Seiun wo Kakeru

A knife has a habit of being given according to several times.

Bringing a knife to a dowry was once a common custom.

In keeping with childbirth, there is a custom of giving a protective knife to a child.

In the Imperial Family, it is called the [Rite of the Sword] and remains harsh.

From time immemorial, a knife is more than just a weapon.

It also acts as an artifact, as an offering, or as an evil spiritual artifact.

That is because the sword is believed to have the power to inflict evil.

- Pay for the evil fate of my son's future.

Such thoughts are praised.

So when Age heard Tania was pregnant, she wanted to make a very natural protective knife.

Nor is it a half-breed thing.

I was going to make a masterpiece knife, the only one of its kind.

Build the best protective knife.

For that purpose it is necessary to focus first and foremost on raw materials.

No matter how good the blacksmith's arm is, he can't make all sorts of things out of scrap iron.

The iron ore currently in use is not of very good quality.

But if you want the best, it's better to purify it from less impure sand iron.

Because the iron content changes before purification.

From the sand iron to be picked in the river, roughly 70% to 80% can be picked as pure iron.

This is much higher than the percentage of iron ore that can be scraped from the deposits.

For that reason, Age decided to take his disciples and start collecting sand and iron.

"All right, let's go pick sand iron today!

"You got it!

"Ahem? You can't be the guy we're digging."

"Oh, it's going to be unusual again."

Pietro joyfully agrees with the proposed Age and Dante questions.

Katarina looks like she's enjoying watching things change.

How dare you, I think this is the only thing that brings together characteristic humans.

Agie answered Dante's question.

"What you make from sand iron, it's going to be good. Wouldn't it be strange if a blacksmith worked hard to make good things?

"Oh, it's so hard."

"Then Dante will leave a message. Parents, do it with me and Catalina."

"Come on, you wouldn't know how long it would take just you guys without me. I'll help you."

Dante begins to prepare for it with no hesitation, looking troublesome in his mouth.

The tone is still marked by hatred and dissatisfaction, but the behavior has recently become adorable, so Age has decided to leave it alone.

It's better than Pietro seems to have been manipulating me lately.

Age's reduced burden of direct instruction made the job a lot easier to do.

As the most disciple, I well understood that the power to stand over people was becoming.

I'll have to reward you with something again.

Ages a row was moving with tools to a creek near a mountain where iron ore could be picked.

As I head down to the river from the summit, I see black sand at the bottom of the river along the way.

Perhaps there are deposits of iron ore nearby as well.

It's been poured into rainwater for years and deposited in the river little by little.

"Now take out the magnets you handed to everyone"

"Yes."

"What difference does this make to iron? You know what Catalina is?

"That's right. These magnets stick together, don't they? The rest is about to leave. Magnets are funny."

"You noticed the good part. Magnets are mostly made of iron. The way it's made is almost no different than the usual blacksmithing job because it just shocks the heated iron and cools sharply with water"

The way magnets are made is very similar to how iron is forged.

Individuals can also make magnets at home by heating nails and other pointy objects on the stove and simply putting them on the water.

Of course this is a simple way to make it, not a good magnet.

It's not like a permanent magnet.

The magnetic force is weak and gradually attenuates.

If I wanted to make a more ferromagnetic magnet, I needed to mix the other raw materials and do it.

There are ferrite magnets with added barium and strontium, as well as arnico magnets with aluminium, nickel and cobalt as the main raw materials.

In addition, in order to use the magnet made as a permanent magnet, it is necessary to pass the work called magnetization, but there is no coil or power.

Raw materials and tools - because of those two obstacles, we are only able to make primitive magnets, even though we know that the age will attenuate.

Still, it was possible to aspirate sand iron and collect it.

Since it is possible to create copper wire, we also want to work on the production of permanent magnets in the future.

"Well, I'll get started. Everyone, please be prepared."

"Ugh!"

"Copy that, Katarina. I'm going to bury you, so don't be impotent."

"Nfu, it's okay."

The method of collecting sand and iron that Age did was one that a certain blacksmith taught him.

In modern Japan, iron production by Nippon Knife Bao is very low and iron cannot be easily used.

For this reason, the parent of the forge was conducting a method of collecting sand and iron from the Central and Shikoku regions individually.

