Chapter 79 : Chapter 79

Chapter 79 - Things Piled Up

Lores’s spatial artifact opened.

Wooden dolls dressed in maid uniforms walked out.

Though they were clearly dolls, they walked as if they were living people.

As befitting dolls, their faces were blank.

Nevertheless, they walked as if they could see, their gaits and strides identical.

It was a sight one might see in a nightmare.

Josephine’s shoulders trembled faintly as if she had goosebumps.

On the other hand, Lores had a satisfied expression.

“They’re the wooden doll maid corps. They’re connected to the Dark Moon Grand Castle and move with its power. Just like the other buildings.”

The Dark Moon Grand Castle. And the power source.

Magitech is machinery that uses magic as its power and fuel.

But she had turned it into a city.

So what should a city use for its power source?

It would have to be magic as well, but for a city. And a single individual at that.

It was impossible to supply that much magic.

“President. You used a clever method. The yin energy that the demon worshipers had accumulated in the Dark Moon Grand Castle. You used the altar’s demon as a converter to transform it into magic.”

“It’s an amount accumulated over dozens of centuries. The efficiency was decent when converted. Normally, I would have left the accumulated yin energy as it is and used it for training, but.”

Now, it had been turned into the city’s power source, making it like blood.

The Dark Moon Grand Castle was effectively playing the role of the heart.

Josephine stroked her chest as if she was relieved just thinking about it now.

“Actually, I was very worried while designing it. Building it wasn’t a problem, but without a power source, it would ultimately be just an ordinary building.”

Lores nodded her head slightly and looked at the Youngest Son.

“The normalization of Eclipse. I heard roughly how you did it. So, President, did you foresee all this and keep the altar’s demon alive?”

“Hmph.”

He let out a faint breath.

He said nothing.

Only a cryptic smile played on his lips.

At that silent answer.

People interpreted it differently in their own ways.

Josephine thought.

‘Dante’s vision is incredibly wide. Maybe he was thinking of entrusting this domain to me from the first time he saw me. No, I’m sure that’s it.’

And Lores thought.

‘Well. He did kill and revive me and brought me here. This level of foresight wouldn’t be impossible.’

Then Jubel thought.

‘It wasn't easy when I was first told to buy this land. But it really turned out as the Young Master said. It was a series of coincidences, but was it really a coincidence?’

The two General Managers also swallowed hard.

‘Demons are beings that can directly use both yin energy and magic. Did he use that as a converter to bring the Magitech domain to life? Heh….’

‘He entered the competition among the blood relatives the latest, but his growth speed makes that tardiness seem insignificant. Such insight was the foundation of it.’

However, the Gatekeeper who was quietly following from the side thought.

‘He lucked out.’

He snorted and spoke the closest thing to the right answer.

In any case, the Youngest Son passed them by, receiving eyes mixed with longing and surprise.

“The last is the White Tower. Is it Hexa? I want to see that place too.”

“I’ll guide you. Is that alright. Engineer.”

“Yes, yes. Of course.”

Josephine unconsciously avoided Lores’s eyes.

Like a mouse before a weasel.

She had been intimidated from the moment she first saw her, and it wasn’t easy to straighten her shoulders.

Because she felt it instinctively.

‘She found out I’m a Wisdom.’

Was that why?

Every time their eyes met, she felt an unkind gaze.

“Follow me.”

Lores walked ahead to Hexa.

All the while, her gaze flickered towards Josephine.

‘One of the two who became Kio’s family is of Wisdom’s bloodline. Surprising. The other one had quite a noble bloodline too, though.’

The woman seemed to be a genuine defector, not some kind of spy.

‘I want to say thank you. But it’s difficult.’

Whenever she tried to talk to her, she flinched like someone who needed to relieve themselves, so she couldn't open her mouth.

There would be plenty of time in the future.

Lores, who had decided to take it slow, got closer to the tower.

“A total of 11 floors. I heard you’re planning to make this a world-class clinic. And that it can also be used as a combat force.”

“That is correct.”

“I see, so you made me the person in charge.”

“Lores, you are an expert in decoctions. If a genius proficient in poison herbs and medicinal herbs is in charge, wouldn't anything be able to be run?”

“It feels like you’re trying to kill me with overwork one more time, but I’ll do my best.”

The Youngest Son nodded and gestured to Jubel with his eyes.

At that gesture, Jubel reached into his pocket and took out what he had prepared.

“Lady Lores. Please accept this.”

“What is it.”

“It’s a new identity that matches the name Lores.”

“How troublesome.”

Though she said that, her hands accepted the identity and documents.

“To live here from now on, you must live with this identity and refrain from using the power you used as a witch. Because of the Fourth Son.”

“It can’t be helped. I don’t want to see my forest burn.”

The ivory-colored tower she had named Hexa as soon as she arrived.

This place had become a new home for her.

Josephine added.

“The Land General Manager told me. He said that in land full of yin energy, all the large rocks in the ground are crushed, making it easy to dig.”

“You built an underground floor as well?”

“Yes. It wasn’t in your plan, Young Master, but I tried adding it. O-of course, this didn’t cause a budget shortfall.”

“I am not worried about such things. Rather, I am curious. How many floors are there underground?”

“There are 5 floors! And those 5 floors are for the Magitech engineers.”

“Ah. Is that so. I understand.”

The Youngest Son realized what Josephine wanted and what she wanted to do.

It was much faster than he had expected, though.

“You’re thinking of training Magitech engineers.”

“H-how did you know?”

“I thought you would. You.”

As I answered, I recalled Josephine’s character story.

