Chapter 34 (1/2)
Journey
One ht with the Cordova army
Ria and the rest of her group were heading to the city nearest the Dark Labyrinth, Jaeburg
They’d left the village half a ht ended Fortunately, none of the injured villagers died It could be called a complete victory
Although the village chief still looked anxious, they knew they couldn’t stay there forever So after adealt with in Cordova The person responsible was dead
The journey couldn’t be called safe
Bandits were in thetheth to the point where the one hellhound could take them out
They lacked the fighting strength to attack the four es that were also in the party Riafor their lives
Apart froht, there was nothing for Serge and Maal to do at all
“Ojou, it’s fine even if you don’t dirty your hands you know?”
Though when Carlos said that, Ria gave a wry smile
“To dirty your own hands, I think that’s the fate of nobility”
“That’s…”
“Besides, Carlos”
This time, Ria spoke with a real smile
“For me, it seems I like to kill people”
Carlos was speechless
“Don’t worry When I kill, I won’t kill anyone other than those who deserve death”
When he realized she was speaking seriously, Carlos felt cold sweat on his back
Ria doted on her literal cat, Maal
Fearing that her coht alone
Angry at the slave hunters, Ria tried to help even after knowing the danger
That is, she liked killing people
She probably wanted to keep it to herself However, Carlos wouldn’t consent to it and talked to Lulu
Needless to say, Lulu had known Ria the longest of them And therefore could be said to be the closest to Ria’s true nature
After thinking for a while, Lulu sighed
“You probably don’t need to be concerned about Ria Besides, she would absolutely never raise her hand against a harmless person”
“Concerned, is it?”
“You too, weren’t you reluctant to kill theh they were bandits?”
That certainly was the case, Carlos scratched his head
Though it had becoood story, honestly, the reason why Ria killed those people was much simpler
She was trying out her new blade
“Muu… the blade was chipped just froh”
As for what Ria tried out, it hat she created by picturing and asone Kotetsu
She didn’t particularly knowprocess of the old katanas froin with, even the refinement method of the iron was a complete mystery
Though the tiasone Kotetstu’s, the katana actually felt like an extension of her hand, it was properly created
“So, do you have any hints?”
This tie
“No, though they were in things like gaa, I don’t know much about katanas”
Though he kneas being seriously consulted, he was a bit troubled
“Usually, materials used for weapons production is oricalchum or mithril”
Oricalchuic Ria had couldn’t produce those materials
“How about adamantite?”
“In this world, that’s just an alloy of iron”
“Umm, vermilionite?” [1]
“Still a bit softer than h”
“Nothing else is costen in our last lives though…”
“A katana be made out of a titanium and iron alloy in the first place”
“That so? I thought they could only be made out of iron”
Unexpectedly, even Serge didn’t know that, but thatswordsmen, apart from the sword’s quality, feere particular about the materials used
“Well yeah, basically, japanese swords could be made from steel This steel is carbon steel, harder than iron The carbon content changes the hardness—”