Back in time, Emile and Ophelia arrive at the Weapons Workshop together.

Because of the battle with the Dark Knight here, the weapon workshop has been reduced to ruins, let alone forging, and it is difficult to find a complete hammer.

"Uh, Miss Ophelia, what are we doing here?" Emir asked, scratching his head.

Ophelia didn't answer him immediately, but smiled and said.

"Emir, as a forger, don't you want to know how the Dark Knight's magic sword is made?"

Through Lydia's story, she had learned that the Emir had been forced by the Dark Knight to help repair the sword.

"Oh, I've said it, I'm not a forger yet, because I haven't passed the assessment yet." The emir reiterated again.

"Hehe," Ophelia laughed out loud when she heard this, "Is the forger's assessment so important?" As far as I know, no one in the entire Empire has ever done a blacksmith for the Dark Knight, and no one has ever dared to use a magic sword, so you have to be confident that your blacksmithing skills have surpassed most of the Empire's blacksmiths. ”

"Really? You're not making fun of me, are you? The emir stared at her suspiciously.

"Hmph, don't believe it," Ophelia clasped her hands to her chest, and then said, "Anyway, for a forge, skill is always more important than qualification, after all, some people have a forger qualification...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. ”

The emir understood what she meant, and no longer doubted it, so he said.

"Indeed, I'm interested in the magic sword, which, according to the Dark Knight, is forged from the rarest metal in the world, goldenrodite."

"Huh? It seems that your basic skills are quite solid, and you even know this. Ophelia praised him.

However, the emir could not afford the praise of this powerful knight, and he hastened to speak.

"I've won the prize, but I just know a little bit about it."

“…… Hehe, forget these polite words," Ophelia got tired of the topic, and then said, "Anyway, what I want to tell you is that my sword surpasses the Dark Knight's magic sword in quality and strength, and it was without much effort that I pierced the opponent's armor at that time, and it was because of this that I finally drove him away. ”

Ophelia said, pulling out her saber from her waist, it looked like an ordinary sword, similar in shape to the craftsmen of the previous weapon workshop, but not metallic silver, but pure white like her armor.

In short, this is an ordinary shape, and the appearance can no longer be described as mediocre, but ugly.

Emir had never seen such an ugly sword before, and even the farm implements sold in the village blacksmith shop were better than this.

“…… That's it? The emir gave him a disdainful look.

"Hehe, I knew you would react like this," Ophelia smiled slightly, "but like I said, for a forger, technique is the most important, and for a sword that is used as a weapon to kill enemies on the battlefield, practicality is the most important." ”

The emir does not agree with this statement, practicality is very important, but it is not possible to completely give up the appearance, such as Pedro's magic sword, which is not only powerful, but also quite cool in appearance.

However, he was curious about what Ophelia said at this time.

"By the way, you just said that you used this sword to force the Dark Knight back?"

"yes, that's why I said practicality is the most important thing."

"Uh, can you show me?"

"Of course." Ophelia readily agreed, rather than showing it to the Emir.

Emir carefully took the long sword, and when he touched the hilt, there was a cold feeling, and he took a closer look at the blade, strangely, the edge of the sword did not look sharp, how did it pierce Pedro's god-level armor.

"Alas, I don't understand, what's the matter with your sword?"

The emir asked incredulously, after all, he had dealt with swords a little, how could a sword like this, which was not even qualified for the edge, penetrate god-level armor, it was obviously not possible to pierce by brute force.

Then, Ophelia explained.

"It's nothing special, because it's mainly forged from pyroxene, and the content of pyroxene reaches ninety."

"What!" The emir was shocked.

He recalled the conversation with Pedro, the magic sword was also mixed with gold pyroxene, but the content was not high, and now that he thought about it, the content in the armor must not be much, so it was pierced by Ophelia's sword.

