The formal contracts with Lumina, Alice, and Laurel, Fille at the Butler’s Guild, contract modifications with Marisa, Viola, Julia, and Eos, and contracts with five C-rank butlers who will manage the Union House were all successfully completed.
Perhaps because I formally contracted one S-rank, one B-rank, and two C-rank individuals, even allowing them to join the Union, Orkiss asked me to assign different butlers for short-term contracts for new C-rank butlers. Since I felt I had asked for a bit of a favor given the Butler’s Guild’s circumstances, the contracts with the five C-rank butlers were set for the maximum term of three months for C-rank butlers.
Afterward, I stopped by the Priest’s Guild to register Marisa and the others’ inventory and, at the Hunter’s Guild, completed the application for Apricot’s Wing Crest addition while arranging for the dismantling of the monsters hunted in the morning.
Now, all that’s left is to have Alka guide the four contracted individuals, but I also need to ask Marina about a Crest Defender Coat for Apricot.
The measurements have been taken and the design is finalized, but Apricot, being a healer, doesn’t intend to wield a weapon.
However, since she is Prim’s biological mother and my mother-in-law, I cannot deny the possibility of her being targeted by fools with ill intentions.
So, I agonized over what to do, and decided to process the monster cores of G-rank monsters into Tenma Stones and equip them to four locations: both shoulders and both hips.
If I use the armor plates skillfully, I should be able to conceal the fact that she is equipped with Tenma Stones.
Although the rank of the magic stones is two levels lower compared to the Celestial Globe, I intend to imbue them with an excessive amount of magic to protect Apricot’s safety.
I will also make them for the four butlers, but it will start with their Butler’s Wear, and I plan to craft their weapons as well, so I’ll need to ask for their preferences first.
“Mama—!”
“Now, Youny. I am terribly sorry for entrusting Youny’s care to you.”
“No, no, Lady Youny is very well-behaved and easy to look after. It will be good practice for us too. Eek!”
“I—I am so sorry!”
Lydia said that, but Youny abruptly lifted her skirt.
Oh, it’s black today.
With the Crest Defender Coat, she would be wearing something like spats to prevent her underwear from showing, but this is her casual wear today.
That’s not it!
She’s only three, so she probably doesn’t have any malicious intent, but Lumina is apologizing profusely.
“She’s a child, so I’ll overlook it to some extent. Also, this Ginkgo Hall will be the butler’s dormitory. The second and third floors will be private rooms, but the third floor will be for Eos and Lumina.”
Mana is showing them around Ginkgo Hall, which will be the butler’s dormitory.
The four annexes have slightly different layouts and exterior appearances.
The first floor has an entrance connected to a covered walkway, a spacious living room, a kitchen, and a reception room. The second floor has guest rooms, the third floor has large rooms typically used by the master, and the fourth floor has a scenic bath.
However, Ginkgo Hall has been designated as the butler’s dormitory, and renovations are underway on the third floor.
It’s mainly for Lumina and Youny, but it’s also problematic for the sub-chief butler to have the best room, so the large room on the third floor has been reconfigured into a layout similar to an apartment that a family can use, and I’ve prepared three such rooms.
Currently, Lumina is the only one with a child, but other butlers might have children in the future or we might contract with butlers who do, so I’ve taken preventative action. The problem is that three rooms might not be enough.
Therefore, I intend to renovate the second floor soon and create rooms with similar layouts.
“C—Can we really live here?”
“I heard it was an island floating in the sky, but I never imagined it would be this amazing…”
Laurel and Fille are clearly intimidated.
The guest rooms are about 30 square meters, which might be spacious for a servant’s room for live-in staff.
After renovation, I plan to combine two rooms, but perhaps I should only combine a portion of them.
“There are toilets on each floor, so you’ll be using those. The fourth floor has a scenic bath, so feel free to use it. Oh, and of course, you can use the hot spring baths as well.”
“Y—Yes…”
“Thank you very much…”
They’re also surprised about the baths.
With the Helios Orb, private baths are not available for ordinary households.
