EDIT: I changed the last part since I really hated it.

I'm all for romance and all but I was very uncomfortable on how the previous version went.

"Hey!" I called as I stared down the Alpha Beowolf from the top of a building. Mint was sitting down on a large heap of rubble as she watched me talk. We were in the Beowolf Dungeon so I could level up before tomorrow came.

"Master are you sure this is a good idea? Couldn't you pick on the smaller ones instead?" Mint asked me as I saw the Alpha notice and start to growl at me.

"Mint, this is the best idea." I said as I leaned over the edge. I brought out my warhammer and began backing away from the edge. "I'm going to jump off this building and land on the Alpha, letting gravity do all my work for me. Now, do you have anything that could make this a whole lot easier? Like a fairy thing to do or something" I asked.

"Hm…" She thought for a while. "I could give you a small shield…"

"That'd be very helpful." I watched as she motioned with her tiny hand and a translucent white barrier flickered into existence, engulfing my left arm up to my elbows like some sort of gauntlet. "Really?" I asked, slightly disappointed that it only covered my arm.

"Hey! You try doing stuff when you're level 1! I'm not yet that strong!" She huffed and crossed her arms. "But don't be mistaken! It may be small but my barriers are strong! Just you see!"

"Alright…I'll take your word for it…just put it somewhere else..." The barrier was moved onto my right leg. "That'll do." I activated Sprint and ran for the edge and jumped into the air with hammer held above me. Aura Strike and Hardened Strike activated simultaneously as I plummeted down onto the Alpha Beowolf, intent of killing it for its EXP.

It swatted me out of the air and into a building.

"Oh so that's how you want to play?" I stood up and grinned. "Bring it."

With a roar I charged with as much fervour I could muster as it lunged at me, pulling out my shield and using Deflect on an outstretched claw before burying my hammer, backed up by Aura Strike and Hardened Strike, neatly on its face, breaking the my Steel Warhammer in the process and sending it onto the ground.

I discarded what was now a metal rod and brought my shield down on its head and pummelled it until I was sure it was dead.

"See I told you it was a good idea." I said with a weak smile as I straightened up.

[Euca Vinmoor Lvl20]

[Shopkeeper]

[455/455 HP]

[1200/5400 AP]

"Good Idea! It was the best idea!" She cheered, noticeably enjoying things. I noticed she had gone up a couple levels.

[Mint(Familiar) Lvl3]

[3/3 HP]

'So she gets EXP when I do…'

"Come on, let's go home now…" I used ID Escape and set myself down on a workshop chair, watching Mint exit the workshop to probably go sleep in her drawer.

"I should really get around to making comfortable chairs in here…"

[You have rested on a desk! HP and AP partially restored! Stiff and Sleepy debuff has been applied!]

I woke up to Mint gently nudging my head. I gave out a small groan as pushed myself up off of the desk and stretched. I exited the Workshop with a yawn. Then I remembered that Ruby was coming back later and despite being Sleepy it made me wake up.

After quickly scarfing down breakfast, which was once again, a hotdog and a cup of coffee, I locked myself inside the Workshop and put Joan in charge of the shop. I dumped the contents of my Inventory onto the table, mostly Metal Scraps, Crystal Shards, and Bone Mask Shards, before bringing up the Class Advancement Window.

[Class Advancement]

[Level 20 Only]

[Blacksmith]

[Potioneer]

My hand immediately pressed Blacksmith and the Potioneer option became greyed out.

Suddenly the Workshop expanded. The room suddenly became bigger and across from the door there was now a massive furnace.

[You are now a Blacksmith!]

[The Workshop has been expanded! You can now use Furnace to combine materials!]

[You can now create better weapons and armor!]

I dismissed the notifications and stared at the Furnace in curiosity. Experimentally, I picked up the Metal Scraps and chucked it into the fire. When nothing happened I chucked even more metal until finally something popped out of the flames.

[Steel Bar]

[Item Material]

"Oh." I chucked more metal into the Furnace until it gave me another Steel Bar. "Oooooh!"

It was done. After spending half a day in the Workshop making a weapon, most of which was spent thinking about making a weapon, I had finally finished.

I held up the finished product with one hand. I had to borrow a few components from other machines but it was worth it in the end.

[Razor Heat]

I held up the red custom chainsaw and let it glint in the Workshop's light. I almost dropped it when I heard knocking.

"Euca! There's someone here to see you!" I heard Joan say through the door.

"Yeah, I'm coming out!" I replied, putting the weapon on my back and opening the door. "Ah! Miss Rose! Glad to see you again!" I greeted Ruby, who was in front of the counter. "This is Joan, she's helping in the shop before she goes to Beacon. This is my roommate and employee."

"HI there, I'm Joan." She greeted with a smile.

"I'm Ruby. You work here huh? You must've seen so many weapons." She said enthusiastically.

"Not really, just my own and whatever Euca makes..." She admitted.

"Aw…" She looked disappointed then her eyes made her way to the weapon on my back and she squealed. "Is that?"

"It is." I confirmed. "Miss Rose, I'd like you to meet my partner in crime, Razor Heat." I put the chainsaw on the table to let her get a better look. Off to the side I saw Joan look surprised and I quickly mouthed 'play along' while Ruby was busy looking at the weapon.

