Chapter 30

With the water supply now working properly, I teleported to the imperial capital with Elicia.

From there, we put on our robes and teleported to the monastery, where we bought food and sundries.

"Is it really okay to buy so much?"

Looking at the amount of food that would fill a cart, the brown-haired girl Reina said.

When I say food, most of it is plant seeds, the kind of feed for horses and pigs.

However, Tia and the other rats loved plant seeds. In a place where almost no grass or trees grew, seeds were a real treat.

Thanks to that, we were able to buy them much cheaper than regular food.

Still, it seemed to be a considerable income for Reina and the others.

"It's fine. We won't eat it all at once."

"Right... Thank you. With the money from this time, we might be able to repair the roof! And maybe buy some underclothes!"

Their houses and clothes were in pretty bad condition. The robes were probably hand-me-downs.

On the other hand, the people from the temple wore shiny clothes and gold accessories.

Basically, the temple only ran the monastery as a side operation.

I nodded vigorously.

"That's good... I'll come back to buy more."

"Thank you, everyone will be happy! Come anytime!"

Reina smiled at me.

"I'm glad you said that... By the way, how's your sword training going?"

"Yeah! I was the strongest to begin with, so I can't really tell if I'm getting stronger! Oh, by the way..."

Reina looked as if she had just remembered something.

"What is it?"

"Well, about two days ago... the people from the temple were talking about Alex."

"About me?"

"Yeah. They said they couldn't find Alex. They seemed to be looking for you somewhere."

"Me...?"

Why would the people from the temple need me...?

No, the Holy Order might be after me since I left the imperial capital.

But even if they sent pursuers, they wouldn't be able to catch up with us, who keep teleporting...

Still, there's a possibility that pursuers might reach Roburion in a few days.

Lord Roburion will probably spill the beans about me. And about the blue-haired blacksmiths of Roburion.

The blue-haired people are in human form now, so there's nothing to worry about, but they will probably be questioned about me.

We need to get our stories straight.

Well, if the blue-haired people just say I went back to the imperial capital, they might return there.

"Right... Can you keep it a secret that I came here?"

"Of course, if Alex says so. Everyone will keep it a secret. But... be careful, okay? We don't really like those people either..."

Maybe Reina and the others are also being harassed by the Holy Order because they have the Dark Emblem.

"...Yeah, I'll be careful. If anything happens, let me or Elicia know. I'll come back to buy more food."

"Okay! See you later!"

Reina said that and left us.

I watched her go and said to Elicia.

"I don't think they'll come to Ars Island..."

"We need to be cautious about Roburion."

I nodded and started putting the food and sundries into the Pandora Box.

"Hey, Elicia. I was just thinking..."

"What is it?"

"Could we invite Reina and the others to a safer place if we make Tiers safer? Tiers doesn't have any fields yet, and it's still dangerous, so I don't know when, but..."

"Lord Alex... I think it's a wonderful idea! I would really like to invite them too."

Elicia said with a serious expression.

Life here isn't all good, I guess.

I have the Dark Emblem, so I won't discriminate against people like that in my territory. The same goes for demons.

After finishing the storage of food and sundries, I said:

"Since that's decided, we need to work harder... Let's go to Ars first to store the food, and then head to Roburion. I also want to check how the rats' weapons are coming along."

"Okay!"

Elicia and I teleported from the monastery to Ars.