I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated
Chapter 13
『Calm down . First, let’s confirm the situation . 』
『You’re too calm . 』
This girl is more self-paced than I thought . I have a premonition she’ll be very successful .
『You have now become my wielder . 』
「Yes . 」
『ーAnyways, I’m a Magic Sword more or less . I should be quite strong…… Or so I believe . 』
「Yes . 」
『That’s why, I want you to use me as your sword . Even if you want to stow me away, it’s alright . But you… Do you intend to use me? In other words, will you use me to slay Demonic Beasts?』
Indeed, a girl shouldn’t simply be forced to live such a life .
Because I’ve been equipped for the first time, I have the feeling of wanting this girl to use me, but if she says she doesn’t want to, I’ll give up .
「I want to use you . Definitely want to use you . 」
An immediate response . That figure which grasped onto my hilt tightly was as dignified as they come .
「I will become stronger . Absolutely . 」
What circumstances would motivate her to this extent?
『What is your goal?』
「Break through the wall . 」
『The wall? What’s that?』
While listening to her story, I discover that Beastmen seem to be a species that evolves, much like Demonic Beasts . There’re various conditions depending on the Race, but all evolved Beastmen receive respect from their people .
However, the vast majority of Beastmen die without being able to evolve . There seems to be a great difference between Beastmen who have evolved, and those who have not too .
The Black Cats, which is the Race of the girl, have had no one who has evolved throughout all of history . Because of this, they’re treated like underlings among the Beastmen . Her parents also pursued evolution, but ran out of strength in the middle of their adventure . The girl caught the eyes of Slave Traders, and was captured .
The girl has inherited the will of her deceased parents, thus her drive for achieving evolution .
『Mh, mh! What a story! A worthy reason! I’ll make certain that you’ll evolve!』
「Really?」
『Of course! I’ll forge you without holding back, right from the start; then, we’ll go into a Dungeon to level up! And then, evolution!』
「Thank you very much . 」
『It’s fine! I wouldn’t pick just anyone to equip me! ーEr… That reminds me, what about your name?』
I still haven’t heard her name yet, even though she’s my important wielder . But the answer that the girl gave was unexpected .
「Don’t have one . 」
『Eh? You don’t have a name?』
「No . 」
Certainly, she had no name in Appraisal, but to really have no name…
『Why?』
「Name disappears once you enter a Slave contract . 」
『Hmm? What do you mean?』
「New masters usually want to decide on a name, so your name is erased . 」
I see; so perhaps after using Contract Magic it’s forbidden to use their name? It’s like they’re Chihiro who had their name stolen by Yu**ba[1] .
「My name was erased when I was 8 . 」
That means that she’s lived 4 years as a Slave without losing the determination to achieve her goal . It was surely a life wrought with troubles . She’s gained a little of my respect .
『Is that so…… Then, what was your original name?』
「Fran . 」
It’s the same name as a dog which I kept a long time ago, but oh well . It’s easy to say, at least .
『Hmーm . Then your name is Fran . 』
「Is that alright?」
『Is that no good?』
「No, it’s not no good . I’m Fran . 」
She seems to be happy . She nods her head again and again . With this, it’s become easier to call out to her . But, from the words given from Fran next, I became perplexed .
「Your name?」
『Eh? Me?』
「Yes . 」
In the past month I never talked to anyone, so I didn’t have to worry about it, but… I’ve never had a name, huh . How foolish, to have never noticed .
I have the name that I used during my last life, so I could claim that as my name . But that would be a person’s name, so it would be quite an odd name for a Sword .
But… Looking at my Status, my name is Unknown . Shit! If I had thought about it earlier, I would have been able to think of a cool name!
Something like “Cursed Sword Ch**s” or “Derfl**ger”! [2]
『Well……』
「No name?」
『That’s correct . 』
「Then, I’ll name you . 」
Well, that’s fine too . She is my wielder, after all . If Fran gives me a name she likes, then I will receive that affection . Besides, I’m apathetic towards what name I’m given, so she should call me what she’d like .
「Uuーn……」
『*Dokidoki*』 [3]
「Fuーmu……?」
『*Wakuwaku*』 [4]
「Mumuー…… I’ve decided . 」
『Oh! I see! So? What is it?』
「Teacher . 」[5]
『Ha?』
「Teacher . 」
『Why?』
「You’ve said that you’ll train me . Therefore: Teacher . 」
『Ahー . There’re no other contenders? Just that one?』
「There isn’t . Best regards, Teacher . 」
〈 Name has been temporarily set to Teacher 〉
Uwaahー! An announcement came?! It’s a lie, right? My name isn’t seriously Teacher, right?
「Disliked?」
She’s as expressionless as before, but there’s a subtle anxiety showing on her face . Just a little . I can’t say that I hate it if you look at me like that!
『It’s not bad! It’s a good nameー!』
「Yes . 」
And so, Teacher was decided as my name . I can’t help but think that it’s not a proper name for a sword, but it’s fine so long as Fran likes it . Or so I persuaded myself .
『So, what shall we do from now on? Seeing as the Slave Trader is dead, what happened to the contract? Was it dispelled?』
「It’s not . Collar didn’t fall off . 」
Fran points towards her collar .
「The Contract should be at a Slave Firm . 」
『So even if a Slave Trader dies, there’s no meaning so long as the contract remains?』
「Go to town: get caught . 」
It seems I’ll have to deal with this collar somehow .
