Chapter 471 - Meal Talk
During dinner, Toya kept bugging Angor with pretended protests in order to force Angor into crafting something. Toya used all available methods for a kid, including yelling, crying, and acting cute, yet Angor simply maintained his table manners of a gentleman and remained completely quiet.
Toya was far from being a gentleman. He loved talking during his meal. Since Angor would not entertain him, he turned to speak to Yeliya instead.
Toya mostly talked about his childish ideas and ambitions, which might seem boring to any outsider. But Yeliya listened to him with her gentle smile while she answered Toya’s questions patiently. There was one time Mithra grew irritated with Toya’s blabbering and asked the boy to stop talking, only to receive a painful ear-pinch from his wife.
Both Yeliya and Mithra were renowned and powerful wizards in this world, yet Angor felt the warmth and harmony of a family. It was both pleasant and comforting.
Suddenly, Toya mentioned another name, which surprised Angor a bit.
“Hey, Granny Yeliya, I want to ask, why did you stop me yesterday?” Toya seemed unhappy about something.
“Yesterday? Oh, you saw…”
“Of course, it’s better if you know proper magic arrays specifically designed for hiding someone’s aura. Otherwise, you can use Perpetual Rune to keep something in a fixed state so that its aura does not get out easily. Of course, it won’t work as effective as magic arrays.”
A Perpetual Rune was usually used to keep something in good condition for a long time, such as how magazines always enchant their papers in such a way so that their published materials wouldn’t rot away even after thousands of years.
With Mithra’s reminder, Angor realized he had been blindly looking for a solution elsewhere when he already had one. There was more than one magic arrays that could help!
He kept thinking of finding a special box or something to keep the Alien Eye safe and neglected his own skills.
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When dinner was done, Angor returned to join Mithra as they discussed the mechanical arm. Previously, his plan had many flaws and missing spots beyond his knowledge. After the competition of wits between the two alchemists, he slowly learned what he needed.
By the time Angor left Elixir Hut on the next day, he had already established a comprehensive construction plan in his mind. Mithra, as a true master alchemist, did an easy job perfecting his unfinished theories while also providing ingenious suggestions.
The old man even came up with an outer design both favored by and convenient for ladies.
Still, not everything they talked about was agreed upon. There were several points denied by Angor in the end, even though he knew that Mithra was only trying to improve the final product.
For instance, Mithra insisted that they should use some precious materials and apply complex rules, but Angor decided not to accept that.
While talking, Mithra somewhat forgot that Angor was only an apprentice who couldn’t process high-level materials yet. Besides, it was only several days until the Purification Garden would open for entry, and Angor didn’t have enough time to pick up new skills.
Angor was going to make this arm to help Nausica survive better in the coming challenge. As for more advanced techniques… he always had time to do so later.
After Angor left on his own, Mithra also prepared something and stepped out of the door and went into the city, albeit in a different direction.
Angor was heading back to the main city district, while Mithra went to the lower side of the city where the core facility—the Research Department—was located.