Intermission: The Melancholy of Zajir  "You idiot! Put yer' back into it if you want to use the phase hammer!"

The master's fists roar again today .

I've been under master's care for 30 years now, but I still can't use the phase hammer to his satisfaction . Even among master's personal pupils, the only two who could wield the great hammer are only me and Garir . After that, I just have to become able to swing it properly . I'll show that I'd be able to do it in 10, no 5 years . And then, someday I'll build a family (shotai) with Jojori .

"Zajir-san, what's wrong with true character (shoutai)?"

"Jojori huh, nothing, just something trivial . "

"Is that so? We have a guest for grandfather, is he in the hall?"

"Yeah, he's in a bad mood, so take care . "

"I understand, thank you . "

She's lovely today too .

She answers properly even though I act brusque . Truly a nice woman .

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The guest that Jojori mentions is a humankin Kozou (youngster) . I don't really know humankin age, but he's probably just at coming of age .

However, master tells the youngster to try and make a sword . Moreover, not with iron but mithril? What a waste .

There's a failed mithril from that idiot Rodar's failure earlier, I guess I'll bring that . An amateur probably won't know the difference anyway .

"Use this . "

"Yes, thank you very much . This is the first time I'm blacksmithing with a mithril, I feel nervous . "

It looks like he has experience of making an iron sword, he's probably not a total amateur, but the ones here are all tempered warriors, even the lowest seat, Rodar, has been making sword for 50 years . It'll be pitiful to compare him with them . Master is cruel for letting this .

The motion of Kozou who smoothly put fire in the furnace slightly catches my attention when I see it . Is this guy really an amateur?

That small doubt becomes conviction when I see Kozou holds the mallet .

That unwavering stance .

He looks like master .

That impression isn't wrong .

Kozou looks puzzled as soon as he strikes with he mallet . Did he notice that slight difference?　He could discern failed mithril even though it's the first time he hit one .

The master's fist drops on me for the mithril thing, but such thing doesn't matter . If I give this guy the best mithril, what kind of sword will he make? It's been awhile since my heart boils .

I run to the mithril refinement furnace before master and the others .

I've entrusted it to Rodar . This time, I'll prepare the best mithril myself .

"Yer' b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!　Get fired up!"

I motivate them with rough words but the refinement furnace's guys keep lying on the floor .

"Zajir-san, today, the gnomes aren't here . Because of that there's not enough magic power . "

"Spirit! If you just put your spirit, anything can be done . "

"Please don't say unresonable things . Then, Zajir-san, please pour your magic power . With spirit!"

That Ganza has also gone to the meeting with the gnomes huh . That's why the mithril today come out bad huh . It's not because of Rodar being careless in his supervision . I'll treat him to a liquor next time .

I try to pour my magic power, but it's not something that an inexperienced person can do . I can only pour around 0 . 5% . Seems that I'm bad with putting magic power into magic tools .

"It's fine to put magic power into this right . "

Looks like Kozou is filling magic power as ordered by master . Judging from the short cane on his waist, he probably can use magic, but the furnace is an equipment that's normally filled by 10 gnomes magic power . It's not something that one person can somehow do, I've experienced it myself just now .

And yet, that guy has accomplished it alone .

The head of the refinement group is surprised to the point that his jaw looks as if dislocated, but I can't say that I don't understand his feeling .

Master is checking the finished mithril with examination apparatus . I know by just seeing it . That's a first-cla.s.s one . In addition, extremely so . This is the first time I see master especially uses examination apparatus .

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Ordered by master, I bring out a great hammer made of mithril alloy from the warehouse . It's far heavier than the usual phase hammer . Unbelievably, master tells Kozou to swing this great hammer .

Telling non-dwarves to swing the great hammer?

Garir and me express our opinions to master, but we only gets dropped fists . I can't go against master's decision .

Kozou who has been asked to swing the great hammer by master also becomes dumbfounded when he's in front of the great hammer .

No wonder . It's not something that a thin humankin kid can lift . When I show him how I hold it with one arm, he's greatly surprised . Kozou admiring me makes me ticklish . We're in front of Jojori . Say more .

"Oops-daisy . It's really heavy after all . I can't stabilize my shaking body . "

When I look back, Kozou is lifting and practice-swinging the great hammer .

