Chapter 182 (1/2)
Chapter 182
[PART 2]
There was a saying, ‘A good workman does not blame his tools’—but, at least an archer could choose his arrows
You can get used to your bow’s unique pull strength and imperfections however you couldn’t say the same for arrows What you wanted was an arrow that would fly exactly as you pictured it, whether that was flying straight or curving with the wind
The one in his hand was perfect in that regard There weren’t any shortco technique
“I’m pleased that you like it Kei-san You are a bow specialist, no?”
“Haha, so you could tell”
Since they were in town, Kei only wore light equip with Dragonstinger in its cloth case He carried his bow around even though he didn’t need to The fact that he did lance, it was easy to tell he was an archer
“I only thought so because of your bow When you grabbed that arrow first, you confirmed it Anyone interested in my main business always checks that one first”
Out of the arrows on display Kei chose the h quality as well, but they didn’t match his preference He was concerned that the more ornamental ones’ usability would suffer due to their surface Naturally, an archer would be drawn to the one Kei held
“It is , but I suppose that most archers buy this kind?”
“That’s correct Neighboring huntsht ten-odd of them previously”
“Tahfu… Was it Mandel?”
“You know him? Yes, it was Mandel”
“I see, so even Mandel…” Kei her
Montand remained silent as he watched Kei inspect the arrow
To be honest, Kei had gotten caught up in Montand’s pace, but he didn’t think it was bad
“By the way… How htly as he asked
“A set of ten costs sixty copper coins,” said Montand, returning the smile
“Hoh?”
Each one cost six coppers A high market price would be two coppers, at a loould be five small coppers[2] Compared to that, these were very overpriced Of course, this level of quality was rare Taking this into consideration, the price was reasonable
“Although, if you buy a set of thirty then it also coht?”
“Yeah I’m specialize in equestrian archery”
“Is that so? That’s perfect then,” he said as he took a large quiver from a nearby closet “Here we are This can fit forty of my normal sized arrows in it If needed, it can also be fastened to a saddle A friend of uarantee its sturdiness”
“I see, I see”
Kei took the quiver to look it over The seams looked well ht about asking the leatherworker who made this to handle Mikazuki’s hide
“—Alright, I’ll take it Thirty arrows, please”
“Right away, thank you very much,” he bowed, a little surprised at Kei’s steadfastness
“By the way, could you introduce me to the person who made this?”
“Yes, he’s an acquaintance of mine… Do you have a request for him?”
“Yeah, I have my horse’s hide I wanted a skilled leatherworker since it’s so I’m attached to”
“Of course If that’s the case, there
won’t be any problems I’ll introduce you later”
“Thanks”
Since the deal was made, Montand started off toward the back room to retrieve the arrows, but Kei called out to him
“Sorry One , I have a question”
“What would that be?”
“Earlier, you said, ‘norhtly larger ones?”
“Longer arrows, is it?”
“Yeah I’d like you to take a look at this”
Kei took Dragon Stinger out fro detached Without the bowstring it bent itself backwards in the shape of the letter ‘C’, so it was a little more compact However, Montand knit his brow after Kei stretched the bowstring back on and he saw the whole picture
“It’s a large bow, isn’t it…? I suppose the arrows aren’t long enough?”
As expected of a craftslance
“It’s not exactly that the arrows aren’t long enough This bowstring is pretty powerful, so using it norument’s sake, if I wanted to use its full potential—“
“—You would need to pull the string back
“May I feel the bow?”
“Sure”
The er to him, Montand’s hand shot up and he let out a surprised, “Woah” Just like with Mandel the lightness caught hiuard
“This is a very light bow, isn’t it… Rather, what the hell is this resistance?!” Montand’s amazement was clear in his expression when he tried to pull back the bowstring
“I told you, it’s a strong bow”
Montand ignored Kei’s s with effort, “Guh, hng, hng…”
Kei watched contently for a little, but Montand was unexpectedly deter soon Kei became worried and decided to stop him, “You should stop before you hurt yourself…especially since you’re barehanded You ers”
“damn… What a bow!” Frustratedly, he said, “O…” as he shook his right hand In the end, he was only able to pull it back to his elbow ”Ibow For my work, I kno to use bows to an extent… However, this is the first time I’ve dealt with such a bow I’m sorry if this is rude, but Kei-san, do you use this in actual co a little doubtful
Kei ser back to his ear