「So then…… are you going to start saying you want to see some combat soil too, kid?」
「No, no. I am not going to make unreasonable demands like Nana-san. This is what I wanted to see」
Saying that to Jered papa, I lightly patted the large hammer displayed on the shelf.
It does not have any spikes, but this is still a perfectly fine combat hammer.
Actually…… it is more than fine.
The handle is about one meter long. The head at the end has a diameter of around fifteen centimeters and a width of about thirty centimeters. It is an absurdly huge iron hammer.
Looking at it again, the shape is far too brutal.
How many dozens of kilos does this thing weigh……?
Even after seeing this hammer, did Nana-san still feel it was not enough for combat……?
「That is what you wanted to see?」
「Yes. I was worried it might have been sold, so I am glad it is still here」
「There is no way something like that would sell」
Is the person selling it really allowed to say that……?
……Well, I guess that cannot be helped.
In a village where everyone except Nana-san is an elf, there was probably no one who could use a weapon like this. No one who needed such a massive hammer…….
In other words, no one had ever been able to use this hammer――――until now.
「Fufufu……」
「What is with you all of a sudden. You are creeping me out」
「Ah, sorry」
It started to feel like one of those scenes where I am the one who breaks the seal on a legendary weapon that no one else has ever been able to wield, and I could not help letting out a quiet laugh.
Because I suddenly started laughing, Jered papa seemed a little suspicious of me.
Still, calling me creepy feels a bit harsh…….
「Umm…… then, may I try holding it for a moment?」
「Hah?」
「Excuse me, then――」
「Hey, cut it out. That thing is dangerous」
……Ah, this is starting to feel like another exciting situation.
Somehow, it feels like one of those otherworld reincarnation situations.
While everyone around says things like 『There is no way you can do it』 and 『That is impossible』, the protagonist, me, casually pulls it off, leaving everyone stunned.
「Fufufu……」
「I told you, what is with you. You are creeping me out」
「Ah, sorry」
I ended up imagining my ideal scenario, and once again a quiet laugh slipped out.
Also, I really wish he would stop calling me creepy…….
「Alright, here I go」
「I said stop it」
Ignoring Jered papa trying to stop me, I reached out toward the large hammer.
I understand his concern. A huge iron hammer that weighs dozens of kilos would be dangerous for a child like me to touch.
Honestly, thinking about it normally, it is impossible. A hammer that probably weighs over fifty kilos. A child like me lifting that would be reckless and absurd.
But still, I have the 『Hammer』 skill.
No matter how big it is, as long as it is a hammer, the skill gives me a bonus.
Then it should work. Then there should be no problem. No matter how heavy it is, I should be able to do it.
Here I go!
「Hup. ……Huh?」
Huh? This is tougher than I thought.
I figured I could lift it easily…….
With that carefree thought, I grabbed the hammer with one hand.
Instead of lifting it lightly, the hammer did not move at all.
「That is strange……」
「I told you to stop――」
「Ghn! Ghnnn……」
「H-hey……」
This time, I firmly grabbed the handle with both hands and braced my legs and waist.
「Grrrrrr……」
「No, kid……」
I poured all my strength into trying to lift it, but――
「It is heavy! I can’t lift it!」
「Of course you can’t……」
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「『Hammer』 skill, huh…….Even so, this thing is impossible」
「…………」
Unfortunately, I could not lift the hammer in question.
Even with the 『Hammer』 skill bonus, it seems I could not overcome fifty kilos.
「You will need more strength stats, or you will have to train your 『Hammer』 skill first」
「I see. That is disappointing……」
How frustrating. I really wanted to use that big hammer…….
A big hammer I had been seeing ever since I was little.
A somehow sentimental big hammer.
A big hammer whose long-standing foreshadowing had finally been recovered.
If only I could have swung it around…….
「It cannot be helped. I will train more and try again」
「Yeah. Do that」
「I just hope it does not sell before then」
「It will not sell」
So it really will not sell.
……I am not sure it is a good thing for the shop owner himself to say that.
「By the way, can you lift it, Jered papa?」
「Yeah, I can」
「Oh, really? That is impressive」
Jered papa is neither a muscular bald man nor a masked man.
He is slim and handsome, yet he can lift it just fine. As expected.
「Well, I have the 『Hammer』 skill too」
「Oh, you do?」
「Yeah. I use hammers for work all the time, so I guess I learned it without noticing」
「I see」
As expected of Jered papa. As expected of the village’s best blacksmith.
It seems he has properly acquired all the skills useful for smithing.
「Then does that mean, Jered papa, you use the big hammer in combat?」
「Combat? Nah, I do not use it in combat. I fight with a bow」
「I see……」
Even with the 『Hammer』 skill, he still uses a bow.
This is why elves are like this…….
Elves are always like this, poking from far away all the time.
「I do keep a small one-handed hammer ready in case someone gets close, though. But I would never use a big hammer」
「Ah, I see. A one-handed hammer……」
「Would not that be better for you too, kid?」
「Hmm……」
A one-handed hammer.
A small one-handed hammer…….
「No, I still want a big hammer. A small hammer is a bit……」
「Why?」
It is just the look.
Does it not make me look like a kid swinging around a tool hammer?
「I want a proper combat hammer」
「What does that even mean? If you use a small hammer in combat, it is a combat hammer」
「Well, that is true, but…… if I am going to use a hammer, I want destructive power」
「Destructive power, huh」
I want to swing a big hammer and go boom.
I want to aim for massive damage.
「That is the kind of romance I want from a combat hammer」
「Do not look for romance in combat」
You are absolutely right…….
Next chapter: not soil but hammer?
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