Chapter 1408: Time To Move On


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    I had kind of figured out what had happened with Ruby and her mother, and her powers. Perhaps when she was younger she awakened them, and they probably caused the tragedy that led to her mother''s passing.


    Hence why her father mes her, and also why she hates her blessing powers, so she doesn''t use them, even though she still wants to be a cksmith like her parents....


    Still, there''s a lot more to know about her, and letting her stay here would make things a bit harder for us, so after we talked a lot and got morefortable, I went for the big question. "Well, you must know Lady Felicia, right? She''s quite famous around here," I said.


    "Yes I know her... Sorry, I treated her poorly before even though she''s such a famous hero..." sighed Ruby. "The thing is, in the demonmunity of Evercraft there are mixed opinions about heroes. Some people are still faithful to the old demon king, so they don''t like heroes that much. This kind of became like a cultural thing. And they''re the onlymunity that''s still slightly weing of me. Dwarves around here are just... unapproachable."


    "Hmm, well, I kind of understand now," I nodded. "I hope you don''t think she''s evil or something though, she''s a really good person. A bit... entric! But she''s a good person nheless."


    "entric..." she muttered.


    "Yeah she''s alchemysexual," said Celeste.


    "A what?!" Ruby gasped.


    "Celeste! Don''t mess around like that!" I sighed. "Anyways, I was thinking, if your dad is so hostile and you''ve only been staying here... Um, how about youe... well, stay with us for a little while? Like a day or two? To see if you like the ce? Then if you like it, you can stay. I''m sure master wouldn''t mind you. She told me she wished she could have made you into her disciple. But I''m sure she won''t mind either way, her house is so big!"


    "W-What? You want me to go with you?" Ruby was shocked. "But that''s..."


    "I know, it might be a bit extreme, right?" I sighed. "But I can''t afford toe her every day, and I really want to spend time with you as friends so we can know each other, and we can also teach you how to use your powers better. I''ve learned how to master mine really well, so I think it would be beneficial for you... Maybe. I mean, it''s up to you at the end..."


    "Hmm..." she sighed, ncing at her smithy for a while. "For the two years I''ve been living here, I had only been sleeping either over the table or in the floor... There''s literally no more space for me to rest. After all, this is a smithy, not a house... I think I might miss it a bit... but yeah, I guess... I should take this opportunity while I have it. I trust you girls... You''re really nice and honest people."


    "So?" I wondered.


    "Of course, I''ll go..." Ruby sighed, crossing her arms. "It''s hard to say no when I''m being asked by three cute girls too, you know? I''m a mortal at the end..."


    "Hehehe, is that so?" I giggled. "Then we''re done with this! Anyways, do you want me to help you bring the stuff with us?"


    "Huh? All of this?" wondered Ruby. "I-Is that even possible?"


    "Of course it''s possible!" I nodded. "I think I can carry it through Glutton, but that would be a bit icky! Maybe I''ll put it inside my Dungeon."


    "D-Dungeon?" Ruby tilted her head again. "What do you mean with Dungeon- WOAH!"


    FLUOSH!


    A portal opened out of nowhere, scaring her a bit, then I quickly channeled the Dungeon''s Powers, expanding them into a Domain.


    This was a new ability I could do through my improved Dungeon Master abilities, thanks to that ring I got, coupled with my bracelet.


    The ring, containing a tiny fragment of the Divinity of Dungeons, was really amazing. "{Dungeon Domain}"


    FLASH!


    Using my mind and hands, I selected the entire building and quickly took everything from within, only leaving a thinyer of bricks behind, making it seem as if the building had gone nowhere.


    "There it is!"


    I pointed inside my Dungeon, sitting above the grasnds, her smithy was there. I used Alchemy to quickly fix the ugly exterior and leave it even prettier than before.


    "Master''s house is big; I think we could integrate this into her house temporarily."


    "T-This is...! W-What did I just see?! What is that ce inside the portal?!


    Ruby was having a hard time believing everything she was seeing, poor girl.


    "I''ll exin as we go, but this is my Dungeon! I created it through a series of coincidences and materials!" Iughed. "Well, it''s hard to believe but its real."


    "My goodness..." muttered Ruby, ring at Celeste and Celica. "Is she always like this? What other insane things is she hiding?"


    "Too many," said Celeste.


    "Sylphy''s super cool!" Celica nodded.


    "H-Huh..."


    After that, we walked out of whatever was left of that smithy and made our way through the city.


    Ruby had told us that she still needed to go back to her father to grab her things from her room which she had left there, which she would asionally go pick up, such as clothes andn/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    makeup.


    "Here we are..." she sighed, ncing at the small house within a slightly darker alley, it seemed to have a huge chimney and some expansions to it.


    "Oh! Is it a smithy?" Celica wondered.


    "It used to be," Ruby said. "My parents worked there, and they used to be rather well-known cksmiths that would make amazing equipment. I was inspired by their creations since I was a child... but after that ident, mom passed away, and dad lost his hands. He uses magic prosthetic hands, but theyck the same level of dexterity that his real hands had, so he can''t make the things he used to create anymore... he has grown frustrated now. He still works asionally, but he has spent everything we had saved on alcohol and became an alcoholic


    man."


    "Oh..." I muttered. "I-I''m very sorry..."


    "It''s fine, years have passed since then, I''ve grown used to it," Ruby said. "Anyways, I''ll go, please wait here."


    She quickly opened the door with her key and entered the house, closing the door.


    I grew a bit worried...


    Is she going to be okay?