Chapter 10: A New Ability

It had been a month since his first shopping trip and today was his second payday.

Tauro was excited because although he had been earning his daily living expenses through errand quests, this was the only day he would receive a large sum of money from working in the guild.

There were so many things he wanted.

Of course, he couldn’t buy everything, but he planned to prioritize and buy what he needed first.

“Oh, that’s right. I have to go thank Angus-san!”

The knife was working fine, so he hadn’t had a chance to go there.

So he decided to go to Angus first, and then do some shopping.

When he arrived at the storefront, he could hear the sound of hammering, but the store was closed.

Apparently, it was not open today.

He didn’t know what to do for a moment, but since he wasn’t a customer today, he went around to the back and called out to him.

“Angus-san, are you there?”

The blacksmith’s door opened and out stepped a slender Angus with a hammer in his hand.

“Who are you? A human child? Could it be the one from that time?”

“Thank you for the knife…”

“Nevermind that! The hardening process has made the iron hard, but it’s prone to breaking! What should I do?”

Angus approached Tauro and grabs him tightly on the shoulder.

“Angus-san! Calm down It hurts!”

The hands that were grabbing Tauro’s shoulders were unbelievably strong and the momentum seemed to be crushing him.

“Oh, I’m sorry!”

Angus hurriedly pulled his hands away.

Angus explained again as he guided Tauro inside.

“I’ve tried everything since then, but it’s hard and breaks easily…”

For the past month, he had been experimenting with the tempering that Tauro had told him about.

“There’s something called tempering…”

Tauro shared what he knew with Angus as best he could.

“Oh! I didn’t know there was such a technology! Thank you, I think I’ve seen the light. Let me call you Master!”

Angus’ joy was so great that he almost worshipped him.

“Calling me master is an exaggeration. It was just something I knew.”

At that moment, the voice of the world echoed in his mind.

“Condition for activation of special skill confirmed <He who holds True knowledge and is worshipped by experts> The special skill [True Eye] is obtained.”

He was surprised to get an ability in an unexpected place.

“True Eyes” Is it an appraisal type of ability?

He had to stop his thoughts once Angus took his hand and was still rejoicing.

Angus asked Tauro to come back in a month so that he could make something better using the techniques he had taught him and Tauro left the store.　

Tauro canceled his shopping plans temporarily and tried out the True Eye.

When he was conscious of the word “True Eye” in his mind, the object he saw was given a name.

If he tried to look at it in detail, he also got an evaluation.

It seems to specialize in seeing “things” similar to Nei’s appraisal ability.

It appears it can’t be used on people, but it’s certainly quite useful.

“Nei-san, did you see things like this?”

Tauro thought that this was an ability that he wanted to show off.

The rest of the shopping trip was a pleasure.

If he hadn’t had these eyes, he would have been fooled by the products he bought, but instead, he bought only the good stuff.

It was especially great to be able to choose the best deals, but it was hard to restrain himself from buying too much because he knew he was getting a good deal.

“This is a dangerous ability.”

Tauro smiled wryly.

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