Cecil and Lucia were atop Silver and heading towards their lodgings in the city. Where they were staying was actually the smithy they were heading to. When they finally arrived at the largest smithy in the middle district, a stout dwarf came out of the smithy holding onto pliers and a huge hammer. Upon seeing the three, the dwarf laughed, and boisterously greeted the group, "WAHAHAHA~ Hey, you 3! How was the dungeon? You get anything good for me?!"

The two smiled at the dwarf's greeting while Silver barked at him joyfully. The stout dwarf who owned the largest smithy in the capital city was Mr. Argon's little brother, Radon Ironforge. Ironforge was Mr. Argon's rightful name, but he abandoned his family's name in his pursuit of love.

Cecil jumped down from Silver's back and caught Lucia who jumped down right after. After he put her down, he turned towards the dwarf and said, "Hey, Mr. Radon! Ugh, please don't remind me, it was nothing special at all AND it was boring!"

There was an exasperated look on his face and this only caused Radon to uproariously laugh once more. Only Cecil could say something like this. Radon already knew that this young boy was a little strange, but that was what made him like the lad even more, since a lot of interesting things were always going on in his head.

"It was exactly how Lucia and the books described it! It was only an overly large mine!"

"WAHAHAHA! Don't look down on them now! Dungeons are a holy land for us dwarves!" Radon exclaimed.

Lucia giggled on the side and Silver bypassed the smithy and walked deeper into the building complex. He was heading towards his resting spot that Radon had built for him.

"Well, we did get a good harvest, some mithril, mana crystals and some other mana ores... we also got..."Cecil paused and looked around, "...something special."

The smithy was the largest and most popular in the city so it was packed with people purchasing weapons, requesting jobs and what-not. Radon was the owner, but he had a whole bunch of employees, blacksmith apprentices, and assistances working for him so he was rarely busy.

He would only work on his own craft and would only take orders if the Ark's Royal family privately or officially requested anything from him. He would also take some personal jobs from people who was close with too, but this rarely happened.

Seeing that the place was as jam packed as usual, Cecil leaned towards Radon's ear and whispered, "Me and Lucia found... a legend ranked ore... can we talk somewhere private?"

Radon, upon hearing the word 'legend', immediately perked up. Cecil also nudged at his chest and in his hand was the adamantium wrapped in a cloth. Only a small part of the adamantium was visible, but when Radon took a glance at that small part, his eyes immediately lit up. He took a quick urgent glance around and hurriedly led the two into his office on the top floor of the smithy's building.

When they arrived at his office, Radon quickly ushered the 2 into the room, locked the door and activated a silencing spell. Cecil turned around and looked at Radon, with his mana sight he could see the magic crest that formed when Radon activated a spell. After the spell was activated, the sound of metal pounding on metal and the noise of the people from the smithy quickly died down.

"Okay boy, I already activated a silencing spell. Quickly, quickly take that ore out!" Radon urgently said.

Although he only caught a small glimpse of that chrome colored ore, he saw the azure glint in it and immediately knew what that legendary ore was. The duo quickly sat themselves down and Cecil placed the bundled cloth on the table. Radon quickly un-wrapped the cloth with trembling hands and when the chromatic luster shone out after the cloth after it was unbundled, he immediately exclaimed, "I knew it! HAHAHAHA! Who would have thought that I, Radon Ironforge, could lay my eyes upon such a holy artifact! ADAMANTIUM! HAHAHA it's actually ADAMANTIUM!"

Radon was shouting and holding the small piece of rock with both hands in the air, treating it as if it were some kind of holy artifact. He gingerly placed the ore back down on the table before turning his gaze towards the two foxkins and asked solemnly, "Boy... how did you get your hands on this?"

Lucia, who had kept quiet until now, immediately spoke up, "Silver was the one who found it! It was when we were on the 9th floor of the dungeon."

"HAH! So it was in the dungeon!! Man, the kingdom's totally goin' to be pissed missing out on such a thing! WAHAHAHA!"

"Yeah, yeah! We don't want to turn this in to the kingdom. Please keep this a secret, Uncle Radon!" Lucia said cutely while putting her hands together and pleading.

