Chapter 272 Listen To People

"By the way, Sara, why did you decide to wake me up?"

"Oh right. I wanted to ask Rihito something. But first, can I ask when Rihito came from Japan?"

"At the end of the year 20XX."

"That's the same as me. Even though we were reborn 350 years apart, we were originally born in the same year. I remember going back home after the Beaujolais Nouveau event, so I think it was around the end of November. If you think about it, Rihito was reborn later than me."

"You remember based on alcohol, huh?"

"Well, it's easy to understand since the timing is set!"

"Well, I was on my way to the event. Maybe it wasn't a mugger, but someone just targeting my wallet. Nowadays, with cashless payments increasing, there are fewer people carrying a lot of cash."

"Sorry, but isn't Rihito's explanation about timing not bad either? That's the thing held in summer and winter, right?"

For some reason, Alicia, who had been listening, sparkled with excitement and asked Rihito a question.

"I know that! In the notebook Sylvia has, there's a note about the festivals held by my great-great-grandfather in summer and winter! Devoted followers gather at the holy site twice a year, right!?"

"...Rihito, I think this is pretty terrible."

"Sorry. I'll reflect on it."

However, Alicia couldn't help but remember the scenes of the holy festival she imagined as a child, and her excitement wouldn't settle down.

"By the way, great-great-grandfather, is 'Tetsuya ha rūru ihan daro (Tetsuya is violating the rules, isn't he?)' a holy verse? Or is it some kind of spell?"

"Wow. Ms. Alicia, please stop there. My life is being drained away!"

"Rihito, what did you write in a language that people in this world can read?"

"I just wrote it in Avalon language because I was tired."

"Just throw it away."

"I can't easily throw away anything I've written, even if it's just a note. I definitely can't throw away a book. Even if it's a terrible book full of mistakes written by a really annoying person, once I buy it, I can't throw it away."

"Do you know about decluttering?"

"Sorry, I can't join the decluttering religion because of my dead grandma's last wish."

"Well, that's fine. It's Rihito who will be embarrassed to death, and thanks to you not being able to throw away books, the library is amazing."

Seeing Alicia tilt her head in confusion, Sara offered a little help.

"Hey, Alicia. Festivals and sacred places are metaphorical expressions. Originally, it was a gathering of people who wrote books to sell their own books, but over the years, it grew bigger and started selling things other than books."

"Wow, that's amazing. It was a wonderful festival where intellectuals gathered. There must have been a lot of cultural exchange. As expected of my great-great-grandfather. Did they sell things like magical tools?"

"There might have been things close to that. Many people wrote story-like books, so there were even people dressed as characters from the books."

"That sounds festive and beautiful!"

Sara thought it was scary to imagine what kind of wonderful scene was being imagined in Alicia's mind, so she decided to stop explaining there. In reality, Sara had only gone a few times with friends during her school days, and her memories were vague. She only vaguely remembered feeling sick in the crowd.

"Putting that aside, what did you want to consult me about, Sara?"

"I have a ton of things I want to discuss, but the most urgent is the backup for Magi as a BCP measure. Also, I want mobile communication devices!"

"Sara, you're throwing a tough problem at me all of a sudden."

"But we have the completed Magi, can't we figure something out?"

"We'll need a lot of high-purity magic stones, are you okay with that?"

Sara pulled out a large box of rough magic stones from her storage space and presented it to Rihito.

"Whoa, why do you have such a ridiculous amount? Do you have enough for all attributes?"

"I do. If it's not enough, I can bring more."

"Do you realize you're offering enough magic stones to buy an entire country and still have change?"

"Of course. I'm a merchant, after all. But if I put these magic stones on the market, it would collapse in no time, and it could lead to a big mess. It might even start a war, and some countries could go under."

"So you understand. That makes it even worse."

Sara called over the golem that was waiting.

"Um, what number are you again?"

"I'm number 23."

"Okay, 23, can you tell the other golems to prepare the design documents for Magi?"

"Understood. Where should I prepare them?"

"For now, at Maiden's Tower."

Rihito watched Sara interact with the golem and stared closely at number 23.

"Honestly, calling it by a number feels so bland with this design."

"Then you can give it a name."

"The original was called Thomas, right?"

"Yes, that's correct."

When called by name, Thomas responded.

"Then can I name this one Thomashiina?"

"It would be an honor."

Thomas answered with excitement.

"Hmm. Mister Thomas seems to have a lot of respect for Rihito."

"I'll just call you Shiina since it's long. Sara, can I make Shiina my secretary for a while?"

"If Rihito provides the magic power, go ahead."

"How do I provide it?"

"The unit is placed in the chest, so just touch the chest and pour in the magic power."

"Wait! That makes me sound like a pervert!"

"You can just do it quickly when no one else is watching."

"I feel like there was a weird nuance to that."

"You're imagining things."

"What attribute should I pour in?"

"It'll convert to any attribute automatically, so you don't need to worry about it."

"...Technology has advanced too much; This old man can't keep up."

"Your descendants over there will gladly teach you, old man."

Alicia, staring at Rihito with sparkling eyes, nodded at Sara's words.

"Hmm... Then, it shouldn't be too hard to do mobile communication, right?"

"Huh?"

"Just think of it as a small golem. You just need to send the voice through Magi. It doesn't have to be humanoid, and if you streamline the functions, making the unit smaller is relatively easy. You could probably send text and images too, but then you'd have display issues, so really smartphone-like features would have to wait. Still, it might be handy to have the ability to pull information from Magi using voice. But I think it's better not to overdo it."

"If we get too far from Magi, won't we lose communication?"

"I don't know how far we can communicate with the current Magi, but if you want to contact remote locations, you'll have to create relay base stations."

"Got it. You're right about that. Considering DR, we might need to prepare multiple routes."

"That could be said for the redundancy of Magi too. If you really want to do this, I think it's better to have a backup for Magi besides Grandchester."

Sara thought for a moment. Soon, she would need to create a distribution network for the Sophia Merchant Guild. Buying land along the main roads connecting the royal capital and major territories to set up a base for the Sophia Merchant Guild didn't seem like a bad idea. She wanted to have spare horses and parts ready in case the carriages broke down. Of course, it would be even better if they could also arrange accommodations for the employees, but that might be too much to handle right away.

"It seems possible to gradually add relay points and expand the communication area. For now, we can start within the Grandchester territory, and then move to the roads connecting the royal capital and Grandchester."

"That sounds reasonable."

"By the way, Rihito."

"What is it?"

"I also want a monitor, keyboard, and printer!"

"Next, you're going to say you want a mouse too, right? Sara, do you really realize you've been reincarnated in another world?"

"I might as well want a copy machine."

"Can you please listen to what people are saying──."

Even Rihito got a little annoyed.

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