Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Ceremony Preparations 5

The completed lodge in the east was similar an isolated island similar to the Dejima[1] in Nagasaki when foreigners were excluded during the Edo period. I doubt it was necessary, but we should keep security in mind.

Near the lodge, there was a highway from the center of the Sanctuary to the eastern city. This was enclosed in a moat and walls, becoming the Sanctuary’s sole entrance and exit. Well, us inhabitants in the Sanctuary who aren’t affected by the barrier are exceptions though.

The size of the plot was 2 hectares wide, slightly larger than the historical Dejima.

I constructed a10m tall, 2m thick walls using Earth Magic, then transmuted it to reinforce them into strong stone wall. I formed a moat on the outside of the wall, then built a 5m long bridge, and created a strong steel gate.

As if a matter of course, autonomous acting security golems were deployed to police the area.
On the highway connecting to the outside of the Sanctuary, a gate was installed at the border where the barrier was raised.

The Security golems and Gatekeeper golems were remodeled from those used for the war against Triaria Kingdom. I’m glad the golems that had been rotting in my Item Box could be used again.

The church that was just as good as a cathedral was complete, and I had the Elves and Cat Siths assist with the other construction. In accordance with Dryas’ instructions, flowers decorated the surroundings of the church.
The high class hotel-like lodging was also complete, and right now, Akane and Kaede were working hard with the interior. Akane was just listing furniture to be ordered at the Papeck Company, but Kaede also has to work on my fiancées wedding dresses, so she’s very busy.

The furniture of the church and the accommodation were being worked on by Doganbo-san and the Elves too.
The Dwarves who saw the church I transmuted with reckless abandon were burning with a sense of rivalry, and for some reason, the artistic sculptures and ornaments decorating the church and lodging were increasing.

With the establishment of the church and the lodge, I’ve reached a point where I could pause my work. Next though, I’ll have to send out written invitations……

「Umm…… of course we’ll have to send a written invitation to Sophia’s mother and father, then just in case, to her younger brother too.」
「Because of our promise to Balza-san, we have to invite Yggurle Kingdom’s King and Queen.」

In the Sanctuary mansion, Akane and I were focused on making a list of guests to send written invitations to.
Sophia, Maria, and Marnie weren’t there because they were making the wedding dresses with Kaede. Laeva was busy crafting magic devices for the church and lodging, as well as installing them.

「Valkyra Kingdom will be Margrave Volton and Earl Rockford, right? What do we do about the King?」
「Let’s send one to the King just in case. We’re sending one to the King of Yggurle Kingdom, so we can’t not send one to the country where we have a base in.」

Maybe we should send one to Margrave Volton and his wife, Earl Volton, Madam Rose, Rod-kun, and Emilia-chan.
I wrote their names on paper.

「Then what about Papeck-san and Thomas-san from the Papeck Company, and Xervus-san from Margrave Volton’s……? 」

Perhaps we should also send one to Xervus-san, the chamberlain of Margrave Volton’s family.

「If we’re inviting the Volton couple, wouldn’t Xervus-san also come with a plus one? Well, we may as well send one just in case.」
「Yeah. So, what about Lomaria Kingdom?」

Valkyra Kingdom is in an alliance with Lomara Kingdom, so they fought together in the war against Triaria Kingdom and the Divine Empire Sydnia. The city built to the east of the Sanctuary was the combined effort of Valkyra Kingdom, Lomaria Kingdom, and Yggurle Kingdom, we couldn’t do absolutely nothing.

「Hmm…… let’s send a written invitation addressed to the king. And whether they send a representative, or if he himself were to come is up to them.」
「That works. Then we’ll send one to the king.」

Things related to royalty and nobles are like this, I guess.

「Barack-san and Hans-san of the Volton Adventurers Guild, AH! We also have to invite Heath-san, Lyle-san, and Bogah-san!」
「Lion’s Fang, was it? They’re A rank adventurers, so it’s fine if they’re around nobles and wealthy merchants. Isn’t it perfect then? You want to invite people from Bohd Village, right? I’d feel sorry for if the only people around them were important people.」
「Right. I definitely want Vanga-san and Martha-san to attend. The issue is how far Bohd Village is from the Sanctuary.」

Normally, it would take a regular horse three days to reach Volton City. Then it would take another two days from Volton to Wedgefort. Then from there to the Sanctuary. It was a very difficult hurdle for Vanga-san and the others living in Bohd Village.

「About that, aren’t you already going there to meet them? Of course you can’t show them you teleport, but you’ve shown Tsubaki when we went there once before?」
「You have a point. I’ll deliver the written invitations personally and then bring them back with me at the same time.」
「That’s sounds like a plan.」

I left the decision of who else to invite up to Akane. I wrote the invitation for Vanga-san and the others, and began preparing to go to Bohd Village.

Footnotes:
1.Dejima example. -Dejima (Japanese: 出島, “exit island”), in the 17th century also called Tsukishima ( 築島, “island that sticks out”), was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1854). For 220 years, it was the central conduit for foreign trade and exchange with Japan during the isolationist Edo period (1600–1869), and the only Japanese territory that Westerners were permitted to set foot. (Source: Wikipedia) [↩]