"BAH! Girl, you only call me 'uncle' when you want something from me!"

Lucia stuck her tongue out when her motive was exposed. Although Radon said that, he was all smiles when Lucia called him 'uncle'. He then continued, "I figured that when you came to me with the adamantium so secretly. Don't worry even if you wanted to give this to the kingdom, I'd be the first to object for you! WAHAHAHA! So... what do you want me to forge?"

Cecil heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Radon say that. He then spoke up, "Weapons and some other gear, I hear that from this small piece of adamantium you could forge a whole armory of weapons, no?"

"This ain't a 'small piece', boy. This is a 'huge chunk' if you ask me! Hehe!" Radon said with a chuckle.

"So, is it possible?"

"Ai, it's possible, but what are you going to do with an armory of weapons, boy?"

"No, we don't need an armory. Just some things like a sword, spear, knives and other things."

"Hrrmm? Then what about the rest of the adamantium?"

"After you finish crafting what we need, you can keep the rest... just take that as your commission and our thanks for taking care of us for all this time."

"HAH! Boy, I don't need your thanks! Being able to hold and work with this legendary ore, which is basically like a holy artifact to us dwarves, is enough payment for me! I'll craft something nice for you with the leftover adamantium."

"Uhm... okay, Mr. Radon..."

"Thank you, Uncle Radon!"

"HAHAH! Leave it to your uncle, little Lucia! You too, boy! This old man doesn't need any thanks! You've helped around the place for the past month! It should be this old man giving you thanks instead!"

Cecil smiled at Radon's response. He remembered his time during the past month since staying at the Ironforge Smithy. He and his party would always go out of their way to mine ores for the smithy when they went out to do a quest with the thought that it was only fair since they've been staying at Radon's place.

A month ago they came unannounced, but Radon took them in only because of the letter Mr. Argon, his older brother, had asked Cecil and Lucia to deliver. The two were surprised when they found out that the rightful heir of the Ironforge Smithy and Clan was actually Mr. Argon, and the current heir was actually his little brother who only became the heir because Mr. Argon had abdicated his right of succession.

Lucia spoke up and asked Uncle Radon.

"Uncle Radon! Is it possible to craft a wand with that?"

"Of course, little one! In fact– "

Before Radon could continue, Cecil immediately cut him off.

"Mr. Radon! We're not crafting a wand!"

Hearing what Cecil said, Lucia immediately felt wronged and yelled, "Hah?! CEL!!!"

"It's not like that Lulu. It's better if we create a weapon that could also act as a wand for you. You're already learning martial arts and swordsmanship from me, so why not?"

"Eh? O-Okay..."

After explaining as such to Lucia, Cecil turned towards Radon and began asking, "Is it possible to create a weapon that could also act as a wand for us?"

"Oh? Not just for Lucia, but also for you, boy?"

"Yeah, from my fighting style, Lucia's been learning and copying it, but because she has to use a wand, it's hard for her to use any of her martial skills in battle."

"Hrmm... with the adamantium it's possible. Unlike with a wand where you need to concentrate on channeling your mana into it to enhance a spell's effects, the adamantium itself is already a good mana conductor so you wouldn't need to entirely focus yourself on a spell when you're casting it. Plus, I'm sure that with Lucia aptitude, she'd be able to cast and fight at the same time!"

"Exactly! Although, she's still in training, Lucia's slowly been able to start fighting just like me! If she had a weapon to support her, I'm sure she'd be able to fight like me in no time!"

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"Haha, alright! I'll try it! What about you, boy? What kind of weapon do you want? It better be a unique one because not everyone is blessed enough to have an elemental constitution like you!"

Cecil smiled wryly. They had to spin up a lie to cover Cecil's mana eyes. Mana eyes were rare and practically impossible to have at his age because all of the kids who were born with the eyes died at the age of 10. He didn't want to explain why he had the eyes since it would be a hassle, so saying that he had an elemental constitution was the best excuse to cover it up since people that had either of those traits had strong mana control anyways.

"So, what is it do you want me to craft?" Radon asked.

"I'll make some blue prints first, and then give it to you later tonight."

