Chapter 126 (2/2)

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Fer and Sui had “Seconds!” several times but somehow I only consumed two sandwiches . The roast beef was very satisfying . And I had some left over, I thought to myself smugly . The roast beef had been successfully protected, tucked away safe in my Item Box . I put the saucepan of marinating soft-boiled eggs and the half-sized stockpot of boiled pork back in my Item Box too . I’d take them back out once I returned to my room and let them stay out overnight . The Item Box was a great convenience, keeping hot food hot but anything I cooked that needed time to achieve results, like marinating eggs had to be done outside the Item Box where time ran as normal . Finally I turned off the Black Magic Cooking Stove and put it away in the Item Box too .

“Okay, I’m going back to my room . ” I announced as Dora-chan’s eyelids flickered sleepily . A full belly of roast beef will do that to you, I thought to myself smugly . “Oh, and tomorrow I’m going to the Adventurers Guild at noon . ”

“Nuuu, what for?” Fer inquired, his own eyelids drooping heavily .

“What for? To get that Earth Dragon meat, what else?” I replied . Fer’s eyes snapped open . “Elland-san said it would be ready after three days . ” I reminded him .

“Oooooh,” Fer started to drool, “three days, you’re right . . . we can finally eat Dragon . . . ” Fer fixed me with a glare . “We’ll be eating Dragon tomorrow night, understand?”

“Yeah yeah . ” Dragon meat, I wonder what it tastes like . Fer seemed very keen on it and we had eaten some very tasty meat together, could it really be as good as he claimed?

Once I was back in the room I put the stockpot of boiled pork on the desk to cool down and parked the saucepan of marinating soft-boiled eggs beside it, then I put Sui’s bag on the bed .

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“Sui, I have a small favour to ask you, is it OK just now?” I said . Sui looked out from her bag .

“Whaaat izzit, aruji-” Sui-chan sounded a bit sleepy . Sorry for interrupting your post-dinner siesta, Sui .

“Anyways, can you make a sword like this one for me, the same way you made that knife?” I took out the short sword I had purchased so long ago (and never used) from my Item Box . Sui-chan looked closely at the sword .

“Gotcha- . ” She trembled a bit . Was something wrong? “It may take a bit longer to make than the knife, is that OK?”

“Of course It’s OK . Well then, please do it . ” I handed several lumps of Mithril ore to Sui and sat down to wait . It hadn’t hurt her when she had made the knife earlier, making a sword shouldn’t hurt her this time but I worried just the same . I didn’t interrupt her though and after an hour or so had passed—-

“Aruji-, I made it . ” Sui extruded a gleaming sword . I quickly Appraised it .

[ Mithril short sword + ]

A high-quality Mithril short sword .

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Oh wow, that’s truly amazing . Just what I’d expect from Sui . “Thank you so much, Sui . ” I said sincerely . As a reward I bought her strawberry shortcake, pudding a la mode and cream puffs from the Net Super .

“Sui, this is a thank you for working so hard, help yourself . ” I pushed the dish with the desserts towards her .

“Can I eat-?” she asked hesitantly . She knew she shouldn’t snack between meals . Sui-chan was a good girl .

“It’s okay this time, eat up . ” I winked at her . “But don’t let Fer and Dora-chan that I gave you this . ”

“Well, secret~” Sui said conspiratorially, ingesting the strawberry shortcake . “Mmmm, sweet and delicious~” After all Sui likes sweet things and she deserved a treat for her hard work making the sword for me so it was fine .

Thanks to Sui we would be able to make weapons in an emergency, even in a dungeon if necessary . I examined the Mithril sword carefully . Boy it looked sharp, just like the knife Sui had made earlier . Very sharp . I resisted the temptation to run the tip of my finger along the edge to test it by touch . Not a good idea .

In fact I had been thinking about asking Sui-chan to make me one or two Mithril kitchen knives but this kind of sharpness was, well, TOO sharp . I was scared really, after all every now and then my hand slips or I make a mistake when I’m cutting and preparing food and if I was using something this sharp I’d run out of fingers pretty quickly . The kitchen knives I can buy from the Net Super will be enough for me, I decided . Weapons though, that was different . I’d want something as sharp as possible in that case to protect myself . With this Mithril short sword, the way it felt in my hand, even someone like me whose motto is Safety First could use it successfully . All I’d have to do is hit something with it and it would cut through . Skin, scales, armour, bone, shields, even other swords, I felt that nothing could stop it .

Thank you truly for your assistance, Sui .