Idiotic . The weight is not something a humankin can stand--that's what should have been . . . .

He's staggering, but he's certainly lifted it . Garir and me can lift it since we have herculean strength skill, but even for the dwarves in this room, only half of them can do it . Who the heck is he really .

"Zajir, go call Ganza . "

Master shouts while holding the secret medicine pot on one hand . When I tell master that Ganza is visiting his home and not here, master shouts in angry voice enough to fill the whole room while boiling in anger .

I'm almost given an errand to go to the gnome's hometown, but I get out of the hards.h.i.+p since Kozou can do compounding . What a versatile guy .

Later, Ganza asks me the name of the one who's done the compounding, but since I always call him Kozou, I tell Ganza, "Don't know", and he gets really depressed . He must be dissatisfied for having the compounding equipments used by other people . He shuts up when I says to go tell master if he has complaints .

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I burn into my eyes the figures of master and Kozou forging the sword . They could be called twin existences, they match their breaths perfectly . Unbelievably, Kozou swings that great hammer for all night long without uttering even a whine . I can't let a humankin even touches the great hammer, but I allow it if it's this guy . My colleagues have the same opinion too .

Fairy sword .

The sword that Kozou swings is beautiful .

I will forge a sword exceeding that one someday . It's unreachable for the me now, but I'll show that I will surely reach it after several dozens of years .

Absolutely .

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Later, liquor from Kozou for master has arrived .

He's sent it with the barrels altogether, he sure knows dwarves . He's a heavy drinker that beat master and me in drinking bout back then after all . I'd like to drink together again someday .

"Yo, Zajir . Is Dohar-s.h.i.+ around?"

I hear voice of a delicate man with an att.i.tude . It's the eccentric Galhar who's opened a magic shop in the city above ground .

"Fun, there's no reason for you to not use honorifics for me . Call me Zajir-sama . "

"Now now, Zajir-san . Don't talk like that to a childhood friend even as a joke . "

The lovely Jojori shows her face behind Galhar . Childhood friend is a story of 30 years ago . It's a thing from several dozens years ago .

"Jojori, it's just like a child wanting to be glorified . "

"Alright, I accept that challenge!"

I roll up my sleeves and am going to hit Galhar, but Jojori stop it with her body . Why, are you an ally of Galhar . She calls Galhar without honorific even though she uses "san" with me .

"Galhar, you too stop talking with biting words . Please get along . "

"I know, Jojori . "

Even though I get scolded by Jojori, when I see Galhar who's red like an octopus, I become wanting to hit him once .

"Wait Zajir-san, please don't use violence . "

Dang, I unintentionally hit him .

My quarrel with Galhar continues until master comes back from a meal .

"What's this commotion . Do it outside if you want to make noise . "

"Ara, grandfather . "

"F, forgivme, master . "

Fufun, he's been hit too many, he can't talk well . Serves you right .

"Wer' just playing arnd . "

I just have a slight difficulty of talking today . It might even rain later .

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Thanks to Jojori-san who calls Don Haan siblings to cure us, both of us can talk now .

Galhar who rarely comes to the underground has come to invite us-which surprisingly include me too--to drink the liquor together- . He should have said so from the beginning . People who brings liquor with him is never bad people .

"This light green liquor is delicious . "

"This crimson liquor is also sweetly easy to drink . "

We can't have a banquet with just the shares that Galhar brings, so we take out the liquor barrels that Kozou has given to master .

As I'm told, it seems that the liquor Galhar brings is also from Kozou .

Why?

"Several barrels of liquor came together with a letter of grat.i.tude . In the letter, along with grat.i.tudes, he says that he's escaped death thanks to the goods that he's bought from me . I've opened the magic shop for 20 years, but this is the first time I've been thanked to this degree . "

I heard that Galhar was forced to buy trash-like things when he went to the humankin city, but it seems he's doing a good work .

"Galhar, don't forget the feeling now . If you do that, you'll become the best dwarf magic merchant . "

"That's right, Galhar . The best of gnome are Han and me though . "

"That is so, Galhar . Aim to become the best among the dwarves . You'll always be second in this city though . "

Even though master specially gives a good word to Galhar, the Don Haan siblings mix in .

