第１７０５堀：彼女たちに足りない物 (Part2)
「Hmm? For that, you'd have to ask Narjia. I'm just an assistant when it comes to armaments, and there's no one better than her."
I agreed.
In that case, I'd have to consult Narjia.
"Agil, can I leave the selection of armor to you? I'll go consult Narjia about the weapons."
"That sounds good. Leave this to me. Oh, will you continue training?"
"No, that's enough for today. From tomorrow, we'll train with weapons."
"Understood."
"And with that, Holy, Vilia, that's all for today."
"Understood."
"Yes. Thank you very much."
"Tomorrow, we'll join you in the afternoon, but Holy and Vilia should train here from the morning. As for the menu, you two can discuss it. Well, a simple track run would probably be best."
I told Vilia this, and immediately headed towards Narjia.
She was not only a magic researcher but also the representative of the Blacksmith District, so her location varied depending on the time of day.
At this hour, she was probably in the Blacksmith District.
One might think it would be better to contact her beforehand, but since this was about armaments and she wasn't in the laboratory, I figured it would be more efficient to just call her out if she wasn't there.
More to the point, there was the problem that if I contacted her beforehand, she might prepare something strange.
It was better to just go directly and receive something that met my requirements.
If I carelessly requested an item that met my requirements, she would often start making it beforehand, add unnecessary functions, and turn it into something with outrageous performance.
And so, I arrived at the Blacksmith District.
Smoke rose from everywhere, and the clang, clang of hammering iron echoed.
Although soundproof rooms were properly prepared, many members believed that blacksmithing truly meant the sound of hammering, so when one came to this district, this din became background music.
Well, I understood what they meant.
Incidentally, apart from individual blacksmiths, there was also a proper ironworks that produced iron for construction.
That one was fully automated, so it seemed boring to the Dwarves, and other races managed it.
Safety was important, so the personnel assignments there were quite serious.
"...No matter when I come here, it's always noisy."
"Yes, I hear the sound of hammering iron is important, but..."
"I just can't get used to it~"
"Right."
"Is that so? To me, it sounds like things being made."
It seemed that Prof, along with Orelia, Hovis, and Yayui, disliked the sound of hammering iron.
Well, if you call it noise, it is noise.
It's not a sound women would particularly like.
In contrast, Lyusi didn't seem to have much aversion to the sound of hammering iron.
"Lyusi, are you interested in blacksmithing?"
"I wonder. Blacksmithing was a profession where there was only one in the village, a family business passed down from parent to child, or rather, only done by one family."
"Ah, well, in a village, one shop is usually enough. In a town, it feels like you'd need several to keep up, but they'd also be business rivals."
"I don't know about towns, but I believe it was a valuable profession that made the things we used for farming and daily life."
When she put it that way, it was certainly true.
While many villagers engaged in farm work, usually one blacksmith was enough for a village.
That would certainly create a sense of uniqueness.
"I see."
"Oh, but now that Yuki-sama mentions it, I remember wanting to make something myself when I was a child. Though, I was never allowed to."
Of course not.
A child doing blacksmithing would only lead to injury and be a hindrance to work.
Unless they had a lot of leeway, they wouldn't teach blacksmithing to someone else's child.
As we continued through the Blacksmith District, chatting about such things.
"Oh, Lyusi, are you interested in blacksmithing? Then, would you like to try your hand at it? Our Blacksmith District is always looking for promising new recruits."
Turning around at the sound of that voice, there stood one of Weed's proud mad scientists, the ice fanatic who managed the Blacksmith District and the Hot Spring District with Eris.
It was Narjia, the former representative of the Fairy Tribe.
Incidentally, the current representative of the Fairy Tribe was Covil, Kiyu's wife, and now that she was free of troublesome duties, she was freely pursuing blacksmithing and magic research.
"So, with Yuki-san here too, is this about work?"
This way, when she spoke normally, her words were understandable, but~.
Now, I wondered how I should convey the matter of Holy's and Vilia's equipment.
Narjia.
A ticking bomb in Weed.
She was like some containment entity from Japan, providing requests after extremely distorting them.
It's that thing, isn't it, where being able to communicate even a little is precisely the problem.