After a successful rescue mission in the empire, Eizo welcomes Helen to the family. Life at the forge is peaceful once more, though living in the Black Forest comes with its own set of dangers. The family encounters another aggressive bear, and once they dispatch it, they find and adopt an orphaned wolf pup. With yet another mouth to feed, Eizo knows he must continue to test the limits of his cheats. His next challenge? Working with a rare, stubborn metal called appoitakara. Using this metal, Eizo forges Helen a new pair of swords and then decides to design a katana for himself! These powerful weapons come in handy when Samya tells Eizo about a type of ore located in the dangerous heart of the forest. When the family ventures out to search for it, they meet a young woman who is a mercenary and stumble upon the ultimate wild beast-a dragon! New faces, new monsters, and new metals are on the horizon for Forge Eizo, but is there any quiet life to be found?
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Winter is waning in the Black Forest, and the buds of spring have begun to emerge. Unfortunately, this is also a season of political intrigue for Forge Eizo. Counterfeit knives are still circulating around the kingdom, threatening Eizo's and Camilo's livelihoods. Ever the enterprising merchant, Camilo comes up with a scheme to catch the perpetrator: Marius and the margrave will lay a trap, and Eizo will forge a forgery of his own. This will be no ordinary counterfeit-Eizo must make a knife using the legendary metal orichalcum! With opposing political factions roiling beneath the surface of the kingdom's hierarchy, everyone must play their part to expose the counterfeiters. Can Eizo master the unyielding orichalcum? Or will his failure hammer the final nail in the coffin of his blacksmith life?