Emiya's fingers brushed over the cold collar.
"The goddess Ishtar will agree," He said
———
"So, what kind of person was that Haruhi-san when she was in the Far East?", Lunoire asked.
In the tavern [Hostess of Fertility], Yamato Mikoto, who had returned here again, was feeling sowhat uneasy. Beside her was a strong man.
It was not Takemikazuchi, but the leader of the Takemikazuchi Familia, Kashima Ouka, a recently promoted upper-class adventurer of Lv.2, a man with the bold title of [Martial God's Son].
Regardless of what the Familia's chief god Takemikazuchi thought, Kashima Ouka was very proud of his title. Now, he was also sowhat famous in Orario due to his unusually tall stature among humans and the "cool" title of [Martial God's Son].
In the eyes of humans in the lower world, this is a particularly cool title. It's just that for a re Lv.2 to use such a title seems a bit too arrogant.
However, considering that there was an even more arrogant [Sword King] at the sa ti, in comparison, titles like [Martial God's Son], [Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn], and [White & Black Knight] were not so envied.
"Haruhi-sama... she is dignified and elegant, but a bit out of touch with the world. The smallest things can surprise her, as if she finds them very novel," Yamato Mikoto lowered her head, bit by bit recounting the information she knew.
Kashima Ouka also spoke up, he said, "Moreover, Haruhi-sama is very kind. Before we even knew each other, Haruhi-sama had heard about the shrine behind our mansion... so she went to ask her father to share food with us."
For Haruhi, who lived a monotonous life in the mansion with no lack of food or clothing. The fact that there were a group of children and gods dressed shabbily, picking wild vegetables in the deep mountains to barely make a living, seed to have shocked her greatly.
Kashima Ouka recounted their brief but beautiful past with Haruhi.
He was 1.90 ters tall, a height that was like a giant in the Far East country.
However, in front of Lunoire, who was wearing a waitress uniform, both Yamato Mikoto and the upper-class adventurer Kashima Ouka were very reserved.
These days, they had gathered so information, and had so fragntary understanding of the tavern [Hostess of Fertility], especially, they happened to know so news about [Black Fist].
That legendary bounty hunter had just retired a few days ago, and her stories were still everywhere in the martial world, among which there was also a rumor that [Black Fist] had switched careers to beco a waitress.
"My na is Lunoire, I used to have the title of [Black Fist], recently Shirou-kun and the idiot Ryuu have been very busy, so I'm here to receive you," This was Lunoire's opening line when she t Yamato Mikoto and the others, this sentence alone was enough to make the two feel terrified, and then Lunoire ntioned Haruhi, which made them even more uneasy.
However, amidst the tension, suddenly hearing news of an old friend, they couldn't help but feel anticipation.
Yamato Mikoto spoke about the beginning and end of their encounter with Haruhi, "Soone sent food to the shrine, which made us ecstatic, and then we beca curious about the person who shared the food with us. Hearing that the food was sent from the mansion at the foot of the mountain, we later sneaked down the mountain, climbed over the wall to peek inside the mansion..."
The story that followed, Lunoire already knew, Miss Mikoto and the others beca Haruhi's playmates, and then not long after, Haruhi was abandoned by her family, and then ca to Orario after many twists and turns.
Lunoire recorded the information with pen and paper, she thought in her heart, 'From this perspective, the character of that 'Sanjouno Haruhi' is trustworthy, and her relationship with the Takemikazuchi Familia is deep enough.'
'As the goddess Astrea said, that upright god Takemikazuchi, his Familia, can help us in our actions, although not at the level of combat power...'
Yamato Mikoto mustered her courage and asked, "Excuse , do you know any news about Haruhi?"
Lunoire replied, "Yes, I do."
Yamato Mikoto, "Sorry, I was impulsive... wait, what did you say?"
"Sanjouno Haruhi, there is a fox-person prostitute in the Ishtar Familia, that's her na."
Lunoire said: "I happen to know about this girl, she is a 'valuable commodity' that the Ishtar Familia's pleasure district bought at a high price from a thief organization."
