As the forging reached its final stage, Mike casually scanned the crowd and suddenly caught sight of something that made his eyes light up, shouting loudly:
"Yo?! Isn't that Knight Weir, Lord Louis's personal guard? How come you're not by Lord Louis's side today? Why don't you come up and be the sword testing officer?"
Everyone immediately turned to look, countless curious gazes focused on Weir's face, which instantly flushed red, wishing he could find a crack to crawl into.
Lilya covered her mouth with laughter, giving him a push: "Go on!"
"I, I..." Weir stammered an excuse or two, but facing the surrounding laughter and Lilya's encouraging look, he finally gritted his teeth and stepped up on stage.
"I'll... just test it out."
So, under everyone's eyes, he ran over to the three newly forged swords, while the test target was a wild boar carcass made into a thick leather target.
