After Raizel left Irene's suite, Selene was nowhere to be seen inside the castle.
Under Heine and Juliet's bows, Raizel left the castle.
Raizel told Erza and the others the result, then informed Wendy as well, telling her to pack her luggage and prepare to study Enchantment Magic under Irene.
Raizel originally thought Erza might show some sadness, but in the end, she did not.
As for whether Erza was hiding her emotions, Raizel could tell at a glance.
After all, he was worried Erza might feel that she was clearly Irene's daughter, yet Irene had not taught her Magic or anything like that.
Now Wendy instead looked as though she had gotten there first and moved into the castle ahead of her.
Wendy also looked at Erza with a hint of apology.
Sensing Wendy's guilt and Raizel's gaze, Erza placed her hand on Wendy's head and gently patted her.
"Go and learn properly, Wendy. This is a rare opportunity. Don't feel sorry. My matter with her is separate. It has nothing to do with us."
"Yes! I'll work hard!"
Wendy nodded firmly to Erza.
"Then I'll go pack my things."
Erza then looked toward Raizel with an expression that said she had expected this, shaking her head.
"I'm fine."
Raizel's thick brows furrowed tightly.
He truly did not understand what this mother and daughter were thinking.
"What exactly did the two of you talk about?"
Erza lightly poked her cheek with her index finger and blinked.
"Mm... A secret that can't be told!"
Raizel nodded helplessly.
"Fine. It's not my place to interfere too much in matters between you two."
...
Raizel used Cana's cards to seal the materials needed for Cana's bone bow, Erza's armor, and Mira's BlackWarGreymon claws separately.
Ultear's magic crystal ball could not be modified without Dragon Slayer Lacrima.
Erza's armor and Mira's BlackWarGreymon claws would be mostly forged from the most famous and hardest alloy currently known on the continent—
Dracigon Steel.
This alloy had a history of more than four hundred years.
It was light, tough, and never rusted. Its ore veins had to be found inside active volcanoes.
Nowadays, it was already extremely difficult to forge successfully, because during the refining process, dragon flame had to be added.
Otherwise, it could not be called Dracigon Steel. It would only be a steel much stronger than ordinary alloys.
With Irene's High Enchantment added on top of that, the final alloy forged would likely surpass ordinary Dracigon Steel.
Aside from that, Erza's armor also required some amethysts and red crystals.
...
The next day, when Raizel came to Irene and Selene's castle for the second time, he could already be considered familiar with the route.
This time, he did not even need Selene.
The moment Raizel arrived at the castle, the gates opened automatically.
"Let's go."
Raizel called out to Wendy.
Wendy followed behind Raizel, curiously looking around.
They followed the brick path to the castle entrance.
Heine, who was standing guard at the main door, bowed meticulously to Raizel before pushing the door open for him.
Raizel nodded in response.
"Lady Wendy, please take care of us from now on."
Heine was also very respectful toward Wendy.
After all, Wendy could be considered Irene's disciple from now on. It was normal for Heine and Juliet to treat her with respect.
Wendy's cheeks flushed slightly, and she hurriedly waved her hands.
"N-no, please take care of me too."
Although Heine was actually a sword, there was not much difference between her and a person now.
Carla had originally been worried about whether Wendy would feel uncomfortable here, but now it seemed she had thought too much.
Wendy would probably be taken very good care of.
As for Selene, who knew where that woman had hidden herself?
Raizel had not seen Selene again since yesterday afternoon.
She was probably hiding somewhere for the time being, waiting for Irene's anger to cool a little.
Then Raizel realized he had guessed wrong.
Clearly, Irene was not particularly angry.
Or perhaps Selene had already apologized?
Raizel saw Selene in the first-floor hall, sitting with one leg crossed and reading a book as though nothing had happened.
'Tap, tap, tap.'
The sound of high heels striking the floor rang out.
Wearing her usual outfit and holding her antler staff, Irene slowly descended from the staircase.
Irene did not make any small talk and went straight to the point.
"Have you prepared everything?"
"That's right."
Raizel took three cards from his pocket and held them between his index and middle fingers.
Irene then turned to Wendy, who stood beside Raizel.
"As for you, have Heine and Juliet take you to your room to put your things away first, then come back down."
"Yes."
"Let's go outside."
Selene also came along to watch the excitement, while Heine and Juliet brought Wendy up to the second floor.
The three of them stood at the edge of the courtyard.
Yesterday, Raizel had specially brought Erza to Crocus and asked the best blacksmith there to write down the material ratios and other data for them.
Of course, they had paid for it.
Raizel transmitted all of those specific data and materials to Irene using Super Archive Magic.
Irene closed her eyes, then lightly tapped the ground with her antler staff.
Three enormous forging furnaces appeared out of thin air in the middle of the courtyard.
Various materials automatically flew up in order and entered the furnaces.
Even while standing at the edge of the courtyard, separated from the furnaces, they could still feel the scorching heat of the flames.
Seeing that Wendy had just come down, Raizel quickly said to her,
"Wendy, give us some wind."
"..."
Although she was speechless, Wendy still did as he asked.
After a long while, Cana's bone bow was the first to emerge.
Originally, her bone bow had only been forged from magical crocodile bones.
Now, it had basically been completely replaced with bone powder made from the remains of a dragon close to Dragon King level from four hundred years ago.
At this point, the bone bow could probably be used as a divine weapon even in close combat.
"Give me some Magic Power."
Hearing Irene's instruction, Selene casually waved out a stream of Moon Magic Power like a sulking punching bag.
"Enchant: Dragon Slayer."
The entire bone bow first glowed with golden light, then with red light.
Irene had successively enchanted the bow with dragon Magic—Moon—and Sage Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Have Kurnugi come here."
Selene directly waved open a spatial passage, and Kurnugi fell out of it.
"Ow!"
Kurnugi let out a miserable cry, landing face-first on the ground. It was unclear whether his nose had been flattened.
Next to emerge from the furnace were Mira's BlackWarGreymon claws.
These claws were successively enchanted with Sword Saint Dragon Magic, Moon Dragon Magic, and Sage Dragon Magic.
Of course, the main one was Sword Saint Dragon Magic. Moon Dragon and Sage Dragon were only auxiliary.
These battle claws placed particular emphasis on sharpness and physical attack power, and in that regard, the Sword Saint Dragon was the most outstanding.
Erza's armor took a full eight hours to forge.
Even for Irene, forging armor this intricate required her to divide her attention for precise control.
As for Raizel...
Because the wait was too long, he directly set up a barbecue stall in the courtyard.
With Wendy, Heine, and Juliet helping out, things did not become too chaotic.
As for Kurnugi?
That guy only knew how to eat.
Raizel's barbecue skills were quite good, and with all sorts of spices added, even Irene could not resist the temptation.
In truth, Irene's impression of Erza should not have been that bad.
When forging Erza's armor, Irene stayed there for the entire eight hours.
She did not leave even once, and she even skipped the afternoon nap she had recently been taking every day.
As the sun set, the flames in the final forging furnace went out.
The full set of armor, still glowing red from the heat, floated in the air.
Including Law Dragon Slayer Magic, four types of dragon Magic had been enchanted onto this Ink Dragon Armor one after another.
"Enchant: Cooling."
A water sphere directly wrapped around the Ink Dragon Armor.
Inside the water sphere, sizzling sounds exploded as steam rose.
Before long, an entire set of glossy black Ink Dragon Armor and a crimson Fangtian Halberd appeared before everyone.
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