The next morning, Mr. Grand and Dolan had a terrible hangover.
According to Paula, dwarves are high in alcohol content, preferring drinks that people find hard to drink, and they are indeed heavy drinkers, but they are not a race that doesn't suffer from hangovers.
'They should be punished for drinking too much,'
Paula said and went back to her workshop.
''Luciel-dono, in the afterlife, cast a state recovery spell.
'Master Luciel, Paula has a point, but I beg you.
As expected, I took pity on the two old men who crawled on the floor, looking pale and dying, so I decided to give them a recovery.
''No~ I've had too much to drink,''
I thought about welcoming you, but if you're not good at it, you'll be in a lot of trouble... physically.
They recovered and returned to their usual tone.
'By the way, I don't like being called Mr. Dolan, so just call me Dolan as you always have. It doesn't matter how old you are, just call me Mr. Dolan.
''Well you can call me Luciel then.
Mmm, I'll do my best.
'Come to think of it, Mr. Grand, I see that Mr. Toretto wasn't with you.
'Yeah. I've been in a slump lately and disappeared, saying I was going somewhere that I thought would be inspirational.
I see you have a slump or something.
'Slumping or delusional ... well, fine. So I'll start with the three of you taking measurements, and you're already there to call me.
'Yes. I think I'm looking forward to the work you two are doing I think I'm looking forward to my new armor.
Yeah. Okay, Dolan, let's go.
Yes, Brother Grand.
From then on, it was truly the serious face of a top-notch blacksmith, and even Lionel seemed to be overwhelmed by the power of the two of them.
When I was bored, I thought about taking a look around Rockford....
'It's not safe, I'll go with you.'
Paula stopped me, saying it wasn't safe for me to go alone.
'I wish I could go too,'
That's where Lisian also raised her hand and said she wanted to go.
Well, since she's going to be a resident of this place, it would be better to go with her.
So I decided to agree.
By the way, her slave contract has already been cancelled.
Then let's go with the three of us. More importantly, why is it so dangerous?
There are many tricks. And I don't have my magic signature yet.
Yeah.
Good luck.
Yes, sir.
We said a few words to Dolan's workshop and then left Dolan's house.
The streets are a mixture of beautiful cobblestone and not so beautiful, and some workshops that have basements don't have cobblestones.
Near the workshops, I could hear the sound of something like iron being pounded or scraped, and there were numerous places where smoke was coming from.
Looking up at the sky, I was reminded of this by the pseudo-sun that Lord Leinster had created floating in the sky.
'Is that pseudo-sun floating in the sky the same one Paula is making?
'Everything here is the same as outside, rising in the morning and setting in the evening. We always have the same temperature and humidity.
''...So it's like this whole Rockford is covered by a big magic tool?
Yeah. And it's absorbing magic from the air, so it will continue to operate semi-permanently.
This is a labyrinth, isn't it?
It's probably the same technology.
..........
I had a bit of a bad feeling about that.
I wondered if Lord Leinster had used the spirits to intercept what was about to become a labyrinth.
So maybe it wasn't a labyrinth, but a rumor that there were dragons sleeping in the mines... I didn't think so.
In the back, a ranch spread out and a small plantation had been created.
One thing that bothered me was the number of wells.
I didn't even know why they dug so many wells, but Lisian asked Paula about it.
'This town is so unbalanced. The workshop and this farm don't look like the same town.'
I hear that's Lord Leinster's home.
You used to be a farmer, didn't you?
Yeah. But it was a long story and it's gone.
Really?
Because there wasn't a word about that in any of the books I read.
'Yes,'
Lythian also got a bit gloomy hearing that.
It's a nice place with a peacefulness to it. That's right. Do you want to go to the magic authentication?
'You'll have to register at the town hall in the middle of town.
.........Did the town hall exist in this world too?
With that thought in mind, I headed to the town hall.
Then I came to the reception desk, but the receptionist wasn't a person.
More to the point, it wasn't a living organism.
More to the point, it looked like a bank ATM.
'You just stand there and follow the voice as it plays, and you answer it. If you tell a lie, you'll be sent to the entrance of the town.
'........Is that like a magic circle in a labyrinth?
Yes.
Lord Leinster was a physical scientist? Or could you even use space-time magic?
Either way, it's too much...
Can Paula develop teleportation technology?
I'm sure we can figure out the theory and the technology before we all die. But I don't have the magic stone to make it.
Can't you just ... ignore the attributes ... as usual?
'I've never seen a magic stone in time and space. I don't know what to do with anything I haven't seen. Besides, the only people who have the spacetime attribute are those who have crossed time and space before.
Sorry Paula, but I made a mental note not to get it.
[Your name in full]
[Measuring your magical patterns]
[Tell us what you do for a living]
It was a no-holds-barred question.
However, the last question was the big problem.
[Are you a reincarnator/transformer or a possessor?
Paula and Lisian are behind me.
If I answer differently with this, they'll surely know I'm a reincarnation, etc.
Really, what a leftover!
I decided to answer bitterly.
'Ja.'
I decided to get through this phase by answering in German to make it sound like I answered differently.
[Registration completed]
I was relieved to hear his voice.
I felt like patting myself on the back for getting through it all, and the next thing I knew, my consciousness was receding into the distance as I quickly thought of an answer in German.
