# Chapter 75: 75
It's not garbage.
Radis stuck that note on the rusty sword.
When Yves said it at the auction, she wondered what he meant when he said it would look like trash.
But when he brought the sword back to the mansion and placed it on a white marble table, it actually looked like trash that needed to be cleaned up immediately.
It's safer to just put a note in it.
Carefully taping the note so it wouldn't fall, Radis examined the sword carefully.
The surface of the sword was covered with a thick layer of red rust with an acidic black sheen.
At first glance, it definitely looked like a piece of trash to anyone. Only after looking at it carefully would you realize that it was a rusty iron sword.
Radis touched the rough surface of the sword with his fingertips.
—I can't believe it's so deformed.
He knew what the true identity of that piece of rust was.
The craftsmen of Kelenocross had their own secret way of forging iron bars and refining them.
In the process they used, the magic stone contained in the iron was rearranged, and they could create a different type of mana-reinforced sword that had completely different properties compared to how it was before when it was just an iron rod.
Since it was done that way, the mana sword would continue to develop as it accepted mana from its owner.
After being tamed by the owner's mana, it would become an excellent sword, but there were also cases where the sword would break.
The sword breaking could also be a result of something going wrong in the process, and there were times when black substances like that came out.
My ancient sword was like this too.
Radis sighed.
The sword he had before, the one Robert gave him, was good.
But when she received the sword, it had already been poisoned by the miasma.
After accepting his mana, the sword gave off black matter as if it were crying.
It was a small amount, so if I simply sharpened the blade, the black spots would disappear.
So, as soon as Radis saw that sword at the auction, he knew exactly what it was.
The rust covering that sword was similar to the rust coming off his sword before.
What should I do to remove all this? Should I sand it? But it will take a long time to sand everything with a sharpening stone.
Radis wondered as he placed a hand on the rough surface of the sword.
—What happened to you, huh?
Mage knights who wielded mana swords often said that their swords were alive.
Radis agreed with them.
That sword was covered in a large amount of rust, but it was definitely still alive.
She was fast asleep, but deep down, she felt a certain throbbing sensation.
It was a very faint echo, like a small seed that had withstood the passage of time under the hardened soil.
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After the meeting, the captain of the House Russell subjugation squad, Lux, had a smile on his face.
It was because, that winter, the subjugation squad and the Black Lion Knights would split up to cover the territory during that year's monster subjugation.
—Ardon, let's work together with enthusiasm!
On the other hand, Ardon's expression was not so good. I was thinking about how to balance scheduled training and that subjugation.
However, in the name of protecting the territory, it is not possible for the knight order to refuse the order to go on a monster subjugation expedition.
In the end, it was something that had to be done.
But as expected, it was like a punch to the gut to see Lux smiling like that, as if to say, 'Thank you for cleaning up this mess!'
Ardon spoke.
—You will have to pay this debt.
—No way, what a debt! Aren't we a family that eats together? What type of debt is there between families?
—I don't remember having a brother like you.
—Bwahahahaha!
When she heard Ardon's clearly annoyed tone, Lux laughed as if she had just heard a good joke.
With a pat on Ardon's shoulder.
With one eye closed due to her amusement, Lux said,
—Don't be afraid. I don't know why, but this year's monsters are exceptionally slow. If you patrol well, nothing will happen to the territory.
—Are the monsters slow?
-Yeah. Maybe because this winter is cozy.
-That? How careless…
At that moment, as if Lux had cast a spell, a squire from the subjugation squad came running from the other side of the hall and shouted.
-Captain! A village on the border has just been attacked!
With an extremely annoyed look, Ardon looked at Lux.
Turning to the squire, Lux's neck shrank like a turtle's.
—Tell me the details.
—The village is near Monsterwood, and it is said that it was an attack by light scales.
Lux's neck straightened again.
—Then it is not our area of responsibility.
Ardon looked at Lux with even more anger in his eyes.
However, Lux smiled widely.
—But still, it is an area of our territory. So, what is the magnitude of the damage?
—Ah, we had not received an immediate request for subjugation. Monsters appeared and then ruined the land. As is common at the start of winter, I think they handled it well by asking the mercenaries in the area to do the subjugation.
—Mercenaries? What group?
—I heard it's the Kingsnake Mercenary Guild.
Valiz