「I will finish it in one week. Will that be okay?」
「Yes. Please do so. So, how much will that cost?」
「I don’t need money」
Eh? What is the meaning of this? Are you saying you are okay doing this free of charge? It is said that there is nothing more expensive than free, that is a bit scary. It’s the story about it is too good to be true, a beautiful rose has its thorns, there is nothing more expensive than free, but, that is how Obaa-chan in our home used to say.
「I don’t need money, but instead of that won’t you share the rest of the mithril that you are holding? In Ishen, occasionally the Hihirokane is being circulated, but Mithril is rare. I would be charged like a fool if I order it from the west. 」
Aah, so that is how it is.
「It is no problem, but the fact is I don’t have the slightest idea how much it should be offered, since I don’t understand the market price」
「Is that so… Then, prepare it in proportion to the making for this time’s katana and short sword. When they are completed, pay us with mithril」
「I understand. Let’s do it like that」
I will check the market price for mithril in advance for the next time we come. I open [Storage] and take out 2 lumps of mithril the size of a softball.
「Will this do?」
「Aah, it is a little bit too much」
The boss takes the mithril in his hand, in order to check its weight, and shakes it up and down.
「Well then, see you in a week」
「Thank you very much」
While the voice of Okami-san is seeing us off, we leave the blacksmith.
When I proposed to return home with [Gate] from some deserted place, Yae seizing the hem of her coat, looked at me with upturned eyes.
「A, ano… More, just a bit longer, with the two of us… 」
When she says it her face becomes red again. Aah, Mou! I would have already hugged her if we weren’t in town!?
Holding her hand again, with Yae smiling out of embarrassment, we start walking through the town of Oedo.