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The tower managed by Kousuke exists in the center of the Central Continent.
Furthermore, six other towers are arranged around it, though quite a distance away.
In terms of location, with Kousuke’s tower at the center, there are two to the north and south, two to the northeast and northwest, and two to the southeast and southwest, for a total of six.
If these six towers were connected by lines, they would form a perfect hexagon, but this has not been investigated in detail.
The Central Continent, which boasts these seven towers in total, has vast lands, but consequently, it remains largely undeveloped. For the humans of other continents, the Central Continent is a completely unexplored territory.
The shape of the Central Continent is somewhat between a diamond and a circle.
The city of Ryusen, which was first connected to Kousuke’s tower by a teleport gate, is located in the northeast of the continent.
In the opposite direction, to the southwest of Ryusen, there was a town called Nansen.
Schmidt proposed Nansen as the first candidate location for installing a teleport gate connecting the fifth floor of the tower to the outside.
Like other towns on the Central Continent, Nansen is situated along the coast, but to the landward side, opposite the sea, lies the long Nansen Mountain Range.
Due to the presence of this mountain range, traveling from Nansen to the towers located inland is extremely difficult.
However, the nearby mountains yield abundant resources, attracting many artisans who utilize these resources.
Many adventurers in Nansen are engaged in mining these resources or providing escort services for mining teams.
Schmidt’s second candidate location for a teleport gate was this town, citing the presence of artisans and resources not available in Ryusen.
In particular, the weapons and armor crafted by the artisans of this town are essential for adventurers operating in the towers, making them highly valued.
Kousuke, accompanied by Mitsuki with Nana and Wanri in tow, had arrived in Nansen.
They had traveled here using the “
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However, with Mitsuki present, Kousuke and his group had no problem returning. Mitsuki could teleport them to the base of the tower.
Since Kouhi and Mitsuki’s teleport abilities can only be used for places they have visited before (like “Rurira”), they used the tower’s function for this first visit.
“Here” refers to a location a short walk from the town, as they couldn’t simply appear in the middle of the town.
Kousuke’s party then walked towards Nansen.
By the way, Nana and Wanri were on leashes.
This was a precaution to prevent them from being attacked suddenly in town.
Neither of them disliked the leashes, which allowed Kousuke to bring them along.
According to Schmidt, beast tamers or trainers exist normally, so as long as they were leashed, there shouldn’t be any issues.
Of course, there are always individuals who might cause trouble, and they had excluded such possibilities from the start.
Thus, accompanied by Nana and Wanri on leashes, and with Mitsuki, they headed towards Nansen. This time, they entered the town without any particular problems.
They had no issues entering as they possessed Guild Cards from the Public Guild, made in Ryusen.
Upon entering the town, Kousuke and his group first secured lodging (a single room, of course) before heading to the Public Guild in Nansen.
Their objective this time was to investigate not only the adventurers here but also the artisans.
They intended to observe these professions to some extent through requests from the Public Guild.
Ideally, they wanted to invite skilled artisans to the tower.
The artisans they wanted to invite were primarily in the construction field.
Currently, on the fifth floor, the supply of buildings cannot meet the demand.
While buildings could be constructed using Divine Power points, they preferred not to use that method.
Kousuke believed that villages should be built by hand as much as possible.
Upon visiting the Public Guild, Kousuke and his party attracted many stares as soon as they entered the establishment, which served as both a dining hall and a bar.
It was obviously Mitsuki’s doing, but Kousuke intended to ignore it as usual.
However, he soon noticed that the gazes were different from the usual.
The reason for this became apparent as he scanned the dining hall.
In a corner of the dining hall, two women were eating, trying to avoid attention.
They were also quite beautiful, though perhaps not on Mitsuki’s level (some might argue it’s unfair to compare).
Colette was picking at the vegetables in her soup, feeling utterly fed up.
She was well aware from her travels that her appearance was attractive to humans.
Even among her own kind, elves, she was considered exceptionally beautiful. This was even more so for humans.
Moreover, Silvia, a party member seated opposite her, was just as striking in appearance.
It was no wonder they were drawing so much attention.
Still, she wished she could have a meal in peace.
“Colette, I understand how you feel, but if you don’t eat soon, it will get cold,” Silvia urged, noticing Colette’s expression.
“…I know, but,” Colette replied.
Elves are more sensitive to such auras than humans.
She could feel the eyes of everyone in the dining hall on them, making it difficult to eat.
“Or perhaps you’d prefer to give up on eating here and move elsewhere?”
Colette almost agreed to Silvia’s suggestion, but ultimately shook her head.
She had considered it several times herself.
However, thinking about the ingredients of the meal before her, Colette’s pride wouldn’t allow her to waste them.
All ingredients were gifts of nature.
As an elf, she could not afford to be wasteful.
Silvia, who had known her for a while, understood this and didn’t press the matter further.
Just as Colette was trying to endure the stares and continue her meal, it happened.
The entrance door opened, and all eyes shifted towards it.
For a brief moment, this is normal.
Confirming who enters is a habit for adventurers.
However, for it to continue like this is extremely rare.
And yet, this rare occurrence was happening.
The cause was obvious.
It was the woman of the pair who had just entered.
Her beauty was such that even women couldn’t help but sigh, coupled with a figure that could be described as alluringly curvaceous.
The gazes of the men in the dining hall were undoubtedly fixed on her impressively large assets.
The other man, with his unremarkable appearance, was, as expected, receiving almost no attention.
Fortunately for Colette (and certainly for her), with the surrounding attention diverted, she decided to finish her meal.
For Colette, the ingredients were more important than these strangers.
Silvia, who had already finished eating, was observing the newcomers, so she could ask her about it later.
Besides, there wasn’t much left, so she finished quickly.
As Colette finished her meal, Silvia spoke to her.
The focus of attention had moved to the counter.
“Colette, did you notice?”
“Notice what?”
“The man from that pair was looking at us.”
Given her past experiences, it was understandable that Colette might have misinterpreted the direction of the gaze.
However, sensing Colette’s expression, Silvia shook her head.
“That gaze was not of that nature.”
“…Then what?”
They had never met these two before.
Not the woman, and certainly not the man.
“I can’t say for sure. Did you, Colette?”
“I don’t recall them either.”
“Is that so.”
“Well, there’s no point dwelling on it. If they have business with us, they’ll come over.”
“…That’s right.”
Colette tilted her head at Silvia’s somewhat hesitant tone.
“What? Is there something about those two?”
“No, nothing at all. It’s probably just my imagination.”
Colette changed her mind based on Silvia’s way of speaking.
When Silvia spoke like that, something almost always happened, for better or worse.
She didn’t know what it was now, but it wouldn’t hurt to be cautious.
And, as it turned out, Silvia’s premonition was accurate.
Finally, a new heroine has been introduced.
It is likely that the story will focus on these two for a while (though the duration is yet undecided).
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