Chapter 220
Lord Gerberga had offered us 5 of his feathers .
Thanks to that, we only needed the very tips of Grulf’s nails .
“Grulf, would you mind giving us just a little bit of your nails?”
“…Grrr…”
Grulf very hesitantly put out his front paws .
“Thank you . ”
And so I carefully used magic in order to clip off the ends of his nails .
—Snap!
As Grulf’s nails were very hard, there was a loud sound every time a piece came off .
While it didn’t hurt, Grulf was so surprised that he yelped .
And so I asked him, just in case .
“Grulf . Did that hurt?”
“…Grr . ”
Grulf’s ears flattened on his head apologetically and his tail sagged .
It hadn’t hurt at all then . He was embarrassed that he has been scared by the sound .
Still, the nail clipping was very loud . So I couldn’t blame him for being surprised .
“I’ll try to finish this as soon as possible . ”
“Groof . ”
And so I continued to clip Grulf’s nails .
Grulf flinched every single time .
While he was still a puppy, he was huge, and so were his nails .
So the tips that I removed were half the size of my little finger .
And there were 20 of them, which was more than enough for us .
“Dewclaws seem to grow faster than the others . ”
I said, and Kathe laughed .
“Grulf is a wolf, so they are all dewclaws . ”
“That’s true . Or at least, they would be for a dog . ”
I said, and then finished clipping his nails .
“Grulf, you did good!”
“Very brave . ”
“Brilliant!”
“Good boy!”
“Cluck-cluck!”
I praised him, and then Kathe, Mors, Luchila and Lord Gerberga joined in .
Grulf looked happy and wagged his tail .
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“Groof-groof!”
And then he walked around the room . He was checking to see how his nails felt .
“How is it? Are you okay? Does it feel strange?”
“Groof!”
Grulf barked . Then he put his paws on my shoulders and licked my face .
I petted him on the head .
Grulf seemed to be fine . That was a relief .
Now we had the materials .
And so I put Grulf’s nails and Lord Gerberga’s wings out on the desk .
Next to them, I put down the magic stones I had taken out of my bag .
They were very expensive stones acquired after killing strong monsters .
And then next to them, Kathe put her orichalcum and mithril ingots .
Mors looked at them and said,
“I think we should be able to make very good magic tools with all of this . ”
“Yes . I’m so excited!”
And so we got to work .
These would be tools that could create barriers that kept out the dark ones .
It would have to have a wide enough range to surround a mansion . And then it had to be strong enough to keep out dark wraiths .
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Luchila, who had joined us later on, asked me,
“What’s the strongest enemy that this barrier can keep out?”
“Hmm . It can keep out dark wraiths . Also, people who have been Charmed or are thralls . ”
“What about vampires?”
“Lessers would be difficult . But maybe it could handle goblins…”
Luchila looked surprised by this .
“It can’t even keep out lessers?”
“This isn’t a divine barrier . Dark wraiths are made of magic energy, and it’s easy for a barrier to stop them . But it’s different for enemies made of matter…”
“I see…”
Luchila looked quite disappointed by my answer .
That being said, the beastkin wolves were capable of catching people who were Charmed or other enemies that weren’t dark wraiths .
So it had the bare minimum required features, as it could catch what they could not .
“We just need to strengthen the walls of the mansion . Then we can stop most enemies with physical bodies . ”
“Yes! Just like you did in the secret passage in your house, Mister Locke . ”
“Exactly . ”
While we were engrossed in our work, there was a knock on the door .
“Yes, please come in . ”
“I’m sorry to bother you . ”
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It was Shia who had entered .
“What is it?”
“I’m really sorry about this but… But I think you should eat dinner soon . ”
“Oh, it’s already that time then . ”
“No, it’s actually way past that time . ”
In fact, it was already midnight .
It had been snack time when we finished the first prototype .
Then we had taken a late lunch and then fought the dark wraith .
After that, we had repaired the wall and returned to working on the magic tools . The sun had already started to set by then .
So it wasn’t all that surprising actually .
While it may not hurt for some of us to miss a meal, it was quite different for Luchila .
And we needed sleep as well .
“If you insist . Let’s go eat dinner then . ”
“Yes, you should!”
“Now that I think of it, I am quite hungry!”
Kathe wagged her tail happily .
“While it is true that we should hurry… Hunger and drowsiness have a way of affecting quality!”
Mors said with a nod .
And so we had our dinner, took a bath, and then went to bed .