CH489

<ACQUIRED TITLE- BRUTAL BLACKSMITH>

“Hey, what the actual hell?” Ben muttered to himself as he prepared to lay down for the night.

“What happened?”

“A new title. Why the hell did I get a new title?”

He didn’t really need to ask, it was obviously because word had spread around about his fight that day, but that just left him with more questions. He wasn’t going to out and say it, but Thera had been dealing with a poor reputation in town for years and never gained anything, so how was it that he’d gained one after only that?

<It’s probably because they never settled on something to call her. You on the other hand, well, doesn’t it just roll off the tongue? It might help that your teacher has a bit of a reputation for having a temper too, they must have seen some of it in you during your fight today.>

I am literally the sweetest little thing, what the hell. I guess it’s not quite as eye-catching as some of my other ones at least.

“So what is it?” Thera wanted to know, her imagination already running wild as she laughed. “Killer craftsman? Maybe crazy craftsman? Then again, you did win one fight with your magic. Murder mage?”

“Well, you at least get points for alliteration. Brutal blacksmith. I’m not even a blacksmith! I’m a craftsman! I do all sorts of crafts and I’m good at them too! What is this disrespect?”

“Ha, most of the town probably isn’t too fussed about your skill set. You work at a smithy with my uncle who’s a smith, that’s good enough.”

“Hmph, well if anyone tries saying it to my face I might just end up with the crazy craftsman title too.”

“Oh, there there, it’s not a big deal. The title seems like it would pretty obviously give you bonuses to your crafting and maybe even your sacrilege if you’re lucky so it’s probably even a good thing.”

“That’s… true.”

He didn’t really want to complain about anything like that, the issue was just that he’d now been attacked twice for things in his status. Every new thing just made his odds worse the next time anyone got a peek.

<Even without that you were still doomed. Your combined jobs and titles are disgusting, even if you ignore king of sacrilege.>

Gee, thanks.

<If you’re really concerned then stop taking so many sacrilege-aligned jobs.>

Never. The bonuses are always incredible.

“Well, I appreciate you dealing with that for me Ben,” She told him, leaning up to kiss him. “It was as satisfying as I expected too.”

“In that case, I guess it was worth it.”

“Good. Now, some of us have normal minds so I’m getting some sleep. Try not to be awake for too many hundreds of hours, okay?”