The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

“That’s not surprising,” she said softly. “There are still five years left, so it must be because of this.”

Lisette looked up into the distance, as if talking to herself: "If we can't even get past the hurdle of the Demon God's resurgence, what are we going to talk about in the future?"

“It seems I underestimated your determination.” Tilissa finally relented. “Since you’ve put it this way, as your teacher, I can only fully support you.”

"Thank you, teacher!" A hint of joy flashed in Lisette's eyes.

She stepped back a few paces and bowed deeply.

“Don’t thank me yet,” Tissa said, looking at Lisette’s expression with a mixture of relief and worry. “You can’t hide this from Vena.”

"If he asks you about it, just blame it on me."

She didn't want the girl's feelings to be disappointed.

"As long as we don't say anything, it won't be so easy for Wiener to find out."

Lisette, however, still clung to a sliver of hope.

A year is indeed nothing in the grand scheme of a lifetime.

But when it happens to a young girl in the prime of her life, it's not so easy to hide.

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"I'm going to settle accounts with Tilissa."

Wiener got up to leave.

He had thought that Tilissa's training of Lisette was just more rigorous and arduous than usual, but he never expected it to be so extreme.

“My teacher persuaded me for a long time. I kept begging her before she finally agreed.” Lisette stopped Venus. “If you have any objections, just take them out on me.”

"You...sigh."

Vena wanted to reprimand her, but when she thought about how Lisette had spent almost a year in an environment that was comparable to being in prison, she couldn't bear to say a single harsh word.

After struggling for a long time, I finally managed to say, "I could actually stop and wait for you."

He only realized now how much pressure he had unknowingly put on the other person.

"I've tried so hard, and you still think of me as a burden?" Lisette said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"No, that's not what I meant. What I meant was, there's still so much time, there's absolutely no need to rush," Wiener quickly explained.

Lisette chuckled.

“I don’t want that,” Lisette hugged Vina. “I won’t let you leave me again.”

"Even if we're going to chase someone, it has to be you chasing me from behind."

"This young lady isn't so easy to win over."

Chapter 438 Gandoraf and the Ghost

Even though he was sitting on the bed, saying such things was somewhat unconvincing.

But seeing his girlfriend whom he hadn't seen in a long time, revealing his feelings like this, how could Viner resist?

He held Lisette tightly and kissed her passionately.

"Hmm~!"

A hint of surprise flashed across Lisette's face, but it was quickly overwhelmed by sweetness and happiness.

Their lips were pressed tightly together, and even their heartbeats resonated at the same frequency.

After a long while, the two slowly separated, but their hands remained tightly clasped together.

"It doesn't seem like it's that hard to pursue."

Vena lifted Lisette's little hand and gave her a truthful assessment.

"You guy!"

Lisette raised her hand to punch him, but found that both her hands were being held by Venere. She could only vent her anger by headbutting Venere.

"Hey hey hey!"

Vena released one hand, using it to cushion Lisette's slight dissatisfaction, and then pulled her along, and the two fell onto the bed together, their eyes only for each other.

"I'll go wherever you go for the rest of this semester."

“Okay,” Lisette replied softly.

“Then when we have the holiday, we’ll go to Cordelia together to collect it,” Viner continued.

"There's one more place I want to go."

"Where?"

“Lumiel Village,” Lisette replied, “you’re going to my house, and I’m going to yours. Only then is it fair.”

“Uh…” Viner hesitated for a moment, “After I left the village, a new blacksmith took over the shop, and there’s nothing left.”

“I’m going anyway,” Lisette said firmly.

"According to your."

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The next morning.

"Ha~"

Wiener yawned and pushed open the workshop door.

"stare--"

As soon as he entered, Felix stared at him like he was a thief.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Weina's face showed undisguised exhaustion.

"You and that Adele stayed behind yesterday and didn't come back all night. Where did you go?" Felix asked warily.

"I stayed at Lisette's dorm too late last night, so I just stayed."

"So it's Lisette—" Felix's expression instantly changed from suspicion to relief. "Then why did you come back?"

"Even if you don't let me rest, you should at least let me rest a bit!" Viner said helplessly.

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Yesterday, it seemed as if Lisette wanted to make up for the time she had missed in the past month, and the two talked almost all night long.

Even after Wiener recounted all of his experiences in Snow Valley, it still wasn't enough.

