The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

However, some of the materials included in the 500 credits are extremely difficult to obtain and have no market value.

Only Edel, who has always possessed the blueprints for the Basara Axe, might have some in stock, hence this specific request.

"What if the forging fails? Can you switch from the Silver Wolf Class to this one?" Edel questioned.

That's the point.

A thousand credits or a single document—Adele wouldn't even glance at them given her status.

However, if they could get the students who joined the Silver Wolf Class to switch to their own class, they would have won back a point.

Thinking about it this way, Edel actually hoped that Venus wouldn't be able to complete the commission.

In response, Wiener maintained that he still used three fingers.

"I can forge weapons for you three times without charging a processing fee. However, you will need to provide the materials yourself."

If Wiener previously had academic pressure and had to find ways to be self-sufficient.

But now he's at least a staff member of the Silver Wolf Academy, and he's working hard to improve his forging skills as instructed by the academy president, so he can naturally get the materials he needs reimbursed by the academy.

Unless it's absolutely necessary to refuse someone's request, Wiener will not be making weapons for outsiders in the short term.

"This offer doesn't seem to appeal to me," Adele shook her head slightly, a hint of regret in her voice.

“That’s a pity.” Venere pushed the blueprints back to Edel.

In fact, in his eyes, two thousand credits were not as valuable as this blueprint.

However, since the deal fell through, he wasn't interested in taking advantage of the situation.

"I'm not done yet."

Edel pressed down on Venus's hand, which was pushing forward.

"I saw your potential, which is why I specifically asked Anna to help introduce me."

"If the work that Vena forges does not meet my requirements, it only means that I misjudged it. Naturally, there is no need to forge any other weapons."

"If you are confident that you can complete it, then take this blueprint. Three sets of materials, two thousand credits, nothing less."

Viner, who was already feeling regretful, immediately took the blueprints back from Edelweiss upon hearing this good news.

"Then I'll have to find a way to open Lady Edel's eyes."

"hope so."

Edel left the blueprints behind.

"We've made a fortune this time."

Seeing the shop door close, Viña picked up the blueprints without hesitation, and even rubbed her face against them.

"I really don't know what you're so happy about."

Seeing Vina's silly expression, Anna couldn't help but sigh.

"Her Highness the Princess thinks so highly of you, but you don't cherish it and insist on bringing up the Silver Wolf Class."

Anna had been at the academy much longer than Viner, so she knew some of the inside information.

So even though she had a close relationship with Jessica, she never revealed it to Adele.

"Wouldn't it be better to enjoy the benefits of both classes together?" Anna said, exasperated.

This ability to navigate both sides so skillfully seems like something she's capable of.

“That won’t do,” Wiener shook his head repeatedly. “If I obtain this blueprint through deception, it will affect my clarity of thought.”

Merchants only need to consider how to maximize profits, but blacksmiths have many more things to consider.

The state of mind and mood during forging will directly affect the quality of the finished product.

"You're always right anyway." Anna didn't argue with him, but instead asked about other things, "Did you finish the tea you took earlier?"

"Do you think that just because I've been with you in the Miku Squad for half a month, the tea party at home will just disappear on its own?" Venus looked at Anna with a surprised expression.

“It’s been sitting for half a month... then it probably shouldn’t be drunk.” Anna pulled a box of tea from under the counter and tossed it in front of Viner.

"Take it back and brew it at the bar, so people won't say I'm mistreating my business partners, that they're grabbing my tea as soon as they walk in."

Anna hadn't expected Venus to arrive so early, so naturally she couldn't prepare tea for him.

What Vina snatched and drank was the tea that Anna had added to her own teacup.

"Thanks."

Vina didn't refuse, and decided to take it back to entertain Lisette.

"Your Highness's visit this time was indeed sudden, and I didn't have time to explain things clearly. It won't happen again next time. I'm so sorry." Anna put her hands together in an apologetic gesture.

“What’s there to apologize for?” Viner waved the blueprints in her hand at Anna and said, “If I could get a blueprint like this every time something unexpected happened, I would be more than happy to have more.”

"Didn't you dislike forging battle axes the most?" Anna asked, puzzled.

She thought Vener would forge her a battle axe, but instead Vener made her a set of throwing knives.

And it was the same when they were repairing equipment in the Miku Squad; Wiener would always leave the battle axe for last.

“The situation is different now,” Viner said helplessly. “I need to break through to the level of a Grandmaster Blacksmith as soon as possible, and I have no right to be picky.”

Every blacksmith has their own preferences; those who enjoy forging will put in more effort, while those who don't will just do a shoddy job.

To become a master blacksmith, one must have strengths but no weaknesses.

“Blueprints like these, which are related to the legacy of heroes, even if they are just replicas, are very helpful to me.”

“Then I’ll keep an eye out for you when I have time.” Anna silently noted down what Vina had said.

“Oh, right,” Anna then seemed to suddenly remember something, “so wouldn’t I soon be addressing you as Grandmaster Venere?”

