Chapter 69: Completion and teaching(?)

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The next day, as Samia said, it was still raining. Even so, it seems that the streaks of pouring rain are weaker than yesterday. I went to fetch water but I wasn’t as wet when I came home yesterday.

“I hope it stops tomorrow.”

“Yeah. We can’t do the laundry too.”

That’s right. We haven’t been able to do the laundry for the last 3 days so we got a lot of laundry. Fortunately, each person has a change of underwear for about 5 days so it’s still okay. But if it doesn’t stop by tomorrow, we’ll be in trouble. I have no choice but to pray for it.

Today I’ll still be making the halberd while Rike and others will be making the general model ones. Both Samia and Diana seem to be getting better and better in this work. If this is the case, I may not have to help with the general model ones. Actually, yesterday they also made a reasonable number. This will allow me to concentrate on my work.

As expected, I was able to make two halberd heads and butt-end on this day. The work itself is the same as I did yesterday. However, unlike with knives, it takes a lot of work. Even if the quality is reduced to a general model, mass production seems to be impossible. It’s a lot of work so I’d like to let Rike and the others make it… In that case, a spear or something like that might be better.

I had a little free time, so I replenished the arrowheads at this time. If it rains tomorrow, Samia and Diana will go out for harvesting or hunting. I don’t feel like stocking meat. We’ll be fine for a week or so, and I’m confident that it could even last for two weeks if we are frugal but that would be a little lonely. In addition, long rains do not always come. Thus we should proceed for replenishment.

The next day, as Samia said, it was no longer raining. When I went outside, there were still puddles here and there. Even so, the rising sun dyed the land in gold, and the shadows of the trees in the forest made it look like a painting. Well, there’s a saying that early birds get the worm.

Laundry starts after I came back from fetching some water, but for today, the amount would be large. It’s not going to end soon and they are going to use more water than usual, so I went back to fetching water again. I don’t really help with laundry. It’s not as sexy as it was in my previous world, but I’m refraining from having my presence while the women are washing their underwear because it makes me feel uncomfortable even if they don’t mind. As for the division of housework, I am in charge of the meals, so please exempt me from that.

After having the slightly late breakfast, Samia and Diana went hunting. Samia was in a good mood, she seems to be happy to have her arrowheads replenished. But when I asked Rike, she said, “It’s a girl’s feeling, a maiden’s heart,” but what kind of maiden heart is that?

As for us, the blacksmith group, my work for today will be the continuation of Halberd and Rike is in charge of the production of the general model knives. This is originally because she doesn’t need that much help from Samia and Diana.

Since both of that are forging works, the sound of hammers constantly echoes in the workplace. The sound is a little different because the ones I make are different. It sounds like two people playing instruments of different sizes, and it is a little fun.

In between my work, I look at the knife that Rike made, her skills are rising little by little. Something like the unevenness has decreased remarkably. At this time, it would be nice to say, “Are you able to hear the voice of iron?”. But unfortunately, I’m doing that with my cheat so I’m not really sure if it’s applied to her. So I can only do the “watch and steal” method for her to get familiar to it by observing where I look at and how I hit it.

As Rike showed me the knife she created, I also asked her to observe the creation of a high-end model halberd, although it was different from what she’s used to. I’ve already made the first one, so it’s the second one for today. Because it’s the combination of different items such as spear, axe, and pickaxe, I hope she can learn how to make them and how to combine them.

“How is it?”

I passed the completed halberd head to her. Rike scrutinized it after she received it.

“It’s amazing, not only in the degree of perfection for each part but also with the joint parts. It looks like it was originally one.”

And as usual, she starts her comment. Nevertheless, I am relieved that there’s no problem with my finished product and it had a good quality as I showed it to Rike.

“So, did you grab something?”

“Yes. I don’t think I can catch up with boss, but I’ve seen more things I want to try.”

“That’s good. I want to teach you properly but I can’t explain it.”

“No, not at all. This is usually something you can’t just steal and learn. Boss is too kind already.”

“If you have something you want to see in the future, don’t hesitate to tell me.”

“Understood Boss. I will do my best!”

Rike spoke with determined eyes.

Well, it’s not raining today, so let’s finish the halberd. I brought some wood from the outside and make five 2m rods. With a custom model knife and my cheat, I can make an accurate and beautiful rod in a short amount of time. I thought of it many times and this cheat is indeed thorough.

After attaching the halberd’s head and butt-end to both ends of the rod with nails, the halberd is finally completed. I’d like to give it a try, but it’s impossible to swing a 2m long object in the workshop. I decided to go outside and look at the feel of its swings.

In a little more time, the sun, which painted the ground in gold in the morning, now dyed the area in orange hue. However, the sky will still be dyed in blue for a little more. While it’s still like that, as if there’s an enemy, I simply swing the 2m halberd around, imaginarily poke him with a spear, cut him with an axe, and used the pickaxe part to swipe off his feet. The pickaxe part and the axe part are just balanced, and the balance between the head part and the butt-end is also not bad. If one can use it properly, it will be more useful than a short spear.

In that way, I repeated the same movement several times for a while. When the sun was about to set, I finish today’s work, I also ended the “trial swing” work. Then, “Clap, clap, clap”, I heard three applause sounds.

“Eh? Samia and Diana are already back?”

“Yeah, I’ve been for a while. I’m home.”

“I’m home. Heh-, Eizou can also handle a halberd well.”

“Welcome back to both of you. My skill on this is just as you have seen.”

I don’t think I’m moving better than when I’m using a longsword though. I seem to be super strong when it’s a longsword, but when Diana said that, it looks like I also appear to be strong when I’m using a halberd. I wonder if I should make about two custom models for home defense.

“Rather than that, since everyone is back, let me prepare the meal. What did Samia and Diana catch today by the way?”

“Oh yeah, listen! Today…”

Talking about that, we went back inside the house.

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

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