Chapter 974 – Grand Plan

000

The first thing Cleon did after returning to the mansion was to wake up the unconscious party members.

Among them, Laila and Ventuna’s help was definitely needed, and it would have been better for Kuon to be there as well to prepare for anything that might happen.

“Are we going too?”

After putting Lila and Ventuna into the water bathtub, Sasha walked out, shaking her hands, and asked Cleon, who shook her head.

“Sasha and Amelia, please wait at the mansion. Don’t worry. It won’t be that dangerous.”

“When Cleon says so, it seems he was rarely out of danger…”

Amelia spoke as if she was worried about Cleon’s words, and Cleon also answered by closing his mouth for a moment and then opening his mouth.

“Well… I can’t deny it, but it’s really okay this time. Last time I went, we were able to resolve it amicably through conversation.”

As Amelia said, Cleon was a walking flag maker, but he couldn’t give up hope that things would be okay this time.

For no reason, taking many people with you and provoking the other party may not be a good idea.

“I have to bring M. Flamme too, she has a lot of work to do. I guess it would be better to wait for Lila too.”

Cleon returns to the living room while saying that.

As I tried to open the sliding door and go inside, I felt a strong chill coming from the slightly open gap.

“What, what?”

Although she was embarrassed, she opened the door wide and saw Melusine concentrating on it with both hands on it, placing an envelope with the ‘Jinmi Party’ logo on it.

The source of the chill was the paper bag and Melusine’s hand.

“Uh… Hey, Melusine? What are you doing now?”

“Ah, Cleon. As you can see, I’m in the process of freezing the dessert I received from Artis. If I do it this way, it won’t spoil.”

Yes, beyond not being damaged, it was almost completely surrounded by ice.

One day, for some reason, he was reminded of the fact that in the polar regions covered with glaciers, there was a monster frozen like this and buried for hundreds of years, and Cleon cracked a smile and joked.

“You’d have to have pretty hard teeth to eat that…”

“What are you talking about? No matter what, you have to melt it before eating it… Um, wait a minute. Was that just Cleon’s own joke…?”

Melusine took Cleon’s joke seriously for once, but then hastily asked back as if she had realized it.

“It’s okay, it wasn’t that funny of a joke.”

Schrödinger, who was quietly cleaning the living room, muttered without even paying attention to Melusine, as if to not pay attention to her.

Cleon, who had been hit by her repeated blows, could not respond, but closed his mouth and sat down on her sofa, as if he had to wait quietly until Lila returned from washing her.

“What, Cleon, are you upset?”

It was never like Schrödinger asked, pouting or anything like that.

001

The door to the transfer magic circle opened with a loud sound and then closed again.

What appeared beyond that was an old man with a long beard, and Laila, who flew to his hometown through transfer to pick him up and returned in an instant.

There were two people like this.

Using his cane, he slowly walks out of the transfer door, through the garden, and up to the living room.

Passing by Gonzales, who was looking curiously at the person who suddenly appeared.

Then, he nodded, bent his sore back and legs, and put his butt down on the chair placed there.

“It’s natural. Uncle Flamme.”

“As you get older, you want to sit wherever you go.”

He would brush his beard and casually reply to Lila’s point.

In the living room, everyone who would directly participate in this mission, or should I say, the request from Adamantite, had already gathered.

First of all, Bourbon and Herty.

Herti was the only person who could hear Adamantite’s voice.

And as long as Bourbon entered the mine, he had an obligation to accompany those who entered.

To get there, we will use the ‘transition gate’ that Cleon drew and installed during our last visit, but if a problem arises when we have to return, help from expert Bourbon is essential.

Next is Lila, Ventuna, and Flammé and Melusine.

These four people are wizards who will be in charge of the magical properties needed to process adamantite.

If even one person is missing, adamantite cannot be processed, so they were the actual protagonists of this request.

Lastly, Cleon and Cuon as escorts.

Although the two people could not directly participate in the processing, they played the role of a kind of problem solver who could flexibly respond to any unfortunate events that might arise in the process.

Number of participants: 8 people in total.

