97-91 Luciel's plan

After returning to the Healer's Guild, we headed directly to the basement.

One underground level was completely turned into a farm.

It's a hell of a thing.

Paula and the elf's love of magic tools are competing with each other. And Doran-san has it all under control.

The two of them are right on the money.

The only people who are happy about this are the Forenoirs, but, well, this is a good thing.

But what about the three underground levels?

It bothered me and I couldn't settle down without checking it out.

I decided to go down the stairs immediately.

''........This is crazy, isn't it?''

A real word came out of my mouth.

I descended to the three levels of the basement.

Normally, Dolan and Paula's workshop is on the right side of the building, and the opposite side of the building is the wall.

The place that was supposed to be the wall was already covered by a field of about 10a (1,000 square meters), and the place to plant trees had been carefully planned separately.

And just like the basement level, even the pseudo-sun was well built.

He certainly thought that if Dolan was left to his own devices, the three basement floors would expand, but he hadn't expected that the work had already progressed to half of the target.

''........If we wanted to build it, we could build a country underground too, couldn't we?

Lionel and Ketty only nodded at my mutterings.

As we approached, Lord Hanir of the Hatch tribe noticed us and flew over.

''Sage-sama, they're awesome. Now we can live in peace.''

Haha. Well, I'm surprised at this as well. But since the city of Yenis is not as safe as we thought, it's safer for Hanir-dono and the rest of the Hatchis to establish a base and then move out gradually.

''........I see. Then let us accompany you on your next trip to the forest for supplies. We would also like to bring in flower seeds and trees suitable for honey with the villagers and the flower seeds and trees here.

I felt a little bit of hardship oozing out of it, and I felt a little bit of sympathy, but it was more positive than yesterday... what? Isn't this an OK sign? I decided to check.

"Does that mean?

Yes. I'd love to help you.

Good! We now have a complete set of personnel regarding the internal affairs of the underground.

GJ (good job) to Dolan and Paula for this one.

Dolan has clearly won the hearts and minds of the Hatchis, and I'd like to thank him for that.

I reminded Dolan of his good work and told Hanir-dono that I would be having a meeting tomorrow night with Brian-dono of the Bear Beastman tribe and Mr. Dorster, the face of the slums.

''I see. I see that Sage-sama has a lot of work to do not only here in the basement, but also elsewhere.''

'Yes. Still, I was initially expecting longer than six months for this place to take shape, so with the Hatchites here I'll be able to focus on the work on the ground.

I laughed and nodded my head, really glad.

'Then we won't be heading for the forest immediately?'

''No, we're going to put the trees in the material storage area, and we're thinking of using the anti-fire grant as well, so we'll have to go out to the forest to secure the Demon Stones in every path.

He had given up buying magic stones from the Adventurer's Guild because he didn't want them to find out that he was using magic stones underground.

''Then in the near future?''

'Yes. I expect it to be in a few days. If you have dwarves and elves at that time, we will be able to transplant them without too much of a strain on the trees, so please don't hesitate to let me know what trees you would like to transplant.

You're a wise man for thinking that far ahead.

I couldn't say I didn't think much of it when they looked at me with those sparkling eyes, and I kept my smile mask plastered on the whole time.

I thought about continuing with my work, but it was almost lunch time, so I called out to everyone and decided to have lunch.

When I headed to the dining room, I found that Nahlia had already finished preparing the meal, and her students, the slave boys and girls, seemed to be helping her properly.

'How's Nahlia?'

I'm not saying what.

'It's going well. In three months we can push it to its lowest point.

She didn't know where her lowest line was, but the slave boys and girls looked somewhat happy.

The slaves here were organized by the human race and half-beastmen, three boys and eight girls.

All of the boys and girls, except for the three elves, are under 20 years of age and younger than me, so we decided to take care of the ones under 15 as orphans until they come of age, and the others will be sent to Nahlia for vocational training for a year.

I know that there are other off-duty healers and priest knights who teach them and their friends a lot more than just Nahlia.

Since the prototype of the school is here, I felt strongly that in order to make the younger generation leap forward, we would still need a school that anyone could attend, an environment where they could learn.

After finishing lunch, I returned to the guildmaster's room and looked at the parchment I had received from Dolan and the others.

'No - you can either go to the forest or the labyrinth, it doesn't matter which way you go.

I have to have a bodyguard to protect me when I go out there.

'No, I'll take you with me. I'll take you with me, but you'll never be in a battle, so value your life.

Once again, I will protect you.

I'll give you a clean bill of health this time.

I changed the subject a bit, feeling both reliant and a bit hot and bothered by the two who were completely motivated.

''I know that the two of you are quite capable... there will be cases where you will be in combat with the beast race, including the horse-beast man, which I was going to think about when I got the report.

Well, I suppose it's possible.

Whether you kill him or incapacitate him depends on the strength of your opponent.

'I've killed demons too, and I've killed animals for food, but I've never killed anything that speaks the same language as a person. I don't even know if I can fight them.

I have come to this world and killed, dismembered, and eaten demons and animals.

But I've never killed a human or a beast.

It's the same life I know there's a contradiction about it, but it's still something different.

Something about me will probably change.

