Chapter 164

Two days have pa.s.sed since the day of the duel .

My physical condition has already recovered completely .

It seems that Ortems ability to disperse the disease has worked perfectly this time as well .

I was in my room in Larks mansion, writing this and that doc.u.ment with a quill pen .

The doc.u.ment was about the future plan .

I need to improve the Ortem gourd, and I need to rally the Alchemy Division to learn more about Ortem .

There is still a lot of work to be done .

No, in fact, this is where the real work begins .

And just a few minutes ago when I was pa.s.sing by the office, I heard some good news .

Lark-sama . About the topic of bio-magic that Abel-sama was proposing what will you do about it?

Since Euris took him out like that, if were indifferent, it will lead to a big loss of trust . Something, a compromise that the girl might be willing to accept Marias and Rinoa would know more about that point, so Id rather like your opinion .

Sorry Lark-sama, because I took the liberty to

No, if we missed the other day, the forces of the Icarus faction would have risen again that point, there was no way around it . It should have been the best .

Probably Lark, Euris, Marias, and Rinoa were discussing the permit I was applying for .

If it looks like that, it shouldnt be about nothing at all .

By the way, Icarus had a hole in his abdomen and was dying, but I somehow managed to save with my bio-magic .

But I wasnt in good physical condition at the time, so I was really just trying to keep him alive for now .

Since Icarus had woken up, he seemed to have aged quickly and had become much calmer .

Maybe its because he was treated by me, and thats what made it all worth it .

As soon as the interrogation regarding this matter is over and he is in full physical condition, he and the two sorcerers in his former entourage who requested to accompany him are scheduled to be permanently expelled from the f.a.ge territory .

In the end, Icarus, in order to take advantage of the trust of Ringus, instigated one of his followers to pose as a victim and deceive Ringus, and in order to regain his position, he challenged me to a duel . Icarus knew that he was underpowered, so he settled on the fact that he was going to win by pus.h.i.+ng his strengths into the game and further undermining my body with his magic .

There are rumors that Icarus had tried to a.s.sa.s.sinate me beforehand .

Seriously, Icarus is the worst .

At any rate, this has completely changed the minds of some of the people who believed in Icarus, and they seem to have a strong resentment towards him .

I feel like a lot of things have been heaped on them, but its not a disadvantage to me, so Im leaving it at that .

Ringus is not unscathed and seems to have ended up with a major loss of credibility .

Ive been told that Lark has a.s.signed three trustworthy people to watch over Ringus, and if there is any unusual movement, he has ordered them to be restrained immediately .

If they are planning something, they cant make a suspicious move .

But considering the scale of what Ringus has done so far, it will be interesting to see how far he can go when he makes a serious move .

I hope hes willing to leave voluntarily .

Abel, are you sure youre okay already?

Mea, who was beside me, calls out to me .

Yeah, Im all set . Ive been delayed for two days, after all . From tomorrow, I have to start teaching the alchemy division . In order to do that, we need to get the requirements together today and ma.s.s-produce the training Ortem . Besides, there are some things I need to ask Rinoa-san to do .

To Rinoa-san?

Yeah, I heard that the Noir people are short but strong and dexterous, and many of them are good at processing magic ores . I, you see, Im not dexterous enough to make those things .

Apart from Abel, a person whos good at with hands Oh .

Something seems came to her mind, and Mea went silent .

To be frank, Im not good enough for those things because I dont have enough power .

Thats why Ive been letting valuable ore rot in my hands until now .

Thats right, the mysterious floating ore that was used for the walls of the Zeshum ruins .

If we can use it, we should be able to make a sword that can fly around at super high speed .

We still have a lot of work to do, but lets just focus on the paperwork and theorizing today .

Suddenly, I looked out the window and saw a group of men in red, blue, and yellow miscellaneous made armor leaving the village .

The armor was made from Nalgarn scales .

Since that was the only material available, they must have tried to divide it up evenly among the colors for now .

It was necessary to make a number of them, so each one was quite coa.r.s.e in its construction . The appearance of the armor is especially out of the question .

Maybe theyre hard enough to be excellent armor there, though .

I stood up from my chair and put my hand on the window .

To be frank, that thing is soooo lame .

Its out in Meas terms . For now, it seems to be a makes.h.i.+ft armor, so it cant be helped . Euris-san said they should be able to improve it once the trade is restored .

f.a.ge territory is in the process of recovery right now .

You cant blame them for not getting around to a lot of things .

especially when it comes to the appearance aspect .

Speaking of trade, the lord said that hes going to sell off the art that his grandfather collected in the bas.e.m.e.nt and put it into recovery! Theyll sort it out tomorrow! Since were here, lets go along and watch it! Maybe theyll give Abel an item or two if you ask for it, no strings attached!

Hmmm, Im not really into that sort of thing, though .

By the way, the cards I spread are already becoming popular in the territory .

This also seems to be playing a part in raising my impression in the territory .

The lord will support me as much as possible, and the impression I get from the residents is good .

Its truly becoming my ideal fiefdom .

As I looked out the window, I saw a church under construction .

It is the church of the water G.o.d Levi .

The rest of the concerns are the suspicious missionary and someone else who was attacking the territory .

Im thinking that theyre probably the same, though .

There is still support from the residents, and there is no hard evidence that they were attacking the territory .

We cant make the first move poorly .

We still dont have a clear objective, and we dont know what theyre capable of .

Theyre an unknown opponent in many ways .

We need to pull ourselves together

I mutter, and Mea follows my gaze to find the church .

Oh, isnt the guy building it gone? Is he on a break?

Hm?