Phil, a friendly adventurer, spoke as Elio was on his way home, worried about his gear.

"Hey. Elio, what's up?"

"Ah, Phil. No, the White Wolf guys do it again. Come on."

"Cheer up. That's right. Let's go to the dining room outside the city. I'll give you the luxury."

"Dining room?"

"Oh, there's a pretty girl over there right now."

"Hmm. I'm not in the mood for that right now."

"Well, don't say that. 'Cause I'm gonna ask you a question."

Ellio follows his friend's recommendations unmindfully and goes down the road off the city with him.

"Welcome -"

It was a friendly dining room for the masses.

It was a restaurant where you could taste classic home cooking and regular meals at a price that made you want to come every day.

But Elio never felt better.

"You're really serious."

"Oh, 'cause. It's my fault our guild's on foot, isn't it? If my status was a little higher, I'd have tried another quest a long time ago."

"That's what happened. It's not just your fault."

"That being said, it's the third time this month. My lack of status prevents me from exercising my powers at the core."

"You're too serious. Let's go easier. Let's drink."

"Excuse me. Are you two adventurers?

A clerk-like girl with an apron speaks to the two of them.

Elio soon found out that she was the rumored billboard daughter.

I see, why was she a daughter with a simple charm?

"Ooh. We're adventurers."

Phil said dressed to distract her.

"Did you still? Okay, here you go, if you like."

She offered me a brochure.

"Hmm? Alchemy guild. This is about the guild you're doing behind this store, isn't it? Is that it? But didn't you already retire the grandfather you're doing back there?

"That's right. My grandfather retired, but he appeared to want to use the workshop (atelier). We're in excellent business now."

"Heh. Good for you. Oh, really. The Alliance has changed its name to" Spirit Factory. "

As Elio ran his eyes into the letters of the brochure without any concern, the wording of interest popped into his eyes.

"A free consultation for adventurers by S-level appraisers is underway!

(Free consultancy by S-level appraiser?

"That's the thing, so use the Alchemy Guild if you like"

"Oh, I'll ask for some more ore if you want me to refine it again"

Saki tries to get away from the two seats and go back to the kitchen.

Elio rushed to stop Saki.

"Hey. Wait a minute, clerk. This S-level appraiser..."

Aina was working out her sword, remembering her interaction with Loran.

"Making sword c at lower cost?

"Yeah. So far, you've created a single sword c out of iron weighing fifty minutes. But now you're wearing Class B metal molding. Using your skills, you should be able to make one sword c with iron that weighs forty minutes. Your next goal is to make sword c with as little iron as possible. Can you do it?"

When Loran said that, Aina clouded her face.

……

"What's wrong with you?

"That... that Lisetta is what my daughter (Ko) said. That sword b is not enough for both of us. He said he wouldn't keep the Spirit Factory like this."

"Oh, you mean that"

"Well... I have to be able to build a stronger weapon by myself..."

"It's okay. Now forget what she said."

"But..."

"She seems proud to have worked out her gear by herself, but I don't think it's all about making it by myself. It's also important to use people well."

"Use people?

"Yes. Using people well brings out the support you need. By doing so, I make up for my weaknesses. You already did, didn't you? It boosts its productivity by borrowing arm strength (power) and endurance (toughness) from Roddy. As a result, you can now make a quest to create ten Sword C's in a day you couldn't have done before, right?

"... Yes"

"Together, we will build a weapon stronger than Dragon Fire. Don't worry. Ude as your alchemist is definitely up. Either way, we should be able to build a more powerful weapon. And for that! Start with the job in front of you. Making ten swords c a day. Let's do that exactly. Like?"

"Yes."

Having finished her recap, Aina again focuses on the task of working out the sword in front of her.

(That Lisetta is my daughter.) You look great. Look at that. I'm going to build you a better weapon than that girl!

Roddy was horrified to see how Aina was doing.

(Good. That Lisetta was shown a difference in power by her daughter (Ko), and I wondered what would happen, but Aina's feelings have not been frustrated. Sounds like you got a good follow up on Loran)

Roddy matches Aina and flips the iron on the table.

(Please, Eina. This is a pretty good place to be. My food support depends on you)

"Roddy. The coarse molding is over. I'm going into fine molding, so put two together on the table."

"Oh."

Roddy puts the sword he left behind on the table on the verge of making.

Aina moves on to working out her sword again.

(Nevertheless......)

Aina remembered a different feeling as she worked out her sword.

(I wonder what. Looks less tired today than usual......?

Even though Eina's work is already about to become the tenth sword, there has never been any sign of breath lifting this day.

Loran tried to appraise her status.

[Aina's Status]

Arm Power (Power): 40-50

Endurance (Toughness): 40 ( 20) - 50 ( 20)

Jun Min (Agility): 60-70

Health (Stamina): 40 (30) -70

* is a constant increase or decrease, and "" is a temporary increase or decrease.

(Endurance (toughness) is rising. Thanks to this, there was a sense of stability in other statuses. Aina's status is improving well. This will allow us to do more work in the course of the day. The problem is…)

Loran stops appraising Aina and regains consciousness in a meeting with Dylan in front of him.

The two of them have looked difficult since earlier.

"Dylan. Um... you seemed selfish, but you didn't have any more good jobs?

