"Call me if you need any help," Nirra said before she sat down on a bench near the front desk. Ellie nodded in conformation before she brought out her sword.
Ellie wasn't as skilled in blacksmithing as her sister, but she could do basic maintenance on swords. She started by inspecting the sword and noting that it was a bit on the dull side, so she started up the grinding wheel. Orage Sparks fell off the wheel as it ground the end of her sword into a sharp tip. Her red katana was slowly being endowed with a beautiful, sharp tip with a loud scraping noise. When she was done, she inspected the blade for any kind of crack from her fight with Nicholas. Thankfully, the steel held strong, as she found no such cracks.
Next, she realized that she would have to forge more throwing knives since she lost a few last night. She grabbed an ingot from the furnace. She realized that she needed to hammer it into shape, but thanks to the events of last night, she was still a bit fatigued and remembered Nirra's so-called strength blessing.
So she called out to her sister, "Nirra?". Her sister was busy inspecting the revolver she crafted before she got startled by Ellie calling out her name. She stopped what she was doing and holstered her revolver once more. She then came up to the station Ellie was working on.
"What do you need?" Nirra asked with the same monotone voice she always had.
"I need you to forge the ingot in the furnace into two throwing knives I use. I can't do it since I'm still a bit tired from last night," she said as she offered the smithing hammer to her sister.
"I see, I'll get it done then." She grabbed one part of the hammer's handle before Ellie let go of hers" She then removed the leather apron she was wearing and gave it to Nirra.
Nirra wore the leather apron and grabbed a pair of black metal pincers. She then grabbed the red-hot steel ingot from the furnace and laid it flat on the anvil. She then grabbed a piece of metal that looks like an arrow, known as a hot cut tool, and maneuvered it on the steel piece with the tool pointed at the surface of the steel. She then hammered the hot-cut tool, which split the steel ingot into two pieces. One piece was placed back into the furnace, while the other was hammered away. Dings of metal reverberated across the room, which coincided with other adventurers that were working on their tools.
Eventually, after a while, the piece of steel she used was slowly turned into the correct size and thickness of a throwing knife. Once she got the dimensions right, she placed it in water to cool while she worked on the other steel piece that she left. She used the exact same hammering techniques to manipulate the steel into the shape of a throwing knife. Ellie watched on with amazement as Nirra worked. She guessed the time she spent working with her father was well deserved as she watched Nirra use the hammer like the smith her father trained her to be.
After both knives were cooled with water, she proceeded to sharpen them using the same grind wheel Ellie used earlier. Once they were done, Ellie walked up to the station as Nirra was washing her hands.
"It's done," Nirra said before using a piece of cloth to dry her hands.
Ellie took the knives into her hands and checked their balance by balancing them on one finger. Even though throwing knives were not as complex as actual swords, she was impressed by the quality of Nirra's work. A lot better than the ones she lost.
"How is it?" Nirra asked her from behind. She removed the leather apron and hung it on the wall beside her.
"It's perfect," Ellie said with awe in her voice before she turned to her sister.
"Just don't lose these, and if you do, I have something planned out that should be better than the knives you are using now," Nirra said with a small smile at the end.
"I can't wait to get my hands on it then," Ellie replied with a smile of her own.
The two then cleaned up the station they were using, after which they walked up to Derek, who was once again startled when Nirra cleared her throat. He immediately dropped what he was doing and opened the logbook so that Ellie could write the time when she finished.
"A-Already done?" Derek said, noting that there were only 5 minutes to spare from the time they were using the station.
"Yeah, just some basic maintenance and a bit of forging anyway," Ellie said as she leaned in and wrote the time when they finished.
"O-okay then," he said as Ellie stood up straight again. Derek closed the log book and placed it under the counter once again.
"T-thank you for using our services. C-come back soon," he said with a beat of sweat visible on his eyebrows but with a friendly smile plastered on his face.
The twins nodded in acknowledgment before they exited the building. As they walked into the center of the plaza, Nirra asked, "What are we doing next again?"
"Buying new underwear, remember?" She said as Nirra looked to the side with a faint blush on her face.
'you can do this, Theodore. It's just a shop that sells women's clothes and underwear; you've been through this countless times before in this life' she thought to herself as they approached the store that sold women's clothes and underwear.
