When I woke up the day, I went to the training room to tinue my practice.

  I know how te a high-quality sword, but f armor is more challenging.

  However, if I follow the same process I lear time, I'll not have any problems. "But then again... I improve my skills, but I won't be able to rank up like this."

  I took mithril from my iory and pced it in the furo heat up. It quickly became indest, so I brought it to the anvil and hammered it to shape the breastpte.

  K!

  K!

  K!

  As the breastpte took shape, my body became drenched i.

  Feeling that it was ready, I cooled the pied exami. It looked simir to the breastpte I had fed with Hephaestus's help. I then corrected its imperfes and polished it.

  "I wonder if the system only activates when I plete aire set."

  To my disappoi, the system did not activate.

  Since I had already started the work, I tinued f until I pleted all parts of the armor. Every piece was made of mithril. "I finished faster this time." I smiled, satisfied with the result.

  The armor was simir to the first one I had fed with Hephaestus's help.

  However, I was surprised when I put it on and received the system notification!

  [You have fed a Level 1 Refined Armor]

  [The skill 'Prote LV1' has been added to the armor]

  "This is it! Armor with a skill. The skill is called 'Prote'! It probably increases the wearer's defehat means this armor is much better than the first one I fed."

  I took the armor off and pced it oable, analyzing it carefully.

  The metal had bee shinier, more striking. The armor's design had also ged slightly, but nothing too drastic. "It's a simple armor, but it stands out. This armor could be sold for a high price."

  However, I don't want to sell it. I'll use it from now on si's better than the armor I wore yesterday.

  I stored the new armor iraining room's iory auro the fure a new sword. Unfortunately, I only mae two more refined-rank swords before nightfall.

  When I returo my room, Hephaestus was not waiting for me.

  "She's w too much…"

  Luckily, I trust Hephaestus—she's w.

  Unlike my ex-girlfriend. I'm sure she went out to have fun with that idiot whenever I was w.

  "I thank God for allowio kill both of them and disappear without fag any punishment."

  Once again, I'm thinking about unnecessary things.

  I should leave all of this in the past. I'm thinking too much about my ex-girlfriend—I shouldn't be doing that.

  Only weak men dwell on their exes.

  And only foolish, spineless mehinking about exes who cheated on them.

  "But I hate her so much, and I'm so disgusted by her that I keep thinking about her. I vividly imagine her burning in the fires of hell."

  And my curreionship is so good that I 't help but pare.

  "But now it's a promise. I won't talk or think about my ex-girlfriend from this moment on. She and that idiot named Igor are dead. They no longer matter."

  I closed my eyes and sighed.

  I was so exhausted that I ended up falling asleep.

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  I left the house in the m after inf Hephaestus that I was heading to the dungeon.

  I'm wearing the new armor I had fed, which had the skill "Prote LV1." I was also carrying my new sword.

  I had brought two swords with me.

  The sword I use to enhance my magid the katana-like sword I retly fed. I want to test their abilities; the best pce to do that is ihe dungeon.

  Still, on the first floor of the dungeon, I used the new sword to kill a few goblins.

  The skill "Heavy Impact LV2" transformed the bde into something like a club. I struck the goblin directly, and its impact was so powerful that its body was shattered.

  To my surprise, the attack didn't e much magic.

  Uhe sed skill, "Shadow Ssh LV2."

  When I activated it, I felt my magic rapidly draining as dark bdes formed in the air and uoward the monsters ahead. It was an incredibly powerful attack.

  The monsters were sliced in half, their bodies turning bck as if they had rotted instantly. The attack was s that the bdes tiraveling until they struck the dungeon wall, maers away.

  A dark mark remained where the bdes had hit.

  "It's a cool but terrifying skill. I feel like this could kill even high-level monsters. But it es way too much magic."

  I started feeling dizzy, so I stopped walking and leaned against the wall.

  I sheathed the sword and grabbed the oh "Magic Boost LV2". The moment I held it, I felt my body lighten.

  "It's such a strange skill. Even though on skills usually e magic, this one doesn't. Instead, it replenishes my body with magic. It's like the sword has a built-in geor."

  I'm happy I mae a sword with this ability.

  "I should look for a sword with the same skill but at a higher level. But didn't the system mention leveling up a sword's skills? I remember reading something like that."

  I o iigate this further.

  I still haven't discovered all the funs of the system.

  ParodyGirl