It has been a month since we came here. In this time I kept meditated on my new skill.

Skill Sword Reforge 21/100

Increases quality of reforged swords by 42%

I nearly hit the cap for meditation. I increased my other Skills too.

Skill Basic Massaging Leveled Up By 3

Skill Writing Leveled Up By 3

Skill Reading Leveled Up By 16

Skill Sex Leveled Up By 3

Skill Sense Haki Leveled Up By 9

After the improvements to my Haki, I can now resist Sora's power more than ten minutes. All that time reading wasn't for nothing either. In the current level, Reading Skill gives me 84% understanding bonus. This was the prime reason for my Haki to improve as much, even though I only worked on it time to time.

We still couldn't find Sora a way to increase her Skill with sword other then reading. It seems she needs to fight other people to improve it. Her and Sophie's physical stats improved a lot in this time. Cassie on the other hand, still working to learn Sense Haki.

This morning I got the money from swords I forged. That means its time for more followers. I am looking forward to it, though I am not looking forward to telling this to Emerald. I went my way to the forge. There Emerald was, as always, forging a sword. Since I don't want to interrupt her I sat on a corner and started reading Sense Haki Skill book.

“Kid.” I looked at her from the book. Seeing she is now free, I closed the book and stood up.”Do you need something? You know today is not the day right?”

I smiled and nodded. “Its not that master. Its just that.. I have two more friends that can work for us.” She ran her hand on her hair and sighed.

“How much do you need?”

“I have enough from the swords, master. I just wanted to tell you before going for them.”

She nodded. “If I say don't, will you stop?” I nodded seriously. Now I need more followers to gain more money somehow but I can do it just by forging swords. So I don't have to break the heart of someone I cared about. “Okay. You can get them but I will be coming with you.” I tried to protest but she raised her hand for me to stop. “I trust you, but I don't want to be left in the dark.” 'She is right.' “That's why I will come with you and see for myself where you are finding them.” 'I don't have to hide this from her. I am sure she can keep this secret. Yeah, lets tell her.'

“Okay master. I can't show you where I find them but I can show you how I find them.” She looked confused. She gestured me to explain but I gestured instead for her to follow me. Then without waiting for her answer, I made my way towards my money. I made sure Emerald followed me then took out three million Beli from the bag the money was inside. I put them on the ground, then gestured Emerald to watch. Then I took a look at Talents one last time.

[TALENT] DIMENSION TUNNEL 1/9999

Bigger on the inside. Increase length by (Talent Level)*30 cm

[TALENT] ENCHANTED HEARING 2/10

Increases hearing range and accuracy ((Talent Level)*10)%

[TALENT] ENCHANTED VISION 2/10

Increases general visual acuity by ((Talent Level)*10)%

[TALENT] FIT 1/1

User will never lose their fitness.

[TALENT] MIND EXPANSION 1/10

Improves INT every level by (Talent Level)

[TALENT] PHYSICAL POTENTIAL 2/1000

Increases max physical stats gained by (Talent Level)*50 and training rate by ((Talent Level)*25)%.

[TALENT] WILLFULL 1/10

Increases will related skill acquisition and power by ((Talent Level)*20)%

Visualize how I want her to look then focus on the power I thought for her. Now you may ask if I didn't learn my lesson from Sora but this power is too good to pass. When everything is in order I created her.

She suddenly appeared. I heard a gasp behind but didn't look back. I continued to look at the woman I just created. She had long silky black hair. Black eyes and light brown skin. Her chest were on the smaller side. She looked at me and smiled. “Hello master.”

“Hello Merideth.” I got closer and kissed her three times as welcome on three different places.

“Hello master. Don't you have clothes for me or maybe you want me to stay like this.” She winked. I swallowed my saliva and nodded. She just chuckled and hugged me. She then made her way to Emerald “You must be one of the masters women. My name is Merideth as you heard. What is yours?”

“I am Emerald.” She took a deep breath while her hand was on her belly. “Say, Merideth. Where did you come from?” This question peaked my interest. For some reason I never thought to ask this.

Merideth thought about a bit then said “I came from the same place as you, Emerald.”

Emerald looked confused. “What do you mean? You didn't born, you just appeared.. How?”

“You see, Emerald. All souls comes from same place, so it doesn't matter if they born to a world or created to it.” Emerald seemingly understanding nodded to her.

Emerald then turned to me. “Did Sora..” I nodded. She sighed. “You said there is someone else too.” I nodded again and took out a million Beli. I checked their Talents.

CHARISMATIC 1/10

Improves CHAR every level by (Talent Level)

CHARM 1/5

User can pick a target and that targets CHAR and INT decreases by 10% per (Talent Level) as long as target is within sight of the user.

[TALENT] DIMENSION TUNNEL 1/9999

Bigger on the inside. Increase length by (Talent Level)*30 cm

COST:

EMPATH 1/3

Improves ability to correctly deduce targets current emotions and their sources. Effectiveness capped by INT. Scales with CHAR and (Talent Level).

[TALENT] FIT 1/1

User will never lose their fitness.

[TALENT] MIND EXPANSION 1/10

Improves INT every level by (Talent Level)

PEOPLE MAGNET 1/10

Increases base charisma by 10 for every (Talent Level), and slightly improves peoples general thoughts towards user.

[TALENT] PHYSICAL POTENTIAL 1/1000

Increases max physical stats gained by (Talent Level)*50 and training rate by ((Talent Level)*25)%.

[TALENT] WILLFULL 1/10

Increases will related skill acquisition and power by ((Talent Level)*20)%

I then visualized how I want her to look and started creation. When its done, in place of money, there was a woman with hair colored between orange and gold, dark green eyes and about 170 cm height.

She turned to me. “Hello master.”

