Chapter 197 Heaven-Cast Armor Set II (2/2)
He was also quite surprised with Jack's, Ed's and Sarah's assistants, as all of them were rather skilled. Of all the pieces that they brought to him for inspection, he only ever had one slightly fixed while the rest were almost as good as he would have created them himself, if not even better. It was also thanks to this that he begun dreaming of the end-creation, as his previous estimates were well off the mark it seemed.
Days quickly slithered by, and another five days had passed within the blink of an eye. Lino was currently sitting on a chair, panting as though he'd just ran a cross-country marathon without a break, his entire self doused in sweat as though he'd just taken a bath. Yet, even so, his eyes shined in extreme excitement and pride as he watched the assembled pieces on the rack in front of his eyes.
Save for him, only Sarah and Jack were awake, the rest having fallen asleep a good couple of hours ago when Lino began inscribing the last arrays and doing the finishing touches. Both Jack and Sarah seemed to have aged at least a few years, with bags beneath their eyes protruding further than their cheeks. However, just like Lino, their body's state hardly diminished their emotional rampage. Both their gazes were fierce and glowing, their lips curled up in a smile full of pride.
”We really did it...” Jack exclaimed with a sigh, his voice terribly coarse. ”I can't believe we finished it within just ten days...”
”... yeah, thinking back... we were a bit insane,” Lino replied, sighing himself. ”I don't know what's gotten into me back then...”
”A bit insane? Screw you! Give me back my youth!” Sarah exclaimed.
”Yeah, I wasn't the one who stole it though,” Lino replied. ”Ask your husband for that. And your kids.”
”Fifty is still young! You made me feel two hundred years older!” Sarah persisted.
”... wow, the lies people tell themselves just to feel a bit better about the approaching coffins and funeral songs...”
”Oh, go to hell...”
”Alright you two, I know we're all a bit cranky, but there's no reason to ruin this moment because of some squabble, right?” Jack quickly interrupted the things from escalating any further.
”... yeah, I suppose.” Sarah said.
”Yeah,” Lino nodded absentmindedly. ”Uh... can... can one of you check its stats?”
”Huh?” Sarah and Jack exclaimed at the same time, glancing at him dubiously.
”W-what?” Lino shuddered. ”I... you know... I'm just slightly, not even that much, just a tidy-tiny-bitty terrified.”
”...”
”...”
”Oh, yeah, judge me now. Go to hell!”
”Doesn't matter who checks them,” Jack said. ”They're already set in stone.”
”Oh god, that hurt...”
”Why?!”
”I don't know, it just did.” Lino said. ”Alright, whatever. Let's see if it's the creation of gods or just another dud in the brick wall.”
”...”
”...”