『Is breaking it no good?』
「Mn . If broken: I die . 」
『Eh? Seriously?』
「Seriously . 」
Ohh . Dangerous . I was thinking of just cutting it off .
『How should I deal with it……?』
Perhaps a Skill of some sort? When I thought so, I found some Skills I wanted to try .
However, because I can’t use Skills in this place, I have to leave the Magic Power absorption zone .
「Then, leaving the forest should be fine . 」
I receive something valuable from the carriage, and we start moving . Of course, the Bear was also collected .
I have my blade wrapped in the carriage’s cover as a makeshift sheath, using the small man’s belt to fasten it to Fran’s back . Because she’s quite small I almost drag against the ground, but I don’t really mind .
Just by equipping me, her physical abilities are considerably strengthened . Fran seems quite surprised from that .
In less than 30 minutes we were able to pass through the forest, it was surprising indeed . Incidentally, because of Conceal Presence, we didn’t encounter any Demonic Beasts .
「Amazing . Teacher is amazing . 」
『Ahahaha, you think so?』
「Yes . 」
『Now then, I’ll try out a Skill . 』
First, Recovery Magic . I used Magic to try and cure her abnormal condition . There was no effect .
『Then, next is this . 』
Next would be using Purification Magic, treating her status as a curse .
『Lv2 should be enough . 』
It, too, was no good . I have hope in the next one, however .
Contract Magic . As its name might have suggested, my aim is to override the Slave Contract with my own contract .
Contract Magic allows its user to make a contract between the user and the target via Magic . Depending on its Level and the amount of MP used, I can choose from several contract contents . However… I cannot make a contract if the target doesn’t consent . I can only make a contract with one target at a time; attempting to making multiple contracts at the same time will result in failure .
So are the details of Contract Magic .
If the Slave Contract is using Contract Magic, I think it’s possible to overwrite it .
And so, I used Contract Magic with the image of dispelling prior Magic while making sure to also call the Magic within the collar out .
*pachi*
A small snapping sound resounded . I certainly felt that the Contract Magics had interfered with one another . However, my Contract Magic is too low, so it’s been repelled .
『Alright, this means that it’s possible to overwrite it . 』
One by one, I use Self-Evolution Points to level up Contract Magic . Finally, at Lv7, I was able to overwrite the contract . As for the amount of Points used: it was 12 .
For the contents of the Contract, it was 『Range :None ・Bestow Name :Fran』[6] . It seems giving other false names would also be possible using this method .
*pakin*
The Slave collar comes off naturally, due to the overwrite .
『Is your body alright?』
「It’s alright . No problems . 」
I watch the flow of Magic Power inside of Fran, but as she said, there’re no problems . Also, the Magic Power from the Contract Magic that bound Fran until recently was mainly based in the collar, so it it completely disperses within a couple of seconds .
「Thank you . 」
Mmh . The sight of a cat-eared girl being bashful! Beautiful things are beautiful! It was really cute! When you look carefully, it’s easy to see that she’s quite beautiful . When she grows up, others won’t be able to leave her alone .
That’s no good . I won’t allow it . You’ll have to defeat me if you want to go out with Fran!
「This . 」
While my passion burnt by myself, Fran removed something from her waist . It’ the wallet that the Slave Trader had .
『What’s inside?』
I peer inside, only to find it having numerous contents .
There’re several pieces of money . Well, I don’t understand this world’s currency, so I don’t really know how much these’re worth . There’re Silver, Copper, and other such things, so it’s likely not a huge amount at least .
Besides that, there’re a couple of tools . They seem to be Magic Tools . Fran demonstrated each .
There’s a Torch which can be lit using Magic, a small pitcher which produces drinking water, and a Bracelet which has the effect of STR +1 .
It’s not all that great, but it’s interesting in its own way . The Bracelet with STR +1, that is .
『Alright, what shall we do now? Other than your main objective, are there any prospects for right now?』
「Hmーm . A town . 」
『Around here?』
「Over there . 」
『Over there, you say…… About how far?』
「Don’t know . 」
Apparently, she had heard the Slave Trader speaking of a city to the East by chance . Because the Sense Of Direction Skill that Fran possesses, we’ll be able to advance in that direction somehow or another . As a result, her response wouldn’t go beyond a carefree 「There . 」 .
『Well, let’s head there then . 』
And so, that marked the start of our journey .
This is roughly the current Status:
[1] Reference to Yubaba from Spirited Away .
[2] Both are references to swords of some sort . The first is a reference to Demonic Sword Chaos — or, Kaosu (魔剣カ〇ス = 魔剣カオス) — from the Rance Series . Thanks to Mesaphrom for pointing that out!
The second is a reference to Derflinger — or Derufuringa (デルフリ〇ガー = デルフリンガー) — from the Zero no Tsukaima Series . Thanks to Mystletainn for pointing that out!
[3] The sound of Sword-bro’s (nonexistent) heart palpitating .
[4] The sound of Sword-bro’s excitement building .
[5] It’s “Shisho” (師匠), so technically it could also be “Master” . Not the ‘Goshujin-sama~” type, though .
[6] The contents are actually 不都合のない範囲で、フランと名乗ること, but I essentially compounded the information . The bit pre-comma is saying “A range with no inconvenience” which, when separated into compounded characters = No Range — thus the translation . The second half is just as it appears; declaring Fran’s name .
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