"Alright, I'll be waiting. Anyway, you two go ahead and eat now. My wife has already finished making lunch."

"Okay, Mr. Radon" "Okay, Uncle Radon!" The two spoke up and said together in unison.

"I'll keep the adamantium locked up. Remember to keep this a secret from everyone else, and don't even tell my wife. The less people who know the better!"

Cecil and Lucia nodded at his words before walking out of the office and headed towards their room. Even in the smithy, the two of them shared a room at Lucia's insistence. Once they arrived at their room, Cecil started taking off his armor and began hanging them on the armor rack on the side. Lucia similarly took off her robe and hung it on the clothing rack before placing her wand on the bedside table. She then turned towards Cecil and smiled, "Good thing Uncle Radon was here! He's able to craft the adamantium for us and keep it a secret from everyone else!"

"Keep your voice down Lulu, remember 'that' has to stay a secret. If someone found out, then not only us, but even Mr. Radon will get into trouble!"

Lucia stuck her tongue out and knocked her head, "Oops~"

Cecil facepalmed at her reaction. He then gave her a strict reminder and Lucia promised to stay mum about it from now on. It was true that if this was leaked out, they would all get into trouble and that was the last thing they needed right now, especially since they had to enroll in the academy very soon. After he settled his equipment, he pulled Lucia with him towards the door and said, "Come on, Lulu, let's go eat now. I'm starving!"

"Okay~"

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A week soon came and went. As planned, Cecil and Lucia suspended all of their adventurer activities. During the week, the two spent their time training or studying the magic research materials that they had copied from Mrs. Anna's research books before leaving their home half a year ago. For reasons that the two of them didn't know, Mrs. Anna would always send them a package that had books of her magic research recorded in them.

She had a lot of books that explained many different theories about magic, so she would regularly send them to Cecil and Lucia every month without fail, believing that they had already finished reading through the previous materials that she had sent.

This was great and all, but what Cecil and Lucia couldn't fathom was how their mother was able to get their accurate location and send them a package through a courier every single month. They were always traveling and never staying in a single place, so just how was she able to pinpoint their locations to send them the package?

"Magic."

"It's obviously magic."

"Mom probably put a tracking spell on us or something."

This was the conclusion the two of them came to after reading through a particular book that talked about magic tracking and the spell Anna developed that could be used to track someone or something.

Cecil was really surprised at how versatile the magic spells were in this world. There were really a variety of spells and they all had their unique uses. There wasn't a single spell that Cecil read from Anna's magic research notes that were useless. Everything had their use and it was up to the spellcaster to find what it could be used for. The spellcasters in this world seemed awfully similar to the scientists of Cecil's world, Earth.

It was a rather funny comparison, but Cecil was a little dejected every time her read through Anna's notes. Most of the spells that were written in the books were spells that he unfortunately couldn't use or emulate through his manipulation of non-elemental mana. The spells, especially the auxiliary ones that could be used for cleaning, tracking, and other such things, were all very important in his eyes.

Although he couldn't use them, Lucia was able to which was really great. Thanks to the sensory and tracking spell Lucia learned from reading through her mother's magic research notes, their adventurer requests, especially those that involved hunting monsters, were really easy to complete since the spells Lucia learned helped them easily find their targets. Subjugation requests usually took very long because adventurer parties first had to find their target which could actually take weeks to do.

During the week, Cecil also checked in from time to time with Radon and observed the progress of the equipment that he wanted Radon to craft. He had given Radon rough sketches and blueprints of the long sword, spear, gauntlets, knives, and other equipment he wanted for himself.

Since Radon said that it was possible to craft the weapons using 100% adamantium to get the best mana conductivity possible, Cecil was really looking forward to the weapons and equipment. As for the blueprint of the weapon that would act as a wand for Lucia, Cecil made it in the shape of a kodachi with the runes and magic crests of a wand engraved in it.

The runes and crests that he wanted to engrave on the knife were one of his originals and he had created them himself with the help of his mana eyes. To create and optimize magic crests and runes was really hard and impossible if you weren't a magic researcher that had years of experience, but with Cecil's mana eyes coupled with the knowledge he had gained thanks to Anna's magic research notes about magic crests and runes, he was able to analyze and copy all sorts of existing crests and runes and from them, he developed and created new runes.

