CH377

First things first, need to prepare. Ben told himself as he pulled out his personal job crystal when he got to the shop, before destroying the enchantment on it, leaving him with nothing but a plain rainbow mana crystal in its place.

He’d made himself the job crystal what felt like ages ago, and in a way it was. He’d been a level six enchanter when he’d first had the idea to make something so small for his personal use, but now he was at the second level of his divine enchanting, letting him work his magic with an incomparable level of skill to what it had been in the past.

Which means this should work with some to spare.

And it was with that thought that he began running his mana through the sphere, letting him pull off a piece no bigger than a marble, round it out, and begin enchanting on it.

He was trying to recreate the same complex enchantment that had been on it only moments before, but to do it on something so much smaller took an even greater level of skill, though still a level he had to spare as the delicate points of mana went down easily, condensed far beyond what they’d ever normally be, yet still perfectly functional for what it needed to do until he had it done. The smallest job crystal he’d ever made, possibly the smallest anyone had ever made, and it was finished as he rolled it around between his fingers.

With it completed he repeated the process, making three more before he was done, each of them functional and the exact size he needed them, only for him to end up distracted by a single thought in the midst of his admiration for his own work.

How much smaller can I go?

He had no reason to try, the current size was perfect with the idea he had for them, but then he couldn’t help but see how far he could push it as he tried again, pinching off smaller and smaller pieces until he failed at making something just slightly larger than a pea.

“Ah, too bad,” He muttered. “If I could have gone smaller I might have been able to comfortably do rings instead of necklaces. Maybe I’ll change it out in the future.”

Still, it was a fun little attempt as he broke the enchantments on everything he didn’t need, recombining the smaller crystals with the original to keep from losing anything as he focused back on the original four for what needed to come next as he moved to the storage room, looking for a few different materials that would compliment the look of the crystal, as well as who they were going to.

To begin, he used a small piece of a black stone, shaping it with his magic to wrap around the tiny job crystal, not coating it as its future owner would need to be able to properly touch it to take advantage of its effects, but still covering enough that there was no threat of it slipping off before he added a nub at the top, using a strong piece of string to slip through it to create something that could be conveniently worn, meaning the user wouldn’t need to go find one to use after completing whatever job they had.

And that’s Falk down.

From there he used the red stone for Sonya, trying to make the casing a little more aesthetic for it compared to the one for his teacher before he had it done, after taking the time to make a real chain to hold it rather than a piece of string and adding some finer details to improve the look of it, working under the assumption that she’d like it more than Falk would and leading to that little difference in effort.

Finally it came down to the last two, where he used the last blue stone for both, the one for Thera getting a far more detailed pattern as he tried to create a delicate design of birds and flowers on it, while his own he left plain, caring more about the function than the form, with his task finally done.

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<It’s cute you made matching ones for you and your girlfriend.>

“…Shut up.”

“Well first, I didn’t even say anything, and second, that’s really no way to be talking to your teacher, boy,” Falk said from behind him as Ben turned around.

“Sorry, not you Falk, I was talking to Myriad.”

“…That’s not exactly better, but alright. So what exactly were you working on so intently?”