"Lorenzo, is the order for client 355 finished yet?"
"Just one more hour! We can’t rush quality!"
The sounds of busy and slightly stressed voices echoed inside ido’s smithy as hundreds of employees worked their asses off.
Since Shye’s appointnt as regional champion, the value of ido’s creations soared, attracting tens of thousands of adventurers to Kossin City.
The massive influx filled three entire streets with an astonishingly long queue. This forced the city lord of Kossin to take action.
Despite his embarrassnt, the city lord was compelled to plead with ido to either relocate her shop outside Kossin City or expand by negotiating with neighboring businesses to buy or rent their spaces.
ido didn’t want to leave her hotown; otherwise, she would have done it long ago as she could probably easily make it in Valenzia City.
However, she was a simple young lady. She was happy right where she was doing the thing she loved.
Thus, ido approached the owners of the three neighboring shops and, after so negotiation, convinced them to part with their spaces in exchange for a generous sum—enough to relocate and establish their businesses in Valenzia City.
She could always earn it back anyway based on the tens of thousands of custors lining up.
Naturally, ido couldn’t manage all the orders on her own, so she had no choice but to train a hundred and fifty disciples to handle the simpler requests.
Her more experienced and skilled disciples took on the complex commissions, while she personally crafted only for adamantite-ranked adventurers.
Business was thriving, leaving her with no ti for leisure.
ido worked fifteen hours a day, spent one-hour eating, and used the remaining eight hours to rest. This was her lifestyle for seven days a week.
The impact of wealth and fa was undeniable, and even ido, who had once been solely focused on crafting weapons and armor, began to feel their influence.
With money pouring in like a river, ido struggled to take a break, convinced that this was her opportunity to achieve lasting success and secure her future.
Nevertheless, she made a strong effort to keep her passion and discipline intact, constantly reminding herself that money wasn’t everything—and she was doing an excellent job of it so far.
Thus, although she also loved money now, she didn’t love it more than her passion and her principles in life.
Of course, ido never forgot that this success was due in equal parts to her own talents and to her collaboration with the adventurer who had beco the region’s hero: Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn.
She wanted to thank him by crafting the best weapons for him.
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Sadly, both of them had been busy and there were no transactions between them as of late so she could only wait for him to drop by.
"Mhmm…This should be good…" ido muttered in satisfaction as she inspected the Warhamr she just crafted for an adamantite-ranked adventurer.
She not only delighted in working with the extrely rare crafting material the adventurer provided but was also very satisfied with their contract.
Following this, she would receive another two thousand gold coins.
After admiring her work for a short while, ido extended her arms to press a button on her desk to call one of her aides to deliver the weapon to the adamantite-ranked adventurer waiting at the shop’s VIP waiting area.
However, before she could do so, the aide ca running inside her workspace, heart racing.
"B-B-Boss ido! Soone’s here to see you!"
"Hmm? Jen, calm down. Who is it? If it isn’t Shye Crowley the–"
"Yo, Miss ido, I’m back!" Shye announced with a broad smile as he confidently walked into the shop, none of the people outside daring to stop him this ti.
After all, despite any ignorance, thousands would recognize him and enlighten those who didn’t know who he was.
Moreover, many were aware of his partnership with ido.
Therefore, despite their frustrations, no one dared to block him, knowing it would only invite humiliation.
"Oh, Crowley! Congratulations on being nad our region’s hero. I didn’t expect you’d have ti to stop by—I thought you’d be incredibly busy."
"Well, I have so ti before my responsibilities catch up with , so I thought I’d drop by to get my equipnt in order before the tough missions start rolling in."
"Got it. So, what would you like to commission today?"
Upon hearing ido’s words, the aide nad Jen slightly panicked.
"B-Boss ido, we’ve promised Sir Bradley Winston, the third-ranked adamantite, that his commission would be ready by Friday. If we don’t start crafting his katana today, I’m afraid…"
"Hmmph! What, he dares cause trouble for the shop? First of all, I included a clause in our contract stating that if Shye Crowley requests a commission, his order would be delayed. He signed it, so we have no legal obligations here. It’s just his bad luck that my partner showed up today for a commission."
"S-Still!"
"Enough, Jen! I can’t and won’t break my promise to the man who helped get where I am today. Besides, don’t you think you’re being a bit disrespectful to our region’s hero, Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn? You seriously fear so Bradley Winston over him?"
"A-Ahh…no…"
Realizing her blunder, Jen sweated coldly. She was indeed disrespectful to Shye just now and she didn’t even notice it.
Luckily for her, Shye was no assh*le.
"Don’t worry, it’s fine. However, I’m going to use my priority rights. If Bradley or anyone else causes trouble, let know. I’ll deal with it."
Upon hearing Shye’s assurance, ido smiled.
If the hero said her shop would be fine, then it would be—there was no need to doubt soone who had perford one miracle after another.
"So, what will your request be, Crowley?"
It was customary for everyone to address heroes as "Sir."
Thus, the fact that ido knew he wouldn’t be concerned with such trivial matters and continued to address him as "Crowley" as usual made him smile.
"I would like to ask for twin peak-tier adamantite greatswords with these as the ore."
Shye retrieved the Stygian Garuda’s bracers from his inventory and carefully placed them on ido’s table.
Taking this opportunity, Jen quietly faded away and exited with a respectful bow.
"T-These are… Sable Demonites!" ido exclaid, her excitent palpable.
These rare ores were new to her, and she was thrilled at the prospect of crafting exceptional twin greatswords from them.
The thought of failing didn’t even cross her mind.
"Wait for the results, Crowley! I’ll make sure to give you the finest weapon I’ve ever crafted in my life!"
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