"Let's see..."
I took out some fairly decent iron and started forging.
The crisp ring of hammer strikes and the crackling of firewood burning in the forge echoed through the workshop.
"..."
With every blow of the hammer, the iron gradually began to take the shape of a sword.
"...There's a little left over."
After quenching the completed rapier in oil, I checked the iron that remained from the forging.
"Maybe I should make a magic sword too..."
This time, I forged a magic sword with real intent.
"Ah... this is rough..."
"Are you done?"
"Lady Hephaistos?"
While I was letting the heat die down after finishing the magic sword, Hephaistos came to visit.
"A rapier and a magic sword... You made them well."
After examining the magic sword and the rapier I'd made, Hephaistos said,
"So, is this for your little sister?"
"I'm going to use the magic sword myself."
"Hmm..."
Hephaistos stared at the magic sword for a moment, then said,
"Can I borrow this for a bit?"
"Yes."
"Thanks. There was someone I wanted to show it to."
Leaving those words behind, she took the magic sword with her.
When the next day came, Aiz visited carrying valis.
"Here."
I handed the rapier over to Aiz, who had come with the proper payment.
"How does it feel?"
"...It's fine."
"Then that's good."
Anything was better when it was just right.
"Are you going to the Dungeon right away?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll go with you."
I needed to test its power anyway.
"Haaah!"
With a battle cry, Aiz began hunting monsters.
By now, we had descended to the fifth floor of the Dungeon.
"Aiz! Over here!"
"...Okay!"
In front of us, a neat cluster of kobolds and goblins had gathered.
I took out the magic sword I'd gotten back.
The dagger I'd made from the leftover ore gave off a flame-like orange glow.
"[Unidentified Fire]!"
The magic sword was unleashed with its true name open.
Its power was beyond imagination.
"...That's absurdly overkill."
The gathered kobolds and goblins didn't even last a few seconds before burning to ash, and the flames shattered part of the floor.
Where the fire had swept through, heat haze rose into the air, leaving only scorched ash behind.
"Bellf. Over there..."
"Hm?"
Aiz pointed at the Dungeon's broken outer wall.
"Huh?"
Through the outer wall, which had been broken and slightly melted by the excessive flames, pure white ore and black ore were revealed.