The fact that a significant number of people are mobilized shows that this request has various significance.

“First… Thank you for responding to my sudden request, Mr. Flammé.”

And, in response to Cleon’s greeting as he bowed his head to the old man, Flamme nodded and spoke.

“It’s okay. I heard the story from Lila herself a while ago.”

“Hmph.”

Did you do well? Laila placed her hands on both of her waist while looking at Cleon with an expression.

“However, that guy also said that he had to prepare something separately, so I was at peace. I never thought that less than a week later he would immediately say, ‘Please come now!’ He is a guy who treats old people harshly. Still.”

“Ugh.”

At Flamme’s words, Lila politely lowered her hand that had been placed on her waist as if she had nothing else to say.

“… I’m sorry.”

This time, she apologized instead of thanking him, and Flamme responded with a light chuckle.

“Well, the opportunity to process that adamantite yourself doesn’t come easily. As a wizard who uses earth magic, I have to touch it at least once before I die.”

In addition to Lyla’s request, his curiosity as a wizard and scholar must have played a big role in driving him.

“Okay then. I’ll explain what to do from now on.”

Lila, who thought that the formalities of greeting were over, saw his timing and came right in, placing her hand on the table in front of the group.

Then, he placed a teacup in the middle.

“This is the adamantite chunk we need to process. Cleon, Herti, and Bourbon confirmed that there is a chunk of adamantite with ego in it in a large space. Right?”

“Yes, Mr. ‘Thinking’.”

Herti nodded his head at Lila’s confirmation.

At the same time, he said the name he had heard from them at that time.

“Haha, I’m still not used to that name.”

Bourbon laughed at Herti’s words, and Cleon smiled bitterly as he did the same.

“Her request is to prepare a body that can move and be active on the ground even though she is an adamantite. The material is the large adamantite block itself that contains her ego. What is needed there is all of you, including me. They are high-level wizards who can freely manipulate various attributes.”

After Lila received Herti’s confirmation, she placed small gems on the cup, one each on the north, south, east, and west.

Each gem corresponded to four elements.

“Theoretically, a ‘spirit’ is needed. If you can handle attribute magic at a spirit level, it doesn’t matter.”

Ben Tuna added a word to Laila’s words and shrugged her shoulders.

She still seemed very proud of her identity as a spirit.

“At the same time, the same amount of magic must be released to balance the elements. So this is…”

“The story is about an artificially created elemental cross. Since the location is underground, it will act as a similar ley line.”

Flamme added a word as if she understood, and Lila closed her mouth and stuck out her lower lip.

“What’s wrong, Lila?”

“No… I thought the explanation of the most important part was taken away.”

When Lila answered Kuon’s question like that, the living room was filled with silence for a moment.

“Hey.”

Cleon couldn’t stand it anymore and attacked her.

“At 17, you’re still a kid.”

“Uncle Flamme!”

After screaming at Flamme, who was fighting back, Laila screamed! He cleared his throat and called for attention once again.

“So? I knew that we had to create an environment by creating an elemental cross. How do we create a golem from there?”

When Melusin asked that question, Ventuna spoke while brushing her green hair as if she had been waiting.

“There is a ‘sketch’ created through this body’s artistic sense.”

Then what she took out was a luxurious piece of paper tied with a luxurious string.

She put aside Lila’s teacup and jewelry and placed them on the table.

“Wait a minute. As you please…”

Even though Lila looked angry, she kept her mouth shut as she looked at the drawing on Ben Tuna’s open paper.

“Hoo.”

“This is…”

Flammé and Melusine are equally admirable.

“What do you think? What is the ‘ideal girl’ that I created by pouring everything I can into it?”

On the paper she unfolded, there was a picture of a girl drawn with a delicate touch.

The painting, which looked like a noble girl wrapped in a fancy dress, as if she had left the village with a bunch of servants, had all the minor details included, including the front, back, and sides.

The painting, with its distinct facial features and the feeling of a girl in the process of growing up, could only be said to have been drawn from a living person.

“You have amazing drawing skills.”

If Cleon also helps out with a word, Ventuna’s nose grows infinitely higher.

