“Master. The fe is ready.” Legendary Fme Lord came to interrupt our practice session and informed me.

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  [colpse]Not that I’m opposed to taking a break. While both Lua and I could likely keep going, Alice looks like she is ready to drop.

  Alice had been practig with Giltia the D. Knight. Just because I really think having Dark Padin as her partner would have been way too difficult for her. And I don’t have any other mohat use a swordstaff as their on. But Giltia has a trident thingy so that is close enough.

  Spoiler[colpse]My swordsmanship teacher of the day was Warrior Dai Grepher and Lua was learning the basics of the mace from Dark Scorpion - G the Strong. Even though I feel like G isn’t the best teacher. He just hits things, harder. eique or anything.

  Spoiler[colpse]Also, I just ck mohat use a mace or other blunt on. Sure I have Goblin Attack Force, but … yeah. And at the same time, I feel like Lua might want to practice more with using the mace as a source of vampiric steel, which she break off into tiny needles to shoot at people or something, instead to get blunt ons teique. She already has the staff teique skill, but as that is more focused on self defense, she wao also get blunt ons teique. But hey, to each their own.

  “Oh. Alright. I guess we will call it now.” I said. “How are you on time, Fme? I think you are running out, right?” I asked my Fme Lord.

  “Yes. Both myself and Granmarg are almost out. You should unsummon us soon, Master.” He firmed.

  Between the dance practid then the on practice, we had had a very physical two hours while that duo had worked on the fe. But now, we could take it a bit easier.

  “Sure. Everyohanks for being our instructors for the day. You go now.” I said to our three teachers and unsummohem. Then we walked over to where my new fe was and I unsummoned Granmarg and Fme Lord.

  “Now the’s test it out.” I said. “Iron Bcksmith Kotetsu.”

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  [colpse]First, I summoned my smith.

  “Hello, Master. I see that the fe is finished.” He said.

  “Yeah. Sure is. How about testing it out?”

  “Yes. We shall. What may I make for you?”

  “Alice.” I called her over. “How about your swordstaff?” I offered.

  “Wha? Really? Yes! Please.” She agreed.

  “Alright. Hand the pole to Kotetsu. I’ll get a bronze sword, so he bihe two.” I said I dug my ste for a bronze sword. I did get two of them from the dungeon, so we just use one of them. I picked up the oh the shorter bde. Teically, I think this is a shortsword, but that should actually make it better for what we are about to do. The bde of this shortsword was only about 50 cm long. In parison, my arming sword has a bde length of 90 cm.

  “So, Kotetsu, what do you think? you bihe two into a practice swordstaff?”

  “Of course. But we do need a fire, if you would.”

  “Sure, sure. I’ll get it.” I said as I pulled open my colle.

  “... Brian, that might be a problem.” Lua ented. “We do have firewood, but not coal or charcoal. Do you have some?”

  “Lua, who do you think you are talking to?” I asked. “If everything else fails, I just have a dragoh fire. But I do have somethier for this. Hinotama Soul.” I located the card I wanted and summo.

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  [colpse]“Why do we need a fire when I just summon a ball of fmes?” I asked.

  “... I guess I should have expected that.” Lua admitted.

  “Yeah. I’ve eve to boil water for tea. … but I guess that was when you were out because of your evolution, so you wouldn’t know about that.” I expined. “Anyway, you two make it work?”

  “Of course. We already practiced this in the factory.” Kotetsu answered.

  Hinotama Soul couldn’t actually speak, at least no a nguage I could uand, so he just quickly floated up and down like he was nodding.

  “Thanks.” I thanked my monsters and turned back to the girls. “So, how about lunch?”

  We enjoyed lunch with the rest of the vilgers. I was on cooking duty again, because if I didn’t cook, the vilgers would only have blood. And because I thought back to the time Lua was evolving, I recalled enjoying eggs at that time. Well truthfully I didn’t really enjoy them at that time, as I really had no appetite, but I did eat them. So I felt like making some again and I cooked up a few Monster Eggs.

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  [colpse]They weren’t half bad, but I really wish I had some more seasonings with me. I had some salt and some cheap pepper that I picked up ba Alewatch, but I really need more. I o find a spice shop and buy it out. … okay, maybe not pletely out. I might just pick up like 10% of their stock. Maybe 20% if they don’t have that much. That way, they won’t be out and I should get a det amount of spices. I also want some ketchup. Sure I make the tomato paste stuff from Mystiato, but that isn’t quite ketchup. But I think if I mix it with some vegetable oils, spices and other stuff, I’ll have ketchup. That’s how ketchup is made, right? Tomatoes, vegetable oil and spices?1 It is actually tomatoes and vinegar, with seasonings and spices Maybe Kit Dragonmaid will know the recipe. I’ll have to ask her.

