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The only blacksmith of the Kingdom Of Nezubai woke up to the bright sunny light appearing from the window of his small home.
from the outside of his windows, he could hear a child-like voice chanting around the very small village he was already in. He'd guessed it was a young bard who yet understood how obnoxious he could be in the morning.[He'd slowly groan as he got out of bed, he'd reach over and rub his arms as if they hurt. They did, you could say that felt as if they were on fire.
He would turn around and look at his dear wife who was still asleep in bed mumbling something about cats it seemed.
He would walk towards his small yet full wardrobe. He'd find his trusty formerly white shirt which was now a disgusting yellowish color, along with his formerly white shirt he put on a pair of baggy brown pants. The pants looked as if they were used as a sack for potatoes.
His dry reddish-brown hair and long growing bread made him seem and look older than he was.
Soon after he tied his weakly and almost wore our shoes he heard his wife "Are you leaving for work already? It would be such a shame for you to leave me here alone on such a fine day."
"My job is not easy, lords, merchants, and soldiers and even the common man all ask me to create all sorts of things for them." The blacksmith would sigh as he looked at his wife's letdown.
Soon after he left his small home for the village he worked at, his home was just a mile left of the village. the village of Augustine was busy with buzzing merchants and soldiers ordering around waiting for the only blacksmith to appear.
Soon after 20 minutes of riding horseback, he reached the village. He'd tie his horse up beside his small shop called "Seki Items And Commissions".
Once inside the small shop he'd look at the shelves of different items making sure everything was intact, the horseshoes, knives, pots, suits of armor, and weapons. All were intact thankfully.
He would walk behind the main desk and enter the door which was to the right wall behind. The door wasn't a real door, it was a portal to a different area that only blacksmiths alike could enter or see. To the normal people, it was just a door leading outback.
When he would walk through the portal he would be sent to a strange yet powerful room full of flames, steels, and hammers all set along the walls. There were even items to create handles for weapons. It was everything a blacksmith could dream of, but it all had a cost. Depending on what you used it would cost you something of your own.
As the blacksmith wandered he would see a jewel he had never seen before, it was a lovely shade of violet, and unironically there was a piece of a pure gold bar near it. He knew it would be dumb for anyone to buy such an item that looks so expensive, but the blacksmith's wife's birthday was soon.
The price to buy both items together was a kidney. He bought it knowing he had two and only needed one. After he had bought them he'd take out his trusty hammer and get to work, heating, cooling, hammering. The cycle went on till he got the perfect shape for the golden ring.
After four hours he left the portal room and looked into his shop to make sure no one was waiting. A young lad was there, he couldn't have been older than 19. "How can I help you, youngster?" Said the blacksmith full-heartedly. "Well, I was hopin' you had some spare horseshoes. The ones on my horse just wore out." The young lad said. "Of course, I have those. I have a fresh batch of em' too."
The blacksmith would point to a shelf that seemed to be filled with horse and wagon supplies. The young lad picked up 8 pure iron horseshoes and a few extra items it seems for a wagon. The lad would pay then leave in a quick fashion.


The day was rather plain, nothing much happened so the blacksmith went back to the portal and begin working once more. hours went by and he finished. A beautiful violet ring was born.


It was nightfall already so he took the ring home ready to show it to his "lovely" wife.
When he reached his small home that was in his even smaller village he noticed something strange. It seemed the young bard was outside his house as if he was waiting for someone. The blacksmith tied his horse near the local stable and asked the young bard "What are you doing outside my house? Are you looking for someone?" The young bard looked up at the blacksmith and said these few words. "ther sy a mann inside thy home, alone eac thy wif". (There is a man inside your home, alone with your wife.)
The blacksmith would rush inside his home and slam open their bedroom door. He would watch as his wife and the soldier made love right in their bed.
The blacksmith would grab the man and his "wife" and throw both of them out the house, he'd yell towards them "AFTER 15 YEARS OF US BEING TOGETHER YOU LEAVE ME FOR A NEAR 20-YEAR-OLD MAN."]He'd slam the door shut and think hard about all the years he spent with that one woman, just the two of them together, just for her to leave him for a young man. He didn't know what to do next. Would he just work day and night now since there would be no one waiting for him at home? What was he to do..

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