"Mr Smith. What are you making? Whatever it's, it looks huge!" Aaron and Sherry arrived at the smithy and found the giant pouring red hot liquid in a hole to fill a sand mold.

"Oh! You're here my friend, I had some free time on my hand after completing Vogen's request of iron skewers." Mr Smith maintained his focus on the task of pouring the molten metal then emptied the thick metal-container before putting the tongs away.

The giant moved away from the sand mold which kept emitting thick clouds of dark, white, and brown smoke before taking a seat, he tried to hide it but the boy and the girl noticed how his breathing was erratic!

Aaron walked closer to the blacksmith and asked : "Are you taking care of yourself Mr Smith?"

Mr Smith released a long breath which actually ended with him coughing before he forcefully stopped it from happening in front of his partner, "I'm good, there's no need to waste your precious time worrying about me."

"It sure doesn't seem that way to me partner, just take this mask and remember to always wear it whenever you're working under these extremely harsh conditions." The kid said while thinking to himself : 'I'm such an idiot sometimes, there's no way this gentle giant would misunderstand me had I asked him about the troubles and difficulties he's facing during his work. Judging by his pure and trusting character, this guy would even share some of his deepest secrets without care once he trusts someone.' Afterwards Aaron added : "Now tell me what's troubling you? Is there something else besides having difficulty breathing?"

The giant of a man scratched his dark skin on his arms and hesitated for a split-second before opening his mouth to say : "It's actually my bloodline that's giving me trouble, I've been dealing with this problem ever since I started working near a forge... maybe I would've died if half my bloodline wasn't from Giants."

Aaron frowned because this piece of information was new to him, "So you're saying that you're having issues because your Barbarian-Bloodline is somehow reacting to fires of extremely high temperature?" Seeing Mr Smith nodding helplessly Aaron continued to say : "Then I'd say that you're pursuing the worst profession my friend."

Mr Smith smiled widely before looking up at the sky then started to say : "My blood-lineage is connected to Giants through my father, which gave me natural affinity towards earth, meanwhile my blood-lineage is also connected to Barbarians through my mother... which gives me natural affinity towards fire.

"They say the only reason Giants and Dwarves could manipulate all sorts and types of metal with such efficiency is because both of our races were blessed by the God of Earth, which allows us to contain and withstand extreme heat easily since earth suppresses fire.

"But the fire burning within me keeps feeding on the flames from my forge which ends up turning into toxins within my body, Barbarians usually get rid of the excessive toxins within their physique by fighting or slaughtering... that's why they keep warring everywhere." The giant calmly took a breath before adding : "But just like how Barbarians can't stop fighting otherwise they'd die, I'm also a descendant of Giants and passionate about forging and shaping metal. Don't worry about me my little friend, I choose to stay in this Pine-Breeze Village in the first place because it's close to the outline of the Dark-Forest, whenever I feel like being unable to hold the urge to fight... I just go outside and let loose in a blind rampage in the forest on my own."

Aaron suddenly understood why is this guy even allowed to stay among the helpless citizens of this Village for so long despite his "Unique" condition!

"I still feel like I should try and help you because we can see that you're in pain, try drinking this and tell me if anything changes at all." The kid gave Mr Smith a bottle of green liquid.

Antidote Effect Helps recover from Poison +125 Maximum Number 100 each per Inventory slot Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Description Cures the State of being Poisoned Notes None

The reason why Aaron didn't give the giant a bottle of All-Cure Potion was because he wants to pinpoint the issue he's suffering from, not to mention that All-Cure Potion's greatest benefit is that it acts like some sort of strong yet extremely effective Painkiller.

Mr Smith emptied the small glass bottle in his mouth instantly which made the kid smile widely because this was a clear sign of trust from him.

*Burp*

"Hmmm..." The giant of a man watched the green-blackish cloud of smoke, which he just exhaled from his body, disappear before taking a long and deep breath in to check state of his lungs before fisting his chest to make sure that this is really true and not some dream!

*Thud* *Thud* *Thud*

"W-what was that green water? It tasted like Sid's herbs but I've never felt this amazing in years now! Even after I let loose in the forest my body never feels this light at all... I bet I wouldn't need to go kill any monsters for a month or two." Mr Smith looked towards Aaron then smiled widely before getting up to continue working on the mold.

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The kid shook his head while thinking : 'This giant isn't passionate about his craft... he's clearly obsessed by it!'

Aaron retrieved a few more air-filtering masks and gave them to his partner while saying : "Just remember to always wear one of these masks when you're working, also drink this and let's see if there was something else that we missed... I don't want you to work so hard while carrying something within you that might trouble your body in the future."

Mr Smith accepted the masks and didn't mind wearing them if it's going to satisfy the kid and put his heart at ease, not to mention that they're actually much easier to breathe while wearing them and the smoke doesn't trouble him anymore.