"So you put fur in the magnet, right? If you move the magnet this close to the black sand at the bottom of the river, the sand iron will be attracted to the fur."

"Yes, done"

"If you turn up and remove the magnet from the fur, the sand iron will start to move, so move it into the crate. That's the repetition of this."

"Heh, isn't that easy!

"Then who can pick the most of these, it's a battle? Dante, you said something great earlier, but I can't beat you either."

"Hey, you're a woman, so don't force yourself to lose."

"Competition is much better. Give the most people the food they want."

Everyone was heartened by Age's suggestion.

Though you will no longer suffer from hunger, you are still far from a sumptuous meal.

The desire to eat something delicious full of bellies seemed to drive the hearts of the disciples.

Raise the water splash and go into the river.

"Alright, I'm definitely the best! Ola, get out of the way!

"Hmm. I don't know if Dante's a little muffled. I'm more clever with my fingertips."

"If you compete properly, I'll put you at a disadvantage if you're still short.... I'm moving to a place with a lot of sand and steel from the beginning... I got you a freak."

"If it gets too wet, it gets cold and cold, be careful -"

Age, alone, decided to start preparing to build a bonfire.

Return to the blacksmith with the massive amount of sand and iron gathered - some river bottoms changed from blackish to earthy colors.

The sand iron is dried and moisturized before being refined in a furnace.

Age thought about making it in a furnace if it lasted since ancient Japan.

Because the raw materials are clay, I could have made them if I hadn't thought about the effort, but I would only keep them for roughly three days.

The furnace wall melts with heat.

Because there is a blast furnace that uses refractory bricks, I decided to use it.

When generated, the melted iron "Noro" appears first in various places.

I can't use a lot of impurities for this.

The next one to come out is Zuk.

Carbon quantity is higher than steel, hard but brittle.

There was a characteristic that it could be treated as cast iron, but not forged.

And the last thing you can pick is steel.

It's an ancient name, Kella.

The best quality of this becomes what is known as jade steel in steelmaking.

Divide the part that hits the ball steel into small pieces.

This time around eight percent of the total very good iron part was picked.

The quantity of sand and iron collected was only 100 kg and a small quantity, but the resulting quality steel was only eight kg.

You can see how rare it is.

"I don't know, good iron is so precious."

"Oh... if I could build a reflector or a rotary furnace, it would change again..."

"My parents said it before, better one of the furnaces, right?

"That's right. I remember you so well."

"Hehe..."

It was during the Meiji period that steelmaking declined.

Because the emergence of rolling furnaces, an industrial revolution in the steelmaking world, has allowed steel to be manufactured cheaply.

Price destruction of steel occurred due to the phenomenal effect of yielding less than 10% and more than 50%.

Japan's steelmaking industry was said to have suffered temporary devastating damage.

The application of that technology is… so far difficult.

In particular, Bessemer rolling furnaces and others required two furnaces, a refining furnace and a combustion furnace, and it was difficult to secure that material.

"Well, do you want to make it?"

Before finally getting the steel, Age shrugged with small force.

I've decided what to make.

I know what to do, and I have all the ingredients.

With all the conditions in place, the progress of the knife was never ridiculous.

So that Age may gaze, and look in the fire and earth.

In bright red colored charcoal, the steel thrown in is about to shift to candy.

Before the heat truly shifted off, Age took out the steel, placed it on the iron floor "I wonder where" and began to tap it carefully.

Concon, the sound of beating is small, and its power is gentle.

The steel being tapped appears to be only slightly reshaped.

... There is no need to rush.

Careful, careful.

- Ultra-low temperature forged iron.

Forge by heating up to the temperature of the rinse at which the steel decarburizes.

By doing so, the steel is shaped while maintaining its strength to the limit.

Iron is softer the higher the temperature and easier to process.

In other words, the ultra-low temperature forged iron that Age is doing now is arguably the most difficult move for a blacksmith.

Especially when working on a forge that unites gold and steel, the problem of metal not sticking is easy.

Aike, it's one of those wacky things called.

A well-armed blacksmith does not appear on the table as a disgrace, but if it is the work of a disciple, it is sometimes sold from time to time.

It was a backwash for ordinary people to get quality knives for cheap.

Many blacksmiths avoid aike and forge with just a little higher heat than the limit.

Age and I wouldn't even have tried if it weren't for the knife I give my child.

