I'm a tough bastard though and only had to deal with feeling like death for three days before I stabilized again. I seo the hostess while I was sick to let Syr know what was going on since i didn't want to deal with that problem when I saw her again. My gut told me that I really didn't want to make her mad so I tried to keep her ral with me at the very least in any given instance. I wasn't sure if she was actually just that nice or if she had a thing for me but either way rality was the way to go for me. -

  Yeah I was friend zoning the fuck out of her but I REALLY wasn't ied in that sort of thing. Ohird day when I was starting to feel better Tiona showed up with a whole satchel of drops for me. It was like christmas as none of them were below level two monsters and I even got a goliaths tooth. The Loki familia was A okay in my book after this as they took responsibility and even gave me a bunch of expensive drops to craft my on again as an apology.-

  There was a small issue though with Tiona going nuts after disc that I was the one who made the bone figurihe bag of drops was really heavy and I was sick so she brought it into the room for me which was when she saw all my unfinished figurines.

  "Could you make ohat looks like me? OOH what about Ais or Riveria?" she asked excitedly and I sighed.

  "I could but nht now since I am not feeling well as you see." I said in a nasally voice as I was sitting on the couch ed up in a b.

  "Hey what about the clothes, could you make them look like us naked?" she asked with a lewd expression.

  "First off, bad, no horny. Sed I would o see what you all look like o do that as otherwise the details would likely be off. In other words no I 't nor would I even if I could as that is a breach of privacy." I said seriously.

  "Hmmm, I don't mind showing you if you leveled up a few times. Level four minimum to try and take me off the market." she said with a pyful wink.

  "I'll keep that in mind. Now if that's all I'd like to go back to sleep so I get rid of this illness faster." I said tiredly and she shrugged before saying goodbye and leaving while swaying her hips iionally on the way out.

  'Now to embrace the sweet relief of sleep.' I thought as I started to nod off only to hear a new voice from upstairs.

  "Yo Alex you here!?" I heard Hroldars voice call out from the rge chur above me.

  'Ugh, muests.' i thought bitterly as I hauled my weak body up the stairs to see what Hroldar wanted.

  "Bloody hell d you look terrible." the dwarf said when he saw me and I had the force myself to remain polite.

  "It wasn't pnned believe me. Anyways why are you here?" i asked fused.

  "My god said he'd set up a trial to see if you are as good a craftsman as you say you are and he just got it finished. Somehow he vinced Hephaestus herself to pare your work to something from her best level orick is you both are to make a dagger out of a minotaurs horn and then she'll pare the two. I'm here to drop off the horn you'll be using." he said with a grin.

  That whole part of the versation had totally slipped my mind what with how eventful my time sihen had been.

  "How long do I have?" I asked since I was fident in my work to a great degree after getting the enlighte of bck fsh.

  "Three days starting tomorrow and remember no supplementary ingredients for this test, just this horn." Hroldar said as he handed over the solid brown horn about seven inches long and two inches wide at the base.

  "Anywhere specifically I should go to drop the bde off after I'm doh it?" I asked and he shook his head.

  "Nah I'll be dropping by iernoon to pick it up ohird day. You go get some rest though as you really do look terrible d." He said before leaving and I was all about doily that.

  The day I had a bit of a runny ill but otherwise felt fine and got to work on that dagger. It was a simple design really as I got rid of all the impurities in the horn before transf it into a bowie style bde with a slip guard and spiraled handle frip. Then I did what would set my bde apart from any other at this level, I refi. The finished product was so sharp that I could cut through iron like butter and so durable that nothing I did to it without my cursed energy so much as scratched it much less chipped the edge. Overboard? Absolutely! Worth it? Definitely!-

  I cimed to be the best level one craftsman in this city and I damn well mean it too. Plus knowing that Hephaestus herself would be paring the two bdes meant I my A grade not to be embarrassed. Ironically I didn't evehe ehree days to finish the bde but only ohe st two days I spent fixing up the churow that I had enough energy to do so as well as the time for it. Bell had spent the st few days getting used to his new leather armor I made him before my siess hit.-

  Mostly it was just him w out in it and practig the little bit i had taught him about how to use his ons. Still his improvement was clear to ah eyes and I was thinking about letting him go delving soon even if his stats didn't reach G rank. Sparring with me was great and all but there was a differeween fag someone you know won't seriously hurt you versus a mohat literally wants to rip you apart. It was a whole mihing and Bell o adapt to that as soon as possible.-

  I am quite proud to say that by the time Hroldar came to pick up the dagger the church had gone a full oy and looked brand new. It was rather amusing to see the look of fusion on his face as he looked around. I had basically tore out anything that didn't e from a living source other than the gss of the windows and repced it with hardened refined wood I "appropriated" from nearby abandoned buildings. Just for shits and giggles I also put a very much alive tree in full bloom at the top of the church grafted into the wood so it worked like root extensions into the ground.