Chapter 99: Tremor of Magic Power Welcoming winter in my 3rd year coming to Mildgard, I created a magic device that pours out hot water meant for the ma.s.ses, and had it put on sale at Valkyra Kingdom, Lomaria Kingdom, and Samandour Kingdom through the Papeck Company.
「It has been a long time, Tak.u.mi-sama.」
「Yes it has, Papeck-san. 」
When we were relaxing at Volton, the president of the Papeck Company Papeck-san whose physique is somewhat better than before had paid us a visit.
「Papeck-san, it"s rare for you to come personally. What can I do for you today?」
「Yes, with the success of Wedgefort town, Valkyra Kingdom"s ally Lomaria Kingdom wants a fortress in the savage lands and has a request.」
「We will do the fortress?」
「No no, that will result in Valkyra Kingdom"s influence becoming too strong. An alliance is not one unless it is equal, after all. The commission they want Tak.u.mi-sama to accept is a highway from Wedgefort to Lomaria"s direction that is of the same standard as the highway from Volton to Wedgefort.」
At present, path from Wedgefort to Lomaria through the savage lands is a highway only in name, a hairy animal trail.
It"s a considerable distance from Volton, but my Long Warp has improved quite a bit, so it doesn"t consume that much magic power if it"s to Volton and Wedgefort. If we return to the mansion to sleep, we wouldn"t have to go out of our way to camp.
「This commission is a combined commission of Valkyra Kingdom"s royal family, Margrave Volton, Lomaria Kingdom, and the Commerce Guild. I believe this is also the result of the well known reputation of 『Wings of Norn』. The commission this time is not for the adventurer party 『Wings of Norn』, but work for a civil contractor」
「I understand. I accept.」
Of course if it is a request from the country, even I have no option to refuse.
We warped to the outskirts of Wedgefort, then Kaede, Tsubaki, and t.i.tan got out of the Subs.p.a.ce and they guarded us while we worked on the highway.
Sophia gave magic power to the earth spirit Gnome through Spirit Magic, and it made a roughly straight, wide road. Maria and I paved the highway to finish it. Marnie uses Earth Attribute Magic but when she, a beastkin, uses magic, her magic power runs out soon after, so I had her take turns with Laeva as a guard.
The highway is compacted and leveled, the dirt surface is changed to stone, and paving the highway is being completed at our walking speed.
On the 10th day of highway construction and monster subjugation, the location of the fortress that Lomaria is constructing came in sight.
「We"ve finally reached it.」
「Even coming to this area, there are fewer monsters.」
Maria and I were making the road while walking when, at that moment, we felt a fluctuation of magic power from far away.
「Wha! Just now!」
「Eh?!」
「Master! I sensed some gross magic power!」
Maybe it was because everyone in our party was proficient in Magic Perception that we felt it. And I realized the source of this fluctuation of magic power.
「(There"s only one thing that would need require enough magic power to affect the whole continent.」
These days, I"ve been having too much happiness with Sophia and everyone everyday so I got careless. Today three years ago was the day I arrived at Mildgard. Correct, this is the day the Divine Empire of Sydnia summoned the heroes.