Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer~ Chapter 50: Water Dragon’s Scale

After the al, we have looked around the stalls in the morning market.

Anyhow, there are many marine products displayed. From the familiar fish and shellfish to colorful tropical fish. Sotis, we would see poisonous fish, but all that was also edible seafood.

I was troubled about what to buy because there were so many different kinds, but I have asked the people in charge for a recomndation and decided to buy that. Thereupon, before I realized, I have purchased a massive amount of marine products.

Honestly, have I bought too much? Is that I thought at first, but on Aetherdia, fish can be only obtained on the seaside, so I won’t be able to get more when we move inland. I have decided to buy as much as I can.

After finished shopping, we went through the morning market square and strolled along the shopping street. There, a Blacksmith caught my eye, so I decided to take a look.

“Excuse ~”

“Ou. Custor?”

When entering the store and calling out, an Oyaji-san showed his face from inside.

“Would you be able to refine this?”

What I show him is Leviathan’s―――Kaiser’s scale.

I have split them in suitable sizes.

When resting in the dungeon, I tried to break it with a tool and it unexpectedly easily broke just as Kaiser said.

It’s just that because it really broke, the fragnts were sharp and could inflict an injury if carelessly touched.

“Let take a look. ...... Not a stone. A scale? Nevertheless, it’s quite thick and heavy. Besides, this magical power......... No way!!!?”

As expected, handing him a scale just as I received would be bad. I split it thinking such, but it seems it can’t escape a trained eye.

The blacksmith uncle stares at in surprise.

“This is not sothing that you can find on the ground.”

“Ah~ Is that so~”

Dragon scales don’t fall off easily.

No, I said it wrong. When it’s ti for a dragon to replace its scales, the old scales will co off in its nest, you can hardly find dragon scales away from the dragon’s nest.

Another thing is that it can’t be obtained by hurting a dragon, it has to be defeated. However, aside from sub-dragons, superior dragons are sothing that humans seldom challenge.

Because of that, Leviathan’s scales are sothing to revere.

Uncle asks where did I find sothing that’s almost impossible to obtain at the market.

“W, where did you get it?”

“...... It was a present.”

“Sothing so precious, who would just give it to you!”

“That’s strictly confidential.”

“.........”

Even if I say that I got it from Leviathan himself (dragon at roots)? he wouldn’t believe...... Rather, he would doubt my sanity.

He seems to be interested as a craftsman, but don’t inquire about it too deeply, please.

“It’s natural that sothing like this has to be secret, huh...... so, you want to polish this?”

“Yes. I don’t want to get hurt while carrying it. And then, I would like to make a hole big enough for a strap, but.”

“Certainly, it would be dangerous if left as is. To scrap and polish to the degree that you won’t get injured...... Well, I think I could manage sohow, but...... A hole would be impossible. If I’m to make a hole forcibly, it will break without a doubt.”

“Eh, is that so?”

...... Hey, Kaiser, I’m going to have a hard ti making it into an ornant, though.

What should I do? I think it will be easy to lose by just putting it into a pocket~

“Ou, Rudi! Rudius! Co here for a bit!”

“What’s the matter, Boss?”

The Rudius that ca from inside after being called by Oyaji-san is a slender man in his late twenties.

That would be the case~ As expected, this Oyaji-san is the boss here.

“Huh, a custor? Oy, why is Boss tending the store?”

“Rather than that, are you able to make an ornant out of this?”

“N? What is this? A stone? Although beautiful, it doesn’t seem to be a gem. ...... So, Master. This is?”

“A fragnt of Water Dragon’s scale.”

“Wwha!!? Seriously?”

“I have no doubts. He says he wants to make this into an ornant. You are good at that, aren’t you?”

He’s a worker here, and it seems his specialty is craftsmanship rather than smithing.

“I would like a pendant if possible, but.”

“Please, wait a mont. Umm, polishing would be best. This is weaker than silver...... Then, maybe a holy silver......―――”

Rudius-san smoothly draws a design on the paper at the counter.

