Master Blacksmith in Demon Slayer by Qianmian A
[Synopsis]
Traveling through the world of Demon Slayer, only to become a swordsmith?
"Then I must forge the strongest Nichirin Blade!"
Striking the iron ingot, a prompt sounded...
[Impurity -1]
Refining steel a hundred times, a prompt sounded...
[Physique +1]
Forging a weapon, a prompt sounded...
[Current weapon Sharpness Level 1]
[Forging reward: Strength +10, Physique +10, Agility +10, Speed +10]
[Reward obtained: Breath of the Sun!]
"How about... I just become the strongest swordsman instead?"
Chapter 1: Swordsmith Tetsu no Sosuke
"Be a swordsmith, and stop thinking every day about joining the Demon Slayer Corps! You must know that as a swordsmith, providing the Demon Slayer Corps with perfect Nichirin Blades is a battle in itself!"
"The role our forging skills can play in this era is to allow swordsmen to unleash their true strength. Delivering fatal blows to Demons, thereby helping them win battles and saving more ordinary people!"
"Although I know that when you went to the back mountain to look for materials, you banged your head, injuries like that simply cannot compare to those of the swordsmen!"
"So, use that not-so-clever brain of yours to think carefully about what you should actually be doing, Tetsu no Sosuke!!!"
In the Swordsmith Village, Tetsu no Sosuke walked while kicking away stones on the roadside, his mind echoing entirely with Kawahara Chintetsu's words.
Looking up at the sky, his eyes beneath the Fireman Mask stared straight at the drifting clouds overhead: "Come to think of it, becoming a swordsmith doesn't seem so bad after all. No need to go to the front lines, no need to fight to the death with Demons, no need to risk your life honing your swordsmanship, and no need to learn those Breathing Techniques... It actually seems pretty safe."
"But the Swordsmith Village still gets attacked! Gyokko, Hantengu, and the rest—sure, they were defeated in the manga. But before they were defeated, quite a few swordsmen and swordsmiths were killed! Who knows if I'll be so unlucky and just get wiped out straight away?"
Thinking of this, he still felt unable to cheer up.
Especially not understanding why, since he had already time-traveled, he had to end up in Demon Slayer of all places?
Fine, it wasn't like he hadn't read in novels about other unlucky bastards who transmigrated to Demon Slayer.
The problem was, those people all had systems, cheats, or similar things, and gloriously became members of the Demon Slayer Corps, even becoming Pillars, ultimately winning at life!
Why on earth did he have to become a swordsmith in the Swordsmith Village?
Even if he had become an ordinary person, he wouldn't necessarily have run into Demons...
"Forget it, forget it!!!"
He scratched his head, and upon touching the back of his head, he still felt a dull throbbing pain.
What Kawahara Chintetsu didn't know was that this was definitely no minor injury, but a completely fatal one; otherwise, it wouldn't have given a soul from another world the opportunity to take over.
"A swordsmith it is then! As for things like swordsmanship, if others won't teach me, can't I just secretly learn by observation? After all, swordsmen always come to the Swordsmith Village. Sneaking a peek while they train shouldn't make them angry enough to kill me, right? And then... well, then I'll forge a Nichirin Blade for myself! With swordsmanship and a Nichirin Blade, what about the Breathing Technique? No, whatever the case, there has to be a way! Since I've come to this world, even if I'm just a swordsmith, I must become a swordsmith that everyone looks up to!"
Tetsu no Sosuke pumped himself up, then sprinted all the way back home.
No one was at home; Tetsu no Sosuke had no parents. His father was naturally a swordsmith too, but when delivering a forged Nichirin Blade to a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, he ran into a Demon.
Upon receiving the news, his mother fell gravely ill and passed away within just a few months.
Therefore, he could be considered completely untethered now.
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