As long as someone studied with an open mind, they were sure to gain something. Even if they never managed to open that door, the forging methods recorded outside it would be more than enough to support themselves and their families.
That alone suggested the people who had left those things behind had a deeper purpose.
But Tetsu no Sosuke felt that, whatever their purpose had been, there was no need to dig into their past now.
From the contents of the rubbings, he could not tell what kind of era they had come from.
It was even possible that those events had never happened in this world at all.
And the reason those things had appeared here probably had more to do with his Golden Finger, didn't it?
Unfortunately, his Golden Finger could not speak. Otherwise, he could have asked it and learned everything.
There was little to say about the master and apprentice's journey back. A few days later, the two of them finally returned to the Hammer Hut looking like wild men who had crawled out of the mountains.
Kanae smiled as soon as she saw Tetsu no Sosuke. "You actually managed not to come back covered in injuries this time? Why do you look like you rolled around in a mud pit, though?"
Chapter 417: Blade
"A mud pit was the least of it..."
Tetsu no Sosuke looked helpless. "You can't imagine what we went through on this trip. I'd rather have found a vicious demon and had a good, clean fight."
Kanae covered her mouth with a hand and laughed. Then she glanced at Yuichiro and sighed softly. "You two really had a hard time."
They heated water and took baths.
After more than an hour of washing up, the two of them finally appeared