Kanae stared at him, baffled. "What second half?"
Yuichiro knew what he meant and hurried out. Before long, he returned carrying a huge pile of fabric.
Kanae brightened. "You went out and actually remembered to bring me something? The color isn't very pretty—it looks kind of dirty—but the fabric feels nice."
"...Honey, calm down."
"Calm down?" Kanae huffed. "Last time you came back, you brought me a half-roasted rabbit, and Big Hammer snatched it away. At least you've got a conscience this time."
Tetsu no Sosuke scratched the bridge of his nose, embarrassed. Then inspiration struck. "What I brought you this time isn't the fabric. It's... a story."
"What story?" Kanae gave him a suspicious look. The fabric seemed far more useful.
Made into clothes, it could at least keep her warm.
Tetsu no Sosuke had Yuichiro spread the fabric out. Only then did Kanae notice the pictures covering it.
They seemed to have been copied from somewhere.
"Let me tell you the first half of the story." Tetsu no Sosuke recounted what he had seen on the other wall.
When he finished, Kanae said, "So the second half is on this?"
"Let's look together."
"All right."
The first half had revealed not only some novel forging methods, but also the code to open the box.
Kanae wanted to be a little difficult and make Tetsu no Sosuke pay more attention to her, but she knew what mattered. Taking the opening, she leaned against him to look.
Tetsu no Sosuke hurried to bring over a chair for her.
Kanae rolled her eyes at him, then turned to the pictures on the fabric.
In the first half, the man in the pictures had found a city atop a mountain and entered it with reverence. But the second half did not pick