My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer: Short Story Collection [Complete] by MOJIKAKIYA

Author:MOJIKAKIYA
Language: eng
Format: epub

A New Sword

Why do anvils look like they have cow horns growing out of them? Angeline wondered. The smithy echoed with the sound of metal clanging against metal. In spite of the noontime hour and how sunny it was outside, the smithy was as dim as any cellar, illuminated only by the bright red flame surging from the forge and by the sparks that would fly each time the heated metal was hammered. Craftsmen of all ages were coming and going through the darkened workshop.

“Over here,” a young craftsman beckoned to Angeline, rousing her from her distracted survey of the dark workshop. She quickly nodded and followed along.

Angeline had come to buy a new sword. The sixteen-year-old young woman had recently been promoted to S-Rank, and had been sent off on an endless succession of hunting requests lately in response to the rising numbers of tough fiends that only high-ranking adventurers could slay. Now that she had a party and backline support on requests, she was less pressed than she had been while fighting on her own. Nevertheless, Angeline was still alone on the front line of battle, and after years of bladework, the sword she had used since she first started out was completely worn out.

Her father, Belgrieve, had told her to always carry a good weapon. The sword she bought as a novice hadn’t been a bad one by any measure, but it was definitely made for the work of a low-ranking adventurer—not the rigors of battle faced by the highest S-Ranks. Frankly, it could be said that Angeline was extraordinary for even reaching S-Rank with such a weapon.

This was what had brought her to a smithy on the outskirts of Orphen. Her new team was off participating in one of those hunting requests that constantly came into the guild. They had already worked together daily for a while now, but could only converse when they found a spare moment, and until now, there hadn’t been enough time for her to deepen their relationship. Angeline was still struggling with the sense of distance she felt with her first-ever party members.

The room in the back was another workshop, but instead of a flaming furnace, she heard the gravelly sound of a sword being sharpened on a water-lubricated whetstone, which glimmered with a captivating, mirror-like sheen. Along the wall, Angeline could see a number of completed products. So this is where the finishing touches are added...

A middle-aged man—apparently the boss around here—sat at the back. The man was wiping down a honed sword with cloth. As Angeline approached, he looked up from his work curiously. “Who is this?”

“She says she’s an S-Rank adventurer—you know, that Black-Haired Valkyrie,” said the young craftsman who had guided her.

The boss inspected Angeline more closely, a little surprised. “I had heard rumors, but she’s young... Still a child.”

“I came because I need a sword,” said Angeline.

The boss set aside the sword he had been working on. “I see. But why did you come to me directly? You should go to a weapon shop for that.

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