"Don't worry! There are other people in the village who can help you forge a knife!" the village chief laughed.
Can't you just say everything at once?
Teiichi mentally complained, then saw the village chief slowly looking at him.
"..."
The village chief looked at Teiichi and smiled, saying, "The sword that Lady Kanroji wants can be forged by Yan. Could you please trouble Lord Kato to take Lady Kanroji there tomorrow?"
Upon hearing this, Mitsuri breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Teiichi with anticipation.
"Is that alright, Mr. Kato?"
The next day.
At the entrance of Tetsumoto Homura Workshop.
Thump, thump!
Teiichi knocked on Tetsumoto Homura's door again, accompanied by the sound of hammering from inside the house.
Beside Teiichi, Mitsuri Kanroji stood there, looking quite pretty.
While waiting, Mitsuri could still hear Ding Teiichi knocking on the door.
" Mr. Kato!"
"Hmm? What's wrong?" Teiichi turned his head slightly and glanced at her.
"Why is your knocking different from my usual knocking?" Mitsuri asked Teiichi, puzzled.
"How do you usually do it?" Teiichi asked casually.
That's all!
Mitsuri raised one hand and tapped in the air, making occasional sound effects.
"Knock knock knock!"
"It's probably a matter of personal habit!" Teiichi replied.
"But the way you knocked on the door was so polite!" Mitsuri said.
Teiichi glanced at Mitsuri, thought for a moment, and then began to speak.
"Because people can sometimes be startled if they suddenly hear a series of sounds."
"So the first tap is only once, to get their attention!"
"Then pause briefly before continuing to tap."
The second knock was to let them know they hadn't misheard; someone was indeed knocking!
"Oh, I see! Mr. Kato, you're really amazing!" Mitsuri nodded seriously.
She hadn't thought that far ahead; she just felt that knocking on the door that way was quite comforting, so she asked, never expecting so much to be hidden behind it.
"Yes! I'll knock on doors like that from now on!" Mitsuri said to herself.
"However, there's a downside to this!" Teiichi.
"Hmm? What are the downsides?" Mitsuri looked at Teiichi with a puzzled expression.
"Just like now!" Teiichi raised his hand again. "If you don't knock hard enough, they won't hear you!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Pfft~" Mitsuri chuckled softly, then suppressed her laughter slightly and said, "That's true!"
This time, the person inside heard the knocking, and the banging stopped.
Immediately, the tightly closed wooden door opened.
Kotetsu's figure appeared behind the door.
Early in the morning, his face was already covered in streaks of black sweat, and there were many beads of sweat on his face.
Kotetsu's gaze first fell on Teiichi, and then inevitably drifted to Mitsuri Kanroji Teiichi.
His gaze then returned to Teiichi moment, he said:
Is this your wife?
Upon hearing this, Mitsuri Kanroji's cheeks immediately flushed red.
"..." Teiichi Yi frowned, saying, "Don't talk nonsense, I have a wife! This is a Pillar from the Demon Slayer Corps, here to have Mr. Tetsumoto forge a sword!"
"Huh? Pillar?"
Upon hearing this, Kotetsu's eyes lit up immediately, and his gaze returned to Mitsuri Kanroji.
"Can girls be pillars too?"
Teiichi replied, "Of course! As long as she's strong enough! The Demon Slayer Corps doesn't care about these things!"
"Big sister, what kind of pillar are you?" Kotetsu asked excitedly, looking at Mitsuri Kanroji.
This was the first time he had ever seen a living pillar!
Big sister??
Teiichi's gaze, which had been fixed on the room, immediately shifted back to Kotetsu.
Why is he called "uncle" when it comes to me?
Are children these days so uninnocent?
"I'm the Love Hashira!" Mitsuri Kanroji explained to Kotetsu with a smile.
" Love Hashira?" Kotetsu repeated, then looked at Mitsuri with a puzzled expression and asked, "Big sister, what Breathing Style are you using?"
"I'm using the Love Breathing, which can get people's hearts racing!"
"..."
"I don't need to add 'excited' to my heart..." Teiichi muttered to himself.
" Love Breathing? There's such a Breathing Style?" Kotetsu asked excitedly.
Why do you care so much? You're not going to be Demon Slayer anyway!
Tetsumoto Homura came out of the house and pushed Kotetsu away.
"I was just asking!" Kotetsu muttered unhappily, but didn't ask any more questions and moved aside.
Tetsumoto Homura nodded to Teiichi Yi, then looked at Mitsuri.
"I didn't forge one for you before, did I? Why don't you just find the swordsmith who forged your Nichirin Blade before to forge it again!"
Huh? That's fierce!
Mitsuri couldn't help but take a half step back, leaning slightly towards Teiichi.
"Her original swordsmith was the village chief, but he said he couldn't forge any more, so he sent us to you!" Teiichi explained succinctly.
Tetsumoto Homura nodded, said nothing more, and made way for him.
"Alright, come in!"
The group entered the house.
Teiichi sat down again on the same stool he had sat on before.
Tetsumoto Homura once again took out paper, pen, and a measuring tape from the toolbox.
"Alright, do you have any requirements for the new knife?"
"Um... I don't have any special requirements, I just want to increase the weight of my existing Nichirin Blade!"
Mitsuri extended one finger from each hand and tapped them together in front of her.
She always felt that the knife maker in front of her looked fierce.
Tetsumoto Homura nodded. "Take out your original Nichirin Blade and let me see it!"
Upon hearing this, Mitsuri glanced at Teiichi, and at Teiichi's prompting, stood up from the stool.
Then, under the watchful eyes of the three, the soft-bladed, pink-edged sword was slowly drawn from its sheath.
Mitsuri gripped the hilt of the sword and twirled it gently.
The blade slowly rotated around the Mitsuri, and then...
Teiichi's eyes widened involuntarily.
Will this Nichirin Blade grow longer?
The Nichirin Blade, which had just been drawn from its sheath and was only a little over a meter long, quickly grew to two or three meters in length.
However, as the distance increased, the Nichirin Blade became thinner and finer.
Teiichi had never seen Mitsuri fight with Nichirin Blade before.
Even during the battle Hashira Battles after the Hashira Meeting, Mitsuri used a whip instead of Nichirin Blade.
Looking at it closely now, this Nichirin Blade seems rather outrageous. Teiichi to himself.
Kotetsu, who was standing nearby, clearly noticed this as well, and slammed his hand on the table, shouting:
"Hey! Uncle Yan, did you see that? Did you see that?!"
"There is a category of soft swords, as long as the blade itself is tough enough!" Tetsumoto Homura said in a deep voice.
"But it can also get longer!"
"Adding a certain proportion of special metal can make the blade flexible!" Tetsumoto Homura explained.
But it hasn't reached the point where it can be stretched or shortened at will!
Teiichi added a sentence in his heart.
Indeed, this world is full of unscientific things!