By the ti Lith ca out of the bathroom nadion was done picking the clothes on the bed she liked and had moved on to rummaging through Kamila's wardrobe for more. "...this and this. I'll take a look at Epphy's clothes as well and let you know if there's anything else I'd like to wear and of which color."
Lith felt a sting to his wallet, but aside from narrowing his eyes made no comnt. "How do you feel, Ripha?"
"Much less bitchy. Thank you for asking." She welcod him with a polite nod of the head. "What's for breakfast?"
"Let's find out." A snap of Kamila's fingers put everything back to its place and Warped the three of them to the Dining Hall.
"Good morning, Mom!" Solus rushed to nadion, hugging her tight. "I missed you."
"I missed you too, baby." Ripha said while kissing her daughter's forehead.
"I have big news." Kamila waited for the embrace to break before pulling out the updated Callia. "Look what Lith did for ."
The aning of the flower and the two buds was clear to everyone and the whole family congratulated Lith for the romantic gesture.
"Look what Daddy did for you." To everyone but Elysia who tried to bite the mystical flowers and was sorely disappointed finding they were ethereal in nature.
"Ba!" She expressed her displeasure in a barrage of baby babble that only a tasty bottle of milk could end.
"Ba indeed." Rena glared at her husband while Elina grunted at Raaz,
"I'm just a blacksmith. I can't do anything that fancy." Senton raised his hands in apology.
"You could have still made sothing. It would have been better than the nothing I got." Rena scoffed.
"I gave you everything I could, dear." Raaz said with pride. "Why do you act as if breaking my back to put food on our table wasn't enough?"
"It was more than enough, silly. It was everything" Elina's expression softened for a second. "But what about Aran? What about Surin? I didn't expect a grand gesture, just a romantic one to celebrate their birth." Yet only for a second.
"Yeah, Dad. Where's my present?" Aran had no clue what was happening but the chance to get a new toy was too good to pass it up.
"So, what are the plans for today?" Lith rushed to change the topic and rescue his father from the danger he had unwittingly put Raaz into.
"Depends. Did you get any news about Valtak's funeral?" nadion decided to give
coffee and pancakes a go.
"None." Lith checked his amulet to make sure.
"Then what do you say if I teach you how to use the Ears and explain to you and Ep-Solus the changes in the Forge and the Watchtower?" nadion poured way more syrup than was healthy on her pancakes.
"It's a wonderful idea, Mom." Solus stared at the plate in envy.
"Don't ntion it. Also, stop staring at my plate. My eyes are up here." nadion replied. "I can use that knowledge to decide who is going to get the Ears." Lith nodded. nadion exploited her undead condition to try everything from the breakfast table, taking seconds of what she liked most and making Solus sigh in envy like a bellows. "Thanks for the food." She said with a satisfied burp. "I'm ready when you are."
A snap of Lith's fingers brought them to the tower plus a surprise.
"What's Sally doing here?" nadion asked, obtaining a glare from the Guardian for the use of the moniker.
"You said that you wanted to apologize for being rude to your friends and this is the best way I could think of." Lith replied. "You took Grandma's knowledge in the past and now you gift her so of your own to pay her back."
"But-"
"He's right, Mom. Solus cut nadion short. "Whatever you teach us is our secret and we can share it with anyone we want. After everything Grandma did for you and , she deserves it. Also, this is the perfect opportunity to show her how regretful you are."
"Thank you, Featherlings!" Salaark bead with joy at them while never losing her disgruntled expression whenever she stared at the First Ruler of the Flas. "Sha on you, Ripha."
"Fine." nadion sighed. "I suppose you are wondering what the Ears have to do with the Forge and why all the mana cables." She pointed at the green tendrils of Spirit Magic connecting the Ears to every piece of equipnt in the room.
"An example is worth thousands of words so I'll give you a practical demonstration. First, though, I need permission to operate the tower."
"Sorry, Mom!" Solus gave nadion full clearance, bringing her just one level below the
owners.
"Don't apologize." Ripha conjured a piece of Adamant from the Workshop and a new erald tendril appeared, connecting the tal with the Ears.
"What the?" Lith was even more surprised when the sa happened to mana crystals and natural treasures.
"I need you to rember that every piece of my Set was intended as a Forgemastery aid.
The ability of the Ears to listen to the mana flow goes deeper than re battle. It's what made the best even when there were three more Rulers of the Flas active during my ti." nadion said while putting the helm on Solus' head.
"Behold!" Ripha rhythmically clenched and released her fingers as the tal shapeshifted into blades, rings, hamrs, and a full set of armor.
"By my mom!" Solus gasped in amazent yet the others saw nothing worthy of such a reaction.
"Lith, you are next. Then it's your turn, Sally." nadion brought the piece of Adamant back to its initial state before passing the Ears to him and starting the shapeshifting
again.
"Fuck sideways!" Even though there was no spell involved, Lith could see the mana flow of the enchanted tal alone and how the interaction with the other resources affected it based on which tendrils nadion activated.
It allowed him to predict the shape that the mana circulatory system of an artifact would take based on the placent of the mana crystals, the order in which they were bonded to the tal, and how every further ingredient would affect the final result.
In the few seconds Lith wore the Ears, nadion showed him hundreds of possible combinations. In theory, they were all equally good, but that only because there was still no enchantnt involved.
Based on the shape and function of the artifact, the mana circulatory system was more suitable for defense, offense, or specific elents.
And that wasn't all.
Even though the different configurations carried the sa amount of energy which was produced by the sa resources, each pattern resulted in a different beat of the final
mana flow.
So rhythms reminded Lith of his own, others of Solus', and a few made no absolute
sense to him.
At least until nadion conjured one more tendril of Spirit Magic, connecting herself to
the Ears.
Lith could now listen to her mana flow as well and compare it with the various configurations of the Adamant. Ripha browsed through the possible mana circulatory systems for him, starting from a hamr that albeit powerful would be discordant with
her mana flow.
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