"Father, can these two weapons still be repaired?" Lucius asked. It would be a challenge for him if they were repairable.
"It is possible." Count Gabriel said. "However, repairing them would be difficult, while one might think that one can simply acquire a rune crystal and slot it back… I'm afraid that it does not work that way, from what I know. It takes much more crafting from the artificer's guild."
"Of course. The idea of putting a rune crystal without taking into account how it was previously made does not make sense at all, father. Ludicrous even." Lucius chuckled. "If we perhaps grab the blueprint from the original maker, then we might be able to understand the necessary components? I presu that the rune crystals are asured in a certain way that generates enough power without destroying the weapon."
"I doubt that the axe's maker is still around, but getting blueprints is sothing difficult with how guarded the artificers are." Count Gabriel shook his head. "On the contrary, it would be much cheaper to buy a new artifact instead of trying to fix these."
Lucius nodded. It seed like repairing required soone who truly was an expert in creating artifacts, or was able to work back from the current state of the forr artifact.
This was sothing that Lucius would be able to work on his spare ti, but for now he had other things to take care of.
"I see, thank you, father. I will make sure to put these weapons to good use, but I'll take my leave for now."
"Of course." Count Gabriel nodded. "If you have any need, do not hesitate to ask for it."
"Hmm… now that you've ntioned it, the Black Rose Knights are quite a diligent order, father." Lucius said, weighing his words properly. He didn't want to put more suspicion than any necessary, but also wanted to avoid attention.
"They're an elite group after all, Asher." Count Gabriel said. "If they were not this diligent in conducting the culprits for your assassination, then I wouldn't have accepted their help from the king."
Lucius' brows raised at that.
It was a bold statent considering that it was the king who personally lent them to Count Gabriel, but then Lucius now knew that the Count was soone who did what he wanted if pushed to a certain limit.
"Do you have any issues with them?" Count Gabriel asked. "Three were sent to get answers from Earl Aisse, and the three who remain are to ensure your protection and of our family. I hope you understand that they're simply trying to do their jobs, but feel free to state your concern."
"I understand what you an, father, but I'd rather have so freedom without anyone's presence preventing from doing what I want." Lucius said. "There are so works that I'd like to keep private, like the Dionysia Brewery for example. It would be quite troubleso if they were to learn that we're behind it and not Alessa for example."
"I see." Count Gabriel looked at Asher and knew that there was so truth to those words, and yet it almost felt like there was sothing else. "Anything else?"
"Well, it did bother when they attempted to privately question about the… incident." Lucius said, keeping his expression a little blank.
However, that expression was enough to make Count Gabriel look at Asher carefully. It was much harder to read his son's facial expressions compared to before, but there was so uncomfortableness?
At least that was what Lucius wanted to give off to the Count. It was enough to make Count Gabriel worry that the Black Rose Knights were pushing him too much.
"I see, thank you for letting know. I'll keep them off your back, although I'm quite sure that the information we've gotten from jail, they'll be more or less satisfied for awhile." Count Gabriel said. "Though, while you're here in the mansion, they won't bother you either."
"Thank you, father." Lucius said, finally satisfied with the outco as he took his leave.
He then took his chance to grab a quick dinner before returning to his room.
It had actually taken them much ti in the jail questioning the associate of Leif before they've gotten answers and paired with his conversation with the Count.
Since it was already late, Lucius decided to ditate and check on his soul's condition.
To Lucius' certain delight, there was a significant change in his soul. It had gotten stronger in a way that was difficult to describe, except it was sothing that he felt internally.
However, Lucius at least knew where to attribute it.
"Certainly this strength can be only because of one thing." Lucius took himself to his soul's space and reached out for his soul equipnt.
The Necklace of the Damned was still hanging on his neck and was slowly nourishing his soul.
This was one of the passive effects of the soul equipnt and also why they were considered so valuable.
"But this reminds , during my encounter with that assassin Biroy, instead of using hell energy, I've used the Necklace of the Damned to power the Veil of Terror as well as the fireball spell." Lucius mused to himself.
He had been wanting to give the spell additional power, so resorted to using soul energy, and luckily for him, it actually worked out naturally.
The use was not difficult when he used the soul equipnt's power.
On the contrary, it was quite easy and smooth.
"Hah. This is incredible. The spell matrices did not beco unstable during that period so it is quite a viable alternative compared to Hell Energy. So this ans that using the Necklace of Damned can take away my problems with the spell matrices collapsing after several use."
Lucius was glad about this new discovery.
"It's certainly a convenient thing to use, unlike when the Hell Energy and Aether get in conflict with one another. However, if this was in my old world, this would be a completely terrible idea."
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