Chapter 249: Recruiting an "Artisan"
Kelly and Jessica lived in the Factory District. They had rented a small workshop, with the two of them living on the second floor while Kelly's studio occupied the first.
The first floor was divided into two rooms as well. The smaller room in front was used for receiving guests, while Kelly worked in the larger room behind it.
The room used for receiving guests was fairly tidy, clearly because Jessica cleaned it regularly. As for the workshop in the back, Hobart took one look and immediately pulled his head back.
Messy! Far too messy! Hobart figured that even if some blind thief broke in, they would give up on stealing because there was simply nowhere to put their feet.
Kelly was still working away with a clatter, so Jessica received Hobart. She smiled apologetically. "Sorry, Kelly tends to ignore everything around her when she's working."
Hobart nodded. No wonder the two of them had stuck together.
Jessica was only Sequence 9 at the moment. She was too weak and had no means of making a living in the Beyonder World.
Kelly, meanwhile, was clearly someone absorbed in her own inner world. Such people could easily become artists or achieve extraordinary mastery in some field, but they also tended to be terrible at everyday life.
So, the two had complemented each other's strengths and weaknesses, becoming friends who relied on one another.
As Jessica spoke, she pulled out two boxes, one long and one short, from beneath the long table and opened them on top of it.
The Black Tang Sword and the Two-Handed Sword lay quietly inside the boxes. Even without holding them, Hobart could sense the chilling coldness and shudder-inducing fear constantly emanating from both weapons.
Jessica introduced them, "Kelly has praised these