Chapter 211

Chapter 211

...I can’t sleep.

Want to sing me a lullaby or something then? Help put me at ease?This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.

Lame.

His god said with a sigh.

It’s fine, it’s just hard to believe how much time has passed is all. Two years flew by.

Thanks, but really, don’t worry. I just need to distract myself for a while, it’s been a long few weeks.

He looked to the container he had placed beside Fredrick, the only thing ensuring Inux’s soul stayed bound to the world while he got to figure out how to rebuild his enchantments from scratch, maybe needing to make him a new body in the process. Pelenia had said they would store the talos’s body and Ben was pretty sure it wouldn’t decay, but that didn’t mean he would be able to just reattach everything if he ever became a good enough craftsman.

Still, one thing to worry about at a time.

The sun would be up soon and he could tell he wouldn’t be getting any rest, so instead he went to the shop. Even if it wouldn’t be open for customers, he could at least chip away at his training.

He had an idea for leveling his current job, but that meant first ignoring his enchanting to focus on his crafting, making a variety of shields, swords, and spears before anything else, giving him plenty to practice on when focusing on his target skill. Once he got them all he pulled out all of his skill rings and a notepad to record the results before throwing himself into his task.

Starting with a spear, he began placing enchantments on it, the exact same way he’d done when he’d made his knife, only at a higher level thanks to his skills improving while at the same time adding the space enchantment his knife lacked, making it so any injury it caused would collapse around the blade to inflict more damage. It was only as he’d finished that the spearhead cracked and turned to dust in much the same way he’d expected it would.

“Just about to do some reading. Weren’t you looking forward to being done with it, or have they still not managed to hire any new healers?”

“Well, I wasn’t planning on going back but helping Lux for a while helped convince me to at least do it on occasion. At the very least I need to try and raise my life magic’s level anyway if I want to take advantage of it for my quest, and now that I’m at the fourth level I can be useful while they train the new hires so all in all it’s not too bad. Anyway, there was something I was hoping to ask you about if that’s okay?”

“Yeah, of course, what can I do?”

She seemed to hesitate a bit, as though she were unsure of herself but gathered her resolve. “I know it’s a bit of a waste, but do you think you could use some of your magic materials to make me a way to power the enchantments on the stove? I figured it might be nice if I started trying to cook for myself, but I still can’t really use any old enchantment without risking destroying it.”

“What is that all? Sure, just give me a minute to figure out how to put something together. You don’t need to be so hesitant you know, technically they belong to both of us so if you ever have anything you want made from them just let me know.”

It was an obviously simple solution to her problem that he’d never bothered to give any thought to. He liked cooking for her and Sonya so he hadn’t felt the need to figure out a solution, but he couldn’t deny the fact that it would be helpful for her and wouldn’t leave her dependent on others so he got to work.

It was altogether too simple to make as well, basically just a clamp made of mythril with an incredibly small white mana crystal embedded in it to ensure it got sufficient power.

Thera had sat down and quietly watched the entire process of its creation, seemingly enjoying it as he worked and he handed it to her when he was done.

“Alright, all you need to do is attach it to where we’d typically grab to run mana into it and that should power the stove. The main thing you need to remember is that you need to remove it when you’re done, leaving the stove on can be a quick way to burning the house down if you aren’t paying attention. Anyway, I was just going to do some reading but want me to come give you a hand, maybe a few pointers?”

“Don’t worry about it, I’ve helped you plenty of times by this point, remember? I’m sure I’ll manage making myself lunch at least. Still, I think I’ll leave dinner to you if you don’t mind?”

“Of course,” He told her with a grin. “I’ll be home in a couple hours so don’t fill up too much.”

They said their goodbyes as she left and Ben sat back down with his book in hand. He had plenty to read and hopefully figure out just where the issue was, so he focused on that as the hours slipped by.