Why Become Human? (2)
Okay.
……First, I somehow calmed my mind. It’s not that I had calmed down. It’s that I had barely managed to suppress this emotion that was about to boil over.
“Creator-nim, you seem to be in a bad state, but are you alright?”
“……No.”
But even that, seeing the scene in front of me, it seemed like it would burst again. My sword, the sword I had just completed, had become human!
Truly, who wouldn’t shout at such an inefficient transformation.
“Hoo…….”
However, no matter how much I tried to resist what had already happened, it was just cheap reality denial. Even if it was a tragic reality, I had no choice but to bear it all and move forward.
In that sense, I carefully looked over the woman who had been my sword.
“U, Creator-nim? If you look at me like that, it’s embarrassing…….”
Her waist-length golden blonde hair contrasted with her pale skin, and her small, soft hands barely covered her large breasts and secret areas. And despite not being as beautiful as the sword I made, she still had a very beautiful appearance.
Such a woman is standing naked in front of me with not a single piece of cloth. My reaction to that was completely natural, and every man in the world would react the same way.
“First, put this on.”
“Creator-nim……?”
Of course, I’ll dress her.
It’s not like I can just leave her like that, and if I get too flustered and move, I might break my forge. So, even if I put something on her, it should calm me down.
The woman who wore the upper clothes I took off while forging the sword covered her body and faced me.
“First, let’s ask the most important question.”
“Yes, Creator knows what I want to ask.”
“Can I go back to being a sword?”
“I am the sword that Creator created…… yes?”
“Can you become a sword again?”
This is really important. Really, really important question.
If I became human…… let’s say, I have no choice, even if I admit it a hundred times, whether magic, hallucination, or coincidence, it’s already happened.
But if a sword became human, then conversely, can a human become a sword? It was a truly logical thought.
“Can I become a sword again!?”
“Uh…… y, yes.”
“Try it.”
“Yes.”
A bright sound rang out.
From the woman, a light similar to before appeared, and soon the light enveloped her entire body and shrank.
After a bit of time, there was my beautiful sword Arma in her human form.
[I am a sword, so of course I can return to this form…….]
“That’s great!!”
[C, Creator-nim!? I, if you hug me like that……!!]
“Really…… really great…….”
If I hadn’t been able to return to sword form, what would I do? Really, really, sincerely great.
While wiping away the tears of emotion, I realize what I did and hurriedly fall off the sword. I almost committed a huge faux pas.
“U, sorry for suddenly hugging you.”
[……? Ah, no. Creator-nim.]
“Hoo…… But you, don’t do that in that form.”
[Creator-nim? What do you mean?]
“It’s embarrassing to say, but…… you, your appearance is too stimulating.”
[……?]
“Hey, if you move like that in that state, everything will be visible!”
The lewd form and grip, the crossguard are all exposed! For heaven’s sake, is a sword without any shame?
Seeing her naturally posing erotically is shocking. If I wasn’t careful, I might get excited like before, so I hurriedly raised my voice.
“Enough! Just turn into a human!”
[Ah…… I understand.]
A bright sound rang out.
Again, the light appeared and disappeared, and there was a normal naked woman who became a sword, her upper clothes fallen off. I could finally look freely, so I let out a sigh of relief.
After checking every corner of her body to see if any sword parts remained, I covered her with the fallen upper clothes.
“There are no restrictions on returning to sword form, right?”
“Y, yes.”
“Then, for now, stay in that form. It might be dangerous otherwise.”
If I just carry around that lewd sword, the things that happen after are obvious. Just imagining that horrific scene gives me goosebumps.
The woman looking at my serious advice asked with an expression of incomprehension.
“U, Creator-nim? Normally, sentient beings don’t feel attraction to the opposite sex of the same species, do they?”
“What are you talking about?”
“So, compared to a weapon like a sword, this human form that is the same species as Creator is more ethically, physiologically attractive…….”
“You, that’s a serious stereotype.”
“I, is it?”
“Of course.”
I don’t hate humans or anything. Of course, I’m human too. But isn’t it common sense that the sword with its sword body exposed is more lewd than a naked person of the same species?
No, it’s not just the sword.
Swords, maces, bows and arrows, armor, shields, etc. are the same. Each of them is an incredibly seductive and fascinating existence.
To put it bluntly, between swinging all kinds of cold weapons freely and meeting one woman, which would you choose? Anyone would choose the former.
Just before telling the woman who was my sword the obvious common sense instead of the serious stereotype.
Footsteps sounded.
“Tsk.”
“Creator-nim?”
“First, put some work clothes on over there on the upper clothes.”
