Chapter 170

Chapter 170 Strongest Sage, Gains Cooperation

"Second Royal Academy, new school building under construction . . . ?"

That was written around the gate at the construction site .

Looks like they're erecting a new building .

"But why would they suddenly need a new building . . . "

"From what I can see, it seems they make use of new technology . The thickness of the walls and such make it look more like a small fortress than a school . "

"You're right, it looks really sturdy . . . They've even put barrier in it . . . "

There was indeed information about construction type magic in the textbook I wrote to teach about production type magic .

They're putting it into practices here .

Even the layout, looks like they're using the textbook I created as a reference .

The original schoolhouse wasn't really well made .

I'm pretty sure it'd collapse the moment it got dragged in battle .

It was indeed unreliable for a building that houses the core of the Great Royal Capital Barrier .

However . . . They could make it this fast huh .

And the design looks relatively solid, the Royal Capital's technology level seems to be evolving rapidly .

"So, I wonder just where the principal is . "

"It's written here . "

I point at a spot next to the under construction sign .

The temporary location of Second Academy is written on a paper there .

. . . Or rather .

"Isn't this where the First Academy at . "

"They took it over huh . . . "

Looks like Second Academy has taken over the First Academy's school building .

Looking closer, half of the people doing the construction seem to be First Academy students .

The poor First Academy students were driven out of their schoolhouse and somehow got stuck constructing Second Academy's one .

. . . Well, since creating structures is a specialty of the Glory Crest, this might also serve as their magic training .

We head to the First Academy location as I thought that .

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"That's the place huh . "

"It's been completely taken over . . . "

There's a 『Temporary Schoolhouse of Second Academy』 at the place where the First Academy schoolhouse should have been located .

By the look of things, the principal office must have been hijacked too .

"Let's go to the principal office for now . "

"Un!"

We went to visit the principal office .

And as expected, principal Edward was inside .

" . . . Mathias and co . huh . I heard that demons showed up at the dungeon city and herds of monsters besieged the city, but I just knew you'd be fine . "

Principal Edward said that without looking perturbed when he saw us .

It appears that the letter I had Eiku delivered reached principal Edward's hand too .

"So, there must be a reason you're here, no?"

"You got it right . Actually, we found out that there was another demon that was giving instructions to the demon we killed at the dungeon city . And thus, we'd like to go to another country to beat that demon . "

"Another country . . . Which one?"

"It's Raginia Federation . That demon isn't necessarily there, but we've got a clue of its whereabout . That country is on friendly terms with this kingdom isn't that right?"

The principal had a slightly difficult face when he heard that .

"Yeah . We are on friendly terms with Raginia Federation indeed . You should find it more accommodating than other countries . . . However, that country is a bit complex, you see . "

"Complex?"

"Yeah . Raginia Federation doesn't have an absolute ruler like us with our king . Jurisdiction might differ from places to places even in the same country . . . . By the way, where at Raginia you're going to?"

"Around this spot . "

I pointed at the map .

It's not that I've checked directly, it's just the place where I sensed mana reaction from the device .

" . . . Mendoa territory huh . That place is shrouded in mystery . "

"Mystery?"

Looks like Mendoa Territory is the name of the place where the device is located .

But what does he mean by shrouded in mystery .

"Yeah . Even though they're not hostile, we rarely have interactions with them . For the time being, I'll inform the king about this matter tonight and ask the guild over there to prepare your accommodation . . . However, keep in mind that Mendoa might not necessarily be our ally . Well, I don't think you'll let your guard down though, Mathias . "

. . . . I see, a territory that doesn't interact much huh .

"I understand . How long would it take by your estimate?"

"It should be quickly taken care of since it's related to demons . Should be five days at most . Is that too long for you?"

"That's good enough . "

For now, seems like we'll get the king's cooperation .

And now we simply need to wait for them to contact us back .