Magi-Borne (A Touhou Project Fanfiction)

The Perpetrator

I remember seeing That Greater Fairy flying towards the Mansion, for what gain?

But that need to be put on hold for a moment, as I remember to bring Kogasa this rare ore.

I flew over to the Youkai Forest, to see fire lighting the depths of the woods. There, I landed upon seeing the flames, coming from the Tatara furnace. She noticed me, and smirked.

"Welcome!"

She stood up from her work, and walked over to me as I landed on my feet.

"Got a selection of good things for the taking, Magician!"

"I'm here to give you this."

I summoned the chest where I stored the ore, and she opened it. Her eyes then literally sparkled like stars twinkling.

"You found it, Magician! The mithril ore... Where'd ya found it, dare I ask?"

"Rinnosuke was selling it at his shop. Looks like he's lucky to find something so rare. But there are few blacksmiths at the Village."

She chuckled gleefully, and she brought the ore over to a wooden table.

"Give me a moment to tinker with the ore... And your broom."

"What for?"

"You'll see... Hehehe!" She chuckled yet again.

I rolled my eyes, before I sat down against a tree. After what seems like hours, she called out.

"Magician! Come over here!"

I got up, and walked over to Kogasa. She handed me over my broom.

"Try twisting the end of the broomstick!"

I did what she asked, and I widened my eyes as the end of the stick is opening, and when it's fully opened, I pulled it out, revealing that it had concealed a sharp blade underneath.

"Wow..."

"Now you can use your broom as a spear... Instead of just being a tool for transportation! Test it on this board here which I carved."

She pointed over to a small square wooden board which has a large dot carved in the middle.

I thrusted the broomstick like a spear towards the target, and in an instant the board was pierced like a knife through bread.

"Whoa..."

"And also, here's something for personal protection..."

She handed me over a shirt like thing, made of silver chains.

"Mithril chainmail. It shall protect you against most weapons, wether if they're dull or sharp! Magic can still affect it however."

I took the chainmail, and I marveled over the sight of it's shiny metal chains.

Afterwards, I put it underneath my black vest. I looked up to see Kogasa, with a cleaver in hand.

"Don't move. This is just a test."

I nodded, and she struck down the cleaver onto my torso, but it barely did any damage, save for the minor cuts on my vest. The cleaver breaks upon impact, like an ice block being hit by a hammer.

"Now you don't need to worry about those pesky humans on stabbing your heart... You still need to protect your head, hips, arms and legs though."

"Got it. Thank you, Kogasa."

"Anytime!"

As a bonus for giving her mithril, she also gave me another chance to grab a free weapon, and I chose a katana with a black scabbard. After I'm done in dealing with the blacksmith, I covered the blade on my broom, and I hopped on, before taking off.