"Bought? Commodity?", Yamato Mikoto stood up, her tone shocked, "Does Orario allow such things as 'human trafficking'?"
Even in the [Far East Country], "human trafficking" is not allowed, at least that's the rule on the surface.
"The city's laws, of course, do not allow 'human trafficking'," Lunoire said calmly, "But, if the other party is that Ishtar Familia, what does it matter if they break the rules, are you going to make an enemy of the Ishtar Familia over this?"
"Does the Takemikazuchi Familia have the courage to do so?"
———
"—Grow bigger," The fox-person girl knelt on the bedding, chanting as if in prayer, "Its power, its actions, countless treasures, countless wishes. When the bell rings, pray for glory and fantasy."
Her hands were clasped together in front of her, her voice was soft, and because of the fear in her heart, her tone was a bit shaky.
But, the chant did not stop.
"—Grow bigger."
"This body that swallows the divine feast, bestows the golden light of the gods. Bestow the hamr back to the earth, bestow the blessing."
Haruhi's voice paused for a mont, at the last mont, she instead beca firm.
"——Grow bigger."
Haruhi's magic [Uchide no Kozuchi], activated.
A brilliant light hamr fell, enveloping Emiya's entire body.
The rushing light brought him invigorating vitality, as well as pure strength.
The flash of light sped by, a large number of light particles attached to his body.
Within the ti limit, the target's level is increased by one, greatly enhancing all abilities. This is the goddess Ishtar's long-hidden trump card—[Level Boost]
After all the light particles dissipated, Emiya pulled open the tightly closed curtains, "Thank you, Haruhi, I will use this power well."
"You, you promised, master, you only want to borrow the power of [Level Boost] to forge swords," Haruhi said nervously, "Please, don't do anything foolish."
Haruhi knew that Emiya was strong, but the leader of the Ishtar Familia [Man Killer] Phryne Jamil was a first-class adventurer of Lv.5.
She thought, even if Emiya was temporarily boosted to Lv.3 by [Uchide no Kozuchi], he would not be Phryne's match.
"Don't worry, today I just plan to finish the forging," Emiya said, "Tomorrow I will co to see you again, Haruhi."
He stood by the window, lightly poked Haruhi's forehead.
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The next morning, Emiya arrived at the tavern [Hostess of Fertility].
As usual, Ryuu woke up early and started her morning training in the courtyard, even though she had already leveled up to Lv.5, her habits had not changed.
And unlike before, Lunoire was also in a corner of the courtyard, punching and kicking a tal training dummy.
Anya and Chloe were still sleeping in, after all, they were naturally lazy cat-people, expecting cat-person girls to wake up early was really too much.
However, this did not an that they were really slacking off, now Anya and Chloe were staying up at least an hour and a half later than before, they would do high-intensity training late at night. Because of their racial nature, cat-people are often more energetic late at night.
In short, because of Ryuu's leveling up, the girls in the tavern were no longer as leisurely as before, they were stimulated by the "catfish effect" and beca active, or rather, they started to compete with each other.
And last night, Ryuu had another sparring match with [Sword Princess] Ais Wallenstein, and won, which once again shocked Anya and the others.
"First-class adventurer", no matter which one of them, they all had a shadow in their hearts about the peak of adventurers in this city, Lunoire had almost been killed by [Elephant God's Staff] Shakti, Chloe had once been in a life-threatening situation surrounded by [Four Warriors of Burning God], Anya also had an unknown past.
But now, Ryuu, who had been at the sa level as them not long ago, suddenly beca a first-class adventurer, and even defeated [Sword Princess] who had leveled up to Lv.5 earlier, this fact shook their worldview violently.
Especially Lunoire, not long ago she was evenly matched with Ryuu, even if she lost it was only by a slight margin, but a few days later, suddenly there was a world of difference between them, such a gap was really too big.
And seeing that "useless elf" could level up to Lv.5, they suddenly
Moreover, seeing that even the Alicia could level up to Lv.5, they suddenly felt that being a first-level adventurer wasn't such a big deal after all?
"If I go, it seems like I can do it too?"
As for the source of this change, [Gale], she wasn't yet clear about all this, she was just happy that soone had finally joined her in early morning training.
