Volume 1, Chapter 138 – Crescent Moon

Volume 1, Chapter 138 - Crescent Moon

Translator: Snoring Dragon

After this unexpected event, the steam in the room gradually dissipated.

Lily and Ehiro were not affected but a big section of the roof was torn.

The moonlight shone down from high above the sky, leaving its reflection on the water surface of the tank which had its volume decreased by several levels. The newly quenched sword was emanating an exquisite and brilliant light, just as though it was extracting the essence of the moonlight from both the moon in the sky as well as its reflection in the water.

At this moment, however, the horizon of the broken roof revealed a marble white colour of the dawn.

The sun was rising.

The weak morning sunlight passed through the damaged roof. The delicate light also sprinkled on the blade and the water surface, forming a rare reflection of sun and moon.

A whole day had passed since the hammering until the quenching process.

Ehiro’s sweaty chest was heaving and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s done. The quenching is successful!” said Ehiro.

She pulled the sword out from the water that reflected the moonlight and positioned it in the air, with one side facing the sunlight and the other facing the moonlight. The crystal clear droplets that flowed down the blade reflected that light and revealed a pure beauty that was penetrating yet graceful.

The last incredible quenching made the sword form a nearly perfect final arc, just like the curve of the moon.

Ehiro swiveled the blade from side to side. She glanced at every detail and exclaimed: “Perfect! This is my proudest work! Although I still need to sharpen the blade and fix the handle, it’s not difficult for me. This sword is destined to be a top fifth-grade item! Kagami Lily, give a name to your beloved sword.”

“Ah? Did you say the highest quality?!” Lily also stepped forward and looked at this beautiful yet enchanting blade, which contained sword scripts corresponding to her runes. It was bright as a mirror on one side and hazy as a veil on the other. It had a luster that made her heart throb when turning slightly. “I would like to ask the master to name it.”

“Maybe one day, this sword, its master, and its swordmaker will be famous all around the world. I can feel that your temperament, your beauty, and your soul are all integrated into the sword. All I did was make your obsession into reality and nothing more. This sword can only be named by you!” Ehiro said firmly and gave the sword to Lily.

Looking at such an exquisite art-like sword, it was difficult for Lily to hide the fluctuation of her chest and her face was gradually warming and turning red.

Her slender fingers followed the smooth scabbard and brushed over the armguard. She held it by the handle which was just suitable for her small hand.

“Brandish it and see if it fits your hand,” said Ehiro from the side.

“Un.” Lily went to the open area and breathed deeply.

“Shing—!” with a bright flash of light between the sun and the moon, the shining blade came out of its sheath.

Lily held the long sword in the air. The weight was just right. Neither was it too light for Lily to exert all her strength nor was it too heavy to affect the speed. Master Ehiro’s sword forging skill was flawless!

In the room, Lily didn’t dare to brandish the sword randomly. After all, the roof of the house had been broken. Coincidentally a small pear blossom flew into the room because of the morning wind outside.

Lily moved the blade upward, across the position where the pear blossoms fell. The petal fluttered slowly and touched the blade. It split into two halves quietly without any change in direction.

“A clean cut,” Ehiro said in a low voice, expressing satisfaction with the sharpness of the sword.

Lily brandished softly and the sound of metal chattering when the air was cut echoed inside the room. The fitting feeling of the brandishing was exactly tailored to Lily.

She injected the red Blade Maiden Spirit Power into the blade. The sword scripts drawn by her own hand gradually filled up with scarlet looking energy. The surroundings were entangled with psionic energy fluctuations that took the shapes of lycoris radiata, which added a bit of enchanting beauty to the original exquisite and appalling sword.

“That’s it!” Lily cried out in jubilation.

“Although it has just been forged, I feel like it has already been waiting for me for a long long time!

That enchanting beauty and obsession are like an extension of my own consciousness! Like a part of my body!

This is— my first Cursed Katana, the Crescent Moon!”