Published at 5th of August 2021 10:36 pm

Volume 2 Chapter 50: Drintor’s Internal Affairs 2/2

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All the citizens and adventurers were surprised at the great change in Drintor’s outer wall.

A new outer wall had been created in a single day outside the town’s old walls.

The new wall was surrounded by a moat, and the wall itself had been made with such splendid craftsmanship, one could have thought it was the royal castle of some small country somewhere.

Just looking at the walls alone, it was obvious that they wouldn’t lose to even the royal capital’s wall in Esfort.

Originally, Drintor had been a small town of only around three kilometers squared, but as it had been expanded by two kilometers in each direction, the town’s area was now about twenty-eight kilometers squared.1

Thus, it now had an area around nine times larger, making it around the same size as other large towns.

Asking Alec and Lula to design some makeshift infrastructure, Cain returned to the royal capital.

During the day, he attended classes at school, and then afterwards he transferred to Drintor to continue the maintenance there.

The space between the old walls of Drintor and the new was now a huge meadow, on which the grass had to be cut down and the land there flattened.

However, in order for the everyday citizens not to be exposed to Cain’s magic, he had built three-meter-tall fences in a straight line on both sides of the roads leading from Drintor’s old gates to its new ones, blocking vast tracts of land from sight.

Freely using his magic, Cain flattened Drintor’s newly-acquired land in a truly huge area.

“I didn’t think it would be this much work…”

Although he could use magical power without limit, repeating the same actions over and over again would eventually tire anyone out.

It was so much work even Cain wanted to complain.

“Cain-sama, just a bit more. Do your best!”

As Alec was busy with his duties as deputy governor, Cain, having brought Lula and Darmeshia with him, was working while moving along.

Alec was managing public relations, making announcements to the citizens and coordinating with the town’s most influential people. Because the number of gates had doubled, it was now necessary to rethink the placement of the guards.

After the expansion of the town, Cain left the organization of materials needed for building housing, as well as the people such as carpenters, who were also necessary for the task, up to Darmeshia.

“Please leave that to me.”

Was Darmeshia’s reply, which relieved Cain.

Cain continued using his magic while listening to Lula’s words of encouragement. No matter how much work he put in after school, even with Cain’s non standard magic, it took a whole four days to finally finish the work.

Lula drew the plans for the town’s layout while Cain was at school, and had just finished a rough sketch for the town’s infrastructure.

Even so, calling it a “sketch” or “plans” would be inaccurate, as she had only decided on the locations of the academy and orphanage, as well as the roads that stretched straight forwards towards the gates.

The new roads, however, would be wide enough to let carriages and people pass without any problems.

Moreover, with her knowledge from her previous life, Lula was looking into ways to make concrete. Utilizing Cain’s Creation Magic to the maximum, she was thinking about having him build the academy and orphanage out of concrete.

Buildings made out of concrete couldn’t be made without Cain’s help.

As the days went by, for some reason, the amount of timber for construction gradually increased. In just a few days, a large amount of wood had been mysteriously laid out on the ground.

“Darmeshia, about this wood here…”

“They were felled in the forest and brought here. By my familiars. Shall I summon them?”

Cain shivered, remembering that time previously when Darmeshia had summoned his familiars.

“No, you don’t have to summon them. Although try not to let the adventurers in the forest see them. It would be a problem if strange reports started arriving at the guild.”

“Why of course, sir. Please be assured, they do their work in deathly silence in the very middle of the night. However, building a house would prove difficult even for my familiars, so I advise you to get the help of companies who specialize in such things. That way, money will be distributed throughout the town, which is something essential for a town to grow.”

Cain nodded. As the number of residents would only grow from now on, they had to be provided more jobs. The fact that if the lord poured money into public works and such and created jobs, the economy would grow, was the same in any world. Cain had managed to learn a little during classes in his previous life. If the number of jobs increased, so would the amount of people there, which in turn led to more profits for companies, which finally resulted in increased earnings for the town from taxes.

Ultimately, Cain wanted to turn Drintor, a town of only three-thousand people, if one included the adventurers, into a town whose population exceeded ten thousand.

After the work was completed, Cain took a break sipping a cup of tea that Darmeshia had prepared for him.

“A little bit more, and then everything will have calmed down.”

Cain muttered, gazing at the newly-levelled land and the mountain of materials heaped up on top of it.

“And then, after dismantling the old wall, there’ll be a massive architectural boom. I have arranged for craftsmen to come from the royal capital through a company, and the number of people should also increase with time.”

Darmeshia, standing behind Cain, remarked. Cain was once again impressed with just how many things Darmeshia was capable of doing.

Lula was sitting next to Cain, looking at the plans she had drawn.

“Alright, let’s tear down that old wall, shall we.”

Cain declared after drinking the last mouthful of his tea and standing up.

“You say that, but tearing it down isn’t that easy, okay?”

Lula said so, but Cain had unlimited magical power. For him, going around the town, levelling the ground had been way more of a hassle than simple demolition.

Cain put his hand on the old wall and put some of his magical power into it.

[Dismantle]

At Cain’s word, the wall collapsed with a loud sound. As the stones used in the wall could now be used as paving stones, Cain put them all away in his [Item Box].

“… that’s way too OP.”

While Lula was standing there in amazement, a couple-hundred-meter-long stretch of the wall that had protected the town for decades had collapsed. And then, the rubble from said collapsed wall had just vanished into thin air. Nobody would be able to hide their amazement at such a ridiculous happening.

