“Theraldine…” At the very moment Julian mentioned the woman’s first name, multiple memories in Valyr’s mind began to surface, quickly confirming his suspicions as his eyes briefly widened in surprise. “Out of all the places I thought I’d be able to come across one of the Deities of Production, I definitely didn’t expect to meet one of them here this early.”

As the name of the title implied, the Deities of Production were beings in the world of Veldanyr that were renowned for their skill in their respective craft, all of them having great amounts of experience within their respective craft. Combined with their incredible talent in the field, almost every person that was fortunate enough to obtain one of their works or work alongside them would consider their prowess in their crafts to be transcendental.

There are a total of four Deities of Production, with the four corresponding to the field of blacksmithing, alchemy, tailoring, and erudition respectively.

Out of the four Deities of Production, the person corresponding to the field of blacksmithing was the most well-known throughout the world of Veldanyr, with most, if not all of those that were at the peak of Rank 5 back in Valyr’s previous life hoping to obtain even a single piece of her equipment.

The difference in quality between the equipment she forged and the equipment others forged was so great that others thought she had found a way to become one with the forge, entering a level of forging that others would never step into in the first place.

Thus, she gained the moniker of the Goddess of the Forge…

And that same Goddess of the Forge was now standing a few feet away from the two, grumbling to herself as she watched both Julian and Valyr engage in a private conversation.

“Hello? Valyr? Are you still there?” Seeing that the young man was seemingly engrossed in his own thoughts after he mentioned his daughter’s name, Julian did a couple of things to gain the young man’s attention since he wanted to make their private conversation somewhat short. Fortunately, it did not take long for Valyr to snap back to reality, with the young man flashing an apologetic smile at him.

“My apologies. I just remembered something while listening to your answer,” said Valyr to the man in front of him, prompting the latter to raise his eyebrow in curiosity. “Theraldine, huh… so she’s actually the one I’ve been hearing about in the past.”

“Oh? You’ve come across my daughter before?” Surprised that someone like Valyr had heard of his daughter from someplace else, the level of curiosity Julian had towards Valyr’s words considerably increased, prompting the young man to faintly smile in response.𝑂𝒱𝓵xt.𝗇𝓔t

“I haven’t come across her, just only heard of what she’s done in the past,” Valyr told Julian, the gears in his mind turning as quickly as possible to come up with a plausible-sounding answer. “Well, to be more specific, I heard from a friend of mine regarding the equipment she’s forged and how it’s substantially better than the similar pieces of equipment.”

“I wonder if you know the reason behind something like that?”

“How could I not?” Hearing someone like Valyr speak praise of his daughter, Julian let out a loud cackle of glee, proud that his daughter was recognized by people even from beyond the kingdom. “As part of the same clan, and especially as his father, I know the reason behind her superb prowess in blacksmithing very well… aside from her innate talent in the field, of course.”

“You’ve heard of the Pyrrhia clan before, right?”

“I have.” Nodding in response, Valyr thought about his first encounter with Julian back then.

Back when the middle-aged man had introduced to himself, Valyr was actually in slight disbelief when he heard the man mentioned the surname Pyrrhia, thinking that he might have come across someone that was of the same clan as the Goddess of the Forge. However, he quickly dispelled those thoughts, tamping down his expectations as he instead thought that Julian might have come from a far-flung branch family of the same surname.

After all, if the Zeihardt clan had multiple branch families under its wing, how could the Pyrrhia clan not do the same thing?

“Then, you’ve heard of the Pyrrhia clan’s specialty, right?” Nodding back at Valyr’s answer, Julian threw another question at the young man.

“Blacksmithing, right?” Considering that he was now more certain of the identity of the clan behind the middle-aged man, it did not take long for Valyr to respond, relying on his memories regarding the Pyrrhia clan.

“Correct.” Faintly smiling at the young man’s response, Julian went silent for a bit. “A great portion of the clan’s members end up becoming blacksmiths, with those that don’t end up taking the path of forging becoming renowned fighters in the battlefield.”

“However, within each generation, there’s a chance that there exists a member that has great affinity with the field of blacksmithing from the moment they were born,” said Julian, giving Valyr time to process the information he was giving him. “After having that member go through a couple of tests to see if they would be eligible, they would then be allowed to access the clan’s most well-guarded asset.”

At these words, Valyr recalled all of the times in the past where he talked with fellow blacksmiths regarding the reason behind the Goddess of the Forge’s great prowess, even going so far as to ask the person herself during the rare couple of chances he had to interact with her.

Eventually, with a bit of digging into the clan’s information through the Myriad Archives and other similar libraries, he was able to find a piece of information behind the Goddess of the Forge’s prowess, hoping to now see if that was correct through Julian’s words.

“Now this asset originates from the founder of the Pyrrhia clan himself, having come across a fortuitous encounter that allowed him to glimpse into a single forging art that would be considered world-changing even if it were fully revealed up to this day. Unfortunately, he was unable to emulate the full power of this forging art in his craft, instead having to simplify it and transform it into a set of forging arts that he hoped would be fully comprehended by someone of his own blood in the future, since that was the key to comprehending the sole forging art he had come across in the past.”

“Whether it’s the sole forging art the founder came across or the set of forging arts the founder had created based on that forging art, they both have the same name,” said Julian. “And my daughter right there is one of only few in the Pyrrhia clan’s history to be able to comprehend over half of the forging arts the founder had created.”

“Its name is…”

“The Dea Pyrrhia Forging Arts.”