The twentieth floor. Chief Hernandeya walked through the wide open doors as the scent of tals perated the vast interior, where their heads had to pull back to face the ceiling.
A white light seed to emanate from nowhere, like a small Sun had been affixed like a chandelier. Custors sat facing mbers at desks, various items and objects in their midst.
"This is the Tools and Objects Departnt, my speciality. People co here to assess magical items, whether for their monetary value or to be sent to the Enchantnt Departnt—which I am also a part of."
The chief put his arms out wide, tipping his head slightly and waving to his co-workers passing by. Jotou and Fuko followed close behind, observing the ceilings that dod and the interior that all curved into a single door at the end.
"Do you also make stuff to be enchanted?" Fuko queried.
"Depending on the ’stuff’, but yes. Sotis we require the assistance of blacksmiths for weaponry and armourers for more complex designs.
Not everything can simply be enchanted; not permanently at least. Everything inherently contains mana, hence anything can be enchanted. However, depending on the materials and how much mana it inherently has, the enchantnt may not last forever.
tals and gems are much easier to enchant and their mana can be put in a sort of ’activated’ state shall we say. Many things can have inert mana; such as young kids with affinities that do not know it yet.
This departnt helps assess these kinds of things—specifically objects, not people. That is the service you requested today, isn’t it?" the chief opened the single door.
"Yes. Also, stuff to be made enchanted and repairs," Jotou replied.
"Co, co, let us discuss then." The deep charcoal desk rounded the back of the room, with a lavish seat behind it. A few chairs sat in front, likely for clients and visitors.
There were shelves of books, a couple of sofas and coffee tables. What took the gaze of them however, was the large curving window that watched over the heights of trees of the park behind—the sunlight fragnting into the interior.
Jotou set the things she held aside and lifted her folded adventuring attire, to find the sheath in it before pulling out the Skyslayer and placing it atop.
The chief took a seat and swivelled in his chair, elbows on the table. A few contraptions and small engineering supplies lied strewn about the desk.
"First off," Jotou grabbed her adventuring attire and took a seat next to Fuko. She traced her finger along the enchanted fabric, "I’ve sent this for repairs before. It’s enchanted, but I don’t really know how the process works.
Just so minor tears and scuffs," she handed it over. The chief examined the marks she pointed out. His eyes flickered in fla and her attire glowed red for a mont.
He smiled, "Shouldn’t be a problem, just so minor enchantnts."
"Well I was hoping to get it more enchanted, I kinda needed an upgrade. Wait, what do you an by minor? It’s supposed to be as good as heavy tal."
"I can see how that could be a technicality. The choice and combination of enchantnts certainly deserves comndation to mimic higher level enchantnts.
It’s not the sa as plated armour and not as strong. There are cheap enchantnts on this attire that can protect you and give comfort.
However, Pale-Protection is an interdiate level enchantnt spell. This also has mild fla protections, waterproofing, Dust-Defy and Breathable; a couple expert level.
The ingenuity here is that each layer of fabric is enchanted in such a way where the enchantnts can be stacked on top of each other. Economical sure, this goes a long way.
These seem to be bullet wounds; if shot through enough tis it might as well be normal fabric. That’s the flaw in this. Enough jabs at the first layer, then the entire enchantnt weakens. And you could have multiple layers, but a bullet would shoot right through.
Not to ntion, any magic-related damage would have a much easier ti breaking through. Also, this attire cannot at all protect you from being bludgeoned; concussions would still harm you."
"So... it’s not good and probably needs an upgrade?"
"If it has helped you this far then your skills have certainly aided you in the endeavour. We can replicate the attire and enchant it, sure.
Once sothing is enchanted permanently, it can’t be enchanted again with sothing else. That’s why all enchantnts are placed before the finalization. Think of it as tempering a blade; it’s a little too late to change the fuller."
"Okay then... Any recomndations on enchantnts?"
"We can replicate the ones made for comfort, that should be no issue. Perhaps, Mana-Defence at a grandmaster level? Projectile Guard would also be useful."
Fuko’s eyes were darting around the room till they caught onto sothing. "Why do you need that?" she pointed to a rifle in the corner.
"Hm? Oh, the chief of the army has commissioned for enchantnts on so firearms and bullets; mainly to deal so magical damage.
I’m tinkering with it. He requests to mimic the magi-technology that Burnetrout and Luxinor possess in so of their firearms.
Thing is, without proper blueprints, it’s less about magic and more so about intricacy. Mana dust is not the easiest thing to manage. A lot of things could go wrong with designs like these."
"Couldn’t you just enchant it? I thought anything can be," the brunette snarked.
"Ha! It can, but this is not sothing known throughout the ages. I would have to make a brand new enchantnt entirely; perhaps sothing based off of enchantnts used on bows and arrows. What else do you require?"
"I want this," Fuko blinked and grabbed her clothes, "Enchanted; most powerful ones you got!"
The chief stared at the poofy-shouldered white shirt and pinafore... "If you want this design, sure, an armourer can mimic it. There are no components to make enchantnts permanent on this."
"Yeah, yeah, make sothing new with it. Just don’t ruin it, I like that pinafore."
"Noted..."