In order for the demolition of the wall to run smoothly, the area near the wall in the town had been taped off, however, the deafening sound that accompanied the dismantling of the wall had attracted a large number of people.

They were, of course, all surprised at seeing Cain, the lord, standing on the other side of the newly-demolished wall.

Cain stepped forwards and addressed the assembled masses.

“Everyone, I’m sorry for startling you. I’m the lord, Cain von Silford Drintor. As this wall was in the way of expanding Drintor, I decided to remove it. You might have already heard some rumours, but the new wall you can see over there far behind me is the new city limits of Drintor. We have plans to build the town along a specific layout. People who have experience being carpenters or can do civil engineering, and people who don’t have jobs, I’d like you to help out. I promise that, of course, you will be paid salaries befitting your work.”

The citizens were happy. And, as they were currently near the slums, there were a lot of unemployed people. They had heard it being announced by the deputy governor’s men all over the town earlier, but there still had been many incredulous people. However, now that the lord of the territory had directly told them to their faces that he would give them jobs and salaries, they only had good things to say.

“““Wooooooooooo!!!!!”””

Signalling the rejoicing crowd to quieten down, Cain continued on.

“This new area will also have new housing built on it. Also, I’ll be dismantling the slums we currently have. Of course, the people currently living there will be given houses to live in, and later, jobs as well. Please understand that. That’s all from me.”

The people from the slums, which were now designated for demolition, also rejoiced at receiving housing and jobs. Cain turned his back on the people gathered there and moved on to the next demolition site.

Part by part, the old wall was dismantled, the rubble stored in Cain’s [Item Box]. Then, any remaining traces of the old wall were removed, and then on to the next site.

A couple of days later, the old wall had finally been completely demolished.

Cain and co. returned to the mansion and took a break in the office.

“Well then, I’ll leave everything from now on up to you.”

Cain passed the expenses for construction with all the materials to Alec. It was a pouch full of the platinum coins Cain had accumulated until then. He had put a hundred-or-so coins in said pouch, which converted would be around a thousand-million yen(9 161 872 $).

The money he had received for all the monster materials, his share of the sales from his company, as well as the profits he had made from selling his glass products were all in that pouch.

But even so, there was still around the same amount of platinum coins in his [Item Box].

“This should do the trick and then some. I’ll request more guards from the royal capital. Then, when the craftsmen have arrived, we’ll be able to start.”

Alec said after storing away the money in the safe in his office.

“It’s nearly the summer holidays, so I think I’ll be staying here for just a bit longer. See, I’ve been asked to go to the Malbeek territory by Teles, so I’ve gotta show up. And then, I’ll have to go show my face at Tifana’s family’s home, so I can’t really stay here for too long.”

The school’s summer holidays lasted about two months. The summer holidays were long, as the children of nobles from all over had to gather at the school afterwards, with the children from the more distant territories sometimes needing up to a month for a round trip.

There were also those who had mansions in the royal capital, but a majority of students lived in the academy’s dorms.

“I get it, I get it. I’ll take care of everything while you’re away”

Cain nodded his thanks.

Leaving Drintor to the three of them, Cain transferred to the royal capital.

Transferring to the office in his mansion in the royal capital, Cain then went to tell Koran and Silvia that he was back.

“– – Cain-sama, there’s a letter for you…”

He took the letter from an apologetic Koran and checked the coat of arms on the sealing wax on the back of the envelope.

It was the same coat of arms as the one that was flown on the flag at the royal castle.

Opening the letter, he read its contents.

The letter contained only a single sentence.

[When you see this, come to the royal castle immediately

-Rex Tera Esfort]

Cain heaved a big sigh. He handed over the letter to Koran, who upon reading its contents, thought ‘I expected as much…’.

“So, Koran, I’ll be going to the royal castle. Could you please be the coachman?”

“Understood. I’ll bring the carriage in front of the mansion immediately.”

Realising that it was a summons to the royal castle, Koran immediately rushed out of the office and went to prepare the carriage.

Soon enough, Koran had the carriage ready, and Cain got on, thanking him.

The Sun had already set, and as such, there would be no carriages heading to the royal castle, apart from during emergencies. The guards at the gate had already been contacted, so there was no problem with the entry.

Cain was immediately guided to the usual reception room.

While Cain was drinking a cup of black tea prepared by the maids, His Majesty and the Prime Minister showed up soon enough.

Following etiquette, Cain stood up from his seat.

“Sorry for all the urgency.”

The king sat down in his usual seat, with Prime Minister Magna also sitting down next to him.

Cain thought he would be reprimanded for the things happening in Drintor again, but it turned out to be something quite unexpected.

“Truth is, see, the Saint is coming to visit our country for inspection from the Holy Country of Marineford. Right when the academy’s having its summer holidays, too. She’s planning on staying for a week, apparently, but this age’s Saint isn’t much older than yourself, so Telestia and Lady Silk are to entertain her while she’s here. As for you, you will be their bodyguard. You’re similar in age, which will make it more comfortable for the Saint as well.”

Cain had been busy with Drintor’s domestic affairs for a while, but now there was another new matter demanding his attention.

1 okay, so the raws were “元は二キロ四方しかない小さな街であったドリントルは、四方に二キロずつ大きくなり、六キロ四方の大きな街となることになる。”, I’m afraid I don’t know enough about maths in Japanese to be able to say what exactly “二キロ四方” means, as both Google and DeepL gave me “2 squared kilometres” as a result for “二キロ四方”, but “all four directions” for “四方” (which is its literal meaning), I just decided to go with Drintor’s original radius being 1km and just do the maths myself

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