The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

"How short is this short period?" Wiener suddenly asked.

"No more than three months—oh dear!"

Lisette, who accidentally let something slip, also received a flick on the forehead.

"You already know all this, yet you still want to stay in the House of Time for so long?" Venere demanded.

“Then you’re the same…” Lisette said somewhat guiltily.

Before entering the Time Chamber, Tilisa reminded her to try to keep the time within three months.

According to her calculations, this time was enough for Lisette to break through to the sixth-tier Emblem Master.

But Lisette wasn't satisfied. Knowing that the effect was best when she entered the Time Chamber for the first time, she stayed for ten months before leaving.

"You said it yourself, this area only affects people whose magic power has reached a certain level, so guess when I became a Crest Envoy?"

There's really no need to guess about this.

Lisette still remembers the scene when she first met Venus.

That newbie, who had only recently become a Crest Wielder, stepped forward and saved him.

"I won't do it anymore."

Lisette apologized to Vina.

Not to mention that after reaching the level of a high-level emblem master, the results of working in isolation are minimal.

Even for Venus's sake, she wouldn't waste the rest of her life.

"Let's resolve this matter as soon as possible," Viner said, unable to bear continuing to blame him.

Healing Lisette's body became a much higher priority in his mind.

The three walked and stopped, making notes as they went, and finally arrived at the village center at dusk.

The building ahead looked somewhat familiar to Vina: "This shrine is still standing."

"What's so strange about that?" Felix asked, puzzled.

After all, the little house in front of us looks pretty new no matter how you look at it.

"It's just a sentimental remark; I doubt it'll even be used more than a few times."

With the outflow of many villagers and the merger of several surrounding villages, this "original Lumier Village Ancestral Hall" has obviously been neglected and looks like it hasn't been cleaned in a long time.

Lisette manipulated the gentle breeze to gather all the fallen leaves and dust inside and outside the shrine, clearing them out.

"The flow rate in this ancestral hall is much faster than the surrounding area," she noted.

"I see."

Vina, who had already planned to enter the ancestral hall, now had another reason.

"I remember it's this way."

He led the two through the ancestral hall to a shady room, removed the wooden bolt, and opened the door.

The room was empty except for a stone tablet standing in the center.

“The village chief is quite obedient; he knows to bring this stone tablet in.” Viner gently stroked the stone tablet.

"This is?"

Lisette snapped her fingers, and the room instantly brightened, making the inscription on the stone tablet clearly visible.

“It records Arios’s great achievements,” Viner said half-jokingly.

Publicly available records will certainly differ from actual performance.

After seeing the notebook left behind by the hero, Risti found it difficult to be moved by the deeds recorded on the stone tablet.

Her gaze immediately locked onto another name.

"I think you just want to show off, don't you?" Lisette chuckled.

Being listed alongside Arios's name speaks volumes about the villagers' approval of Vina.

“At most, it’s only half,” Vina said, examining the names on the stone tablet for a long time before continuing, “Do you have any way to see how many people in Lumiel Village are still listed on this stone tablet?”

Wiener still vividly remembers Jessica's method of tracking down connected individuals within the academy using a copy of a blueprint.

"I can try."

As a fellow student of the Silver Wolf Class, Risti naturally possessed similar skills.

She reached out and drew in the air, as if communicating with the magical elements in the air. Although she hadn't used the spell much after learning it, it didn't affect the spell's effectiveness.

After reciting the last incantation, Lisette pushed with both hands, and a soft light slowly flowed into the stone tablet.

The monument, which was originally covered with names, now only has a small portion that is still shining, including names of Viner and Dean.

"That's too little," Felix muttered.

The list, which should have contained hundreds of names, now only has a handful of names still lit up.

Compared to the village of Lumiel when Viner was there, it is now almost just an empty shell.

“There must be quite a few people who went out with the caravan and haven’t returned yet,” Listy comforted them.

She knew this situation would be a devastating blow to Wiener.

Once upon a time, Lumiel Village was like those villages ravaged by monsters, with its villagers struggling on the brink of destruction every day.

But as things gradually improve, people will leave again in pursuit of better opportunities.

Even the most familiar place can become completely different after you leave it once.

This is the fate of many small villages.

“A little less is fine,” Viner said more calmly than expected. His gaze lingered briefly on the list before shifting elsewhere. “If there were too many, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to visit them all.”

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Chapter 472 Lisette's Speculation

“Aunt Hannah, then we won’t hit you anymore, we’ll head back now,” Wiener said goodbye.

"Little Vina, I'll be so happy if you remember to come back to the village and visit us after you leave," Hannah said with a look of relief in her eyes. "Unlike my heartless son, who disappears without a trace after he leaves."

Vena glanced at Lisette, who secretly made a "four" gesture with her fingers.

In other words, what seems like half a year to Hannah would probably only be a month outside of Lumiel Village.

“But I heard from others that Koman planned to take you to the city to enjoy a life of luxury, but you refused,” Viner comforted her.