It seems master has approved him, but I won't hand Jojori over . While battling for Jojori's line of sight from across, we gulp down the liquor

cups at the same time .

A good liquor with a nice woman, and a nice rival (friend), is good .

Next time, I want to have a banquet together with Kozou .

Intermission The Melancholy of Zajir You idiot Put yer back into it if you want to use the phase hammer The master s fists roar again today . I ve been under master s care for 30 years now, but I still can t use the phase hammer to his satisfaction . Even among master s personal pupils, the only two who could wield the great hammer are only me and Garir . After that, I just have to become able to swing it properly . I ll show that I d be able to do it in 10, no 5 years . And then, someday I ll build a family shotai with Jojori . Zajir san, what s wrong with true character shoutai Jojori huh, nothing, just something trivial . Is that so We have a guest for grandfather, is he in the hall Yeah, he s in a bad mood, so take care . I understand, thank you . She s lovely today too . She answers properly even though I act brusque . Truly a nice woman . The guest that Jojori mentions is a humankin Kozou youngster . I don t really know humankin age, but he s probably just at coming of age . However, master tells the youngster to try and make a sword . Moreover, not with iron but mithril What a waste . There s a failed mithril from that idiot Rodar s failure earlier, I guess I ll bring that . An amateur probably won t know the difference anyway . Use this . Yes, thank you very much . This is the first time I m blacksmithing with a mithril, I feel nervous . It looks like he has experience of making an iron sword, he s probably not a total amateur, but the ones here are all tempered warriors, even the lowest seat, Rodar, has been making sword for 50 years . It ll be pitiful to compare him with them . Master is cruel for letting this . The motion of Kozou who smoothly put fire in the furnace slightly catches my attention when I see it . Is this guy really an amateur That small doubt becomes conviction when I see Kozou holds the mallet . That unwavering stance . He looks like master . That impression isn t wrong . Kozou looks puzzled as soon as he strikes with he mallet . Did he notice that slight difference He could discern failed mithril even though it s the first time he hit one . The master s fist drops on me for the mithril thing, but such thing doesn t matter . If I give this guy the best mithril, what kind of sword will he make It s been awhile since my heart boils . I run to the mithril refinement furnace before master and the others . I ve entrusted it to Rodar . This time, I ll prepare the best mithril myself . Yer b.a.s.t.a.r.ds Get fired up I motivate them with rough words but the refinement furnace s guys keep lying on the floor . Zajir san, today, the gnomes aren t here . Because of that there s not enough magic power . Spirit If you just put your spirit, anything can be done . Please don t say unresonable things . Then, Zajir san, please pour your magic power . With spirit That Ganza has also gone to the meeting with the gnomes huh . That s why the mithril today come out bad huh . It s not because of Rodar being careless in his supervision . I ll treat him to a liquor next time . I try to pour my magic power, but it s not something that an inexperienced person can do . I can only pour around 0 . 5 . Seems that I m bad with putting magic power into magic tools . It s fine to put magic power into this right . Looks like Kozou is filling magic power as ordered by master . Judging from the short cane on his waist, he probably can use magic, but the furnace is an equipment that s normally filled by 10 gnomes magic power . It s not something that one person can somehow do, I ve experienced it myself just now . And yet, that guy has accomplished it alone . The head of the refinement group is surprised to the point that his jaw looks as if dislocated, but I can t say that I don t understand his feeling . Master is checking the finished mithril with examination apparatus . I know by just seeing it . That s a first cla.s.s one . In addition, extremely so . This is the first time I see master especially uses examination apparatus . Ordered by master, I bring out a great hammer made of mithril alloy from the warehouse . It s far heavier than the usual phase hammer . Unbelievably, master tells Kozou to swing this great hammer . Telling non dwarves to swing the great hammer Garir and me express our opinions to master, but we only gets dropped fists . I can t go against master s decision . Kozou who has been asked to swing the great hammer by master also becomes dumbfounded when he s in front of the great hammer . No wonder . It s not something that a thin humankin kid can lift . When I show him how I hold it with one arm, he s greatly surprised . Kozou admiring me makes me ticklish . We re in front of Jojori . Say more . Oops a daisy . It s really heavy after all . I can t stabilize my shaking body . When I look back, Kozou is lifting and practice swinging the great hammer . Idiotic . The weight is not something a humankin can stand that s what should have been . . . . He s staggering, but he s certainly lifted it . Garir and me can lift it since we have herculean strength skill, but even for the dwarves in this room, only half of them can do it . Who the heck is he really . Zajir, go call Ganza . Master shouts while holding the secret medicine pot on one hand . When I tell master that Ganza is visiting his home and not here, master shouts in angry voice enough to fill the whole room while boiling in anger . I m almost given an errand to go to the gnome s hometown, but I get out of the hards.h.i.