Chapter 127.2

Chapter 127.2 \nTranslator: Jiro Editor: Ryunakama\n

After that we went to the Tiros Abandoned Factory numerous times but the passage that we had originally found was buried. 　

A place with a high density of mana usually goes back to what it was in just a few days… Still the mana over there was pretty thin so I guess it’ll take a while before it goes back to normal. We’ll go there again eventually. After all, we have to leave at least a flower or two for Soara.

 

「Zeph!! It is precisely in times like this that we must train!!」

「Okay, okay…」

 

Even since that day Milly became extremely eager. 　

Losing Soara must have come as a huge shock to her. She might just be using this to try and get her mind off of things… Either way, it is a good direction for her.

 

「Let’s do our best again todayyy!!」 said Milly as she energetically raised both of her hands and dragged us off to hunt. 　

On a side note, Lydia hadn’t been with us these past couple of days. She stayed back in town in order to take care of tasks such as finding ways of raising money and searching for work dispatched by the Adventurer Guild.

… And there’s also my request. 　

Only she could be entrusted with things such as this, so I was really grateful to have her with us. 　

With daily hunting and fulfilment of requests, as well as Lydia’s money raising strategies, the money we had continued accumulating and eventually we gathered a sum of 25 million rupi.

It was an amount that would allow us to buy a cheap Guild House. 　

However, the thing with money was that if one were to spend all of it, then it would be hard to make more later on. That’s why we had to leave behind some savings. 　

We would buy the Guild House after we amassed a bit more fortune. 　

Luckily the person who was hung up on the Guild House the most, precisely Milly, currently only had training in her head. Recently not a single mention of the Guild House could be heard coming from Milly’s mouth. 　

Speaking of which, today’s job was to subjugate the Wired Bears that had come down from the mountain. 　

They were beasts that were covered in fur made out of steel, but were weak to magic. 　

With Shirushu finding them, and Claude taking up the task of diverting their attention, I and Milly were able to easily take them down with magic.

 

「Good job.」

「Everyone, good job!! We finished early today so let’s do a bit of hunting in the area around here.」 said Milly energetically.

「S-Sure…」\n 

It was great that she was motivated, but due to that we had been hunting nonstop for these past few days. 　

We had almost no free time.

We’ll burn out if we continue on like this…

I wasn’t that troubled by it, but Claude and Shirushu were completely exhausted. Both of them weren’t saying anything but it was clear that they were reaching their limits. 　

In the end, that day, we continued hunting until the sun went down. 　

I should find a way to let them rest somehow… Hmph?

Just as we got back to the capital, after finishing with our hunt, I noticed that it was quite livelier than usual. 　

Come to think of it, the town’s been really lively these past couple of days. That’s right. Now that I think about it it’s this time of the year…

 

「Claude-san. The villagers seem to be having a lot of fun these days, don’t they? It’s like there’s a festival or something…」 said Shirushu

「Ah!! Come to think of it, there’s a festival soon!」 said Claude as she clapped her hands.

 

That’s right, the Heavenly Mages Festival, which was held once every year was soon to be held. 　

The Heavenly Mages Festival is organized by the Five Heavenly Mages, each one of which stands on top of the Red, Blue, Green, Sky and Soul magic branches, and each year the Heavenly Mage in charge of the festival rotates.  　

It costs money to study magic. And when it comes to the Five Heavenly Mages, each one of them have a lot of subordinates so they have to find a way to gather money. 　

Therefore, a long time ago, one of the Five Heavenly Mages held a festival in order to gather money. That was the beginning of the Heavenly Mages Festival. 　

Currently it was a huge event that even had countries and associations participating in it. 　In particular, the highlight of the event was the Title Battle which was usually held at the end. 　

It is precisely as the name states, a battle in which the hosting Heavenly Mage fights against a challenger with his title on the line. If the challenger wins then he becomes the new  Heavenly Mage. Usually it ends with the defeat of the challenger, however in some really rare cases the challenger may end up winning. 　

In my previous life I won against one of  Heavenly Mages and that’s how I received the title Flames of Flames. However, there were other ways to obtain the title of a Heavenly Mage as well. 　

For example, if a master hands it over to his student. Or if one is deemed to have higher level and talent than one of the Five Heavenly Mages. Just how I was robbed of my title in my past life.

… Just thinking about it makes me angry. 　

Well excluding those others methods, the normal way for one to obtain the title would be through the Title Robbing Battle. 　

On a side note, the Heavenly Mage in charge of this year’s festival was the bearer of the title Wind of Wind.

 

「Come to think of it I haven’t seen Lydia in a while. She’s not in the inn as well… I bet that you made her do something again Zeph, didn’t you?」 said Milly as she glared at me.\n「That’s not a nice thing to say you know… I just had her do some preparations for the festival.」

 

Though, the preparation for the festival does include a way of earning money as well. After all we can only earn so much by just reselling stuff.

During the time of the festival, people from the nearby villages as well as people from far off countries gather. 　

As long as a lot of people gather, money will also gather. In other words, this was just the right time to make money. 　

That is precisely why Lydia was currently using the knowledge I gave her from my past life in order to produce a certain thing. 　

And by cooperating with Adrei, that thing was already being mass produced. 　

The Flower Bomb that I had asked Claude and Shirushu to buy before were one of the thing’s components.

 

「We needed a spacious place for this time’s plan so I’m currently having Lydia work there.」

「Is that so. You should have said something earlier.」 said a bit irritated Milly.

「When Lydia-san concentrates on her work she even forgets to eat… I’m a bit worried.」 said Claude.

 

She’s right, Lydia’s really hasn’t shown herself in the past few days. There’s some traces that she’s been back at the inn, but I’m still a bit worried. Guess it’s not a bad idea to go visit her.

 

「Well since we’re all here why not go and visit Lydia.」

「You’re right!! Maybe there’s something that we could help out with!!」 said Milly energetically.

 

And just like that we headed towards the house that Lydia was renting. 　

Since that incident in Tiros Lydia rented a house and only did the job that I had asked of her.

It was a large, rugged house near the stall square. This was the house that Lydia was renting. 　

I had already been here a number of times so I was quite familiar with it.

 

「Lydia! Hey, Lydia! Are you there? …Hmph, she’s not responding.」

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「… Should we wait for her over there.」 proposed Claude

「Sure.」

 

We waited in the room’s corner for Lydia to change her clothes. After that Lydia appeared from the back of the room in her usual attire. 

 

「I’m sorry I kept you waiting.」 said Lydia in her usual tone. 　

 

She still looks a bit messy. I guess she really must have not slept and eaten the past few days…

 

「So, why’d you come here?」

「We thought we’d check on how the preparations for the festival were going.」

「If there’s anything we can help with, please tell us.」 said Claude.

「Ohh!! Really?!!」 Lydia’s eyes shone as she heard Claude’s words.

「Actually, there was just something I needed help with. Can I have you guys stand over there?」 said Lydia and she went back to sit on the chair that she had just woken up from.

 

She then gathered some papers on top of the desk. 　

And then she inspected us with her eyes as she began to sketch down something.

 

「Um… What should we do?」 asked nervously Shirushu

「Wait! Shirushu-chan, don’t move!」 said Lydia as she stopped Shirushu, who was trying to stretch out her arm, and continued drawing.

「O-Okay!!」  　

 

Milly, Claude and Shirushu looked confusedly at each other and followed Lydia’s instructions. 　

I see. It seems like Lydia’s work is going well. It’s already progressed to here. 　

Since I knew what Lydia’s intentions were I kept my pose from the start, without moving at all.