The Netherflame's smelting and tempering took even longer than Angel had imagined.
Time flowed on without pause, and in the blink of an eye, night had fallen.
During that time, Angel and Benbo discussed quite a few matters, from predictions of the Calamity Puppet's leap to visions of Dream Crystal Plain's future, even down to the details of the Fairyland Instances.
The only thing they did not discuss was Orichalcum.
Angel wanted to talk about it, but whenever he tried to broach the subject, Benbo would let out a sinister cackle and change the topic.
Even when Angel did not ask about Orichalcum's properties and merely inquired about some information—for instance, the artifacts forged from Orichalcum in the temples they had passed along the way—
Benbo still refused to discuss it.
As it put it, "Although you can obtain this information elsewhere, information obtained from others is different from information obtained from me."
"Your powers of observation are very strong. Who knows? You might glimpse the properties hidden behind the information from something I inadvertently reveal."
As it said this, Benbo gave Angel a deep look with its pitch-black horizontal pupils.
During their conversation, Angel would occasionally shift his tone or change the subject abruptly. These topics often arose from changes in Benbo's emotions.
From such details, Benbo had vaguely noticed a clue.
Angel might possess some special ability, much like that dog in Klos All Things House that looked almost human. Without even realizing it, one could have secret information probed from them.
Benbo did not know what this ability was, but it did not care much, because judging from Angel's behavior, his ability was definitely not that dog's mind-reading.
It was probably something like reading emotions.
Such an ability was quite useful when it caught people off guard.