Notice:

Minor Mana Pool has changed in Minor Mana Hold since a knife should not be able to have a pool…. Mana Hold lets knife-san hold up to 5 mana with the effect of 1 mp/second loss because hes made of metal and metal can’t hold mana very well. Also with the skill Mana Manipulation knife-san is able to draw 1mp/second out of his surroundings. This creates a situation where he does not gain or lose mp. To increase it our mc has to draw out mp from food. Sounds better right?

My naming sense is impressive isn’t it.

1 big chapter instead of 2 smaller ones.

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5. The End and Beginning of a Tale.

At the time when I gained the skill Small Resonance I was surprised by the fact that Boris and Thea had a daughter. Her name was Elise she was about eight years from what I could hear from her voice, now that I think of it it’s normal to have at least one child but since she never equipped me I just assumed that there weren’t more people living in this house. Remembering how I died at the hands of a noble girl I just hope she will never have to use me in that way.

The following day my rival in arms arrived, I called her Ecils(slice) because she wouldn’t stop saying ‘slice’. Like with the Lock-san I tried talking to her but she too didn’t seem to react to my words, at that moment I had an epiphany, I immediately start repeating the word ‘Dull’ over and over trying to let her blade resonance with my words. After about an hour I heard to my pleasant surprise the word ‘Dull’ coming from Ecils in between every five ‘Slice’s’, I continued this until the only word she could say was ‘Dull’ having finished the first step of my idea I now waited till supper came to see the result of my hard work bear fruit.

The skill Small Resonance doesn’t give me a perfect hearing, all sounds are given a metallic ring and words are impossible to differentiate from each other. Still it was a hell lot of better than hearing nothing at all. I could use this skill to guess the mood and what’s going on around me to a certain level. Using Small Resonance I waited to hear the signal that would confirm my victory and I wasn’t let down. Hearing a disappointed and frustrated voice coming from Boris I knew that he wasn’t content with Ecils performance.

*Dunin*

Metal lore.(Beginner)

You have used your knowledge of ‘Metal Lore’ to change the essence of a metal object making it obey your command.

If you’re wondering what I would achieve by dulling poor Ecils-chan mind/edge it is actually very simple, by making other knives appear to be dull compared to my sharp cutting edge I will accomplish that they will attend the Day of Sharpening instead of me who can still cut like a newly born knife. Of course I knew I was only delaying the inevitable.

Lately I have been trying to channel a part of my mana repeatedly in and out of a certain crunchy green trying to gain some sort of skill from it. I have great expectations since having a link with the food that I will cook will probably give me some boons in the future.

After I realized that my contact time with Veggy-kun was still too short to manipulate the flow of mana the way I want it to, I started to train my ‘Minor Mana Manipulation’ hoping to increase the range of my ability. Sparing you the boring parts I managed to influence mana up to 10 cm(0,1 meter) from the edge of my blade, and with that level ‘Minor Mana Manipulation’ to ‘Small Mana Manipulation’. After spouting out about a dozen of sentences that underline my sense of accomplishment I continued to phase two of mana link training.

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Today is the day I will realize ‘Mana Link’!!

After trial and error I learned that for a stable connection I needed to control the entire flow of my target, this was hard to achieve and takes a great deal of mental effort. Yesterday however I felt that the flow of mana almost stabilized, so I knew I needed to give it one more try so I could finish a stable connection. Coincidental today is the day of Elise’s birthday, I guess we both will have something to celebrated.

*dunin*

Thea has equipped common kitchen knife.

Giving myself some encouragement I shout “Here we go!”

Finishing my preparations I started with the now familiar action of pushing a small amount of mana from my Mana Hold into Veggy-kun while at the same time drawing mana out in order to create a circulating flow of mana between me and Veggy-kun. Having completed this action I continued to spread the flow in Veggy’s making it flow through every part of the vegetable.

*dunin*

Mana Link.(active)

Through a tremendous amount of training you have managed to create a link between you and an organic object.

Essence Manipulation.(active)

You are able to draw certain properties out and implant them with the use of ‘Mana Link’.

