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“Uh…” Lovestone paused, recalling Professor Gorzan’s sparsely haired bald head, hesitated for a moment, and said:
"Lord Latis, thank you for your guidance..."
"Alright, if there's nothing else, go back to your research." Latis rubbed his aching head, waved his hand, and continued:
"Once your research has progressed to a certain level, I can lend you a real dragon egg for you to observe."
"Holy crap, really?!" A bald man suddenly popped out from the ranks of the civil engineers. Upon closer inspection, it was Gorzan. He excitedly grabbed Lovestone's shoulder and exclaimed:
"Lovestone, what are you waiting for? Go back and work your butt off! This might be your only chance in your life to get your hands on a dragon egg!"
“No, teacher, you…” Lovestone looked at the yellow helmet in Gorzan’s hand with a puzzled expression, and couldn’t help but complain, “Why are you following me?”
“I was just worried you’d get lost,” Gorzan chuckled dryly, then whispered under Lovestone’s disbelieving gaze, “I just came to see how your dragon-training performance went, and then I followed you all the way here…”
"Isn't that following me?!" Lovestone shouted, shaking his head. He was about to say something when suddenly his eyes widened, and he lunged at Latis, yelling:
"What did you just say? I'm talking about a giant dragon egg!"
……
After painstakingly dismissing the researcher master and apprentice who wanted to offer their genitals to the Father of Dragons, Latis wiped his sweat and greeted the team of civil mages who were finishing up.
“Oh, right, Lord Latis!” a civil engineer called out to him, running up to him and taking off his hard hat.
"After a precise survey, we have confirmed that your land area is 2,692.5 square meters. We are now refunding you the excess deposit of 17 gold whites and 25 silver hues."
Latis took the wad of change in a daze and stuffed it into his pocket.
"By the way, the Mage Association calls each high-ranking mage's land a Mage Territory. Although it's forbidden to alter the terrain within a Mage Territory, everything within it is the private property of the Mage Tower owner. Therefore, we suggest you cover the entire land with monitoring arrays..."
The civil engineer hesitated for a moment, glanced down at the area size recorded in his notes, scratched his head, and said:
"It's just that your area... is a bit difficult to handle... Most mage territories are only around one hundred to two hundred square meters..."
"It's nothing!" Latis laughed and said.
“It doesn’t matter if she’s a bit bigger. We also have a giant dragon at home. Since she has nothing else to do anyway, let her patrol the mountain every day.”
"The Father of Dragons speaks differently; his words are always so grand..."
The earthwork master sighed sadly and finally said:
"If your mentor is available recently, he can go to the Mage Association to complete his information. For high-level mages with detailed information, the association will provide certain benefits."
"I understand, thank you for your hard work!" Latis said in fluent Common, watching the civil mages' departing figures and letting out a sigh of relief.
"Speaking of which, does this mean I have a home in another world?... Hmm, such an unfamiliar yet warm word..."
For a moment, he forgot what expression he should wear. After a while, the children's noise suddenly brought him back to his senses. He looked up at the children running around happily on the main street and exchanged a glance with Tina, who was leading them.
Tina paused, looked up at the location, silently memorized Latis's address, smiled slightly, pointed at the children, and mouthed:
"I took them into the inner city for a meal."
Tina patted the head of the girl who was pulling at her sleeve, looked at Latis, and gave a solemn knightly salute.
"You knights really do like to express your feelings with bowing..."
Latis shook his head, watching Tina leave with the children. He walked to the main road, glanced back at the lush valley, hesitated for a moment, and then put up a sign at the entrance to the mountain path.
"What should I write about? Latis House? That's a bit too American country... How about Paradise Lost? Latis, don't get a bit delusional..."
"Latis's Wonderful House? Forget it, there's a Wizard's Wonderful House just a hundred meters away... Oh, I've got it!"
He quickly wrote a dozen large characters on the sign, clapped his hands in satisfaction, and walked into the valley.
A gentle breeze rustled through the low bushes, knocking down the tall, eye-catching flower branches that pressed against the wooden sign, lightly brushing over the words on it.
[Latis and Ateliers and the Robin and Yashutia's home (leaving a large blank space)!]
[Herold's Magic Item Shop is in excellent preparation]
After the wind stopped, the bent flower branches silently covered the words on the top line, as if they too felt that it was somewhat unsightly.
……
……
"That fixes it!"
Artemis clapped her hands, looked at the now completely flat floor, stepped outside, and put on a thoughtful expression.
"Since we're going to turn it into a prop shop, we'll have to expand it a bit. That means the overall layout might need to be changed..."
She walked to the hillside, sat lightly on a flowering branch, and swung her legs slightly.
"Ms. Kurosawa and Kotori said they could move their room upstairs, freeing up the entire first floor for shelves and merchandise. Ms. Kurosawa plans to move her workshop to another part of the valley, saying she intends to research explosives..."
A hint of worry appeared on the half-elf's face, and he shook his head.
"I... I'll still trust Ms. Kurosawa's professional skills as an alchemist... Anyway, this small open space is about eighty square meters; it's better to make it all indoors."
Her gaze shifted to the second and third floors nestled between the two hills, and mimicking Latis by touching her smooth chin, she suddenly chuckled softly.
