The Great Sage Who Did not Remain in Legend - 45.2

He sent a sharp, straight wind into the furnace.

“Dad, can this furnace withstand even higher temperatures?”

The father also realized that the temperature had already risen considerably compared to usual.

“Higher than this… I’m sorry, but I don’t know.”

“Then let’s reinforce it just in case. It would be terrible if it broke.”

Mergin used earth magic to reinforce the furnace.

“What did you do?”

“I reinforced it to withstand high temperatures and impacts. I don’t think it will break now, so let’s keep raising the temperature.”

Mergin increased the amount of air being sent in. It was difficult to pump air into the furnace with the bellows.

“Dad, you can put in the magic iron now.”

“Got it.”

Mergin continued to pump air. The father was watching the magic iron he placed in the furnace with serious eyes. Then he tried to take it out.

“Not yet. Wait a bit longer for the heat to settle.”

Mergin stopped him.

“Okay, you’re good to go!”

With Mergin’s signal, the father took out the magic iron and began to hammer it vigorously. He could feel that he was able to shape it with his own hammer, which he hadn’t felt capable of doing before. He placed it back into the furnace and watched for the right timing. When he took it out next, Mergin said nothing. The father had grasped the condition for hammering the magic iron in one go.

This father really has some impressive skills. He’s able to sense the timing like Sims does.

Sims was the name of the blacksmith Mergin frequently visited during his days in the hero party.

The father stopped hammering the magic iron.

“What’s wrong?”

“This is an amazing material.”

“You said it’s hard but also has flexibility. They said the smoothness is conveyed from the hammer.”

“That’s right. That description fits perfectly. I need to think of a sword using this. Also, can I see the heart iron and skin iron sword you mentioned you had?”

“Hmm, I wonder. I’m scheduled to meet the person I gave it to in five days, but I don’t know if they’ll have time to come here to show it to me.”

“I see. Then could you show me the knife from earlier again?”

Mergin handed over the knife that Sims had made.

“This isn’t a single-edged short sword; it’s a knife, right?”

“Yes. This is called a yanagiba, and it’s a knife for making fish sashimi. Oh, sashimi is a dish where you eat fish raw.”

“Raw fish?”

“The people in the royal capital don’t eat it. I like it, though. It seems people from the Taibe territory in this country do eat it.”

“Taibe, that’s a separate territory to the south, isn’t it?”

“It seems so. Iris said you can only get there by ship. She’s from there, and like I said earlier, she plans to go to Taibe this spring.”

“Is she going to greet her parents about marriage?”

“That’s not it. Iris will undergo the coming-of-age ceremony this year. She’s going to report to her deceased parents’ graves that she has become an adult.”

“Are you really going to accompany her?”

“She’s inexperienced about traveling, so I’m worried. I also thought it would be good to show the kids who are coming along some different places. If they want to become hunters, it’s better for them to know various things, right?”

“Are you taking the kids with you?”

“Well, that’s about all I can do for her. They’re orphans, yet they live so straight and strong. I truly think it’s amazing.”

“So there are kids like that…”

“Yeah.”