Chapter 375 Visiting Draco Again

Alright, lets hurry up and get to installing the hot spring in Draco.

My attendants this time will be Meat (Masked Maid No. 2), Setsuna, and Shikina.

Village Sub-Chief Wozuma made sure to give me a warning before I left. He asked for me to please not do anything unnecessary.

I mean thats fine with me, Ill just leave the battle junkies here to mess around with Harvey while Im setting it up, yep. Everything will turn out fine. Definitely. Thereabouts. Oh, Setsuna and Shikina are here this time to be guards for the magic tool. Theyre just for show though. Meats my guard.

Thats a big magic tool, huh~

Right~?

Due to that, the stone block of a magic tool was being transported by cart. It was a pretty hefty one-meter cube, so it wasnt exactly something thatd be easy to steal. Heavy is heavy.

Well, its actually just a fake. The thing actually doing the work will be a dungeon [Riverhead] Ill be attaching to it on site.

This really does need a wagon to move around, I wonder how you managed to bring it back in the first place, Master?

[Storage], obviously.

Oooh! Huh? But then why did you not use [Storage] this time?

Oh. U-Uh, yeah, whatever. [Storage] is a rare skill, so lets go with pushing my luck.

Mmm, to be honest, its to show off the magic tool!

I see! You will surely show off how grand it is this way!

Actually, this one here is a fake. I have another one thats real, this is a trick!

Ooh! So its to lure out neer-do-wells who wish to capture this magic tool? What a Master-like strategy, Master!

I guess thats a possible strategy, too. Maybe I could lure some easy targets no, itd be better to just do what I need to do. Its not like theres anyone whod fall for it anyway.

We eventually arrived at Draco while we talked about similar things as we progressed through the peaceful tunnel.

It appeared that Cid had been waiting for us at the villages entrance. He had his guard, Harvey, with him too.

Kehma-dono, youve arrived.

Yeah, Cid-dono. I brought it, where do you want it?

R-Right now? Err, alright, this way please.

Ignoring the two guards who were looking like they were having to hold themselves back from having a match right there and then, we all headed to the possible installation site for the village.

Hmm, looks like were still a good ways away from the maximum range of the dungeons domain, so we could put it here. Theres even a well-maintained waterway already set up here, so they shouldnt have an issue dealing with the water here. I held back the urge to joke and say that I didnt think the spot would work out and got to work.

I had Shikina and Setsuna help set up the courtesy tent to block out others sight as well as bring in the magic tool.

I placed the giant one-meter large cube on the white pedestal Id set up and followed up by installing a dungeon [Riverhead] into it.

Alright, now for the ceremony. Everyone but Kuro and I, if you would please leave.

Understood. By the way, is there anything else we could do to help?

Hm? Lets see oh, right. Cid-dono, I do have something

Sure, please, let me know if theres anything!

Cid responded quicker than a dog reaching out to bite a steak. W-Wow. What amazing cooperative ability. Is he looking forward to the magic tools hot spring that much? I mean, I get how he feels, hot springs are amazing as heck. The comfort it provides is just incomparably better than what [Cleanup] provides.

The other two escorts I brought with me were saying that theyd love to have a bout with yours. Could you let them? Like a practice match.

Thats all?

Yeah. One of them isnt too strong, at least. Theres various things wrong with her

Hoh You dont mind them being beaten?

Nope. That might actually be better? I mean, shes the type of person who actually wants to meet those stronger than her

I see. In that case, Ill tell Harvey to treat the challenge seriously.

Finally able to leave my two guards with their babysitterCid, Meat and I finally went to the challenge of the magic tool installation ceremony.

Well, its not like thats actually hard. I just had to customize the [Riverhead] with Menu-san. Viva la Dungeon! Dungeons are crazy convenient. Ah, does this count as indirectly praising Rokuko?

I guess Ill first make it so that twisting the faucet changes how much water comes out? Ill make it so it cant get as hot as our inns the composition of itll be like a hot spring though, sooo.

Leaving Meat to keep an eye on what was going on around us, I operated the menu. I put it in the pillar so that it cant be seen from the outside with little dots on the surface facing the stone block

Alright, all of the preparations are complete now. All thats left is to press the confirm button.

But its not like I can just stop now, thatd be like saying [Oh, right, so there wasnt actually a ceremony or anything]. I have some time to kill.

Opening the monitor, I decided to check out what was happening outside. Shikina and Harvey had just begun their practice match. It was such a good point to join in that I decided to watch.

I couldnt get a grasp on Harveys capability since he was thrown about like a sack of potatoes by Meat in their last fight. Lets hope this is more of an even match.

Shikina held up her wooden sword. She was confronting a mighty warrior of Pavuera, Harvey.

Harvey had taken off his full body armor for today, instead relying on leather armor to protect him. I wonder if he was valuing agility over defense?

Id heard that you wore heavy armor, Harvey-dono?

Only when Im serious. Ah, I mean Im always serious ocourse, but its not like Id die from a cut from a wooden sword, eh?

I suppose armor would just be considered extra weight against an opponent with a wooden sword. I look forward to our bout!

Shikinas eyes lit up as she gripped her wooden sword tightly. Facing her was Harvey, a wooden sword in each of his hands. Although a two-sword style would require a befitting level of strength, as someone who usually wore full body armor, Harvey was easily capable of it.

Gonna come at me?

Of course! Teei!

Shikina started with a slash. Kicking up a cloud of dust as she closed the distance between them, she raised her sword and swung down vertically. However, Harvey deflected it with the sword in his right hand, using the one in his left to attack Shikinas body directly.

However, Shikina just barely managed to dodge the blow, almost like it passed through where shed been.

Returning to her original position, Shikina set her sword back up.

Phew haah

Hoh, pretty agile, there.

Seeing Shikinas slightly elevated breathing and that she was still conscious, he returned to his starting position as well in preparation for another go to happen. The cloud of dust filling the space between the two served as proof of that fact.

Hohoh, youve