The Great Sage Who Did not Remain in Legend - 45.1
It seems that this father can’t be honest with Rokka…
Mergin thought it would be counterproductive to bring up Rokka’s topic.
“Hey, Dad, are you going to hammer the rockworm bones now?”
“If I can really do it, I want to.”
“What are you going to make?”
“Your sword.”
“I gave away my favorite sword because I wasn’t using it.”
“That’s why you don’t have it now, right?”
“Well, that’s true.”
“You idiot! You’re with Rokka and the others. If you don’t wear a sword, others will look down on you.”
“If something happens, I can just run away, so it’s fine. I’m confident in my legs.”
“Are you saying you’ll abandon Rokka and the others and run away?”
“More like, I’ll only be with Rokka this winter. When spring comes, I’ll take Iris back to my hometown, and once that’s done, I’ll have her join Rokka’s party, and my role will be over.”
“Huh?”
“I might not be able to stay here past spring.”
“What do you mean by ‘might’?”
“Since I’m a foreigner, if things become troublesome, I’ll have no choice but to leave. You were surprised, but my common sense seems to be quite different from here.”
“Did something happen?”
“Not yet.”
It was clear to the father that this kid’s possessions and knowledge were abnormal. He understood that if this got known in his country, it would become complicated.
“More importantly, that iron; I call it magic iron because I got it from monsters. You want to try processing it, right? Let’s do it quickly.”
“O-Okay.”
Mergin and the father moved to the workshop.
“Your furnace seems to use charcoal, but this charcoal isn’t good quality. With such soft charcoal, temperature control will be difficult.”
“All charcoal is the same.”
“No, if it’s not hard, it’s tough to stabilize the temperature. With soft charcoal, if you raise the temperature, it disappears quickly. Even if you can reach the temperature needed to hammer magic iron, it’s hard to maintain it. It’s fine for regular iron, but not for magic iron.”
“Then it’s impossible?”
“When I’m here, it’s fine even without charcoal, but you’d be in trouble if I’m not here, right? Use this.”
Mergin pulled out some hard charcoal that made a metallic sound when struck.
“What’s this charcoal?”
“It’s harder to ignite than the one you’re using now, but once it catches fire, the temperature stabilizes and lasts a long time. Well, let’s try using this for a change.”
Mergin mixed the hard charcoal with the charcoal currently used and heated it with magic.
“Is that magic?”
“Yes, it’s a top-tier ignition magic. Even Iris, who you just called a child, can use it.”
“How much is this magic book selling for?”
“This one isn’t for sale. It’s dangerous if you misuse it, and it’s also related to magical aptitude. A regular ignition magic book like this one costs 500,000 G. If you’re using ignition magic indoors, this is unnecessary.”
Mergin demonstrated lighting a fire in his other hand like a normal turbo lighter.
“You’re quite skilled.”
“Well, since I sell magic books, being able to do this is only natural. Now that the fire is lit to a certain extent, I’ll use wind magic to promote combustion.”