Fujiwara sighed as he reached the blacksmith, looking up at the sky to see the time. It was almost nighttime, which meant that he would have less time than he thought to get Ayame up to speed. Turning around, he saw Ayame trailing slightly behind. Nodding, he quickly entered the blacksmith shop and began talking to the NPC there. When asked about choices, the NPC directed him to look at everything in the store that was on sale. Fujiwara, in turn, told Ayumi to look over their wares.

Ayame looked at all the weapons on display in the store, weighing the options in her head.
"Swords are too expensive, rapiers look too weak, axes look too unwieldy..." she said before sighing and shaking her head. "I'm sorry, but I don't see anything I'm interested in." Massaging his forehead, Fujiwara dropped 1000 col on the counter and asked for an «Iron Rapier». The blacksmith happily obliged before thinking for a second and beginning to speak.

"You know, if she's not satisfied with what I've got here you can always make your own. Sadly, I'm not taking apprentices at the moment, but if you want to know more just read this." he said, dropping a rolled-up scroll on the counter along with the rapier. Thanking him, Fujiwara gave the rapier to Ayame before receiving a message from Umichi. Sighing, he began typing a response as he toyed with the scroll.

"Well, I might have just triggered the quest flag, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's fine anyways. I think that tanking would be best, but... No metal slimes or anything? That'd make this a hell of a lot easier." he typed before sending the reply and opening up the scroll to read it.