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TL: NyX
ED: Onihikage
Chapter 50 – Possibility
We finished setting the traps all around the underground aqueduct and went outside. All we had to do now was to wait for the Blood Mice to eat the food and the poison to take effect.
“That stench is sticking to my clothes.” The underground aqueduct didn’t smell great. It would be especially hard on women like Linear-san, but she didn’t seem to care.
“Yeah, it smells, but you’ll get used to it.” It seemed like she was speaking from experience. She kept walking.
“Linear-san, can we take a break for about 30 minutes?”
“Sure, I don’t mind. I’ll be resting in my room.”
“You will? I want to relax a bit too, can I come with you?”
“I don’t care.”
Well then, if you’re fine with it, I’ll take a break in that room as well. I went back to the management office with her, and we entered the room upstairs. However, I did go back into the corridor once to duplicate the light magic tool, key, map, etc., and by the time I returned to the room, it was already time to get back to work.
“It’s time to go.”
“Alright.”
I headed back to the underground aqueduct with Linear-san. We turned the light magic tool on and lit up our surroundings.
“Wow, no way!”
Linear-san’s surprised voice was lovely. Blood Mice were lying around all over the place. Every single one of them was already dead. Alright, the experiment was a success.
“Linear-san, it worked ― they all got poisoned.”
“Y-yes… This is a pretty amazing result… But now we have to deal with the corpses. It’s pretty hard to carry them out.”
“In that case, shall I dismantle them?”
“Dismantle? Oh, come to think of it, adventurers also get paid for the number of subjugations, on top of the hourly wage, right?”
“Right. So, as proof of subjugating the Blood Mice, I need to bring their fangs or tail.”
“Then it’s a good idea to dismantle them. In the meantime, Relius, can you make some more poisoned food? I’ll go set it out again.”
“I thought you’d ask that, so I made it during our break.”
I handed her a pouch with more poisoned food.
“…Ah, you did it already.”
“Thank you very much. Please set it out.”
“Yeah, leave it to me.”
I pulled out my hammer when I couldn’t see Linear-san anymore. All that was left was to dismantle them. I hit them all with my hammer, and got a large amount of Blood Mice material. Poisoning the bait saved me more trouble than I thought. Linear-san came back after I’d disassembled a total of fifty blood mice.
“What the…? Are you already finished?”
“Yeah, well…”
She looked at me with astonishment. To convince her, I showed off the pouch full of Blood Mouse tails.
“…Are you really good at dismantling? It’s all in excellent condition.”
“I think it’s because they died of poison. That’s why I can take them without any damage.”
“I see… well, for now, I’ve set out all the poisoned bait you gave me.”
Linear-san opened the map and showed me the notes roughly indicating where it had been placed. We left the underground aqueduct after that and took another break in the office.
“Fifty bodies, in one day… I’ve been at this for the past week, and I barely got fifty in all that time.”
Linear-san was a little depressed at the situation.
“W-well… this task just happened to be well-suited to my skills.”
“Yes… for what it’s worth, you’ve been a great help. We’ll be finished much earlier than we expected.”
Linear-san looked at me with relief.
“Come to think of it, do you have any weapon besides your Divine Treasure?”
“Yeah, well.”
She seems to have noticed my sword. I instead took out my hammer to show it to her. “My Divine Treasure is not that strong.”
“Do you have some fighting ability? But where did you get that weapon, anyway? From a labyrinth?”
“Umm…”
I guess it wouldn’t be a problem to tell her about my Blacksmith occupation.
“I actually have the Blacksmith occupation.”
“Eh? Really!”
Her reaction was completely at odds with what I had been expecting. She looked at me with eager, sparkling eyes.
“What’s up with you all of a sudden?”
“You can make weapons, right?”
“Y-yes… I mean, I’m a blacksmith after all, so I can only make weapons.”
Well, currently I could make almost anything, but I wasn’t goinrvg to mention that.
“No, I think it’s amazing.”
Still looking cheerful, she took out her cane. “This is my only weapon, but it’s useless.”
Is it really okay to say something so… blasphemous?
“…Is it okay for a member of the church, who serves God, to say that?”
One of the reasons they didn’t like Blacksmiths is because they interpret them to be rebelling against God. The Blacksmith makes weapons, and so ignores the precious weapon that God has given to him.
“Because I think that God is messing with me.”
She was blaspheming again. I sighed. “Well that’s fine. I do realize the cane is useless for fighting, but… why are you getting closer?”
“I want you to make me a weapon. I’ll pay for it, of course.”
“Eh?”
I was a little surprised at her proposal. She wanted me to make a weapon for her. I never thought anyone would say that. As I stared at her, Linear-san nodded happily. “On the day of the oracle ceremony a while ago, one of the people turned out to be a Blacksmith. I was worried because there was a big fuss in the church, but is it possible that person was you?”
“Were they really making a big fuss?”
“Yes. Because a Blacksmith is a bad person who rebels against God.”
“…A bad person. Is it because they ignore the Divine Treasures and make weapons of their own?”
“Yes… I guess.”
