This time around, Gcien didn’t fail and found some animals that looked like buffalos. They didn’t like it when we approached, but after some ‘awoos’, they calmed down and let us approach. It looked like Gcien could talk with other animals.

  In any case, the buffalos were a bit weird since they had six legs… while they had breasts apparently filled with milk. I wasn’t sure if it was good for a baby. I drank some with a lot of hesitation and it was pretty sweet, but I boiled it just in case for Allisandra.

  ‘With my Vitalis amulet, she won’t die due to this, but I still prefer it that she doesn’t get sick.’

  Giving the milk for Alissandra to drink had been an ordeal as well. Without the right tools, I had to use a bowl and give it slowly to her. I probably could make something for her with my skills and materials, but what for? I needed to find someone else appropriate to look after her. It would be better if I didn’t do anything that would make her even a bit attached to me. Still, that shouldn’t be a problem, since I had the charisma of a wet cookie.

  “It looks like you like it. Not like at your age, anyone could be a gourmet.”

  Alissandra drank a lot of the milk and soon fell asleep again. I sighed in relief, but my job was far from over. I still need to stock up some milk for her. Taming one of those animals was a good idea for a steady supply of milk, or I could try to milk them to guarantee some for the rest of the trip.

  “What should I do now?”

  Gcien was talking with the animals using her weird nguage, probably trying to convince everyone to hand us some of their milk. I probably could make a freezer with my skills and the metals I had. The magic bags could be used to store food as well, but I imagined that something like milk would go bad a lot fast and I couldn’t take chances given that the person who had to drink it was a baby.

  The buffalo-like animals didn’t make a fuss and soon let me milk them a bit. Before long, we had a few dozen liters’ worth of milk for Alissandra. So, without wasting time, I began to work on the freezer.

  ‘... Why the hell am I making a freezer in this world? Before long, I will be making a microwave.’

  That kind of thing would be a hit at inns and restaurants, but I was no longer in the business of selling stuff to others. While I began to make the freezer, I realized that I probably should change the engine of the bike for a bigger one and use it for the wagon. I could see in the future Gcien not be able to pull it for one reason or the other and we would need that kind of countermeasure.

  ‘Maybe just taking another engine and using both of them together would be a better option… that should make them st longer and it will take less time to create it as well ‘

  I also had to make the wheel to drive the whole thing… I should have made a blueprint beforehand. It was too te to compin about it. I will have to make some adjustments and slowly upgrade the whole thing.

  I will have to obtain a rge supply of mana cores pretty often as well if I was pnning to use all that. I will be busy for a while… It was time to work to streamline the creation process of the things that I needed.

  ‘It is keeping the temperature low enough, but I was expecting a bit more power… the iron ore is magical, but not as magical as the silver ores.’

  I had a lot more silver ores, but using them and creating a lot of silver stuff around me will be difficult. I probably should make that less troublesome if I cover them with the monster leather. I had to do that too, but for now, I decided to make some amulets made of iron and test how better they were from the ordinary ones.

  As it turned out, they were as good as the ones made of bone… the silver ones should be even better, but testing them will have to wait.

  “We need to reach Talimor as soon as possible, Gcien. So, pull the carriage. I will start working on making the vehicle automatic.”

  “Grrr…”

  “What? You want to pull it all the time? It is impossible.”

  Gcien couldn’t work all the time, and I might want to keep moving while she rests, so that was only unavoidable. In any case, Gcien began to pull the wagon, and I decided to check some parts of the vehicle for a short while… I already could notice some degradation since the vehicle was camoufged at all times.

  This was going to be a tougher problem than expected… it made me recall that I didn’t pay much focus on obtaining an item with the self repair Enchantment. I had pnned to obtain it sooner or ter, but I didn’t find it even until now.

  ‘Since I didn’t come across it, I guess I should try to learn it by myself… but what kind of combinations would mimic that kind of effect?’

  It’s been quite some time since I tried combining effects to create new enchantments, and I think it’s worth revisiting given the circumstances. The process of experimentation with enchantment combinations can lead to unique and powerful results, mimicking complex or rare enchantments like Self-Repair. Even if I failed, I could learn some other useful ones.

  Considering the set of enchantments I had in my knowledge, it was hard to imagine that I would be able to find the answer by myself… still, it wasn’t surprising given that it has been a while since I actively looked for them.

  I knew that in theory, the self repair enchantment would rely on mana to repair something, and it was a pretty rare effect, but I still had a hard time understanding it. Magic items usually don’t have that much mana with them, so how could they keep repairing itself for who knows how long?

  ‘If I can’t learn that effect, I should at least make a tool that will make repairing the wagon easier after I upgrade it. I have the skill for this, but…’

  Artisan's Touch Lv 07 - Use your smithing expertise to repair and enhance weapons and armor. This skill allows you to fully repair damaged items and improve their quality, adding temporary bonuses such as increased durability or minor enhancements to the item's stats. The improvements st for a significant period or until the item undergoes further use. Cost: 50 Mana

  I had two other skills for repairing items… one of them was only for bows, though. This one seemed like the right skill for the thing that I had in mind. In any case, I could turn it into an amulet, but how would it affect other things?

  ‘Maybe if I can create it in the shape of a hammer… it costs as much mana as shadow step, but that skill is activated as soon as the mana core is attached to it. I have to find a way to control the use of the mana cores as well in the amulets.’

  More things to do… it made me think that I wasn’t doing and making as nearly as much progress as I could. In any case, I had some time to think, so I might as well use it to solve those two problems.

  After a couple of hours only thinking about that, I finally came up with a solution for the problem of the activation of the amulets. To make the amulets only activate when I wanted. I added a small base that could be turned to attach the mana cores to the amulet and turned in reverse to detach it. It was only a temporary solution, but that made me realize that the effects still could be activated based on the level of attaching it, but it would be weaker.

  ‘Perhaps I could reverse engineer it to make amulets more powerful as well… the base would eventually lose durability as well, so I would need to make new ones often. Which confirms that it was only a temporary solution.’

  “Waahhhh! Wahhhh!”

  Before I could think about it further, Alissandra woke up, making even more noise than before. I got ready to give her the milk in the fridge, but soon felt the smell in the air. She wasn’t hungry. She was upset because she had finally processed the milk.

  “At least she looks fine, so the milk wasn’t a problem…”

  I began the difficult task of cleaning her. Her frame seemed weighed down not only by her condition, but also by something I hadn’t noticed before. As I carefully wiped her back, my hands paused, brushing against something unusual. At first, I thought it might be another tangle of hair or perhaps some kind of scar. But as I continued, the truth emerged. Small, delicate wings were pressed against her back.

  The feathers still retained a faint sheen that showed their potential for growth. It was clear these wings had been sealed, perhaps intentionally or perhaps it was born this way, for they didn’t move freely as wings should. She was indeed a harpy, her true nature hidden and suppressed.

  “Anyway, I should make a magic washing machine too…”

  I didn’t wash my clothes often, but I knew that washing the soiled bnkets would be a lot of work and I couldn’t risk doing a half-assed job.

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