The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

Although it was winter break, many students remained at the college, most of whom came from average-income families.

If they leave the academy, they will never again have such a learning and training environment.

In order to close the gap with aristocratic students, they had to spend all their time reading.

Of course, there are some exceptions.

For example, the Alchemy Institute, although they have a small number of people remaining, has the highest proportion among the three institutes.

No need to attend classes or worry about assignments from teachers; being able to focus on my research for extended periods of time is simply amazing.

These alchemy students were the main customers of this branch during the winter break.

Anna never intended to put the high-level magical beast materials she collected from the dungeon on the shelves.

The answer is always "out of stock".

The purpose is to prevent these guys from buying things just because they see them, even if they don't need them.

In the past, Anna would have welcomed this kind of behavior the most, as it would have allowed her to boost her sales figures.

But after she gets together with Wiener, she will prioritize whether Wiener might be able to use these materials.

If Anna encounters a customer who is in dire need of rare materials, she will ask them to give her name first. After confirming that there are enough materials available, she will ask them to come and pick them up in a couple of days, euphemistically called "stock transfer".

Although I sold it for the same price, I also received a lot of gratitude.

As for why other merchants don't intercept these customers, sorry, within St. Freya Academy, the Valentine Merchant Guild is the biggest local power.

“Choose carefully, or I’ll put the rest on the shelves for sale,” Anna reminded her.

"calm down."

Viner gestured to Anna not to worry, then swept the materials across the table, dividing them into two piles.

“These are enough for me,” Viner said, pointing to the smaller pile.

"This isn't enough."

Anna glanced at the pile of materials, which was less than a third full, reached out and shoved half of the excess material into front of Venus.

"After today, it will be a long time before we can stock up on this many materials again, so we should prepare more."

“I’m not taking these ingredients to eat,” Viner said, somewhat amused and exasperated. “Give me so many, when will I ever finish them all?”

He wanted to make thorough preparations, which was fine, but if he took away all the materials on the table, he shouldn't bother looking for the Holy Sword anymore. He should just stay in the workshop for two or three months to settle things down first.

"...Is it really that much?" Anna also began to feel a little guilty.

“You definitely have a misconception about my production capacity,” Wiener said seriously. “With these materials, plus what I have in my workshop, it should last at least six months if we use them slowly. You don’t want me to only come to see you once every six months, do you?”

"Then let's not have so many."

Anna immediately corrected her mistake and put the materials she had previously rummaged through back into the archives.

"Also... I can't carry all these materials. Do you have any carts or anything like that? Could you lend me one?" Viner added.

He didn't even go back to his dormitory before coming straight to Anna's place, his storage ring already stuffed full.

“That’s easy,” Anna said, touching the ring on her finger and gathering all the materials on the table into it. Then she took Venus’s arm. “I’ll walk you back to the dorm, okay?”

"Uh—shouldn't we just leave the shop alone?"

"I've already put up the 'Closed' sign. Besides, school hasn't started yet, so I don't have many customers anyway."

"but--"

"Don't worry, I'll let go of it myself when we're outside, so that no one will think of our relationship."

Anna enjoyed the pleasure of these private rendezvous.

“That’s not a problem. The key is that I’m not planning to go back to the dorm.” Viner finally finished speaking.

"Could he be going to see other women?" Anna suddenly realized.

“It really is.” Viner took out her student ID and handed it to Anna. “So, could you please wait in your dorm for a bit?”

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Tilisa, who had just seen Felix off, did not rush back to the villa. She lingered on the lawn for a while, enjoying the early spring sun.

Then a spatial fluctuation surged forth.

“Felix just got back and you’re here already? What a coincidence,” Tissa greeted the newcomer.

"I came here after Felix left."

After parting ways with Anna, Venerer went straight to the Silver Wolf Class residence.

"Then you must have a lot of questions to ask, right?" Tilissa smiled gently.

“Yes,” Vena nodded, “After defeating the village… Time Demon, I remembered some things, including you—Sister Tilisa.”

"So many years have passed, but you haven't changed at all."

"I'm just an old woman pretending to be young; you're the one who's truly grown up."

Looking at the child who was once as cute as a porcelain doll, and how she has grown up to look like this, Tilisa couldn't help but sigh.

Although she tried every means to coax Vina, who had not yet remembered these things, into calling her sister, she almost couldn't help herself when she actually heard this familiar address.

"So how did you end up in Lumiel Village ten years ago?" Viner was still somewhat curious.

“At the time, I was under the combined effects of Vohors’ spatial magic and was in imminent danger. So I had no choice but to take a gamble and try to return to the point where I was not injured. As a result, I returned to Lumiel Village ten years ago,” Tilisa replied.

"This isn't right, is it? Bartolou's time reversal doesn't have this effect."

Wiener not only saw it, but also personally experienced the power of time reversal.

But I've never heard of time travel being able to send someone back to the past.

“My time reversal doesn’t have this effect either, but who do you think would use such a high-level spell while continuously teleporting through space?” Tissa countered.

