"Chief Maid Shadia, is that the cksmith''s shop over there?" Rein asked.


    Shadia paused her action of opening the door, nced at the corridor, nodded, and said, "Yes, Rein, are you interested in the cksmith''s shop?"


    "Haha, quite interested. By the way, is Master Baal there too?" Rein scratched his head and smiled as he continued to ask.


    "Yes, all the cksmiths are here. Baal is the cksmith in charge of forging daily supplies."


    "Aside from Baal, the castle cksmith shop also has cksmith Bazil, who specializes in weapon forging. Additionally, there is another person who is in charge of the cksmith shop, cksmith Snell, a disciple of Master Verintan from County Town, who specializes in armor crafting."


    Seeing Rein''s highly interested expression, Shadia borated a bit more on the situation in the castle''s cksmith shop.


    "Master''s disciple," "specializes in armor"


    Rein''s eyes lit up, keenly picking up on two keywords, and said, "Could it be that this cksmith Snell is an armorer?"


    "Not yet, but he is likely to be one soon. Once he passes the cksmith association''s assessment at the end of the year, Snell should be promoted to armorer!" Shadia said as she pushed open the door.


    This immediately gave Rein a feeling of unexpected relief as if he had suddenly found a promising path. He had always wanted to find a cksmith with high forging skills, and unexpectedly, one was right within the Habsburg estate.


    Furthermore, since Baal was in charge of forging daily supplies, it made sense that he was responsible for rted content in the servant training.


    "Here you go, Rein, your ironwood oil." Seeing Shadia had already taken a bottle of ironwood oil from the room and handed it to Rein.


    Rein took it, and before even opening the stopper, he smelled a strange yet familiar scent of ironwood oil.


    "Thank you!"


    Soon, this small ck bottle was carefully tucked inside Rein''s clothes.


    "By the way, Chief Maid Shadia, are you familiar with cksmith Snell of the cksmith shop? If it''s convenient, could you introduce me?" Rein asked.


    Rein thought that since Snell was the head of the cksmith shop, establishing contact with him would be ideal.


    Hearing the name Snell, Rein sharply noticed that the chief maid''splexion seemed to blush slightly, but it quickly faded.


    The next second, Shadia stared at Rein quite displeased and said,


    "Rein, one''s energy is limited. I hope you can focus on practicing the Knight Breathing Method and not be distracted, lest you fail to meet thedy''s expectations."


    "This...." Rein was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say.


    It was normal for Shadia to think this way.


    After all, practicing the Knight Breathing Method and swordsmanship would take up most of a person''s time.


    Thus, anyone aspiring to reach the Transcendent level would not waste much energy on other matters.


    However... what Shadia didn''t know was that this situation only applied to ordinary people.


    But Rein was different, he had a "cheat"!


    For Rein, quickly leveling up his cksmithing secondary profession was equivalent to quickly improving hisbat profession!


    It would allow him to reach Transcendence sooner!


    But this, Rein obviously couldn''t exin to Shadia.


    Seeing the chief maid''s displeased expression again, Rein knew that the idea of having Shadia help make contact was probably blown.


    So, Rein could only regretfully take the bottle of ironwood oil and head home.


    Since his body ached no more, Rein decided to wait untilter to visit Boris''s cksmith shop, nning to first practice the Giant Bear Breathing Technique at home.


    He opened the bottle, and a strange fragrance filled the air. Rein poured a little bit of the amber-colored ck por oil into his palm. Following Lady Cleya''s previous instructions, he rubbed his hands together to warm the oil before applying it to his knees and shoulders.


    Instantly, a burning warmth flowed from the applied areas into his skin.


    About half an hourter, a sweaty Rein suddenly received a system notification:


    [Congrattions! Your Constitution Attribute has increased!]


    Oh! This time it was only the Constitution Attribute that increased.


    However, this had raised Rein''s Constitution from 6 points to 7 points.


    Rein remembered that thest time he practiced the Giant Bear Breathing Technique, both Constitution and Strength had increased.


    After a moment''s thought, Rein seemed to understand why.


    "That''s because my Strength Attribute is rtively high already, at a full 10 points, while my Constitution Attribute isparatively low, at only 6 points. That''s why practicing the Giant Bear Breathing Technique resulted in a particrly rapid increase in Constitution."


    ...


    Unexpectedly, after retrieving a bottle of ck por oil from Shadia, the Chief Maid, on Saturday, three whole days had passed and the servant training ss had still not resumed.


    But Rein didn''t mind.


    During those three days, he usually spent his days at the cksmith''s shop, and his nights practicing the Giant Bear Breathing Technique. His days were quite fulfilling.


    Now, he was past the halfway mark in his cksmith profession level, reaching cksmith lv1 (52/100), and had made considerable progress with the Giant Bear Breathing Technique, reaching lv2 (51/300).


    Rein was keen to practice the Giant Bear Sword Technique as well, but unfortunately, there was no suitable ce near his home.


    Additionally, he didn''t have a Dual-Handed Greatsword, only a standard Bastard Sword of the Night Watchman.


    Tuesday morning, just as Rein was nning to head to the cksmith shop again, a locked-armored guard came to his door and said, "Rein, the Sheriff wants to see you. If it''s convenient,e with me to the town hall now. Lord Hamilton is waiting in his office for you."


    "Alright! I''lle right away." Rein didn''t hesitate at all and immediately agreed.


    Last time Lord Hamilton had been seriously injured, and Rein also wanted to see if his wounds had healed, since he was, after all, his boss.


    He had gone to the town hall a couple of days ago, but the guards had told him Lord Hamilton seemed to have gone back to the County Town to recuperate and had not yet returned.


    To see him today, there must be something urgent.


    "Thud thud thud!"


    "Come in!" Hearing the familiar voice, Rein opened the door and entered, seeing Lord Hamilton still in his noble hunting attire, but hisplexion was still somewhat pale, and Rein seemed to smell a certain medicinal potion.


    He was very familiar with this smell; he often smelled it whenever he passed by the town''s only Abel''s Potion Shop.


    "Rein, take a seat!"


    "Lord Hamilton, how has your injury recovered sincest time?"


    "It was supposed to have healed today, but the ferocious werewolf''s ws had some special energy. It took a lot of effort to deal with the wounds, and now I guess I''ll need about another week to recover fully."


    Hamilton waved his hand, indicating that he didn''t want to talk further about his injuries, only to continue saying,


    "I''ve called you here this time because there''s an urgent matter that needs your assistance."


    "Remember the fishmen I mentioned to you before?"


    "Just yesterday, my guard came to report again that the Sinfin Fishmen have extended their activity area to less than a few miles from Glimmer Lake."


    "We need to immediately contain their expansion. Otherwise, if they start spawning in Glimmer Lake, that will be a huge problem."