Chapter 23
Around a week before Lord Matsuda’s New Year’s Day banquet, most establishments in the surrounding villages would be closed or limit the times they would be open. That is because it is a long time custom in the region that when the Matsuda clan organizes its annual New Year’s Day banquet, the people in its domain are invited to celebrate and share in their lord’s festivities. Naturally, Tatsuya’s smith was usually closed like all the other village shops. But that particular night, which was a few days before the banquet, was an exception. One of the smaller forges was lit, indicating that a knife or a tool of a similar size was being made. However, the object being forged was something that none of Tatsuya’s customers ordered. It was
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