"Enough! How many times do you have to use the same tired joke?!" Vena said angrily.

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Chapter 221 Rikka the Puppet

When Wiener returned to his dormitory, it had been just over an hour since the dinner party ended.

He was greeted by... a house full of cats.

"Meow?"

As soon as he opened the door, a pair of big, round eyes stared straight at him.

It was a round, black cat.

Wiener was slightly taken aback, and then subconsciously took a half step back to make sure he hadn't gone to the wrong place.

"Big Flower, where did you run off to?"

Felix, with a black and white cat on his head, searched his way out of the house.

"Vina, you're back!" Felix rushed over as soon as he saw Vina return.

The sudden acceleration caused the cat on Felix's head to grab onto his hair tightly, fearing it would slip off.

"Ouch!" Felix stumbled and squatted down, letting out a sound of pain.

Upon seeing this, the bicolor cat tried to run away.

"What exactly are you doing?"

Viner grabbed the bicolor cat by the scruff of its neck and dragged it in front of Felix to await his fate.

Felix reached out and gently took the cat in his hands, stroking its body to comfort it, "Erhua, don't be afraid, this is Vena, not a bad person."

"Meow?"

The cat, nicknamed "Two-Colored Cat," glanced at Felix, then at Venus, and finally retracted its little paws.

“While you were away from the academy, Felix felt a bit lonely in his dorm, so he adopted some stray cats.”

Hearing the noise from the door, Lisette also came out of the house towards the door, carrying a cat in her arms as well.

The puppet behind her had a cat perched on each of its left and right shoulders.

“This is Big Flower,” Felix said, pointing to the cat nestled against Vina’s leg. Then he pointed to the cats in his hand and the other three, “These are Two-Color, Three-Color, Four-Color, and Five-Color.”

A naming style very much in the Felix style.

“There’s nothing to do in our dorm, so I called the cats over to keep Lisette entertained,” Felix explained.

As if to prove Felix right, Big Flower leaped up, preparing to perform a backflip.

Then, perhaps because I've been eating too much and too well lately, my figure is no longer what I imagined. I only managed half of the backflip before I ended up upside down.

Lisette chuckled.

While Wiener didn't object to Felix keeping small animals, he did have a question.

"Are you sure you want to give the naming rights of the puppet to Felix?" Vena asked Listy.

"Are you sure Felix is ​​already up?" Lisette asked helplessly.

"...What's your name?" Vena turned her gaze to Felix, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart.

"You mean it?" Felix put down the two flowers in his hand and patted the puppet on the shoulder.

"This is the first project that I collaborated on with Risti, so I named it 'Unit-01'."

"Rejected!" "Huh!?"

Just as Lisette rejected Venus's suggestion to name the puppet, Venus also rejected Felix's proposals several times.

The puppet's final name was decided as "Rikka".

Now they're on the same generation as the five stray cats.

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Vina opened the new tea Anna had given her and brewed a large pot of it.

He then began to tell stories, sharing his experiences over the past few days and Lady Rhea's request with the two of them in detail.

"So many things actually happened?" Lisette looked on with envy, her voice tinged with a barely perceptible hint of regret.

Lisette's two weeks were not entirely wasted, but compared to Vina's experience, they seemed uneventful.

Other things aside, the key thing is the pilgrimage to the hero's birthplace, which she really wants to do.

“Yes, it really exhausted me.” Viner thumped her shoulder.

Before he went to the Paladin Order for his apprenticeship, he was full of curiosity about the team and wanted to understand how they maintained such a powerful fighting ability.

However, after spending some time together, you stop envying others.

Although they are not heroes, they are fulfilling the mission of heroes through their actions.

Even when facing demons or demon gods, not a single person would back down out of fear.

Such a team deserves to be incredibly strong.

A pair of slightly cool little hands gently rested on Viner's shoulders and began to massage them delicately.

"So, that means you're going to spend some time focusing on improving your forging skills, right, Vener?" Felix said ingratiatingly. "Look at me..."

Felix's heart is known to all.

Behind every successful chef is a taster who can offer effective suggestions; similarly, behind every successful blacksmith should be—

"I just forged this weapon for you, and you're already bored with it after less than half a month?" Vena glanced at Felix.

“No, no,” Felix shook his head repeatedly, his hand movements changing from pinching to lightly hammering. “I just wanted to help you test whether the newly forged weapon was suitable.”

“No problem. Once I’ve forged the Basara Axe that Her Highness requested, you’ll be the first to play with it,” Vina agreed.

"Vina!!!"

Felix angrily shoved him.

Everyone knows that Felix's most hated weapon in his life is the axe.

“Felix, forging the Basara Axe for Lady Edel is a serious matter and should be completed as a priority,” Listy advised.

“However, Vena is also preparing to create a set of equipment for Rikka, and I don’t think anyone is more suitable than you to test the equipment for Rikka.”