After being sent back to the edge of death and being healed, Tibaut was now cleaning the mansion. At this point, he was disappointed in how this was now second nature to him.

("Is she trying to turn me into a house husband? If I'm not careful I'll be cooking their meals and ironing their clothes. Hell, she might start going on frequent business trips and I get stolen away by the neighbourhood gyaru.")

As he was being filled with delusions, he made his way through the mansion, at quite the casual pace. He recently realised that there was no point in speed cleaning if he had jack-shit to do in the first place.

("I tried using that ki stuff against Elizabeth earlier but all that ended up happening was us trading blows. Although now that I think about it, it's pretty weird I got hits off in the first place. I guess the gap between when I don't have the weights on is closer than I thought. But man, I am half convinced someone just tricked her into believing that stuff exists cause none of the tips in that book did anything. Save for the illustrations of techniques, that book feels like it belongs in the fiction category in a library.")

He was finishing up mopping the top floor when noticed he was being dragged by someone. He gave a quick glance and didn't see anyone. He then shifted his gaze down and saw Vanessa.

"Uh, I'm kinda busy." He said with the tone of someone being asked something while on the phone.

"I've decided not to listen to the words of idiots today." She said while dragging him with more force than before.

"(Did I do something to piss her off? No, the only thing I've done today is clean and get beaten up by Elizabeth.) What's wrong Vanessa? Don't feel like talking about your breasts today?"

Vanessa paid no mind to that comment and continued dragging him until they eventually reached her basement.

"Sit down." She told him.

Tibaut looked around but the closest stool was a few metres away. As he began walking Vanessa grabbed him. She then pointed to the floor.

"Right here."

Tibaut thought putting up a fuss would draw this out more than it had to be and then sat in a lotus position. While like this he couldn't help but feel like a child about to be scolded by his parents.

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"What am I, Tibaut?" She asked.

"A friend who likes to tease me?" He responded plainly.

She then picked up a hammer and replied "A blacksmith, Tibaut. I'm a blacksmith. Now what do you think I'm supposed to do for my guildmates?"

Tibaut scratched his head for a moment then responded. "Fix our stuff?"

"True that is part of it, however, to fix something, it has to exist in the first place. Yet I don't see a piece of armour on you."

"Oh that, well it's not like I have money so I guess I'll just do without for the time being."

Vanessa then threw her hammer and missed Tibaut's head by a few inches.

"Are you a dumbass? Who the hell fights without armour? The only reason your sorry ass was dragged back here was because Ezekiel was wearing his armour and was still able to stand." She sounded quite upset while saying this.

"Yeah, but it's not like I could ask you for a freebie."

"You could've. We're a guild like 4 strong who would refuse you getting armour?"

Tibaut couldn't really respond to that as he didn't ask about nor really show interest in armour in the first place. He started scratching his head and avoiding her eyes.

"Oh, sorry bout that." He said while standing up and attempting to pat her on the head.

She stopped his hand, "Do I look like a puppy to you?"

She then pulled out a string of some kind. Afterwards, she positioned in him a T-pose and told him to hold still. It seemed like she was taking measurements of various parts of his body.

("Elizabeth was right, this idiot was thinking of continuing to fight without armour."). She continued taking her measurements of parts of his upper and lower body until finally reaching his crotch.

"No funny business." He stated.

"Does it look like I'd do anything like that? If you want a tight codpiece be my guess."

He then sighed. "Hurry up, I don't want Elizabeth coming in thinking we're doing anything funny." He then lowered his guard. This would prove to be a fatal mistake. As if her hand was a viper it quickly slithered under his crotch. Within one squeeze he was sent to the floor. He crumpled up like a ball of paper and was writhing on the ground.

Vanessa then began laughing. "Hehehe, Tibaut. I wasn't impressed in the slightest. I'm curious, are you like that all the time or are you a grower?" And just like that, something outrageous just left her mouth.

"Ugh, what the hell," Tibaut said while fighting the pain.

"Don't worry Tibaut, I was showing you how important armour is. Don't you think you could've avoided it if you were wearing something to protect your little hero?"

"shut up." He said while beginning to stand up. He then began to make his way out when she said one last thing.

"By the way, Elizabeth said it'd be pretty stupid of you to keep fighting barehanded, so tell me what kind of weapon you want."

"Do I have to tell you that now?"

"Just make sure it's before you're going to have to fight something. I don't want Elizabeth to think I'm being lazy." She then patted him on the back (and gave a cheeky pat on the ass) and he left the basement.