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After his sudden arrival in the world of Earthland, Leon had spent several weeks on the road, working as an artificer of sorts, he would take on requests for magical items, nothing powerful or things that would be bad in the wrong hands mind you but all sorts of projects! He had even started to make a name for himself as a travelling artificer, helping his reputation and wallet grow.

As he travelled meeting several others along the way until he reached a town known rather simply as 'Clover Town' the last stop he plans to make before heading over to the guild of his dreams, but for right now he was simply resting from his incredibly long travel.

Sitting beside a rather calm river, he was perched on top of a large rock going through designs on his implant.

"Hmmm… I cant make most of these things yet… I need more magic power to fully realize these. I think when Arcturus changed the nature of my magic to fully create things he must've also raised the mana cost of everything as well… or maybe I just don't have much magic in the first place?" tapping his chin as he checked the costs each item he could make had, he shut off his implant and hopped off the boulder.

'Forget creating anything right now, I need to get stronger and increase my core's capacity.' He began to pace back and forth trying to decide on how best to get stronger.

'Wait… maybe making something isn't a bad idea? I could make some sort of body enhancer? But what would be the best way to do so… potion? Nah I have no clue if it would work as intended let alone have the proper effect since they can be temperamental… what about nanomachines?' pausing as he considered the option, he nodded and started creating the microscopic machines.

'They should be able to, enhance my body by working my muscles and I can send them to find my mana core to start draining and filling it in order to increase its capacity. Maybe have it create a small generator around it to supply me with near infinite mana! Yea that would be sick!'

Letting the nanites flow through his skin and waiting a few moments, his body instantly began to feel like it was getting sore all over, but immediately regenerating only to gain a new more intense soreness.

"oohoh, that feels goddamn weird…" speaking lowly to himself, he stumbled onto the ground as the workout began to work out his body incredibly hard and not a moment later he could feel the nanites find his core and began to create a mana generator around it as he lay on the ground trembling from the intense workout his body was facing.

"Oh god… gotta slow them down a bit." Breathily talking to himself, Leon used the last bit of mana he had after creating all the nanites to make a mental command to slow down in order to let him move and recover some of his lost strength.

Laying on the ground for a second more, an incredibly quiet hum started up and his core shot full instantaneously and started to feel incredibly full and become painful, forcing Leon into a kneeling position as he attempted to sooth the intense pressure on his mana core from the incredibly overflowing power.

"Gah! Gotta…slow it down!" Signalling the generator to stop filling, but fumbling over his magic control due to the pain causing it to fill even more then before causing his core to expand over quintuple its original size nearly bursting as it sat steady as a thick blue glowing steam began to exhaust itself from Leons body.

"I- have t- to- use it up- in one go, and turn off the gen-generator!" coughing out to himself Leon, focused all of the magic in his over-expanded core into the first thing that came to mind that brought him some comfort and with an incredible flash of power, completely disabling the mana gen. As a small animal-like figure appeared beside him as he passed out from relief.

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Man… I'm tired… I wonder? Did I die once more, from using all of my mana at once? Is this the true afterlife? Hah… I wasted my chance for a new life not even after a full week…man this sucks, just floating around for eternity…

As Leons consciousness floated around in an inky black void, he began to feel… paws? Poking him in rather, hesitantly? Forcing his mind to awaken properly and forcing him to sit up.

As he took in the view around him, the damage from his mana releasing was intense, since his magic is creation based, the ground that was hit became frozen, burnt, and turned into hardened steel, and the trees fared no better from changing species, to becoming different colors, some even changing shapes and materials.

Finished looking around at the damage, his eyes settled on the creature before him, one he must've made with the giant burst of power he released before passing out.

Sniffing at him curiously, the small brown animal smiled, "Eve-Eevee!" freezing Leon into an even deeper shock. He created life, even though Arcturus said he would be able to he didn't truly believe him at the time but the proof in front of him was irrefutable, as the small brown fox-like animal slowly walked up to him and sat on his lap smiling brightly at him.

