Something similar, but at the same time different to what Master Alice had done to the arrowhead was taking place there.


    The tapestry of a complicated spellweave was taking shape inside the armor. Only it wasn''t forming all at once, as it had been with the bone arrowhead — instead, the process was more similar to how Sunny would have done it, one step at a time.


    It was just that the speed with which the separate strings formed the patterns was astonishingly great... so great, in fact, as to seem instantaneous.


    Nevertheless, the result was far worse than what Sunny would have done. The patterns that formed with tremendous speed were crude and messy, almost sloppy. There was no harmony to their flow, no intricate order. It was like a spellweave made by a dilettante.


    At first glance.


    Then, something strange happened. A pattern which had already been formed suddenly dismantled itself, the constellation of ethereal strings retreating like a tide. That, too, happened in an instant.


    A few moments later, the pattern reassembled itself once again, this time looking a little more neat than before.


    The process repeated several times. The strings would shoot forward to form a pattern, drift in the void for a few moments, and then retreat. The tapestry expanded and contracted, almost like the beating heart of a living being.


    With each iteration, the messy spellweave seemed to improve a little. After a while, it became cohesive enough that Sunny could vaguely guess its purpose, staring at the strangely beautiful spectacle with a neutral expression.


    There was the foundation of a durability enchantment, a heat-resistant enchantment, a strange friction-related enchantment, a weight enchantment...


    Master Snow was certainly ambitious with his current project.


    ''How interesting.''


    Sunny tried to make sense of what he was seeing.


    The process was completely different from the Forgery Master Alice had demonstrated.She had simply transferred a quality of [being a Memory] from one arrowhead to another — as such, her Aspect power acted in a straightforward manner, without involving the Nightmare Spell.


    But Master Snow was attempting something far more ambitious. He had indeed initiated the change inside the armor, allowing it to grow... quite like a living being would.


    Currently, he was trying to guide that growth in a particular direction.


    And the Nightmare Spell was assisting him.


    "This is going to take a while. In fact, for a Memory like this, the forging usually continues for many days... it can end in failure, as well."


    Sunny shook his head.


    "It''s alright. Thank you. I have already seen everything I wanted to see."


    The petite woman beamed.


    "That is nice to hear! Then, Master Sunless, come back any time you wish. Lady Changing Star... I hope I will be able to forge Memories for you to use on the battlefield, one day."


    Seeing the earnest look in her eyes, Sunny had no heart to tell Master Snow that her hope was unlikely to come true.


    Nephis was too powerful to have use for most Memories...


    And she had him, too.


    Soon enough, the two of them left the crafting hall. Sunny was thinking deeply about something.


    As they left the Valor Keep, Nephis glanced at him and asked:


    "Well? Was it helpful?"


    Sunny slowly shook his head, then nodded.


    "No — and yes. I did not exactly get inspired, but I did gain confidence in the path I had been walking all along."


    Then, his eyes glistened, and his lips twisted into a mischievous smile.


    He lingered for a moment, and then added neutrally:


    "Oh, but most importantly. Looking at them, I finally found a way to cheat the process..."