[Rosekitten]

"Heh... one win hardly proves anything." He would say that for a while. Odds were she had a off day cause he hardly felt like he tried that hard. Ryza smirked a bit cockily before speaking up. "I might have to get Vaden to come help with spars if you're actually going to improve." Oh he prayed she was joking with that. Her magic against his was one thing, but Vaden would be worse then facing off against Mizuki.

Though that was when Belquiri seemed to speak up saying to train her now. He started to protest as Mizuki said it was better off to give in. "That is true... she is a bit on the stubborn side." He side glancing at the other. Though they both were so the children were doomed to be. Though she was a bit more excitable then her brother yet she acted more like Mizuki in the fact she kept her emotions more under control.

None the less he did start working with her again after that day, not that she gave him a choice. The only downside was that Ryza seemed to push him harder after that one victory. Any further ones were earned with using more then just cheap tricks like the ones today.

A few weeks passed after that and things sort of settled down more. The kingdom as a whole was doing well and things seemed to be looking up once again. Though things were still in a mending stage between Thalion and Mizuki it seemed. This showed up every so often. Mostly from Thalion flinching every once in a great while when Mizuki got too close or touched him. It wasn't often but enough to remind both that things still had some work to be done.

Though for about a week now Thalion had been keeping himself busy in his spare time. He was working on something and whatever it was seemed to absorb any free spare moment he had to give to it. Minus nights when he tried to spend time with Mizuki. Though even that seemed limited and Mizuki seemed busy with his won thoughts.

No one normally bothered him while he was working in the forge. He normally requested to be left alone unless it was important. Not like he goofed off in there, normally he was doing work of some kind. Granted this time around it was work he wasn't sure if it would pan out the way he wanted or not. If it did then by all means he would be more then happy with the time it took.

Teion was with him, the young dragon normally was whenever Thalion was working alone like this. The dragon probably more or less followed him to have a chance to investigate the eternal fire at the forge. a magic flame that should never go out or so things are said. None the less Thalion sighed heavily as he moved back from the project he was working on and moved the smithing goggles a little past his forehead.

He had made those things some time ago when he found out how much of a pain it was to his eyes to work with the bright heated metals and still be able to work on them properly. Though they were probably one of the reasons he liked working by himself as well. "Tsk.. well that didn't work now did it?" He seemed to ask as he looked towards Teion who seemed to ignore the question altogether.

With that thought he moved a hand brushing some of the strands back from the goggles before they returned to where they were. "Damn it I thought for sure..." He muttered before knowing he had to go back to square one again. He knew what he was trying to do and he had a fairly good idea on how to do it. Just balancing all of it seemed to be the issue.