There is indeed a problem with my summoning spirit system

Chapter 81
After the blade body was completed, Li Xiang bought a few sections of cypress from Fujimaru's shop, skillfully carved them into three wooden handles, and installed them on the reserved installation parts with screws.After that, the handles of the three knives were wrapped one by one with a special cloth belt.

Seeing his final work, Li Xiang felt satisfied with the blacksmith spirit from Red A.

Now, he also has three handy knives.Moreover, it is an overall design by top knife craftsmen and completely handmade, the highest quality product.

"That's it?" Nakiri Erina picked up a Santoku sword and fiddled with it curiously.

"Do you want to try a knife?"

Seeing Nakiri Erina looking like a curious baby, Li Xiang suggested with a smile.

"Really? Since you let me try, then I will try it with difficulty."

"It doesn't matter. The kitchen knife is supposed to be used to cut ingredients. I just tried it on the spot to see if there is anything awkward. Now I can fine-tune the shape and weight of the knife."

Li Xiang took a wooden chopping board, and put a radish borrowed from Fujimaru's house on the chopping board to test the knife.

Nakiri Erina held the knife in her right hand, her wrist trembling slightly.Since it was a knife that Li Xiang made for himself, the weight of the knife was much heavier than ordinary kitchen knives, and it was a bit difficult for Nakiri Erina to hold it.

The blade sank into the skin of the radish effortlessly, cutting it in two.

"It's a pretty sharp kitchen knife. It's just a bit heavy."

After the first cut, Nakiri Erina said.

After adapting for a period of time, Nakiri Erina became familiar with the feel of the knife in her hand, and the speed of falling the knife gradually became faster.The sound of dense blades hitting the chopping board is endless.

Very smoothly, the radishes were sliced ​​into thin slices from head to tail.

Taking the homemade Santoku sword in Nakiri Erina's hand, Li Xiang looked at the position of the blade and carefully checked whether it was worn or not.

"There is no obvious damage, and the blade appears to be holding up well."

No matter what material the knife is made of, because the blade is ground very thinly for sharpness, the material of the blade will always wear away slowly, the difference is only in the speed of wear.

And the length of time a knife can maintain its own sharpness is retention.

Generally speaking, the harder and thinner the knife, the sharper it is to use, and the easier it is to wear; conversely, the thicker and tougher the knife, the duller it is to use, but it is also less likely to wear.

"Oh? Are you done?"

At this time, an old man with a serious face and a somewhat stooped back walked in.It is the manager of "Fujimaru Blade Mono" Fujimaru Kazuo.

The old man looked at Li Xiang's work on the table from a distance, and after only one glance, a gleam of light flashed in the old man's cloudy eyes.

"Young man, is this your work? Can you... let me take a look at it?"

"Of course you can, please."

Li Xiang took a little time, and Fujimaru Kazuo walked to the workbench, and took out the reading glasses from his arms that were hung around his neck with a rope.

"It's really a beautiful pattern. It's completely different from the 'earth muscle' formed by folding and forging. It's interesting, the forging technique is so precise and sophisticated, it's unbelievable that this is actually a young man's handwriting."

Fujimaru Powa gave Li Xiang a meaningful look, and said, "Young man, if I didn't know that you were brought by Senzaemon, I would definitely let you stay as my closed disciple."

Li Xiang said with some trouble: "The old man was joking, but my ambition is actually to be a chef. Although I really like the craft of forging, there is really no way..."

Fujimaru Powa waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm just joking, old man, and you don't have to take it to heart."

"Cooking and blacksmithing still have a lot in common. If you are a young man who can make a good iron, you must be a good chef. Senzaemon is a lazy chess player. If I have a chance, I will Talk to Senzaemon."

Nakiri Erina: "Mr. Pokazu, what do you mean..."

"It's nothing, it's just a bad old man talking to himself, don't take it to heart."

Fujimaru Pohe shook his head without understanding what he said, turned around and walked out. Before leaving, he took a deep look at Li Xiang.

"This is……"

Nakiri Erina was full of question marks.

"Grandpa does often say things that people can't understand. You don't have to care about it. Sometimes I don't understand what grandpa is trying to express. It's getting late now. If you two have nothing to do, why not Go back and rest early."

Fujimaru Powa's grandson said with a helpless smile.

On the way back to Nakiri's house, Li Xiang took something out of his coat pocket and handed it to Nakiri Erina who was sitting beside him.

Nakiri Erina took the item in Li Xiang's hands suspiciously, and it was cold, she asked:
"What is this?"

"After I just made three knives, there were still some leftover scraps, so I made a butterfly knife. Ms. Erina helped me a lot, so I think it's a gift in return."

Li Xiang explained.

Nakiri Erina took a closer look at the cold metal object in her hand. It was exactly as Li Xiang said, a butterfly knife made of patterned steel. In the middle, there is usually a cuboid that looks like a metal lighter, but flipping the two halves of the handle 180 degrees reveals the inner blade.

In addition to the flowing cloud-like Muhammad pattern that comes with the patterned steel, there is also a line of words engraved on the handle of the knife, which is written in French with cursive characters "Brumy Moon".

"Since it's for repaying favors, I'll accept it, but you don't have to take it to heart. In fact, grandpa treats people with talent in cooking like this. Moreover, Yuanyue's elimination rate is very high. The education grandpa pursues The concept is 'competition'. So you might even get kicked out in the end."

Nakiri Erina put the butterfly knife given by Li Xiang into the small storage box in the car.

"By the way, Emiya, why don't you learn from Fei Sazi, you don't need to call me Miss, you can call me by my normal name. Oh, forget it, I'm used to it, you two can call me whatever you like .”

Erina obviously broke the jar: "Yuanyue's entrance ceremony will be three days later, according to the usual practice, the transfer students and transfer students of Yuanyue will give a short speech at the entrance ceremony, Emiya, you just When you come to Japan, remember to prepare for the past few days. Don't be ashamed in public by then, okay?"

Li Xiang nodded with a relaxed face: "No problem, my language level has improved a lot recently, and I have so much time to prepare, there must be no problem."

(End of this chapter)