Using this skill will occupy a part of your mana threshold.

I expected the Mana Link but ‘Essence Manipulation’ really hit the spot, I can use it to add the flavor of herbs to meat making it even more delicious. This encouraged me, I was one step closer to fulfilling my dream. I would have been really happy if only bandits didn’t broke through the door right after a got the skill.

‘Hearing’ the sudden intrusion, I picked up a mix of fright and aggression the fright probably coming from my family and aggressive one coming from a guy I’ve never heard before. I knew that the unwanted guests has entered the house and wondered what the reason could be for this commotion.

>stabWait what’s going on did the guy just stab Boris!?

I hear a wail coming out of Thea’s mouth, Elise starts to cry. I feel despair falling over me what is happening I can’t do anything, people around me are dying but I can’t do anything to protected them. Although they thought of me as a knife with no feelings that doesn’t mean I don’t care if they die.

>stab

I can’t let this continue I have to do something!

*dunin*

Elise has equipped common kitchen knife.

I can’t let Elise die I have no choice I will need to use the forbidden skill!!

I won’t let you die Elise! “MANA LINK!!!”

I feel burning mana rushing through my body fusing my senses with Elise’s. I don’t know what is going on but I have no time to think the B*astard that killed this girls parents is walking towards us. He is holding a dagger is his hand looking at us with a disgusting smirk. He swings his arm trying to stab the dagger in the left side of Elise’s head killing her swiftly in a single move.

Not knowing if she can hear me or not I scream “DUCK!!”

At the moment we ducked the dagger slashed the air above Elise cutting through strands of hair that were left behind by Elise’s the sudden movement.

Whether it was me controlling her body or she hearing my voice I don’t know, but at the moment the blade passed Elise’s head she jumped up driving me straight into the bandit’s heart.

You have dealt a killing blow to the heart, X Damage.

You gained 1 lvl.

You gained 1 lvl.

I can sense Elise’s heart pounding in her chest the tears flowing on her cheaks and the blood dripping on her hands

*Dunnin*

Soul Contract.

You have made an unbreakable bound between you and Elise.

Due to being contracted with Elise you have gained to following abilities

- communication

- ………..

- ………..

- ………..

I didn’t notice it before but using Mana Link with Elise is putting a major strain on me, this amount of mana is not normal it’s incredible compared to what I’m used to.

Though I felt like I would shatter in pieces I needed to deal with Elise before I black out. Blocking out certain options of Soul contract to lessen the burden, I calm myself down and try to start a conversation with Elise to tell her what she should do, since the village is being raided by bandits there is no time to lose.

“Elise”

“……..”

“Elise”

“…….”

“Do you hear me Elise!”

*Elise starts looking around*

“Wh-who are wh-where are you.”

“You are holding me, but don’t drop me or else we can’t talk”

“I-i-impossible you c-can’t talk.”

“whether I can or not that is not the problem now, grab everything of worth and run outside if we stay here more will come. ”

Elise says in a soft voice trying to hold back her crying. “B-but m-my a-and d-dy.”

This isn’t going anywhere if I lose Elise it’s all over I have to push her.

“I know how you feel but this is not the moment, you have to survive for Boris and Thea’s sake.”

After saying this Elise seems to start moving, I don’t know in which direction since I had to shut of my connection with her senses.

“Faster, put it in a bag with some food and clothes”

I know that we have no time to spare but that doesn’t mean we can just run away without food and clothes, without those we would die even if escaping the bandits.

“W-where do we go?”

“Run outside… away….. from the village…..”

“Miss Knife!?”

“Stay alive my child…. I Have… to sleep…”

That was the last thing I remember, whether Elise will escape I don’t know all I can do is hope…..

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The Birth of a Hero and her knife that loves to cook, the two will have many adventures overcoming many hardships in order to slay the Demon Lord to Cook!

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Did you notice Elise calling our mc miss? Our mc used to be a woman, didn’t expect that did you! If you look at our mc’s first time to be used in chapter 3 you would think it’s a guy wouldn’t you!

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