The duties of a knight commander and the management of the territory--even though I'm taking on a role that I can no longer call myself a civilian, my main job is still the owner of a weapons store.

　It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for, but if you look at just how much time you spend in your daily life, you'll find that the former gets busy when there's progress in your investigation, while the latter, which is where you spend most of your daily life, is far more important.

　That's why I'm hard at work today as the owner of the White Wolf Store.

''Heh, this is a sword made of dwarves: ......
So it doesn't look much different from a normal sword?

　While looking into the contents of the box that arrived from the branch, the staff members Alexia and Erica each let out their impressions.

''I had it made so that an ordinary person could handle it without any discomfort.

　The contents of the box are swords from the first production of swords delivered by the dwarven Newlers.

　The quantities are not large, but that's because we are still testing them with each other.

　Newlers will manufacture them to see how they respond, and we will sell them to see how they respond, and so on, until we find a better shape.

'Is it not just the size, but also the shape of the sword barrel and hilt that needs to be standardized for people to pick it up or something like that?

　From an engineerly point of view, Alexia guesses why the shape of the deliverable is safe.

'There's no reason not to, but the main reason is a technical problem. I've heard that the dwarves have always been forced to make weapons for the Demon King's army and have been forbidden to make any other weapons.
''Ah ...... the disconnect in technology ...... I remember, the current generation of blacksmiths were taken by the Demon King's army.

　With an expression of tremendous sympathy on her face, Alexia lightly pressed her forehead.

　To Alexia, who was a crafty engineer by trade, the damage the dwarves suffered from the Demon King's army was probably not someone else's problem.

I've heard that the old man who had retired from active duty remains unmobilized, so he wants to make his own products while learning from them. He wants to make his own products while learning from the old man.

　The Demon King's Army should not have been aiming to cut off the dwarves' proprietary technology.

　They just let them continue to use their production capacity only to increase their own military strength, and killed them to prevent information leaks or took them away when they retreated, so the crisis of technological disconnection should be a consequence.

　That's probably why the old and young who were useless to begin with were left intact, allowing for an intergenerational succession.

　Whether or not they can revive the dwarves' unique weapons will depend on the future efforts of the Newlers.

''Well, I've got some work to do.

　Once there, I pull into the back of the store and grab one of the sachets of mithril powder from the storage room.

'Mithril?　Are you still going to mix it with the dwarven sword?

　Erica leaned forward with interest.

'Yes, but we'll have to put it on the shelf as a product later, starting with this one.

　What I took out on the workbench was an old long sword covered in rust and blade spills, a different frame than the new sword in the box.

　Perhaps it was too unexpected a replacement, but Erica's reaction was too candid.

'Whoa ......!　What's going on here: ......
'It was a famous sword that had been passed down in the House of Newlers long ago. When Ezell the Brave told him that he wanted to use a dwarven sword, he wanted to use this one rather than a sword of unskilled skill.
''But if you're going to have a brave man use it, wouldn't a homemade sword be a better advertisement?

　It was Alexia who said that.

I also made that suggestion. If a badly made sword is used by a brave man and something happens to him, he won't trust it, so I want to provide him with the best possible special offer.

　Honestly, I think Newlers made a pretty drastic decision.

　As Alexia said, a weapon used by a brave man is a pretty strong advertisement.

　Regardless of the performance, there are many people who want the same thing when it's a commodity.

　If you simply want to increase your sales, there is no reason to miss this opportunity.

　But Newlers refused to take it.

　They avoided long-term trust rather than short-term publicity - they didn't want people to think 'this is what dwarven weapons are for,' with the end result that they ended up not being useful to the brave.

'And most people on the ground don't know what a dwarven weapon is capable of, because most people on the ground don't know what a dwarven weapon is capable of. The more attention a brave weapon gets, the more people might think, 'Is this the extent of dwarves' when there's a problem?
I see, so they want to raise the level of confidence in all dwarven equipment by giving you the best sword they can quickly deliver. You are very professional, after all.

　Alexia traced the damaged sword barrel with her fingertips as she said this with admiration.

The essential ancestral masterpiece sword is completely tattered, but our manager would immediately restore it to its former glory. You've thought it through very well.
We're also keeping the locally mined iron in our possession as a source of restoration material, so if we combine it with mithril, we should be able to make the sword that Ezell and Newlers wanted.

　I'm more adept at restoring a sore sword to its new condition and using mithril to further improve its performance than any other job I've ever had.

　The reason being that when I first set up this weapon shop, equipment prepared in this way was the only unique product I had.

'' (It's only been a little over a year, but it feels pretty nostalgic.)

　New purchases from artisans living in other cities.
　Noir's magical tools. Erica's potions. Alexia's elaborate products.

　Although we've been gradually enriching our products, the starting point for me and the White Wolf Store is still the sale of regenerated equipment through 【Restoration】.

I'm going to try it right away. Activate the skill: ......【Restoration】started!

　A tattered and famous dwarven sword. Iron ore from the Demon King's Castle Realm.
　And mithril from the Millennium Corridor of the Abyss.

　Using three different materials, the sword's original form - and the form that lies beyond it - was formed.

　The moment I thought it was almost complete, a blue-white flash suddenly gushed onto the workbench.

''Na......!''

　Although I was astonished, I didn't let [Restoration] be the only thing that didn't break up, and in a few seconds, the perfect mithril alloy sword was completed.

　I wasn't the only one who saw the flash of light.
　Both Erica and Alexia roll their eyes in surprise.

　I've never seen a phenomenon like that happen before when I regenerated a sword with [Restoration].

　Is it the influence of the materials and manufacturing techniques, or was there something in my own body--

I'll have to check out ....... I don't know what the hell happened. If I can, I'm going to do it now.