When Emiya entered the courtyard, he saw Lunoire violently "Ora Ora Ora" a tal dummy until it was completely destroyed.
"The dummy still can't take a beating...", Lunoire muttered to herself, and upon seeing Emiya arrive, she waved her hand.
"I'm going to take a bath first, you guys chat," Lunoire said, then turned and left, leaving the courtyard space to Emiya and Ryuu.
The elf girl, sowhat embarrassed, lowered her head and whispered, "Shirou, you're here."
"Ryuu, I brought this for you," On Emiya's back was a heavy black sword case.
He took off the sword case and placed it in front of Ryuu.
"This is the weapon I forged for you," Emiya said.
Ryuu was visibly stunned for a mont, "...For ? So, it was for ?"
She knew that Emiya had been busy in the workshop recently, but she never expected that he was actually forging a weapon for her.
"This was a commission from Goddess Astrea," Emiya said, "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace the mission, it's finally completed."
"Wait, Goddess Astrea... Could it be that taking [Futaba] before was also for...", Ryuu was shocked.
She rembered that on the first day she reunited with Goddess Astrea, the goddess had taken away [Kodachi Futaba], the relic of Gojouno Kaguya that she had kept.
[Kodachi Futaba] was a pair of small swords, among the second-tier armants, they were particularly outstanding blades.
However, second-tier armants were ultimately only suitable for second-tier adventurers of Lv.3 and Lv.4. After Ryuu leveled up to Lv.5, [Kodachi Futaba] was no longer of much help to her.
Moreover, Ryuu thought that Goddess Astrea was reminiscing about the past through the object, so she didn't think much of it and handed [Kodachi Futaba] over to her.
"That's right, following the goddess's request, I integrated [Futaba] into the new weapon, and the other materials were also provided by the goddess."
Goddess Astrea had been planning to forge a suitable new weapon for Ryuu for a long ti, for this purpose she had specially gone to the Sword City, but now, the goddess had found a more suitable swordsmith.
She had prepared many high-value materials in advance, and the missing parts were purchased through the channels of the Hephaestus Familia, then given to Emiya, this was a gift from Goddess Astrea to Ryuu, so the goddess insisted on covering all the costs herself.
And with the enhancent of [Treasure Hamr], Emiya completed the final forging of the weapon ahead of schedule, the level sublimation of [Treasure Hamr] couldn't improve his swordsmithing skills, but the Lv.3 physical strength and magic power greatly accelerated Emiya's forging progress.
Ryuu gently stroked the sword case, she asked, "What is the na of this weapon."
"This is a pair of twin swords, their nas are [Higanbana] and [Tsuba Gaeshi]"
Emiya opened the sword case, and a cold light caught Ryuu's eyes.
The pure black sword case, engraved with the emblem of a volcano and a forging hamr, slowly opened, accompanied by the crisp sound of chanisms, and a sheathed long sword erged from each side.
The back of the sword case bore the emblem of the Hephaestus Familia, while the front displayed the emblem of the Astrea Familia's wings of justice.
The fully opened sword case had ten slots, but now only two swords were placed inside, with eight slots still empty.
Ryuu was astonished: "Shirou, did you forge this..."
"The sword case is the work of Lady Hephaestus," Emiya said, "The long swords inside were forged by ."
There was a long sword on each side of the sword case, the left sheath was red, while the right was pure black.
One black and one red, the long swords intercepted the dawn, casting long shadows on the ground, the two swords gave the impression of two hidden dragons, currently slumbering within the sword case.
"This is... first-tier armant, no, it seems more than that...", A blacksmith's forging skills are not related to their level, theoretically, as long as one possesses the [Forging] developnt ability, there is a possibility of forging first-tier armants.
Most of the dwarf blacksmiths of the Goibniu Familia are upper-tier adventurers of Lv.2, and they have forged nearly half of the first-tier armants in the labyrinth city.
Emiya, who had leveled up to Lv.2, would one day beco a top-tier blacksmith capable of forging first-tier armants, Ryuu never doubted this, but she never expected that day to co so soon.
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