CH50

When he woke up Ben was almost immediately put back to work. He tested to see the limits of how small of a brace he could make to hold the enchantment, finding that one about half the length of Sonya’s forearm would work, though that would probably vary depending on the material used to make it. Once that was done he removed the enchantment he’d made for Thera, then spent another night remaking it while she slept, much to her discomfort. After that it seemed with his level up they were able to lower her passive magic effects to 24 at a distance and 34 on contact, both far better than nothing, but still outside the range a majority of people could resist. Still, it showed that as long as he continued to level up he could potentially keep getting her magic effects lower, until a point that it would be more manageable, it would just take time and patience.

After all of that was done he thought he could finally get some rest for the day and went back to sleep, only for Falk to shake him awake around noon.

“AHH! Falk, not so close!” Seeing what looked like a large gorilla right in front of him as he opened his eyes wasn’t the nicest way for anyone to wake up, but the adrenaline flowing through him meant he wasn’t getting back to sleep. “What do you want?”

“I got us an emergency appointment set up,” His teacher said without elaboration. “Get dressed and come with me.”

He didn’t fight his teacher on it and got himself sorted, but when they left the house and said goodbye to Thera he wanted a couple answers. “So what’s so important that you couldn’t let me sleep?”

“Boy, you really need to think about the magnitude of your discovery here. We’re going to send an official patent with the craftsmen’s guild.”

“We have one of those in town?” He was sure he had a pretty good idea of what was around at this point and he felt like he would have noticed something so relevant to his occupation.

“Not a dedicated one, it’s at the adventurers guild. In smaller towns there’s usually just one building for the four main guilds, and since smaller towns are likely on the fringes with a lot of adventurers and only a few craftsmen, merchant, or mages that would need guild services, that means they typically end up as adventurers guilds first and foremost. Of course now we’ll be getting you registered as an official craftsman, but that’s not the main point of the visit.”

Before Ben could ask more about the main point though they had arrived and were welcomed by his favourite guild employee.

“Good afternoon Ben. Oh and Falk’s with you, it’s been a while,” Onk said with cheer to them, a greeting his teacher returned.

“Afternoon Onk, is Ceselee available? I set up an appointment the other day.”

“Absolutely, she’s just upstairs, go on ahead.”

Falk dragged Ben along, not giving him any time to ask any of the questions floating through his mind, bringing him upstairs and walking into a room to find someone Ben recognised behind a desk. The guild master.

“You could at least knock,” She said, looking up from some papers to see who had barged in.

“Bah, you knew I was coming, it’s fine. Sides, this is important.”
“It better be if you’re making me act in an official capacity for the craftsmen’s guild. When you insisted on this meeting I had to review a ton of procedural documents on how I’m actually supposed to fill the role.”

“You’re not filling me with a bunch of confidence here Ceselee,” His teacher told her, but she waved off his concerns.

“It’s fine, but there’s only about a dozen registered members in the town, they’ve never needed to use the guild for more than ordering supplies and books through. Hell, you know I got the job for my qualifications as an adventurer.”

“Well I’m sure you’ll be able to help me out. I hear you met my apprentice.”

Ben gave a friendly nod, not sure what he was supposed to be doing at the moment as Ceselee gave him an appraising look.

“Indeed, the boy that faced a horde of monsters, and has apparently been hunting solo since he joined the guild.”

“It was more Thera going against all the monsters, I was just support.”

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“Support is important, unless you can honestly tell me she could have faced all of those beasts without you there.”

He stayed silent. He knew that if he wasn’t around and Thera tried to do what they had accomplished alone her staff probably would have broken, but he didn’t want to talk up his own involvement in the event. He really felt he had only provided some help.