A few days after returning from Bohd village, we made Akane-san’s armor and Lulu-chan changed into the maid uniform made from Kaede’s Spider Silk.
Maria and Laeva completed requests everyday to increase Marnie’s rank, as well for Akane-san and Lulu-chan who hadn’t registered at the Adventurers Guild until now. It was also to raise the levels of the two who were no longer able to in the areas around Bohd village.
「I came here today because I have a matter I must request of you, Iruma-dono.」
Once he was let into the mansion and sitting on the sofa in the living room, Simon-sama explained his reason for suddenly coming here.
「A request?」
「Umu, I came to Volton with a request not many people should be involved in.」
「…… That is a matter about me that you don’t want the world to know about, is it?」
「As an A rank adventurer, Iruma-dono might not need to be secret any longer, but Iruma-dono as an artisan must be kept concealed.」
His Majesty, Margrave Volton, and Simon-sama have made it difficult identify the person who made the Purifier MD. Nevertheless, the zealots had targeted and attacked me, but it didn’t mean that they were sure it was me when they did. They are people who persecute when in doubt.
「A troublesome matter had occurred, hasn’t there?」
From there, the matter shocked not only me, but also Akane-san.
Someone had attacked a village of believers of the Genesis Faith in Samandour Kingdom, slaughtering men and women of all ages. From the traces and modus operandi, the culprits were deduced to be the zealots of the Divine Empire of Sydnia and two heroes.
「It can’t be, those two doing such a thing……」
「Iruma-dono, you had an argument with Sydnia’s heroes in the royal capital, didn’t you?」
I didn’t have sentiments for the change of the two until quite recently.
「Not really, but what is their purpose for doing something like that?」
「Iruma-dono, as far as the Light God Faith is concerned, simply mentioning the Genesis Faith is a sin. Furthermore, when it comes to Beastkin and the like whom they say are below domestic animals, they likely believe the persecution of heretics to be just.」
「Ridiculous………」
「Akira and Yamato have………………」
The shock Akane-san, who was their classmate at the same school, had received was even greater than mine when we heard the story.
「And so, this is about the consultation. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to mass produce the security golems you’ve made in Bohd Village, Iruma-dono.」
「Eh, you are already aware of that?」
It was surprising that, even though it happened just recently, it had already reached the ears of Simon-sama, the royal capital’s prime minister.
「It does not have to be in the caliber of the golems of Bohd Village and golems protecting Iruma-dono’s mansion, but we are in need of performance that would buy time for the people time to evacuate.」
「………… you are well informed.」
He even knows about the golems in my house.
「I would greatly appreciate it if you have other ideas besides the golems. As one would expect, the number of golems needed for all villages and towns would be too great even if they are mass produced. Because even the country and the royal family have a budget.
Hence we would like for you to devise a method to protect the people of our country from zealots and evil doers. Even so, we aren’t telling you that you must do so without fail. I just thought that you might think of something we haven’t.」
After that , I gave it some thought. Distributing a magic item that would form a magic barrier to everyone is unrealistic. It would be my own creation, but originally it would be a magic device that could only be obtained as a drop item in dungeons or an artifact from ruins. It would be too unreasonable to distribute it to all villagers. For our party, I tried to make the best equipment I could at that time without restraint, but equipment for the entire nation is still financially and workably improbable.
「By the way, how many golems should we make?」
「………… We’d like 100 of them. We’ll collect as much of the materials as we can, however, for what is insufficient, we would like for you to gather it by placing requests out at the Adventurers Guild. In relation to the cost, separating the price of the materials, we wish to request the price of each golem unit to be at 50 gold.」
5 million yen to simply create a golem and inscribe a magic formula, huh. Is 5 million solely for the labor expensive? Or cheap? I never sold a golem so I don’t know.
「Understood. Regarding the magic device besides the golem, I’ll give it some thought after this. So I can begin the golem production, please prepare ores, ingots, and magic stones. For the magic stones, it doesn’t matter what size it is as long as it isn’t a scrap magic stone so please gather some.」
「Ooh, I’m truly grateful that you accept.」
Simon-sama took my hand with both of his and shook it up and down.
「However, they are golems simply for defense. Will it be alright if I configure it so that it can’t be used for war?」
「Certainly. Please create golems specialized in protection.」
I felt relieved hearing that. If the 100 golems that I make are used for war, they would be immense war potential. Supposing one golem is equivalent to over 20 average soldiers, then the golems could fight against 2,000 soldiers. If the golems were to fight together, the outcome would likely improve.
A delivery date couldn’t be set, but it would be too late if harm breaks out, so Laeva and I began manufacturing the 100 security golems with the materials we have on hand.
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