“Right? I thought you guys would understand.”

With her eyes sparkling, she rubbed her hand over it again and again, as if she was proud of her drawing.

To the point where I feel a little bad.

“What are you going to do with that picture?”

When Lila asked a question as if to stop Ben Tuna, Ben Tuna cut her off by saying, ‘If I say anything, you’re nagging me!’

“I’m going to sculpt the adamantite like this. Of course, it has to be done in a form that allows the limbs to move, so it’s in great detail.”

“… Indeed.”

Except for Melusine, who answered as if she knew, she silenced everyone there.

“… Hey, why is everyone quiet?”

And, if Herti, who cannot see the picture of the important girl, asks that question, Cleon will be by her side and answer for her.

“The story Ventuna brought up… Is an absurdly difficult technique.”

“Is that so…?”

When Herti, who knew little about witchcraft and magic, asked back as if she had no idea, Flamme opened her mouth.

“While maintaining the balance of the elements, adamantite, a metal that devours magical power, is processed from all directions? Heh, heh…”

I brushed off my beard once-

“As the making of golems is inherently part of the domain of earth magic, I have made quite a few golems. It will probably be more difficult to make than any of the golems I have made so far. At the very least, it may be a bit simpler. This is “It’s almost the same level of difficulty as creating a whole person.”

When Flamme says that, Ben Tuna nods her head and smiles wryly with her arms crossed.

“Are you going to quit? Acting Chief Flamme?”

“Hehe. Damn guy. What do you think of me? ‘It’s difficult’ and ‘I can’t’ are different.”

It seemed like fire broke out between the two people glaring at each other.

Then, Lila puts her hand between the two and stops them.

“Okay, now. That’s it! We need to cooperate from now on to do something big, so there’s no need to fight like this, right? Calm down.”

“I can’t believe you said that.”

Flammé looks at Lila with a smile.

Then, after Leila glared at Flamme, she smiled and spoke to Herty.

“If you transfer directly to the deep zone, the petrification curse inside will not be activated. Are you sure?”

Proof that you are recognized by Gaius, the Earth Dragon, which you must have in order to enter the adamantite mine.

“Yes. … Maybe.”

“If it’s probably, it’s troublesome…”

When Herti spoke a little uncertainly, Lila narrowed her eyes and answered.

“To be exact, ‘that area’ that the adamantites surround with their will is safe.”

At that time, Cleon adds,

“Because it is a space surrounded by adamantite while consuming magical power, so to speak, it is another barrier within the barrier. It is a space that can neutralize the effects of the outer barrier.”

“… Ah. Indeed. If that’s the case, I can understand.”

Lila nodded her head as if she understood Cleon’s explanation.

“Okay! This is all I need to check. And before we leave!”

Lastly, Lila pours reddish liquid from the large teapot on the table and distributes it to the number of people participating in her request.

“Drink.”

“I need to explain what it is.”

When Cleon tries to argue with Lila, who asks her to drink an unknown liquid, she smiles and answers Cleon.

“It’s a car that temporarily creates a pass through magical power between those who drink it. You can’t each hold the picture you saw earlier and work on it, right? Since it’s all contained in Ventuna’s head, we’ll share it through this pass and work on it as is.”

“… Ah. Indeed.”

Melusine nods her head in understanding and turns the car on in one go.

Since the tea had already cooled down, the temperature was such that it would not be a problem to drink it that way.

One by one, after everyone in the room drank tea, the image of the girl who was to be created from Ventuna naturally flowed in.

“Ah. This is how we create ‘Thoughts’.”

Since Herti saw the girl there for the first time, she was convinced and nodded.

“That’s a good picture, Mr. Ventuna. By any chance, are you thinking of publishing an art book through the publishing company we run…”

“Herti, consultation later.”

When Bourbon stops Herti, who habitually tries not to miss out on business elements, Cleon is the first to stand up.

“Let’s go. This is the last quest related to the sacred tree.”

To put an end to the long journey since coming to the Eastern Country, to pass the final gate.

Cleon was trying to move forward based on the relationships he had gained through various adventures.