Chapter 437: Seeing Daylight Again
What frustrated Tetsu no Sosuke was that whenever he thought the man was simple, he turned out to be complicated.
But whenever he thought the man was complicated, he became remarkably simple...
The shifts between simple and complicated kept catching him off guard.
The open passage was pitch-black. Tetsu no Sosuke carried the oil lamp forward.
Shinobu Kocho asked, "Are you sure you don't need to use the bathroom before we go?"
"...?"
Tetsu no Sosuke looked at her in confusion. "Why do I get the feeling you're fixated on bathrooms?"
"I'm not..." Shinobu Kocho shook her head firmly. "You really don't need to go?"
"...No."
"Then let's go." Shinobu Kocho suspected Tetsu no Sosuke's bladder was made of iron.
The two of them entered the passage. It was not a comfortable walk.
The walls were built of brick and stone, and something sticky clung to the gaps between them. Tetsu no Sosuke guessed, "We're probably walking through a passage built beneath a swamp..."
Shinobu Kocho thought for a moment. "How did anyone manage that?"
Tetsu no Sosuke had no idea either.
Who could have built an underground passage like this in a swamp?
No... who could have built an entire forge down here? Or was it a workshop?
Forging skill alone would not have been enough!
Then there was the blueprint the man had left behind. It used the stars to point the way, and faint starlight triggered the entrance. Every detail showed a mastery of astronomy and mechanisms that bordered on the miraculous.
Judging by the master craftsman's life story, he had never studied astronomy. Or had it only been mentioned in passing?
Tetsu no Sosuke could not be sure. Even if the man had left behind his knowledge of astronomy, it did