To cheer up Venus, Lisette even changed into the reward they had agreed upon earlier.

Unfortunately, she underestimated the changes in her figure, and the maid outfit that was originally tailor-made became a little short.

Lisette, who had already mustered up the courage to wear it, almost steamed from embarrassment after this blunder.

But for Wiener, the effect was outstanding.

He pulled Lisette into his arms and gave her a good kiss.

“That’s true,” Felix nodded. “You must be hungry after working all night. I’ll bring you breakfast right away!”

Then he ran out of the dormitory without looking back.

"...Who taught him all this nonsense?"

Wiener stared at Felix's receding figure, his heart filled with confusion.

He did indeed stay in Lisette's room last night, and even slept in the same bed.

However, the two were simply chatting and nothing inappropriate happened.

Given the Faldwigs' doting care for Lisette, kissing was probably the most exciting thing she could imagine.

On the contrary, Felix, who has always lacked common sense, seemed to know a lot.

Given that Arios remained a virgin until his death, it couldn't have been Tissa who taught Felix these things, could it?

What exactly did you teach a three-year-old?!

Thinking hard.

Wiener poured himself a glass of water, and after drinking it, he calmed down a bit.

I need to find some time to have a good talk with Felix.

He had intended to go straight back to his room to sleep, but he couldn't bear to disappoint Felix's kindness.

Rather than being woken up after a short nap, it's better to wait until you've finished eating before you can rest peacefully.

While waiting, Viner decided to do some sorting out of the harvest from Snow Valley.

He turned the ring, took out the gift of gratitude from Feld, and placed it on the ground.

Although he hadn't used up all the cold iron Anna had specially obtained, no one would ever complain about having too much of that.

"Ah ah--"

With his facial muscles tense, Viner gathered all his strength in his hands and tried his best to lift the wooden box, but he only managed to lift it ten centimeters before exhausting his strength.

Compared to the previous state of complete stillness, this is a huge breakthrough.

"So, just how strong is Anna?"

Wiener couldn't help but think of Anna.

He wasn't surprised that Feld could lift the wooden box containing the cold iron.

It would be rather abnormal for an eighth-tier emblem wielder to lack even this level of physical strength.

He still clearly remembered how Anna had effortlessly lifted the same weight of wooden box earlier, looking even more composed than Feld.

"If that's the case..."

Vena then took out the Mimi Cherry and activated the power of the emblem, causing a powerful force to surge into her body instantly.

This time, he lifted the wooden box steadily with just one hand.

"It's definitely different!" A hint of surprise flashed in Viner's eyes. "Is this what they call Ghost Entanglement?"

When Anna and the others wielded the White Emperor Sword together, their power and aura unconsciously intertwined, forming a new force.

Since then, Venere has vaguely sensed some subtle changes in her illusory world.

These changes were all lurking within Gondoraf, and were usually difficult to detect. But this time, with Gondoraf's help, Wiener finally found the answer.

Unfortunately, he cannot yet use the power of Oni-binding as skillfully as Kyoka Suigetsu. Only when he holds Mimi-kirimaru can he fully unleash its power.

Although it's unclear how much of the original's quality it will reach, it's still quite a pleasant surprise.

More importantly, this discovery opened up new avenues of thought for Wiener.

This made him realize that emblems themselves are also a type of weapon.

"I'll use Felix for another experiment later," Wiener planned in his mind.

He couldn't even imagine what it would be like if he could also imbue Gondorav with the characteristics of the sword emblem.

Driven by ecstasy, Wiener impulsively threw the wooden crate in his hand toward the ore dumping area.

It was just an ordinary wooden box; how could it withstand such a bumpy ride? It broke apart the moment it touched the ground.

In an instant, a large amount of black ore rolled on the ground as the wooden crate shattered.

“Black gold and cold iron?!” Viner’s eyes widened.

He strode forward and searched through the pile of ore with both hands to confirm.

All of them, a whole box, a full two tons, all of them are rare and hard-to-find black iron.

If one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who could imagine that the finest quality of this cold iron could be measured in tons?

If the Laffner family could offer a thousand tons of cold iron as a grand gift to the Valentin Chamber of Commerce, how could they be stingy with the true benefactors of Snowdrift Valley?

These two tons of black iron are their greatest expression of sincerity.