"Then this probably needs to be mimicked too," Jotou handed over Asobi’s clothes. ’She tried coming up with designs and yet sohow it all ended up so sort of magician’s attire.’ "Spice it up a bit, maybe add so things too."
"Flexibility is preferred. I will be visiting the palace in a few days to take specific requests, I’ll bring designs and updates then."
"Had to schedule it after we scheduled this," Fuko shook her head.
"Sothing cleared up in my schedule is all. What of this sword then?"
"Nothing really. It’s already enchanted, but if you wanna take a look at it for the sake of it. There’s an enchantnt on it that makes it unbreakable; I was hoping to put that on the adventuring gear."
The chief examined it, his eyes flickering with fla once again and the sword glowed red. "Powerful... The blade itself is carbonized steel, but is coated in armite. The enchantnt on it has been tempered over and over to get the effect of a higher level enchantnt, like it was made by an inexperienced mage—clever though.
Armite is a soft alloy, but fortunately the enchantnts on it remove that flaw; it’s an artistic blade. Given the enchantnts, it could fetch I would say, anywhere from six hundred fifty to seven hundred armite."
Both their eyes bubbled. "You’ve been carrying around sothing that expensive!?"
"...It was Moren’s..." the blonde’s fingers started to shiver.
The chief chuckled, "The usage of it is the reason the price is even dulled. However, given your fa and a collector willing to pay, this could be worth much more; in the thousands even."
Fuko nearly drooled. "Let’s not tell this to a lot of people, shall we?" Jotou raised a nervous brow.
"Do not worry, I don’t intend on telling anyone of this. Although, the Indestructible enchantnt is made for firm objects; things that are not ant to change.
tallic armour can use it, but the garnts you requested are made with dexterity and flexibility in mind. They would feel like stiff fabric that cannot be shifted."
"I’ll leave it to the expert then. Tamara Palace’ll be paying for the expenses," Jotou handed the letter.
"I need this to be assessed too," Fuko pulled out her dagger from her sock, unwrapping the cloth she folded it in.
The glossy magenta tal pinged onto the table. "It was made by a madman in a tent in the desert. He had no magic but this can cut through literally anything."
The chief stared at it before picking it up. He narrowed his eyes and leaned closer. Under the sunlight, the gleam of the tal wisped through the blade, like tiny bits of purple glitter all shifting within.
"Hm..." his eyes flickered in fla. "...There is a powerful trace of mana, but there are no enchantnts. The base of the dagger itself is a type of spring steel, but the outer layer...
The outer layer has mana dust—purified—unlike I’ve ever seen. However, it seems to be so sort of mana dust and tal alloy I cannot comprehend... Curious."
He returned his attention to the two, handing the dagger back. "If I knew the process, perhaps I could ascertain how exactly it was made. It is the antithesis of the sword.
From what I can understand, based on my limited knowledge of magi-technology, this dagger has minuscular particles that are in constant motion, within the tal that is stagnant.
It’s an oxymoron objectified. In theory, the wielder must push the tal in order for it to take effect.
The tiny particles within, shred whatever it cos into contact with; the more pressure applied, the faster it shreds through. Like termites eating away at wood."
Jotou smirked, "You have a dagger made of constantly hungry termites that can eat anything."
"Don’t put it like that!"
"It’s very intriguing how sothing like that can be placed within an unshifting tal," the chief’s eyes darted to the ceiling and pondered.
"Sothing like that must have an expiration. If it’s made of mana dust, then it must be the fuel. aning eventually, this dagger will lose its lustre and with it, its ability."
"Huh!?" Fuko slamd her hands on the table and stood. "Then how do I refuel it?"
"With whatever ans this dagger was first made I presu..." Chief Hernandeya recoiled slightly.
"Mana dust," Jotou replied. "And you’ve been using it all over the place," her head turned to Fuko.
"AHH!!!"
"Worry not... When the blade becos duller, it ans it’s losing its ability. This still seems very potent, I doubt you would need to ’refuel’ it for years to co, depending on the usage."
"Can you enchant it? With the Indestructible enchantnt? Make it never lose fuel!?" Fuko leaned forward.
"I don’t believe there is such an enchantnt... However, the forr can be done."
"Done!" Fuko placed the dagger back on the table.
"Alright, that’s four hundred armite."
Fuko gagged, "WHAT!?"
"The Indestructible enchantnt. It is a grandmaster level enchantnt after all. There are lesser enchantnts that can give it the sa purpose if you wish. Indestructible is for extre cases."
"How much will that run us...?" Jotou cocked her head.
"Hm, around fifty to a hundred armite."
"Hell," Jotou muttered under her breath.
"This guy’s talking about armite like copper pieces; I bet Kor would at least give us a discount! I an we are going to war you know! It’s orders from Tamara Palace itself!" Fuko stood on her chair.
"Please get off the seats... I understand that you two have arrived from Kria. Kria’s prices are famously low, that is not the case here.
Even so, an enchantnt like that, assuming there is an enchanter that can enchant it, would still cost three hundred fifty armite at minimum."
"We’re already commissioning adventuring gear, Tamara Palace might go broke if we do the dagger," Jotou reasoned.
Fuko blinked back down and grumpily swiped the dagger back, "Hmph!"
"We’ll take our leave now, thank you," Jotou smirked and got up.
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