“Nothing in the city can compare to the freedom of the village,” Hannah shook her head, a nostalgic look in her eyes. “Besides, we can’t leave the old man here alone, can we?”

"They will come back, they will all come back."

After leaving Hannah's house, Lisette looked at Vena with a thoughtful expression and said, "You're really popular in this village."

They spent two days exploring every corner of Lumiel Village and also visited the villagers who had not yet left.

No matter whose home you visit, you will receive the warmest hospitality.

This enthusiasm was unlike anything she had ever seen before.

They clearly treated Vina like their own child.

"It's just because the village is mostly populated by older people. If it were the younger folks, they wouldn't be so friendly."

Wiener was always the "perfect child" in everyone's eyes.

While his peers were being mischievous and causing chaos, he had already begun forging hunting and farming tools for the village, charging almost only the cost price.

It's the other children who are being compared to who suffer.

“Aunt Hannah’s husband was the captain of the hunting team. He would always share his catch with me, but unfortunately…” Vena’s voice lowered.

Even with excellent equipment, hunting is still a dangerous activity; no matter how careful you are, accidents can still happen.

Sensing his emotional fluctuations, Lisette couldn't help but gently grasp his hand. "I'm sorry, I reminded you of bad memories."

“It’s alright, I’ve long since let it go.” Viner shook her head. “This is the last household. Let’s go back to the hotel and organize the documents.”

"Ah."

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The three returned to the inn, and before they even entered, they were greeted by a noisy commotion, with the aroma of food and beer wafting towards them.

The lobby on the first floor of the hotel, which also serves as a dining area, is now occupied by a group of men, including Zakaya, whom they had met once before. He is raising his glass in celebration with a group of people.

Vina, who had always had Dean bring the food to the private room, became interested upon seeing this and chose a seat in the corner.

This location offers a panoramic view of the hotel without drawing attention to itself.

Of course, before entering the shop, he used the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique to disguise Felix and Lisette as ordinary travelers; otherwise, they would have had no chance of fooling others.

Wiener gently waved, summoning the manager to take their order.

After Felix waved his hand and ordered a few dishes he didn't want from the menu, Wiener asked curiously, "Is business good tonight?"

"Yes, I heard that the city wall outside the town is finally finished, and everyone is celebrating."

After saying that, the store manager hurriedly went to serve the other customers.

"Didn't that uncle say it would take five days?" Felix muttered to himself.

After all, he asked the question himself, so he wouldn't forget it so easily.

"When we met him, we were in a low-speed zone, but that doesn't mean the other sections were the same."

Vena took out the notebook containing her notes from the past two days and placed it between herself and Lisette.

As for Felix, just listen to the conclusion.

If we consider the expanded village of Lumiel as an approximate circle, then the velocity range within it is not distributed in inner and outer rings as Wiener initially hypothesized.

Instead, it is a curve that follows a normal distribution from south to north.

Aside from the two anomalies, the former blacksmith's shop and Arios's forest outpost, the place with the fastest time flow is Sargozi's workshop.

“I want to confirm one thing first,” Listy tapped the table and looked at Venus, “Have you ever crafted any equipment that could affect time?”

Vena had forged weapons at both the old and new sites of the blacksmith's shop, and all of Arios's weapons and equipment were made by Vena.

This was the only factor she could think of that could connect the three locations.

"Impossible..." Vena didn't expect Lisette to jump to conclusions like this right off the bat. "Even if you asked me now, I couldn't create that kind of thing, let alone back then?"

He has a somewhat hazy memory of a period of time, but it all happened when he was a little over ten years old.

Not to mention that Wiener's forging skills at the time simply didn't allow him to forge such high-level equipment. Even if he had those skills, he wouldn't have been able to solve the material problem.

I'll believe you for now.

If it were an ordinary person, Lisette would never have thought in this direction, but Venus had created so many miracles that she was somewhat overwhelmed.

"Is it possible that they came specifically for Sagozi?" Lisette raised another conjecture.

She had always thought that the demons were after the hero, or at the very least, Vena.

But what if neither of those are true?

"Just like the giant apostle before, who used others to create the Armor of Calamity, this demon wants the power of a blacksmith to create a time-based equipment."

"It might as well come to me. I'd really like to see what time-based equipment looks like," Viner complained.

The ability to turn the mundane into the extraordinary is the limit of a master craftsman; only a master forging master can break through the norm.

“Sagoci may not be able to do it now, but what if he takes it a step further?”

With the acceleration of time, Sargozi's disciples only need two months to complete the apprenticeship to graduation process.

During this time, he has also made progress, and it is possible that he can break through that barrier.

“To maintain this acceleration for an extended period, the demon’s hiding place wouldn’t be too far from the workshop, and it’s even possible that it’s one of the apprentices inside,” Listy continued to speculate.

“That possibility cannot be ruled out.” Wiener nodded.

"So, are we going to that workshop again?" Felix asked.

"Yes, it's more convenient to ask Sagoci about some things."