I was really curious about what Mio was talking about.

A hybrid weapon between a cursed tanto and a throwing knife sounded interesting to me. In the short time, Mio already think to forge a cursed weapon that would perfect for my fighting style, even Mio had already designed a new weapon in her head.

Mio's idea had me muttering happily. I was already lulled into thinking about a new attack technique that would be using a cursed tanto and throwing knives, at the same times.

"Hmm... wait a minute!"

"A cursed tanto with throwing knives?"

"What kind of weapon is that, Mio?" I muttered as I asked Mio and tilted my head.

I understood that the weapon would be a cursed tanto form and I could already see the shape of the weapon in my head, but with a hybrid that supported a throwing knife functions... I couldn't picture that in my head at all.

"Like a tanto, I guess..." Mio replied, suddenly confused when I asked this.

Booiingg...

Booiinngg...

"..." I fell silent and enjoyed the softness of Mio's breasts for a while longer, staring at her face, which looked confused by my question.

"W-Would Lily-sama like to see the prototype weapon I've created?" Mio asked suddenly after noticing my gaze on her.

"The prototype of the weapon you already made, Mio?"

With a gentle movement, Mio stepped back, releasing her large breasts, which I was using as a soft pillow, and swayed back and forth, tempting me to keep my head on them.

Booiingg...

Booiinngg...

Right before my eyes, Mio began pulling up her military uniform skirt, revealing long black socks, a small belt was tied around her thighs, and dozens of throwing knives were hidden beneath it.

Mio took out one of the throwing knives from her thigh belt and revealed its slightly unusual shape compared to the more common disposable throwing knives. It appeared slimmer and lacked a long handle, making it seem less like a throwing knife.

"A throwing knife without a handle?" I muttered, tilting my head and trying to comprehend the prototype weapon Mio had created.

"Yes, Lily-sama. It does have a strange shape without a handle, but that's the main strength of this throwing knife," Mio replied as she felt her long sleeve and pulled out the tanto hidden sheath, tucked under her long sleeve.

Slliiipp...

Srrriiinngg!!

With a gentle and graceful movement, Mio revealed the tanto's small sheath and short handle, pulling back the handle and revealing the tanto's sharp blade, gleaming in the light of the campfire around us.

Ctttaaakkk...

As Mio turned the handle of the tanto, and the sharp blade attached to the handle fell, sticking into the ground.

Shhhhhhhuu...

Thhuuudd...

Without wasting much time to showing off the prototype weapon she had developed, Mio immediately inserted the throwing knife she had taken and attached it to the hilt of the tanto.

Cttaaakkk!!

A loud sound like iron locking something was heard, and Mio smiled widely, "How is Lily-sama?"

"I-Isn't this a pretty good weapon for turning throwing knives into the sharp blades of a tanto?" Mio further said with a wide smile of pride.

After showing me the prototype of the weapon she had made, I thought hard about how useful the prototype Mio had made would be.

From a tactical and utility perspective, a weapon with interchangeable blades is quite interesting and revolutionary. I've never seen anything like it, where a dull blade can be replaced with a fresh one.

However, it would be too troublesome to carry a spare blade tucked into a thigh belt. While the spare blade could serve as a throwing knife, the opportunity to use it as a tanto blade would be slim, and it would likely be used more often for throwing knife attacks.

"The prototype weapon you've forged is indeed interesting, Mio."

"It's just that... there are too many troublesome preparations to use the cursed tanto weapon."

"Besides... the cursed weapons I have aren't enough to make spare blades," I said while commenting on Mio's weapon prototype.

Mio's face stiffened, and she smiled softly, her hand turning the handle of her tanto again to release the sharp blade.

Srraaakk...

Ctttuuukkk...

"Y-Yeah, this is just a simple weapon prototype that I made in my spare time, just for my personal weapon collection. If I think about it... It's not really useful for a cursed tanto weapon to have a spare hidden blade," said Mio, agreeing with my opinion.

"Then... I prefer to use a sharp and elegant curved tanto weapon. After all, Momo has a black-red color combination and Ellen has a black-purple color combination. Wouldn't it be better to forge it as an elegant, cursed tanto that can show off to everyone? For example, having a striking black-gold color?" I suggested a suitable color combination for the cursed tanto weapon.

