I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

"When I tried to finish the parts, I discovered that... the material used to make this gun is of extremely high quality... its strength far exceeds the strength limit that Kivotos' current machine tools can process."

"While I really want to heavily modify this gun, but..."

With a strange mix of 'compulsive disorder triggered but nothing can be done', the fox-eared girl sighed softly.

"...Without the corresponding precision processing equipment, it would be impossible for this otherworldly material to be processed into a relatively sophisticated weapon like a firearm."

Amamiya did not take his weapon, but nodded as if he had expected it.

The Destroyer Emperor is, after all, a firearm forged from the divine body of the 'Lesser Jehovah' and the 'Archangel'—it can be considered a "divine weapon" in every sense.

A divine artifact is still a divine artifact—no matter how crudely it is made, it is still a divine artifact.

Modern technology cannot destroy it; this is a normal outcome.

If it could actually be destroyed, that would be laughable.

Yuriko found Amamiya's unsurprised expression rather odd.

She frowned slightly, asking in disbelief, "Sensei...did you foresee this outcome?"

"Yes, I expected it."

"So, next I'm going to talk about the topic we didn't finish discussing before... about Yuriko providing weapons support to the Phantom Thieves."

As Amamiya spoke, he pulled out another gleaming silver gun from his shoulder bag, a weapon refined from the 'Dawn Star' and the 'Fallen Archangel': the 'Spear of Ten Thousand Demons'.

After weighing the gun in his hand, Amamiya didn't explain first, but asked Yuriko, "Yuriko, what do you think... how was this weapon made?"

"..."

Recalling the rough feel she had when inspecting the [God of Destruction], Yuriko vaguely guessed a few keywords in succession.

"Processed in the giant blacksmith's forging workshop?"

"...was directly smelted and cast in some ancient furnace?"

"Hand-forged by myself using special forging equipment in another world?"

Yuriko knew very well that the materials from another world could not be judged by ordinary standards.

This applies to both the acquisition method and the processing method.

“The guess is pretty close…” Amamiya put away the [Spear of Ten Thousand Demons] in his hand. “Actually, you can understand it as… in another world, through a [special method], a 'model gun' produced in the real world was given fantasy and cognition, making this gun go from a toy gun to a 'divine gun (literally)'.”

"It's clearly impossible for a precision engineer to manufacture weapons this way..."

Another world... imbued with fantasy...

After processing the meaning of Amamiya's words, the girl's sea-blue eyes lit up slightly.

“Sensei, you knew perfectly well that Kiwatos's current technology was incapable of processing such ‘advanced otherworldly items,’ yet you still let me try and offered me equipment support in return…”

Looking down at the [God of Destruction] in her hand, Yuriko made a "guess" in a confident, declarative tone: "You have a method for processing this high-grade material, or a corresponding weapons workshop..."

"Guessed it right."

Amamiya placed his hand on the girl's shoulder, leaned down slightly, and whispered into her drooping fox ear, "Close your eyes... I'll take you to my 'gun workshop'."

【~???~】(from Yuriko)

Sensei's... gun workshop?

What would a workshop be like that can process materials from another world and forge weapons from another world?

A blacksmith shop from the Middle Ages?

A Victorian-era alchemy classroom?

Even older... a witch's hut filled with all sorts of herbs or strange things?

Yuriko obediently closed her eyes, and then she felt as if she could "see" wisps of blue smoke rising from her surroundings.

[BGM: 全ての人の心の诗]

The sound of chanting grew louder as it traveled further away, reaching my ears.

"Okay."

With Amamiya's notification, Yuriko opened her eyes—and then suddenly realized that she was standing in a room that looked like the second floor of an attic.

The place is filled with the atmosphere of daily life, and you can even faintly smell the bitter aroma of coffee beans... Is it really a gun workshop?

Yuriko was puzzled.

She was then led by Amamiya to the workbench in the room: "This is my 'gun workshop'."

"Don't underestimate this ordinary workbench... In fact, as long as you have the knowledge, you can conjure up any rough or fine machining tool out of thin air."

As Amamiya spoke, he snapped his fingers.

Yuriko immediately felt the scene in front of her blur for a moment, and the next second the workbench was "distorted" into a futuristic, sci-fi-style automatic machine tool.

The fox-eared girl, witnessing all of this, opened her mouth slightly in surprise: "This is...?"

Amamiya did not explain where the "high-tech machine tool" that Yuriko saw came from.

—This is a technique he learned from the [Space Base] when he was conquering the Hall of Okumura.

"Yuriko, you can give it a try. You can use whatever tools you want, and make the workbench look however you like."

Yuriko tried placing her hand on the workbench and began to imagine the workbench in front of her and her usual "gunsmith workshop".

In a flash, all sorts of familiar tools, big and small, appeared before my eyes.

'It really works...'

The familiar interior scene immediately made Yuriko a little lost in thought.

Feeling quite surprised, Yuriko tried to imagine other high-tech machine tools that she couldn't afford or buy through conventional means, tools that were only available to the Kaiser Group or other "large enterprises".

First, choose a machine tool whose parameters you are most familiar with, one that you can recite by heart...

The scene before my eyes distorted once again.

Amidst the interplay of light and shadow, Yuriko finally saw the machine tool she had longed for but couldn't afford or buy, now appearing before her in pristine condition.

