Getting Hihiirokane

"I see. So you'd like me to make a weapon that can withstand your

power, yeah?" Nazarie-san, having heard our story, nodded with a

quiet look on her face.

"Yes. The village chief and the other villagers said you were the only

one that might be capable of that, Nazarie-san."

"Well, true. I mean, not to brag, but my skill outrivals even that of the

ancient dwarf who was given the title of 'Blacksmith God'."

Heh heh, Nazarie-san puffed up her chest.

I then asked her, "Then will you make it?"

"Umu. You are all benefactors of the village. I'll be happy to accept

your request."

"Thank you so much!"

As we all bowed, Nazarie-san frowned, "It's just…" and said, "when it

comes to a weapon that can withstand your power, we'd probably

have to use 'Hihiirokane'."

"Hihiirokane… If I remember correctly, it's the metal alloy which our

Holy Armaments were made of, isn't it?" Arca asked.

Nazarie-san nodded, "Umu, correct. It's a legendary super metal

that's said to be 'impossible to produce' at the present age."

"Can you make such a thing, Exa?" Zana asked me.

"No, there's no way I can… But if it's the main material, Adamantia, I

once made it fall down into the sea from the mountain in Magrid."

At that time, I had no power apart from "Immortality" skill, so I had

quite a hard time dealing with it.

Ophir exclaimed, "That's amazin'. That's the man I acknowledge for

ya. Still, ya did great to be able to move somethin' that big, didn't

cha?"

"Well, it was really difficult. But I think I'd be able to take care of it a

little easier now." I said.

"Fumu fumu," Nazarie-san nodded and said, "then this would be

quite simple. The shell of Adamantia is indispensable for the

production of Hihiirokane. Hence, I'd like you to go pick it up and

bring it over. Wholly, of course."

""""""Huh?"""""" We all went wide-eyed.

Did that mean we had to carry that stupidly huge shell over here?

As we were frozen and speechless, Nazarie-san looked at us with

half-closed eyes and said, "What are you getting shocked about?

Isn't it a matter of course? Hihiirokane is a super metal that comes

about as a result of transmutation of the shell of Adamantia that's

condensed to the limit from being enveloped by an unimaginably hot

flame. Therefore, I'm not going to be able to create Hihiirokane if you

don't bring it over whole." Nazarie-san shrugged her shoulders, and

we all nodded in understanding.

But if such a hot flame was required, it would be impossible for a

normal human to create it.

I wondered how the ancient sage created it.

"So in other words, if we have that 'unimaginably hot flame', we don't

have to bother to carry the shell over, right?" Arca asked.

"But of course. Rather, without it, I won't be able to create

Hihiirokane even if you bring the shell over. Well, that's the one

biggest problem we have at the moment…" Nazarie-san fell into

thought with a troubled expression on her face.

But the girls all looked at each other and nodded.

"—Then there is no problem." Magmell said.

"Huh?" Nazarie-san tilted her head.

"Yeah, that's right. After all, our husband is loved by the god of fire

herself." Ophir said.

Zana agreed, "Indeed. Rather, he's more like her incarnation

already."

Tirna nodded, "Mm. I'm sure Exa can definitely make Hihiirokane."

"Well, that's obvious," said Arca.

With that said, everyone turned to me with expectations in their eyes.

"...Yeah, leave it to me!" So I clenched my fist and replied

powerfully.

◇ ◇

However, we still had one problem, that was we didn't know where

that Adamantia currently was.

According to Nazarie-san, it preferred relatively hot places, but no

such habitat came to our mind.

"Fumu, then why don't we go to the volcanic island where you made

it fall into the sea before? Maybe it's still staying close by it, right?"

Arca suggested.

"You've got a point. Well, I was thinking of seeing Igniver-sama

someday too, so heading for Magrid may be a good idea.

"However," I looked at the girls and said, "there's a chance that

another weird guy would come attacking again, so I'd like some of

you to stay here and protect the villagers."

Just then.

"All right, I understand. —Then everyone, please watch over the

village while we are away," Magmell said in a really natural manner,

looking at the other girls with half-closed eyes.

"Oi, hold on. Who says you're going?"

"Fufu. I mean, you are all better at close quarter combat than I am.

It's appropriate in terms of distribution of force, don't you think?"

"Make sense, but still… kh." Arca looked as if she had chewed a

bitter worm.

Tirna then raised her hand and said, "—Here. I can explore

undersea."

"""—!?""" Arca, Ophir, and Zana went wide-eyed.

In terms of the number of people, those who wanted to go reached

the majority, it seemed.

However.

"B-but don't we need someone who is capable of using healing

magic here? I mean, injury is bound to occur when a battle breaks

out, and looking from the perspective of long-range attack, I think the

one who should be changing place with Magmell is me."

"—What!?"

Zana put up a last stand, and this time Magmell made a surprised

and startled expression.

Certainly, if something happened, Magmell's healing magic would be

indispensable.

In that case…

"—!?"

Shake shake shake shake, Magmell shook her head, seemingly

about to burst into tears.

But I put my hand on her shoulder and said apologetically to her, "…

Sorry, Magmell. Your power is needed here."

"I… understand…" At that moment, Magmell slumped her shoulders.

Uhh, I felt really bad…

Just then.

""—I can do long-range attack, too!""

"..."

No, you two should give up already, okay?