Save Log 12: The Blacksmith’s Helping Hands (Part 3)
~Day 03,
Time: Almost Noon;11:45 AM~
“We are having a sale until the harvest festival! Come buy your weapon at a lower price before the time ends!”
“Please visit our shop.”
“We guar-guarantee you to have th-the best quality goods.”
Sylfia, Lina, and Zefira were standing outside the store attracting customers. Meanwhile, Furara and I stayed and inside and took care of the customers. Everything is going pretty well.
“Thank you for visiting us.” I said to the customers who were leaving with the bell clinging.
“Well, looks like we can manage everything. Hope I didn’t mess up with the pricing. You doing good Furara?”
“Ye-yes. I am getting used to this now. I think I will be fine.”
“Glad to know then. We still have 11 more days left.”
As soon as I finished my sentence, the bell rang again. I turned to the entrance to see who came into the shop.
“Yo Hanji.”
“Glider?”
“Hai. It’s me, Glider. The best swordsman of this town.” he posed in a cool way holding his silver long-sword.
“And his trusty companion Jerkin! The best thief of this town.” he crouched in front of Glider while holding the dagger in front of him.
“I AM THE BEST THIEF OF THIS TOWN!” Lina yelled out from the background.
“And me, the new face who joined forces with them, Maruka, the best Mage of this team.”
“You are supposed to say town.”
“Maruka?!” Furara became surprised to see her.
“Oh, Furara you are here too. Glad we meet again.” Furara appears to be unpleasant to see Maruka. Furara said that Maruka is one of his classmates and came to this town together intending to become adventurers. You can still tell that they are classmates or sisters since they are wearing the same color scheme outfit. Unlike Furara, she doesn’t wear any hood.
They parted ways after reaching this town. The first time I met her was the time when we battle with Celestia one of the Demon General.
“Why are you doing here?”
“Hmm? I am here to see a classmate of mine. Is there any wrong with that?”
“Yo-you always make fun of me all the time.”
Man, I am glad that I had no friends in high school. I wouldn’t want a friend like that.
“How can we help you?”
“So you joined Glider’s party. Alright, we will show you that our party is better than yours.”
“Maybe, but, you won’t stand a chance we went on a one-on-one duel.” Furara gave out an angry pout.
“Stop fighting Furara. Anyway, how can we help you?” I tried to distract them from fighting.
“Oh, we are here to buy some stuff. You guys are having a sale which means I can save some money.”
“Alright, what do you want to buy?”
They purchased a brand new longsword; knightly steel sword, two light armor sets, and a medium armor set.
“They are pretty good. Grodmin has a nice smithing skill.”
“I know right? He makes pretty good stuff.”
“Alright, we will be leaving. Here is the money for all the goods. Don’t cause any trouble to your party members with that problem of yours.”
“Yo-you don’t have to say that. I always make sure that I don’t mess up. Anyway, see you.”
“Hmm? Do I really?”Furara was becoming angrier. I have never seen her like this before.
“See you too.”
“Well see ya Hanji. We might come to visit the shop again. Ain’t that right Jerkin?”
“Yeah, this place has good supplies and has low price than regular. Of course we’ll come to visit the shop again.
“Alright. Hope to see ya all again. Wait, you guys aren’t coming back just to see Zefira, Lina and Sylfia?” Right now, Zefira was wearing heavy armor for females which is revealing most of the body. She was wearing this both as a punishment for breaking the cooking pot of Grodmin’s household and to advertise our stocks. Sylfia was wearing an iron helmet which is made just for her. It fits her perfectly.
“Oh look at the time, everyone. We better go eat lunch! We can’t waste a single moment now.”
All of them left the shop as the bell rang over the door. I knew it. They were after them after all. Oh well, business is business I guess.
“Hey Hanjiro…”
Is she gonna talk about her past with Maruka?
“What is it?”
“I was trying to say this but...isn’t it time for lunch already?”
....I didn’t expect that and why does she think that it’s time for lunch? It hasn’t passed 12:30 pm yet.
“Nah, we still got more time in our hand.”
“Oh, ok…” she was lowering her head on the desk. She must be pretty disappointed to hear that. I can’t do anything about it. I don’t want to eat lunch so early.
“Don’t you dare touch Zefira you asshole!” yelled Lina from outside. Someone must’ve tried to do something with Zefira.
~Day 06
Time: Evening, 8:21 pm~
The environment was slightly cold than yesterday. Well, it’s almost late Autumn. It is getting colder day by day.
Furara and Lina were sitting idly on the couch with me. Zefira and Sylfia are at the kitchen cooking dinner. We can hear the oil sizzling with a catchy rhyme.
“I am hungry. I want to eat already.”
“Didn’t eat the jam and bread I bought from the market a few minutes ago?”
“....I am hungry.”
I went back to reading the book that Sylfia gave me. It’s a storybook or something written in Elvin’s language. I can’t understand a single thing.
“I wish I had a personal chef who would cook everything for me to eat while he or she won’t ran out of ingredients. That will be great.”
“That’s a bizarre thing to wish for Furara.”
“Everyone is waiting for the food I see.” Grodmin entered the scene.
“Oh ojisan. You done for today?”
“Yes, I repaired two pairs of sickles and sharpened them carefully. I still have 27 more tools to repair and 44 tools to sharp.”
“That’s a lot Grodmin-san.” said Furara.
“Can you finish them before the Festival though?”
“Yes, in fact, I have plenty of time to finish sharp and fix 20 more tools.”
“Oh. Good to hear.”
“I will go visit the shop tomorrow or the next day or the next next day.”
“Alright, everything is under control. You don’t have to visit it if you are busy.”
“He is the owner of the shop. I guess it’s normal that he is worried about it having it handled by someone like you.”
“I am doing everything I can to handle the shop.”
“Hahah! I am not worried about that. I just miss going to my shop.”
“I see.” said Furara.
“Everyone, dinner is ready. I will serve the food with Zefira neesan.”
“We will help you out!”
Lina stood up following with Furara. I also stood up to help them serve the plate. The table is small some of us had to eat on the couch. The food is delicious as always, Oh great, there goes my cuckler meat.