"Call me if you need any help," Nirra said before she sat down on a bench near the front desk. Ellie nodded in conformation before she brought out her sword.
Ellie wasn't as skilled in blacksmithing as her sister, but she could do basic maintenance on swords. She started by inspecting the sword and noting that it was a bit on the dull side, so she started up the grinding wheel. Orage Sparks fell off the wheel as it ground the end of her sword into a sharp tip. Her red katana was slowly being endowed with a beautiful, sharp tip with a loud scraping noise. When she was done, she inspected the blade for any kind of crack from her fight with Nicholas. Thankfully, the steel held strong, as she found no such cracks.
Next, she realized that she would have to forge more throwing knives since she lost a few last night. She grabbed an ingot from the furnace. She realized that she needed to hammer it into shape, but thanks to the events of last night, she was still a bit fatigued and remembered Nirra's so-called strength blessing.
So she called out to her sister, "Nirra?". Her sister was busy inspecting the revolver she crafted before she got startled by Ellie calling out her name. She stopped what she was doing and holstered her revolver once more. She then came up to the station Ellie was working on.
"What do you need?" Nirra asked with the same monotone voice she always had.
"I need you to forge the ingot in the furnace into two throwing knives I use. I can't do it since I'm still a bit tired from last night," she said as she offered the smithing hammer to her sister.
"I see, I'll get it done then." She grabbed one part of the hammer's handle before Ellie let go of hers" She then removed the leather apron she was wearing and gave it to Nirra.
Nirra wore the leather apron and grabbed a pair of black metal pincers. She then grabbed the red-hot steel ingot from the furnace and laid it flat on the anvil. She then grabbed a piece of metal that looks like an arrow, known as a hot cut tool, and maneuvered it on the steel piece with the tool pointed at the surface of the steel. She then hammered the hot-cut tool, which split the steel ingot into two pieces. One piece was placed back into the furnace, while the other was hammered away. Dings of metal reverberated across the room, which coincided with other adventurers that were working on their tools.
Eventually, after a while, the piece of steel she used was slowly turned into the correct size and thickness of a throwing knife. Once she got the dimensions right, she placed it in water to cool while she worked on the other steel piece that she left. She used the exact same hammering techniques to manipulate the steel into the shape of a throwing knife. Ellie watched on with amazement as Nirra worked. She guessed the time she spent working with her father was well deserved as she watched Nirra use the hammer like the smith her father trained her to be.
After both knives were cooled with water, she proceeded to sharpen them using the same grind wheel Ellie used earlier. Once they were done, Ellie walked up to the station as Nirra was washing her hands.
"It's done," Nirra said before using a piece of cloth to dry her hands.
Ellie took the knives into her hands and checked their balance by balancing them on one finger. Even though throwing knives were not as complex as actual swords, she was impressed by the quality of Nirra's work. A lot better than the ones she lost.
"How is it?" Nirra asked her from behind. She removed the leather apron and hung it on the wall beside her.
"It's perfect," Ellie said with awe in her voice before she turned to her sister.
"Just don't lose these, and if you do, I have something planned out that should be better than the knives you are using now," Nirra said with a small smile at the end.
"I can't wait to get my hands on it then," Ellie replied with a smile of her own.
The two then cleaned up the station they were using, after which they walked up to Derek, who was once again startled when Nirra cleared her throat. He immediately dropped what he was doing and opened the logbook so that Ellie could write the time when she finished.
"A-Already done?" Derek said, noting that there were only 5 minutes to spare from the time they were using the station.
"Yeah, just some basic maintenance and a bit of forging anyway," Ellie said as she leaned in and wrote the time when they finished.
"O-okay then," he said as Ellie stood up straight again. Derek closed the log book and placed it under the counter once again.
"T-thank you for using our services. C-come back soon," he said with a beat of sweat visible on his eyebrows but with a friendly smile plastered on his face.
The twins nodded in acknowledgment before they exited the building. As they walked into the center of the plaza, Nirra asked, "What are we doing next again?"
"Buying new underwear, remember?" She said as Nirra looked to the side with a faint blush on her face.
'you can do this, Theodore. It's just a shop that sells women's clothes and underwear; you've been through this countless times before in this life' she thought to herself as they approached the store that sold women's clothes and underwear.
