Chapter 5 – It’s a mystery why it’s called “Iron” and yet it’s Quality 1

The following day, Monday. I ate breakfast with my father and went to school.

「Good morning」

「Good morning, Aya! Did you get it okay??」

When I arrived at school, Suzu asked, “Have you started playing 《Secondaria Online》?”

「N~? Yeah, I’m doing fine~」

「Oh, that’s good~ I wondered what I would do if you hadn’t tried it~」

「But I don’t think I can join you yet, can I?」

「Eh!? Why not!?」

「I’m not going to join you until I make my own sword」

「N-no way… I guess… ? Then when are we finally gonna start playing together!」

Suzu, who used to observe sword making in real life with me, was furious because she knew how long it would take. But,

「It is in the game, so I think we can shorten it, okay?」

「That is… Yeah, but… U~u…」

「You’re just being cute when you do that, okay?」

「… Fun///」

Suzu is cute after all.

I have to make a sword for Suzu-chan as soon as possible.

I’ll start with the metal for the blade――

While I was thinking that, the day was over.

I came home, ate an early dinner, and logged on to 《Secondaria Online》 at 6pm.

Continuing from yesterday, I spent about an hour in this world’s time at the hearth of the Blacksmith’s Guild, smelting Iron Ore and Silver Ore, respectively, and turning them into ingots.

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【Name】 Iron Ingot: Quality 3

【Description】 Iron Ingot. The purity of the Iron Ore was increased through smelting. Can be used for all iron products.

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【Name】 Silver Ingot: Quality 5

【Description】 Silver Ingot. The purity of the Silver Ore was increased through smelting. Can be used for all silver products.

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《Job: Blacksmith LV. 1→2》

《Smithing LV. 1→2 》

《Appraisal LV. 2→3 》

The level has gone up!

So, if I deliver this, will the quest be complete? Still, the quality increases when it’s made into ingots, huh.

「Gail-san. Delivery of Iron Ingots」

「Oh! There you are! Which one? Hmmm… you’re not quite there yet, but if you raise the level of your profession: Blacksmith and skill: 《Smithing》, the quality will go up! Keep up the good work!」

「Yes!」

「So, I’ll give you back the ingots, and the reward is 1000G!」

「Wow! Thank you so much!」

My first quest is complete!

「Is there another quest?」

「You’re so motivated! I guess so… Well then, this is next!」

So the quest that was given to me was,

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【Request】 Delivered one iron product

【Reward】 Iron Product x 1, 1000G

【Description】 Deliver one of your own iron products. No matter what the quality. The Legend of Blacksmithing begins with the first iron product ever made.

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……

What’s the Legend of Blacksmithing…

Oh, well, okay! Let’s make a sword and surprise Gail-san!

Then… I’ve got iron and coal, so… The next step would be the wood for the handle and scabbard of the sword!

The first step is to cut down trees.

Use the remaining money – 500G – to buy an Iron Axe.

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【Name】 Iron Axe: Quality 1 ・・・ 500G

【Description】 A tool for cutting down trees. If used correctly, it is unlikely to break.

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Quality 1… That’s the biggest mystery at the moment…

Iron Ore is Quality 2, but Pickaxe and Axe, which are supposed to be iron products, are Quality 1…

Is this a bug?

But that’s beside the point.

I’m headed to the forest just outside the east gate of the city – also known as the Beginner’s Forest.

So I took out the Iron Axe I bought earlier.

「That’s it! That one!!」

――Thud!! Thud!!

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―Pakipakipaki…… Dosu~u~u~uun…

It finally went down~

But… What should I do with it?

Will it fit in my inventory?

Owa!? Wa, it’s in!! And it’s been processed!?

【Name】 Fanst Wood: Quality 2

【Description】 Made from processed wood from the Fanst Forest near the City of Beginning, Fanst. It is white and quite hard.

Ho-ho. Isn’t it nice? … It’s a mystery to me how it gets processed when you put wood in your inventory.

Well, it saved me a lot of trouble in processing, so that’s good!

After that, I killed about 10 goblins and hunted a few more using 《Physical Enhancement》 just for fun, and decided to leave since my level had increased.

《LV. 2→3》

《Lumbering LV. 1→2》

《Physical Enchancement LV. 1→2》

《Swordsmanship LV. 2→3》

This time, I used 1 SP to get 《Alchemy》 and then allocated 2 to AGI and 1 to STR and DEX.

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【Name】 Ayane LV. 3
【Race】 Human
【Job】 Blacksmith LV. 2

HP: 1100
MP: 600

STR: 18
VIT: 10
DEF: 10
AGI: 12
INT: 10
DEX: 18
MND: 10

【Skill】 《Smithing LV. 2》 《Swordmanship LV. 3》 《Physical Enhancement LV. 2》 《Mining LV. 5》 《Lumbering LV. 2》 《Woodworking LV. 1》 《Appraisal LV. 3》 《Alchemy LV. 1》

SP: 0

【Equipment】 Beginner’s Clothes, Short Sword

【Title】 None

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After allocating them, I went back to the city.