Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Athena’s Forge Opens
One hour after Villin woke up, the doors to Athena's Forge opened. The guests that were waiting quickly made their way in, quickly becoming stunned at the inside of the guild tower.
The beauty didn't lay with the furniture or lay-out, instead, the beauty came from the runes that covered the inner walls. Most that had come knew quite a bit about runes, they had already studied the outer walls while they were waiting.
It had to be said the enchantments on the outer walls were extremely impressive. The enchantments used were mostly modified versions of relatively popular enchantments. The name Rein had started making rounds in the group, apparently, that was the man who was responsible for the enchantments.
Now that they saw the inside walls were also covered with runes, many here wanted to study them as well, still, they managed to restrain themselves since they were currently in someone else's home.
When inside, the guests were warmly welcomed by Amelia and Kayley. A few minutes later, Rein also joined them.
As soon as Rein appeared he was surrounded by the guests asking questions about the enchantments he had made on the outer and inner walls of this tower. Luckily, with Amelia's help, he managed to calm everyone down.
"Hello everyone, in the name of Athena's Forge I welcome you all to our humble tower. Villin will come down and explain exactly what is planned when everyone has arrived. In a moment, Kayley will be bringing down some pieces of armor made out of Blue-Mythril. This will be of great importance later so I suggest you familiarize yourself with the material.
Even though you are allowed to draw runes and enchantments onto the armor, you may not create any enchantments that cannot be erased, additionally, we also ask that you do not break any of the equipment. If anyone here does either of these things we hope to be compensated fairly.
If you wish there is also something else you may do while waiting. You are allowed to roam the first three floors of the tower freely. If you wish to touch anything, ask for permission first. If you attempt to steal the teachers will be notified.
Once more I welcome you all to this event, we are honored to have you all here as guests."
Hearing his speech most of the guests felt rather stumped. Even though many of them were of noble families, very few had been invited to formal settings before. Now with the kind welcome and speech they had received, many of the students became unsure of how to act. Once Rein finished the speech that had been prepared beforehand, the guests surprisingly didn't crowd around him anymore all trying to ask questions at once.
It only took a few minutes for the guests to adapt to the situation. Most of them had been taught how to act in proper settings at the very least, and as for the commoners who didn't have this privilege, they simply tried mimicking the other guests.
When Kayley headed up to fetch the equipment she couldn't help but visibly cringe. It had only been a week since she was in an actual proper setting, the difference between the guests was as clear as could be.
The students were currently all trying to act cool. They nodded thoughtfully every couple of seconds and kept getting rid of any creases in their robe.
When it came to conversation, they were almost just as awkward. Many tried using the few sophisticated or complicated words they knew as much as possible, making their speech seem extremely awkward.
Compared to them, Rein and Amelia actually did surprisingly well.
It wasn't so much of a surprise when looking at Rein. After all, he was part of a family that had been a noble family for a very long time. Even though his family had declined quite a bit, they still taught him quite well.
But Amelia was more of a surprise, she was mortal-born after all. It seemed that she just had a special affinity for these kinds of things.
Luckily, once Kayley brought the equipment down, the guests began to focus on the armor they had been given for now. It was at this point that Rein positioned himself in a way so that he would be able to keep an eye on the pieces of armor as much as possible. It wasn't as much to look for thieves as it was to look for talent. After all, the entire goal of the event they would be organizing was to find talent. When Villin noticed a small crowd was already gathering outside earlier he decided to let them in and allow them to use the Blue Mythril armor.
Before this point Rein and Kayley didn't think too much of these students that had come, even though their guests were older than they were, both of them considered these people children. They just seemed too immature at first sight.
But this changed when they began working on the equipment. Many of them were excited that they would be allowed to work with Blue Mythril even if the rules brought a few limitations. And so, they quickly began working.
Rein was especially surprised, these people were actually pretty skilled. Even though they worked slowly as they weren't familiar with the shape or material, they used a wide variety of enchantments, many of which Rein had never seen.
Of course, there were always a few annoyances. Rein and Kayley both got complaints that the pieces of armor that were left were too small for them to work with. Rein and Kayley truly had to be commended, both of them managed to keep themselves from saying 'too bad' and actually explained that working on smaller surfaces was great practice.
As for Amelia, seeing Kayley and Rein getting bothered pretty regularly, she felt somewhat lucky for missing an eye. Due to this, she looked rather fearsome and few people came to her to complain.
Once the hour was over, the doors of Athena's Forge closed. In total sixty people had come. Currently, they were spread across the first three floors of the tower. Rein, Kayley, and Amelia had already kicked out a dozen troublemakers and they had to deal with annoyances constantly.
It was then that finally, the doors to the fourth floor opened and a man came out, it was time for Villin to make his move.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone