My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 10 [Parts 1 to 3] by Tamamaru

Author:Tamamaru
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 2: Winter in the Black Forest

We were finally ready for the winter. I was working away as usual when Rike turned to me.

“You mentioned forging armor before, but are you going to actually make some?” she asked.

“Armor, huh...” I replied as I continued to work away. “Helen’s family, so I made hers as an exception, but it just takes too much time to forge.”

I didn’t forge daily necessities because I wasn’t keen on being rivals with other blacksmiths whose livelihood depended on those items. As for armor, I never made any simply because it took too much time and effort. I could make a sheet of metal that covered only certain areas (sort of like bikini armor), but the reality of actual armor wasn’t so simple. Armor had to be easy to move around in while protecting vital spots. Sure, I could get the right shape down in one go thanks to my cheats, but it still took a lot of time to make. And that was the solid part—if I had to make something like chain mail, it’d take me at least a month, even with cheats going full throttle. I’d have to painstakingly make every ring and string them together. And after all that effort, I’d end up with...chain mail for one.

I wasn’t sure if it was because my first items had been knives and swords, or if my past life affected my mindset, but I wanted as many people as possible to use my goods. I’d grown younger with my second chance at life, but this wasn’t a job I could do forever. In a decade, I’d catch up to my age back on Earth. Sometimes, I’d wish that I was younger, but judging from my smithing skills, I’d be beyond a genius if I was in my twenties forging blades that could slice through anything. I’m already shady enough as it is.

“I’d really like to see a set of armor made by you...at least once in my life,” Rike said. “But is it just not what you want to do, Boss?”

“Maybe I’ll think about it if I get some rare material,” I muttered.

I had adamantite and hihiirokane in my possession—if there was a metal harder than that but not suited to become a blade, I’d consider making armor.

“Ugh, that’s a pity,” Rike said. She sounded genuinely disappointed.

I patted her shoulder gently. We were the only ones in the forge right now. Samya and the others were out hunting again; they had more than enough meat, so this was apparently more of an enjoyable outing. Samya had claimed that they were patrolling the area.

Even on Earth, I’d heard that bears that didn’t hibernate were rather dangerous. I’d seen cases where they caused quite a bit of destruction. Samya and the other ladies were making sure that that wouldn’t happen. They were searching for footprints to see if there were any predators wandering around needlessly, and trying to spot any abandoned carcasses. Samya was, of course, very

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.