Past Life Gamer

Chapter 24 Sadness

We've been here for a week they finished the repairs on the second day. I have been working with the entire smith shop so they can learn how to make katanas as well as other Japanese blades. They've even started trying to work the techniques into their blades. They have yet to succeed in making the new blades but they're trying. But I have been feeling hateful glairs every time I'm on the street they follow me where ever I go. I ignore them as much as possible but its hard to do when you're trying to concentrate on something else. In fact, it seems to amplify it.

I sighed as I was working on a new set of gauntlets as the glairs dug into my back. I wished that they would just yell at me or something instead of glaring at me. Though I felt the atmosphere change meaning smoothing is going to happen today, but I couldn't pinpoint the cause.

"Hay am I doing this correctly?" Shouted one of the apprentices.

I looked over and a saw them holding the folded blade the wrong way. "Turn it a little to the right then your all set to temper it." I told them.

He adjusted it correctly then started hammering the metal. I turned back to the gauntlets and layered another a block of steal onto it to test its length. I nodded at its length then set it into the fire heating it up. After it was red hot, I pulled it out and started hammering it bending it but not totally flattening it. I pointed one end of it then I quickly placed it onto the gauntlet and hammered the other end into the gauntlet. Its hen dunked the entire gauntlet into the water letting off a large puff a steam. I set it down since it was now finished.

"There we go." I sighed. "Just hope Arachne silk is just as comfortable as they say." I said bundling the gauntlets up and placed them in my inventory.

I then heard the ring of the doors bell and turned around to see Talia standing in the door way.

"Hay Talia you come to pick me up?" I asked.

"Yah because lord knows you would stay here ignoring your hunger all day." She scolded.

"Hehe sorry." I laughed.

"Let's go get you some lunch." She said.

"Ok." I sighed as I got up and walked out with her.

The moment I walked through the door I heard a whistling sound I looked up in time to see a rock thrown at my head. I could have dodged it, but I saw the person who was throwing it she had tears streaming down her cheeks. I lowered my head again an let it hit me I felt blood trickle down my face. Talia was about to step forward to block me, but I grabbed her shirt stopping her.

"Don't this is my punishment." I whispered to her.

"But." She started but I cut her off.

"No, I was the one that jumped to conclusions. Besides if this gets them to stop glairing at me then I'll gladly take it." I whispered.

"Ok but if they do anything else then I will step in." She warned.

"That's fine." I whispered.

"Why didn't you save him?" The woman cried. "He was right there with the others why didn't you bring my son back?" She cried.

"I couldn't." I said sadly.

"Why not!?" She screamed in sorrow.

"Its how the ability work. There are 3 rules that inhibit the ability to bring back the dead. He must have fallen under those three rules." I said sadly.

"What are the rules?" She asked still crying.

"Rule one they have to have died within 3 days. Rule two their body's must be intact manning their hart and head need to be in a damaged but healable state. Rule three the amount of revives a species can withstand is limited." I explained.