Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 328 - Signing Up For The Competition

He then mumbled to himself. “Karma is a hell of a thing. I need to get to a Ren’duan Dwelling just to check it on or off the list.”

Violet Flame Noble piped up. “I-I know where to find one.”

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“You do?”

Firecracker was about to make my life a lot easier and I was over the moon about it. I mean, you couldn’t see it but you’ll have to take my word for it. We spoke as we headed to where Lord Whiskers Furryback The First was.

“Y-Yeah,” Violet Flame Noble replied. “M-My sect is most versed in the flame attribute. Because of that, sometimes we are able to speak with them.”

That was unusual as far as things went. “They want your flames?”

“In a way…” Violet Flame Noble blushed when he said this.

“What are you talking about?” Obviously, there was more to this than I initially thought.

“How much do you know about the Ren’duans?” asked Violet Flame Noble.

I cocked my head to the side as I thought about this for a bit. Owing to Uncle Tian Lu, I can’t help but feel that I am woefully unprepared for this task.

“Less than I should. What am I missing here, Firecracker?”

Violet Flame Noble reeled back from that nickname. “I-I’m sorry. F-Firecrack—?”

“Sounds like you care way more about your namesake than what’s really important.” He followed me as I went back to the forge and sat down on the ground, leaning on it.

“It’s just that my title is—”

“More important than what you’re about to tell me, apparently.” He needed to understand that my ass was random. Not the actual physical ass, mind you, I’m referring to myself as the ass… that didn’t come out right.

“No! I… sorry, allow me to explain. You see, the Ren’duans are a fickle race. They don’t come out to meet other races. They stay within their space and… forge.”

“So they forge… it seems tame, to me.” Personally, I didn’t see the big deal here.

Violet Flame Noble shook his head. “You don’t understand. They are forging fanatics. They only care about forging. You can only get their attention by bringing in something that has to do with forging in some capacity.”

I looked at him for

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