"Ninety percent, how did you get so much gold?" The emir couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I can only reveal one thing, in fact, my sword was forged by the elves, and the other party is also a senior forger, and this gold pyroxene is indeed not easy for humans to get, because thousands of years ago, the elves and dragons ruled this land, and the dragons naturally did not need weapons, so the forging technology was produced among the elves, and they searched the entire continent in order to create excellent weapons, and collected all the gold pyroxene that they could find, so where is the gold pyroxene now, It could only be the territory of the elves, but unfortunately since humans ruled this land, they have disappeared. ”

"I see." The emir nodded thoughtfully.

However, he still had some questions, since the elves had disappeared, how did Ophelia find them? And how did she transform into an elf?

Of course, he was just curious, and if Ophelia didn't want to take the initiative to speak, he wouldn't be too embarrassed to get to the bottom of it.

"Let me tell you one more thing," Ophelia added, "the Dark Knight's magic sword was also forged by the elves, but this smith was a traitor to the elves, and when the demons rose, he resolutely defected, took refuge in the demons, and used his excellent forging skills on the side of the demons. ”

"Huh? There is such a thing. ”

Emir was surprised, and thought that it would be good to use this technology to support humans, what the hell did this elf think, no matter how much he hated humans, he should not do anything harmful to others and himself.

Ophelia didn't comment on that, she continued.

"Therefore, in today's world, the role of a forge is far beyond your imagination, and your skills are even recognized by the Dark Knight, so you don't need to be presumptuous at all."

“…… Haha, thank you. The emir understood what she meant and thanked her for it.

In fact, at first, he really thought that the forge was no big deal, wasn't it just to create weapons for soldiers or knights? After all, it's just a logistics department.

But after listening to Ophelia's explanation, he felt the honor of being a forger for the first time, and of course, he always remembered that he had not passed the examination and was not qualified to claim to be a forger.

"So, I called you here to forge a magic sword that belongs to humanity...... Oh, this can't be called a magic sword, but a holy sword, a holy sword that is stronger than the magic sword. Ophelia said with her hands on her chest.

"Huh?" The emir was surprised, "But we don't have the materials, as you just said, the golden pyroxene is only available to the elves." ”

"Haha, it seems that there is still a hole in your thinking," Ophelia said happily, "Come to think of it, am I not an elf now?" ”

“…… Oh, look at my head. Emile patted his head and said embarrassedly.

Ophelia then took off the glove of her right hand, and was greeted by a fair-skinned, delicate hand and, of course, a ring on her middle finger set with a ruby.

Emir quickly took out the ring on his hand, and found that it was similar to Ophelia's, and it seemed that it should be the same spatial magic.

Ophelia then used her magic to summon the materials stored in the ring, and Emir looked at them and thought they were familiar, because they were the same as the materials that Pedro had taken out, they were all lumps of metal, but the color of this one was noticeably brighter, which may indicate that the content of pyroxene was very high.

"That's what I'm talking about, the forging material that contains ninety percent of the gold sparkle, and then you only need to use your skills to create the holy sword."

"Oh, that's great." Emir looked excited.

At this time, although the weapon workshop was in ruins, it was a minor problem, and he could have built a simple workbench.

Soon, with Ophelia's help, Emir was able to build all the equipment needed for the forge, including a furnace, an anvil, and a miniature cistern for quenching.

After getting ready, Emir decided to call Lilith out to assist in forging, because to create a "holy sword", many legendary forgers in the empire must not have this opportunity, so Emir did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

However, when he summoned Lilith, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, because the dragon was sleeping soundly, and he was afraid that he would not wake up for a while.

"Her name is Lilith, isn't she?" Ophelia walked over and gently touched her head, "You don't know, she also fell into a deep sleep after receiving my treatment, for her safety...... Uh, well, just to keep the populace from scaring you, I took her into your ring without permission. ”

"Well, it's okay, let's wait until Lilith wakes up."

