In the last part of this journey, I wanted to drive the carriage.
When our carriage is nearing the Northwellen manor, I can see a sky-blue-colored thing flying at a low altitude toward our carriage. It then landed on the top of the carriage.
"Icy, you are becoming bigger again! It will be no time until you can't go inside the house!"
It is only a few days since I left this place but Icy's growth can be seen clearly. It rubbed its head to my left cheek and growled softly.
Silvia and her students are a little surprised when they see a neck of a wyvern dangle from the top of the carriage.
"Aquila!" she shouted but then get confused to see the wyvern act like that.
Icy also heard the shout and look inside the carriage. It looks at the three of Silvia, May, and Plume. It then notices that Lief is also there, so it gives a short growl to Lief.
"Uhm? Aquila?" asked the confused Silvia.
"Icy! They are Silvia, May, and Plume. They are friends, okay?" I tried to convey the message that the three are not enemies. Icy should understand this as I always associate Lief and Gauvain as a friend to Icy.
"Uhm? Aquila!?" asked the confused Silvia, once again.
"Silvia, this is Icy. It is an ice wyvern that I hatched. The story is long, I will tell you later after we arrived in the manor."
I look at the horses that pulled the carriage and am surprised that the horses are not panicking in this situation. These horses are obviously good quality horses. I give my thanks once again to baron Adrius and decided to pay him back at later date.
Not long after, we reached the manor.
"Master! You are back!" Ema is at the front door. She also notices Silvia that is sitting inside the carriage. "Miss Silvia is also here. Welcome to this place, Miss."
"Ema! Long time no see." Silvia knows Ema as Ema is the servant that has served me since I was a child.
"Let's go inside! Ema, I will leave the carriage to you. May and Plume also go inside."
Nothing interesting happened after that as we are all tired. Well, one thing to note is that I tell the story of meeting the mysterious old woman to Silvia. She didn't believe that but can't help but trust me as the ice wyvern is indeed alive here.
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The next day, I bring Silvia to the meat storage room.
"So, can you make a room like this?" I asked Silvia.
I wanted to know if Silvia can build a room like this. I also wanted to know what material is needed and how much to build a room like this.
"I can make it… But it will need a lot of mithril."
Mithril is a special kind of material that can conduct mana better than other known materials. Because of that, the mithril is always in high demand from magicians. That makes the mithril rare and has a high price.
"Mithril? That might be hard to get…" As far as I know, there is no mithril mine in this area.
"Hmm? What do you mean? There is no iron mine here?" Silvia asked. She tilts her head a little, showing confusion.
"Eh!?" I also get surprised by Silvia's remark.
"You can make mithril from the iron you know?"
"Heh~? Really??? Mithril is not an ore that is mined?"
"Well, there is mithril that can be mined. But to get a mithril ore vein is hard. It is a rare product that can be found in an iron ore mine." Silvia started to explain how mithril is made. "So, mithril is made when iron ore or even an iron ingot is placed in a miasma-rich area with the right temperature. So mithril ore that can be mined is actually iron ore that has been turned into mithril by the environment."
I always thought that Mithril is another ore that is mined. I know that Mithril can be found in iron ore mines, but to think that someone can make mithril from iron…
Silvia then added more info, "You know, when something is placed in a place with a high amount of mana, that thing will absorb mana from the surrounding and make itself rich in mana."
"Ah! That is a curing process right?"
Silvia nodded, "Yup, it is a Mana Curing Process. It is usually used to make high-energy and high-quality food.
"There is also the Miasma Curing Process. This time the thing is placed in a miasma-rich room."
"So, the way to make mithril is to cure the iron in miasma?" I asked.
"Hmm… Half right!" answered Silvia. "The curing process is indeed used, but it is only a part of the process.
"To make mithril, it needs the right temperature and some pressure applied to the iron. So a special blacksmith forge is needed to make the mithril.
"That hearth needs to be able to be adjusted to have a high amount of miasma. Other than that it needs to be able to heat the iron high enough.
"If you want, I know how to modify a normal hearth to the special mithril-making hearth."
"Is that okay? Mithril is hard to get right? Is mithril making process not a secret?"
"It's okay… Many people know how to make mithril. The reason mithril is rare is because of the hard process to make mithril. The mithril-making process is not a secret." Silvia then looks at me, "In the first place, how can you not know how to make mithril? There is a blacksmith that specifically makes mithril in the Lockway territory right?"
I faintly remember that there is indeed a special blacksmith. I thought that blacksmith was a place to process mithril from the ore. To think that place is used to make mithril.
I don't really know much about the Lockway territory. In the past, I didn't care about learning how to govern a territory. At that time, I know that I will not become a lord of the Lockway, and focused my all on training to become a knight.
Before I am able to spit out my reason, Silvia said, "Well, it is alright… I know that you don't know."
"I am sorry…"
Silvia smiled, "Don't worry, I also have many things that I don't know."
After this, I have a meeting with Claude and Silvia. I tell Claude about how we need a blacksmith. Claude is also thinking that we need a blacksmith as fast as possible. He said many tools need to get repaired.
Actually, in the count manor, there is a blacksmith house but there is no one in that place. The last blacksmith is said to be brought by the last count to the battlefield. That smith's job in the war is to do repair work on the damaged weapon used by the army of the second prince.
With that, I found a new goal. Find a blacksmith!