The crests and runes that he created were optimized to help Lucia use mana more efficiently and effectively during battle, this way she could fight using the swordsmanship that Cecil taught her as well as use magic spells at the same time. If he was to delve deeper into the research, he could single-handedly push the magical knowledge of Alterna by a decade or two with the help of his mana eyes, but with him being only 14 years old, all Cecil wanted to do was help out his best friend, Lucia.

Sadly, for Lucia, everything that Cecil voluntarily did for her was always combat-related. With Cecil's muscle of a brain, all he ever thought of was how to help Lucia fight more effectively. When Cecil told this to Lucia with a smile on his face, she wanted to slug him in the face. This wasn't the first time Lucia had this impulse. There were plenty of times when Lucia would think of pummeling Cecil's face in, but she endured and instead started slugging trees while imagining Cecil's face.

Even after all her signs and advances, all the muscle-headed idiot could ever think of was how to help her better her combat prowess. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing for her, but she wished that Cecil could stop being so dense and understand that she really, really liked him. Not as a friend, but as a boy.

Anyway, back to Lucia's equipment, other than the kodachi that would act as her wand and side-weapon. Cecil wanted Radon to create a Katana for her. He had roughly explained the method of forging a katana to Radon. Although it was only a rough explanation of the 'folding' and 'tempering' method, but with Radon being a master forger, he quickly got the gist of it and understood the concept.

Unfortunately, he told Cecil that he needed time to master this unique art of forging, so he couldn't give him any guarantees of when the equipment would be completed. Cecil expected this. He wasn't going to push Radon to have all the equipment completed by the time the two needed to move into the academy district, but he did at least want Lucia's kodachi and katana, as well as his sword and gauntlets to be ready before then.

Although Radon only had a week's time to try and fulfill his request, didn't fail to deliver. By the end of the week, the 4 pieces of equipment that Cecil wanted were all completed and all he had to do was put in some finishing touches.

It had to be mentioned that during this week, Lucia had made a lot of progress on her mana cultivation and training. She also decided to temporarily give up on her endeavor of mastering a new element, and instead focused her attention on creating original spells for the two elements she was already very proficient with.

Original spells were spells created by a spellcaster that bypassed any sort of chanting, so no-chant spells were mostly termed as original spells created by a spellcaster for their personal use, but generally, they were weaker than normal spells. However, if a spellcaster focused solely on improving just a single element that they were really proficient in, then the original spells that were made using that element could rival or even grow stronger than normal spells

Cecil was the one who suggested to Lucia to abandon her endeavor a month prior when he saw her struggling to use earth and wind element spells. It was better for her to further perfect her mastery in water and fire than to be a jack of all trades and master of none.

Lucia protested at first, but quickly changed her mind after Cecil told her that back on Earth, he once tried to master the use of every single weapon out there and was harshly reprimanded by his father because it was a foolhardy venture.

"Listen son, focus on the weapons you're more comfortable with! Don't dabble in every single one and have only a superficial comprehension of their uses! That's not how we Silvarias train! We're martial arts masters! Not performers! Remember that, son!"

From then on, Cecil only focused his attention on using all types of swords and spears instead of training to master every weapon type there was. With the wise words from his father, Cecil was able to persuade Lucia into giving up on the other two elements.

Since then, Lucia was able to create many spells that were tailored to her preferences and battle style. Some of the spells she made were the double layered Aquaflame Shield, a spell she dubbed Steam Pillar, Lava Bullet, and Geyser. Many of Lucia's spells were inspired by the knowledge she learned from Cecil about Earth. Her Steam Pillar, Lava Bullet as well as Geyser spells were inspired from this knowledge.

Right now, Cecil and Lucia were having a mock battle in a forest 2 kilometers away from Angla City.

"GEYSER!"

At Lucia's shout, super-heated water erupted from the earth under Cecil's feet.

