Chapter 1263: Criticized By A Master Alchemist
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"Simply incredible! I have never seen a Life Giver through my life before," Felicia said. "Thest one documented appeared over eighteen thousand years ago, and was known as the Saintess of Life, the only Saintess of such an element. Aside from the Original Saintess of the Gods, who was the first ever Life Giver."
As Felicia gave us a lesson in the history of the world, she analyzed Glutton and Violet in great detail. I also let her analyze my sword, Scarlet, and my shield, Sapphire.
"Just what are Life Givers?" Celica wondered.
She was quite curious, and I couldn''t me her, I also was.
"Life Givers are a unique type of magician. A category, some would say. They are the total opposite of Necromancers," exined Felicia. "Instead of rising the dead, they give life to inanimate objects. Directly creating and injecting them with artificial souls and life at its finest and purest form. Such ancient magic is still aplete mystery! I can''t believe Sylphy is a Life Giver, these are tremendous news to the entire world..."
"Let''s keep it a secret, please, Felicia," my father said. "We know what she can do and... Well, we don''t want unwanted attention."
"I understand," Felicia nodded. "Don''t worry about it, An."
"Wait, we''ve seen some other talking weapons before, like that sword Sylphy''s dad has, and the daggers that Aquarina''s dad also have!" said Celica.
"Oh! You must be talking about the Ancient Heroic Weapons. Yes, those were crafted by the First Life Giver, the Original Saintess of the Gods. She was created directly by the Ancient Gods very hands, the same as the Ancient Hero of the Gods. They were both the original hero and saint they created, giving them all their blessings, they were powerful enough to y the first Demon King." Felicia continued exining more and more history.
"I do remember hearing something about an original hero, but he yed the first demon king?! The one that made the continent, correct?" I wondered.
"Indeed," Felicia nodded. "His partner and beloved wife, the Saintess, was the original Life Giver, using her powers, she created the Nine Divine Heroic Weapons, imbuing them with the powerful Souls of Divine Beasts, such as Dragons, Phoenixes, Elder Liches, and more. These weapons then became the powerful Divine Weapons every hero had to wield when they were chosen. Usually, they would first need to go through many trials to earn the weapon''s respect."
"So Sylphy can make weapons of that level?!" Celica gasped.
"C-Certainly? I don''t really know, but her creations now are sure impressive, very amazing and strong! They were already great contenders to be Heroic Weapons on their own, although they stillck durability, and refinement..." she analyzed them. "Alsocking proper runic arrangement, it''s a total mess. Also the alloybination is very bad, amateur at best. And the forging technique was very bad too, did you automate this instead of using your own hands, Sylphy?"
I knew she would say that... a true master would always find ws in an amateur''s creations, no matter how much they are praised.N?v(el)B\\jnn
Although she was a bit too harsh, it hurts my pride as a crafter...
"I-I didn''t... I just suck, I guess..." I cried a bit. "I''m sorry Scarlet, I am a shitty master!"
"Eh?! M-Master, you''re good enough, please don''t think like that!" Scarlet tried tofort me, but it was toote.
The damage was already done!
"Hahah, calm down Sylphy, you were eventually going to meet someone much better," my fatherughed. "Unfortunately nobody is really a good craftsman in the family. Even your mother is only a Synthesist Alchemist, so it couldn''t be helped that there was the perception of your things being masterpieces, there wasn''t anybody that knew any better creation methods."
"You''re not helping too much dad, but I understand..." I gave him a slightly angry look.
"Eeh, I''m sorry..." he apologized, lowering his head.
"Hahah, well! It is fine, that sensation you felt of frustration and sadness, you must embrace it and use it as the motivation to be better," said Felicia. "Hundreds of years ago, I also started like you, I think I was even worse, without being gifted with the talents you have. I think you might be able to catch up to me much quicker than you imagine."
"R-Really?" I wondered, after drinking some more hot cocoa. "How long?"
"Hmmm, maybe in the next hundred years? Yeah, that''s very short, actually!" Felicia nodded happily.
"Eh?! T-That''s too long!" Celica, Celeste, and Iined at the same time.
"Aaah, right, maybe you won''t live that long... Well, I will do my best to ingrain some basics into you, and teach you many techniques, and all of that. It depends how much we can stay together. If it''s within a year, perhaps, but within two years, I can see it happening, at the very least you''ll be a hundred times better than before, is that eptable?" she wondered.
"Yeah!" Celica nodded.
"Wait, does that mean you''re a thousand times better than Sylphy?!" Celeste gasped.
"I-I am not saying that... But I am afraid it might be ten thousand times better!" Felicia was rather old, older than my mother, but she acted like a brat sometimes.
"I-Is that so..." I sighed. "Hah, anyways, let''s just enjoy the meal. Oh right, the equipment! That was the whole conversation about! Is it good enough, auntie Felicia?"
"It certainly... not good," she sighed. "Aside from Sylphy''s unique Living Cauldron, which she recently upgraded to an amazing new form, although with many ws I can see, the other equipment is... subpar. Who bought this to you?"
"Faylen did, she said it was very expensive and bought it from one of the best Manufacturers of Alchemy equipment in the kingdom..." said my father. "Howe it''s bad?!"
"It is... not bad, I mean, it''s good, its alright. Butpared to what you can find here? You could say its garbage," Felicia was once more as blunt as a hammer.
"Do you have to be so blunt, my beloved wife bought them with lots of care..." my father sighed, feeling heartbroken.
"A-Ahaha, sorry, sorry~ My bad!"
Auntie Felicia was certainly quite the character...