"Hey, how’s it going?" I remarked, as I knocked on a door and opened it, poking my head in.

"Hm? Oh, hey, Larrk...what’s up?" Lumena greeted me, as I entered the room and shut the door behind me.

"Wow, looks like you’ve made some pretty good progress here, nice. How are you holding up? This is probably some pretty tedious work," I replied as I walked over towards her.

"Yeah, it is kinda boring and repetitive, but it’s easy enough, so I don’t mind," She responded with a shrug.

Lumena has a couple of extremely rare and very powerful, useful Skills, called Copy and Replicate. Those two Skills are kind of a package deal, one’s useless without the other.

They’re pretty self explanatory...Copy lets the user copy any inanimate object within a limited size and weight, and Replicate allows the user to create a copy of the object.

Lumena can create copies of any objects that have less mass and weight that she does, and that’s more than enough...I asked her to use those Skills to create a large number of copies of various Magic Items and stuff, it’s like having a factory with practically zero overhead, it’s so damn useful.

"Hm? Hey, go easy with the Healing Magic Items, using them too much on yourself in a short period of time will have negative side effects," I remarked, as I noticed a number of used Healing Items on her desk.

"Yeah, well, my Replicate Skill uses a lot of Mana, and regardless of whether the object I’m replicating is super small or just barely within my limit, it consumes the same amount of Mana," She complained with a sigh.

"I see, I just assumed that smaller objects would take less Mana to replicate...wait, in that case, why don’t you, like, put a whole lot of the objects you’re replicating into a crate or something, and then make copies of the crate?" I suggested, after mulling it over.

Hm? She’s gone totally silent? What, did I say something stupid? Maybe I misunderstood how her Skills work or someth-...?

"Larrk, you...you FUCKING GENIUS! HOW THE FUCK DID I NOT THINK OF THIS!?" She suddenly yelled excitedly, startling me as a her eyes began gleaming, a wide grin spreading out across her face, "Holy shit...hahaha, I wasted so much Mana copying these shitty objects one by one, talk about a game changer! Ohh, this is gonna make things so much fucking easier, I can literally make a few dozen worth of copies in one shot!"

The fact that she can instantly make copies of any inanimate object was already a big deal, but now that it turns out that she can do so on such a drastically larger scale, is massive...this nation is pretty rich in resources, some of which are scarce in the other nations in the Dark Continent.

If she mass produces some of those resources with her Copy and Replicate Skills, and we can secure trade deals with the other nations, we can make insane profits.

I’ve got a couple of days left before I’m supposed to head back to Obsidian and meet with my uncle, King Landis, to hear his response to my suggestion of an alliance...if it goes well, and we’re able to set up a trade agreement or something, we’ll be golden.

"This is incredible, Lumena...way to go, I think you’re about to play a major hand in revolutionizing Arcadia," I grinned as I patted her shoulder.

"Heh, thanks, but I can’t take much credit for this, you’re the one who thought of making copies in bulk, it didn’t even occur to me," She smiled sheepishly.

"I mean, it may have been my idea, but it wouldn’t even have been possible to begin with if it wasn’t for you," I pointed out.

"Yeah, I guess that’s true...this is so surreal, it wasn’t that long ago that I’d completely given up hope with my life, I was resigned to living in misery until the day I died. But now, I...I’ve just never felt so alive!" She laughed cheerfully.

"We should mark this date and make today a holiday or something, to celebrate this moment...we may have super powerful Demons and a Dragon King and all, but with this, I’d say you’re the most valuable individual in Arcadia right now, I really mean it," I stated honestly.

"H-hey, come on, cut it out already...I’m not used to being praised like this, it’s kinda embarrassing," She muttered bashfully, her cheeks turning slightly red as she averted her gaze slightly.

So cute...

"If there’s anything you want, just let me know. With how much of an impact your work is going to have on Arcadia, it’s the least I can do."

"Uhh...I don’t know, I can’t really think of anything specific I want. I mean, I’ve been given so many things since coming here, clothes, a phone, a real bedroom, great food, to name a few...so there’s nothing in particular that I want right now, but I’ll let you know if something comes to mind. Ohh, wait...actually, there is something I’d like to ask for right now," She remarked as her eyes lit up.

"Cool, what is it? If it’s something I can get you, then-...oh," I began, before trailing off in realization as she walked over towards me and placed her right hand on my left knee, before slowly moving it up towards my crotch.

"So, what do you say? Can I have this?" She whispered seductively as she lightly nipped on my earlobe.

"Fuck, yeah, you can."

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