The first week after returning was spent entirely on forging swords.
「All right… that’s the three of them done!」
I finished making several swords and plopped down heavily. The blades gleaming in front of me shone with beautiful light.
「Not bad for an amateur, I guess…」
For Takeshi, the greatsword user, I made a massive blade twice as heavy as his previous one, about the size of that dragon-slaying sword from a certain manga. For David, who favors fast attacks, I crafted dual swords. They’re the length of wakizashi but with noticeably thick blades. For Caleb the mage, I made a rapier with a slightly thicker blade that can still cut.
「While I was at it, I made some for Liliana and the others too, so that’s fine.」
Lying beside me were four more swords. Liliana’s was a rapier, Selene’s was a wakizashi to match her own ōdachi, Amilia’s was exactly the same weight as the one she used before, and for Shia, who worked so hard this time, I made a wide-bladed knife as a reward.
Now all that’s left is to wait for Marian’s jewel.
「Well… maybe I’ll get some sleep.」
I fell asleep in the attached room and found myself in the gods’ space.
「Nnh…? Where am I…」
「Hey, Yuuki-kun. Did I wake you?」
「Huh? Rie?」
「You seemed really tired lately, and since time flows differently here compared to the outside world, I thought you could rest a little better.」
「I see… thank you…」
I had poured so much magic into the forging that my body was exhausted. This was a very welcome offer.
「Go ahead and sleep. I’ll take care of the final touches.」
「Yeah… thanks…」
My consciousness sank into the soft, luxurious bed.
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「Jeez… sleeping without a care while we’re worried about him…」
「Truly. But you can really tell how hard he’s working.」
「Ehehe～ Do your best!」
「If anything happens, we’ll lend him our strength.」
「Yes, wherever we are, we’ll always be danna-sama’s strength, right?」
「Hmm. We’re Yuuki’s wives, after all. We have to do our part.」
「Right! I might be weak on my own, but still!」
「Me too… I’m not really good at this kind of thing…」
「Even so, if our power can help Yuuki-san…」
「Then it’s a small price to pay, isn’t it?」
「Exactly! So I’ll do my best too!」
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When I woke up, I was back in the room where I’d taken a short nap earlier.
「Good morning, Yuuki.」
「Honestly, you can’t just sleep in a place like this.」
「Yeah, exactly!」
At some point, everyone had slipped in and was sleeping right beside me.
「Ahaha, sorry, everyone.」
I answered while gently patting their heads one by one.
「By the way… how long was I out?」
「About an hour?」
「We came because we suddenly felt Yuuki-sama’s magic power surging enormously.」
「I don’t really understand it, but Amilia-san and the others said we should come, so…」
Since I’d rested deeply and fully recovered in the gods’ space, it must have felt like my magic power exploded outward when I returned.
「Also, ever since a little while ago, we’ve been sensing an absolutely tremendous power coming from the workshop…」
「Yeah, even I could tell. But at the same time, it feels like something is quietly watching us.」
「Right, that’s what I thought too. And it’s an incredible amount of power, but it doesn’t feel dangerous at all.」
When I focused my attention, I could sense the familiar magic of everyone.
「Yeah, it’s fine. Let’s go take a look.」
I stood up and headed to the adjacent workshop. The weapons belonging to Amilia and the others were now glowing in rainbow colors.
「Wow… incredible…」
「What is that…」
「The magic power is insane…」
「Such an amazingly strong magic power!」
I put way too much magic into them… Now they’re leaking so much power they feel like dangerous weapons of mass destruction…
「So… is it safe to touch these?」
「I think it should be fine? They’re my wives, after all. They wouldn’t do anything dangerous.」
「I, if that’s the case…」
「Gulp…」
「Yay!」
Liliana and Amilia reached out hesitantly and touched them. Selene, who didn’t seem to feel much pressure, grabbed hers right away.
「O? Ooooooh!?」
A sudden torrent of magic power surged and poured straight into Selene’s body. Before I knew it, a ring had appeared on the index finger of her left hand.
「Huh!? Wait, what!? Where’s my weapon!?」
Selene started to panic as she said that.
「Selene-san, isn’t that the ring?」
Liliana pointed at the ring on her finger.
「Eeeeeh!? What do I do!? Yuuki-saaan～」
「Hmm… Try thinking 『Come out』 or something like that?」
If everyone’s power is mixed into it, then it should have the ability to use spatial storage (item box).
「Wah! It came out! Amazing!」
The ring on Selene’s hand transformed and became her wakizashi.
「Yuuki-san, this is incredible!」
「Looks like it worked after all.」
「Me too…」
「Indeed. Since it was safe for Selene-san…」
While Selene rejoiced beside them, Liliana and Amilia reached for their weapons. The same surge of magic power flowed into their bodies, and rings appeared on their hands.
「Hnn! Mmmph!」
「Like this, right? Hah!」
The two strained with effort, but unlike Selene, the weapons didn’t change smoothly.
「Selene already has a magic tool for spatial storage (item box), so she’s used to the feeling of pulling things out. That’s probably why it worked so easily for her.」
「I see…」
「Hmmmph… I have to try harder too!」
Well then… My magic power has recovered, so it’s time to hand the weapons over to the three heroes.
「Everyone, there’s still one more for Shia, so call her over and show her how to do it. I’m going to deliver these weapons to the three heroes. If I’m back by then, let’s have a meal together.」
「Yes!」
「Understood.」
「Okay!」
With the three of them seeing me off, I teleported to where Marian was.
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