The sudden disturbance shook him out of his stupor as Leon grabbed the Pokémon and held it up in front of him, "holy crap your adorable! I cant believe I'm holding a real Pokémon!" he began to swing Eevee around in a circle, laughing as the small fox giggled alongside him.

Pausing he looked at the Eevee, "oh! Are you a boy or a girl?" he spoke, trying to remember if there was a discernable difference between the male and female form of the Pokémon, not remembering there being one he just tilted his head as he looked at the small fox in his arms.

Giving a scandalously offended huff and biting his hand, Leon quickly realized his mistake, "oh, I'm so sorry! I must still be out of it from the lack of mana! I should have immediately realised such a gorgeous specimen of Eevee could only be a young lady!" speaking in a smooth butler like tone.

Puffing her chest out, she raised her nose and smirked at his declaration.

Laughing at her reaction, Leon put set her on the ground as he attempted to stand back up only to falter and almost hit his head on the ground only being saved by Eevee's quick save propping him up.

"Woah… I feel drained all of a sudden…" slowly lowering himself onto his back once more, he started to think aloud, "okay either its from my muscles being overworked by the nanites or from my magic being almost burst and then depleted in a matter of moments… on second thought its probably both. Yea that sounds about right… haah at least I've got such a cute Eevee to keep me company." He finished with a smirk looking over at his new companion who was giving a not so humble grin on her face.

Smiling once more he looked up at the sky, which was turning from a deep red to a dark purple as night started to fall. "Man, I must've been out longer than I-" he was interrupted by a yawn forcing its way out signalling he was very much not ready to get up. "Guess I'm still pretty tired… makes sense though did just completely overwork my magic and body… goodnight Eevee…" he slowly finished as sleep began to overtake him once more, thankfully in a much more peaceful way then the prior.

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Rising early in the morning, Leon felt his body's prowess had increased by magnitudes compared to his previous self, his core felt larger and his muscles while not bulging where incredibly dense compared to the day prior. 'If it wasn't for the fact the nanites were so powerful they would be incredibly useful… maybe I should keep them running but only have them set to a lower percentage cause they were giving it their all, yea that sounds like a good idea.

And maybe I should turn the mana gen back on but set it so that it cant overfill my capacity again… yeesh that felt horrible… heh even know my core feels like a balloon that was overfilled and then left to deflate. Yeah I'll have it set to only refill it not expand it, I'll do that myself some things just shouldn't be rushed.'

Chuckling to himself Leon looks over to his new partner, 'man I still cant believe I made a Pokémon… I'm pretty fucking sick aren't I?' growing a confident grin, Leon began to use his magic to make a PokéBall that would create a mini-home inside for her to relax whenever she was inside, as well as a button she could press to be released whenever she wanted.

As he created the device, but instead of the regular red ball he decided the friend ball would fit better and in a flash he 'caught' Eevee.

Grinning like a loon, Leon set off back towards town to stock up on food and get a change of cloths.

As much as he liked the dress shirt and pants he currently wore, they didn't exactly work to well in the wild. Looking at himself in the river as he walked, most of his sleeves were melted off from the mana leak and his pants weren't in the best condition.

Shaking his head, Leon continued to trek onwards eventually meeting the road into the city where he continued on to the bakery in town. Looking through the window had Leon drooling, 'man that cake looks good… to bad I only have enough cash to buy some bread… life isn't fair!' smacking himself in the face in order to regain some composure he entered the store only to be met with the heavenly smell of fresh baked goods.

"Ha! like what you smell young man?" appearing out of the back, a stout old woman walked out with a mixing bowl of batter, continuing to stir as she talked.

Smiling at her, "yeah I came here to just get some bread for the road but the smell alone makes me not want to leave." Rubbing the back of his head as he finished.

Grinning back at him she cackled, "good! Breads the best thing we have! In fact, its what were famous for. People come from all over Fiore to buy our bread! You got pretty lucky this morning, most times we've got a line from here to town hall. Now! How many do you want?" she finished with a grin, pointing the whisk at Leon, causing a bit of the mixture to fly onto the floor.

