The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

Having said all that, Anna naturally told the truth.

“...That’s easy.” Jessica said confidently after listening. “The entrustment agreement signed with the guarantee of the Chamber of Commerce should include a clause that allows for a postponement of delivery in the event of force majeure.”

"Of course there is, the key is how to convince the client that the failure to deliver was due to force majeure."

If you claim the trustee is missing, you need to provide evidence.

Otherwise, how would others know that it's not a deliberate delay?

Even if the trustee's breach of contract and absconding are the reasons why the entrustment cannot be completed, the entrustor has the right to require the Chamber of Commerce to find a new executor to complete the entrustment.

This is also how the Valentin Chamber of Commerce usually handles situations where orders are cancelled.

But who could have imagined that this loss of contact would cover the entire Alchemy Institute, leaving Anna with no one to help even if she wanted to put out the fire?

"The responsibility for this lies with the Alchemy Institute. I can have the Dean of the Villefort branch issue a notice in the name of the Alchemy Institute, the content of which will be..."

Jessica paused briefly, seemingly choosing her words carefully, "After the sword-forging competition, the alchemy students held a barbecue party on the spot using the still unsterilized ovens, which ultimately led to a large-scale food poisoning incident."

"Is this... okay?"

Anna felt that this reason was too far-fetched.

"Why don't you just ask this kid?"

The two focused their attention on Vina.

Seeing that he could no longer deceive her, Wiener had no choice but to nod and admit, "This is indeed something that the Alchemy Institute could do."

Even without mentioning others, Viner herself often uses the workshop's teppanyaki grill to fry meat.

However, he separated the iron plate for frying meat from the heating plate for forging.

A good alchemy institute is one where explosions frequently occur.

If these restless fellows suddenly quiet down, who knows what kind of terrible things they might do.

"With the Alchemy Institute's endorsement, the Chamber of Commerce will be under much less pressure. Afterwards, we can have the Alchemy Institute students who have been discharged from the institute work overtime to fill the vacancies, and this matter can be resolved."

Regarding the breach of contract compensation arising from failure to meet the deadline...

"The Chamber of Commerce has its own set of rules and regulations in this regard, so there's no need to worry."

Problems that can be solved with academic credits are not problems.

Jessica's move was to release an explanation that the public could accept for an event that was difficult to announce to the public.

"You said I wouldn't need to do anything. But if I hadn't discovered the anomaly in time and found a way to help the alchemy students escape, I don't think your method would have worked."

"I'm basing my decision on the current situation and finding the most suitable solution. Why make so many 'what ifs'? If you had forged the Udvik Armor earlier, would this situation have occurred?"

"Alright, alright, I know you're all thinking of me, there's no need to argue about who's better or worse."

Anna quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Then let's each take half the credit."

"Who's going to share it with you? We'll see when you completely resolve the problems caused by these blueprints."

"That's easy. Just send me back, and I'll start right now."

"What are you waiting for."

Jessica jumped off the counter, grabbed Vina's hand, and the two of them vanished from Anna's sight in an instant.

"...These two guys, why are they acting like little kids?" Anna smiled wryly.

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"Are you sure you don't want to rest and just start forging right away?"

"Ah, I feel like I'm definitely able to forge the Udvik Armor now."

"Let me remind you, what you're holding in your hand is the last document available right now."

"You'll just have to wait and see," Viner said confidently.

The previous three forging exercises were by no means in vain.

At least Wiener purchased a large amount of new forging equipment and made an additional batch of molds.

Restarting construction on this basis can save a lot of time.

Wiener took out the newly acquired ore, placed it into different containers, and put them into the furnace, letting them gradually melt in the roaring flames.

Next, a metal pestle was inserted into the furnace.

During this break, Vena selected several pieces from a pile of monster hides and skillfully began to cut them.

First, four square pieces of leather of the same size were cut out. Then, the excess scraps were cut off, and the previously inserted tamping stick was pulled out and placed against the cut leather.

The residual heat from the high temperature, upon contact with the leather, caused its edges to curl and shrink.

With quick reflexes, Wiener slipped the shrunken leather onto the model's prosthetic hand and then used a tamping stick to help the leather adhere together.

When he finished making the other glove in the same way, one of the many blueprints hanging above the workshop began to melt away.

"it is as expected."

Wiener was delighted to see this.

He had previously referenced the method used to forge the Thief's Blade Armor to forge the Udvik Armor.

However, they forgot that the Thief's Blade Armor was only nominally armor; in essence, it was a modified sword.

This method of forging components and then assembling them together is the proper way to forge the Udvik armor.

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Chapter 360 The Final Judgment of the Hospitalization Incident

Wiener put on gloves and took out the vessel that had been put into the stove.

This is a forging vessel specially designed to concentrate and collect heat. The ore previously added to it turns into molten iron under this high temperature, shimmering with a fiery light.

He turned around and picked up a stack of mold plates. This set of molds was specially made by Viner for making armor plates. Without this thing to help, it would take a long time just to make the outer armor plates.

