After leaving Blue Pharmacy, Leon did not return to the library. Instead, he went to the base camp of Hephaestus Familia.
After stating his purpose, a member of the Hephaestus Familia took Leon to a place.
It is common for adventurers to come to blacksmiths to maintain their weapons. So, the members of the Hephaestus Familia were not surprised by Leon's purpose and took him to a blacksmith.
The blacksmith who received Leon was a dwarf with a full beard and a very strong body.
When Leon saw this dwarf, he was sharpening a weapon and doing it's maintenance.
Hearing the footsteps of Leon and the others, the dwarf spoke without raising his head.
"The maintenance of a first class equipment costs one million, and that of a second class equipment costs 500,000 Valis."
"For the maintenance of a third class equipment, 50,000 Valis is needed."
(T/N: 50000?)
"Put the weapon there and you can leave."
The dwarf pointed to a workbench not far from him and said.
Hearing this, Leon left after putting his weapon on the workbench.
It seems that there is no need to pay a deposit here.
But the Hephaestus familia is large and powerful, and no one dares to make trouble.
What Leon didn't know was that not long after he left, the dwarf was done with the weapon in his hand and walked to the workbench.
Then, Leon's weapon was placed on the workbench. After seeing Leon's weapon, the dwarf's face became strange.
"Didn't I just work on this sword last night?"
"Why is it like this again?"
"What did that guy do with this sword?"
The dwarf said with a twitch at the corner of his mouth.
He was very sure that he had just done maintenance for the long sword in front of him last night.
When it was delivered last night, it was worn out a lot. After restoring it, he had given it to the people of the familia to send back to the Tower of Babel.
He didn't expect to see this long sword again today.
Moreover, compared with last night, the damage to this sword today is even more serious.
He knew at first glance that this long sword must have experienced a very fierce battle, otherwise it would not be worn out to this extent.
However, although he was very puzzled, the dwarf was only slightly surprised and did not care too much.
He picked up the long sword and started his work. Not long after, a figure walked in.
"Uncle Buck, where are the materials I want?"
The figure shouted loudly to the dwarf as soon as they entered the door.
"It's there, go get it yourself."
Buck, replied without raising his head.
"Thank you."
After hearing this voice, they walked towards the wall and took a piece of metal ore from a cabinet.
However, after getting the metal ore, the figure did not leave, but walked to Buck's side.
"Huh? Didn't you just work on this weapon yesterday?"
"Why is it worn out again, and it's condition is even worse than yesterday."
After leaning over to take a look, the figure said in surprise.
"Who knows."
"However, the user of this sword really cherishes this sword."
"Although it is severely worn out, it can be seen that the user did not recklessly fight during the battle. He was very careful and did not let the sword be damaged too much."
"Even so, the sword is still worn out to this extent."
"I wonder how many battles the owner of this sword has experienced today."
Buck shook his head and said.
"That's right, you can tell at a glance that it has experienced many fierce battles."
"However, I haven't seen someone who cherishes weapons so much for a long time."
"Uncle Buck, let me take care of this sword."
"When this sword is sent here for maintenance in the future, you can have someone send it to me."
The figure nodded in agreement, but then made a request.
"Hmm? Tsubaki, haven't you been working on improving your forging skills?"
"How do you have time to maintain weapons?"
Buck immediately raised his head and looked at the person in surprise.
Red bell-bottom pants, white short-sleeved kimono, brown-black skin, a black eye mask on her face, long black hair tied into a ponytail, and scarlet pupils.
The person who had come was Tsubaki Collbrande, the captain of the Hephaestus familia, and the first master craftsman of Orario.
"Well, I haven't met someone who cherishes weapons for a long time, so I want to get in touch with him."
Facing the inquiry of her colleague, Tsubaki smiled and said that any forger would like this kind of adventurer who cherishes weapons.
"Okay, if this sword is sent back again in the future, I will have someone send it to you."
Buck nodded and agreed to Tsubaki's request without further questioning.
"Well, thank you, Uncle Buck."
"Then I'll go back first."
After hearing the agreement of her colleague, Tsubaki turned and left.
Buck nodded, then lowered his head and continued his work.
After leaving the Hephaestus familia's base camp, Leon walked back to the library.
It was a little late today, and the library was already closed. Hestia didn't seem to be in the library either. It seemed like she had gone out.
Leon didn't look for her either. After all, Hestia has her own life. Now that she is off work, she can go wherever she wants, and he can't control her.
He just wondered where Hestia had gone at this time.
After muttering silently, Leon returned to his room. He washed up as usual, and went out of the bathroom to renew his falna.
As Leon's blood dripped on his back, an azure light spread in the room.