Chapter 92: Too much is as good as too little

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Liddy-san said that “it’s more than what she was hoping for”. If you think about it normally, it should be a good thing. That’s because I was able to create something better than the level that the client wanted. However, in this case, the client asked for a restoration, and she wanted it to be “the same as the original”. So it is questionable whether exceeding the original was a good thing. I need to be able to curb this area at a precise level.

The answer to my question comes immediately from Liddy-san.

“Yes. My request was to restore it to its original form, of course it is in its original form, but the amount of magical power woven into it is considerably larger than that of the original. Regarding the way on how to use it, it’s best to have a lot of magical power on it, so honestly, it helps.”

When she said usage, does she mean as a magic battery? Well, it’s true that if it breaks when you pull out more than a certain amount, it’s better to have a larger margin. Anyhow, I’m relieved to know that I didn’t do anything unnecessary.

I don’t know the original amount of magic power on it, but it must have been a good amount. I’m a little curious about what it was that caused the sword to break and ran out of power. I don’t think it’s a good question so I won’t be asking that. However, if it breaks again, I’ll fix it.

“By the way, about the price…?”

Ah, that reminds me, that is necessary. I’ve learned a lot, so it’s okay if it’s cheap, but for the time being, I’ll do it the usual way.

“If the client comes here alone, it’s okay to use the price deemed by the client. So Liddy-san, please pay the amount that you think fits for it.”

“I see. Hmm…”

Liddy-san thinks with her hand placed on her slender chin. She has a small face and she gives off this calm impression so that kind of gesture suits her very well. Well, I think it’s also because the last person that came to my house was Helen, the very opposite of her.

After thinking for a while, Liddy-san went inside the house saying, “Wait a minute”. In the meantime, I hold the Mithril sword that has just been restored. It’s something that I realized while working, it’s very light because it’s Mithril. If it is steel with the same weight, I would only be able to make a folding knife with metal handle or a slightly larger knife, to say the least.

I stopped swinging it around because it was a customer’s item. If I forged a new one, I can swing it around as a “trial slash”, but this is a restored product so I can’t do that. After just a few minute, Liddy-san returns with a small bag of cloth. Perhaps it’s her wallet or bag containing her money.

“Sorry I made you wait”

From the bag, she took out some gold coins and an unfamiliar thin plate. There were about five gold coins, but the thin plate looked like a jewel if you looked closely. There are even two of them. I don’t know the market price for it, but it must have been quite high.

“Normally, it would probably cost more to have something with this much magic weaved on it, but this is the limit of what I can pay you.”

Hmm-, it still seems like a lot to me. She brought in her own materials, she even taught Rike a lot and I learned a lot from her too.

Ah, Right!

“Well, alright then.”

While saying that, I returned a gold coin to Liddy-san’s hand.

“For this one gold coin, can you please deliver some vegetable seeds grown in Liddy-san’s village to the merchant whom you heard the location of my house? I think he’ll understand if you address it to me, Eizou. Of course, I’ll take the amount that won’t bother the people in your village. Like if you have any leftovers, you can just divide the seeds according to the season and so on. Ah—, are the vegetables in the elf village perhaps not open to the public?”

“No, that’s not the case. We usually sell them to human merchants too. But, are you really okay with this?”

“Yes. I think you saw it when you went to the town, but this is just like dealing with that merchant.”

This cannot be considered as discount, but in a way, one gold coin will be returned to the elf village where Liddy-san lives, so for the time being, I will be satisfied with this.

….Well, when I talked about Helen’s sword and the money I got during the Eimurl House’s conflict, Rike and Diana got angry and said, “If you don’t get the right amount, you’ll be selling your skills cheaply, and that won’t be of help to the other blacksmiths either”. Thus I decided to refrain from directly reducing the price. Honestly, I was actually hoping to get about three gold coins this time as well. At the time when I got scolded, Samia didn’t seem to understand it that well. That was probably because it’s still a lot of money so she didn’t really feel it to be like that. Well, she’s familiar with the market price for daily necessities.

Liddy-san seemed to be pondering about it again, but after a while, she said,

“Alright then, I’ll take your word for it.”

She then put the gold coin back in her bag. I could have given her one more gold coin as a tuition fee, but it wouldn’t make sense if it’s too much.

With this, everything about her request has been settled for the moment. With that being the case, today is the completion day. I then start cleaning the workshop to prepare a little sumptuous meal.

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

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