CH147

There were still a few hours of sunlight left in the day so Ben instructed Sachel and her party to collect a variety of large stones for him, not for her quest, but as a way of completing his own while he focused on preparing the room they would be staying in.

It was significantly smaller than the living room he’d first tried this enchantment on, to the point it felt more like a storage room that just happened to have a bed, but that meant he’d be able to get it done in a couple hours while Thera focused on moving the items in it around to not disrupt his workflow. Once that was complete they had to focus on the next problem, powering it.

In the future, he resolved himself to get a small piece of rainbow mana stone and carry it in his spacial bag with the first aid kit, just in case he’d ever need it like he did now, but until then he’d have to take a different approach with the only thing he had available to him. The first church of Myriad itself, his coat.

When he’d first made it all those months ago he’d gone far heavier on the mythril than he’d needed to just for powering the temperature control enchantments that were on it which had always been a small regret of his. It was wasteful and he could have put it to better use, especially considering how annoying it was to repair it each time something damaged it while attacking him, but for now at least he would be able to take advantage of that previous mistake.

The metal was able to absorb any surrounding mana to directly power the enchantments placed on it. It couldn’t hold onto the mana to the same extent a crystal could, but it also didn’t need to be prepared in any specific way to extract mana from it either. As long as he connected it to the enchantment he’d made on the room, he’d be able to power it at least a little, giving Thera some time she could remove her cloak without having to worry about others. The enchantment would be weaker overall, but not enough to be an issue so that was a smaller concern.

The fact that this enchantment worked at all was something he felt pretty proud for figuring out, though it did have its drawbacks. It didn’t decrease the charm on contact at all, and it only reduced the charm at a distance depending on how much mana was put into the enchantment itself, but it was progress in his goal of understanding how to suppress passive magics.

“All done?” Thera asked as he put on the finishing touches.

“Yep, now for everything else to worry about.”

Having said that, the two of them had very different immediate worries in their heads.

“Um, yeah. So are we splitting the bed?” She asked, voicing her personal concern. They’d camped out enough during their hunts together that spending a night together wasn’t an issue, but they’d always split the time into different watches, there was no need to do that now, and while Ben had seen her sleep multiple times, that had always been while he was focused on changing the enchantment on her brace. This was a bit more close-quarters than that, with the options being a bed barely large enough for two people or one of them sleeping on the rough wooden floor.

Ben, having given no thought to the matter when he requested the room, left it up to Thera. “Doesn’t matter to me. If you’re more comfortable with it I’ll sleep on the ground.”

“Uhg, I won’t make you do that,” She said after a moment’s thought. “It’s not like you’ll try anything anyway.”

“I’m the picture of manners. Anyway, I don’t think I’ll be sleeping tonight either way, so worry about that tomorrow. I decided I’m going to make this town love Myriad and by god I’m going to make that happen.”

She was going to ask just what he was planning when a knock came on the door, which he quickly got up to answer.

“We’ve got all your rocks,” Ralia said, handing one over while leaving the rest in the hallway. “There’s even more outside if you need it but hopefully this is enough.”

“This is plenty, thanks,” He said, giving them a nod before addressing Sachel beside her. “And just so I don’t do anything wrong, I’m able to cut down trees as long as they aren’t from your sacred forest, right? There’s no issue if I go to some other patch of forest?”

“That’s right, I’d just recommend you don’t go to the woods in the north at all so you avoid making any mistakes. Anything you cut down to the east should be fine.”

“Excellent, thanks.”

He wished them all a good night before getting to work. He would be needing some tools to use but didn’t bring anything from the shop since he hadn’t expected to need it, meaning he’d have to get creative.

Taking advantage of the destructive properties of enchantment, he worked the rocks down the same way he would to make his statues, slowly creating everything he would need for when he’d begin working to win the townsfolk’s hearts and minds.

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A hammer, a chisel, a file, and a saw. All were necessary for the plans in his head, and he could always make more if need be. The biggest issue was that he didn’t think they would hold up as well as their metal counterparts, but he could work around that.

Making use of his earth magic ring, as well as the enchanting spells, harden and strengthen, he enhanced the items to the best of his abilities, sure in himself they wouldn’t break from regular use once he was done.

He still had some time left before his next task, so he got to work shaping the rest of the stone the others had already brought up for him, alternating between spinning tops and small, sturdy statues of animals from Earth and some he’d seen from this world that he attached wheels to so they could be rolled around. Without the sort of entertainment he’d had available in his homeworld, he was hopeful that these would prove enjoyable for the few kids in the village.

He noticed Thera had fallen asleep by the time he was done and quietly cleaned up a bit before slinking out of the house, trying not to disturb anyone as he went around back and started banging on the door of the shed.