Lay the mold on the ground, then take a long-handled spoon with extremely high heat resistance and carefully scoop the molten iron into the groove of the mold.

The entire Udvik armor has eight main sizes of armor plates and four special sizes of armor plates, totaling 1,480 plates.

The process of casting molten iron alone took a long time.

Once the molten iron had filled every groove of the mold, Venere pulled out Amra and gently swung it.

The large amount of cold air released from the sword caused the molten iron to shrink and take shape instantly, turning into bright-colored armor plates.

With the Amira, which can generate cryogenic air at will, Viña was spared the trouble of quenching and cooling.

However, this kind of unorthodox method, which could ruin the work at the slightest mistake or even cause the furnace to explode, is probably something that no one but Wiener could use.

Vena carefully inlaid the armor plates she had made onto the handguards, which were meticulously crafted from monster leather, to create a pair of wrist guards, while more information came to mind.

"Udvik Wristbands"

In contrast, two more blueprints spontaneously combusted and disappeared.

"The Udvik Armor is indeed a set of weapons."

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The Alchemy Institute has taken over the college's infirmary.

Although it sounds exaggerated, very few people were actually seriously injured.

Apart from a few unlucky individuals who got so angry from a failed forging attempt that they smashed things and injured themselves, and others who were so delirious that they didn't even react when burned by molten iron, most people were simply suffering from physical exhaustion due to a long-term lack of nutrition.

For patients whose symptoms can be cured by going to bed early, waking up early, and eating more meat, Ida usually tells them to get out of bed as soon as possible and not linger in their beds.

But this time the situation is a little different.

"You're telling me I need to get a certificate for food poisoning?"

Ada looked at the two people in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"The Alchemy Institute's collective hospitalization needs a proper explanation."

Jessica's reply confirmed that Ada hadn't misheard. "Considering the Alchemy Institute's usual practices, don't you think this reason is quite appropriate?"

"Can you guarantee they won't let something slip?"

Even Ada felt a headache coming on at the thought of having to issue fake certificates to everyone in the Alchemy Institute.

"Although there are many problem students in the Alchemy Department, they are not stupid. As long as they think about the mountain of orders they have, they will know what they can and cannot say."

"We can't exactly announce to the public that the entire Alchemy Institute was hospitalized because of a blueprint, can we?"

"I will issue a public notice first, and if any problems arise, I will take responsibility."

Villefort also agreed with Jessica's point of view.

"There is another problem: we cannot yet confirm whether the drawings have been circulated to other institutes."

Jessica proposed another hypothesis.

"We can rest assured about the Arena Academy; these blueprints are practically worthless to them. As for the Magic Academy... we'll have to investigate how many students are neither active in the dungeon nor attending classes for an extended period," Wilford concluded.

Just as students at the Arena Academy choose to study Magical Arts to make up for their weaknesses, many Magical Arts students also take Alchemy as a supplementary course to make their own magical items.

Although armor is a type of equipment that is quite different from magic items that require flexibility and convenience, what if someone suddenly decides to become a heavily armored magician?

"Then I'll go to the Demon Academy again."

Jessica was also a student of the Magic Academy, so she knew more about the situation there.

"Well, please."

After watching Jessica teleport away, Wilford also walked out of the office.

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"You all need to rest properly and follow Dr. Ada's orders. Don't run around, understand?"

After waking up the entire Alchemy Institute, Felix was still worried and went to the infirmary with Professor Villefort.

"it is good--"

Faced with Felix's instructions, everyone in the ward behaved as obediently as little puppies.

Once Felix left the ward, everyone returned to their normal selves.

"I woke up and the first thing I saw was Felix. I thought I was still dreaming," one person remarked.

“Yeah, this is the first time Felix has hit me.”

The other person touched the handprint that had not yet faded on their face, as if still savoring the memory.

"Hmph, vulgar." Clay sneered.

"Look at you all, you're satisfied with just getting slapped. Do you even have the nerve to call yourselves students of the Alchemy Institute?"

“Look at me!” Clay squinted, proudly displaying the two symmetrical handprints on his cheeks. “If you get slapped on the left cheek, don’t you know to offer your right cheek?”

The members of the Alchemy Institute, who were always arguing heatedly over academic matters, unanimously agreed with Clay's statement this time.

"As expected of Clay, he easily accomplished what we couldn't."

"Next time I will definitely..."

The sound stopped suddenly.

"So you're going to stick your right cheek out too, huh?"

A voice, imposing yet tinged with anger, rang out.

Immediately following was a massive blow that sent Clay, who hadn't yet noticed the change in atmosphere, flying like a spinning top.

"Old...Old...Professor Wilford?!"

Clay's vision went black as he shook his head violently. The double image in front of him gradually transformed into the figure he revered most.

"How could I have taken in such a wicked disciple as you?"

Villefort was disappointed in him.

For him, Clay was a disciple who was even closer than a student.