"Let's move all the bedrooms to the third floor. We can extend the floors along the hill to create walkway rooms, and use the second floor as a storage area and guest rooms… Let's move the observation deck to the newly added fourth floor, level with the top of the hill, to give the future dragon baby a sense of ceremony… Wait, does this mean Serfal actually has a child with his older brother?!"
The half-elf paused, then gritted her teeth in annoyance. For some reason, the image of the holy knight who had followed Latis when she first arrived in Lundia suddenly flashed into her mind. She gently touched her thin chest, a hint of fighting spirit shining in her eyes.
"Maybe someone'll need to stay in the guest room soon... Little elf, you'd better hold onto your place in your big brother's heart!"
Looking at the completed lute hanging on the wall, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Pleading, pleading for love... it's still so, so embarrassing..."
……
"The secret workshop of a genius beauty must have an appearance that makes people like you at first glance!"
Yashutia looked at the workshop that occupied the entire cave, fiddled with the sign with crooked handwriting, and frowned.
"Although after leaving the realm of living beings, I unexpectedly discovered that mechanical creations are more malleable, they ultimately lack the bizarre and disgusting deterrent power of living beings."
She scratched her head, thought for a while, and suddenly had an idea.
"As expected, the entrance really needs some decorations like this!"
After a series of knocking and banging, she looked at the imposing wooden bear statue in front of the dark house and nodded in satisfaction.
Yashutia took a step back, moving into the bear's sensing area. Then, the wooden bear suddenly flung its arms out, stretched its neck, and roared:
Welcome to the Kurosawa Alchemy Workshop!
"The effect is really good, it's fantastic!" She clapped her hands enthusiastically and walked into the house.
"Time to get to work!"
……
Are you here looking for a job?
Ateliers, standing under the flower trellis, put down her teacup in surprise, looked at Frico who was nervously clenching her hands, and asked:
"Did your elder brother Latis send you?"
“Yes…” Frico, who had worked two extra days over the weekend, looked at Arterifus under the flower stand with a hint of envy. The afternoon sun shone through the stained glass she had specially designed, casting colorful light on her face. Her soft, silvery-white hair swayed gently in the breeze, making her look like a beautiful fairy goddess who had stepped out of a painting.
"So beautiful..."
Frico snapped out of her daze and said hesitantly:
"That gentleman didn't tell me his name, he just said that if I came to work at the shop, he could teach me some knowledge about spells... Hmm, the address he mentioned earlier is here..."
"Ah, that must be my eldest brother... He's gone to the academy now, he might not be back until later." The half-elf smiled helplessly, looking at Frico's tired face, handed her a cup of tea, and asked curiously:
"You don't look well, is there anything I can help you with?"
Frico took the teacup, took a small sip of the warm tea, and immediately relaxed, saying:
"I worked all night and fell asleep in my workshop. I was just woken up by the cheers of people passing by the mage tower... Sigh, I heard that some young man has been called the 'Father of Dragons' or something. Looking back on my life, I feel that it has been rather unremarkable. On my way home, I happened to pass by here, so I decided to take a look..."
After saying that, she seemed to have suddenly put down a heavy burden, and smiled gently:
"I don't need any help, I just wanted to ask if I could apply for a job here in advance, even though I see your prop shop is still in the preparatory stage?"
Ateliers took the teacup that Frico had finished drinking from, glanced at the still-uncleared forest path and the various pieces of equipment piled up haphazardly behind her, and said with a slight smile:
"of course can."
Chapter 135 Teacher Yin, you are so cute!
"As you can see, apart from that small clearing in the middle of the valley, there aren't many large clearings that you can use. However, there are many small clearings. If you want to stay in this mage territory for a long time, you can build your own hut."
The half-elf's calm voice came from in front of her. Freyko snapped out of her daze, looked at her graceful figure, and subconsciously nodded, saying:
“Actually, I also have my own mage tower, but it’s too far from the inner city, so I haven’t been back for about half a year… Hmm, could I build a wooden house here?”
Artemis turned and looked curiously at the spot Frico was pointing to. It was a small, earthen mound nestled against the woods, bordered by a mountain on one side, and the flat area was only about twenty square meters. She paused, then asked:
"There might be larger open spaces elsewhere. Are you sure you want to choose this place?"
"This is fine." Frico released her flight spell and landed on the earthen slope. Looking at the tangled wild grasses and flowers in the woodland under the afternoon shade, she couldn't help but sigh:
"How wonderful it would be if a flower field could be planted here someday!"
The half-elf landed on a treetop beside Frico, glanced at the wildly growing weeds and trees below the earthen slope, and chuckled softly:
"That will take a very long time!"
“Yes, a very long time…” Frico suddenly sighed wistfully, reflecting on her life as a beast of burden, shook her head, and smiled at the half-elf watching her:
"I believe I will stay here for a very long time!"
……
"Anyway, the small hill I chose is right on the path at the western exit of the Forest Valley..." Frico recalled the layout of the area and said, "It's close to Mage Tower 1234. That mage tower seems to be rented to some combat personnel, so it should be convenient to buy raw materials such as monster materials there."
"Lord Frico, you are quite thoughtful."
The half-elf looked relieved and said:
"I think that in the future, I may have to rely on your expertise in many things."
“That would be my honor,” Frico quickly said, glancing at the hopeful look in the half-elf's eyes, and inwardly sighing:
"This kind of elf boss is much better than my heartless mentor... I used to often have to use my own savings to advance research funds. Looking back now, I was really too late to run away with my bucket..."