The thin shield which covers his eyes is blocking the glaring heat from reaching and roasting his eyes while decreasing the intensity of the bright light within the belly of the forge which makes the blacksmith actually see better while working without having to suffer.

Of course having extra masks would always be welcomed by the giant, especially when they're a bit fragile and might break or tear if he isn't being carful while working in the smithy.

However, when Mr Smith drank the All-Cure Potion he felt energized and for a moment there he could sense his body shaking off some imaginary shackles which troubled him practically almost all his life!

"I... I feel amazing! It's like... I'm as light as a feather I could fly with a simple motion." The giant of a man was so entranced in this rare moment to the degree where he looked and sounded like he's drunk.

"Heh." Sherry smiled when she saw the blacksmith reacting this way, she felt happy for him because this source of happiness is from her young master.

Aaron shook his head, "Just don't do anything stupid and actually try to fly, just take care of yourself and don't forget to swing-by my house every now and then... I'll make sure to have Todd and Betty take care of every one of your meals. Also remember to rest, works isn't everything in life my humongous friend... you might be surprised by how much enlightenment and bright new ideas which you could only find while resting or doing nothing work-related."

Mr Smith nodded to agree because he simply trusts this kid, "I'll finish this basement gate first before taking that break, I can always make the other one which Cassandra designed for the gate of your house later."

The kid nodded before waving goodbye to his friend and partner before taking Sherry with him to go attempt the trial and both of their numbers improved during this run, especially Aaron's result.

Of course he'd be able to complete the trial in a single Teleport but that would be cheating! However, he did use Nimble-Feet during his attempt and the improved version gave him a boost of higher Speed all-over and longer time which helped him finish the trial a lot faster than what was expected of him.

Old man Sid wrote the new record and kept rubbing his eyes ever since he saw the kid bring his maid over to his shop, simply because he's grown so much taller in just two days and is starting to show signs of his body actually shedding away all that baby fat and developing some tiny muscles!

'What is Betty and Todd feeding this brat? He's like a year or two older already! But it's all thanks to him that I'm getting to spend the nights in the warm embrace of a woman, not only that... I'm actually making it worth her while too.' Sid thought to himself before shaking these thoughts away then watched the boy and the older girl's sparring match.

First thing he noticed was how intense the exchange between the two of them has become... not to mention the lack of new lessons from his teacher which is more focused on keeping him contained and not to lose ground against him.

System : Host gained Strength-Attribute+1 System : Host gained Vitality-Attribute+1 System : Host gained Agility-Attribute+1

'That took a lot of effort!' Aaron gasped for breath before drinking another All-Cure Potion to get rid of the Weakness State, 'Thankfully this cheat works and I've been taking my morning exercise with Pio, Lucas, Sherry, and the idiot called Shane very seriously too.

'I'm feeling a bit exhausted and sleepy right now but there's no way I would've been able to keep on going for the rest of the day killing Mice, keeping Cassandra's company and discussing work, or taking care of any other of my business without taking short naps and drinking this All-Cure Potion constantly.

'I just hope it's not addictive or anything like that... But I guess it'd help me get rid of that addiction too!'

"Grandpa Sid. I'm going back, come to my house later and let's have a meal together." Aaron patted the old man's hand and smiled while inviting him.

"Alright! I'd be delighted to do so, I might bring someone with me if you don't mind." Sid nodded before gesturing towards the middle-aged woman which was busy washing some clothes in front of a room all the way at the corner of this backyard.

The kid smiled even wider before saying : "I'm happy for you grandpa Sid." Afterwards he took his maid and left the old man grinning widely.

The reason why Sid was feeling all happy and proud after all is because of his junior which has proven itself functionable in two previous tests-like exciting battles where momentum kept shifting back and forth between him and that middle-aged woman!

Aaron on the other hand just avoided Flora once he went back home and Teleported to his bed then Sherry followed him to his room with the little girl in her embrace, both of them chatted softly in the balcony overlooking the garden and pool while the kid was asleep.

Most of the time Flora would be asking about this and that and mostly receiving answers from her big sister Sherry but almost all of her question were related to the boy, her own mother was busy planting different seeds which her auntie Betty made sure to collect from the ingredients Aaron supplies her and old man Todd to use in the kitchen.

The kid left a barrel-worth of Pure-Water for Ria to use when watering these different seeds to see if any of them are going to actually sprout but nothing happened yesterday.

"It works! Hahaha... it works!" Suddenly almost everyone in the construction site could hear Ria's joyful announcement before the woman started to jump in between different parts of the garden where she planted the seeds and began to check on them one by one.

Sometimes she'd stop and dance out of happiness before continuing to check on the rest of her "Babies"

"What's with all the ruckus? Oh, it's just Ria having some fun huh... Come on now! This isn't a disco floor." Aaron rolled his eyes before heading to the bathroom to make another grave sin against mother nature and a horrible and traumatic seen that would scar anybody for life!