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What? A Group Chat? Chapter 31: Nichirin Blade
🕑 Added 2022-03-21 15:53:04 +0000 UTC-Blake-
The first thing I saw when I got inside our restaurant was Archer's annoying smirk, for some reason I wanted to punch his face real hard.
It irked me at this moment, see I usually ignore his signature smirk and all, but right now, I just can't.
"Archer, do give me that look," I said annoyed.
Hearing that, his smirk turned into a grin, "So, how's your date?"
No, don't answer it, never because I feel like it's a trap.
In the end, I followed my instinct and ignored his question and that decision was correct.
Archer was disappointed when he could finally take a little revenge from me teasing him before, though he wasn't too disappointed there are still plenty of chances in the future especially when I and Echidna started to hit off.
"I'll have my chances very soon," Archer smirked at himself, he was already imagining my embarrassment in the future.
Archer was a petty person, and he knows it.
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It's been a week since I went on a date with Echidna, and I may have tried to invite her to another date.
Keyword: Tried
I wasn't successful, not because she rejected me or something, it's just she's too busy doing her research in her laboratory and she didn't have extra time to accompany me.
You see, I wasn't really that type of person that is usually eager to go on a date with someone, but this is a new experience to me. I didn't think that date could make me so happy that it literally became one of the best memories in my life.
Echidna grew over me, and I can't do anything to stop it, she's just sparking my interest to be in a relationship again, which is quite ironic considering I said that I wasn't ready for a relationship yet.
I feel really complicated right now, the mental barrier that I was making so that I could avoid any romantic relationship, for now, broke into pieces, she easily broke it like it was a piece of glass, fragile.
Just so you know, I don't love her, not yet, but it would be a lie if I wasn't interested in her as a woman, if I were to say my current feelings for her…it's a crush yeah.
As I started becoming conscious of her, about a week ago after the date, damn it why does It have to be like this.
I sigh in defeat, I can't really fight this. It's not easy for someone to get rid of their feelings, men are just that easy once they fall, they fall hard.
However, since I can't stop this then I just have to avoid letting these feelings grow out of me unless it's necessary.
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Today was the day our Nichirin blade arrived, two people wearing a funny mask and carrying a warp behind them.
When they arrived, Jaune couldn't help but laugh at their mask. I think his sense of humor is broken, he laughs and awkward puns and all.
Then the two blacksmiths that made their blades gave them their respective Nichirin blades; the blades didn't have much difference except for their handles. Jaune's Nichirin blade had a golden hilt along with its white handle.
While my hilt had a flaming design like Rengoku's but red, before we touched our respective blades, Archer secretly (I'm aware) used structural analysis to our blades, checking its entire history.
Normally it wasn't possible for anyone to gather this much information about the history of the blades, normal structural analysis only shows the material that is used to make such a weapon, not its history.
But due to Archer's origin, which is both 'sword' along with his reality marble, he wasn't just anymore, he is more than that, so knowing a blade history no matter how the information they have won't fry his brain like it normally would to any other person who attempts to know about the weapon entire history.
The normal brain isn't just capable of handling that massive about of information, in simpler terms human brains had a limited storage capacity, it impossible to store so much information like what Archer is doing right now, but Archer because of his origins had an unlimited storage capacity of learning information about that particular sword without his brain overloading from so much information.
What a hack.
After analyzing our blades. Archer was impressed by how it was made because he never saw this kind of technique of blacksmithing.
Just like that, he managed to steal a very valuable smithing technique with just a simple glance.
Fucking broken!
Then our blades went to his reality marble, unlimited blade works.
No wonder he's a faker, screw his overpowered ass!
Archer then left the place after doing his thing, if I knew of his action I would have complained.
Then the blacksmith that made Jaune blade, eagerly spoke, "Why don't you touch the blade? I'm quite excited about what color it's going to be!"
This was one of those exciting moments of a blacksmith, to know what kind of color the blade will become, if it's black then they will be disappointed because it's common amongst demon slayers.
If it's other than black, then It means that the wielder of the blade they made had the potential to become a Hashira.
It was known that those who have black blades are the ones that die early, before having any accomplishment at all.
Tanjiro was probably the only exception to that rule.
Either way, the blade changes colors depending on the wielder's skills.
Then as Jaune touched his blade, the color of it started charging and it became blood-red.
Jaune's blacksmith eyes widened in shock, before jumping in excitement.
"It's red! The color of the blade is red! T-this never happened in this era! The last time someone had a red blade was centuries ago! Hahahaha! I hit a jackpot! The wielder of my blade has the potential to kill those damn upper moon demons! Suck it you sucker!" Jaune's blacksmith laughed like a madman, he was jumping around like crazy.
Jaune was surprised by his blacksmith's actions, but regardless he was happy for him, though he doesn't know the reason since he kind of forgot the information about the blades before.
While the blacksmith of my blade looked at his companion in envy and jealousy, after all, every blacksmith wanted their creation to have a skilled wielder as it would guarantee their blade fame.
Every blacksmith dreams of making a legendary famed sword that would be known through the ages, they wanted their names to be at the annals of history!
They wanted their creation to be known, and they could proudly say to the world that it's theirs!
Then, he looked at me with expectations, he too wanted me to make his blade like that, there was an unexplainable desire in his eyes.
I shrugged, if Jaune gets his Nichirin to be red, it's already guaranteed that I get it too, slowly I grabbed the blade's handle and was expecting it to turn red.
A few seconds later, nothing changed.
"....????"
Both of the blacksmiths, including me, were confused by this unexpected result, because no matter how unskilled you are, the blade would change into black no matter what, however, nothing changed at all!
Jaune's blacksmith stared at his companion and asked, "Akihito, did you make a mistake in creating that blade?"
Akihito quickly refuted, "What?! No! There's no way I did! I spent 2 weeks overnight making the blade and spending an entire day checking if there is a mistake which there isn't!"
He was offended by his companion's words, he worked hard to make that blade!
"Then, why isn't the blade changing its colors?" The blacksmith asked with doubt.
"I don't know!" Akihito refuses that his blade is a defect, he has his pride as a blacksmith! There is no way he'll be making a defective product! That's just an insult to his pride and dignity as a creator!
This means the problem wasn't the blade, but the user himself!
I was silent, I didn't think that this would happen, so I'm going to have the first-ever colorless blade?
Not that I'm disappointed, it made me special to the others because no one else has experienced the same problem as mine!
All of sudden, the blade started to react, the color changed into black before anyone could say anything, the blade changed its color again.
Blue, to yellow, pink, green, brown.
After the blade changes its color multiple times, the blade finally turned into red like Jaune's, but slightly brighter than his.
It would surely glow in the night like a red glow stick or a lightsaber.
The silence remained for a minute, before breaking it.
"So…everything is good right?"
I wasn't even sure of it, because this is the first time it happened in the history of demon slayers.
(End-)
Dramatic? Yep! Blake got a mini lightsaber now!
