Chapter 35: The smell of a one-of-a-kind item from the Jet-Black Magic Sword

Netooku Otoko no Tanoshii Isekai Boueki (WN)

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Why must it rain on Monday morning….. (⋟﹏⋞)

Enjoy the chapter by the way~

“Rebecca-san, what do you think of this sword?” [Jirou]

“Eh? It’s quite rusty, isn’t it? Rather than this sword, the one here is much better….” [Rebecca]

Saying so, Rebecca-san showed me another strange, smaller sized sword in her hand. She didn’t seem to like the magic sword.
In my opinion after the appraisal, it didn’t seem to be magic sword just because it was cursed. There might be an issue on the price but I don’t think it would be that expensive seeing that it was chucked aside on the table.
There wasn’t any name listed as its owner so, in a way, there wasn’t any proof that this sword belonged to this shop in the first place.

In the end, I brought the sword recommended by Rebecca-san (It might be good to use this for training. It’s heavy so I could practice swinging it like a bat……..) , as well as the Rusty Sword -2, Mithril Gauntlet +2, Ruined Purple Halberd and the Heart of Blood Magic Sword over to the shopkeeper.
Now the main problem is, how much will this be in total…… If there are any extra money after buying all these, there were actually more things that I still wanted to buy………. Come to think of it, I should set aside some expenses to repair the ones with rust……
Well in truth, judging from just the ones with price attached, it was actually over budget already.

“These will be 2000 El all together. I was a little lost since you have bought quite a lot of items here. But, you have quite a strange taste, don’t you? Purchasing such rusty swords.” [shopkeeper]

It came! The total rough estimate!
The weapons that were priced were the Halberd, Two-handed sword and Mithril Gauntlet. Each was respectively 1250 El, 300 El and 450 El.

In other words, the Rusty Sword -2 and the Magic Sword were essentially free!
Ufufu! Free! Right now (substantially) I’m shopping for free.

“What is this sword? It looks a little different than a long sword. How much is the price for this one?” [Jirou]

I pointed at the Magic Sword as I asked. Since I have the appraisal ability, I knew the name and the abilities of the sword but, people normally wouldn’t be able to see it. Hence I was a little curious on what they think of the sword and how much would it cost to sell it.

“Aa….that sword was left behind by my family a long time ago. The rust couldn’t be removed and it was strangely heavy too so I couldn’t sell it off at all. Even if it was sold before, it was immediately returned again for some reason. If oniisan is buying it then I thought of just giving it to you for free. So please don’t return it again if it’s possible.” [shopkeeper]

“So that means, this is not just a normal long sword….right?” [Jirou]

“I think that long sword is just a long sword but, it’s just that, the sword itself is heavy and the rust couldn’t be removed. It might not be made of an ordinary metal…..Well, after all the very first person who have wanted to buy it in my generation was oniisan. If you were to return it in future, please tell me the reason in detail.” [shopkeeper]

So he immediately a.s.sumed that it would be returned?……..
Or rather, isn’t it going to be problematic if I can’t remove the rust? As expected I wouldn’t be able to put it to practical use if it was rusty. I would definitely return it too if I couldn’t remove the rust…..
And why did he keep saying that this sword was heavy over and over again? This sword wasn’t really heavy to begin with. I wonder how heavy is an ordinary long sword.
I should ask Rebecca-san to give it a try.

“Uun? It is certainly strangely heavy isn’t it? Even if this sword made usable again, it might end up being something peculiar, Jirou. Wouldn’t it be better to give up on this one?” [Rebecca]

The weight was just something really light to the degree of me being able to lift it up with one hand but, Rebecca-san who was supposed to be stronger than me was holding it with two hands…..It’s strange. Was it honestly that heavy?
As I was thinking so, I received the Magic Sword back. As I thought it wasn’t really heavy at all. Seeing that this is a magic sword, I wonder if there was something different about it.

Well, there’s no use in thinking about it.
2000 El. That would be two gold coins of expenditure. (It will be close to 300,000 yen if I were to convert it!) The price might not be bad in the case of these items. I should buy them quickly.
I was thinking of buying things like armours eventually too but, I should do that the next time. I don’t have any more money!

“Thanks for your purchase~” [shopkeeper]

Upon exiting the shop, Diana spoke out.

“Goshujin-sama, will you be equipping yourself with that sword?” [Diana]

‘That sword’ might be referring to the Magic Sword in my hand. I was carrying it myself since it was heavy for Rebecca-san. The other items were equally divided and carried by everyone.

“Equip? I mean, I do plan to give this sword a try. I have bought it after all.” [Jirou]

“So you plan on equipping it then?” [Diana]

“Aa, oo. I will be equiping it (……..).” [Jirou]

*PON* As soon as I said that, a similar looking fairy that popped out every time a guidance was achieved appeared. Although, the attire looks plain compared to the time during the guidance. Wasn’t it the same guy?

“Magic Sword no. 4, 『Heart of Blood』 the unique weapon has acknowledged the player 『Jirou Ayase』. The camouflage is released.”

*PON*

It wasn’t the same rude guy! Or rather, player? Unique weapon? Camouflage?
When the fairy disappeared, a strange black light begun enveloping the wrapped up magic sword at the same time. Out of surprised, I let go off the sword.

“Wh-what’s wrong? You dropped your sword.” [Rebecca]

“Ah no it’s nothing…….tte, o,oo….it became really pretty.” [Jirou]

“Ee? Eh? What is it? Eh, is this the sword earlier? What happened?” [Rebecca]

It looks like a completely different sword now unlike its rusty appearance earlier. No, the shape didn’t change though…..

A blade with a tint of blue on its glossy black surface. I see. So that was the reason why the colour was ‘jet-black’. The blade was originally black but, I guess that wasn’t due to the black rust. The fairy did say that ‘The camouflage is released’ so that might have been a disguise to make it look that way.
Even though the form was the same, the vermillion colour on the hilt that reminded me of blood was so vivid that it really sucked me in. The guard and pommel were inlaid with red stones that look similar to corals.

No way…..it looks cool……
Despite its rusty appearance earlier, the surface mysteriously underwent a complete change, becoming glossy after the camouflage was released.

It’s no wonder Rebecca-san was surprised after seeing it. I was shocked too but, I had a feeling that I became quite accustomed to it, after taking into account that this is a fantasy world.

I picked up the Magic Sword and used the Mirror of Truth on it once again.
The name stated under ‘owner’ was ‘none’ earlier but, my name should be listed inside now.

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