“Hello Mary, welcome.” I took some clothes Alice made and gave to them. They wore it and looked at the mirror. After they finished checking themselves out they turned to me together but the one talking was Mary.

“What do you need us to do, master?”

I took a deep breath. “I need you to find out if there is any criminals with bounties in this city. If there is, I want you to find where they are.” I turned to Merideth. “You have a power that makes others without Haki ignore you. You will listen to any gossip between other people to find out whats going on. If you find a lead but can't learn anything from them yourself, Mary will try to interrogate the person that holds the knowledge subtly.” They nodded. “Mary has a power that makes others wants to open up their secrets to her, though of course people with Haki can resist it easily.”

“Kid. You can create people and you can give them different powers related to Haki. Sigh Tell me, how many times can you repeat this?”

“There is no limit. I can do this as much as I want as long as I have the money for it.” She put her hand on her forehead and headed back to forge. Duo looked at me and I shrugged, then led them towards their siblings. After the introductions, Mary and Merideth went to do their jobs.

I gestured for Sophie to follow and made my way out of the building. I was thinking of doing this for some time but I didn't have the time. What I had in mind was to check out other blacksmiths, and see how good they are. That's why I took Sophie with me for her to look at weapons quality and composition. 'Who knows, I might learn something new.'

We made our way on the street with no idea where to go, so we found a shop and got in. It seemed to be a food shop. There was dried meat, vegetables, fruit and such. I waved to presumably the owner and went closer to him. I asked if he knew of any blacksmiths and he told me where they are. It was in as expected outer district of the city. We then got out of the shop and started walking towards one of the closer blacksmith. After asking a few people we finally found it. We got in and as with Emerald's shop was before there was neatly stacked weapons and shields on the wall. The difference was the most favorite sword of this blacksmith. While master forges the most katanas, blacksmith here seemed to favor short handed blades with two edges. While I was looking around he was at the counter, watching me.

I made my way to him, leaving Sophie to inspect the weapons. I waved at blacksmith. “Hello my name is Ash. I am new to this city and am a blacksmith like you.”

He smiled. “That's good. There is never enough blacksmith in this city. My name is Bong. I am here since thirty years ago. City wasn't so crowded then. sigh Good times. So tell me, how can I help you?”

“As I told you, I am new here. Where I came from the only blacksmith was my master. So I went out to find my place among other blacksmiths.”

He nodded. He gestured Sophie. “What about the lady there. Is she a blacksmith too?”

“No, she is a merchant. She has keen eyes when it comes to things like this. So I took her here to help me get a reference point for the quality of my craft.”

“Well then. Lady, can you come here for a second.” Sophie nodded, left the weapon she was holding on its place and made her way towards us. While Sophie did this, Bong took out a sword from a rack behind him and put it on the counter. “Lady, can you tell the worth of this sword?”

Sophie nodded and took it in her hands. She turned it her hands time to time, sometimes stopped to ran her hand along the edge. After a few seconds of doing this, she put the sword back on the counter and said “1.500.000 Beli.” Then got back to her inspection.

Bong nodded. “That's the same as one of my friends told me. Tell me then Ash. What was the most valuable sword you forged?”

I turned to Sophie and she supplied. “750.000 Beli.” 'Well it doesn't seem very good.' I turned to Bong. He looked shocked for some reason.

Bong then leaned towards me “How old are you?”

Suddenly I remembered Emerald's fear about my talent and made out a plan on my head. “I am fifteen. I am Master's apprentice since five years ago. Though I forge swords for only last two years.”

Bong looked at me intently. Then smiled. He pointed at the sword on the counter. “This sword here is the best one I made. You don't need to look every sword here.” I looked at Sophie who shook her head. Then she took out a sword from the rack and made her way to the counter.

She put the sword to counter with the other sword and pointed at it. “This sword is worth two millions.”

Bong seemed surprised. He took the sword on his hand and started inspecting it. After a while he gave up and looked at Sophie. “Are you sure?” A nod. “Thank you then. I was going to sell this for only 100.000 Beli. But now I don't intend to sell this at all. 'Maybe next time we should buy the sword instead. Oh well.'

I turned to Sophie from the sword and asked. “Is there any other swords like this?” She shook her head. “Then lets continue our tour then.” She nodded. After I say goodbyes with Bong, we headed for our next stop.

We found the next blacksmith without any difficulty, since it was close to the one we just got out of. We got in and quickly heard the familiar voice of forging. I looked around and came to conclusion that this smiths favorite weapon was in fact long knives. There were all kinds of knives, some had inscriptions, letters or even paintings on their blades. I found a stool near counter and sat on it. While Sophie started inspecting the blades.

After a few minutes, voice from the forge stopped and a woman showed herself at the counter. She looked at me and scowled. “Kid what are you doing here? This isn't a place for you to play games.”

I smiled at her and shook my head. “I am not playing games. I am here to compare my craft to yours.” I pointed at Sophie who was intently inspecting the knives. “She has the skill to correctly deduce the value of items. I took her with me to tell me the most expensive blade here.”

Her scowl deepened. “A kid. You are a kid and you dare to compare yourself to me! Get out!”

I raised my hands up. “I am not comparing myself to you. I just want to see how long will it take to become a master for me.”

She got close enough for our noses to touch. She then opened her mouth to say something but I was already kissing her. I found her tongue and started caressing it with mine. After a short while she parted and stood up straight. She looked at me, red as a tomato. She pointed to me, hands shaking. I waited for her to say something but she didn't. She then turned around and ran away.

“Well, that was unexpected.” I got up from the stool and made my way to Sophie. I was about to ask something when I heard footsteps. I turned to the voice and there was the blacksmith holding a knife and getting closer. I tried to run away but before I could open the door she was on to me. I pressed to the door. She pointed the knife towards me. 'It was good while it lasted. Farewell.'