An Extra’s POV

"I wonder what she meant by that…"

Rey was busy inspecting the pots that the Hobgoblins had made while rubbing his chin and remembering what Trisha said to him.

Her last words would not leave his mind.

"Liar? Me? I mean, sure… I lied to her, but…"

Once Billy returned, he made Trisha his new sparring partner, and Rey was allowed to sit the rest out.

Trisha's rounds with Billy ended in the latter's victory, but it wasn't by an easy margin.

And, despite Trisha losing, she didn't appear sad or disappointed in the slightest.

Rey could see the sharp contrast between the face she made when Billy first defeated her and the one she made in the recent spar.

'I guess she's learning more…' Rey felt happy for her, but also threatened.

'I had to take extra care before coming here today, all because of what she said.'

Though Rey doubted that Trisha would abandon her training just to become his full-time stalker, he still had his concerns.

'No one can know my secret!' He told himself.

"G-GURRRIKA…?"

Rey's thoughts were brought back to reality thanks to the voice of the Hobgoblin who was showing him the most recent batch of pots.

'Ahh! Right… the pots!'

Rey took his time to observe the dark utensil, mumbling to himself as he did so.

"It looks nice. But… it would be better if it had handles and a cover."

Then, there was also the fact that they had to test it under heat and see how well it functioned.

'I had to take into account heat conductivity and its durability.'

That meant ensuring the Orichalcum lining was thin enough to ensure enough heat to permeate the pot and boil whatever was needed to boil.

If it was too thin, though, it could cause it to crack and leak over time.

don't require much work. The problem is that

been merged together and sculpted to form a massive bassier

no real need to move it. Water comes from a fixed location, and they can just fetch their water from it

Problem solved!

being showcased to him,

smiled, tapping the bald head of the Hobgoblin before

"KIKIKIKRII…"

the creature was giggling, and Rey could

recognize as a higher being gives the Hobgoblins joy.' He had learned all about this from the book

couldn't

try to make more pots to resemble the approved model, I should go and take my daily batch

the Cores for days now, the heaps didn't seem to reduce in the

as many Cores into the sacs as he

sell these, but it

he observed the Hobgoblins some more, and then returned to the Sixth Floor for

Stats had improved since

rest of my time getting accustomed to the new Skill and

that he had more Mana than before, he could afford to do

*******

done with his business in the

present for a few days, and Rey knew it was very likely that those within the Refinery would know if this, he changed his

he didn't

show them an illusion of

they would all think the doors were still closed, but in reality, he could sneak in

he easily located his living quarters and

into his room and

alright, then. Let's get this

*********

'Haa! I'm so beat!'

his dark room with a smile

left the library earlier

how long she would have spent in the library before his arrival,

It was crazy!

time, he managed to

compared to how many times she has won, it doesn't really

made him happy beyond

if I'm the only one who

rivalry felt like a