I had no idea. They’re right, too. They were probably trying not to tip me off. If that’s the case, it’s a big deal.
“The bishops of this city were trying to placate them. Making weapons is not a bad thing in itself. No doubt there will be some situation in the future where a Blacksmith will be needed. The fact that God has given someone that occupation and Divine Instrument means something.”
“Is that how it is?”
“Yup. Well, leaving that aside…. what do I need to pay for it? Even using my body is fine.” Linear-san chuckled.
“W-what are you talking about!”
You’re a sister, aren’t you? When I turned red, Linear-san hid her mouth with one hand. Her eyes were narrowed in jest. “What’s with that reaction? Well, I was half joking. Half serious. I want to do my absolute best to compensate you.”
“You did? Well, for compensation…”
“If we do it here now… it would be embarrassing.”
“N-no one would ask for that in a place like this!”
“At night, then? I have work tomorrow, so I don’t have much time at night either, you know?”
“No! I… I want to meet and talk with the bishop. Is that possible?”
“…The bishop is a man you know. Is that what you want?”
“Aren’t you misunderstanding something?”
“Well, it’s fine, so would you like it in private? But…”
“That’s not what I mean! I’d like to consult with the bishop in detail about his views on Blacksmiths.”
Linear-san tilted her head.
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Thanks for the chapters!
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the method is ‘exterminator’ all over again lul
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Thanks for the chapters.
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Seems like the church actively suppresses blacksmiths. Wouldn’t be surprised if blacksmiths were one of the strongest classes, but were crusaded/silenced by the church.
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I’m still curious where all the metal things for construction come from if not from smiths. Hinges, nails, wire, locks, and so on…. Yeah farming tools are still needed here, you need more than just the one to do your job if you’re a farmer. . . . At least I hope that’s still the case here, otherwise there’s a wee bit too much man power and not enough output for food…
The more I think about it the more I’m confused by how blacksmiths are bured in this story. Does the Author not understand the profession at all?
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Metalsmiths likely make the tools or maybe coppersmiths.
Blacksmiths usually only work in iron or steel. The way this class is described seems to combine all smiths and carpenters, fletchers, etc.
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I wondered if the author was simply lazy in summarizing blacksmiths as being only able to make weapons. The finest weapons were made by weaponsmiths and in some fantasy stories by mages that took a lot of effort to enchant and embue powers into the weapons (or armors). Blacksmiths also dealt with refining ores into pig iron. And for items that weren’t made of pig iron, they’d refine that into much purer iron which of course took a lot of fuel. And beyond that was crude steel and beyond that was fine weapons and tool steel. Craftsmen would take iron and steel refined by the blacksmiths and make items from those such as hinges and tools. Why craftmen didn’t everything also lay with the blacksmith and his forge. The blacksmith had the forge already preheated with the expensive fuel, thus blacksmith shops typically had a number of workers creating various items whether it be a large casting for a wagon axle or something else. But this author simply took a shortcut to minimize the number of words and simply said all that blacksmiths can make are weapons.
Therefore, the author has forced the creation of all other metal products onto non-blacksmiths.
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yup… this just proves one of the unusual things in fantasy….
those in the clergy/church are quite the thirsty people….
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Horny little nun
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Well, seems like she isn’t joining the harem? That’s a good thing! Less shuraba!
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Lol! Hint?- [what do I need to pay for it? Even using my body is fine.” Linear-san chuckled.
“W-what are you talking about!”
You’re a sister, aren’t you? When I turned red, Linear-san hid her mouth with one hand. Her eyes were narrowed in jest. “What’s with that reaction? Well, I was half joking. Half serious. I want to do my absolute best to compensate you.”]
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I don’t know if you remember any more, it has already been mentioned since in this current generation many heroes are appearing and that would be a bad omen that something would happen in the future that might threaten the world (?), and coincidentally a blacksmith appeared, a class that is considered as the “demon king”. will there be so many heroes appearing for them to fight the mc in the future?
ps. google translate sorry
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Like anybody else’s views matter really? It’s irelevant what they think when it’s so obvious they are trying to hide something with this discrimination…
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This woman is also grating on my nerves. Why are so many women in this story annoying? That how you gonna act to the guy you’re making a commission to? He could overcharge you out of spite. And for shit’s sake man would you STOP acting like that every time a moderately attractive girl flirts with you? It would be cooler to ignore such actions and move on. Manga MC isn’t this lame…kinda.
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First of all, I was so happy that he didn’t spread all his secrets around immediately, like he has been doing. Although, I wouldn’t be surprised if he made her weapon in front of her and blows it all anyway. Still proud of the little bit of progress.
Second, I was hoping the church had overlooked him because a Hero was found at the same time and took all of their attention. Guess the church will be a problem without him even antagonizing them.
Third, I get that it’s a big part of the plot and he’s too dim-witted to figure out the subtext behind the Blacksmith hatred. But I wish he wasn’t so obsessed with investigating the reasons why. It is seriously only going to accelerate all his problems showing up sooner. He still has to get so much stronger before he can properly protect himself and those he cares about.
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