I tried turning the device on and off... and there were no problems.

It's definitely not just an 'empty shell'—it's fully functional, just like the original machine tool.

Growing increasingly amazed, Yuriko then tried to "fantasize" about many more advanced and sophisticated instruments and equipment that she had long admired.

She quickly discovered a pattern—

The things one can "imagine" are limited by two main factors: one's "cognition" and "imagination".

The first is "cognition".

The more complete one's "understanding" of something, the more precise the resulting product will be.

After trying to "imagine" several new devices with parameters she was already very familiar with, as well as those she had only seen in some engineering documentaries, Yuriko came to this conclusion.

Next, there is one's own "imagination".

The strength of one's imagination directly determines the upper limit that these imagined devices can reach.

In other words... "Imagination" is to give these imagined cognitive products a PROMAX upgrade, giving them many more functions that they didn't originally have.

For example, a precision-machined lathe could be equipped with additional functions such as repair and scrap recycling.

Even... her imagination can directly restore the already finely crafted parts to their original state, just like pressing the Ctrl+Z shortcut.

There will not be any reduction loss at all during the process.

"This is simply..."

After repeated testing, Yuriko became completely captivated: "This is simply... the artisan workshop of my dreams."

【~???~】(from Yuriko)

The fox-eared girl, her eyes shining as she looked at the equipment, deeply appreciated the convenience of the other world and firmly believed that if it were Utahara-senpai and the others, they would definitely not refuse such an "ideal working environment".

You can have any equipment you want, it all depends on your own understanding and imagination...

All environmental parameters, even unexpected ones, can be rewritten according to one's own understanding, making even the most demanding experimental environments possible.

"Sensei..."

Yuriko, her eyes sparkling, turned her gaze to Amamiya, her expression filled with longing: "This 'craftsman's workshop'..."

Amamiya smiled and waved her hand: "Of course, Yuriko can use it for free anytime."

"Oh...by the way. This [Velvet Room] is a place where time and space intersect—its flow of time is different from that of the outside world."

"First of all, it's about the concept of 'stability.' When you're here, you won't feel tired."

"Next is the issue of the flow of time... No matter how much time you spend in the velvet room, as long as it's not measured in months, then theoretically, only a few seconds to a few minutes will have passed in the outside world. To outsiders, you'll just look like you're standing there in a daze."

"In reality... once you enter the velvet room, you may have already spent a day or two inside."

There's even the unique advantage of different time flow rates?!

【~???~】(from Yuriko)

Yuriko simply couldn't describe in words how much convenience this place brought to her gun modification and other jobs—

Imagine compressing a task that would normally take days to complete into a single second—what does that mean?

"Sensei..."

Taking a deep breath, the girl walked with firm but slow steps to Amamiya's side, tilting her head slightly to look at him.

"Please let me use this place long-term... It's very important to me, please."

The earnest yet anxious expression on his face, like that of a child yearning for a toy he can't have, made Amamiya chuckle.

"Of course... I will specially create a key that will allow Yuriko to contact this place anytime, anywhere."

"But before that... I want to ask Yuriko a question."

"In exchange, Yuriko's ears and tail...can I touch them whenever I want?"

……Eh?

The girl was taken aback, and unusually showed a hint of embarrassment.

The ears are fine... but the tail...

I'm a little sensitive...

But if that's all the requirements, then...

After a brief internal struggle, the girl stammered, her voice unconsciously softening slightly as she answered, "...Is it okay?"

[A "special promise" was made with Yuriko.]

Coopation has been improved!

【Yuriko Tennishi (The High Priestess) ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

【★3·『Modification Permit』Is now available!】

Having secured the right to use the "Velvet Room" by promising to "touch the ears and tail at any time," Yuriko joyfully and solemnly accepted the "semi-transparent" key, which emitted a deep blue wisp of smoke and whose nature was somewhere between existing and non-existent, from Amamiya.

"When you want to enter the Velvet Room in the future, stand in a relatively open area, hold this key, and make the action of 'unlocking the lock with the key' to summon the door to the Velvet Room."

After summarizing the key's usage in one sentence, Amamiya then asked, "Any other questions? If not, it's time to leave."

“Sensei, please wait a moment... This rare ‘inspiration’ cannot be wasted.”

The girl, her eyes sparkling with inspiration after being exposed to a 'completely new method of production,' left those words behind and returned to her workbench. She began to casually alter the workbench's design and started crafting a special weapon from almost nothing using various 'ideal metal materials.'

"Starting from the material casting stage again, creating a weapon that is uniquely your own in a fully customized way... that's quite a challenge."

"However, with the understanding and imagination of the 'Velvet Room,' this ideal has become possible."

Amamiya stood aside, watching with great interest the fox-eared girl's busy yet orderly and well-organized movements.

She is both casting special steel and cutting materials from scratch, seemingly completely immersed in the process of 'focusing on handcraft'.

The materials you need are readily available, and unsatisfactory results are easily discarded; if you encounter a fatal error, just press Ctrl+Z—

Any creative idea can be freely explored, without being confined by the limitations of materials science or engineering, and can be implemented without restraint...

Currently, probably no other 'professional craftsman' has had such a unique experience as Yuriko.

It feels like...