The World Of The Venerate: Everwhite
Chapter 20 - Blacksmith
Artemis walked in the middle of the forest with an annoyed expression from the previous incident.
Not far behind the woman, Hephaestus was also walking after her.
Artemis, who felt the young man behind her, stopped and turned to look back.
“Hey you... Stop following me..” Artemis said, yelling at Hefastos in annoyance at the thought that the young man was following him.
“Who followed you? Our destination is the same... What if I just walk in front?”
Artemis became even more upset after hearing Hephaestus' words. He then ran over so much that the young man's distance with him became even further.
However, Hephaestus seemed to be looking for a reason for the woman. He immediately ran as well when he saw Artemis away from him.
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A while later after running for quite a long time in the middle of the forest, the two finally reached the village.
“Haah... Haah..” Artemis who forced herself to run looked exhausted to make her pause to take a breath.
The overwhelmed Artemis was again irritated by Hefaistos when he saw the young man stopping nearby in a prime condition despite running far enough before.
Without a second thought, the woman raised her hand to hit the young man.
“Eh, what do you want to do?” Hephaestus immediately blocked his face.
Artemis confines her intention to beat Hephaestus, though seems annoyed with the young man. He then preferred to leave the place because he did not want to deal with the young man.
While looking at Artemis walking away from him, Hefaistos seemed to smile happily.
The expression that the young man saw was not only happy after searching for Artemis, but because he now began to feel different feelings for the woman after the previous incident.
Hephaestus then walked into the village and was astonished to see the people gathered.
After he realized it again, the phenomenon of aurora light in the night sky still persisted until he was surprised.
Soon Timonar came to the young man.
“It turns out you've returned sir..” Timonar said.
“Entah what happened today? The true light can only be seen at the north pole, it can even be seen in this country, then it is likely a sign that someone strong has been born,” he continued.
Hephaestus also thought that Timonar's words had a point. He also believed that it was indeed a sign of the birth of a strong person in this world.
However, rather than thinking about it, the young man would rather go in and rest than be constantly surprised to see the phenomenon along with the citizens.
–5 September 2999–
The next day Artemis went to the gun shop to buy her arrow ammunition.
“Feros give me what I need..”.
The shopkeeper immediately knew Artemis's intentions and gave her a dozen arrows.
When Artemis took the arrows she had asked for, her attention was then drawn to a sound of the iron thump that blacksmiths used to make when they made a weapon.
“Who is inside?” Artemis seemed confused to hear the voice, because the only blacksmith in their village was the shopkeeper.
“Eh, actually who is working inside it is..”
“Hi miss, it looks like you want to hunt in the forest again.”.
Just saying someone was inside, Hephaistos suddenly came out and greeted Artemis.
“What are you doing here?” Artemis asked, surprised to see Hephaestus at that place.
“But sir, I am very grateful to you. I did not expect that you are very good at making weapons... If I may know, where did you learn the skill of loading weapons?” Said the shopkeeper, expressing Hefaistos ability, and then asked the young man.
“I learned it while in the land of Asimir. One of the Dwarfmen there who became my teacher,” replied Hefaistos, explaining that he got the expertise of one of the mixed races.
“Megan Asimir…? Dwarfman?” The shopkeeper was surprised to hear a statement from Hefaistos that turned out to be far from his expedition.
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After a while, Artemis returned to the forest to hunt.
Unlike before, Hephaestus on yesterday joined secretly now walking with the woman.
“Do you know? When I was ten years old, we had been to the land of Asimir. Suddenly I was kidnapped by a herd of the Goblinman race.”.
“They took me to their place in the middle of the desert.. Back then I was very scared because they were aiming to eat me..”.
“Luckily I was saved by the Dwarfman. He took me to his place, for about three years I lived with him, and at that time I was always taught to blacksmith.”.
“And you know what's even more surprising? It turns out that the Dwarfman who saved me was actually the leader of the Asimir country who temporarily exiled himself.”
Hefaistos recounts his experiences while in a mixed race country located in the southern part of the continent, regardless if Artemis heard it or not.
From the side of Artemis, it is not too concerned with the story of Hefaistos because the woman was surprised to see the young man who seemed more friendly when they met.
Artemis did not realize that the real Hephaestus began to be kind to her because he had taken a liking to her.
While on their way in the middle of the forest, suddenly the two men cross paths with a horde of other hunters.
“Wah... Wah... What are these boys in the middle of the forest?”
“Hey, aren't you afraid of getting lost?” Ask one of the men from the gang.
Artemis seemed to be on standby because like these people, it was not people who came to mean well.
“You are definitely not from this area right?” Ask Hefaistos.
“This is the first time we are here.. Because the other country is no fun to live in.”.
It turned out that the people who passed by them were illegal immigrants who entered the land of Lightio carelessly.
“They are from Fuegonia..” Say Hefaistos with a serious face.
“How dare you look at me like that.”
Feeling irritated by Hefaistos' gaze, one of the men from the horde immediately raised the rifle he was holding.
He pulled the trigger of his rifle so that the bullet hurtled quickly towards Hefaistos.
Seeing this, Artemis swiftly moved while pushing Hefaistos away from the shot.
“What are you doing? I can handle it..”.
“Sorry, I forgot that you are a soldier.”
Not giving up, now all the men quickly pulled the trigger of their respective rifles until several rounds of bullets shot towards Hephaistos and Artemis.
“Ventus sillabare..” Hefaistos also immediately launched a wind element attack throwing bullets that pointed at him.
“It turns out you are Venerate..”.
One of the men from the horde who was also a Venerate suddenly activated his power, until both of his hands emitted a blaze.