Chapter 19: Bran's Knife

This is the Northland. What do the Northlanders need most? Sophisticated swords and armor. But these are not just the appearance. Each beetle and each iron ring have other specific crafts. Bran needs to learn these in depth, he needs to perceive these with his ability, and then imitate it in essence, so that he can get a satisfactory result.
Materials cannot be generated out of thin air based on magic power. Bran’s ability is to reshape and adjust materials, and understanding of materials has become the focus of training. In this regard, the family’s large warehouse of used weapons provides Bran with good help. Dany stood at the door of the warehouse and looked at the child in front of her, and she couldn't help but admire a little. The child in front of him is so focused, with a broken sword on one side and a newly formed one-handed knife on the other. You can see a reflection of the blade, this light diffuses through the middle of the blade, and then slowly moves towards the tip of the blade, Danny Knowing that this is magic power changing the material properties of the blade, watching the light slowly move to the tip of the blade, Dany and Bran exhaled at the same time.
Bran, who wanted to drive some more, began to calm down, no longer anxious, and now he knew that he not only had a black cat, but also his family, and Dani. He was never alone, but he ignored too much before. He only felt that he had fallen into this bizarre world, but he had not thought about his arrival, his behavior, and the trouble that he caused to his family now. Dani was right, this is the Northland. So Bran spends most of the rest of the winter in the warehouse, using magic to sense the subtle parts of the sword armor, and try to imitate it.
"Dani help me try this knife." Brandy called.
Dani picked up the knife and walked out of the warehouse with Bran, slashed at the test stone outside the door, then closed the knife and looked at the knife edge and said to Bran: "Not bad!"
Bran smiled and said, "It's still a long way away."
"It's really good."
"I have seen most of the weapons in the warehouse, like the broken two-handed sword, which is much better than the knife I made. Even such weapons would be broken. I really can't think of this knife. where?"
"That's why you have been reluctant to make that broken sword into a new weapon?"
"Yes, I understand a little bit, why these used weapons can still be stored in the warehouse. Since it can't be surpassed, then what face is there to use these as materials?"
Bran walked to an arm-thick wooden stake, pulled out the Yan Ling knife that hung around his waist, and swung it briskly without the slightest smoke, but when the blade was about to touch the stake, his whole body Suddenly it unfolded, as if the whip body was shaking with a whip from the tip, the blade suddenly rang out and the stake broke. This made Dani beside her stunned and speechless for a while.
People in the North are tall and powerful, and their weapons are often thick and heavy, so when Bran’s Yan Ling knife was made, it was jokingly called an embroidery needle. However, noticing that Bran's body is obviously thinner than the children of the same age in Northland, people also understand Bran's choice in a self-righteous manner.
Looking at Danny beside him, Bran said triumphantly: "Sometimes I am not so useless. At least, not as useless as many people think."
"how did you do it?"
"As long as the knife is fast enough." Bran smiled triumphantly.
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"Dani, it's spring, take me out for a walk, hunting around the castle or something."
"Okay." Dany agreed, and then asked, "Are you not going to build a castle?"
"No hurry. It will be built soon. According to the current progress, I will soon be able to make a first-class sword, and in exchange, many people will take the initiative to help us. I now need to experience the sword in practice. Use it, even if I kill two rabbits, it will be helpful to the manufacture of swords."
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Danny listened to Bran humming an inexplicable song, and back and forth only had the words "Happy birthday to you", but Bran sang a tune that was supposed to be happy in a deep, sad, and even tears. The corner of the boy's eyes flickered.
Bran hummed a song, but did not stop his work. The broken two-handed sword was finally dissolved by Bran today and transformed into a thick-backed handguard with a single sword. The blade is simple and unpretentious, and the surface of the blade is not bright but a little dull. Faced with repeating tasks that seem to be unchanging to outsiders every day, Dany is already a little tired of the process of making swords by Bran. Even if Bran emphasized that the important thing is the inner quality, it can't make Dani talk about it. So when Bran yelled Dani that we were successful, Dani just came over lazily and took the knife to the test stone outside the warehouse...
In the early summer evening, the duke’s idiot son carried a large wooden board and stood near the gate of the castle. On the wooden board, the words "try the knife" were written on it, and his idiot black cat and idiot attendant stood beside him. If only this is the case, most knights will just smile, who would compete with an idiot? It's just that there is a flower ornament on the head of the black cat's flower, and each petal of the flower ornament reflects the broken and dreamy light spots under the shining of the setting sun, making the knights unable to stop and take a closer look. Bran said that the winner can get this floral ornament. Dani is holding a single knife, which is a bit unnatural, so she has an expression of keeping away from strangers, completely without the consciousness of being an idiot number three.
The impact of the onlookers spread quickly throughout the castle, and even the duke and his wife stood on the second floor balcony watching, feeling helpless for the four sons. However, what happened next will be unforgettable for everyone...
At first the third sister couldn't help but her love for floral ornaments came forward, and touched the single knife in Dany's hand. Maybe it was because Dany's confidence was insufficient and her shot was not decisive enough. As a result of the collision, the third sister's short knife broke inconspicuously. The fracture is not too much damage, just a little polishing.
Then the third sister's attendant, with the idea of ​​retrieving the place, shook his arms and confronted Dany with a sword. Maybe it was because both of them were women, but each had reservations, but they still ended up breaking the other's weapon.
Things gradually began to develop in an uncontrollable direction, and the knights who were aroused to compete, stepped forward one by one. Dany began to give full play to the silly eldest sister's abilities, one sword is more real than one sword, and one sword is more confident. At the same time, words like dog eyes see people inferior, you are idiots, and so on, venting the anger since becoming Bran's attendant . In the end, a somewhat angry great knight collided with the full-strength Dany with a two-handed sword. The two-handed sword snapped at the sound, and the noise stopped abruptly as if the neck was broken. Only Dany's cursing was heard: "You are idiots! Your whole family are idiots!"...
When things came to this, the duke and his wife standing on the second floor couldn't help shaking their heads.
The single-handed sword in Dany's hand attracted the attention of everyone present. At that moment, in the last ray of the setting sun, a trace of greed reflected in the eyes of all the knights. Then, like auditory hallucinations, people heard Bran’s voice: "It’s yours, Danny. This knife is called birthday."