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I Got Transported to Another World, but Who Even Summoned Me? Chapter 22 The Value of a Magic-Iron Sword and Hair Color

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Series: I Got Transported to Another World, but Who Even Summoned Me? ~ Abandoned and Alone, I Use My Cheat Skills to Live Freely ~  

Chapter: 22 The Value of a Magic-Iron Sword and Hair Color
Translated by: MTLing
Tags: Isekai, Cheat Skills, Abandoned Protagonist, Fantasy, ZapNovel


Hearing Mario’s comment, Alf leaned out of the carriage and gazed toward the gates of Gomena.

“Still open. If we keep going, we’ll make it in time. I’ll cover your entry tax.”
Then he turned toward Tenma and added, “But that sword—put it in your Item Box. It stands out too much. Here, use this instead. It’s my spare weapon.”

He handed Tenma a plain-looking sword.
Tenma accepted it, tilting his head in confusion.

“It stands out? This sword? It doesn’t look that flashy...”

Alf let out a small sigh.

“It’s obvious. That thing’s made of magic-iron, isn’t it? Sure, it wouldn’t raise eyebrows if it were a titled adventurer or a noble carrying it, but you? You look like an ordinary brat—aside from your hair color. A magic-iron sword is something people would kill for. If you sold it, you’d get at least a few silver coins. And the guards? They’d ask you a hundred questions. Not worth the hassle. So just use this.”

Tenma nodded.

“Understood. I’ll gladly borrow it. Are magic-iron weapons really that rare?”

“Rare? Nah, they’re precious. Especially in this country.”
Alf scratched his head, then continued, “Remember what I said about the Plains of No Return? Might’ve been true, might’ve been a lie, but the story goes that the military overmined magic-iron to equip their soldiers. Because of that, the amount you can dig up now is only one-twentieth of what it used to be. Got it?”

Listening carefully, Tenma stored his sword away into his Subspace Storage and held onto the one Alf had lent him.

“By the way, what is magic-iron? The village elder who gave me the sword just called it ‘good stuff,’ so I never really learned what it actually is.”

Alf looked genuinely surprised.

“You were using it without even knowing what it was!?”

He seemed completely fooled by Tenma’s lie.

“Magic-iron’s a rare mineral—you sometimes find it in mines or dungeons. Just one kilogram of the raw stuff trades for a medium silver coin. There's another rare metal called magic silver—that one’s worth three times as much. You’ll want to remember that.”

As Alf explained, Tenma's heart fluttered with excitement.
A fantasy world really does have fantasy materials...
That thought filled him with a strange joy.

But there was one thing Alf said earlier that still stuck in his mind.

“…Thanks. Um, earlier—you mentioned my hair color. Is mine unusual?”

“Yeah. Around here, it is. But apparently, in some other countries, it’s our hair colors that seem strange.”

Saying that, Alf brushed back his vivid red hair.
Tenma had just assumed this world was another one entirely, so he hadn’t thought much of it before.
The members of Orochi all had striking hair colors:

  • Alf: Crimson red
  • Leaf: Forest green
  • Mario: Deep blue
  • Marney: Silvery white
But now he realized…
Maybe he was the one who stood out the most.

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