Shino found a cathograhper and finally grasp where exactly he is and bought the two maps, The Demon Continent and The Far Shore Continent, and leave the shop releasing Aistel from hanging upside down
After leaving the shop Aistel catched up and asked, "Shino, What do you mean your going to travel in a straight line?"
Shino store the map inside his Storage box and replied, "It means what it means, from here towards megiddo I just need to travel towards north-west, If the travel went well I can go back to my friends with in a few hours"
Aistel is confused and said, "what?! Wait... given your ability I know you can do it but with in a few hours? Can you walk on water or something? also do you have a unlimited mana? maintaning 「Lightning movement」for hours are physically impossible since passing the half an hour mark it can set your body on fire, Immortal or not, its impossible"
Shino point up and said, "I'm not so stupid to exhaust my self running mountains, Cliffs, or even water, I'm going to fly Aistel"
Aistel was stunned and said, "What?! Flight is a concept of fiction Shino, only birds do that... wait.... don't tell me you can grow wings"
Shino laugh and said, "AHAHAHA! Just a fiction he say, to me everything here once was a fiction. Aistel the magic here are extremely diverse, the only limit is your imagination, but saying that doesn't mean I can grow wings, I can build one though"
Aistel was Astounded and gave up saying, "Fine! Where are we going now?"
Shino stop walking and said, "Well it's quite dark now so why not go home, I'll look for an inn, lets meet tomorrow at the front of the carthographer shop"
Aistel tap Shino on the shoulder and said, "No need, my house has a spare room, you can use it, come follow me"
Shino didn't refuse and just follow Aistel back to their home while talking
Reaching Aistel's house with its light on and a voice of a girl humming Shino said lighty, "So...You have a wife"
Aistel smack Shino and said, "She's my sister"
Aistel open the door and enter the house on which they were greeted by her sister Aisha Branum
"Welcome back, your quite late for today, is the guild that busy?" Aisha said
Aisha notice his brother with another male and with shock she said, "Oni-chan... I didn't know... I didn't know you swing that way"
Hearing what her sister said Shino was shocked and laugh while Aistel said, "No you got it wrong, he's just a friend"
Shino ride along with the misunderstanding and said, "Oh my... Are you that embarrass about our relationship.... baby...*wink*"
Aistel snap and kick Shino out the house saying, "You freak!!! Don't make it worse!!"
Shino just smile and said, "Geh, can't take a joke, well I guess I overstep on that one"
Shino notice the open area beside Aistel house and notice a table and a bench and said, "huh... I guess I'll stay here, I need to make a new weapon after all"
Shino sat down and pull out the materials needed to make the gun and a Table light and began working
As the misunderstanding got clear off, Aistel and Aisha notice Shino on their outdoor table with a serious look on his face
"I'll make some tea and late night snack" Aisha said
"Right, I'll go talk to him" Aistel replied
Aistel come out the house and said, "That's the most serious face you have shown, so... your a tinker"
"Tinker... never expected to hear that word, most people will say I'm an alchemist rather than a Tinker" Shino replied
"Well it's a word only common here, it is based on a person named Tinker Ruflort, a great alchemist who spent his entire life creating knew idea but in the end none ever work except for the magic cannons he made. Now a day, Tinker refers to a person with an idea the has a close to an impossible outcome" Aistel replied
Shino smiled and said, "Well, Ain't that tragic, but what I'm making has been proven to work, I'm just recreating it with what I have"
"What is it your making by the way?" Aistel asked
"A advanced long distance bow, I call it Super Nail Insert Projectile Execution Rod, or Sniper for short" Shino said with a smile
Though Shino meant it as a joke Aistel didnt get it and there were an awkward silence between them
"So what does it do?" Aistel ask
Shino pull out a 50 caliber bullet and said, "It is basically a tool to fire this bullet, this bullet is powerful enough as it is but if we need precision and distance we will need the sniper to redirect all the explosive power in one direction"
Aistel pick up the 50 caliber bullet and said, "this thing is as big as my hand, and it has a bit of weight, what will happen if we use this without the sniper?"
"You'll die, the moment you hit the silver cap on the flat side, that thing will immediately explode and tore your limbs" Shino replied
Aistel slowly put the bullet down and said, "You should have said that to me immediately if its that sensitive"
Shino pick the 50 caliber bullet and said, "That's just a theory of mine, I never saw this thing set off without the gun, but considering the power it produce through recoil I say I'm just about right, Beside it is made to be not so fragile that a light impact can trigger it, so even if you drop it right now it won't set off"
"I see... So who thought you how to make them?" Aistel asked
Shino stop for a moment and said, "No one, I made them through trial and error"
"Eh?! Trial and Error isn't that a bit dangerous?!" Aistel said in shock
"To you and the others, Yes. To me, It's safe. When you become immortal, death doesn't bother you anymore and with that in mind you can trial even the most craziest idea and if its too dangerous you can just redo it again until it is safe to use again" Shino replied
"I guess being a immortal is not that bad at all huh" Aistel said
"What do you mean by that?" Shino ask
Aistel finally sat down on the table and look up in the starry sky and said, "I always cursed my long life, long time ago I have a lot of friend from different races but what stand out to me the most are my human friends, they were cheerfull and kept on enjoying their life as if there where no tomorrow, As time goes by that to me seems to only have months, to them they where years and before I realise how short their lifespan was they are already on their deathbed. Meeting people only to see them die, it happen so many times that seeing those close to me die I just feel... nothing. and I hate that feeling because It just says that they were nothing to me, after all I don't grieve anymore"
"Well... I can't say you are wrong" Shino replied
Aisha who were listening all this time just stay behind the door and then Shino added
"If I were you and outlive the people who where important to me I probably would have hated myself for feeling nothing for their death. That said, the nothingness you are talking about doesnt always mean that you don't grieve anymore because they don't matter, because for us humans that nothingness just mean that a part of them stayed with us, therefore we don't grieve. You can say it's a rejection for their death but for better or for worst thinking that they are still with us can help you in your direst moment"
Aistel can't say a word after Shino's comment and given that it is the perfect time for Aisha to bring the snack she went ahead and join them
At that time Shino, Aistel, and Aisha share snacks and story through out the night while Shino keep working on the sniper
By the Sunrise Shino finally manage to made the first version for the sniper and were ready for testing
Shino load the first round and asked Aistel to set a target from the small hill not far from their backyard, although the distance was quite short it will be sufficient enough for their first test
"Okay everyone back-off, This is first shot of the sniper" Shino shouted
With Aistel and Aisha on safe distance, Shino count down from three and at the zero...
*BANG!!*
The first shot were fired and the target was hit, but the sniper also exploded and pieces of metal where everywhere
Aistel and Aisha was shock by the explosion and they where even shocked seeing Shino bleeding with s piece of metal stuck in his neck
Disappoitned that the sniper exploded Shino pulled the piece of metal stuck in his neck and said, "Tch... the blast cap exploded"
"The whole thing exploded you moron!" Aistel shouted