[Profiency has reached the required level of unique skill: Artificial crafting has increased its level from level two to level three]

Uh? So, all I had to do to improve my skill was just use it repeatedly. Well, I guess it makes sense now that I think about it since all my other skills work the same way. I never thought this power was something like those others, which proved me wrong.

I've been crafting random useless stuff so far, and it seems that does the trick, but I still wonder if I can craft something like the Witch Queen envisioned. I mean, so far, I've been able to customize builds fairly limited by my level, so I don't know how much more I can do at max level.

In any case, I don't even know if I can stay here much longer. The guilt from not doing anything about Alice is killing me. I haven't been able to sleep right, and I still want to see them, even if this will also anger Mother and the Witch Queen. It's just that I can't live with myself.

The sheer amount of grief and guilt over me is kind of overwhelming. I just don't know if I can go like this much longer. As to how I plan to escape from this place and return to save Alice, I've convinced Ariel to lend me her help along with Okina and also Baba.

Okina is an elf killer who is really good at fighting people. Ariel has lots of healing and food spells, so she is also vital, and Baba has told me I can take any weapon I need for the mission. I still don't know if I should open up to the Witch Queen as well, but so far, Okina and Ariel don't seem too bothered to help.

As far as my other skill, 'Appraisal,' that damn thing is as useless as a rock on the floor; at level two, I can't even get a description of things or any sort of stat read on myself, so the skill is practically useless as is right now I mean look at this. "Appraisal!"

[Small Ball]

I know that's a small ball, you dick! Tell me more about it! I want to know the material, the quality of it, who made it, and stuff like that. I mean, who is this skill meant for at level two? A blind person? Yeah right. Maybe I should stop judging the skill so harshly since it's level two, but it's frustrating.

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A small light ray hits me right in the face as I close my fist in defiance, hoping to find Alice well and ready to follow me. I still haven't flushed out all the details as to how I will get her not to give my identity away to everyone once she sees me, but I don't care as long as I get her out of that town of traitors.

Everyone in the town betrayed me except for Alice and her father. As far as I am concerned, I will repay their trust a hundred times fold. What Mother did was not the sole cause of my imprisonment, but there's no doubt she had something to do with it, and that is why I will also not let her out of the hook scuff-free.

The soldiers that dared to raise their hand against my beautiful Alice will pay with their lives as well as their entire family. I tell you, their whole last name will be eradicated from this world! Every single soldier who hurt me and humiliated me will also pay, and above all, the church will pay! I will make them pay!

With the help of this crafting ability and the most recent development of this cursed power, Ariel mentioned, I am sure I can take on this task alone, but I will not turn down any help I can get. If Mother gets mad at me for defying her and tries to strike me down, she shall also go down.

The cursed series of powers I have at my disposal is powerful but also frightening, as I've got one of the worst ones. As Ariel showed me in the book of legends, the cursed power of Wrath is the strongest among all the seven cursed powers, but it's also the most dangerous regarding its usage.

While the other seven cursed powers will mess with your mind, Wrath will completely override me if I let it, and then I will just become a mindless juggernaut unable to control myself or turn the skill off; it's clearly a trade-off for vengeance; the skill will grant me unlimited power but also make me highly violent and end up killing even my loved ones.

I wonder, however, if there's a counter to this cursed flow of power since this world seems to have the opposite of everything. Many people are not able to use magic at all, while others are incredibly good at it; there's water magic but fire, powers of destruction, and creation, as it seems.

"You seem quite pensive, my little friend." Says the Witch Queen as I stare into the void, looking at nothing but the walls of the Witch Queen's office since I hadn't left yet.

"It's nothing. I am sorry I prolonged my stay. I'll leave now." I respond to the Queen, who doesn't say anything and simply lets me leave her office silently while probably guessing what I was up to lately. I didn't have a good feeling about it, but if she knew already, then I could be fucked before I even departed as mother would show up.