Chapter 57: Delivery of the heirloom

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“Then, the next one would be the scabbard.”

I speak to Camilo and Marius.

“Oh, right. There is also a scabbard.”

Camilo said so. If it’s just an ordinary longsword, I can just make it quickly without worrying about its design, but it’s for the heirloom after all.

“Well, after this, I don’t know how much value it will have as a heirloom. But when it comes to a heirloom, there is a certain scabbard, right?”

“Can you finish it by tomorrow?”

It was Marius who asked.

“Well, I’ll be able to do that. But I’ll try to finish it by the end of today.”

“You don’t have to ornate it too much, the fake’s scabbard wasn’t too striking either you see.”

“Is that so? Alright then, let’s make it like that.”

“Yeah, I’ll leave it to you.”

Then they went out after that. The next time they’ll come here is the time of the complete delivery. Well then, shall I start?

The base will be made of wood. I chose the one that is old and packed amongst the woods that are placed here as materials. Experts around here also rely on cheats. Though it’s a heirloom, it will be fine to say that the scabbard is recently remade using new wood. Although for national and sacred treasures, I think that it would be quite difficult to remake its scabbard.

I place the sword on the wood, measure the size, and then hollow out the wood in the shape of the sword. I prepared two wooden boards with half of its body hollowed out, stick them together with glue, and then make the outer shape with the high-end model knife that I made as a trial earlier. It seems that this knife can be used for engraving. I only engraved one flower stem and leaf-like pattern in the middle.

Once I’m done with that, I clean the whole thing with the knife. It’s the planing part.

Next, I took a beeswax with a cloth and applied it all over. I think it’s a fairly expensive item, but it’s for the heirloom’s scabbard so I can’t be stingy.

After spending a considerable amount of time polishing, I light up the fire bed. Heat a sheet metal that is not very large and hit it with the hammer to spread it thinly. The stretched steel metal will be used for edging the scabbard. It’s usually a fairly time-consuming task, but thanks to the cheat, I made the length and shape I want at once.

I then attached the stretched sheet metal around the scabbard and engraved something with a chisel. The design is also like that of a plant’s leaf. By the time the sun went down, the scabbard was finally completed. It was relatively early in the morning when I was awakened, and Marius and Camilo didn’t stay that long, so it took a considerable amount of time creating just one scabbard. Even so, it’s thanks to the cheat that I was able to finish the work that would normally take about a month (if you’re not good at it) in just one day.

When I put the sword in the scabbard, it looks quite elaborate. This would not be inferior to the fake. Then as I chuckle to myself, Camilo and Marius came.

“How are you doing? It’s not like you cannot meet the deadline, right?”

Camilo asked with a cheerful expression. He did not even consider that I can’t finish it. I’m glad and embarrassed that he trusted me so much.

“I just finished it. What do you think about this?”

I showed them the newly made sword and its scabbard.

“O-oh!……”

Marius expressed his admiration.

“This would make it easier to counter that fake one.”

“Really? That’s good then.”

I replied a little bluntly to Marius who is beaming. I’m glad that he is pleased with what I’ve made but I also become more embarrassed.

“Thank you very much, Eizou.”

“What’s with that?, I owe you one too. I just returned it.”

Marius extends his right hand. I also took that hand and we shook hands firmly.

“Take a break for now. I’ll come back tomorrow morning.”

Camilo told me that.

“Okay, understood.”

I’d prefer if we sneak out in the middle of the night but the gate will be closed at that time. Well, it wouldn’t be suspicious if we would come out early in the morning when it was crowded.

I obediently followed Camilo’s words and decided to go to bed.

The next morning, I woke up before Camilo came to pick me up. I’m preparing to go home by washing my face with the water in the water bottle. That said, I haven’t brought many things so I don’t have much to prepare. I’d like to take one of the knives I made here as a trial instead of the one for self-defense that I already broke. When I get home, I can just make a new “custom model” and use it for self-defense.

A little after the sun rose, Camilo and Marius came. Besides them, there are few women too. What are they trying to do?

“Good morning. Did you sleep well?”

Camilo grins as he says that. I’m quite confused

“Y-Yeah. I got up before you came.”

I answered back. Well, I used to sleep in a chair all the time in the previous world. Then Marius calls out to me who’s still confused.

“It’s sudden and it’s my bad, but please change into this one.”

While saying that, he showed me his luxurious clothes.

“Eh?”

My confusion deepens even more. Why do I need to bother on changing into such luxurious clothes when we’re just going home?

Completely not caring about me, Marius tells the women who came with him,

“He’s not used to clothes like this. Help him change clothes.”

So he ordered. The women nodded then surrounded me.

“N-No, w-wait a minute. Why are you my changing clothes!?”

I raised my voice almost like a shriek. In the meantime, the women are trying to order me–that is, for me to take off my clothes. I hold my clothes down and wait for their answers, but both of them only grinned and didn’t reply. If they put this much force, my clothes will be damaged, so I could only loosen the hold on my clothes for a moment, but the women took off my clothes and I became only in my underwear instead. Since it’s already like this, I have no choice but to put on the new clothes. Well, I certainly don’t know how to wear these luxurious clothes.

It can’t be helped, so I’m left with letting them dress me. Probably because I didn’t have any strange resistance, those who are dressing me got things done quickly. The clothes have a design similar to Marius’ clothes and have an aristocratic feel. I couldn’t keep up with the situation, but when I looked closely, Camilo was also in good attire.

“So? What are you trying to do by making me wear this? It can’t be you want me to go home like this, right?”

When I asked them with an indignant look, Marius replied without even trying to stop his laughter.

“After this, I’m going to confront my brother and I want you to go with me.”

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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