"I do not want it."

Although Cai'er had outwitted him, Xingyuan still said to her with a smile: "You know I'm easily shy, and it's more fun if you take the initiative."

"You? Shy?"

Even if Cai'er did not use the ability of the Samsara Spirit Furnace to identify lies at this time, she could see through Xingyuan's lies at once.

……

As Xingyuan took out the last exploration gem that recorded the footage of his date with Cai'er from the pocket of his magician's robe and placed it in Cai'er's hand, it also marked the end of their hard-earned vacation.

Looking at Cai'er who was holding the exploration gem that recorded the entire last date of the two in her hands with a serious expression, as if the shape and color of the exploration gem were engraved in her memory, Xingyuan touched her with a feeling of amusement and heartache.

"Put it away."

Xingyuan watched Cai'er put the exploration gemstone, which carried perhaps the most precious memory of Cai'er's life, into the storage ring, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go. Don't forget that we also commissioned a little girl who is not even an apprentice blacksmith to make a hairpin for you."

Due to the particularity of the weaponsmith profession, he needs to frequently deal with and purchase materials from various alchemical material stores in Jialing Pass, so Xingyuan is not worried at all that the other party will take his things and run away.

What's more, his identity as a senior weaponsmith is there. Unless she doesn't plan to continue working as a weaponsmith in the future, she would dare to take his order.

Of course, the most important thing is that Xingyuan is fearless, and he will not feel bad even if he loses the money and materials.

However, Xingyuan believed in himself and also believed in Cai'er's vision. If the little girl really had evil intentions and was a thief, Cai'er would not have cared so much about this child even if she did not use the ability of the Reincarnation Spirit Furnace.

Sure enough, when Xingyuan and Cai'er came to the commercial street again, where small vendors set up stalls spontaneously because of the extremely high rents for shops in Jialing City, they saw the familiar figure still in the original place.

And it seemed that today was the day to deliver the commission, but Xingyuan and Caier were a little late due to some personal matters.

So much so that the little girl who had been sitting behind her stall with her head down, not even daring to shout out her wares or make eye contact with the customers who came here, was now looking around anxiously.

"He's an honest child."

Xingyuan scratched the palm of Cai'er's hand, and joked, "You were almost as silly as her when you were a child."

"...How can I have that?"

Cai Er was obviously not very confident when she said this, and she changed the subject very abruptly, "Stop joking, let's go over there quickly. They must be waiting anxiously."

"Good good."

Xingyuan didn't take it too seriously. After all, as a weaponsmith, it was common for the client to delay payment or even run away with the order. For someone like him, being late for just a dozen minutes was nothing.

As someone who has dabbled in both the professions of potion master and weapon forger, he had already seen that this was the first time this kid had accepted a commission since he called himself a weapon forger when he asked him to help forge a hairpin. After all, how could a weapon forger accept a forging commission and the deposit he received was far from enough to cover the labor costs, probably only enough to eat two meals?
It's just that the newcomer characteristics she now shows make Xingyuan more convinced of his thoughts.

Seeing how much Cai'er liked this child, Xingyuan couldn't help but start to consider whether he should teach her some tricks of the trade, so that he wouldn't be cheated out of everything one day...

Of course, the prerequisite is that the hairpin craftsmanship and forging level she has achieved do not meet Master Orn's standards for accepting apprentices, so Xingyuan will teach her these things.

After all, he had been in Jialing City for so many years, and he had never heard of anyone defaulting on the balance payment to Master Ornn, or even running away from the payment.

Because Master Ornn is not only almost obsessed with forging equipment, he is also the most money-grubber person Xingyuan has ever seen in his life. Even a money-grubber like Lin Xin is honest compared to him. Can you believe it?

Therefore, as long as she is qualified to become Master Ornn's apprentice, she won't have to worry about the client delaying the payment or running away with the order.

...But as Xingyuan and Cai'er got closer to her stall, their eyes stayed on her for a moment, and then their expressions changed at the same time.

"You...M-Mage, you are finally here."

When he saw Xingyuan and Caier who appeared less than three meters away from him, the anxiety and worry on the face of the childish stall owner immediately disappeared.

She bent down and picked up an object wrapped in silk cloth from her stall. Then she left her stall and trotted over to Xingyuan and Caier.

Cai'er opened her mouth and was about to ask her something, but Xingyuan at the side stopped her with a voice transmission.

"I'm sorry, something delayed the pickup time." Xingyuan said to the stall owner with a warm smile on his face and a hint of apology in his tone.

"No, it's okay. Anyway, I'm here every night. Master Magician, you can come to see me anytime."

Just by meeting Xingyuan's gaze and taking a look at the smile on his face, this stall owner, who was obviously not good at socializing, especially since no one would normally speak to her in such a gentle voice, immediately blushed and lowered her head, not daring to look at him again.

Xingyuan couldn't help but show a bit of surprise on his face when he saw this. Such a 'heartwarming' smile of his shouldn't be so 'destructive' to such a young child, right?

Glancing at Cai'er who was looking at him with a puzzled look, Xingyuan shook his head and used the communication gestures of their Assassin's Templar to signal her to be patient.

"M-Mage, I have completed your commission. Please take a look at the goods first."

However, as the two were talking silently, the nervous-looking stall owner spoke in a low voice.

After all, this matter, which had almost been forgotten by Cai'er and Xingyuan and whose attention had been focused on other things, was the first commission she had ever received in her career as a weaponsmith, and it was related to her first pot of gold in life.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Xingyuan apologized slightly, then took the silk cloth she handed over, and glanced at Cai'er next to him, signaling her not to waste the efforts of this small stall owner. (End of this chapter)