari[1].

    At this point, I realize that I forgot one thing.

    「Oh no! I forgot the materials for the shaft!」

    I forgot. Probably because of the large correction Goddess-sama had on my luck, I was able to use Treant materials, but to go hunting for Treants now would be impossible.

    I changed my mind and just make the spearheads for now, then make the sword and knives.

    The mental image I have is a Japanese spear called a Sasahoyari.[2]

    With a precise image in mind, I used Craft to shape the ingot. If I was shaping this normally, then its entirety would be magic steel, however, I altered the core and edge into carbon steel. Furthermore, I restructured the martensite on the blade.

    Working on it with just an image shaves off my magic power.

    〈The [Smithing] Skill has leveled up〉Geett the latest novels on

    〈The [Blacksmith] Job has leveled up〉

    〈The [Earth Attribute Magic] Skill has leveled up〉

    〈The [Alchemy] Skill has leveled up〉

    〈The [Alchemist] Job has leveled up〉

    〈The [Bestowal Magic] Skill has leveled up〉

    〈The [Magic Bestower] Job has leveled up〉

    Status

    Paralysis Resistance Lv2

    Active Skills

    Spear Handling Lv3

    Axe Technique Lv2

    Swordplay Lv1

    Throwing Lv4

    Taijutsu Lv2

    Matoujutsu Lv1

    Enemy Search Lv2

    Presence Detection Lv2

    Stealth Lv2

    Tame Lv1

    Magic Perception Lv6

    Magic Power Manipulation Lv8

    Light Attribute Magic Lv7 [3]

    Fire Attribute Magic Lv4

    Water Attribute Magic Lv3

    Wind Attribute Magic Lv2

    Earth Attribute Magic Lv8

    Time-Space Attribute Magic Lv3

    Bestowal Magic Lv5

    Alchemy Lv8

    Smithing Lv6

    Woodworking Lv6

    Carpentry Lv4

    Foraging Lv5

    Logging Lv3

    Dismantling Lv4

    Mining Lv4

    Metalworking Lv4

    Sewing Lv3

    Cooking Lv2

    Divine Protection of Goddess Norn (Concealed)

    Familiar

    Killer Spider Unique Species ( Kaede )

    ***

    Footnotes

    it’s longer version of the suyari which is a straight double edged spear. Image of Oomiyari and a Suyari for comparison.Image of Sasahoyari.Author’s mistake, based on the story progress, this should have been level 8. I will keep this as Lv7 only because the story continues with it as being lv7. Thanks to Tanskandoggi for pointing it out.