Chapter 17: Dilemma

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Chapter 17: Dilemma

Nick didn't need the metal super hot like he would if he was going to work it merely hot enough that it doesn't get cracked from the chisel. Once hot enough Nick took the metal out of the fire and picked up the chisel before carefully lining it up the cut off a strip of material close to seven millimeters wide. Nick then hit the blunt side of the chisel with his hammer cutting that strip from the rest. He repeated this process until the billet of copper had been cut into twenty four , seven millimeter wide and two and a half inch long strips about two and a half millimeters thick.-

The rest of the shaping process was easy after that as he merely needed to heat the strips to a workable temp before gently tapping on one end of them causing the other to widen an form a mushroom like shape. Once the mushrooms "cap" was the right size Nick flattened the edges until the mushroom "cap" now was rectangular , like a smiths hammer. After that it was merely a matter of repeating the process for the rest and them curving the "handle" forming a ring shape that was then sized based on the list he had gotten from the men at the refinery.-

Once that was done Nick found himself with a problem of conflict between what he wants to do as the craftsman and what he should do as a wizard. On one side his instincts as a magical craftsman were telling him that the rings needed to be enchanted. While his brain told him he would get in a huge amount of trouble if the ministry found out he knowingly gave enchanted objects to muggles. This was quite the dilemma for Nick as he was equally torn between logic and emotion.

The boy opened the bundle but had a confused look when he saw the rings in it. "Isn't jewelry supposed to be shiny?" he asked in confusion. Nick laughed " depends on a few factors really , first is who is meant to receive the jewelry. Second is what it is made from and finally weather the person who made it has the ability to make it shiny. The answers to those questions in order are metal workers , copper and not with the setup I currently have." Nick said honestly.

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