This is largely because water and sewage systems are not in place due to the widespread availability of magic tools imbued with water attribute magic.
You might wonder if you can prepare water using magic tools, but preparing the amount needed for a bath is difficult, not to mention the need to heat water and the issue of drainage, which incur not only effort but also cost. Therefore, only nobles and wealthy merchants typically have them.
Another significant reason is the existence of Supplication Magic called Washing, which allows one to stay clean at any time.
Nevertheless, there is a culture of bathing, as large inns and hotels offer bath access for a fee once a week, and I’ve heard that hot spring towns also exist.
Come to think of it, I haven’t been to the hot springs on the Helios Orb yet.
There seem to be hot springs in Amister, Libertà, and Valentia as well, so it might be nice to go on a hot spring tour when I have the time.
“Once your rooms are decided, please come to the living room on the second floor of the main hall. Flam and Marina are waiting to take your measurements.”
“Understood.”
The Butler’s Wear that the butlers use for work will also be specially tailored for the Wing Crest.
Until completion, they will use their current attire, but once tailored, it will become their formal wear.
Therefore, measurements are essential.
The problem is, what about Youny’s clothes?
Flam aims to be a tailor, so it might be a good idea to have her make Youny’s clothes for practice.
To weave cloth, a loom or similar equipment is needed, but the Helios Orb has magic.
There is a magic called Weaving in Craft Magic, which allows for quick weaving.
In the past, looms were used, but Sayuri worked hard and performed Supplication Magic to quickly make clothes that resembled Japanese attire.
Thanks to that, preparing cloth became easier, which lowered the price of clothes and by extension, led to an increase in variations. Although tailors initially complained, they changed their tune once demand increased.
Well, like Drawing, it’s magic that requires a certain sense, and Ed and I are not good at it.
“Crafter sounds interesting, doesn’t it? Maybe I should register too?”
“It is interesting, but once you start, you can’t stop!”
Mako also started talking about registering as a Crafter. There are many things one can do besides cooking and sewing, and many Craft Magic spells are easy to use.
Besides, Mako has a good sense of art, so I definitely want her to register as a Crafter and reproduce the game weapons and armor in my Engraving Tool using Drawing.
Flam and Marina’s drawings are beautiful and accurate, but they cannot operate the Engraving Tool.
“I’ll think about it. Oh, I’ll be going to Amagi Castle with Sir Yuri and Carol later.”
“Pardon?”
No, why Amagi Castle?
And we only went this morning.
“Her Highness Maruca doesn’t seem to be feeling well, so Grandmother Sayuri asked us to examine her as well. I don’t think it’s anything serious, but she said it would be good experience, so…”
Her Highness Maruca is unwell.
However, High Class individuals rarely get sick, so it’s probably not an illness…
Oh, could it be that she’s just tired from being pushed too hard during today’s hunt?
“With that in mind, we’ve been asked to examine her.”
It seems she was told this as they were leaving, but Sayuri has probably already finished examining Her Highness Maruca.
I didn’t notice at all, and Yuri and Carol didn’t seem to notice either. Mako was only concerned that Her Highness Maruca wasn’t as prominent as usual. How did they figure it out?
“I have a guess, but I can’t be sure without confirming it directly.”
Even so, Mako has a guess.
“I have a vague idea too, but if that’s the case, it’s probably best not to overwhelm her with a large group.”
“Eh? Mana, you understood too?”
Raus exclaims in surprise, but I still don’t understand.
Moreover, the women seem to have a shared understanding, but won’t they tell me?
“Once it’s confirmed. Spreading unconfirmed information wouldn’t be appropriate.”
Well, she is the Queen of a country, and I can understand that.
If I’m told not to visit until it’s confirmed, lest it cause unnecessary commotion, then there’s nothing I can say.
“In that case, I’ll lock myself in the Crafting Hall. I should be able to finish prototyping the communication tools soon and want to have them completed before we go to Solemne.”
“Indeed, a magic tool that allows communication over distance will be necessary considering future events.”
“It sounds interesting, and I’m free right now, so I’ll lend a hand.”
“Alright, I’ll count on you.”
