Chapter 590 – A Relationship That Started With a Sword (3)

As soon as I met Areum, who suddenly called me with the same words as oppa, my heart started pounding with a strange feeling.

I always thought it was pretty cute when I heard people call me “Unni” Or “Unnie”, But now that the words are changed to “Oppa,” I feel like the destructive power of that word has become twice as strong.

I don’t know the exact reason, but it seemed to be perceived that way because it was an expression that emphasized ‘reason.’

I guess I wasn’t the only one who felt this way, but as soon as Areum said that he was also my brother, she put her head down on the floor with her bright red face.

In that state, we just stood quietly in front of the counter for a while, unable to make eye contact with each other.

“… “Areum.”

“Well, what… ?”

“Please call me oppa one more time.”

“… Oh oh.”

“…”

“Oh, don’t be nervous…” . Well, just follow me to the back of the workshop…”

“… Huh?”

“Hey, the reason you came today in the first place was because you came last time to get a customized weapon?! “Why are you wasting your time here with something pointless?!”

… It’s a shame. I thought I could hear it if I just stayed a little longer.

Certainly, as she said, there were more important things than listening to my brother.

I had to check the custom weapon that I asked Areum for last time, and I also had to hear directly from her mouth that the Mithril Greatsword was declared dead.

Thanks to the strange atmosphere, I forgot my original purpose for a while, but I still have to do what I have to do.

Considering the next group expedition date, it was time to prepare proper equipment again.

“Gwae, don’t create a strange atmosphere for no reason, just follow me to the back of the workshop! “You need to check whether the custom weapon I mentioned last time fits your body?!”

“… Yes, that’s right.”

“Follow me quickly! … “Oh, my brother.”

… I really can’t stand this.

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“Here, my sister from the other day… No, I made what my brother asked for.”

“Oh, yes…”

As soon as I walked to the back of the workshop, what Areum handed me was a bow pole and a bow string connected to it.

It was a slightly different impression than I expected. When you think of a bow made in a dwarven workshop, you tend to imagine a bow made entirely of metal.

However, the bow I held in my hand had a strong feeling that it was made of special fiber or monster material rather than mainly metal. Rather than making it by hitting a hammer directly in a furnace, it feels like the monster’s material itself was carved, processed, and strengthened.

If I were to be specific, it was a bit more similar to a modern-looking archery bow from an earlier world. The materials used may be different.

“I was thinking of something like a bow made entirely of metal, but it’s a little different than I thought.”

“Sister… No, my brother is a very old-fashioned person. These days, they say there is no blacksmith who can’t handle carbon fiber and monster materials, and metal bows are called metal bows. In the first place, metal bows cannot be used as bows because they stretch and bend arbitrarily even if you pull them just a little. “It’s really heavy.”

“… Well, I guess that’s true.”

“The bow string there is also made by drying and twisting the tendons of large monsters. “All bows are like that these days.”

It was shocking to be told that I was old-fashioned from Areum, who was older than all of my previous lives combined, but the bow she made itself was a very nice item.

Just looking at the appearance, it is comparable to the bow that Sihee usually uses. In addition, the feeling when holding it was quite good, perhaps because it was designed to fit my body perfectly.

“Try it as a test. “There is also a practice range behind the workshop.”

“Is that okay?”

“If you use it now, what can you change now? Are you going to change it now? “If something goes wrong later while using it in practice, how can I report it and take responsibility?”

“… Well, I guess that’s true.”

After receiving the custom bow I received from Areum and the arrows she gave me for practice, I moved to the practice range at the back of the workshop.

I pulled the arrow as hard as I could and shot it at the circle-shaped target placed on the practice range.

-Park!

“Oh.”

An arrow flying through a bowstring hits the target accurately with a fairly cheerful sound.

I felt a strange sense of pleasure from the feeling of being aimed precisely at the spot I was aiming for.

Although this was my first time using my archery skills properly, I inadvertently thought that this might be a little more efficient than just blindly throwing spears like I always do.

If you add something like attribute magic or wind magic support, you can increase the power even more.

With that thought quietly in my head, I pulled the bowstring a few more times.

First of all, the 『Archery Lv. 2』 I was able to roughly figure out that I could accurately hit the target at about 70%.

I would have to learn from Sihee about how to use my internal power to create arcane arrows, or how to strengthen the power of the arrow itself.

Deciding that it was a useful enough item, I put the bow I received from Areum in my subspace pocket and expressed my gratitude.

“It’s a good bow. “I’ll write well, Areum.”

“It’s been a while since I learned how to bow, so I might be a bit picky. If anything seems a little strange, please bring it to me right away and get it adjusted.”

“Okay? Are you sure you learned something new just to make it for me?”

“Is that possible?! It’s been 5 years since I started learning in earnest, so it’s been a while! What kind of crazy blacksmith would hand over technology that is less than a year old?!”

