East Meet West
Chapter 96: Getting Started

96- Getting Started

“I felt that this Weapon and Shoes were extraordinary and wanted to have good look at them, so I apologize for keeping them at my place without your permission.”

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But since it's my need and requirement, I have to endure these kinds of things.

But the main point is, they did not see any kind of storage ring on me and suddenly out of nowhere I am taking out all these kinds of things. And this will lead to serious investigation. And the system has warned me that, ‘Storage box’ can be accessed by others if they have such high power and knowledge.

This means if Sheela or Bertha bring some expert (Since they cannot be the strongest in the dark forest), and he/she is able to access the ‘Storage box’ then it will be a huge problem. And the concept of ‘Storage box’ may lead to more complex problems.

Just thinking about all this makes me frustrated and worried.

And the thing is, in all the novels that I have read, the Main character often accidentally leaves some clues related to his special ability or special item or special technique, and someone finds it, and then MC is blackmailed by that person and slowly that secret is found by 1 then 2 then 4 and then slowly everyone knows who the fusk MC is and what special thing he has. And for that, he has to face problems, dangers, blackmail and other nuisances. And MC being the so called ‘Righteous’ endures it and goes with the flow, instead of just killing the first person.

For example, MC has received something like a special fire which is one of the rarest of fires in this world. And one day while he was training, his secret is found out by a girl. Now, MC being kind and righteous just tells her, or to be precise requests her not to tell anyone but this girl blackmails and asks him to help her with refining a weapon. MC feels that the deal is not so bad, so he agrees.

After he refines a weapon for her, she starts hanging around him maybe for selfish reasons or true feelings, and one day due to some reason she accidentally reveals MC’s secret to her family member or friend or master or sibling. The reason can be anything like – someone is ill or someone is cursed or someone needs to refine a weapon for an event or some shit. Now, the MC’s secret has reached to 3 rd person and soon it will reach to few more people. Now, there might be someone with bad intentions in this group of people and they can harm MC or reveal it to everybody. Here MC will be forced to fulfill everyone’s request and they may give something in return or may give nothing, or he will have to deal with bad people with his meager strength all alone and putting his life on the line.

Now, instead of all this, if MC had simply killed the girl, he would not have faced all these issues. And even if he could not kill her, then he should have been vigilant enough to prevent his secret from being discovered.

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And I don’t want to make these kinds of mistakes that reveal any of my secrets and also because I totally hate being blackmailed and if I was blackmailed, I will just dispose of the person who knows it.

I might have put a different word in the place of ‘dispose’ but after what has happened with me, I can hardly trust anyone and I don’t mind being all alone for the rest of my life.

And thinking about getting caught, was making me hesitate whether to buy the furnace and smithy from the shop and start with blacksmithing.

After thinking for a few moments, I decided to check the shop and see if I could find any furnace and smithy which is small in size.

So, after searching for few minutes, I came across an item that was designed weirdly but it matched my requirements perfectly.

The item was only about 1 meter in height and 1.5 meters in width. The cost was also reasonable – 12500 Sikka. The furnace and smithy were combined into one which makes it more compact.

So, I quickly bought it and placed it in one corner of the room.

After that, I bought items like an anvil, tongs, moulds and hammers of different sizes and weights. The shop was also selling ores like bronze, copper, iron, and various metals.

So, all of this cost me around 50000 Sikka.

But if I do get a job or skill then it would be worth it.

So, for my first work, I decided to make a knife. Because it is small, will be completed faster and it would be easier.

First, I took out few bronze ores which were equal to the size of a baby’s fist. And put them into the furnace and let them heat. The furnace used coal as a fuel, which will produce smoke but as I don’t want others to find out what is happening here, there was a special chimney that I bought from the shop which cost be 10000 Sikka, which can be attached to the furnace and it purifies the smoke to normal air.

So, unless anyone enters the hut, no one will be able to find out anything.

After few minutes, I took out the bronze ores from the furnace with the help of tongs and placed them on the anvil. Although I am not a professional but just looking at the simple beauty of heated up ores, I can understand why some people pick up blacksmithing as a profession and are addicted to it.

Then I picked up a hammer with one hand, while the tong in the other hand.

From the book, all I know is that I need to beat down these ores with a hammer and let them form the shape of a knife or at least closer to it.

So, without any further ado, I lifted the hammer and hit the ore,

‘CLANCK’

Just with one hit, I could see that the ore was deformed and I continued hammering,

‘CLANCK’

‘CLANCK’

‘CLANCK’

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And when I felt that the ore or to be precise - metal was losing heat, I put it back into the furnace and let it heat.

And after it got heated to a certain extent, I took it out and started hammering again.

I repeated this process until the complete ore was beaten into a semi-solid paste.

This process is used to remove the impurities present in the ore and transforming it into a proper metal.

While normally, I could have just gone for the casting process, which would have been easier to remove the impurities, and using the Mould would have given me the rough blade, which after some polishing can be transformed into a good blade and it could have saved me a lot of work, but I decided to stick with the traditional method.

Why?

Because the essence of Blacksmithing can only be understood from traditional methods. It's like – even a Civil engineer who is a specialist in the field of Construction had to touch the cement and bricks at least once in his life.

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