[175th day]
After a few days of rest, prince Ronald interacted with the citizens of the city.
And today, he departed to go back to the capital of Hazol to report back everything he learn from Heaven Blaze city.
At the same time, in the kingdom of Horulas, at the palace of the king a gathering of aristocrats of high status commenced.
"So far, that is all the information that I managed to obtain during my stay in Heaven Blaze city"
Lenyas gave a thorough report to the nobles present.
What caugth their attention were three things.
The presence of a magic tower master.
Advance technology.
And an apostle serving a sixth unknown deity.
"Lenyas, you have obtained important information for our nation that is regarding our neighbor that could have been our foe and even establish amicable relationship with them.
With that said, I am sure no one has any problem with your actions"
Everyone in the room knew that king Azazel's words were directed toward Lenyas' parents.
"....."
The king smiled as his older brother, the marquiss, was silent.
"Lenyas"
"Yes, your highness?"
"You may now go. I will reward you later after we are done here"
"As you wish, your highness"
After bowing once, Lenyas quickly went out of the meeting room of the nobles to escape the silent and cold glare coming from her mother and father.
"Sigh... brother, you should be more flexible. Your daugther is at the age where she wants to be independent. After the 'incident' some time ago, she wants to polish her skills both as a merchant and as a soul artist"
"Your highness, it is not proper for her to go to an unknown land with the minimum amount of soldiers accompanying her. What's more is that among the knights she took with her, the strongest one was just a fourth stage soul artist.
If you really thought of sending her there as an envoy, why did you not lend her your guards to ensure her safety?"
The marquis replied in anger.
"Because there was no need to do that. The high priestess of our kingdom stated that it was safe for her to go there so long as she won't do anything to offend them.
And we all know that Lenyas is not stupid enough to do such a thing"
".....!"
The aristocrats who were fed up as they had to endure and listen to the two arguing with each other for several days could only stay quiet as they drifted their minds into imagining they were in their home, relaxing without a care.
"I'm sure you don't trust your younger brother most of the time, but surely you trust your elder sister"
Maxis, the marchioness, whispered to the marquiss.
"....."
Now that he knew that Lenyas receive approval not only from Azazel, but from the high priestess of the kingdom as well, his stress levels begun to decrease as his body eases up.
"Since the high priestess stated that it would be safe, I believe you will not have any problem with me going there myself?"
"I am sure that you, the kingdom's prime minister, already have thought things through and won't do anything that may cause us to harm our reputation.
So just do whatever you want. It's not like I can stop you anyway"
Ting. Ting. Ting.
King Azazel rang his small bell, signaling that the meeting was over.
"Finally!"
The aristocrats were smiling from pure joy that the two will no longer bicker and that they will not be summon abruptly to the palace everyday.
...
[177th day]
Heaven Blaze city continue to develop and expand the range of the barrier's dome as the five lords continue to diligently do their jobs.
Approximately five kilometers away from the castle at the soutern side, Charlie's project ended.
"Wow. I did saw it months before but, I didn't thought you would be able to finish it so soon"
Hugo was impressed that they finished creating the grand canal that has a length of several hundred kilometers.
"How did you guys do it though?"
"Magic cannons from Ghalvhir and some explosives. But mostly about a certain brokenly overpoweref shovel"
Charlie's indifferent tone confused Hugo, thinking wether Charlie was being sarcastic or not.
"I am impress. I didn't thought you would be the type to scheme and take advantage of things to make full use of it"
With the appearance of the grand canal, Heaven Blaze city now has a route towards the southern sea.
However, what amazed Hugo was the fact that, in the future, people may settle near the grand canal and become citizen of a nation under the rule of the five lords.
Not only does the canal provide transportation, it also provides others the chance to become citizens of the growing nation.
"Sir Charlie, I will no go back to the Abyssal tower"
Roman bowed as he informed Charlie.
"Abyssal tower? Is that the new name that Aldo came up with?"
"Yes. After pondering about it, he thought that the word 'Star' will not represent the name of the tower and changed it into 'Abyssal tower'"
"Hmm... Okay. You can go now. Thank you for all the work you have done"
Roman bowed once more and left.
"With this, we can now-"
Splash!
"Yay!"
Tony and Marco jumped down into the canal.
"Ahahahaha!!!"
"As a celebration, we should have a swimming party!"
Marco was speechless as he saw the two barging in in his teritorry.
"...? You also want to go there?"
Charlie asked Pallius who was with Anise.
"Can I?"
Pallius and Anise looked at Charlie with droopy eyes.
As he had a soft spot for children, Charlie could not bring himself to say no.
"Sigh... you can but you will have to apply some oil on you"
"I do?"
"Yes. You will understand why I am saying this later"
As he trust his uncle Charlie, Pallius listened and covered his skin with oil before jumping into the water.
"Sir Charlie, this is for you"
Persephone and Veronica arrived.
"What is this?"
Charlie asked as he took the small box from Persephone.
"I am not sure what it contain but sir Aldo asked me to give it to you"
He opened the box and saw a towel. The towel was small, making it obvious who it was for.
"Where are Leon and Aldo?"
"Master and sir Aldo are currently in the place called 'sauna' to relieve stress.
"Okay, thank you for the towel"
After bowing once, Persephone headed for Veronica and Pallius who were playing by the side.
A few hours later, two idiots who forgot that they were outside the range of the barrier and forgot to apply lotion or oil on their body got sunburn.