A week has passed since I returned from gathering materials.

　Gawain had already taught me 'Heart Rate Enhancement', 'Sight Enhancement', 'Visual Enhancement', 'Smell Enhancement', and 'Hearing Enhancement' from Gawain.


　Physical Enhancement magic can magically improve one's physical abilities, allowing one to see farther, sense smells from a distance, not miss even the smallest sound, and move quickly to easily kill the enemy.

　It's very useful magic.


　But if you use it regularly, you can hear sounds and smell things you wouldn't normally care about, and even see things you couldn't see.

　On top of that, my muscle strength has increased, so I was experiencing great difficulty in adjusting my strength in everyday life.


　So I decided not to use it regularly, although I needed to get used to the magic.


'Phew, end of training!

''Thank you for your hard work. It looks like you've gotten quite used to Master Gawain's body-enhancing magic.


　Noelia, who was observing nearby, held out a clean cloth to me as I finished my daily sword practice after lunch, with my body strengthened.


''Thank you. I'm currently practicing my sword with all of my body strengthening magic activated at once, but it's quite tiring. It's a good thing I've been training as a swordsman for a long time. After all, if you're a sorcerer specialist like Noelia, this magic might be tough.


　He wiped the sweat from his upper body with the cloth he'd received from Noelia.


''It seems so. Master Gawain is also a blacksmith before he is a sorcerer, so it's probably because he was confident in his body that he created this body strengthening magic. However, I still don't think it's a magic that I would recommend to the average sorcerer. However, if you are a magician who can also use a sword, you should definitely give it the rating of being the highest level of magic you want to learn.


　Noelia, who had been watching my training all along, also wrote down the efficacy of Gawain's body-enhancing magic in her notebook in detail.


　It seems that when I learned it myself before, I wrote that this magic was less useful in the report I sent to the magic institute in the royal capital.

　However, he changed his mind after seeing me use it and is rewriting a new report.


''Your sword skills will be much better, your magic consumption is low, and it's a good magic.

Yes, I saw Master Fricke, and I thought so.

Now, let's get started on dinner, I'm sure Dimol and the others will be hungry, and I'm starving.

Queue!

'Yes. We've had some urging from Dimol and the others, and I think it's time to start getting ready.


　They had started their sword practice at noon, but the sun was already beginning to set.

　Dimoru and the others, who had been freely flying around in the nearby skies during the day, were now resting their wings and looking forward to their meal.


'It's done!　We've done it!　We've finally made it!


　We were about to return to the main house when we heard Gawain's voice shouting in the workshop.

　Gawain jumped out of the workshop, and in his hand was a bright red longsword held from handle head to sword blade.


'Flick!　It's finally done!　I think it's your perfect sword. Oh no, this is a masterpiece. Take it.

What?


　I accept the bright red sword that Gawain offered me.


　I thought it would be heavier from the size and thickness of the blade, but it's a pretty light sword .......

　The length of the sword is up to your waist ...... a long longsword.


　I checked the grip and gave it a light shake.


''!''


　Like the Lloyd's sword, it is a very easy to handle sword with a perfectly calibrated degree of suppleness and hardness.


　It's a good sword, as expected of a sword made by Gawain .......


　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make your life easier.


I'm honored to be able to please my master. I'm looking forward to working with you for many years to come.

!


　From somewhere, I heard the voice of a child I didn't know.

　I looked around, but I couldn't see the child who seemed to be the owner of the voice.


'Master Gawain, ...... maybe that sword is ......'

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　Gawain, who had received Noelia's pursuing gaze, averted his gaze and began to whistle.

　Seeing this, it was obvious that Gawain had planted something in this sword.


''Gawain-sama?　You put something in this sword, didn't you?

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"Master Gawain: ...... I'll tell your father if you're any more lax, I'll move my workshop into the magical forest.


　Gawain, who had been whistling and fooling around with the words Noelia had released, froze.

　As it was, he sat down quickly and rubbed his forehead on the ground towards Noelia.


'I'm sorry. It's just a little prank! It's not too much to ask to be sent to the forest for a cute master's prank. Please, please don't do that, there's not enough lives in that place, no matter how many lives you have.

I wish I could say that I had it coming, ......, but if you confess to what this sword looks like, I will consider extenuating circumstances.


　Noelia pronounced so pithily to a flat-footed Gawain.


''Gunnu!　I was just trying to surprise Flick with a ...... spoiler forced on him, but he's ...... unaware that he's being forced to play a spoiler.

You're going to tell me?　You're not going to tell me?


　Noelia, with her hands on her hips, was giving Gawain an ultimatum.

　Gawain, who hung his head with a gulp, huffed out a breath as if he had given up.


'I say, I say, give me a break on the Demon Forest. Flick's sword is a magical sword with intelligence. I've always wanted to use a biological metal creature (metal slime) from the ancient ruins as a sword. I gave it a try and it started to talk. Isn't it cute?　It's a talking demon sword.

'The intelligent sword!　Master Gawain, what a thing you're making!　Making an intelligence sword is supposed to be a technology the kingdom has designated as forbidden.

They're intelligent, but they're obedient to their owners. And they can absorb the demonic factor and grow. It's amazing!　It's a growing, talking magic sword.


　A magic sword that speaks and grows?

　What the hell kind of sword is that? .......


　I didn't understand much of what Gawain was saying.

I'm not sure if this sword is that amazing?　I know the sword is great, but ......

Oh, that's great!　I created the sword, so its performance is impressive, and it has intelligence that allows it to learn magic on its own. It absorbs magic from its owner and uses it. But don't worry. It's also neatly embedded with magic stones that reduce the consumption of magic, so it can be used as a launching pad when Flick activates his magic!　Isn't that awesome!


　Gawain was making an impassioned speech against the performance of the bright red sword in my hand.

　I understood that being an activator of magic means that this sword reduces the consumption of magic power like the staff that Noelia has.


　And the fact that it has intelligence means that ...... the voice of the child earlier was spoken by this sword.


　I gaped at the sword in my hand.


'That's what I mean. Master.

He speaks!　Or rather, did you read my mind?

'I heard a bit of the Master's mind, so I answered him.


　The large purple magic stone in the center of the hilt flickers in time with the voice.


''Is it true what Gawain-sama said about you being able to use magic yourself?''

'Yes, I'm still missing a factor and only remember the Fire Arrow (Fire Arrow) right now, but would you like to see ......?'


　I managed to accept that he was talking, but I was more concerned about whether this magic sword could really use magic on its own.


''Yeah, do it.''

Yes, sir. Please specify a target.


　With that being said, I point my sword at the distant tree.





　An inaudible voice flowed as the magic stone seemed to flicker.

　And then a fire arrow (Fire Arrow) shot out of the tip of the sword, hitting the tree and burning it.