It stands to reason that this small village of less than 1,000 people should not be much bigger.

And Hayna's home is not on the edge of the village, but in the center of the village.

Ivas and the others followed Hayna, and it didn't feel like they had gone far...... But when she got to the door of Hayna's house, she looked up and saw that the moon was already high in the night sky.

- Before I knew it, it was already late at night!

Ivas and Sherlock looked at each other, then at Lily, who was also surprised, and each mentally confirmed the confusion of the time.

But they can only be sure that this chaos must exist, but they can't analyze the laws in detail - the only thing they know for sure is that Haina, as a native, does not perceive the anomaly at all, but they can feel it as outsiders......

As the group approached, they could see the light in Hayna's blacksmith shop. The inside was brightly lit, but the conversation inside could not be heard from outside.

"Mom, I'm back."

Haina pushed open the closed door of the blacksmith's shop. Her voice became somewhat tired, less excited than it had been when she first came home.

There were lights outside, but no one was there. Only a few of the finished weapons were casually hung on the walls, while large swaths of pliers, kitchen knives, iron hooks, chisters, saws, sickle heads, and other tools and pieces of iron in the tools were messily laid out on the table or hung on the shelves like harvested wheat.

Some of them were already stained with rust, but instead of taking them away, they just put them together with other tools.

Pieces of pig iron were piled up in the corners, while the cast iron ingots were neatly stacked in a pyramid-like shape in another corner of the ground.

Haina led them through the front desk, ready to walk to the back room.

But as soon as he entered, Sherlock sensed something was wrong.

…… Why is it so cold in this room?

Then he swept around, his eyes widening in surprise.

- Why is your furnace indoors?

This made Sherlock stunned for a moment, and he didn't realize why he didn't react for a long time.

Therefore, while passing by the oven and furnace, Sherlock reached out to test the temperature inside.

Icy cold.

Not only was there no fuel at all, but even the ashes had been removed - Sherlock's hand touched it, but he didn't touch much ash.

Sherlock raised an eyebrow and made a note of it.

After all, there are few blacksmiths in sight on the glass island, and the blast furnace and steam hammer have replaced the work of the blacksmith. Not only is it more efficient, but the quality of the iron produced is also better and more stable.

The blacksmiths who are still active are the ones who can craft extraordinary weapons, and the village blacksmiths who make cheap farming tools for the peasants.

The rarer the profession, the more Sherlock's interest is piqued. He had studied this in particular.

- Is it enough to turn off the oven, can the furnace be turned off?

These craftsmen are not blacksmiths in the traditional sense, but extraordinary professional "blacksmiths" who come from the path of dedication. They were able to summon the fire spirits that accompanied them—transcendent beings raised by the Flame Celestial Division, who had dedicated their paths.

These fire spirits, with their childlike intelligence, can help them to craft supernatural materials - melting hard-to-melt materials, or adding occult materials that can't be incorporated into embryos through conventional forging techniques.

Because even if you become such a "blacksmith", you can't get the corresponding formula, and a blacksmith without a formula is a waste.

As a result, the Blacksmith and its upgraded class, the Magician, are usually in the same vein - while the magicians who craft Avalon's Elven Shortsword are elves from the Cult, and his generations of disciples are natives of Avalon.

This was also one of the aids sent by the Church when Avalon was founded.

However, even Sherlock didn't know how to be a blacksmith...... But he understands logic.

He sensed logically that something was wrong—

Since there is pig iron in this house, it means that the blacksmith here did not use finished cast iron bought from the city. Rather, it is pig iron made from iron ore, which means that the furnace is not for decoration, but for actual use.

But for a furnace to produce high-quality iron, it needs to be at a high enough temperature.

These civil furnaces are not the blast furnaces of the factories, and these mortal blacksmiths are not transcendents - they cannot summon fire spirits, so it takes a long time to warm up the furnace to the point where it can produce iron of acceptable hardness.

And that requires a lot of fuel – in other words, a lot of money.

Once the furnace is extinguished, it needs to be warmed up again to a usable level, and it needs to be preheated for a long time. This, in turn, consumes a lot of money and time.

Therefore, the forge inside the blacksmith's shop and the furnace outside are generally not extinguished. So as soon as you enter the door, you can immediately feel the boiling heat.

That's why the furnace had to be kept outside – because the temperature of the furnace was so high that it would not only cause intense discomfort but also a fire hazard if it was placed inside.

Seeing this scene, a thought immediately popped up in Sherlock's heart-

Ayana's father...... Is it transcendent?

Only the transcendent who can call the fire spirit does not need this kind of superficial heating method......

But this left Sherlock puzzled.

- Your family is a blacksmith inheritor, what did you travel all the way to Avalon to learn??

Isn't the magician formula in your family more valuable for inheritance?

And......

Is Haina adaptable to the path of giving? Why didn't I see it?

Or is she not her own parent?

Sherlock was puzzled.

And after Haina entered the back room, the middle-aged man's rude reprimand was immediately heard: "Your mother asked you to pick up the guests, why did you play outside until the evening and didn't come back!" Don't you know what is in the village after dark?! ”

Haina flattened her lips a little aggrieved and leaned against the wall near the doorway, silent.

She was upset too, but couldn't argue with it—because as a result, she did feel like she had done something wrong. But I feel a little inexplicable...... Because she really didn't know what she had done to lead to this result.

Following Haina, Eivas also walked in.

This was the first time Iwass had met Hayna's parents—

But after only meeting him, Ivas was immediately surprised.

Aihuas's words came to an abrupt end: "Uncle is so ......"

…… So short.

Lily was also stunned for a moment, and Sherlock couldn't help but let out a "huh".

- Because Hayna's father turned out to be a dwarf!

He has gray marble skin, a pure white beard, and curly hair. Big nose, big ears, a pair of small eyes. He was sitting on the beautiful crimson couch at the moment, and his calves were even like naughty children, but they could still swing non-stop.

…… This is exactly what is very standard for dwarves.

This was the first time Iwass had seen a dwarf in person.

The only sense of disobedience is that the relationship between the elves and the dwarves is very bad. Basically, in a country dominated by dwarves, the elves will not approach; And in countries dominated by elves, there are also not many dwarves.

Avalon is clearly the latter—the Avalons who have benefited too much are too attentive, even more extreme than the elves themselves.

The elves only despise and hostish the dwarves, but the Avalons go one step further - they simply expel all the dwarves from the country as a sign of friendship with the Church.

Anyway, there weren't many dwarves in Avalon, so this gesture was not a loss at all.

A large number of dwarves are currently gathered in the Permafrost Empire north of Avalon. And Eagle Point Village is located in the northwest corner of Avalon, and there is indeed a possibility that dwarves will be smuggled over......

This also explains why Haina chose the official path of transcendence despite having a "blacksmith" heritage.

Because this old blacksmith who can pass on the inheritance to Haina is fundamentally not a regular blacksmith on the side of the sect, but an extraordinary person in the opposition who has no certificate and is even likely to be a smuggler—not only is the inheritance he holds illegal, but he is even the whole person is illegal!

- that is, Hayna's father!

I had insomnia, got up in the middle of the night to finish a chapter, and then I was sleepy...... First shot!

The second chapter will be written when I wake up in the afternoon

(End of chapter)