Chapter 104
"Wh . . . Whetstones?"
"Yep . "
I took two whetstones out of Storage magic .
I had prepared them beforehand for this occasion .
" . . . It looks like an ordinary whetstone . . . . It's not a magic tool is it?"
"Yeah . It's an ordinary whetstone . "
I handed over one whetstone to Ruli .
Ruli who received the whetstone stared at its surface--and her eyes rounded up .
"Umm, isn't this whetstone of an amazingly high quality? I've had experiences training in grinding cutlery in the past, but I've never seen something like this before! . . . . I really never saw this type of stone . . . . It doesn't seem to be an Iriast whetstone either . . . "
"Yeah of course you never saw it . I made it myself after all . "
The ones being sold in the city weren't up to par, so I made them from the mineral left from the dungeon crude ore refinery .
If I get to excavate whetstones I made in my past life, those are better though .
Well, I'm planning to look for things I made in my past life whenever I find a clue about them .
"Y . . . You can make whetstones yourself!?"
"I can . And it's surprisingly easy . . . . Well let's put the matter about whetstones aside and talk about the main topic at hand, the sword . "
"Yes!"
Normally, I wouldn't mind telling her about whetstone making process, but we're currently pressed for time in this barrier creation period .
We've got to conserve our time and mana .
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"Then first, roughly mold the material . I'll take care of the dragon claw, Ruli, please do the mithril . "
I drew detailed measurements of the sword and such on the paper and gave it to Ruli .
Magic is enough to roughly mold the mithril .
"Yes!"
Ruli begans the molding process after reading it .
I'm in charge of processing the dragon claw .
Using the whetstones right from the start would take me all day, so I gradually shaved it using attack magic .
After a while, the shape roughly turned into that of a sword .
"And now the real thing . First, augment this magic circle on a magic stone and deploy a barrier . "
"Barrier . . . . ? We're using barrier in a weapon making work?"
"Yeah . You use barrier when you need straight lines and level surfaces . It's a highly usable technique, so I'd recommend you to learn it . "
Rectangular barrier is very useful when you need to measure the weapon .
Its surface is perfectly level, and its perimeter is a perfect straight line .
It won't get warped from heat and force, and it's very durable .
"So you can use barrier like that too . . . . "
Ruli completed the augment and activated the barrier as she said that .
It was done in a jiffy since the spell art was the simplest she had done so far .
"Yeah . That said, matching it will be difficult just by watching . . . . This is how you do it . "
I took out ink out of Storage magic and smeared it over the barrier .
" . . . Ee"
While Ruli was watching in blank amazement, I put the board made from the dragon claw on the barrier and immediately lift it off .
The ink is stuck on various parts of the board that's been pressed on the barrier .
"Look, there's some ink stuck on uneven places right . You shave them down with a whetstone and redo the procedure just now afterward . If you keep shaving down the rough places, it'll gradually flatten itself into a board . "
"I-I see . . . . So this is how you use barrier . . . . "
"Yeah . . . . That said, getting it perfectly level requires lots of experience under your belt though . "
"I-I got it! I'll do my best!"
After saying that, Ruli starts the process of flattening the mithril board .
Her handwork looks quite good . . . . but the final accuracy remains to be seen .
I started shaving the dragon claw while thinking about that .