With the treasures from stolen Blue Bismuth School items, Reynard didn't have to worry about money for a long time, even while renting a forge.
He spent several weeks refining and practicing the designs that he had had in mind for a long while. Reynard didn't know how long it would take for him to refine his aura, and with better guns, he hoped to have an advantage even over Albedo magi, whom he might get in trouble with.
Ideally, he wanted to be able to defeat anyone who might come hunting him and Marien.
Reynard had over a dozen basic barrel-loaded pistols, but with extra time and money, he could afford to smelt casings for bullets and make back-loaded firearms.
And Chili was making his work easier. He didn't grow large enough to smelt metals, but Reynard was training him to hold ingots in his mouth until they were hot enough to smith. He was like a natural oven that ran on biofuel.