+p since Kozou can do compounding . What a versatile guy . Later, Ganza asks me the name of the one who s done the compounding, but since I always call him Kozou, I tell Ganza, Don t know , and he gets really depressed . He must be dissatisfied for having the compounding equipments used by other people . He shuts up when I says to go tell master if he has complaints . I burn into my eyes the figures of master and Kozou forging the sword . They could be called twin existences, they match their breaths perfectly . Unbelievably, Kozou swings that great hammer for all night long without uttering even a whine . I can t let a humankin even touches the great hammer, but I allow it if it s this guy . My colleagues have the same opinion too . Fairy sword . The sword that Kozou swings is beautiful . I will forge a sword exceeding that one someday . It s unreachable for the me now, but I ll show that I will surely reach it after several dozens of years . Absolutely . Later, liquor from Kozou for master has arrived . He s sent it with the barrels altogether, he sure knows dwarves . He s a heavy drinker that beat master and me in drinking bout back then after all . I d like to drink together again someday . Yo, Zajir . Is Dohar s.h.i.+ around I hear voice of a delicate man with an att.i.tude . It s the eccentric Galhar who s opened a magic shop in the city above ground . Fun, there s no reason for you to not use honorifics for me . Call me Zajir sama . Now now, Zajir san . Don t talk like that to a childhood friend even as a joke . The lovely Jojori shows her face behind Galhar . Childhood friend is a story of 30 years ago . It s a thing from several dozens years ago . Jojori, it s just like a child wanting to be glorified . Alright, I accept that challenge I roll up my sleeves and am going to hit Galhar, but Jojori stop it with her body . Why, are you an ally of Galhar . She calls Galhar without honorific even though she uses san with me . Galhar, you too stop talking with biting words . Please get along . I know, Jojori . Even though I get scolded by Jojori, when I see Galhar who s red like an octopus, I become wanting to hit him once . Wait Zajir san, please don t use violence . Dang, I unintentionally hit him . My quarrel with Galhar continues until master comes back from a meal . What s this commotion . Do it outside if you want to make noise . Ara, grandfather . F, forgivme, master . Fufun, he s been hit too many, he can t talk well . Serves you right . Wer just playing arnd . I just have a slight difficulty of talking today . It might even rain later . Thanks to Jojori san who calls Don Haan siblings to cure us, both of us can talk now . Galhar who rarely comes to the underground has come to invite us which surprisingly include me too to drink the liquor together . He should have said so from the beginning . People who brings liquor with him is never bad people . This light green liquor is delicious . This crimson liquor is also sweetly easy to drink . We can t have a banquet with just the shares that Galhar brings, so we take out the liquor barrels that Kozou has given to master . As I m told, it seems that the liquor Galhar brings is also from Kozou . Why Several barrels of liquor came together with a letter of grat.i.tude . In the letter, along with grat.i.tudes, he says that he s escaped death thanks to the goods that he s bought from me . I ve opened the magic shop for 20 years, but this is the first time I ve been thanked to this degree . I heard that Galhar was forced to buy trash like things when he went to the humankin city, but it seems he s doing a good work . Galhar, don t forget the feeling now . If you do that, you ll become the best dwarf magic merchant . That s right, Galhar . The best of gnome are Han and me though . That is so, Galhar . Aim to become the best among the dwarves . You ll always be second in this city though . Even though master specially gives a good word to Galhar, the Don Haan siblings mix in . It seems master has approved him, but I won t hand Jojori over . While battling for Jojori s line of sight from across, we gulp down the liquor cups at the same time . A good liquor with a nice woman, and a nice rival friend , is good . Next time, I want to have a banquet together with Kozou . If you find any errors broken links, non standard content, etc . . , Please let us know report chapter so we can fix it as soon as possible .