  “Here you go, Miss. Please hold it and tell me how it feels.” Kotetsu said, as he hahe swordstaff to Alice.

  In all simplicity, what he had done was take the broaff… well, more like a rod, as it really isn’t a magic staff in any way. So yeah, he took that and attached a short sword to it. It was crude, it was ugly, but it would work. Almost.

  “It will work as a practice on, but it really shouldn’t be used for actual bat.” Kotetsu warned. “The bronze, while metal, is quite the soft metal, pared to even things like iron, not to mention tempered steel. If you use that one in bat, it will require at least some mainteer every battle.”

  “Yes. Thank you very much. It feels alright.” Alice said, as she received her … practice on. “Brian, thank you. … so, how much does this cost?”

  Oh? Alice is to pay? Really? … well this is a first, I think. Hmm. The materials were basically free and so it Kotetsu. … okay, I shouldn’t say that. Kotetsu is a master smith capable of making legendary ons. Just look at his card art. He is literally f the Legendary Sword.

  Spoiler[colpse]And I guess I could have sold the materials instead, so I should add some level of cost to them.

  … I really don’t know the cost of ons. I really should do more market research. Her staff, when we bought it, was fold. Ria’s armor, which has bronze, had aimated cost of 62 gold. …

  “Brian?” Alice asked.

  “... 20 gold s.” I said. That might be cheap, it might be expensive, but I’ll just make up for it when I make a better one for her. If I asked for too much this time, I’ll give her a good deal. If that was too little, her one won’t have a great deal.

  “Okay. … But I don’t have that much with me. I pay you whe back to Grandfather’s estate?” Alice asked.

  “Sure. That’s fine.” I agreed.

  “Miss, you should take some practice swings with it. Test it out. If you feel anything wrong, I’ll fix it for you.” Kotetsu reminded Alice.

  She did as instructed and swung the swordstaff around.

  “... wah. It’s heavy…” Alice said, after she almost lost her bance.

  “Miss, you don’t have that muass, so you might have to make up for that with teique or other skills.” Kotetsu said. “We could also have someone ent it with lighten, but that will only get you so far. And ons made of other materials might be even heavier than that is.”

  “You might be able to use your new flight skill for that.” I told her. I don’t actually know if she , but I feel like she might be able to.

  “Really? I’ll try.”

  “... Maybe learn how to use that skill first.” I reminded her to calm her down. “You shouldn’t jump to advahings. Master the basics first.”

  “... alright. I’ll do that.” Alice agreed.

  I unsummoned both Kotetsu and Hinotama Soul, and then I took the new fe into my ste. It worked, so that is good. Now I’ll just leave the space isoted room for Laura and the others to figure out.

  “Then just let the mana out.” Mana was instrug Ali how to fly with her new skill. As I assumed, Alice’s flight skill is the same one Mana uses.

  To double up on efficy, Lua was also practig flying, but she was doing it with Vampire Lady.

  Spoiler[colpse]Both of them, learning how to fly. And here I am, just floating myself with telekinesis. I guess I could also try to learn how the Mana Flight is used. I think. I’m not sure what advantages and disadva has over floating with telekinesis, but there might be some. Maybe speed? Or maybe the mana usage? Or maybe how little tration it takes? Or maybe it is easier to cast spells while flying with Mana Flight?

  Could be any of those reasons, or multiple bined. Well, I’ll listen in on the mana flight lesson and see if I want to try that. I guess I could try it in the factory first, then see if it is worth trying to learn outside. It probably is, so I should just go for it though.

  By the end of the lesson, Alice had learned how to float in the air. She still really couldn't move around and she would fall down if she lost tration for any amount of time. It is actually kind of simir to hoith telekinesis before I got used to it.

  Lua, for her part, learned how to infuse mana into her wings. But she still struggled a bit with moving them, so she couldn’t really attempt to take flight. But I’m sure she will get there. And again, like with me, she practi the factory. Not that I’m sure how much the factory cheats will help her.

  “I have just o.” Lua said. “Then I’ll e back to the city. You’ll wait for me, won’t you?”