If Ed helps, it might be possible to get it done today.
“I’m going hunting with Reina and Seras.”
“Oh, in that case, I’ll go too.”
Raus is going hunting with Reina and Seras, and Prim will accompany them.
Given the recent raid called Beast Brain, there’s still a possibility that hunters from former Prince Leonas’s faction might appear, which is likely why.
However, I don’t think there will be many hunters aiming specifically for Feel.
Mana, Meena, Lydia, Ludia, Athena, and Camellia are also going, so there shouldn’t be any problems.
“I will measure Lumina and the others along with Marina-san and Flam-san, and then begin crafting the Butler’s Wear.”
“I can only help a little, so I’ll try tailoring Youny’s clothes.”
Flam, Marina, and Fina will measure the four contracted individuals and then begin crafting the Butler’s Wear. Additionally, Flam will craft Youny’s clothes.
In that case, they’ll come to the Crafting Hall after the measurements are done.
Viola and Julia will accompany Yuri and the others, while Eos and Marisa will guide the four. I’ll leave that to them.
The plans are set, so everyone started acting immediately.
I think I’ll go to the Crafting Hall as well.
“Hmm, the Water Screen is looking good.”
“Yeah. It was good that we imbued it with ice and light attribute magic. We had to use the magic stones of Sea Serpent and Great Blade Fish, so the cost ended up being ridiculously high.”
“Well, yeah.”
Three units, the size of PC racks, are lined up in front of Ed and me, and they are projecting our figures onto the Water Screen through the visual Tenma Stones.
We can only confirm the communication status within the Crafting Hall at the moment, but since it seems to use the communicator’s magic power, it should be fine.
Of course, I’ll give it a thorough check later.
Regarding the visual Tenma Stones, since we’re using a Water Screen, magic stones with water attributes are most suitable.
However, due to output issues, we had no choice but to use the magic stones of Sea Serpent and Great Blade Fish, P-I rank monsters, obtained from the Krater Labyrinth.
These magic stones have water attribute magic as the base, with light attribute magic and ice attribute magic as support, as well as Supplication Magic Mirroring imbued into them.
As a result, the visuals are quite clear, but since the magic stones used are what they are, we could only prepare three units.
There is one Sea Serpent magic stone left, but it’s best to keep it as a spare, so I can’t make any more at the moment.
For the audio, we managed to hunt three Storm Falcons, an anomaly of Wind Rock that inhabits Mylight recently. Their magic stones were processed into audio Tenma Stones with wind attribute magic and barrier magic imbued into them.
Initially, it was only wind attribute magic, but the sound would fly away or crackle, so I tried to see if I could converge the sound, and Barrier Magic turned out to be perfect.
“Ed, I’ll take numbers one and two and go somewhere suitable. I’m sorry, but please wait here.”
“Got it.”
I left the third prototype communication device to Ed, stored numbers one and two in my storage, and descended from Alka.
The ability to use Traveling makes it easy to check areas where the communication devices can be used.
I’ll activate them right away.
“Ed, can you hear me?”
“Yeah, perfectly.”
“Me too. I can see you clearly.”
“Yeah. Where are you now?”
“Since it’s the first time, I’m near Memoria.”
Alka circles the Amagi, but it’s too close if I use Float, so I decided to try near Memoria first. However, there seem to be no problems.
“Ah, Alka circles the Amagi, so it is indeed just right.”
“That’s right. I’ll try changing the location next.”
“Understood. I’ll be waiting.”
It’s working quite well.
Next, I teleported to a wasteland near Dragunia, and it worked fine there too. It also worked without problems in Golud Great Glacier, Praia Desert, and even Instant Labyrinth.
There is no radio wave on the Helios Orb, but magic power fills not only the atmosphere but also the water. So, I think it should be fine as long as there is magic power.
It’s large, and I can’t use it while it’s stored in storage or inventory, so if I can fix that, it would be close to perfect.
However, since the prototype is completed before going to Solemne, I definitely want to take it.
With three units, it will likely be used by us, Hilde, and His Majesty Emperor Reinhardt.
