"By the way, now... you can leave tomorrow, right?
Aotea went somewhere with her confident expression until just now and asked Antogal worryingly.
"... there are places where you're missing too. They asked me to do it after tomorrow because I'm ready to go over there."
"Well, then we'll kill time today with proper blacksmith work"
Aotearoa stood up and headed to the work place.
"Oh, man. What are you gonna do in my workshop!
Antogal rushes after Ethereum. Deena did not chase after the two of them, but headed to the square behind her to conduct combat training using Andain.
Behind the square
When Deena heads to the square behind her, she takes another doll out of the warehouse where the mysterious doll from earlier, and arranges it next to the wooden doll she keeps in the square. They were not as hard as mysterious dolls, but some were made of metal and were sufficient as a practice bench.
Upon completion of the installation, Deena sets up an andain and goes through the magic. Then, gradually, his body was covered in water. Deena is best at restorative magic that she learned from Franceal, but before that she had studied spiritual and attribute magic with her brother, all of which showed talent over her brother.
Around Deena, the Spirit of Water floats. Elves had many to covenant with the Spirit of the Wind, but Deena had a covenant with the Two Spirits of Wind and Water.
"Nice to meet you"
When Deena said that, the spirits nodded naturally. Since Deena has gone through the long years of a thousand years on the inside, she wondered if the Spirit would come out by that blank time, thus appeasing to the gentle Spirit's reaction as it was at the time. Though I cannot exchange words with the Spirit, I know what I want to say with my expression. When the Spirit nods at her favor, she strengthens Deena's magic, and she flows it down to Andine. Deena took a blow to the doll, as she soared her magic.
Workshop
Aotearoa lines up on the workbench when she takes out some metal after putting it in the fire at the workplace. When I finish that, I take out my own tools that I was using this time. Antogal, complaining until earlier, looked at it with interest.
That's when I hear a roar from my back.
"Hey, what!
Antogal is surprised by the sound and runs to his back. Aotearoa saw the direction where the chills sounded, but decided to go back to work.
"Well, make something in a while"
When Aotearoa rolls her sleeve, she takes some metal in her hand to create the sword. In it, as I was heating the metal called this one, Antogal came back.
"You're amazing..."
"Right?
Antogal returns with a slightly blued look, but Aeta taps the heated metal on the gold floor when she returns only the reply. The handiwork was on the board, and Antogal accidentally fell in love with the work.
"You're also free to just stand. I need your help."
"Oh, oh."
Antogal, who nodded at Aotearoa's words, hurried to prepare his own tools.
The two then went on to work until dinner time and ended the work where they created two one-handed swords. When they went back to the living room sweating in the water from the well outside, the kitchen smelled of cooking.
"Oh, you're both done. Please take your seats now that dinner is ready."
Aproned Deena urges the two of them to head to the dining room. The same thing happened recently, so they looked at each other and then headed to their respective seats.
"I was surprised it was dark when I finished making it and went to the well outside"
"I haven't been so immersed in a blacksmith job in a long time."
Aotearoa and Antogal began to remember what had happened earlier while eating. Antogal had a full face and remembered the pleasure of creating weapons. With Aotearoa's creation, he was able to create something of higher quality than usual, and had a glance at Aotearoa's ability as a blacksmith.
"Well, it's been a long time, so I guess I got used to good shoulders"
As for Aotearoa, it was only positioned as practice because it was not the sword she was looking for, and the emotion was faint.
"I'm dying to create something that you want to create, too. No, I had that feeling originally, but I don't know... it's more like it's hardened."
Antogal, on the other hand, was excited and his thoughts about the sword were growing.
"Heh heh, that sounds kind of fun. Was it like this with Mr. Laugo, too?
Aeta arms up to Deena's question and remembers.
"Um, I don't know how it went. I feel like Laugo and Antogal are a lot different types... but in the beginning, I even hit a bunch in practice back then because I had him coaching in blacksmith skills. I've been practicing as much as that's going to get rid of the metal in his workshop."
Deena and Antogal couldn't imagine Ethereum looking like that.
"Ever since he recognized me as a man, we've all been collecting different materials and prototyping the knife I'm trying to create this time and again. As we discussed with Antogal during this time, we discussed problems and improvements."
It was the story of my ancestors a thousand years ago for Antogal, and I was wondering when I heard that. Since it was a few years ago for Aotearoa, it was a story between us, nostalgic and lonely.
"Well, you both had time today, so we have desserts too!
It was a sudden change of subject, but Deena deliberately tried to behave brightly because she felt Ethereal's loneliness. In fact desserts were available and simple cheesecake. When I was in the country, this was the only dish my mother taught me. Deena decides to keep that fact in her mind because talking about it will make the atmosphere heavier again.
"I miss this."
Aotearoa had eaten it three years ago and quickly finished eating a piece that was put on a plate because she liked it. Deena puts a new cake on an empty plate.
"Are you sure?
Aotearoa is slightly surprised and asks about Deena's face.
"Fine, because I made it in the hall and it's still there! Tell me if Antogal wants to change too."
When I said that and looked at Antogal, I had already finished eating and offered him an empty plate in front.