The Mage Will Master Magic Efficiently In His Second Life Chapter 169.2

I returned to Prolea after completing my testing of the Colored Servant spell, where I t Silverie.

She appeared to be tired. She had most likely just finished assisting Yera.

Oh Zeph, its you.

What a coincidence eting you here. Are you going ho?

Yes. Were you out training for the Title Match? Looking at your face I presu it went quite well.

Thats right. Ive got so new tricks up my sleeve now. What were you up to?

Im completely beat because of that hag. Shes been working to the bone from morning till night. Im so hungry that Im going to pass out. Silverie said, lightly rubbing her belly as it began to rumble.

The absurd timing made us both burst out laughing.

How about stopping by sowhere before going back? After all, Shirushu is in charge of dinner today. And as you know her food is quite plain and not that much. Youll probably be able to fill yourself up when we get ho if we eat sothing little while were still out.

I guess youre right.

I just happen to know the perfect place. I found it not too long ago Its this way. I remarked this as I grabbed Silveries arm and walked down one of the back alleys to the store.

Silverie didnt say anything as she lightly squeezed her hand.

The place we arrived at was the cafe that Milly had shown to so ti back. The donut that the waiter had recomnded to back then had been quite delicious.

After Silverie and I finished ordering, the aroma of donuts and coffee filled the air almost imdiately.

We ate for a bit after which Silverie began to talk.

And then that hag suddenly proposed a new event at the last mont Shes saying that shes doing it because of the Soul Heavenly Mage, but to it just looks like she is trying to show off. She should think about what shes putting through, for gods sake

Hahaha

Im not sure if it was because of her stress, but Silverie demolished her donut in no ti while whining.

While listening to her I would nod from ti to ti while sipping on my coffee.

Her talking continued for quite a while, and before we knew it we ended up overeating.

And theres also dinner left Well, I guess I still have so room left.

Welco ho, Silverie-san, Zeph-san. Youre both quite late today.

As soon as we ca ho, Shirushu welcod us with her head bowed down.

Seeing her like that suddenly made feel sowhat guilty.

You must be hungry. Today I went out of my way and cooked up a lot of things! Shirushu said, spreading her arms out.

After looking at her, Silverie and I looked at each other.

Shirushu seed to be quite happy, which could also be seen from her ears and tail moving up and down.

Why did it have to be today?I slightly glanced at Silverie, however, she imdiately dodged my eyes.

You see, Im quite the small eater. I dont think I can eat anymore.

Year right. Says the one who devoured donut after donut just now

I glared at her as we discussed with Telepathy. Suddenly Silverie clapped her hands and turned around.

I just rembered! I left sothing at the hags place.

Y-You!

After making up a sloppy excuse, Silverie quickly disappeared into the darkness of the night.

She sure runs fast.

Oh my Well, I guess it cant be helped. Well, it doesnt matter if its just you Zeph-san.

Yea.

Good grief. Lets get to work then.

Shirushu brought to the table with a broken expression on my face.

Thank you for the al.

Urgh. I sohow managed to eat all of it, but my stomach feels like its about to burst.

Because Shirushu looked at the whole ti I had to force myself to eat everything.

Fufu Im glad you liked it.

Im glad I feel like taking a walk. Ill go see how Lydias doing.

Have a safe trip. Shirushu said, seeing off.

Lydias workshop was close to our house. These past few days she had closed herself there while fixing my arm.

Since it was my arm she was fixing I felt that I needed to help at least a bit.

Im coming in. I said, going inside the workshop.

Lydia was just putting off her goggles as I walked in as if she had just finished her work.

Oh, Zeph-chi. Welco.

I see youve been hard at work.

The inside of the workshop was as hot as usual.

Lydias sweat had drenched her clothes, and they were stuck to her body. As she removed her goggles I could even see so sweat gathering around her eyes.

I thought Id co help with my arms repairs.

Thank you Then can I have you look over the fire. Ill go take a bath real quick. Lydia said, waving her arm as she opened the workshops door and went outside.

Take your ti.

As I sat in front of the furnace, the intense flas cracked frequently.

When I looked around, I noticed so tal parts that appeared to be part of my arm laying around.

Shes probably about to assemble it.It wont be long it seems.

I lost track of ti as I began to play around with my arms parts. It was then that I suddenly heard the door opening.

Phew. That was a nice bath. Thank you for looking over it, Zeph-chi.

The aroma of soap lingered in the air, mingling with the heat and the stench of sothing burning.

It appeared as Lydia had just gotten out of the bath.

Youre planning to continue arent you?

Ahaha, you got . Its almost finished, so I thought that I might as well get the quenching over with

Quenching was a process where one would cool off the heated tal in order to make it stronger.

However, if the cooling wasnt done equally the tal would crack, making it useless.

The process was quite hard to pull off, and it was one of the blacksmiths secret techniques.

Can I watch for a bit?

Of course!

Even though she replied in a carefree manner, her eyes looked serious.

She began to put the parts in the furnace one by one, raising their temperature.

The side of Lydias face was illuminated by the fire, making it appear golden.

Okay she muttered, taking out one of the parts out of the furnace and dipping it in water.

A sizzling sound could be heard as a trendous amount of steam filled the air, turning the area white.

And then she once again put the tal part back in the furnace.

Apparently, by putting an already quenched part back in the furnace you could make it even stronger.

I was entranced by Lydia as she took out the parts from the furnace and then put them back. Suddenly I heard a cracking sound and a tal part exploded.

BE CAREFUL!

I imdiately jumped forward, pushing Lydia down.

My back ached with searing pain The stench of charred at floated from my back shortly after that.

A piece of heated tal had stuck itself in my back.

Zeph-chi! Your back!

I-Its f-fine! I said, casting Blue Ball on my back.

As the ball collided with my back I felt the heat subsiding.

Lydia stood up and embraced , gently stroking my wound.

Im sorry, Im so sorry Zeph-chi she said, tears welling up in her eyes.

Shes overreacting way too much.

Dont worry Im just glad that you didnt get hurt. Id be in quite the pinch if the person taking care of my arm suddenly disappeared. I did this because of myself.

Good grief If you say it like that then I have no choice but to work even harder

Kuku. That was the plan all along.

Ahahaha

I used my finger to wipe off the tears welling up under her eyes.

As I assisted Lydia, the night went on. The date had already changed and a couple of hours had passed by the ti we finished.

I could feel the weariness rush over as soon as I lay down on my bed.

Just as I was about to let myself be washed away my door suddenly opened.

Morning Zeph!

COUGH?!

Sothing suddenly jumped on top of .

It was Milly. She was joyfully jumping up and down on top of .

Ehehe. I woke up earlier than you today

In an attempt to get back at for the last ti, she began to pinch my cheeks so that I could wake up.

Co to think of it, I did tell her that wed be having special training early in the morning until the Title Match ended.But even so, this is way too early. Its still way too early for our appointnt.Good grief. I guess I cant help it when shes so pumped up.It seems like Ill need to get up.

Urgh. It is surprising to see you up so early.

Thats because if I dont wake up youll just barge into my bedroom and try to wake up.Assaulting a maiden in her sleep is as low as you can go!

Urgh, I dont get what shes implying.First and foremost, I would never assault Milly, of all people, while she is sleeping.

Its your fault for not being awake. And Ill have you know that I did knock first.

Thats not the problem! I even went to the trouble of sleeping during the day so that I could wake up early!!

I see. That explains why I didnt see her at all. She was sleeping.

Sleeping throughout the day and staying awake at night is not beneficial for her developnt. Well its Milly were talking about so I cant see her growing any more than this.