Chapter 438: End of the Trip ④ (1/2)

“And so, I return to my original intention.”

The one who said this while sighing in a good mood and spinning a pen was Izumo.

This man, who enjoyed glaring at a map of the magic constructions of Tsige in his last day, had returned to the Weitz Orphanage when it was nightfall.

That expression of his seemed to be half from a sense of achievement, and half vexation that he wanted one more week.

If Izumo had a step tracker application, he would have gone over 10,000 steps. But with his body trained by the classes of Raidou despite being mainly a mage, he didn’t feel exhaustion on his legs.

It is a plain achievement.

He must have blended completely with the place already. He would exchange cheerful words with the orphans, and he began to enjoy without rest the Weitz Orphanage that was his original intention.

For Izumo, this is the number one place he would like to live in.

It didn’t matter at all the fact that it is an orphanage or that he would get work pushed onto him.

There’s no way a world legacy geek would have any complaints about staying in a world legacy.

“This defense mechanism that utilizes this magic power tree is amazing too. Not only earthquakes which are the natural enemy of buildings, but it might even be able to protect the place from a direct hit of ritual magic…” (Izumo)

Izumo speaks to himself while looking at the big wide dark green leaves crawling the walls.

He wasn’t looking for someone’s response, he simply monologues in deep emotion.

After that, he checked out the way to assemble the partitions inside, the water field, and the features of the workplace. He was moved by every single thing and memoing memoing and memoing.

There’s no doubt it is the behaviour of a weirdo, but the orphans and employees have already seen the eccentric behavior of Izumo for several days.

In other words, they are already used to this sight.

“…Beautiful.” (Izumo)

Finally, Izumo puts a hand on the wall and closes his eyes.

He was enjoying the sensation of the wall that transmitted to his hand.

The certainly beautiful wall that was made possible with mud and the work of a plasterer that created the peculiar finishing touches.

That thing that was left there on the playfulness of the eldwas had piqued the interest of the children, but it most of all shocked Izumo silly.

These earthen and clay walls that are painted differently according to their respective floors, the mortar coating, and many other varied techniques gave entertainment to the eye.

This work scenery was not within the video that was given to Izumo, so he witnessed this technique on the first day of staying in this place by surprise, and was shocked by it.

The sight of many eldwas doing elaborate work on a race against time could be visibly understood that it had worth in watching, and it was mesmerizing.

It is a performance where the orphans would go ‘Woah!’ and it would end with just that though.

“And the finisher is this…elevator.” (Izumo)

Izumo went inside and pointlessly activated the elevator that goes up and down by using your own magic power.

Because of the use of magic power, it makes you a bit dizzy coupled with the sensation of the elevator, and yet, Izumo himself was ecstatic.

“The idea of using what seems like a gimmick of a dungeon into a dwelling; what a flexible way of thinking.” (Izumo)

Should he be impressed by how differently their eyes are as craftsmen, or should he be in wonder at how their brains can turn in such a well manner?

“It is an unbelievable device that could make multistoried buildings feasible depending on the way it is used…” (Izumo)

You can make a tall building with earth magic if you want to.

Be it 10 floors or even 20 floors.

But even if they were to make something like that, it would just increase the hassle of carrying things up there, so it was impractical, and was thought of as pointless.

Even Izumo thought so.

Until he came to Tsige on this school trip and saw this.

“Tsige, huh. If it is here, it might be possible…to dig a tunnel to Lorel.” (Izumo)

It will no doubt create a big wave for Lorel.

Izumo takes the distance of Lorel and Tsige decreasing as a good change, and was thinking that the southern regions should have influence as well.

He was thinking this while going up and down pointlessly in the elevator.

“Hey.”

“?!?!”

The sudden short call that came from his back made him literally jump.

The elevator isn’t that spacious.

While it is going up and down, it is an enclosed space, and Izumo had gone in alone.

In other words, it should be impossible to be spoken to.

But a voice certainly rang.

Izumo looked back.

There was no one.

He looks up and down.

There it was.

A small person he knows was there.

“You have been reported by the kindergartners, you idiot. The sin being: ‘It is unfair that the academy onii-chan is the only one playing with the elevator’.”

“E-Eris-san.”

“That’s right. The one always getting more work added because of you -that Eris-san!!” (Eris)

The brown skin Forest Oni girl, Eris, didn’t hide her displeasure and directed her short staff at Izumo.

“H-How did you get here?” (Izumo)

“Teleport.” (Eris)

“Teleport, huh.” (Izumo)

“That’s the only way to get here when there’s an idiot shut in going up and down. You should leave that to amusement parks, geez.” (Eris)

“Amusement parks…?” (Izumo)

“…No, it is fine to not know. It is just a pain. Anyways, get off already. If you don’t, I will call Grount-obachan.” (Eris)

“I-I will get off at once!!” (Izumo)

The training with the Superior Dragon, Grount, which he was dragged into and forced to take.

The heat and pain of having sand grinding on his body was something that Izumo won’t forget for the rest of his life. His face went pale just remembering that.

And most of all, confronting the girl that’s going oba-chan this and oba-chan that was out of the question.

For Grount, as long as you don’t die, it is fine, but for Izumo and the others, that’s not the case.