“I see… a floating island, is it? You’ve discovered quite the rarity. And to think the magicians of the late Great Sage’s Tower migrated there aboard a magical airship crafted by Reus-sama himself.”
At the very top floor of the central tower, I recounted to Meltera everything that had happened on the floating island.
She seemed to remember the three who had once been known as the Three wise men—Avices, Monides, and Domas.
“When I died, the Beretettegrosse should’ve still been stored at the Great Sage’s Tower. So they ended up taking it without permission.”
“It would seem so. In Reus-sama’s lifetime, it was frequently used as a regular transport to travel between the tower and the outside world. But as the tower declined, those trips gradually ceased, and eventually the vessel was left stored away and forgotten.”
“So that’s how it went huh.”
It happened after my death, so I suppose there was no helping it—but still, what a depressing story.
“Yes. Incidentally, its exterior was so obscenely shaped that the members of the tower declared they would prefer not to ride it unless absolutely necessary.”
“You people don’t understand art!”
『Master, you did not create it as a work of art in the first place.』
After finishing my tale, I shifted the topic and asked about the state of the city’s governance.
“So? How’s the Magical City been doing?”
“There was a period when public order declined due to the sudden reforms. However, things have settled down considerably. The forbidden artifacts that slipped into the shadows during the chaos have also been mostly eradicated.”
“As expected. I knew you were the right person for the job.”
“…When you forcibly made me the Great Sage of this city, I truly did consider killing you again.”
“Again,’ she says…
That’s not something to joke about, is it…?”
『It was no joke. She was quite serious.』
Hiii!
“But hey, if I were the one ruling this place, things would’ve gotten seriously out of hand, you know? I’d have mass-produced breast-enhancement elixirs and required every young woman to drink them. Then I’d keep the entire city under a perpetual warm-weather spell so everyone would dress lightly—”
“It appears giving me the reins was indeed the correct decision.”
Meltera declared this with an icy, merciless stare.
Ah. She was absolutely about to fire off her specialty ice magic at me. Sensing imminent death, I hurriedly steered the conversation elsewhere.
“So… has that thing been found?”
At the question, Meltera’s expression darkened.
“…Unfortunately, not yet.”
“I see… That’s pretty dangerous, after all. I just hope it’s somewhere within this city.”
The forbidden artifacts stolen by Deophrastus—among them, the most dangerous item was the Demon King’s Heart, which I currently have securely stored in my subspace, so there’s no problem there.
But there’s another forbidden artifact, potentially even more dangerous than the Demon King’s Heart, that has gone missing. I had assumed it was somewhere in this magical city…
“I believe it was sealed very carefully, so it’s probably lying dormant somewhere… most likely.”
“I’ll also conduct a thorough search within the city myself.”
“That’s right. I’ll leave it to you. Thank you.”
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After leaving the magical city, we were headed toward Vegaltia.
“Hm… nostalgic.”
“I wonder if everyone’s doing well?”
Vegaltia was a city known as a sanctuary for adventurers. Because it had developed around a massive dungeon within the city, the Adventurers’ Guild held significant power, operating entirely independently of the nation with complete autonomy.
It was also a city where many conflicts had occurred—battles against anti-guild organizations and against hordes of undead led by demon-kind, among others.
『Master, why are we going to Vegaltia again?』
(I was teaching Dana, and it made me want to check in on Colette and Zeta after such a long time.)
Colette was the busty girl to whom I had taught the method of restoring magical circuits. Meanwhile, Zeta was the busty older sister blacksmith to whom I had imparted the very essence of smithing.
『…They’re all big-breasted women, aren’t they?』
(There’s nothing to teach a flat-chested person, after all.)
『Did a flat-chested person kill your parents or something?』
Eventually, Vegaltia came into view.
“This is quite a large city.”
“Yeah, it’s a city with lots of adventurers, but that also means the entertainment districts are well-developed. It’s really a fun place.”
I explained various things to Karen, who was visiting Vegaltia for the first time.
“Over there is a tavern—the staff are all busty women, it’s fantastic. That snack bar over there has a kind Mother who’s also very well-endowed, and if you ask, she’ll hold you in her arms immediately. Oh, that lunch spot there? The owner’s daughter has incredible assets, totally worth seeing. And then—”
“No, I don’t need such information as a woman myself…”
“Really? By the way, the big building in the center of the city is the Adventurers’ Guild. There’s a dungeon in its basement.”
“That’s what I wanted to know first… By the way, it looks like there’s quite a commotion around that building.”
“Huh?”
Looking more closely, a large crowd had gathered around the Adventurers’ Guild.
It’s normally a busy place with adventurers coming and going, but this was different—something unusual was happening.
“They’ve surrounded the building with weapons? And it looks like they’re creating some kind of earthen wall… Could it be a barricade?”
It seemed that some sort of disturbance was taking place.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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