Tsking my tongue at the footsteps coming from beyond the forge door, I dress the woman in appropriate work clothes. Normally, she would have realized the time was up, but because I was so focused on the work, she didn’t even notice the time had passed.
After putting on the work clothes just in time, the forge door bursts open.
“Rian young master.”
“Hmm.”
“Time is up. Come out.”
The woman in maid uniform who opened the forge door and called me ‘Rian young master’ was actually a maid, and since she called me young master, she is my servant.
However, as if it was only in name, the maid only gave me empty respect and showed no actual respect. It was obvious from the fact that she didn’t even knock.
The maid who mechanically pulled me out of the forge saw the woman who was the sword and frowned in surprise.
“……Rian young master, who is this woman?”
“I am the sword of Creator───.”
“Think of her as my assistant. Her name is Arma.”
“Yes?”
Arma. The Latin word for weapon, and a name I had thought of before. This time, I made the sword with Western-style forging method, not Eastern. Naming a weapon is also a craftsman’s privilege.
Seeing that the name was impressive, the woman who was the sword, Arma, muttered her name several times. The maid, seeing that, waved her hand as if annoyed.
“Yes, young master. Do as you please. After all, no one cares what you do with a plain civilian like you, young master.”
“Yeah.”
“……Truly, you are at ease. It would be good if that attitude continued.”
“What do you mean?”
The maid laughed and unilaterally looked down at me.
I am still 12 years old, and the maid is an adult woman. Naturally, I had to look up at her.
“Soon, the time of ‘Selection’ will come. You know, right?”
“……….”
“The price for spending time or loitering in that narrow room for Rian young master is approaching.”
The maid’s words with cold eyes were still only formal respect, but the emotions contained in them were clear.
Disregard, mockery, contempt.
All of them were things that a servant shouldn’t show to their master.
“Until now, you could play with toys and escape, but now it’s over.”
“……….”
“After young master leaves, I will finally be able to be a bit free.”
To the maid who blatantly reveals her inner thoughts, I tried to say something.
But one step ahead, Arma gritted her teeth and shouted.
“How can you speak to Creator with such impolite behavior!”
“……Creator? What are you talking about?”
“Judging by the title, you are also a subordinate who serves Creator. Even so, how can you be so shameless……!!”
“Hah! You are really close-minded, young master. Bringing such a crazy civilian into the mansion.”
The maid who mocked Arma showed the same contemptuous smile to me.
“A young master who plays around and steals property. Truly, an impressive combination.”
“Yeah yeah.”
“I wonder how long that arrogance will continue.”
The maid who didn’t hide contempt and mockery until the end moved her feet as she pleased first. Since the promised time had come, she had come here, but her attitude was that she had no interest beyond that.
The maid who was about to leave turned her head towards Arma as if she remembered something, with a mocking look.
“And you, it would be better to think again now.”
“What do you mean?”
“You, a civilian like you, would have bent your tail to Rian young master thinking he is a noble, but you should have chosen a decent line. You chose a half-coin, a rotten string.”
“……!!”
“Born in a great martial family but never holding a sword, what else would a half-coin be? After all, you will definitely fall out in the Selection, so cling to another string. Unless you want to happily perish.”
“……How dare.”
At the same time as Arma’s voice lowered, the maid’s expression hardened. At the same time, a chilling sensation as if a blade touched the skin was felt.
Arma’s fingertips turned into blades instead of skin,
“Arma, stop.”
“But Creator-nim!”
“I said stop.”
“……Hah! W, what was that just now? Tsk, you’re just making the atmosphere without any substance.”
The maid who mocked while putting on airs even though her hand was trembling walked away.
Arma, who was stroking her hand to calm her anger, soon clenched her fist as if she made a vow.
“Creator-nim, I will definitely make that arrogant woman kneel!”
Well, she already seems to have been knelt enough.
When I gestured towards the passage the maid walked, there was a fine crack on the wall. At first glance, it looks like a normal crack, but upon closer look, it’s not a crack but a trace. It was like it was about to be cut by a sharp object.
Such traces are lined up across the entire passage, and on the ceiling and floor as well. If Arma had swung her hand at the end, what would have happened? It was absurd to imagine.
“But the words left by that woman are worrying me. She was confident in the fall of Creator-nim in the upcoming something. It seems I need to know about that.”
Arma’s serious gaze was directed at me.
“Creator-nim, what is the Selection?”
“I don’t know either.”
“……Yes?”
Selection? What is that?
“T, then what is the name of that woman?”
“I don’t know.”
Do I need to remember the Selection or the maid’s name? After all, it’s not particularly important. Since I reincarnated into this world, it’s already a lot just to realize my dreams.
More than that, I need to get new bellows and hammers.
Then, the remaining money…… was there?