The outcome of this time travel was something she hadn't anticipated.

If there's any difference between this and the time reversal spell I cast before, it's that it was affected by the spatial magic cast by the Sky Demon.

Time and space magic remain largely uncharted territory, shrouded in numerous mysteries.

As a result, Tilisa returned to the village of Lumiel from ten years ago.

The good news is that her injuries have all healed.

The bad news is, she doesn't know how to get back.

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Chapter 515 Little Vina: How can there be such a useless older sister?

After mastering the power of the emblem, Tissa frequently used time acceleration on herself.

In that era before the hero's accident, when emblem awakening and advancement were not so easy, she used that extra time to overtake others.

Lisette only spent a year in the House of Time, while Tissa spent at least fifteen years more than others.

But going back eight years, apart from her appearance and memories remaining unchanged, her magic power and emblems had regressed to their pre-awakening levels.

More accurately, it's another "Tilissa" level.

"At the time, I was thinking of going back to the academy to see if Leia could do anything about the situation."

“But I can’t do it. After all, that’s not my time. To prevent the two ‘Tilisa’ from meeting, I can’t even leave Lumiel Village.”

"Then, I met a child who relied on the charity of many families."

This child is, of course, Wiener.

"I heard that when you were fighting the Time Demon, it turned you into your childhood appearance. Can I see it again?" Tissa asked softly.

"No."

Wiener refused without even thinking.

This is a serious matter, how could you—

"Then I won't continue."

"and many more!"

Venus activated the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique, transforming herself back to her twelve or thirteen-year-old appearance.

Tissa's eyes lit up immediately, but she still made a request: "Make it smaller."

"Hey!"

Don't you want to know how I got back?

"You're ruthless..."

The feeling of being so eager to hear half of the story made Wiener have to abandon his principles once again.

His body shrank again.

Upon seeing that most familiar face from her memory, Tilisa appeared behind Venus almost in a blur, and with a "whoosh," lifted him high into the air.

"That's how I held you back then."

"Is this what I'm looking for?!"

Seeing that Venus was showing signs of anger, Tissa smiled gently, sat cross-legged on the lawn, placed the shrunken Venus on her lap, and continued to speak in his ear:

“At that time, I had lost all my strength and felt quite insecure, so I thought I would go to the blacksmith shop to pick out a weapon. As a result, I saw a child who was not even as tall as the workbench, standing in front of the furnace fiddling with it.”

"I thought he was someone's kid who was playing with fire while the adults weren't looking, so I rushed over and picked him up. But instead of being grateful, he scolded me in his childish voice, saying that I had interrupted his forging."

"That's when I realized that the child, who looked only eight or nine years old, was the owner of the blacksmith shop."

"Good scolding."

Wiener nodded, saying that although he didn't remember the details very well, it was indeed something he could do.

"You're really heartless."

Tilisa lowered her head and gently rested her chin on Venus's head.

The fear of a frail woman who has lost all her strength and is unable to leave a completely unfamiliar place is something that only she can truly understand.

But coincidentally, after being lectured by little Vina, she suddenly stopped feeling afraid.

“I asked him if he could forge a weapon for me to defend myself, but he said no, he hadn’t finished fulfilling the orders for farm tools placed by the villagers.”

“I asked him if there were any safe hotels in the village, and he said that there were hardly any outsiders in Lumier Village all year round, so there would be no such thing as a hotel.”

"I asked him again if he lived alone, and he glanced at me and then shouted that there were hooligans rushing out of the blacksmith shop. Luckily I was quick enough, otherwise I would have lost my reputation for life."

"...Did I really do this?" Viner was already sweating.

Tilisa did not answer, but continued, "It wasn't until I told him that I was the hero's companion, who had accidentally drifted from the future to this village of Lumiel. Now that I was unfamiliar with the place and wanted to find a place to stay, that he slowly uttered three words."

"I refuse?" Wiener guessed.

Tilissa shook her head, then revealed the answer: "They want more money, and they say it's compensation for his emotional distress."

......

She had never seen such an interesting little brat.

Little Vina, who had always lived in the village of Lumiel, had not yet been corrupted by the world's temptations regarding money. In Tilissa's eyes, the so-called extra money was nothing more than buying a few more pieces of candy.

More importantly, given the absolute difference in their physical strength, it was only she who could do something to Venus, not the other way around.

So Tissa paid without hesitation and stayed at the blacksmith's shop.

Although Little Viner has a sharp tongue, he really does his job when he gets paid. Watching that 1.3-meter-tall child stand on a stool to prepare three meals a day for him, you could only say that the emotional value is off the charts.

Six months passed quickly like this.

During this time, Tissa tried to regain her strength, but made no progress whatsoever.

She roughly guessed the reason, because at the same time, another "Tilisa" had not yet awakened her emblem and was only practicing her skills.

It seems that things might only turn around after "Teresa" awakens her emblem.

Having figured this out, Tilisa began to enjoy this rare moment of leisure.

She has worked hard for decades, either reading or training, either eliminating demons or on her way to eliminate demons.