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.

water don't require much work. The problem is that the models they

much Orichalcum had been merged together and sculpted to

a fixed location, and they can just fetch their water

Problem solved!

the pot being showcased to him, Rey decided to give his

the bald head of the

"KIKIKIKRII…"

Rey

from someone they recognize as a higher being gives the Hobgoblins joy.' He had learned all

couldn't thank

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

for days now, the heaps didn't seem to

many Cores into the sacs as he could carry, filling them to the

no idea how to sell these, but it still feels good having so

he observed the Hobgoblins some more, and then returned to the

52 Skills, and his Stats had improved since the last time he

of my time getting accustomed to the new Skill and some nice

that he had more Mana than before, he could afford

*******

in the Royal Dungeon, he returned to the

and Rey knew it was very likely that those within

rather, he didn't even

Skill to show them an illusion of

but in

in the Royal Estate, he easily located his living quarters

and have

Let's get this day over

*********

'Haa! I'm so beat!'

dark room with a smile on his

earlier

have spent in the library before

It was crazy!

he

how many times she has

him

wonder if I'm the only one who

silent rivalry felt like a