Chapter 612: About the systems (1) (1/2)
”What do you mean by that?”
With my attention already focused on the treasure trove in front of me, I still somehow managed to retain the minimum amount of brainpower to not leave Eve's statement in the void. While I knew that I always spent a lot of my efforts and attention to crafting as it was the easiest way for me to increase my personal power and influence in a quick manner, I never really expected anyone and especially Eve to make any point out of it!
”Come on, don't you remember? What was the first thing that you asked me back in the sword sect? What was the main thing that you focused on while in the arena city? From what I saw in your memories, even when you were creating that private world of yours, you put a huge emphasis on bringing its industrial capabilities up to speed!”
Earlier, I might've wondered where did Eve knew words such as industrial or emphasis, but just by digging around the same sentences she used those words in, the answer was rather clear. It was my memories that allowed to look at her from a mixed perspective of both the local inhabitant of this world and someone who had the knowledge about the earth where magic was replaced with technology.
Also, the wordings she used didn't make her point any less important. Forced into a daze by her words, I couldn't help but admit her to be right in the end. While the last period of time that basically begun once we appeared on this continent, this end-game of this world of sorts, was completely devoid of any realistic crafting that Eve knew me from, maybe her idea to pick it up was something actually right on point?
”Well, you speak the truth so there isn't any point in denying it.But it's not like I ever found it… No, who am I trying to fool. I love seeing how scraps are turned into something pretty valuable. Maybe its a part of the personality that comes from my original world…”
Just as I was about to admit that it might be just a part of my insecurities that made me invested in crafting so much, as it allowed me to bear all the living costs of the two of us without needing to spend an entire day outside as my real parents did with their respective works. But as soon as I mentioned the earth, I realised that there was a topic that was far more important to discuss that something as minor as crafting.
”You know, there are some things that you need to understand.”
Picking up random pieces of scraps that were lying around the backyard, I summoned my crafting sphere before throwing them all inside. Selecting the option to diffuse them back into the basic ores and materials, I realised that while my sphere was still working on the items of the grade respective to the end-game area of this world, it simply required way more time to process it.
”You know that I came here from another world. I never intended to hide it away from it, and not only did you manage to guess it yourself but I also explained to it long ago. But the thing is… This world is actually filled with people quite similar to me.”
Moving my eyes between the insides of my crafting sphere and focused expression on Eve's face, I sighed deeply before sitting down directly on the ground. From the looks of it, it would take at least a few minutes for my sphere to finish separating various elements from each other, so there wasn't any point in just staring at it through all this time.