"Can I hold him?" I nodded and she struggled to pick up the chainsaw. "Wow he's heavy." Joan moved to help her and they both lifted the weapon off of the counter. I saw Ruby slowly let go as she took a closer look at Bloody Jack.

"It's a chainsaw-flamethrower!" She yelled excitedly. I chuckled as Joan finally got tired of lifting it and set it down on the counter again. "That's so cool Mr Moor!"

"Miss Rose please, call me Euca, we're all friends here after all." I picked up Bloody Jack. "And he's not just a chainsaw flamethrower." I held the chainsaw in reverse and suddenly flicked upwards. Suddenly I was now holding a spear with a chainsaw at the end. "It's a chainsaw flamethrower spear."

I waved goodbye to Ruby as she left the shop.

"So…a new weapon?" I turned to Joan with a grin.

"Nah, it looks cool but I really don't have any other use for it. What use is a transforming weapon when I could switch weapons faster than transforming them?" I said putting Razor Jack into my Inventory. "I like simplicity. The less moving parts there are on my sharpened metal stick, the better. I'll keep Razor Jack around though. I just made it to show off. This is my new weapon, courtesy of the Blacksmith Class."

The hammer that I brought out was wreathed in sparks of yellow lightning. I was half tempted to name it after a certain Norse God's weapon but I figured that I could make an even better one in the future.

[Lightning Hammer]

[All attacks and attack based abilities gain Lightning Strike Attributes.]

[+25 Damage, +7 STR, +5 AGI]

[They say Lightning Hammer doesn't strike the same place twice, that's because that place is no more after the first strike.]

"I can already see the difference." I spoke up as I experimentally gave the hammer a few swings.

"Euca I don't think that you should…" Joan said, eyeing the hammer with caution.

"Look it even leaves behind a trail of sparks!" I stood there, mesmerized by the trail of crackling electricity. "Kracka-THOOM!" I lightly tapped the floor with my new weapon.

The ensuing burst of lightning and the subsequent thunder set everything on fire and destroyed several shelves, the counter, a cracked the shop windows.

"AW COME ON, I JUST HAD THOSE FIXED!" I bemoaned.

Mint, who had been attracted by the flames, and Joan both stifled a giggle at my frustration.

"Oh quiet you two…I'll go put everything out now." I grumbled and moved to Repair and replace.

"Euca, can I talk to you for a bit?" Joan asked. I looked up from counting the day's earnings and stretched.

"Sure, what's on your mind Joan?" I saw her fidget awkwardly.

"You used to call me by my last name. Why'd that stop?" She asked.

'I stopped?' I thought back on all the times that I had talked to her. 'Holy shit I did. Huh, didn't even notice…'

"Honestly, I didn't notice." I answered honestly. "I mean if you preferred that I kept calling you Arc-"

"No, no!" She interrupted. "I just wanted to know..."

I have out low hum as I the Lien disappeared, being stored by my power.

"Joan, if something's bothering you you can always tell me…I'm not going anywhere, and it's not like I do anything else aside from beat up monsters and mind the shop." I heard her mumble something and I looked up. "Hm? Did you say something Joan?"

"I said 'good night' Euca." She said and went upstairs.

"Huh…strange…" I wondered out loud. "You don't want any dinner?" I called and received a loud 'no'.

"You're both idiots." Mint said from her drawer. She flew out of it and stood on the counter. "Both of you, idiots."

"…On the contrary Mint, I do know what's going on." I replied. "She's having feelings towards me."

"So you do know. You sort of like her, don't you?"

"Maybe." I replied hesitantly, opening the Workshop door. "But then again why wouldn't I, she's attractive, capable, and still hasn't kicked my ass for all the shit I put her through despite definitely being able to and me deserving it, up to and including turning her into a girl..."

"Then why won't you admit it. It's stupid that you dance around this. "

"Well Mint? What do you me to say? Hey Joan, I'm the guy that turned you into a girl, I know that it sounds weird but I like you. Would you like to go out with me?" I scoffed. "There wouldn't be even be a debate on how weird it would be, just strangeness and the feeling of setting everything on fire. Trust me when I say that I am the last person anyone should ever be in a relationship with.

"Why?" Mint asked as she stomped her foot on the counter.

"I am selfish, uncaring, manipulative, and I have trouble genuinely feeling about things..." I explained. "And that's if her feelings are actually genuine. Chances are that all she's feeling is probably an aftereffect of her mind still adjusting."

"And what are you going to do if they are genuine?" Mint asked me. I paused for a bit and actually thought.

"We will cross the bridge when we get to it. Right now I want to do some planning I could use someone else's opinions…if you help me I'll help you level up until you reach Level 10 tomorrow~" I tempted. I could tell that she was liking my offer if her manic expression was anything to go by.

"Alright, fine, I'll help you with the planning…what do you want to do?" She asked, following me into the Workshop and closing the door behind her.

"Well Mint, we're going to pull the biggest prank on Remnant." I said. "Tell me, what do you think of ruling Vale and making it the safest place in the world?"

"…Please tell me we're going to rule the world!"

She was definitely on board with this.