[Wilma POV]
“No. It’s fine. I’ll have it redesigned to suit your preferences in a day or two.” I told Unika after she gave feedback on the bow I designed for her.
“Thanks. I’m looking forward to it.” Unika responded.
I waited for both her and Brian to leave my Factory workshop, before I sat down and sighed.
“... another failed design…” I complained to myself. “How am I supposed to win a competition when I fail at sothing as basic as observing the people I’m making the weapons for?”
“... don’t beat yourself up over it.” A female voice called out behind .
I turned around and saw one of Brian’s … do I call them his kids or his skills?
“Tahlia, right?” I asked to confirm, as I’ve only ever t the avatar of Brian’s Storage skill once. And the one in front of now isn’t dressed like the one I t, so I wasn’t sure if she was the sa, or one of Brian’s monsters just looking similar to Tahlia.
“Yes.” She simply answered.
“... what are you doing here? I thought you don’t really leave your room.”
“Usually not, but you needed soone to talk to. And Claus can’t appear here at the sa ti as you, so I may as well have this pep talk.”
“... thanks, I guess. But you don’t really need to.”
“I know. But I am here, because Father isn’t going to fix his mistakes.”
“What has Brian done? He saved . It is only because of him that I’m even here.”
“Maybe, but he also corrupted your mindset.”
“Corrupted? In what way?”
“Here. I’ll show you.” Tahlia said, as she operated the design table.
She brought out two different blades. Two very similar, yet completely different blades.
“So, do you notice anything?” She then asked.
“... I don’t know what you are getting at. … The one on the left is the star titanium blade I designed and the one on the right is the Blade of Space and Ti. But why are you showing them to ?”
“Do you know the difference between the two?” Tahlia asked.
“... I … One is a lot better than the other? Even though they are both made of the sa material?”
“... Haah. You aren’t wrong, but that isn’t what I was getting at.” Tahlia sighed. “Maybe I picked a bad example. Let’s go with sothing else.” As she said that, she opened the next two designs onto the holo-table.
What she brought up next were two duel disk designs, specifically the ones I designed for myself.
The first one looked a lot like the final one, except that the outer edge was a lot thicker than in the final one. That is because unlike my final one, which can project a space magic shield, the original one extended a tal shield from the outer edge of the duel disk.
“So, next question. Why did you change the design of the duel disk?” Tahlia asked.
“... because the new one is much better? It weighs less, the shield is more durable and it is just all around better.”
“But you like it less, don’t you?”
“...”
“There is nothing wrong with that. But at the sa ti, there is. That is what I an when I say that Father has corrupted you.”
“He corrupted by making prefer the better weapon? By making think with my brain instead of my heart?”
“Basically. You are too much like him now. You want to min-max everything. … which isn’t wrong in so situations, but it is wrong for you, because you close your mind to the possibilities.” Tahlia said.
“... do you know why you could never have designed the Blade of Space and Ti?” She then asked.
“... because I could never have assud that we get the help of the superior spirits?”
“In a way, yes. But even after you realized that the spirits would help, the designs you made weren’t near the quality of the product you ended up making. Do you know why?”
“... I … I’m not sure. Why?”
“Because your mind can’t comprehend the impossibilities. But your heart, your heart can strive for them. That is why you did sothing you didn’t think was possible.”
“... then … what should I do?”
“I can’t answer that. I’m like Father in a lot of ways. I like to be calculative, I like to know the odds. I work with numbers, not emotions. But what you need now is emotions, and luckily I know soone who is a lot better at them that I am.” Tahlia said.
“... who?” I asked, as the door to my workshop burst open.
“Big Sis!” An energetic voice called out. “What did you need for and why did I have to wait?” Fantasia questioned her sister.
“Thanks for coming, Fia-chan.”
“Ah! You called Fia-chan! I love you!” Fantasia called out, as she rushed to hug her sister.
… what is this about, I wondered as I looked at the two sisters that were born from skills.
“Fia-chan, I want you to take Wilma to ride so beasts. You think you can do that for ?” Tahlia requested of her little sister.
Beast riding? But why? What does that achieve?
“Sure!” Fantasia responded, letting go of her sister. She then ran to and took my hand. “Co on. Let’s go!”
I looked at Tahlia, questioning where she was trying to go with this, but she didn’t answer. She simply made her avatar disappear from my workshop.
I was a bit tempted to say that I didn’t want to go beast riding, but I also didn’t want to disappoint Fantasia, so I just went along with it.
I soon found myself riding a big beast, an amber mammoth Fantasia called it.
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