"Well, it seems that this is the only way," Ophelia nodded as well, "If we want to forge the Holy Sword, we must have Lilith's strength, after all, we can only burn these materials with dragon breath." ”

Knowing this, the Emir took Lilith back into the ring.

……

In the time that followed, they were not idle, and Ophelia began to explain to him the current state of the town.

Although the demon clan is not afraid for the time being, the survival problem of the people, he, who is the city lord, must find a way to solve it.

"Uh, how long will the current food reserves last?" The emir asked.

"It's okay for about a day, but the food is probably spoiled, and if you continue to eat it, you're likely to get sick."

"Really? Is there still a place to produce food in that town? ”

"Well, yes, yes, it's just ......" Ophelia became distracted.

"It's fine, but it's okay."

"Actually, there are all the ingredients, like flour, rice, vegetables, etc., but no one knows how to make them." Ophelia scratched her head, embarrassed.

"Huh?" Emile was dumbfounded.

What kind of food shortage was this, he heard Ophelia say it so badly, and thought it was like the famine years in his grandmother's mouth, when there was nothing to eat, and many people gnawed on the bark of trees to make a living.

But what is this now, is it possible to starve to death by guarding the ingredients? That's ridiculous, even if you don't know how to cook, just boil a pot of water and throw the ingredients in it to make a hodgepodge.

"What? You think it's hard to find it difficult, too. ”

Ophelia was a little weak-hearted, she couldn't even do this kind of thing herself, but she had to leave it to Emir to solve alone.

"Alas," said the emir, sighing, and not answering her, but thinking for a moment, "I must ask you to call all of them to the square of the barracks, and let them bring their own food, and if they don't have one, they will search the uninhabited houses." ”

"Oh, that's easy, but what do you want to do?" Ophelia was curious.

"Hehe, I don't have any comment for the time being, you'll find out later." The emir smiled mysteriously.

"Yo, I'm pretty good at selling off," Ophelia said with a smile, "well, I'll go." ”

Emir looked at her departing back and couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Alas, what is this called, I still have to teach these people how to cook, is this also what a city lord should do?"

He was speechless when suddenly someone approached, and he looked back and saw that it was Rena.

"Lord Emir, it's noon, would you like to eat a freshly cooked meal, or if you said it in the morning......" Rena said respectfully.

Although she had only been in the mansion for a few days, Rena had already learned the basic etiquette of being a maid, and she bowed slightly as she raised her skirt slightly and bowed as she spoke to the emir.

The emir frowned at her actions, he didn't like the red tape, but he couldn't change it, so he had to ignore it.

Then, he thought about it for a while, originally according to the current situation of "food shortage", he, as the city lord, should take the lead in saving, but when he understood the truth of the so-called "food shortage", he felt that there was no need to do this.

"Then please make me a new lunch, and as for the morning ones, you can do whatever you want," said the emir casually, and then, suddenly thinking of something, he quickly stopped Rena, "Wait, give it to me, don't waste it." ”

Rena had never heard of a nobleman eating leftovers, after all, no matter what happened, the nobles' living needs had to be prioritized, so the nobles were absolutely not short of food.

She could only think that this city lord must be a nobleman who attaches great importance to the people, and when he sees the people hungry, he will not waste food casually, and this alone can show that his character is superior to that of ordinary nobles.

If this is the case, she can follow with confidence, and it is exaggerated to say that she is even willing to dedicate the rest of her life to this city lord.

Then one more thing came to the mind of the emir.

"By the way, you should be able to cook...... Haha, I'm not talking nonsense, anyway, you just bring me the leftovers from the morning, as for the new lunch, you don't have to worry about it, I have a more important task for you. ”

"What task?" Rena said inexplicably.

"Hehe, you'll know then." After the emir finished speaking, he walked straight towards the city lord's mansion.

Only Rena was left standing in place with a blank face, but she didn't care so much, and hurriedly chased after her, no matter what the city lord asked her to do, she just had to obey.