Chapter 363 - Who Is Worthy to Be the Representative?
"Dinner was quite a scene last night…"
『Seth-chan?』
"Yeah, talking about the World Quest's final battle and all."
I honestly told them I'd gone to Mion's house to play IRO. But since Mion had only heard about the last boss battle from my live stream, I had to explain what it was like.
"She was incredibly hyped."
『She probably wanted to tell Shou-kun.』
I get how she feels, but she'll be a high school freshman next year, so I wish she'd calm down a bit…
"By the way, she said she was 3rd in the contribution ranking."
『That's amazing!』
Bell-buchou, incidentally, was 18th, right after Leona-sama, I heard briefly in the Virtual Club Room. Of course, before that, I was asked about the Jade Goddess Statue in the Necropolis.
"Argenta-san asked me to," I replied, and they seemed satisfied. ...I didn't lie.
And I kept quiet about my own contribution ranking. I might reveal it during the Wednesday live stream, but…
"Well, whatever. Today, let's just do some relaxed farm work."
『Let's take it easy. Shou-kun, you're working too hard.』
"Haha. But, I suppose, if the Necropolis becomes a nation after this, that's all I can ask for."
I've done what I could for now, and the Dragonkin promised to continue securing their side's Transfer Magic Circle, or rather, that whole area including the church. I've placed my Transfer Magic Circle in the Large Transfer Room underground, and it's covered by a stone wall when not in use, so there shouldn't be any issues.
『Ah, it seems the club presidents' meeting is starting.』
"Roger. Well, I only need to know the outcome."
『Yes. I'll be watching Shou-kun properly.』
Ah, um, yes…
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After dinner, we all went to the back of the church.
"Ryu~♪"
Paan greeted me and handed me Yakokko eggs and Ecryu milk.
"Thanks as always."
"Ryuryu!"
Paan, puffing out his chest proudly, was cute. The Fairies flew off to the fields, seemingly to help with watering. Sweee… did she go to the Grapefuls?
I had intended to help with the fields too, but I remembered something and came to the foot of the cliff where Paan and the others descend, to check it first.
『Are you going up?』
"Ah, no, I was thinking of building stairs here."
『I see.』
We could get there through the Divine Tree's hollow, but that requires Sweee, and then it'd be a ladder, which Lupi could manage if I carried her, but Leda and Roy wouldn't be able to follow. All things considered, stairs would be easier for Paan and the others too… This spot, a little distance directly below, would be the ascent point?
"I'm thinking of building stairs along the rock face from around here."
『Are you stacking stone walls?』
"I thought about that too, but it would be an enormous amount, and if it collapsed, it might damage the church. So I'm thinking of something like a spiral staircase."
『Um, what kind of thing would that be?』
Just explaining it doesn't really convey the idea, does it?
It's probably faster to show what I mean…
"I'm going to dig a deep hole in the rock face… [Excavation]."
I dug a rectangular hole about 30cm wide, 5cm high, and just under 1m deep.
"It's like inserting iron plates into this hole to make steps."
『I see! Ah, but I feel like iron would rust…』
"Yeah. About that, I got an alchemy book, so I'll try to find a good alloy with that."
Aluminum would probably be fine, but I'm pretty sure there's an aluminum alloy…
I need to properly read the alchemy book…
『That's right. There's also talk of making mana transmission lines.』
"Guh, guh, guh, I feel like I'm overflowing with tasks again because I went to the Necropolis. Could you tell me what happened, briefly?"
『Yes!』
She gave me a rough list:
In-Game
・Food processor with Spatial Magic
・Make mana transmission lines to the mountain cabin. Read alchemy book?
・Read the book with sheet music
・Visit True-kun's village
・Build stairs to the cliff above the church. New!
That's what it looked like. Yep, I completely forgot about the food processor…
"I think I'll make the food processor tomorrow."
『Does it seem easy to make?』
"Hmm, it seems like I just need to make the container and the rotating blade part, and it might be good for getting used to processing aluminum."
I should make the container out of aluminum, and the blade out of iron, I suppose.
But aluminum would be cast into a mold… Ah, I can just make the mold for the container with Stonemasonry.
"Well, not today. I'll put off the stairs for now and gather Grapefuls."
『That's a good idea. Let's give our thanks to everyone who helped us over there.』
"Yeah. Vermilion-san said he wanted wine, and Geira-san and the Dragonfolk will drink it, right?"
『I think it's more about making sure he doesn't monopolize it.』
"Right…"
I'll make sure to put a warning on it and have Argenta-san distribute it properly.
With help from the Fairies who finished watering, we harvested Grapefuls. The occasional snack was a cheap price for their help.
『Ah, what about the Wednesday live stream?』
"I need to go to True's place to make wine and gather Camlus, so I'm thinking of having dinner over there."
『Sounds good!』
And then, around Thursday, I'll try to visit True and the Selkies' village. If there's a Divine Tree, I might be able to ask Sweee to let us travel back and forth.
『Ah, it seems the club presidents' meeting has ended.』
"Oh, do you know what the outcome was?"
『Um… it seems the northeast side will be under the Demon Kingdom's jurisdiction. The northwest side, where Shou-kun went, will remain with the Dragonkin. The remaining south side will be managed by the players.』
The Demon Kingdom is just going to stay put, huh…
I asked Argenta-san to maintain it as long as the Transfer Magic Circle couldn't be moved, intending it to be like a branch office of the Dragon Capital (?). But there's also the matter of the church's basement…
The south side is a player alliance, but will someone take the lead?
"Hmm… so it probably won't become a nation?"
『It seems not.』
Ugh, was it a mistake to secure the area around the Transfer Tower?
Is that why the Demon Kingdom didn't withdraw? Hmm…
"Sorry, Mion."
『Shou-kun, you don't need to apologize. We can always meet in real life.』
"Ah, um."
『Ah, regarding the players' representative, it seems the club presidents recommended Harune-san from Game Dolls.』
"Huh?"