Fujiwara thanked Paka as he traded over the boar leather before closing up the confirmation window and checking his inventory to make sure that the trade had gone through. Seeing the material in his inventory now, Fujiwara and Ayame nodded to the party as they moved back into the city. Quickly weaving through the city's roads as they had done a few times ago, the two ended up in front of Cleo's shop once again. Before Fujiwara could open the door, though, Cleo opened it from the other side and smiled.

"I had a feeling you two would be back soon. I've got the wood you requested ready." she said as she, Ayame and Fujiwara entered the shop. "So, given that you're here you've got everything else, right?"
"Yeah, I've got everything right here." Fujiwara said, quickly materializing each of the materials that Cleo had requested of him earlier. "You sure it'll work this time?"
"Of course, of course! Trust me, your stuff won't go to waste again!" Cleo responded happily before gathering the materials up and tapping them each a few times with her hammer before starting to smelt the bronze ore in the furnace.
"And three... Two... One... Now!" she said, quickly pulling out the bronze (which was now an ingot) with a pair of tongs and lowering it into a bucket of water.
"You know... Compared to the stunt you pulled last time, this one isn't exploding in your face." Fujiwara said, the snide remark apparently not fazing Cleo in any way.
"Well, that's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes, eh?" she retorted as she brought the ingot onto an anvil and lined it up with the rest of the materials before tapping them all once more with her hammer.

At that point, Fujiwara and Ayame stared, the former in more bemusement than the latter, as the shape seemed to shift multiple times, as if rotating through the different established weapon types before finally setting on the shape of a scythe.
"Well, that was... Interesting." he said as Ayame picked up the scythe and swung it around a few times. "Well, how is it?"
"It's a lot better than that oversized toothpick you gave me earlier." Ayame said jokingly before laughing a bit. "But in truth, I didn't expect it to be this comfortable. It's weird, holding something like this. Feels like I'm an anime protagonist or something."
"Alright, if you say so. I guess it's about time to go. Thanks for the stuff." Fujiwara said as he and Ayame left the shop and headed back to the gates. Once there, the two waved to the party present at the gate and approached them all.
"I guess we're about ready... Maybe. We're still not letting her on the front lines, though." Fujiwara said to Umichi before leaning against a wall and sighing. "Geez, sleep schedule's so damn weird right now..."