Chapter 37: I had an idea


    Partially against his will, Aire was forced by Ste''s emotions to take the studying seriously. In the end, he couldn''t hide it from her when he wasn''t giving his all.


    However, it turned out that Aire''s unwillingly all-out effort shocked C, who had been teaching him during the morning. "I have to say, you definitely have cheat-like memory. You already memorized everything in just three days! How crazy is that?"


    Aire, of course, was also impressed with that result, prompting him to ask Ste, ''Ste, does my body improvement also affect my memory?''


    ''Isn''t that obvious? After all, the brain is also part of the body,'' Ste replied as if it was nothing. ''It goes without saying that your IQ increased a lotpared to the old you.''


    Aire scratched the back of his head as he thought, ''It''s not as if I wanted to be like this.'' Of course, he didn''t say that out loud. Soon after, he looked at C and asked, "Ahem...well, that''s good and all. Can I start working on the Latom Blue alloy now? My roommate''s asking for it every single day."


    C nodded, responding, "Of course. Come with me. I''ll bring you to the forging room."


    It didn''t take long for them to arrive there. Surprisingly, they weren''t the only ones there. The type of equipment used for each Riser Level has different configurations, so it wasn''t exactly a good idea to have a single room for each person. It would be too much of a waste. That being said, a few other Ster Smiths were practicing there.


    "Alright, Aire. Since you''ve already memorized the materials most used at your level, can you tell me which ones are used for Latom Blue Alloy?" C asked as they headed to a counter. It was possible to acquire the Ster Ores and things like that there as long as one was a registered Ster Smith.


    Aire nodded and said to the clerk, "Hello, please arrange for me 3 kilos of Ditao Ore, 1.6 kilos of Parafix Lime, and 2.1 kilos of Ster Blue Iron."


    "Right away~!" The clerk immediately grabbed the materials for Aire and put everything under his name.


    "Don''t I need to pay for them?" Aire asked, puzzled.


    C couldn''t help butugh before saying, "Nope. At the moment, what the other upationsck aren''t Ster Ores and things like that. What theyck are Ster Smiths who can process them. Because of that, as long as the material isn''t something rare, the school is more than happy to sponsor new Ster Smiths with the necessary materials for their training."


    Aire was quite pleased to hear that, soon asking, "What about the end product?" Naturally, he also wanted to know if he could have them.


    "Well, that isn''t as simple. Since the school is already providing you the materials for free, they will take the end result for themselves," C responded. "However, we can''t have our Ster Smiths working for free either, even if they didn''t provide the material. That being said, you still get 20% of everything you''re able to produce. Of course, if you pay for your own ores, then you can have everything at the end."


    Aire nodded before opening hismunicator to call Sera, saying, "Hey, how much Latom Blue alloy do you need?"


    "Oh, you''re already going to forge it?" Sera seemed very happy on the other side. "No, forget it. You wouldn''t call me otherwise. I need at least 12 kilograms to work on the hands of my new design. Would you be able to do it?"


    Aire didn''t mind since he would need to practice a lot, responding, "Alright. It might take some time, though."


    "No problem. You''re already far ahead of what I expected. Just let me know when you have them. Also, thank you." After saying that, Sera disconnected right after.


    C, who heard the conversation, then warned Aire, "I hope you keep some for yourself as well. After all, you can get someone to work with and try making your own Ster Suit in the future."


    "Don''t worry. My roommates already have it covered." Aire couldn''t help but smile as he said that.


    C then joined Aire in his first session of Latom Blue Alloy forging, helping him with the first batch. Once again, Aire proved that this was a job truly fit for him. With his amazing Ster Energy Aptitude and fine control over the equipment, it only took him two hours to go through the Pinpoint Furnace, Clearcut Machine, and Ster Internal Structure Harmonizer device. "I''m not surprised anymore since I''ve seen your talent first hand when you arrived here for the test. Then again, I must say you''re really fast. When I tried to create Latom Blue Alloy during my first time, it took me more than six hours, and that was after I failed three times."


    Aire scratched the back of his head, slightly embarrassed. Sure enough, he wasn''t used to receiving praises. "Thanks... I guess."


    Aire then took the refined alloy out of the furnace, feeling quite good with himself. This alloy was harder than the Suruca Ore he tried forging during the test. This time, Aire truly felt tired. However, he was quite happy to see that it went so well. "Well, I guess I only have to give it back to the faction, and they''ll separate my share, right?"


    C nodded, saying, "That''s correct. Let''s head there. I want to check the SMA Level.


    "SMA Level?" Aire asked with a hint of confusion.


    Only then did C remember that she hadn''t talked about that yet, exining, "Oh, right. SMA stands for Smith Material Aplishment level. This is calcted by how well the materials have fused together, the ws, possible internal cracks, and things like that. We use the Baulmu Alliance''s chart as the basis. It goes from 0% as the worst to 100% as the best. As you can probably imagine, the higher it is, the better the product. Don''t worry. It can be tested straight away through the Ster Radiation Measurement. You''ll see."


    Aire nodded as they quickly returned to the clerk before Aire passed him the alloy. After the dredges mixed in the process, Aire seeded in forging 3.17 kilograms of it. The clerk then put it inside a big chamber and used a disy terminal by the side to initiate the process.


    "By the way, what would be a good score?" Aire asked, somewhat curious.


    "Anything between 30% to 50% is already good. It''ll be very good if you can get between 60% and 70%. More than that, and you''ll have all the students involved in Ster Suit creation crawling on your legs to be their Ster Smith," C said with a grin.


    Aire nodded, not expecting it to be that good anyway. The tests onlysted two minutes before the result was disyed for them.


    -Latom Blue Alloy, 42.9%.-


    C was very satisfied with the result. "Good! Really good! For a first try where you didn''t even fail, that''s an amazing result, Aire. I''m sure your roommate will be very satisfied with that."


    Aire was happy as well. "Thanks, C. Do you mind if I work on a few more of it?"


    "Sure." C nodded. "Just don''t forget that you also have your normal sses.


    Aire guaranteed that he wouldn''t miss them before taking more materials to forge even more alloys for Sera. This time, however, C didn''t stay with him since it was obvious that he didn''t need her help with it anymore. ''Hmm...42.9%, huh?''


    Ste couldn''t help but say, ''I think I have an idea.''