265 Reforging the Black Spear (1/2)

A few minutes passed before Leon was fully healed back to peak condition. Looking at his dirtied clothes, Leon shook his head before returning to the Capital.

”Might as well sweat a bit in the workshop, since I'm already this dirty…”

Leon headed straight for Upper North District on his way back. Shortly after entering, he arrived in front of the workshop tower.

”What brings you so early to my workshop this time, my boy?” Ignis greeted him jovially with a few pats and gave the ragged Leon up and down glances. ”What happened to you?”

Leon shook his head. ”Never mind that, I came to use your forge again, father-in-law.”

The atmosphere in the workshop was the same as yesterday, bustling, and noisy. Nothing has changed. It was like the attack on the entire Upper District last night did not happen.

Some people grieved for their lost ones and an upcoming large-scale funeral service will be held soon. It was said that the king would be attending personally and making a speech, but that would be it.

It was unfortunate, but the world would still be spinning, and life had to go on. There was work to do and money to be earned.

”Sure, sure you can use my forge again. Do you need my help again… hm?” Duke Ignis paused as he realized something. ”I guess you don't.”

The Duke sounded a little depressed towards the end of his words. After Leon recovered his awakening cultivation and even made large strides in it. The Duke could not see through it, but he could tell that his son-in-law's cultivation was already higher than his.

However, the Duke was not a person who would remain dwell on his depression for long periods. In a short instance, he had already recovered and moved on.

”Oh, that reminds me. The Scribing Pen was amazing! It worked wonders as you had described it! Do you want to see the first working levitation stone we made? I can't believe such a simple answer plagued us for years.”

”…Nah, I'm good here.” Leon smiled wryly. He already expected such a result. The Lancasters had perfected runic lines engravings.

Although they did not understand the details behind the effects, he had given them the blueprint for the levitation stone inner workings. Once everything was retraced by the Scribing Pen, it was not strange for the levitation stone to come to life after receiving the energy to kickstart it.

”I… I see…” Duke Ignis was a bit disheartened that Leon did not share his enthusiasm for such a groundbreaking matter. ”Aren't you a bit excited at all, boy? Don't you know what this means? Think about it, it will be the booming age of airships!”

Duke Ignis was simply sparkling at the thought. How amazing would that be? However, Leon was not moved.

”What's so great about airships if you can already fly and have interspatial storages to carry stuff?” Leon asked nonchalantly.

”I mean… Not everyone is able to fly and have interspatial storages, so it would still become a great asset to the kingdom. At least there will be no shortage of people who would want to own one…” Leon tried to console the Duke.

”Alright, let's not talk about that anymore.” Duke Ignis shook his head and his eyes became sharp. ”Let's talk about you.”

”What about me?”

Leon became stunned at the sudden shift of topics.

”When are you going to visit my daughter? You know, both of you have been engaged since birth and it has been some time since you both last seen each other. If you do not interact, how do you plan to cultivate your feelings? I don't know what happened, but as future husband and wife, you both need to get along harmoniously, no?

The Duke skillfully fishing out two pills from his interspatial ring and returned them to Leon. Leon glanced at the two pills and frowned with confusion. They were the Forgetting Nightmare Pill and Reminiscent Trial Pill he refined for Rachel.

”Rachel… she hasn't taken any of these pills yet?”

It was obvious in plain sight with the presence of the two pills in front of Leon, but he still could not help but ask the question with doubts. He wanted to know why.

”She's… quite the stubborn girl.” Duke Ignis said helplessly. ”She wanted to overcome the trauma by her own efforts and not take the easy solution provided by you.”

”By her own efforts, you mean…”

”She's been facing a bucket of blood every day.”

Leon was speechless. What was Rachel trying to prove? A woman's thoughts were hard to comprehend.

Fear of blood was not difficult to overcome, but the blood that invokes a traumatic memory was not so simple to overcome. Rachel was basically torturing herself by going about it the hard way when she did not need to.

Nevertheless, he had to at least commend her for her spirit if that was what she had been doing for the past month without giving up.

”I'll visit her after I'm done here, father-in-law.” Leon shook his head and said.

”Alright… then I'll leave you to it for now.”