"Black-gold color combination?" Mio muttered softly and lowered her head, seemingly considering the color combination I suggested to her.

Mio's face, lowered, seemed to be watching the color combination of the cursed tanto being forged. I deliberately chose the black and gold color combination for the cursed tanto to complement the collection of cursed weapons that have a black base and a second, brighter color than black.

Such aesthetic functions are not really important on the battlefield, they just satisfy my personal desire to have an elegant cursed weapon.

"I see... It's quite suitable for Lily-sama to use."

"An elegant tanto shape with jet black color and high-quality gold pattern, it will be a luxurious and expensive cursed weapon to kill someone."

"It can even make other people shudder in fear after seeing the deceptive luxury and be shocked to the point of almost dying... when they find out that it is Lily-sama's cursed weapon."

"That's a pretty good idea, Lily-sama!"

"I'll use Lily-sama's idea and ask Marquess Rommel for permission to mine gold with my own hands!" Mio shouted, looking overjoyed by this.

I just kept quiet after seeing Mio, who was excited with various thoughts spinning in her head.

"..." without commenting on Mio's plan to find raw metal ore and forge my cursed tanto, I remained silent to understand every plan Mio would carry out.

"Ask my father for permission to mine? Wouldn't it be more practical to buy metal ore—"

"That's an dishonorable way for a professional blacksmith to do it, Lily-sama! When a blacksmith is at professional level, they must search for metal ore with their own two hands and look for the best metal ore from a bunch of the best metal ores!"

I wanted to ask Mio, but she had already answered my unfinished question.

"O-Oohh... is that so? I had no idea that a professional blacksmith would have such a big responsibility in forging weapons," I replied a little awkwardly when I saw Mio's over-excitement.

"Because I'm a professional blacksmith and I place a lot of pride in every weapon I forge!" Mio replied, puffing out her breasts and patting them.

Booiinngg...

Booiinngg...

Mio's large breasts swaying before my eyes seemed to tempt me to lay my face on them, again. Under the blanket of darkness, lit only by the campfire that was being used to cook dinner, I had a small desire to tease Mio breasts under the night sky.

However, I put aside that small intention and took the sharp blade of the throwing knife, which had previously been the sharp blade of Mio's tanto.

Srriinngg!!

My hand picked up the sharp blade with great caution, especially as the sun set and the blanket of night obscured my vision. The glint of the throwing knife's blade was too faint, and I could sense a great danger from the edge that Mio had sharpened to a paper-thin edge. With such a thin and sharp blade, it was undoubtedly a deadly throwing knife.

"Do you also apply the same principles to the weapons you forge for your personal use, Mio?" I asked, curious about this.

"As for my personal weapon... I prefer to use the remains of metal ores that have been used before. Rather than throwing them away for nothing and becoming metal waste, I'd rather use them as disposable weapons," Mio replied with a faint smile and held my hand, pulling the sharp blade from her tanto weapon.

"Even though it's made from used metal scraps, your hand-forged results are very neat and high quality. I don't know how to praise your skills, Mio."

"There's no need to praise me like that, Lily-sama. I'm just an Exclusive Maid and an soon to be a professional blacksmith," Mio replied with humility that made me smile.

"How could a soon to be a professional blacksmith use scrap metal as a forging material for a prototype weapon with high quality, Mio? You're already a professional blacksmith, Mio."

"N-No, I'm still a beginner blacksmith."

Mio smiled at me and held back a small laugh, while putting the sharp blade she had taken into the small sheath around her thigh.

Srraaakkk...

With gentle and elegant movements, Mio now showing a respect as a military aide, who ready for duty. Seeing Mio's sudden change in demeanor, I glanced behind me and saw Madam Estelle approaching me silently. Without the sound of footsteps and hiding her presence, Madam Estelle seemed to have become accustomed to walking in this manner until it became her habit.

"Lily-sama, dinner will be finished soon."

"And several high-ranking military officers are already seated in their seats to hold an evening meeting and evaluate today's activities," said Madam Estelle while reporting important matters to me as someone who take my responsibility, while I am away.

The appearance of Madam Estelle reminded me of my responsibilities, "Oh, I almost forgot about that."