A Wolf's Howl, A Fairy's Wing Chapter 250: Chapter 250 - A third tier runesmith

"That's impossible!" Eira exclaid. "You can't be a third-tier runesmith! You're only a second-ranker!"

"It's hardly impossible," Erik shrugged with a sly grin, enjoying her astonishnt, "just uncommon. But such is the benefit of hard work, talent, and a capable teacher."

Back on Söl, Erik had spent one entire year learning to smith from an old man in a remote village that he and Elora had traveled through once.

The man himself wasn't anything particularly interesting, being just a third-rank Arcanist and a third-tier runesmith, which was far from an uncommon sight on a world like Söl that had awakened long ago.

Yet, Erik had enjoyed smithing even before he ca to Söl, as he had helped his father operate the forge in the basent of their house in Frostvik, and he wanted to continue to learn.

While this man had not been the first smith Erik had seen on Söl, this was just after he had beco a second-ranker and Elora had suggested he let his advancent settle a little to form a stronger foundation. Thus, he had taken the chance to see if he had any talent for the more fantastical version of blacksmithing they practiced in Söl: runesmithing.

The old man was a harsh teacher and Erik never actually learned his na, only ever calling him old man, but that year was one of the best he had spent on Söl. It was a ti in which he managed to put many of the things from his past behind him. Enjoy exclusive chapters fro

In the end, they ended up staying there far longer than they originally intended, but Erik left with a new passion for forging, and a skill level that exceeded what soone of the second rank should be capable of.

With the current situation bringing back mories of that ti, fondness and a bit of lancholy slipped into his gaze, as he promised himself to visit that village again, when he returned to Söl.

Eira looked at him with so skepticism, but also a burgeoning sliver of hope. "E— Even if that's true, what about the sigil expert? I refuse to believe you're both!"

"I'm not, don't worry," Erik chuckled. "But one of my companions is. We also have an advanced forge right here, plus I saw plenty of materials lying around there. Lastly, any knowledge we might be missing to accomplish all this is sure to be found in that extensive library."

"So you see," he continued as he watched a softly trembling Eira purge her expression form sorrow and hopelessness, "we have everything we need to put you into a new dium. All we need now is your consent and cooperation."

"You— You're not deceiving are you?" she asked with trembling voice. It seed her naivety only went so far, and after today's emotional roller coaster, she had learned a little skepticism.

Erik smiled softly at her suspicion. "We wont disconnect you until the new dium is created, and after that… while you can't be absolutely sure we'll actually put you into it, what point would there be in not doing so? Besides, this is where trust starts, with soone taking the first step."

A slight smile appeared on Eira's face, and she began floating back and forth, seemingly sowhat excited again. "T— That's true! O— Okay, so— so what dium do you plan to make for ? Can— Can I choose?"

"Well…" Erik began as he stood up from the sofa and slowly approached Eira. "I did have an idea that I think you'll like, at least based on the short ti I've known you."

He stopped in front of her, and bend over to whisper his idea into her ear.

Eira's eyes went wide when she heard his idea, and when he pulled back, she looked at him with shock. "You… You'd trust with that? Despite not trusting with this place?"

Erik smiled slightly and nodded. "Trust is a two way street, right? Just because I'm asking you to take the first step, doesn't an I'm unwilling to take any myself."

"Besides," he shrugged. "If you betrayed in your current form that would create a massive problem, but in your new form it would be a setback at worst."

Her new form would still be a slight risk to him, but he decided it was worth it. Not because he liked her a little, as that was far from enough to put himself and his loved ones at risk, but because a solid form sigil construct was a powerful asset that neither he nor Elora wanted to give up on.

Excitent and happiness sparkled in Eira's eyes, all previous despair forgotten as Erik had essentially just promised to make her dreams co alive. "Can— Can I help in the design?!" she asked while nearly jumping up and down in excitent.

"Sure," Erik chuckled and stuck out his hand, "but the final say lies with , deal?"

Eira ignored his hand and tackled him into a hug instead. "Deal! Thank you, thank you! It'll be strange living in a new dium, but I'm excited! I've always wanted to leave and see new places!"

Erik chuckled as he hugged her back. No matter what else, he did enjoy seeing Eira happy far more than seeing her sad.

He also enjoyed that there was no armor between him and her large breasts this ti. Just because she was a sigil construct didn't make them any less soft, squishy, and yet firm.

Eira separated herself from him again and floated up while smiling brightly and eagerly. "So when do we begin?!"

"We'll need to start with doing so more research in that library," Erik chuckled at her enthusiasm. "We could use your help, however, as I'm sure you have at least so idea of whats in there."

"Yes, yes! Absolutely!" she quickly nodded, before starting to pull on Erik's arm in an effort to get started straight away.

To her dismay, however, Erik resisted and stayed in place, while his expression took on a more serious tone.

"However, there is one more thing I need from you," he said solemnly.

"Real trust between us will co, but it's not here yet. It's going to take at least a week to create this thing, and if we're going to stay in this place for that long, I need you to disable any sigils that might be used against us, and remove any shielding against omnisense. In return, I will also give you a show of trust."