She was a pioneer in the field of Magitech and a once-in-a-generation genius.

Josephine herself took in disciples, set up a workshop, and advanced the science of the world.

And to think that that home was built in Eclipse.

On this land.

I felt a sense of awe inside.

Because I knew what Josephine would call that underground floor.

“I used the language of the dwarves to name it Belir! It’s like I’ve created my own workshop and a Magitech-exclusive workshop!”

I saw both the ground and the underground.

The two had opposite characteristics.

The ground level was warm with the heat of a heated cauldron, and with the pre-stored materials, it felt like entering a forest.

On the other hand, the underground was a feast of hard steel.

It seemed that even if the tower collapsed, this underground area alone would be safe.

But there was something I was curious about.

“If you handle fire that can melt steel in the underground, what do you do about ventilation and the heat?”

“I helped with that.”

Lores’s fingertips pointed to various places on the outer wall.

Small pipes could be seen.

“The inside of those is filled with twisted plant stems. They let out the heat and stale air and bring in fresh air.”

As expected.

Gathering talented people reduces the amount of thinking I have to do.

But another thing to think about came in right away.

“Young Master. The Plague Demon is slowly retreating, and the sales of the vaccine are dropping accordingly. To make a profit with Eclipse.”

“I know. I plan to open the main gate as soon as it’s completed.”

“In that case, I will contact the targeted nobles according to the date.”

There were also stages to the nobles.

First were the nobles of the citadel, the councilors.

This side was the easiest to get.

Because I just had to bring ‘D’.

Next were the nobles outside the citadel.

This side was more difficult, and we decided to start with the kingdoms close to Eclipse.

From their perspective, it was a piece of Millesdusk land that had suddenly appeared.

And a direct blood relative at that.

They had to come, if only to show courtesy.

“Until then, carefully select the types of decoctions to be sold and mass-produced at Hexa with Lores.”

“Yes. The vaccine is only the beginning.”

And.

“Ask Josephine about the Elixir.”

“Asking is not difficult. But there is no way she would know the recipe for the Elixir.”

“I think so too, but what the Chairman of the Physicians’ Council said before is bothering me.”

“For now, I will follow your orders. So, how would you like to select the staff for Hexa?”

“Discuss that with Lores as well.”

“Has that person completely become your person, Young Master?”

“You can see her as being similar to you.”

“I understand.”

Jubel Maxman, strictly speaking, was not the Youngest Son's person either.

The same went for the Gatekeeper and the Head Maid.

The reason they were so tightly bound was because of their aligned interests.

Something much tougher than verbal loyalty.

Of course, among them, the Gatekeeper was bound more by Family Law than by interests.

“Gatekeeper.”

“Yes.”

He, who had been following along roughly at the very back, answered.

A helmet that was old and rusted in places.

A surcoat with holes patched up here and there.

On top of that, an old quilted armor.

It was an embarrassing attire to have him stand as a guard at the main gate of the Dark Moon Grand Castle.

“I’ve spoken to the Butler. Meet him and be delegated a certain authority.”

“…What authority are you talking about.”

“The demons we killed in Eclipse. Do you remember them.”

“Wouldn’t it be harder to forget?”

The Youngest Son was the same.

“Those demons still exist. I am just controlling them.”

Furthermore, he spoke of delegating authority.

“You manage them. Create a royal guard with them.”

“What kind of order is it to create a royal guard with demons.”

“An order? When did you ever listen to my orders. I’m just giving you a new plaything. It will be fun once you get the hang of it.”

“……”

“Do well. Captain of the Royal Guard.”

From Gatekeeper to Captain of the Royal Guard.

I didn't know how many ranks he had been promoted.

“Haa….”

The Captain of the Royal Guard also seemed happy, so I felt good.

I patted his shoulder a couple of times.

The Youngest Son’s eyes moved to another building.

There was a temple there.

And a meticulously made one at that.

Its size was also about up to Hexa’s waist.

That Hexa was once called the White Tower, but this temple was definitely not.

The temple preserved a pure white color like the first snow and was noble in itself.

At a glance, one might think that Eclipse was normalized thanks to that temple.

That white temple had a black ring on its main gate.

The same went for the wall.

Jubel approached the Youngest Son, who was looking at it with satisfaction.

“It was unexpected. That you would spend a large sum of money on the Scripture of the Dark Wheel’s temple, Young Master.”

He asked subtly.

“Is there a way to make money here as well?”

“We’ll have to wait and see. I don't know for sure, but those who enter that place right now will have a lot of money.”

The fish trap was made.

Whether the fish would enter that place.

We would have to wait and see.

***

It would be completed in a week, but that was when it would be open to outsiders.

The Youngest Son had already moved his belongings to the Dark Moon Grand Castle.

But the most excited one was Lubosch.

As the family's blood relative exclusive agent.

It was a joyous thing for the blood relative he was in charge of to be on the rise.

But more than that.

“To think I don’t have to clean alone anymore…! Is this heaven…?!”

“This is the Dark Moon Grand Castle. A new mansion.”

Kyaul!

He had heard correctly.

Lubosch took the stiff hands of the wooden doll maid corps and danced in the corridor.

At dawn, when an untimely waltz was taking place.

The Butler, who had approached at some point, grabbed his sleeve and shook it.

“Young Master!”

“What is it.”

“Someone came in?”

“…?”

“Someone came into Eclipse. They’re alone.”

An outsider who entered a domain that had not yet been opened to outsiders.

Then they were an uninvited guest and an intruder.

What kind of gutsy fellow was this?

As I was calling a Griffin to go see, the Butler added.

“They smell similar to you, Young Master.”

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