"Haha, don't mind me, I am a bit hype today. Anyway, about the hilt. I had briefly shaped the blade this morning, the blade is actually quite light and somehow emitting a really strong negative energy. A metal hilt might be too much for the lightweight of the blade while sandalwood can help to cleanse the negative energy of the blade. Furthermore, the materials you collected for me will be used to strengthen the hilt, so it's totally alright to use wood." said Chris.
"Ah... Sounds complicated but makes sense... I guess." said Sky, who sounds a bit blurred.
"Yup, this person certainly pretended to understand what I was talking about." said Chris while continuing with his work...
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Meanwhile, Maria's room. Junior is helping Maria to apply some medicinal ointment on his burn injuries, and both of them look quite... Uhm... Intimating.
"Jun-chan, please be more careful, that part is very sensitive. Hahaha... Stop tickling my neck!" said Maria as Junior applied the ointment on his neck.
"Hang in there, I am almost done. Alright, now for the insect bite soothing powder..." said Junior as he reached his hand to a bottle of powder on Maria's bed.
"Ah... It's okay, I can do that by myself." said Maria as he quickly snatch the bottle of powder away from Junior.
"Ah... Are you sure about that?" Junior asked.
"Yes... It is too embarrassing after all..." said Maria as his voice getting fainter and the end of the sentence.
"Ah. Haha. Alright then." said Junior, rather awkward.
After a while, Maria had done with all of his medication and is wearing his clothes back.
"Uhm... Maria, this might sound a bit rude but I'm actually quite curious about a thing." said Junior as Maria had done wearing the clothes.
"Well, you can go ahead and ask, if it's not too confidential, I will answer your questions." said Maria.
"I noticed that your body structure is a bit different, it's more delicate and kind of... Uhm... Feminine?" said Junior.
"Oh! Haha! I almost thought it's some serious matter. Well, for your information, I was born as a boy, but in order to protect me, my mother forcibly 'modified' my body so I look like a lady. And since I was forced to be like a lady for so many years, it was unable to totally recover." said Maria in a casual tone.
"Ah... Sorry! I had asked an inappropriate question." Junior apologized to Maria as he realized how heavy that question is.
"Nah! It's not a big issue, it's just something everyone will be curious about. It's better to ask than make some random and rude assumptions, right?" said Maria as he gave a sweet blink to Junior...
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The next day, Ninth Divine Mountain. Sky, Maria, and Junior are continuing with the quest they haven't completed the day before.
"Alright! So Chris said that what we had been looking for might be an animal, let's look for any suspicious animal for this huge mountain." said Sky, a bit too energetic.
"Darling, you sound quite happy today, anything special happened last night?" Maria asked.
"Not really, maybe it's because of Chris's mixed herbs tea." said Sky with a shrug.
Maria giggled as he heard that from Sky...
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Forging room, Chris is continuing with his sword crafting with C-760 and Bob, and this time Itsuki is with them. Itsuki is there to help Chris like an errand boy while Bob and C-760 are busy turning the remainder of the ten thousand bucks stone into beads of various sizes.
"Ben finally allowed you to leave his infirmary huh? But if I am not mistaken, Seito is going out with the girls right now, why don't you join them?" Chris asked as he grind the blade on a rapidly rolling belt that is constantly soaked by water.
"Well, they are going for some thrilling sports which I am not a big fan of, and I am having some issues that required your help." said Itsuki, in a careful manner.
"What is it?" said Chris, as he continues to focus on the grinding.
Then, Itsuki took out the octagonal star gem Sky gave him before the tournament.
"Ah... That gem, Sky had told me about it before. What do you want to know or want me to do for you?" Chris asked after taking a short glimpse at the gem.
"I... Uhm..." Itsuki is a bit hesitant and nervous.
Chris sighed and stopped the grinder before reaching his right hand to Itsuki.
"Heh?" Itsuki is a bit confused by Chris's action, while continue been nervous.
"Hah... Hand me that gem, I will check it out for you." said Chris as he sighed.
"Ah... Yes, sure." said Itsuki as he nervously handed the gem to Chris.
Chris took over the gem and observed it from all angles before focused his magic on it for a few seconds.
"I see. It is indeed related to that dream." said Chris as he retract his magic from the gem.
Then Chris noticed Itsuki's confused and nervous look. "It's a dream Sky had and he had consulted me about it. Based on what I felt from it, there are actually eight different spirits that lived inside and all of them are relevantly strong. So I believe the reason you can't remember anything you saw in your spiritual state and can't activate this gem anymore is that the spirits deemed you as not strong enough to be their master." said Chris as if he can read through Itsuki's mind, knowing what he is up to.
"Ah..." Itsuki is once again shocked.
"Don't worry, I didn't read your mind, Maria had told me about it before. But, are you this scared of me?" Chris asked.
"Ah... I..." Itsuki certainly doesn't know how to answer that question...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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