On the desk in front of him was a few papers written about the alchemy work project.

It was a job Dylan had been looking for me around the Alchemy and Adventurer guilds, but all of them were things I wanted to buy low quality stuff for at a low price.

"I know it's a tough number, Loran."

Dylan said as he put his hand on his forehead.

"However, the name value of" Spirit Factory "is still low on this island. Highly paid jobs are hard to turn around."

"It's not just about the reward, Dylan."

Loran said, pointing to the paperwork.

"I also have problems with the quality of my work. This workshop (atelier) was set up to train alchemists to develop S-Class weapons. An alchemist's level up is essential to that. These low-quality quests are gonna rust our alchemists' arms."

"I know."

"Okay? Dylan, the concept of this guild is to grow with the Adventurer guild. As things stand, this island is full of zero adventurer guilds. With this many zero adventurer guilds, there must always be guilds that want to grow and step up more than they do now. That's the kind of adventurer guild I want you to look for."

"I know that too."

Dylan brought his back to the chair just to say he was doing well.

"Just the track record of building a C-rank sword. Then no Adventurer Guild will lend you an ear. An ambitious guild goes first to the Fire of Dragons."

"That said, I can't give you a track record for not having a request from the Alliance."

"As it stands, no hitter."

The two sneer like they're depressed.

"I'm sorry. Mr. Loran, are you there?

Saki opened the door to the workshop (atelier) and came.

"Saki. What's the matter with you? I don't think it's time for tea yet."

"There's an adventurer in the dining room who wants to take Mr. Loran's appraisal."

"What?

(work came)

I'll be right there.

Loran stood up and headed towards the dining room.

In a bustling dining room with adventurers on the way home from the dungeon, Loran appraised Elio's status.

[Elio's Status]

Arm Strength (Power): 10-60

Endurance (Toughness): 30-60

Jun Min (Agility): 30-40

Health (Stamina): 20-80

(This status, Class C shield holding? Arm strength (power) is unnaturally depleted. Probably this...)

"Weight......"

Elio was giddy.

"If you take damage from enemies and drain their stats, they should drain from endurance (toughness) first. The fact that you still have endurance (toughness) but have an unusually reduced arm strength (power) …, probably because you are wearing equipment that weighs significantly more than your own arm strength (power)"

Elio wrapped his tongue around Loran's appraisal skills.

(Can you tell that by simply appraising the status? I haven't even seen the gear yet. This is the power of S-class appraisers......)

"If you're wearing overweight gear, you'll move slowly, won't you? Can't we even explore the dungeon satisfactorily with our current equipment?

"Yeah, it is. That always pulls my buddy's leg. So I was wondering if I should change the rank of my gear."

"How is it said by the alchemist who is responsible for the maintenance of the equipment?

"He said build arm strength (power) and endurance (toughness). If you're complaining about your current gear, lower your rank. If you don't like it, you can go to a guild other than ours."

"I see."

(If I belong to his guild, I'll be back up so I can perform my Arm (Power) Improvement Quest... Me and him are just dealers now. And most importantly...)

"Nevertheless, Elio's guild, The Dawn Shield, seems to be a..., rudely zero guild, and he can hardly afford to invest time or funds in his stat up workouts?

"That's right. The Alliance says they can't afford to spend money, so they want us to be able to do a high-paying quest soon. But when it comes to a highly rewarding quest on this island, we can only go to the 'Metal Line' to pick up ore or hunt dragons."

"I see. So you have to wear class B gear"

"That's right. But I don't have enough status to wear class B gear. Always between guilds and alchemy guilds."

"If it's this island, we'll have to take PK Alliance measures, so we can't lose our gear defenses and durability..."

"Oh, yeah. That's right."

Elio was feeling a little easier as she talked to him.

(You've never had an alchemy guild to talk to you in person so far)

Elio took a sigh of relief.

"Yeah. But thanks for listening to my troubles. Uh, was that Mr. Loran? I could spit out my memories and sort out my feelings just a little bit. I'm still anxious when I think about what's ahead..."

"So what do you think? Shall we make it with us? Lightweight, defensive and durable equipment."

"What? Can you do that? That's not true."

"Yeah. Our guild can do that."

"Ho, really?

"If the Alchemist's unique skills currently belong to our guild, it is possible"

(Here, this alchemy guild might solve my problem)

"However, you will get a few days..."

"Good for you, Elio. I need you to build weapons here."

Phil said.

"Oh, but..."

Elio lays his eyes down at first sight.

"... what's wrong?

"When it comes to being equipped with that kind of unique skill, it's expensive, after all? Whether the guild will allow a saddle change after fulfillment...... Like I said, we're a zero guild, so we have a tight capital flow."

"Can't we even pay installments or lease contracts?

"Mm-hmm. The lease agreement with" Dragon Fire "is still on its way. Besides, the...," Spirit Factory "is also a weak guild, isn't it? I don't know if I can convince you up there..."

"I see. So what do you say? Free trial means"

"Free trial?

"Yeah, just try it in the dungeon once. If that doesn't seem to work, please return it. There's no charge."

"What? Are you sure? So?"

"Yeah. What do you want to do?

"Okay. Then I think even the guild would forgive me. I'll hang up soon."

The next day, "Dawn Shield" officially asked "Spirit Factory" to produce light and durable protective equipment.