"I'll take three loaves." Answering, as he watches her wrap up three small loaves he places a few jewel on the counter.

"Thanks so much Mam, I cant wait to try them!" calling out to her as he walked out of the shop, set on getting the last of the things he needed before setting off.

Continuing down the road he was directed by a passerby; Leon found a local clothing store and was set on finding some more resistant clothes and if he didn't find anything he liked he figured he could just make something from his past life and use his magic to reinforce the crap out of it.

As he browsed the stores selection nothing really caught his eye, and after a while the owner walked out to give him a hand.

A voice called out in a rather clownish tone, "hello sir~! How may I Help you on this fine afternoon~?" Bursting out from behind a curtain, dressed in a yellow and purple suit was a balding man with a green toupee jumped out and offered his assistance to Leon, causing Leon to jump fly across the store in fright.

"Jesus man! Do you do that to all your customers!?" shouting out as he covered his heart with his hand, attempting to calm himself as he glared at the Willy Wonka with a lisp rip off.

He just smiled, "of Course~! Why Wouldn't I Greet My Customers With enthusiasm~~?!" he shouted in reply, jumping around the store in a joyful frenzy, "The Name's Pippin Solomona~! Now! What Can I Do For you Young Man~?!" spitting out the words as he finished, forcing Leon to wipe it off his face.

'Ughhh…. Nasty, why did I come here…. I knew I should've just made my own clothes.' Turning to open the door Leon was greeted by Pippin blocking it.

"Nuh-Uh~~! No Customer of Mine Leaves Without a Matching Outfit! Hoo~ Hoo~!" chuckling he spins Leon around and shoves him onto a raised circle, and starts taking measurements.

Absolutely weirded and grossed out, Leon started to sweat as the measuring tape began to fly and wrap around him. "GAH! Not cool! I didn't agree to this!" he attempted to free himself from the tape but was unable much to the clownish mans amusement.

"Don't Worry~! All my Customers Leave Happy with Their Purchases~!" he finished with a clap, releasing Leon from the tape as a paper and pen float towards the clownish man who snatched them out of the air, immediately the clownish behavior disappeared and was replaced with intense scratching on the page, a drop of sweat running down his face as he sketched out something on the pad.

Curious at the mans sudden change, Leon crept forward off the platform. Reaching him, Leon attempted to look over his shoulder only to get walked by the measuring tape, "Ow! Sorry I was just curious!" rubbing his forehead in pain, he just grumbled.

A moment later, the clownish man spun in a circle and cried out, "Wahoo~! I have done it~! Take a Gander young man~!" spinning the paper around and holding it out to Leon who took it rather cautiously.

The design wasn't all to complex, a white long sleeve shirt with a triangle missing on one sleeve, it was topped with a light blue vest with a with the bottom half in a V-shape being white, with a long collar dyed a deep blue with the edges of the vest being decorated with a golden trim , decorating the vest were three golden buttons to hold the vest closed, the pants were flexible black pants similar to dress pants but held up with a long belt looping around twice, once over the waist the other laying below the hip loose.

Leon couldn't help but stare at the design, 'this is- perfect…' looking back at the clownish man in disbelief, 'I cant believe he came up with it…'

Smirking the green-haired man began to once more dawn his clown-like persona, "perfecto I take it~? Of course~ its one of my best yet~! Now~ that'll be 10000 Jewel!" bowing over, he extended his hand and held out his palm.

'. . . . . I'm going to be broke! . . . . . Haaa…' reaching into his inventory and grabbing out the last of his cash, he paused just before giving him the cash, "only if I get the drawing as well!" he offered hoping to save the design for when the clothing got wrecked so he would never have to come back to this place.

