Forging Master in Demon Slayer

Master Blacksmith in Demon Slayer by Qianmian A

Synopsis

Transmigrated into the world of Demon Slayer, only to become a swordsmith?

"Then I must forge the strongest Nichirin Blade!"

Hammering an iron ingot, a prompt appears...

Impurity -1

Tempering steel, a prompt appears...

Physique +1

Forging a weapon, a prompt appears...

Current weapon sharpness level 1

Forger: Strength +10, Physique +10, Agility +10, Speed +10

Reward obtained: Breath of the Sun!

"Maybe... I should just become the strongest swordsman instead?"

Chapter 1: Swordsmith Tetsu no Sosuke

"Be a swordsmith, and stop thinking about joining the Demon Slayer Corps every single day! You must understand that as a swordsmith, providing the Demon Slayer Corps with perfect Nichirin Blade is a battle in itself!"

"The role our Forging Technique can play in this era is to allow swordsmen to unleash their true strength. By landing a fatal blow on a demon, we enable them to win the battle and save more ordinary people!"

"Although I know you bumped your head while searching for materials in the Back Mountain, such an injury is absolutely incomparable to what the swordsmen endure!"

"So, use that not-so-bright head of yours to think carefully about what you should actually be doing, Tetsu no Sosuke!!!"

In the Swordsmith Village, Tetsu no Sosuke walked along, kicking stones by the roadside, his mind echoing with the words of Kawahara Chintetsu.

Looking up at the sky, his eyes beneath the Fireman Mask stared blankly at the floating clouds above: "Come to think of it, being a swordsmith doesn't seem so bad. No need to go to the front lines, no need to fight demons, no need to risk my life honing my swordsmanship, no need to learn those Breathing Technique... It actually seems quite safe."

"But the Swordsmith Village still gets attacked! That Gyokko, that Hantengu... sure, they were defeated in the manga. But before they were defeated, quite a few swordsmiths were killed! Who knows if I'll be unlucky enough to just get wiped out?"

Thinking of this, he still couldn't bring himself to feel happy.

He especially couldn't understand why, if he had to transmigrate, he ended up in Demon Slayer of all places?

Fine, it's not like he hasn't read novels about unlucky people transmigrating into Demon Slayer.

But the problem is, those people all had systems, cheat codes, or similar things, and they went on to become glorious members of the Demon Slayer Corps, became a Pillar, and ended up as winners in life!

Why did he have to be a swordsmith in the Swordsmith Village?

Even if he became an ordinary person, he wouldn't necessarily encounter a demon...

"Forget it, forget it!!!"

He scratched his head, and when he touched the back of his skull, he still felt a dull ache.

What Kawahara Chintetsu didn't know was that this was definitely not a minor injury; it was a life-threatening wound. Otherwise, it wouldn't have provided an opportunity for a soul from another world to take over.

"A swordsmith it is! As for swordsmanship, if others won't teach me, can't I just learn by observing? After all, swordsmen always come to the Swordsmith Village. If I steal a look while they train, surely they won't be angry enough to kill me? And then... hmm, then I'll forge a Nichirin Blade for myself! With swordsmanship and a Nichirin Blade, what about Breathing Technique? No, no matter what, there must be a way! Since I've come to this world, even as a swordsmith, I must become a swordsmith that makes everyone look at me with admiration!"

Tetsu no Sosuke pumped himself up and sprinted all the way home.

There was no one at home. Tetsu no Sosuke had no father or mother. His father had also been a swordsmith, but he encountered a demon while delivering a finished Nichirin Blade to a member of the Demon Slayer Corps.

After receiving the news, his mother fell ill and passed away within a few months.

So, he was currently unencumbered.

Aside from these memories, his mind was filled with various forging techniques.

He had been honing his craft since he was a child, yet he had never made a breakthrough. According to the standards of the Swordsmith Village, his current forging level was still that of an apprentice.

He was nowhere near the level required to forge Nichirin Blade for members of the Demon Slayer Corps; high-quality materials were essentially wasted in his hands.

This made Tetsu no Sosuke somewhat unconvinced: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Even if I am still at an apprentice level, the memories in my mind tell me exactly what to do! I'll start from the first step, and sooner or later, I will forge the strongest, most ruthless Nichirin Blade for myself!"

Ignite!

The furnace flames rose, and Tetsu no Sosuke took an iron ingot.

Every month, the village distributed iron ingots to every apprentice swordsmith so they could hone their Forging Technique.

He placed the iron ingot into the furnace and watched as it was instantly engulfed by flames. Suddenly, his mind roared!

Hum...

"Huh?"

Tetsu no Sosuke subconsciously shook his head, feeling as if something strange had happened to him.

But upon closer inspection, that feeling vanished as if it were a hallucination.

"What's going on? Too tired? A side effect of the head injury?"

Thinking this to himself, he didn't take it to heart. But when he looked up at the iron ingot in the furnace again, his pupils contracted!

"What the hell?"

Beside the iron ingot, a strange symbol had unexpectedly appeared.

The entire symbol was composed of a gradient, transitioning from blue on the far left to red on the far right.

At the same time, a needle was positioned exactly within the blue zone.

"What is this?"

He swiped his hand in front of his eyes; it wasn't something projected onto his retinas, nor did it appear when looking at anything else. The symbol only manifested when he stared at the iron ingot inside the furnace.

This discovery left him somewhat bewildered, and as time passed, the needle began to move slowly.

It inched bit by bit toward the red zone.

"Wait... could this be indicating the temperature of this iron ingot?"

According to the Forging Technique Tetsu no Sosuke had learned, one was supposed to gauge the temperature of the iron by eye before removing it for forging.

But then, what was this symbol before him?

"Could it be something that replaces visual observation, providing a clearer scale to gauge the temperature of the iron ingot?"

At this thought, Tetsu no Sosuke suddenly burst into tears. "As expected, does even the Heavens think I should become a blacksmith? Otherwise, why would the cheat I received be related to smithing?"

How tragic!

"But even being tragic is useless, right? After all, there's probably no way to return a cheat like this."

Helpless, he watched the trajectory of the needle and the degree to which the iron ingot was burning. Finally, deciding it was about time, the needle settled at approximately two-thirds of the way, just about to reach the red end.