Volume 8 Chapter 12 (1/2)

The days had passed quickly.

Just as she promised, Rorono had finished Tiro's weapon in just a week. Right afterward, she began working on the development of the new Avalon-Ritters.

She had dubbed them the Three Musketeers.

Obviously, I was beyond excited.

”Oto-san, we're going now!”

”Gaugau♪”

Kuina waved at me while riding on Tiro's back.

Meanwhile, Tiro walked purposefully, almost as though she was showing off the [Talaria] equipped on her legs.

Compared to the prototype she tested last week, this one was more powerful, lighter, and had far better fuel consumption. Furthermore, it also used Kuina's tail fur as battery.

Tiro loved her [Talaria]. She loved it almost as much as she loved food. Almost.

”Kuina, Tiro, you girls be careful on your hunt, alright?”

”Yeah, sure thing!”

Today as well, they were going to the [Crimson Cavern] so that they could raise Tiro's level.

And just like that, they were off.

Some time later, I decided to leave my estate as well.

When I reached the center of the city, it felt like the number of unfamiliar faces had increased.

The effects of building churches in the cities of the Axela Kingdom are already beginning to show, huh.

I could tell just by the air around them which humans went to Avalon as pilgrims visiting a holy place.

In terms of quantity, there weren't any significant increase in DP and emotions yet, but the overall quality definitely became better.

Day by day, their numbers tended to increase. It hasn't even been a month and yet things were already like this.

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”They really made it in ten days.”

After a while of walking, I arrived at the [Plain]. There, I issued such words of astonishments.

The day before, the Dwarf Smiths had finished building the casino without incident.

It was this magnificent white, two-story building.

Without holding back, the Dwarf Smiths used all techniques present in this world that were applicable.

It was highly flame resistant and sturdy. It also had excellent acoustics and sound insulation.

Furthermore, air conditioners and sound equipment were installed at various strategic locations.

The first floor of the building would be where the dealers we had recruited from all over the world could show their skills.

Meanwhile, one half of the second floor would be for the theaters where gigantic screens would be installed so that hundreds of people could simultaneously watch the flying dragon races.

As for the other half, it was going to be leased out to hopeful applicants. These would-be tenants were going to charged a fair bit. For if otherwise, those that were opening their shops around the casino instead of within might see it as unfair.

Unfortunately for some though, the application window for that had already ended some days ago.

As for selecting which ones we were going to accept from the many that applied, I had decided that the best way was through lottery instead of an auction.

If it was an auction, the merchants would drive the rent up in hopes of getting a spot. And the higher the rent was, the more the prices of their goods and services had to be and, in turn, the lower the guests' satisfaction would be. That was not at all what I wanted.

On the other hand, there was a real chance that the winners of the lottery might become too complacent and thus result in a drop in the quality of their products and services. To prevent this, I decided to impose a condition to the tenants: each month, they were to submit to me a report of their revenues and whoever performed the poorest, all things considered, would not be given an extension on their lease.

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Upon seeing me, one of the Dwarf Smiths rushed in my direction.

She then guided me to the front of the building where many of the casino's officials awaited. Today was the casino's unveiling and everyone was going to take a look around.

It was the scheduled time, so I signaled to them that the tour was going to begin.

From the exterior alone, I could already say that the building was a thing of beauty, but once I got inside, I was astonished even more. No effort was spared in making everything as finely detailed as possible.

”Dwarf Smith, you guys really did a fine job. This has exceeded my expectations.”

”We really did our best! Even though it was close to the deadline, we were confident that what we built was to your liking.”

I was aware of the hard work they were doing—continually using earth magic, operating the golems which were more powerful and more accurate than heavy machinery, and many other things—and yet I still didn't imagine the casino would turn out to be this amazing.

Apparently, I wasn't the only one to think so.

”H-how?”

”It feels like something out of a dream”

”…this impressive building was built in just ten days?”

”Even several years of construction won't normally be enough to build something like this.”

”Hahaha, if those fellas from the kingdom hear about this, they'll soil their pants!”

Some of the staff were even at a loss for words.