Chapter 21: Regular Exchange System (3)
“It's a cursed sword.”
Kito, who had quietly approached Leon and was observing the wooden sword with him, spoke in a low voice.
“A cursed sword?”
“I can’t be entirely sure, but the strange flow of mana surrounding that sword... it could only be a cursed sword.”
Leon’s expression stiffened upon hearing that. From his understanding, weapons labeled as cursed swords typically had negative effects on their wielders.
They could drive a person to madness or force them into soul-binding contracts, among other things.
While Leon furrowed his brows and stared at the wooden sword, a small piece of the light brown surface, already cracked, fell off.
And what was revealed beneath... was a darker brown wooden sword.
“....”
Leon tilted his head to the side, staring blankly.
Was this feeling one of disappointment or relief?
As he looked at Kito with a peculiar sense of emptiness, Kito averted his gaze and spoke.