  “Of course. But we will still see each other every m and evening in the factory, right? You won’t stop showing up?”

  “No! Of course not.”

  “... thanks.” I said, holy relieved that she didn’t deny my wish to see her each day. “And as soon as you are ready, call me. I’ll e pick you up.” I promised.

  “Yes. I will.”

  Our flight home, ons and/or a firebird, went fine. Again, I made sure we nded far enough away from the city where we wouldn’t be seen by too many people. Sure there will likely be some that saw us, but as long as it is only a few, it should be fine. And the gate guards did know about it.

  Well, we just sed our dragons for Overdrive and drove into the city.

  “Paulina, look, I fly!” Alice called to Paulina whe and floated into the air with her new skill.

  “... wh? Brian? Are you doing that?” She asked.

  “hat’s all her.” I answered.

  “... she … fly?”

  “Yes. ’t you see?” Alice asked.

  “Teically, that’s floating.” I quipped.

  “... I’m still learning. I’ll be flying in no time.” Alice tered.

  “But how?” Paulina asked. “Is that telekinesis?”

  “Nope.” Aliswered. “It’s mana flight!” As she called that out, she must have lost tration, as she fell back to the floor. Well, fell is questionable, as she was only floating about 10 the air.

  “... is it ara skill?” Paulina asked.

  “Sure is.” Alice firmed. “Mana uses the same skill to fly, so she teach me now.”

  “... I see. That is amazing.” Paulina said, with a mencholic voice.

  “I’m sure you learn it as well.” I said to Paulina. “From what I gathered, it is quite simir to telekinesis. Just trolling mana and expelling it from your body in a certain way. It might actually be easier than telekinesis.”

  “... really?” Paulina perked up.

  “Yeah. I was actually thinking to learn it myself. Want to try that with me?” I asked.

  “Yes. Of course.” She answered. “... but you already fly with telekinesis, so why would you do that?”

  “... because I . And I think that skill will be better for flying than telekinesis. Maybe. It is designed for flying after all. Telekinesis might eventually hit a wall in how fast I move myself with it. I don’t know if that flight skill will.” I expined.

  “Let’s all practice together!” Alice excimed.

  “Sure.” I agreed.

  “... yes. Let’s.”

  The rest of the day ent with more practiot that Paulina or I could even lift ourselves from the floor yet, but we will get there. Hopefully.

  Of course there is always space magie, fire and blood magic, as well as vampiriodification for Ria.

  And ending the day is the time I’ve been looking forward to the most. Level ups. We could still go for a few days before the Earl’s ban on level ups will e into effect. Ten days to the birthday, but as some of the uests will start to arrive in the days before it, he asked that we stop a week before. … well, I think I’ll still be leveling up skills. Just leave the overall level be for now, as that does seem to be the main cause of evolutions. I hope just leveling up skills won’t cause it. But we will never find out, unless we try just leveling up skills.

  Anyway, ba track. For myself, I decided to level up Mana trol. Just so I won’t fet it. Ria got a level in Flickering Step. … I should also try to learn that skill. It could be useful, and it seems simple enough.

  SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: Human !Level: 82HP: 2760Mana: 375th: 805Defense: 1005Magic: 1015 Skills: Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.3 (ue LV.10 (unique) Telekinesis LV.5 (extra)Summoner’s Unity LV.5 (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)Health scious (extra) Mana trol LV.8 Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)Language prehension (humanoid)Sve MasterSves: Rhianna

  [colpse]SpoilerName: RhiannaRace: DhampirLevel: 74HP: 1970Mana: 219th: 1185Defense: 870Magic: 1030 Skills:True Blood Magic LV.5 (Racial)Vampiriodification LV.3 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra) Fire Magic LV.4Mana trol LV.4Fast Mana Recovery LV.4Internal Magic Teique LV.6Unarmed bat Teique LV.5Flickering Step LV.4Power Boost LV.5Defense Boost LV.4 Blood Sucker (Racial)Sve. Master: Brian Wood[colpse]… My defense is no longer my highest stat … I don’t know how to feel about that. It just used to be, but I guess having magic as the highest stat isn’t that bad. But I should try to get another defensive skill. Maybe I’ll use my install to gain one. I’ll ask Laura tomorrow how soon that be done. I thiher United we Stand or Spell Eics should fully ie with my body soon, so I install another card.

  Well, tomorrow is another day of practice, I think. Or maybe some adventuring time. Well, I’ll decide tomorrow. Good night.