Pirate's Backblade Swordsman

"Hey, old man, please open the door. Is this sword really important to me? Please help me repair it." Ai Lan shouted as she kept slapping the door of the blacksmith shop.

Although he had expected in his heart that repairing the knife would be troublesome, he hadn't really expected that he couldn't even get in the door.

"It seems that the master will not open the door again." Robin said behind Ai Lan: "You'd better make another plan."

They've been here for an hour now, and they haven't even seen the Master's second face except when they were first thrown out.

"I will not give up"

Ai Lan gently pulled out the reverse blade knife and wiped the blade from beginning to end. Seeing the soft cloth brushing against the slight scars on the sword's body made him feel more heartbroken than the scars on his body.

As a swordsman, he lives for the sword and dies for the sword. No matter how careless Ai Lan looks on the surface, the meaning of his life has long been cast in the sword.

Any sword in Ai Lan's hands, no matter what the final result, he will treat it with heart, not to mention the Reverse Edge Knife has accompanied Ai Lan's entire swordsmanship career.

Although this reverse blade is not the one that has been with him the longest, it is the continuation of that reverse blade and the sustenance of his feelings.

Ai Lan has already decided that no matter what, he will definitely repair the knife.

Just when Ai Lan was about to knock on the door again, the door opened from the inside.

However, it was not the master who came out, but a sturdy young man of seventeen or eighteen years old.

This young man is the master's apprentice. Ai Lan has heard the master call him "Sanlang", but the specific name is not clear.

Saburo's real name is Okino Koshizaburo. He was adopted by a master since he was a child and learned sword-making skills from the master.

It is worth mentioning that Ji Saburo is his name, and Saburo is just the name of the master.As for the surname Okino, it comes from the surname in the name of his master, swordsmith Okinoemon.

"Let's go. Needless to say, my teacher has closed the furnace a long time ago. Even if he hadn't, he wouldn't have repaired the sword for you." Jisaburo stuck his head out and said to Ai Lan.

Ai Lan still refused to give up and asked: "Can you tell me why?"

Jisaburo replied: "Because, my master generally does not modify other people's works. And"

He looked Ai Lan up and down and said, "Besides, you are a pirate and my master will not build or repair weapons for pirates."

This is one of the reasons why Ai Lan doesn't want to be a pirate, not only to avoid the navy at sea, but also to hide her identity on the shore.Once discovered, not to mention everyone screaming and beating, they will also be rejected by others.

Isn’t this situation the best proof?

"My brother is not a pirate, he is a good person." Irene couldn't help but retort when she heard Saburo slandering Ai Lan.

But Ai Lan stopped her, "Okay, then tell Master, I'll come back tomorrow."

They have all sailed under the pirate flag. Does it matter whether they are pirates or not?

"Captain, are we really going back like this?" Carlos asked Ailan.

After spending so long here without accomplishing anything, he felt a little aggrieved.

"Otherwise," Ai Lan asked, "Is there any way you can get the master to help me repair my sword?"

"Just take him out and beat him up," Carlos said viciously.

Ai Lan rolled her eyes and didn't want to pay attention to him. "Where did your usual cleverness go? I left it in the boat for Monta. I want him to repair the knife. If the knife is put into his hand, he can do whatever he wants." With this little trick, my knife will be ruined."

"Anyway, it will take two days to wait for the magnetic force to be recorded. You can just wander around the island in the past few days. I will think of a solution myself."

After seeing that Ai Lan and the others really left, Ji Saburo reopened the store door and called out the master.

"Master, I think that man looks like a real swordsman"

The master, who had white hair and beard and was somewhat hunched over, stared at his apprentice and cursed angrily: "Idiot."

"A swordsman's sword will never be stained with the blood of innocent people. He is a pirate. No matter how strong he is, he is not a true swordsman."

Ai Lan's deep affection when she wiped her sword flashed in the master's mind. The expression of this kind of emotion is like a fire wrapped in paper, which cannot be pretended or hidden.

"The sword is a good sword, and the person is not bad, but why did you become a pirate?" Master Okino shook his head and sighed.

"Master, why do you hate pirates so much?" Koshizaburo knew that his master hated pirates, but he didn't know why.

Master Okino stared at the flames in the furnace, lost in thought.

Finally, after a long time, he said: "I once forged a knife, which was the pinnacle of my life, and I also entered the ranks of famous craftsmen because of that knife."

Koshizaburo was a little surprised. He had never heard Master Okino mention such a thing before, "Master, that sword you made."

"It's the great sword Muramasa I forged in imitation of the supreme sword Murasame"

"Demon Sword Muramasa"

Hearing this name, Jisaburo was so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth.

Muramasa, like the second generation Onitsu, belonged to the demon sword.The difference is that the ghost sword of the Onitsu series is called the demon sword because it is powerful and will bring misfortune to the user.

As for the demon sword Muramasa, the reason why it is called the demon sword is because the blood that stains it from the time it kills will be absorbed into the blade to strengthen itself.

Seeing his apprentice so surprised, Master Okino just shook his head and said, "This sword is the pinnacle of my life and the origin of my nightmares."

"Why is this a nightmare after making a big sharp knife?" Koshisaburo was a little confused.

Master Okino picked up a piece of charcoal from the ground and threw it into the stove.Looking at the crimson flames, his thoughts returned to the village that was caught in a raging fire more than ten years ago.

"When I was young, I was very arrogant and thought that swords are for killing people. Of course, the stronger the better. When the sword is on the edge, I forged such a demon sword."

Jisaburo listened quietly, except for Okino Master's voice in the whole store, there was only the crackling sound of the charcoal in the fire.

"At that time, in order to make it famous, I gave it to a very powerful swordsman." Speaking of this, Master Okino's eyes began to flicker, and what happened next must have made him feel painful.

"But human beings are infinite. That person later learned that Muramasa can be strengthened by killing people."

Master Okino stopped talking, and Jisaburo could guess what happened.

"Master, this is that person's fault, not yours."

Ji Saburo wanted to comfort Master, but he could only say such a sentence.

Master Okino also knew this, but he still couldn't forgive himself.So he retired to this small island, and decisively chose to seal the furnace when the apprentice was barely able to be alone.