The Voice On The Rival's Head

Chapter 9: Construct 2

The construction Thaumaturgy that Verite did went smoothly, after handing over the construction's hand and foot to Helian and Caena he just made the body parts and the head of the construct.

He chose to work on the head and body of the construct because he would place the mana stone and all the thaumaturgy pathway located on the chest of this construct.

So this was a job that only Verite could do, Verite would also add formula carvings to the hands and feet that Helian and Caena chiseled after they were done.

carving out a formula was simple, Verite would do it after everything was done because Verite still kept his Thaumaturgy ability a secret from others.

'Verite.' Mefras voiced at Verite's head.

'Yes?'

'About hiding your Thaumaturgy ability, how about you tell Caena and Helian?' Ask Mefras.

'Huh, but it was you who advised me to keep my abilities a secret for a while.' Tell Verite, confused as to why Mefras changed his mind.

'Yes, I still think that showing off your Thaumaturgy ability is not good but I think showing our ability to both of them is not bad, at least if the dolls they make work.' Say Mefras.

'Ah' Verite understood Mefras's intent. 'Yes, if I manage to build a living Construct Doll I should at least tell my roommate.'

'Yes, no matter how well we hide your abilities, if I move with that construct then sooner or later our secret will come out.' Mefras.

'All right, I'll let them know if we make it.' Verite decided, he would tell Helian and Caena if and only if Mefras managed to use the Thaumaturgy construct as his body.

Verite saw the engraving on his hand, the chest of the construct was almost finished, but unfortunately he had to delay finishing it because he still had to work, so he put the chest of the construct into his closet and was ready to go.

After reporting with Mr. Jardi as usual Verite walked out, before he stepped away from Blooming Bud Helian and Caena came to greet him.

"Hey Verite, are you going to Bloom and Gloom?" Ask Helian.

"Yes as usual, if you're Caena?" Ask Verite.

"I'm going there too." Answer Caena.

"You want to buy stuff?" Verite asked, perhaps which wood did he give was not enough or damaged?

"Oh no, I'll work there too." Answer Caena. "You know that broken leg worker? Said he stopped working at Bloom and Gloom." Obviously Caena.

"Ah, is he okay?" Ask Verite.

"I don't know." Caena nodded her head.

"I hope he can recover, such a scar will trouble my daily life." Say Helian

"Yes." Yeah." Agree Verite. "I don't want to imagine what would happen if I couldn't walk." Verite was goosebumps imagining it.

"Well, by the way, how do you work with that part of the construct?" Verite asked, switching the conversation.

"Ah, I've made his left hand, I might be able to make his right hand tomorrow, also let me say it doesn't look like a human hand, you got that design from where does Verite?" Ask Helian.

"Oh I'm the same, I've finished his right leg, tomorrow maybe I can finish his left." Caena talked about her progress. "And I agree with Helian, that design doesn't look like a human design." Say Caena.

"Ah that's a design I've seen in a storybook, a story about a red giant fighting a monster from the outside sky." Say, the design is indeed there from a story, a story that Mefras told Verite.

"Ooooooh's... You still have the book? I want to see it." Ask Caena.

"Unfortunately I don't have the book so sorry to disappoint you." Answer Verite.

'Maybe you can describe it for them.' Mefras.

'I can draw a little but drawing such a thing will take up a lot of my time." Verite said, Mefras had already shown him some pictures from the story book he had read, the amount of detail that the painter had put into the picture was really crazy.

'Yes, it's better to spend time learning Thaumaturgy huh.' Added Mefras.

'Yes that's it, but as a note that doesn't mean I'm not interested in drawing ya.'

'yes of course, it is better that you have a lot of expertise, so if you are an adult you can have many options for work.'

'Optional yes...' Thought Verite, she pursued Thaumaturgy because she discovered that she had expertise in the field, maybe if Verite had other skills she would choose another field.

'You're young, take a lot of experience and you can choose what your place in society is when you grow up."

This thing Mefras said made him think about his future.

"Verite why are you quiet?" Caena asked, she looked at Verite with some worry.

"It's okay Caena..." Verite stop. "Caena, Helian..."

"Yes Verite?" Helian and Caena stopped and looked at Verite.

"Do you have any idea of what you're doing after you're grown up?" Verite decided to ask the two people who were his age.

Caena kept quiet, she thought about what she was going to do "Before you ask about this I didn't think too much about it, I didn't think too much about it, I guess I'll pick one of the jobs that Blooming Bud channeled but now I'm not sure..." Caena looked at Helian, who looked somewhat doubtful. 'How about you Helian?"

"I'm..." Helian quiet. "I don't know either, I'm just following what the adults have been saying all along." Said it.

"Ah, it seems like we're all not thinking about the future yet." Tell Verite, feel relieved because it is not only him who has doubts.

"Indeed why are you asking like that Verite?" Ask Caena.

"What the hell, this question suddenly popped into my mind." Answer Verite.

"Now you make me think of it too." Caena said while holding her forehead.

"Yes, this is certainly a material to think about." Helian said, He looks serious.

Verite felt he had already opened something that should not have been opened.

'Look at the positives.' Overwrite Mefras. 'This means you live a life so comfortable you don't have to worry about tomorrow.'

Verite ignored Mefras and spoke to his friend. "I don't mean what to ask about it, we're young, we still have a lot of time to think about it." Verite repeated the word that Mefras often spoke.

"Yes, I you're right, I should probably be more serious about my future." Caena said.

"Yes, I have to choose..." Helian said, her voice was a bit grim.

"Yes, first we have to do our job first." Verite reminded why they're outside at the moment.