"That's right, the sword has been helping you circulate Mana and also carry some of the burden you've had." Said my father. "That's one of the primary objectives of Magic Weapons in specific, although they can also channel Mana and Magic, they are made so they become a part of your body. My sword is special as I can materialize it at any time, Inferno, the Blade of Hell seems to be completely made of fire but it can actually take a solid form if I want to. Ultimately you'll get your own Divine Grade Weapon, maybe. But if you're not strong enough to take on their power, you might be rejected by them."
"The stronger Magic Items are, the more requirements they have. Weapons in specific can develop Egos and might even not accept certain people not just because they're not compatible, maybe just because they dislike their attitude." Said my mother.
"Oh… I see… I wonder if there are more Magic Items I could get, so I could easily conjure other types of Spells don't you have any in your stash of items you've gotten in your adventure?" I wondered.
"We ended giving away mostly everything we gained in our adventure to the Kingdoms before leaving. We didn't wanted to carry these riches that much. We only took money for ourselves." My father said. "If we carried all those things, we would ultimately become the targets of greedy people, we wanted to be left alone."
"Makes sense I guess…" I sighed.
"But we can craft them." My mother said. "Of course, now that we found a talented Dwarf here, we'll request him more stuff using the materials you've gotten from the Dungeon, how about it?" My mother asked with a rather cheerful demeanor. She had suddenly become gentler than the grumpy mother I know.
"Really? Can I get a Cooking Magic Item?" I wondered.
"Yeah, I had thought about making one myself, I am well versed in Alchemy and Magicraft. So I can make something little, not weapons or armor, that takes too long and it might be too complicated, but a pain, or a special pot, things like those shouldn't be hard to make." My mother said.
"That would be cool!" I said happily.
"You've been working hard this entire time so it is fair to reward you." My mother said. "your growth and your strength is something that hasn't been merely accomplished by our teachings, you're a competent and hard-working girl, and you seem to have a very strong will. I suppose I've been overlooking this part of you because of my own fears… But I suppose I can't simply keep restraining you, it will inhibit your growth, the growth you need to fight the challenges that will eventually come your way. After all, there might be a time that we wont be able to help you…" My mother sighed.
"Mom…" I said, feeling slightly emotional. "What do you mean?"
"Aside from the Magic Item I might let you go on hunts more. The Dungeon is currently being guarded and nobody is being allowed to enter for now, but the surrounding forest has some dungeons too, and big monster nests near the mountains as well." She asked.
"R-Really?!" I asked in happiness.
"Do you love hunting, don't you?" She sighed.
"I really do! It's super fun." I said while nodding.
"Sigh… Alright then, we already talked this out with Aquarina's parents and Ninhursag too." Said my mother, everybody nodded. Aquarina and Zack were happy to hear this out of the blue.
"Yeah, we are going to allow you to hunt more to train your strength. After all hunting monsters is the best way to refine your Physique, challenging living beings with power and then eating them after they're cooked with Cooking Magic is a quick way to grow some more muscle, even if you kids are only about eight years of age… Times are not like before nowadays." Nepheline said.
"Yeah, I agree. But for now you're going to rest, tomorrow we'll go into an excursion outside after we go meet the children in the orphanage." Shade said.
"Nice! Thank you daddy!" Said Aquarina happily, hugging her father.
"I guess you're just like Sylphy in that regard. I've raised a battle junkie…" Shade sighed.
And like that, various things were decided.
After we had lunch, my parents, who had already come back from the orphanage, went back to there again bringing some more provisions. They also wanted to check how the state of the city was after the dungeon break. Meanwhile, as I was finally left alone for a bit, I decided to conjure Ember continuously.
Unlike Agriculture which requires a target, I can just make as many Embers as I want, firing fireballs into the sky or making fire whips to practice. I was just constantly earning Skill Proficiency. A small Fireball usually gave +10, but big things such as Fire Walls could even five +50. But I couldn't do anything too flashy or I would be found out and then quickly reprimanded by the adults. Aquarina and Zack were with me as well, as I had come near the tent of Aquarina.
"Erm Sylphy why are you using magic?" She wondered, as Aquarina walked to my side and hugged me from behind rather lovingly.
"If we don't practice our magic how can it become stronger?" I said. "Come on, let's practice our magic some more, firing it into the skies seems to be rather okay!"
"Huh, you're telling me that using my Magic constantly can make it stronger? Well, I've heard from Ninhursag that she said the same thing…" Zack said.
"Where is she by the way?" I wondered.
"Oh, she went to hunt right now. She says that sometimes she just wants to "go wild" and transform into a beast to feel better…" Sighed Zack.
"I guess that's how skin changers are." I wondered.
"Water Bullet! Water Whip! Water Bubble… Nnggh… Icicle Spear!"
Aquarina began conjuring several Magic Circles one after the other, firing magic into the skies. Quickly after, Zack began unleashing gusts of slicing winds and lighting strikes into the skies as well.