"YOU SHOULDN'T SHOUT LULU! You're only giving yourself awa– "

Cecil hurriedly dodged, but then felt that the area in front of him was also abnormally hot, Cecil kicked at the air and moved his body far to the side. While he was able to dodge out of the area, multiple geysers erupted from the ground from where he was just standing at. Just as he was about to heave a sigh of relief and complain, the ground from under his feet started to heat up.

"Are you serious!!!"

Cecil darted forward, but the ground all around him started to steam. Cecil spent the next couple of seconds dodging the multiple geysers that erupted from the ground.

"RUN! RUN CECIL RUN NAHAHAHAHA!!!" Lucia was laughing hysterically at Cecil's plight while she continued to wantonly cast Geyser spell after Geyser spell, intending to corner him and eventually defeat him.

'Hahaha, finally. I'm going to punch your face in!'

Lucia wanted to punch Cecil's face in, but it wasn't with her fist.

"Dance for me, Cel!"

"W-wait! Lulu!!!"

The geysers had just stopped erupting from the ground, but then multiple spell formations formed behind Lucia. Since it was her original spells, she didn't have to chant and the mana she used to conjure the spells were really low. She only needed to focus a bit and was able to conjure dozens upon dozens of those spells.

The use of original spells was actually an advanced technique used by veteran spellcasters to give them time to chant more powerful spells since original spells were usually only sub-par copies of the systematized elemental spells which her leagues stronger than them. However, this was not the case with Lucia's original spells. Every spell was backed with the knowledge and scientific principles from Earth thus making her spells powerful enough to rival or even surpass the systematized elemental spells.

"LAVA RAIN!"

After Lucia's shouted, multiple lava bullets shot out from the spell formations floating in the air behind her and rained down Cecil who was her target.

"L-LULU!!!"

As Lucia wanted, Cecil danced and avoided the lava bullets that were fired at him. He danced and danced to Lucia's tune. He was incensed at the one-sided battle, so he activated Mana Burst and rushed straight at Lucia. To his dismay however, the spell formations behind Lucia didn't disappear after the first volley.

"Hehehe... I was waiting for this Cel~" Lucia said with a sadistic smile. "Lava Storm!"

More spell formations quickly formed in the air all around Cecil. He took a quick glance around and found that there were more than 50 all around him. He inwardly groaned, 'Lulu, are you trying to kill me!?'

Cecil heightened his senses and prepared himself to dodge all of the lava bullets with his Mana Burst skill. In the next instant, lava bullets poured out from all the magic formations in the air. They rained down on him and the worst part for Cecil, Lucia had somehow managed to add a homing and explosive attribute to all the lava bullets.

'DAMNIT! All the knowledge I taught to her is coming back to bite me in the ass!'

As he thought this, Cecil kept on dodging all the lava bullets with an excited smile on his face. Lucia on the other hand had a dark face seeing him smile. "...so it's not hard enough for you yet, huh?"

Lucia started chanting the new spell she was finally able to use. With her chant, a large blue magic formation started slowly forming in the sky. She soon finished her chant, and pointed her wand at Cecil who was still in the midst of dancing with the lava bullets.

Lucia eyed the area around Cecil and spoke darkly, "Neeeh, Cel~ you do remember what you said would happen when water comes into contact with a super-hot material right~?"

Cecil kept on dodging and replied with a puzzled face, "Of course, what do yo–"

Cecil took a look around and felt that the air and ground around him was abnormally hot. He didn't feel this since his body was enhanced with Mana Burst, but the temperature around him was easily over 100 degrees Celsius. While he was still dodging, Cecil looked towards Lucia. He saw the Aquafire Shield surrounding her and the wand that was pointed at him. He then looked towards the sky and saw the large magic formation. It was blue, so Cecil knew that it was a water elemental spell.

"S-since when?!"

He dodged the last lava bullet and quickly turned towards Lucia.

"LULU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG BUT PLEASE–"

Lucia playfully cut him off and replied, "Tut tut, that's not it Cel~"

"P-please, Lulu! Mercy!"

"Nahahaha~ checkmate."

Lucia ignored his plea and playfully swung her wand down. What happened next was something Cecil would be angry at Lucia with for the next few days...