Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?-Chapter 601: Making brand new equipment for Marnie 2

What I had in mind for Marnie was a crescent axe version of a hatchet with a curved blade.

It’s a battle axe with a single blade, with a pick on the opposite of the blade and on the end of the shaft. I guess it feels like a short halberd? No, the size of the blade isn’t like a halberd’s.

I’m designing multiple variations of the shape of the axe blade.

This is because of Marnie’s preference and ease of use.

I was also coming up with a design for the handle, aiming for both stylishness and handling.

As I was busy sketching designs, Laeva showed me a single piece of paper.

「It might not exactly be an axe, but this could be interesting.」

「Ohー Laeva that’s so cool.」

「Hehe~ Is that so?」

When Laeva showed me her paper, there was a sketch of a weapon that was quite far from an axe.

The axe blade was like a guillotine blade with a handle and it was connected by a chain. On the other side of the chains was a slightly smaller axe without a handle. According to Laeva, this large and small axes coul also be thrown.

「How interesting. This is so cool.」

「Fufuun. If Takumi-sama says that then that makes me happy.」

When we talked about axes, I ended up designing an orthodox axe design. I’m slightly jealous of Laeva’s idea.

「Okay! I’ll think of my own unique weapon!」

「Ohh! I will not lose!」

I’m more or less Laeva’s teacher. I can’t lose. Laeva was also getting more and more motivated.

「……I’m the one who will use it, yes?」

Marnie looked a tad exasperated, but that’s probably my imagination. At least, that’s what I was telling myself.

Okay, let’s focus on destructive power.

Considering that we will be relying on the weight of the weapon to increase attack power and Marnie’s fighting style, long weapons were out, and perhaps long swords too.

With that being the case, let’s create two thick blade around 60cm in length connected to a handle.

Instead of the normal double edged blade, I’ll give it a crescent moon curve.

Maybe I should connect the blade to the front part of the handle to make it a single blade. Or maybe it could be used as two separate weapons?

With ideas coming to mind, I sketched many designs for Marnie’s weapons.

It’s really fun spending my time like that.

Laeva sketched a weapon similar to a Harpe on the inner blade.

In terms of destructive power, it was probably somewhere in between a dagger and an axe. It deviated from the original concept, but it looked interesting so that was fine.

Still, it was nice seeing Laeva enjoy designing crazy weapons like the harpe.

After that, Laeva and I did not stop at weapons, and we started designing Marnie’s armor and accessories.

「We should reinforce Marnie-san’s defenses.」

「Yeah. Sophia has a round shield on her left arm and is quite skilled with Shield Technique, but raising Marnie, as well as Maria, and Laeva’s defenses would bring me peace of mind.」

「Laeva too?」

「Yeah. Laeva, besides magic attacks, you also do close quarters combat, don’t you? Of course, Marnie is top priority though.」

This was essential for the melee fighters, Marnie who was mainly so, as well as myself who had recently started getting into it more.

Despite being melee fighters, it’s not like we should just pile on heavy armor. Marnie and I were the type to fight with speed and skills, after all. If we didn’t have light equipment like our current breastplate, bracers, and shin guards, it would be hard to move and fight.

It’s absolute necessary to have armor that will not hinder movement and has high defense.

That said, the functionality of our current breastplate poses no problems. The boots are a masterpiece as well, it enhances agility and can create magic barriers for an instant in the air, creating footholds which makes three-dimensional movement possible. If we had to make improvements, then it would be on the bracer and shin guards.

In any case, the performance of Sophia’s , Maria’s, and my equipment were guaranteed.

・Ranma’s Light Armor （ Water Wind Attribute）

( Wind Magic Resistance ・ Water Magic Resistance ・ Enhanced Water Magic ・ Enhanced Wind Magic ・ Enhanced Agility ・ Enhanced Magic Power )

『Automatic Size Adjustment』『Automatic Temperature Regulation』 『Equipment Weight Reduction』 『Self Repair』

・Endo’s Light Armor ( Fire Earth Attribute）

( Fire Magic Resistance ・ Earth Magic Resistance ・ Enhanced Fire Magic ・ Enhanced Earth Magic ・ Enhanced Attack ・ Enhanced Defense )

『Automatic Size Adjustment』『Automatic Temperature Regulation』 『Equipment Weight Reduction』 『Self Repair』

・Jinrai’s [Thunderclap] Light Armor ( Lightning Wind Attribute )

( Wind Magic Resistance ・ Lightning Magic Resistance ・ Enhanced Lightning Magic ・ Enhanced Wind Magic ・ Enhanced Agility [Extra-Large] )

『Automatic Size Adjustment』『Automatic Temperature Regulation』 『Equipment Weight Reduction』 『Self Repair』

And of course for Marnie who had the affinity for Water and Earth Attributes, I gave her matching armor.

・Doroma’s [Quagmire] Light Armor（Water Earth Attribute）

( Earth Magic Resistance ・ Water Magic Resistance ・ Enhanced Water Magic ・ Enhanced Earth Magic ・ Enhanced Agility ・ Enhanced Magic Power )

『Automatic Size Adjustment』『Automatic Temperature Regulation』 『Equipment Weight Reduction』 『Self Repair』

Our light armor was occasionally reinforced with new materials that we come across, and because my Bestowal Magic had also improved, there’s probably no armor better than these.

Now, should I modify the bracer? How should I do this?

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