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"Good, you're good, man."

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"Coon."

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"All right, all right. He's so cute. All right, I'll keep you from now on. Make silver for me. Okay?"

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"...... coon."

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"If you don't like it, I'll leave you here. You'll go back to the dirt with your people. In exchange, work for me and you will never lack for food again. What do you say?"

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"One."

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"Okay, it's settled. You're with me now. Good for you.

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"...... Hey, Ars. Can you even talk to that dog man?"

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"What the hell, Bite-Brother? You can see it in his eyes. He wants to come with me.

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"I don't understand. You're just saying what you think you're saying. But do you really want to keep a guy like that?　What good is it going to do?"

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"Yeah, I like this guy. Can I have it, Bite-Bro?"

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"I don't care. We don't have any strange people here who would keep such a demon as a dogman."

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　A subspecies of dogman that was in the mine.

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　I decided to keep it.

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　My brother Byte, who is also the lord of this mine, has given me permission to keep it, so I'll take it.

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　But he doesn't know that the dog can turn iron into silver.

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　If he had known, he might have gotten into trouble.

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　It might be better to return to Vulcania quickly before he finds out.

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　Inujin are demons who can use magic to change the shape of iron and other objects when they hold them in their tiny palms.

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　They use this magic to make spearheads and arrowheads for their weapons.

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　But this white dog-man is a little different.

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　As far as I could tell, when he gripped iron in his hand, the iron was transformed into silver.

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　But this magic may not have been good for the dogman.

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　Iron is harder and a better material for weapons than silver when they are made into the same form.

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　This may have been the reason why they were regarded as weak dogs within their tribe.

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　But in human society, it is a different story.

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　Silver has a monetary value.

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　It is as if they came to solve the problem of a mine where iron can be mined and found a silver mine.

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　We should be grateful and put it to good use.

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"Okay, you should have a name too. I'll give it to you. From now on your name is Tarou. I like that, Taro. When I call you Taro... you'll answer."

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"One."

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"All right, all right, good boy, Taro."

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"What's that? That's a funny name, Ars. Well, I guess a dog person deserves a funny name.

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No, it's a good name. All right, Tarou. I'll make you a new collar too. I'll make you a leash and name plate out of hardened bricks.

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"Woof!"

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　I named the white dog-man Taro, and magically created a hardened brick leash and a plaque with the name Taro on it.

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　Then I slipped it around Taro's neck in place of his silver collar.

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　The tail wagging from side to side from his hips, I guess he is pleased with it.

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　Whatever the case may be, Taro is standing on two legs while he is talking to a dog, which makes me feel that he is putting a collar not on a dog but on a child.

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　I thought about making him act on all four legs, but it seems that his skeleton is designed to stand and walk like a human.

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　I wonder what kind of evolutionary process would lead to this.

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"Well, never mind. Well, anyway, I guess we've taken care of the mine problem now. You can leave the rest to me, can't you, Bighty?"

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"Yeah, no problem. There are no other survivors in the mine and it will be restarted soon. We'll send the iron we get back to Vulcania in that order."

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"Yes, please. Well then, I guess I'll take Taro back to Vulcania.

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　Thus, I returned to Vulcania with a souvenir: a demon with the features of a white-furred dog that walks on two legs.

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"And that's what happened. I brought him back with me."

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"You still do strange things everywhere you go, boy. So why did you come to show me this Taro?

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No, I wanted to share my excitement with the old man. Look, this is the collar that Taro magically turned iron into silver.

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"Hmm, so this is it. You've got a good eye for things, haven't you, boy, to know that it's made of silver in such a dirty state?

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"Well, yeah. Silver is easy to oxidize and get dirty easily. To be honest, I could have overlooked it. But the first time I saw it, it was even dirtier than this. It's probably because it was living in the mine.

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"And what's that other one, kid?　That one seems to have a distinctly different silver shine: ......"

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"This one. This one was made for me after I came back to Vulcania. The purity is so much better."

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"...... purity?　Could it be that there is a difference in the iron that Taro enchanted?"

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"That's right, old man. Until now, Taro had been using magic on iron ore with high impurities that existed in the natural world. That's why the silver was low in purity. But I thought it would be a good idea to use magic on the iron produced by the newest furnace here in Barca. As you can see, the result is nearly pure silver with no impurities.

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"Great, great, great, kid. I've never seen silver with this many impurities. This is amazing."

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"Right?　But on the other hand, if it's this great, it's going to stand out in a bad way. If we suddenly release this to the market, people will try to find out where the silver came from."

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"I see. If they get wind of Taro, it will be troublesome. I understand. I'll make arrangements to protect Taro.

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"Yes, thank you. Well, we'll keep the silver Taro made for us in a safe place for a while. We may have to make a big payment at some point.

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"...... seems likely. The boy is quick to spend."

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　Back in Vulcania, I conducted a new experiment.

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　As a result, I found out something.

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　It turned out that the purity of the silver that Taro could make with his magic depended on the iron that he was holding when he cast the spell.

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　Steel made in the flaming furnaces of Vulcania alone was closer to pure silver than the iron ore available to dog people in the area.

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　Although Taro is classified as a magic-using demon, he does not have a particularly high magical power.

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　He has a limited number of times he can invoke the magic to create silver.

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　However, the problem of the limited number of times he can use his magic has been solved.

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　Once the iron ore is converted into Barka's steel iron in the furnace, Taro converts it into silver.

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　The result was a silver bar of incredible purity.

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　And so the hidden vaults of Barca were filled with bars of pure silver, hidden from the rest of the world.

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