Grinning widely, Pippin gave an exaggerated nod, snatched the money and shot into the back for no more than a few moments. Instantly loud and disturbing sounds rang out, hammers, saws, drills, and even the crackling of a powerful fire sounded out. Until he ran out with the steaming clothing, through them at Leon and kicked him out of the shop, leaving the young man bewildered on the front step holding the clothes.

"Well, that was… something… disturbing, yea disturbing's the word I was looking for." Shaking off a chill, Leon stuffed the clothing into his inventory as well as the design and power-walked from the shop until he was sure he was far enough away from the shop.

Checking his mental list, Leon knew he was done with everything that needed doing hoping to find out if anything leading up to the story had happened yet, so he set off to the nearest bar hoping to find out.

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Sitting down in a side booth, Leon ordered some food and took a quick gander of the bar, it was crowded with workers and a few mages dotted in between, all drinking and eating as they talked.

Thanking the waitress for his food as it arrived Leon noticed a pair of workers sitting up at the bar relaxing, exchanging news as they drank and ate their stress away. The taller of the two, slamming done his mug after chugging it back spoke out,

"Did you hear what happened?" "Do you mean that huge fight that took place in Hargeon last week? Of course, I have, you'd have to be living under a rock to have not heard of it by know!" "Ha! Right ya are, still can't believe boss got the rights for the repairs, it'll take a while but its gonna pay really good!"

The larger man, slapped his friend on the back as he began to laugh sharing a toast as he did.

Head spinning in shock, Leon couldn't help but get a little freaked out. Its almost been a month in this world and things were flying by faster than he could believe, 'I thought I had until my birth- wait what day is today…' paying for his food, Leon flew out of the establishment set on finding a secluded spot to use his magic to add some much-needed upgrades to his implant.

Ducking into an alley he turned his arm so he could see his implant and activated the device, summoning his magic as he began to update the software. 'First off, this thing has been needing an upgrade since I made the damn thing, to much of a pain to need to look at it to activate so I'll just have it store the info then project it into my mind, and I'm changing the design software from a simple paint program to a 3d modeling software, the inventory is going to show models of everything so its easier to find, then putting a clock, a calendar, a mental slider to adjust my mana gen and my nanites to increase my regeneration rate, and finally a note program so I can write down anything I might forget… I think that's all for now….'

Nodding as he let his magic flow into the device, waiting as the gem like implant's glow changed from white to a teal blue signalling the change had taken place. Mentally checking the date Leons jaw had dropped 'oh crap I missed my birthday! Time must flow differently here than what I'm used to!' cursing at his mistake, pacing around town until he stopped at the towns request board.

As he had calmed down from his walk, Leon took a look at the board. It's a habit he had picked up on his travels due to the fact there were lots of requests people posted looking for magical items of certain natures, and since he had a quick way of making them it was easy money.

'!?...No fucking way…' getting closer to the board Leon couldn't help but laugh so much his stomach hurt, "oh I am SO taking this job! I need to know if this is real!" looking at the board continuing to let out small giggles, he took note of one more "oh? Who the hell could need so many swords at once?" looking for a name but noticing the bottom third of the page ripped off made him annoyed and confused but not enough to notice the large amount of jewels as the reward, grabbing the requests he sets off.

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Quests that Leon took

Request for a builder mage!

"Need Mages capable of building to create a log-mill in my Stead!"

Reward – 50,000 Jewel

Client – Rorik

Sword-smith requested!

Need 150 A-grade swords by next week!

Reward – 75,000 Jewel

Clie-

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That's it for chapter 2 folks! Leon has spent some time getting used to his new life and coming to now his magic at a more innate focus as he doesn't need to pause and think to create things anymore with the exception of large structures or magic dense items.

Also, I had a hard time choosing between Eevee and one other critter but ultimately went with Eevee as his first living creation, I hope I do her justice later down the line with what I have planned for her and Leon's knowledge about the species.

Don't forget to leave a review with either your thoughts on the story so far or to let me know about cool magic or science items Leon can make, I have some planned but any ideas would be awesome and I will try my best to credit you in the chapter it appears in summary!

-Theironcrafty!