Chapter 52 (1/2)

'Is this perhaps the voice of a fairy?'

A fairyto communicate with me

It is not so that I can deterainst it ure it out

I started to focus

The et stronger At first, I only felt it fro my entire palm

But that feeling from before that felt like a woman's voice, as well as the sound of the wind did not come back

A few minutes later

The war left was the feeling of the cold jewel

I open my palm to take a look at the jewel

One of the tas still the same yellow color, but the other one beca Itthe power into one jewel

But I was not satisfied with the results

[Jewel of Creation: Creation Index 21]

Although I had combined jeith creation indexes of 27 and 31,it actually went down to 21 This was a regression

'I failed'

No wonder the yellow color looked a little lighter

It is nothing to be disappointed aboutI succeeded until the point of feeling the fairy's power during the combination

Plus, didn't the fairy try to coh I have no proof that that voice was actually the voice of a fairy

Either way, even though it had a terrible result, I still succeeded In co with the jewel Next time I will do much better, and even better the time after that

'Let's try again'

I combined jewels over and overI had a whole bunch of jewels of creation anyways

The more I repeated the coet stronger The resulting jewels also started to get better little by little Sadly, the end result still had a lower creation index than the originals

But I could not hear the fairy's voice again It was so quiet that itthe first time I heard it

'Did I really hear wrong?'

But I continued to try This was all I could do right now

Was it after about 10 times?

As I tried to focus again to combine the jewels one more time, I felt an uncomfortable sensation It felt like a nail It was not very strong, but still make me feel off

'What is this?'

I did not knohere the feeling was co from

But one thing was for sure

'It is not the power of the fairy'

I could not understand itThere's another power other than the fairy power inside the jewel?

I had never heard about that

I focusof a nail and tried to focus only on the warm vitality and pushed to communicate with the fairies power

But that nail-like feeling continued to show its presence The more I tried to run away, theit's effort

In the end, I finished this terrible attempt at communication

[Jewel of Creation: Creation Index 16]

As expected, it was the worst result

My focus was ame

So of course the coo properly

I centeredanother combination

But it was the sa showed itself much earlier on in the process to bother my concentration

Failed again The creation index fell drastically

I could also feel ue

Now that I think about it, there was a siame I did decently until about the tenth time, and then my success rate drastically fell after that

If I took a decent aain, the success rate went back up

At that tis must be like that' But now, I can tell that it was because of that-nail like feeling

'Just what is this?'

I suddenly remembered what Akto had said to me

[The Peria tribe could not develop a single Jewel Alchemy master Do you know the reason for it?]

'Was it perhaps because of this?'

I was sure it was a different power than the fairy power It was the trouble with the fairy power

The Peria ainst this other power The fact that their purity was strong n powers

That should ht be related to this power as well

Once I tied that back to the information related to Jewel Alchemy, I seem to have come to a conclusion

[In order to communicate with the fairy, you n power]

Is this perhaps the key to become a Jewel Alchemist master?

It is the most likely conclusion

But a speculation is, in the end, just a speculation The accurate inforht be further away than I think

I should try to get more information about this as quickly as possible

Either way, I could not just stubbornly continue to coet some rest

I got in a coe to my Jewel Alchemy skill

[Jewel Alcheinner 21]

It went up by a tiny bit If I try it about 40 et there, I should be able to get a resulting index that is higher than the originals

Once I looked outside, it had beco

The hard-workingready for their day

It ht hours In order to do that and still end their work early enough to get a decent rest, they needed to start early

I headed out as well

Jonnan saw me and embraced me with a smile

”Did you get some rest?”

Jonnan's looked a bit different than yesterday He seems to have some more fat on his bones

Looking past that, I can feel strength co from his entire body Should I call it vitality?

”Yes I a refreshed But how are you, senior?”

”I a very well too This is the first tiht in tens of years My appetite has returned, so I finished a whole bowl of rice thisI think it is because Akto's curse has been released”

He really looked that way If a little more time passes by, he'll recover his old Herculean appearance completely

”Congratulations”

”It is all thanks to you Thank you very much”

While I was sharing different stories with Jonnan, the other athered around as well

Including my slaves Jul Goo, Eruni, and Chief

Noas about tih I will return shortly

”Seniors I must ask for your continued help with the jewels”

”No need to mention it Do not worry about it”

”But where do you plan on using so h our hands, the luck index or creation index will all be cut in half”

I didn't even mention Jewel Alchemy It would become troublesome if too many people know about it

”That is okay I will give you a good price for them”

”What price? No need to pay e are so close But are you leaving today?”

”Yes But I will return soon”

Noas time to address my slaves

All of their loyalty levels went up quite a bit due to yesterday's events Eruni's was already high, but Jul Goo and Chief were recording in the late 80s as well

At that level, they shouldn't betray one for a while

But just in case, I need to raise it up as ht now

”Jul Goo, you can use this from now on”

Jul Goo's eyes beca to him was Miru's Pickaxe

”Ityou as my successor So work your butt off Prove your abilities with your own hands”

”Yes master Thank you”