It’s a pendant of a blue fragnt of the scale enclosed in a tal fringe. A fine design is carved on the tal parts.

Although simple, it’s quite delicate design. I like it.

“How about this?”

“Looks wonderful. Allen, Elena, what do you think?”

“Cool~”

“Pretty~”

Allen and Elena seem to like it too.

“Can I request you to make that?”

“Because steel and silver would be defeated by this scale, I have to make it from materials that won’t lose out. Doing that will increase the price by a lot, but......”

“What kind of material would you use for example?”

“As expected, Mithril would be the best......”

Oh, Mithril! As expected, it’s this mineral when it cos to fantasy!

“Is the supply of the materials a problem?”

“Umm...... Boss! Is it okay to use the Mithril in the stock?”

“Yeah, there’s not enough left to make a weapon, but there should be enough for a pendant.”

The materials seem to be all right. I would like you to make it, but there’s one modification I would like to make in the design.

“I would like sothing other than a tal chain if possible.”

I am not fond of the jingling feeling around my neck. Therefore, sothing like a leather strap would be ideal if possible.

“Other than tal, huh~ If not a monster leather...... Mithril Spider’s thread would be nice~ Boss~ Can’t we sohow get our hands on it~”

“Don’t be silly! How could we obtain sothing so precious that easily! Even if it appears on the market, it will get imdiately bought!”

Mithril Spider...... Isn’t that a rare monster than mutates after consuming Mithril?

The Mithril’s special characteristics appear on the web of the spider. Rather, it matches one of the items I have received from Syl......

“Is this enough?”

“Eh!? Eeeeehーー!! I, isn’t that!! Mithril Spider’s threaaad~!! Why do you have it!?”

When I retrieve Mithril Spider’s thread from《Infinite Storage》and show it to Rudius-san, he freaks out.

“Water Dragon’s scale is one thing, but you even have Mithril Spider’s thread......”

Boss sighs deeply.

I understood that it’s a rare material, but...... I see, so this is the normal reaction......

I have surprised a lot of people recently, so I feel that I’m getting immune to surprises.

“Then, three of those, please.”

“Haaaaa!?”

When I take another two scale fragnts, he freaks out again.

Un. I knew he would have such a reaction.

“Three you say... perhaps!?”

“It’s for these children, you know?”

If Kaiser is able to sense us because of that, I would definitely like for Allen and Elena to carry them too.

“How extravagant!”

“When it cos to Water Dragon’s scales, there are so water-related benefits, after all.”

“...... That’s certainly the case, but...... However, I really appreciate that I would be able to make goods out of these rare materials. Then, since I will be making three, can I change the design, so they are not all the sa?”

“Yes, I don’t mind. Especially Elena’s... I would like this child’s design to be more girlish. Isn’t that so, Elena?”

“Yea!”

I don’t mind a simple one, but Elena’s should be more cute, right?

When confirming with her, she returned a positive reply. It seems a cute one would be better as expected.

“What about Allen? Do you have a request?”

“N~?”

It seems Allen doesn’t have any special request. He tilted his head for a bit, then shook left and right.

The two are always in sync, but they display their individual personalities at tis like these.

“Then, what do you want to do about the scales’ powder that cos out during the polishing? Do you want to take it?”

“Powder? Are you not disposing of it?”

“You, that’s Water Dragon’s Scale, you know! Its powder is a wonderful material! Just by mixing it with molten tal while making armor will increase its hardness dramatically, you know!!”

...... I got scolded.

I see, even the powder can be used...... It seems that Kaiser’s scale is just that precious.

In the end, I decided to let the shop keep the powder, and they deducted it from the fee. Kaiser wouldn’t probably mind just this much powder.

Or rather, it would only collect dust in《Infinite Storage》if I kept it.

Once the order was complete, Rudius-san imdiately returned to the back of the workshop with the materials.

With this, Kaiser’s scale will be safely turned into ornants. I can’t wait for the completed goods~