The next thing I knew there was a young man in front of me.
'Where are we?'
I was sitting on the couch and the young man was sitting on the couch across the table from me.
'This is like the astral space I've created,'
He flicked his fingers and a tea set appeared.
'I've been imitating the butler for a few years now, so I know how to make tea.
The young man laughed and said.
I already knew who the young man was.
'You're Sir Leinster Gastard, aren't you?
Oh. You're Luciel, aren't you? You're the fifth person to visit me.
The young man Lord Leinster was a handsome man with a soft smile.
In addition to his biographical abilities, it's no wonder the world hasn't left him alone to create this much space.
What is he doing here? I'm also more concerned about the five visitors.
''Luciel, are you a reincarnation?''
'Yes. I was given the body of a fifteen-year-old and reincarnated as Gardardia.
'Right. I'm Japanese, and I was on my way home from work when I thought Sinkhole had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and the god Klaia had reincarnated me as a baby.
Are you Japanese? Oh, so you're from the Edo or Meiji era?
No, I died in 20XX.
'Really? I was in 20X00.
That's a very different time frame.
How could it be more than three hundred years apart in just a few years?
''Since you're here, Sage, you've stopped the Demon King's resurrection.
Demon king and all that stuff........
I heard that in another 40 years or so, a new brave man will be born to fight the Demon King.
You know your stuff...
The moment the words were spun, I felt the magic.
Did you do something?
Yeah. I did an appraisal. I commend you for training yourself so well in the six years that have passed, even though you are a healer by profession. In particular, your resistance to anomalies is impressive.
Why are you so high and mighty?
'Cause I'm the founder of the Church of the Healers... so, have you ever changed your mind about the Church?
Yes. I know it's a sign of the times, but...
He spoke briefly about the issue of the healer's fees, the labyrinthine nature of the church, and the matter of Yenis.
''Well that's about it. Come to think of it, though, I was indeed surprised that the Pope was your daughter.
She wouldn't.
I'm not going to associate with the Pope in the first place without a father with a daughter saying plainly what he wants to say at one time or another.
You don't like my daughter?
''Well it's a pain in the ass, so let's move on, but it seems that the reincarnated dragon is sealed by the evil gods, and I've freed the holy dragon and the flame dragon, so we can handle it, right?''
I guess he felt it wasn't funny to make fun of me, and the conversation got back to the main point.
You're going to lose that. No matter how much you try, that's a draw.
How can you say that?
'....The Lord God and the Evil One do not intersect. Likewise, the brave men of light and the brave men of darkness do not mingle.
Huh.
''The time-space dragon exists, but it doesn't matter this time. Because the time-space dragon is a temporary form of the Lord God Klair.
'In an RPG, that's the last piece of information you'd expect to find.
''This is reality you'll be back in reality though. More importantly, if you don't release the reincarnated dragon, the heroes will have only light as their only attribute, and the demon king will use all attribute magic except for light and space-time.
''.......Releasing them will increase the attributes of the heroes and decrease the attributes of the demon king?''
''It will be. In my time, since I had all the attributes, the Demon King was easier to defeat than the Evil Dragon, but if it had been the other way around, it would have been difficult even with the help of the spirits.
........This guy just told me all too soon that he was a brave man and that he killed the Demon King.
'You were a brave man? But I didn't see that story in your biography, did I?
'It wasn't until much later that I found out it was the Demon King that I defeated, and I had a dream.
"Dreams?
I wanted to create an aerial city. "I wanted to create an aerial city. I wanted to share that excitement with everyone.
..........
"If it's a holy dragon and a fire dragon, then at least release the water dragon, wind dragon and earth dragon of the basic attributes. If you do that, the demon king should only use lightning, gravity, poison, etc., so you'll be fine.
I had no idea what was okay with me.
''I don't want to be in any more danger, so I'm perfectly fine with dying to hide in the labyrinth to break the seal of the reincarnation dragon and being danced around by the spirits.
That's right.
I've always had a priority to live, so that should be fine.
I'm fortunate enough to have money, and as long as I can live a long, quiet life, that's all that matters.
''Well I can't know the world as it is, but I'm sure it's harder than I thought it would be.
Yes.
'The evil gods... oh, it's time. I would have liked to talk with you some more, but your next visit here will be in a few years at the earliest.
So first, you just need to go through the small gates of Rockford and reach out to the big gate and you should be able to meet the clay dragon.
And if you ever go to the aerial city of Nerdal, yell..........at the central fountain.
What?
If you do, I'm sure you'll be able to help me.
"Wait a minute.
The moment I reached out my hand, my consciousness receded again and I found myself in Rockford Town Hall.
'Master Luciel? What are you waiting for?
Do I look pale?
After all that talk, it was as if the clock had stopped ticking.
Does that mean he used spacetime magic?
There was no labyrinth in this place, but I even found out that there was an earthen dragon.
It seems there's no need to clear the labyrinth, but..........
If there are so many ant demons around here, does that mean there's a possibility that there will be more ant demons in the future?
And releasing the earthen dragon would make the demons weaker?
I don't think we'll get there soon enough.
Lisian and I have completed our magic proofs.
We were going to tour the city after this, but Paula and Lythian were worried about my poor complexion and we had to return to Dolan's workshop.
On the way back, I realized that sometimes life doesn't give you time to think.