I almost shudder with fear when I think about it, but in a calm voice, Lionel opened his mouth and Ketty opened hers after him.

'That's fine with you, Luciel-sama. Except when it is unavoidable, we will take care of getting our hands dirty.

"Luciel-sama will reach out to you as usual. If it's the hand of an evil one, we'll pay for it.

...Isn't that too cool? There must be a reason for their stubborn refusal to be freed from slavery. I don't know if I can solve that, but I've made up my mind to repay this favor one day.

''I'd like to thank you.

They started laughing, and from there, they discussed their plans in a friendly atmosphere, and when it boiled down, they would spend their time in the four basement floors training for battle.

The next night, Dorstar-san and his three men, Lord Brian and his two attendants visited the Healers Guild, and a meeting began in the Guildmaster's room with Hanir-dono and the others.

''Thank you for gathering here today. The reason for this gathering is regarding the new internal administration plan. You will understand since you have just made the pledge, but I will explain it in some detail. Before we do that, let me first introduce myself.

I smiled and they each looked at each other and Mr. Dorstar raised his hand before he began to introduce himself.

'My name is Dorstar, the face of the slums. Our young ones attacked the S-class healer-sama there and were enslaved, which was the point of contact, and he was able to reach out to us when he found out about the current situation of the half-beast man. They have pledged their loyalty with this life.

If you say something so over the top, people will pull away.

The next one to raise his hand was Lord Hanir.

I am Hanir of the Hatch tribe. The wise man saved my family from the forest when they were about to be destroyed. I was so impressed by the wise man's wonderful plan that I decided to cooperate with him in this project.

I think the bear-beast people's eyes sparkled more in the Hatch tribe.

'I'm Brian, the Bear Beastmen. We've been oppressed because we're a race of only a few, but since Honey and Luciel-sama have reached out to us, we've decided to join the umbrella.

Under your umbrella.......it looks like you've done an M&A of some publicly traded company, doesn't it? It's as if I bought the Bear Beastman Enterprises from Yenis with honey........

I feel like it wasn't a mistake since he said honey, but I'm glad Hanir-dono is laughing at me when he hears that, but I was quite impatient to see if he doesn't hate me for it.

I let out a sigh of relief, since it seemed to be okay for now.

'This time I will proceed in three stages. One, about the removal of the slums. D, about the housing of the adventurers we attracted to establish the school. Three, about new businesses.

When I declared that and looked around, Lord Brian was scowling, but the rest nodded silently.

''First of all, the schedule for the removal of the slums, but before that, do you have a construction schedule and other details about the Healer's Special Zone?''

'They haven't told us anything yet. They're going to blame the delay on us anyway.

Well, if that's your constitution, you'll have to keep pushing yourself harder and harder at work.

Then we'll get to that area at the next meeting. This one will only take half a day to clear the land. But since we need the magic stone, expect this to be in a month's time at the earliest.

'Can we really prioritise the construction of a special healing zone? I've already told the people in the slums that I'm moving to my new residence and they've agreed, but don't you have anything else to do?

Mr. Doran asked with concern, but I've already confirmed from Dolan that it's not a problem, and I've written to him, so there won't be a problem.

'Yes. 'Not at the moment. I'll switch to the second item on the agenda from here.

I checked around and continued the conversation.

'As for the school and the adventurers' homes, we'll make the school and the adventurers' homes part-formed, so you'll be fine.

I smiled and nodded at him.

'What is the parts formula? Is there going to be a school in the first place?

It was obvious that Lord Brian hadn't swallowed at all, and that what had been passed by the representative council of the various chiefs hadn't been communicated.

'Yes, sir. It was decided in a meeting with the chiefs.

'And Master Luciel is going to pay for all that?

'It looks like it, doesn't it? There's a lot of kinks in this, which ultimately won't hurt me, but it's a secret.

Lord Brian seemed to be interested in the school in addition to the honey.

'The third will be easier to understand if you see it in person. Please follow me.

And then Mr. Dorchester and Lady Brian, who were entering the basement for the first time, and their attendants, rolled their eyes.

And when Brian and the two squires learned of this plan, they spoke up.

'Are you a god!'

I laughed as I remembered the first time I met Paula, but I quickly denied it and said just one thing to them: "Let's keep working together.

We're going to work hard together.

Then the bears and beasts transformed and shouted with a booming sound.

''Kumaaaa!

When his voice stopped, Lord Brian, who was on his knees with his huge figure, opened his mouth.

''From now on, I pledge to do everything I can for Luciel-sama and Honey.

The impact of this was so great that everyone was stunned at first, but then laughter broke out.

They would apparently transform when they were excited.

Knowing this new fact, they thought that bear-beastmen were really interesting, and they also made a few wishes for Lord Brian.

I sent Kefin's and Yalvo's squads to escort them off so that each of them could return safely.

What do you think?

They won't be in trouble. It's just that I'm afraid that if we don't thoroughly investigate the seven races, except for the dragon race, they might get caught in the middle.

"I'll take care of that. Can I move around a bit freely, except for going out in the woods?

I'll leave you in charge of Kefin and the others, but don't try to be too hard on yourself.

Okay.

Thus ended the first behind-the-scenes meeting.

In the meeting with the chiefs two days later, I was planning to throw a stone.