Given working time, mental ability, and everything, it's too unprofitable.

Even if I get double the price for one other item, I won't be able to make a profit yet.

Just a desire for my child to be born and raised safely.

That's all that's poking and moving Age.

"Parents...... sounds awesome..."

"You're so chipmunk, I feel so powerful..."

"I mean it's awesome... the movement is beautiful..."

The eyes of the disciples who observe still at hand are also not concerned, and Age keeps waving the hammer silently.

Eventually, just a little bit of metal extension becomes blade gold and a shake of a knife.

I made a three-strike knife, but only one wave could perfect it without waking Aike.

But that's not the end of the work.

Age performs a "sedan" hanging therefrom.

A "hard" iron containing a lot of carbon is a tool for cutting iron.

I scrape the iron thin and thin like a tree scraper.

Shh, shh, shh...

Age's hand moves in a constant rhythm as if it were a second hand carving time.

Then, the iron chips fly away little by little by little.

"Whoa, what is this... Awesome thin sharpening..."

"I don't know how I can move it without so much hesitation... I can't be like my parents after 10 years as I am now..."

"It's nice to see artisans concentrate on working on it..."

"Mmmm!... Damn, even me..."

"Did I say something?

"Nothing."

During the work, such sights were repeated many times.

And from the start of production, what a month of October flowed.

The child has already been born.

Still, I couldn't tell Age it was done by cutting it up on the way.

You can't give something to my dear child that you're not convinced of.

Age, who ran out of soul and let her cheeks slim and skinny, nevertheless branded the stem "Basket of Nana" with a "Takeshi".

His first name is Ding-chang.

People don't live by fate.

He said he was going to open his destiny.

I cut the statute and wanted him to live freely.

Not as the son of a blacksmith, nor in the position of a clan of village chiefs, so that we can take the path that my son desires.

"Okay! I got it. Oh!

Out roaring, Age set up a knife.

Contrary to the sunlight, the chirality and cutting-edge shine.

It was a glow on the surface that was just dazzling.

"Shh, it's so awesome, it just shivers from watching"

"Ha, what is this..."

"This is what people can make with their hands..."

The disciples groaned, as they were pressured.

A truly harmonious knife becomes equipped with nature and authority.

Style is felt in the stand-up, overwhelming what you see.

Especially until now, Pietro, who has even continued to look at Age's work, seemed shocked, and his hands and feet were shaking chapped.

After hearing his disciples say they wanted to observe the knife, and let them be free for a while, Age decided to take the knife and go see my son.

Having my son, Tania was slowly curing him for a while.

Postpartum recovery is going well and I feel my strength returning day by day.

If it was light, Tania could move around as well.

I hope you get back to strength soon.

Recover as soon as possible and have Age eat the food again.

I let him live alone, and I feel sorry for him.

Nevertheless, Tania cannot even say no to Age's own strong request to stay at this dispensary.

Let the words sweeten you and let your body rest a little.

My child Libert is growing incredibly fast.

Sucking milk, taking a leak, crying and laughing every day.

The shape of your face changes like every day, one day you look like Tania, one day you look like Age.

It's a really strange story.

Age comes to the dispensary as she does every day, sending warm words to Tania and merciful to Liberto.

I originally thought he was a sweet guy, but I never expected him to drown so much.

But I don't really want you to stop freaking out about my son while he says, "Daddy and Cu ~" or something.

Once scolded, he was hit hard, but still, Age wanted Tania to be a well-dressed husband.

Well, Tania was so busy that day, sometime.

He's still not feeling really well, either, and he's come and gone between dreams and current narrows instead of lullabies about the patsy of the fireplace and the bouncing sound of firewood oil.

Your eyes are loose, your eyelids are open and closed, like a boat...

Oh...... I want to sleep.

Sooo...... so that he could be drawn in, Tania, who travels to the world of his dreams, could not hear the door of the front door opening, nor the voice announcing his visit.

Consciousness flies.

Would I have fallen asleep for a minute or two of something?

When I noticed, I felt signs of people right around the corner.

It's backlit and you can't see your face.

I thought with a blurry head that you had seen it somewhere.

"May this knife protect your future..."

When I woke up from sleep, there was no sign of people there.

However, a small knife, delivered to the sheath and wrapped in a cloth bag, shook and placed beside the Libert.