"Ki-kill!" Raissa let out a noise like a strangled cat, her eyes wide with shock.
"No!" I immediately said, my voice ringing.
The girls all looked over at me. Shao seemed the most surprised.
"Master… they should die. All rapists should die!"
"I said no!" I stood up, causing Shao's defiant expression to drop as she took a step back.
Suddenly, her eyes grew teary. "M-master… I'm sorry… I didn't mean…"
It was probably the first time I had shown open anger on my face. I didn't realize it was even there until it exploded out. I immediately shook my head.
"No… I should be. I'm sorry." I turned away from them and headed to the door.
"M-master, where are you going?" Lydia asked, standing up.
"I just need a bit," I said, and then left without another word.
I headed straight out of the inn, and then immediately left in the direction of the blacksmith. I had an idea where I wanted to go and what I wanted to ask. The sun was just starting to set. We had only been in the dungeon for half a day, with the other half working through the mine bosses. Hopefully, the blacksmith was still there.
When I arrived, I saw a familiar but unwelcome face. The redheaded girl from earlier, the same one I had ended up in bed with the night before, the so-called dwarf, was sitting there.
"Ah, don't tell me you're the blacksmith!"
I didn't mean to sound exasperated, but there were still things on my mind.
"I'm the apprentice," she said, grinning.
"Hmph… you say that, but your technique is better than mine!" An old man who looked more like a blacksmith came out from the back.
"I said I wanted to learn your techniques!" the girl said back.
"And you learned them within a day! So, what are you still doing here?"
"Hah? Isn't this my best chance to work with orichalcum?" she said as if this was obvious.
"You… well, I suppose that's true, but your likelihood of touching the stuff is almost none! Even if the dungeon is defeated and the stone is excavated, that damn Lord Reign will take every ounce!" He shook his head as she grinned and shrugged in return until he looked at me. "What can I do for you?"
"Actually, I was just looking if you or anyone you knew was a magic blacksmith?"
I had asked around, and basically, there was Apprentice Blacksmith, Blacksmith, and then Master Blacksmith. However, Master Blacksmith required the person to learn Basic Magician and Intermediate Magician. If you had Intermediate Magician and Apprentice Blacksmith, you could unlock Magic Blacksmith. Once you had Magic Blacksmith and normal Blacksmith, only then could you become a Master Magician. There was a reason they were so rare.
Rather than find a Master Blacksmith, I decided it was better to find a Magic Blacksmith and then train them to become a Master using my skills and spells.
"None in these parts," the man said, but then his eyes darted to the young girl. "What about you?"
She shrugged. "My old Master was a Basic Magician once. However, I was no good at magic. That's why I parted from him because there was nothing more he could teach me. If you want to find him though, don't bother. He left for Shie Gescar a few years ago. Haven't seen him since."
"If you can't use magic, why do you want orichalcum?" I asked.
She grinned. "To give it a good wallop!"
The other blacksmith rolled his eyes. "Only a crazy dwarf would want to waste orichalcum just for fun!"
I shook my head. "Thanks, that's all I wanted."
I sighed, turned, and then left. As I walked away from the blacksmith, I looked around me. Seeing no one, I quickly ducked into an alleyway.
"Since I wasn't followed…" I reequipped my jobs, sacrificed some extra experience to free up more dungeon points.
With that, I added several to Portal.
"Don't worry… Raissa. I'll do what I have to," I whispered to myself.
"Do you think you really have what it takes to kill them?"
The voice spoke so casually, I answered without thinking. "I don't know, but I have to tr- ah!"
I spun around, only to see Shao standing there, a crooked smirk on her face. "Master."
"Shao, what are you doing here?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to help Master make his first kill!"