TEASER CHAPTER 8 PART 24
A day after the
opening festival.
Classes at Solminati
Academy were cancelled, and Nozomu was alone in the craftsmen's district.
His motive was to make
a bell to be presented to Irisdina.
The bell he had
previously given to Somia was made using the furnace in Shino's hut, Nozomu's
master, but unfortunately, the entire hut had been completely destroyed in a
previous battle with the mechanical dragon.
Therefore, Nozomu was
thus looking for a store that might lend him their furnace, but...
"Ha? Let you use
the furnace? You've got to be kidding me!"
"I'll think about
it after you do three years as an anvil cleaner."
This was how he had
been turned down right away.
It was inevitable.
Craftsmen tend to be stubborn because they would never compromise on their
work.
In particular, the
craftsmen in Arcazam were generally skilled.
They were so confident
and dedicated to their work that there was no way they would accept Nozomu's
proposal to allow him to use their furnace.
After being kicked out
of the thirteenth blacksmith shop, Nozomu returned to the main street of the
craftsmen's district and began looking for the next store.
While walking along
the main street, he could hear the sounds of hammering and shouting coming from
all over the place.
Nozomu could almost
hear his master's voice scolding him, and his mouth relaxed as he recalled his
own master amongst the shouts of abuse.
However, there was no
way he could just sit back and relax. Fortunately, he had managed to prepare
the materials, so he had just to find a place where he could borrow a furnace.
"I wonder if Iris
going to be okay..."
The head of the
Waziart family suddenly approached him at the party during the opening
festival. Vitora had shown a clear interest in Nozomu.
Furthermore, the
Francilts have begun to close the distance between them and the Waziart family.
Knowing about the
secret agreement that once caused quite the uproar, Nozomu's heart grew uneasy.
"I think I should
ask Mena-san about it..."
Nozomu was tempted to to
do such a thing, but at the same time he knew it was impossible, so he shook
his head and shook off the thought that had popped into his head.
Nozomu was just being
warned by Jihad to stay away from the Francilt family.
This was due to the
relationship between Nozomu and Irisdina, as well as Nozomu's own problems with
Tiamat.
The worst-case
scenario that Jihad feared was that the Waziart family would go out of control
as a result of the Nozomu's involvement and that Tiamat would be resurrected
resulting in the destruction of Arcazam.
Nozomu himself could
understand Jihad's concern, as he has had two previous out-of-control
experiences.
Currently, he has
repeatedly trained to control Tiamat's power with Zonne, the White Dragon's
guardian, but he has only been able to extend the time in which he could
release his power to around 20 seconds.
And the surroundings
of those whom Nozomu wanted to help were already beginning to be filled with a
disturbing sense of uneasiness and tension.
Nozomu's frustration
was fueled by his own slow growth in response to the rapidly changing situation
around him.
