Because for all that I know there might be a rule that states that you will not be able to create the next item on the list unless you create many Daggers first. Maybe that is why some of the Dwarves who become Master Smiths have to make Misangas for almost two years instead of a year?
Well, whatever the reason is, we need to follow it and make sure that we are going to do so as best as we can.
Okay, I think we can start now.
Yes! I promise to do everything in my power to meet masters expectations!
Before dinner, I handed the two Kobold Knives, a branch and a piece of hide to Sherry, telling her that she can start the fusion whenever she would be ready. Without further ado, Sherry activated the Item Fusion Skill and immediately after her hands started glowing with a bright light, and with each passing second the light grew brighter and brighter, until it became almost blinding, in a way that I almost could not see the surroundings around me or discern if Sherry was standing still or doing something else, but I think that I could barely see that she was picking up the materials from the table where they were placed one after the other.
I do not know why it is taking so long this time, but one thing was abundantly clear to me: the difficulty of creating a Dagger is definitely way bigger than the difficulty of creating a Misanga. But then the light has finally subsided after the long moment, and what was revealed to my eyes was the following thing:
Dagger, one-handed weapon
Skill: None
The fusion of a Dagger was done, and no materials were left. There was only the newly-created dagger, complete with its leather sheathe.
Ohhhh, well would you look at that, Sherry. Another successful fusion!
The ease of her ability to create the Dagger even though she was convinced that without training she will not be able to do it comes from a combined number of external factors, like her MP being much higher than that of other Master Smiths of the same age as her because her Level as a Master Smith has already exceeded theirs due to all the farming in the Labyrinths that we did and my EXP accelerating Bonus Skills, as well as the shared effects of my Hero Job, so it is no surprise that she id feeling different from all the other Master Smiths that she knew thus far in her life.
I think it may vary from person to person, so in my opinion those scholars of yours who were telling you all these facts about Master Smiths were not wrong per se, because they were simply stating the general facts, not the ones suited for each individual, but that is just my personal opinion on the matter. If it is easier for you to digest in such a way, then just think about it as a testament to how extraordinarily amazing Master Smith you really are, Sherry.
Thank you very much, master. It might be just as you say. But whatever the case may be, it does not change the fact that I succeeded in creating a Dagger, which are said to be difficult to make, which in turn makes mass production of them quite problematic, but exactly because of that the prices when you want to sell them should be quite high. And judging from what I heard when the other Master Smiths were making Daggers, the process of their creation is really supposed to be quite tiring, so if a number of Master Smiths were saying exactly the same thing, than I think it has to be true, but then it makes it all the stranger that I do not feel tired at all. That is quite a mystery indeed.
The selling price of Daggers is quite high you say? Then if at all possible, could you try making more of them from now on so that we could try to sell them for a profit?
I change the subject into something much safer in order to distract Sherry from thinking about it too much. She is an intellectual type of person after all, so I do not want her to overthink certain things that might compromise me and my abilities if she ever decided to keep investigating the issues that are on her mind right now. The less time she has to dwell on these matters, the better.
Yes. I will do my best in trying to make them if that is what master wishes of me.
Great, I will be counting on you with this matter then. So, what comes next on the Master Smiths to-do list after a Dagger?
Next in order should be the equipment made out of hide, or to be more precise, leather.
The equipment made out of leather? So, armor and accessories then and other things like that?
Yes. Leather Mittens, Leather Helmets, Leather Boots and any equipment that requires at least one piece of animal hide in order to make it.