… Well, in a dwarf’s sense of time, five years isn’t that short.

When talking with Hwayoung and other longevity servants, it was inevitable that the concept of time would be subtly misaligned.

“OK got it. Oh, and I came to ask if this could be repaired too…”

“What? Give it to me. “I guess I’ll find out once I see it.”

“Wait for a sec…”

He took out the blade of the mithril greatsword he had brought to show Areum and held it in front of her eyes.

As soon as she saw the weapon I showed her, Areum figured out what its original form was and looked at me in bewilderment and asked.

“Although I am not a craftsman who believes in using weapons sparingly… “Sister, no, brother, I think you need to treat your weapons with more care.”

“Sorry…”

“What on earth happened that the mithril is on the verge of melting and falling apart? “Did you swim in some kind of deadly poison?”

“… “It’s similar.”

“Similar?!”

Areum didn’t seem to have seen her article circulating on the Internet yet, so I briefly explained to her the details of the battle that took place that day.

She started getting angrier and angrier than when she first revealed that I was a man.

“Oppa, why are you holding on to ten lives?!?! “There are degrees of insanity, Ankana!!!”

… Since it was something I couldn’t refute, I just felt guilty and kept my mouth shut.

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After taking the blade of the mithril greatsword from me, Areum is looking around.

Of course, as soon as I received it, I heard that it could not be saved, so I thought they would return it, but surprisingly, they seemed to be examining the blade quite delicately.

She wasn’t going to lean too far because of what Escilla had said, but she wondered if she could see something that could be saved with the eyes of a dwarven blacksmith.

“… Ah.”

“… “Can you fix it?”

“No, this won’t work.”

“Huh?”

“Do you see the corrosion on the inside of the blade here? Because of this hole, I can no longer use this sword. Even if it is filled with the same material, it will break quickly if it is made of metal… It seems to me that we should let it go soon…”

“… Yeah, I see…”

Well, there’s no way the story could go so hopeful and comfortable.

Although it was a story I had prepared myself for to some extent, it was inevitable that my heart would become heavy after hearing the announcement of Areum’s death.

I asked if it was possible to carve away at least the rusty part and use it as a one-handed sword, but the only answer I got was that it was impossible because of the wound in the center of the blade.

From now on, it would be virtually impossible to wield it in a dungeon, and the only way would be to leave it as a memorabilia in a pocket of subspace.

Bye bye, my pretty mithril greatsword…

“Whoa…”

“… Is it that precious? “That sword.”

“… It contains a lot of memories. Thanks to this sword, my life was saved several times. There were many relationships built up. “Because I also raised my hunter rank a lot.”

“…”

“Still, I can’t help it. “If Areum, a weapons expert, can’t save me, then I guess I can’t save her.”

“… Ugh. It’s not like there’s no way to save it…”

“… Huh?”

After hearing the announcement of Areum’s death, I was preparing to let her go, but suddenly a hopeful answer came from her mouth.

She quietly met her gaze and began to seriously explain to me how to save the sword.

“Well, it’s a little different from what you want, so you might not like it, so just listen to what I have to say first.”

“Yep.”

“Isn’t this mineral called mithril so toxic that once it’s heated and solidified, it can’t be melted and cast again? “This isn’t just me, I can’t bring anyone else with me.”

“Yes…”

“I guess there is a way to sharpen a great sword like this and make it into something like a rapier… Oppa, I don’t think that’s going to work because the black state is so bad… In the end, the only way to save it is to use it as an alloy.”

“… Alloy?”

“The missing part is mixed with other alloys, melted, and recast in that state. Of course, it was made from a different metal than mithril in the first place… Still, mithril alloy is a much better product than most other metals.”

“…”

“Well, I’m just letting you know that there is a method like this! Well, you don’t have to do it if you don’t feel like it! In the first place, there is no specific material to use for alloy now…”

“Areum… !!!”

After hearing about how to use alloy from Areum’s mouth, I was so happy that I hugged her from the front.

He held her body tightly, lifted her slightly, and hugged her with all his might.

“Yes, alloy! Let’s do it with alloy! “Please do that, Areum!”

“What what what what are you doing?! Hey, you’re not putting this down?! “Why are you suddenly acting like you’re crazy?!”

“As expected, Areum is the best! I was really giving up! “It was a good idea to ask Areum!”

“Okay, that’s enough, let it go quickly! Oh, I never said I would do it yet! In the first place, the metal that can be used for mithril alloy is… !”

-Aaaaah!

“Arumaa!!”

“When people talk, listen carefully Ankana!!”

Although she screamed something at me while she was in my arms, I just danced around the inside of the workshop while holding her body in her joy at being able to save the materials for the mithril greatsword.

Then, when she came to her senses and put Areum down again, she glared at me with her newly red face and snarled again.

“Well, I don’t think a grown-up Musma would carelessly embrace a woman from outside the house…” !!”

… Sure, I might have been a little excited.