Let's call it a night, shall we? It's getting late.

　When I suggested that I would analyze the "right eye" at a later date, Hild made an expression of great disappointment.

　Since there might be progress in the quest that I have been carrying out for so many years, it might be unavoidable for me to react in this way.

''If you're going to go through the trouble of analyzing it, it's better to take your time when you can, right?　If we get started on it now, we'll have to cut it out as soon as we think about the time.
'...... I understand. It's as you say, Lord Commander. I can wait for a year or two, please specify a time that is convenient for you.
You're overreacting: "You're overreacting ...... and it could be after work tomorrow or something.

　Maybe Hild didn't exaggerate, maybe he really thinks that way.

　Elves are a long-lived species with a long lifespan even as a demon race.
　Even if it's not as long as the High Elves that have existed since before the destruction of the ancient magical civilization, it's possible that Hild has also lived for hundreds of years.

　Such a race's sense of time is not necessarily the same as humans', and even if it's a year or two, it may not be much different from a human's week or month.

　Well, I don't understand the elves' sense of time either, so that part is just my imagination.

''Tomorrow or later, this time you'll bring the priests with you for a formal greeting, right?　After that, why don't we send the priests home first and then we can get on with the analysis?
'I see!　Then please do so!

　Thus, we promised an attempt to analyze the "right eye" with elven magic, and tonight was to be dismissed for the time being.










　--Then overnight during business hours, Hild and a delegation of priests dispatched from the Knights of the rainbow rainbow scales visited the White Wolf Store in a formal ceremony.

　However, they didn't do anything special, but only finished their business after a formal greeting and exchange of documents, and they had to leave early so as not to interfere with their work.

'I still have some things to discuss, so I will remain here for a while longer. You all should take a dip in the inn's hot springs to relieve the fatigue of your journey.

　After Hild sent the priests back, this time we started discussing the matter as a group of knights in the living room that doubles as a reception room.

　Half of today's business is the analysis of the right eye, a quarter of it is a greeting to the priests, and the other quarter is the meeting we are about to start.

　It's true that the analysis of the Right Eye is interesting to me, but the preparation of the Knights' activities is more important to me.

''This document is the list of requests for the rainbow rainbow scale regarding the Knights' headquarters and residence. In summary, we would like to have a house of worship for the listed deities at Headquarters .......
Uh, ......, quite a few of them.
As long as I have to scrape together enough men from the Twelve Order, I guess I'll have to.

　Beliefs in the Kingdom of Westland vary widely from region to region.
　The Great Temple of King's Landing, which is said to have encompassed the majority of faiths, was a building the size of three large theaters and was lined with altars.

　The original model of the knightly order is based on the alliance formed by the knights of various countries during the era of warfare.

　I'm not very knowledgeable about it because I'm not deeply religious, but it's no wonder that each knight's group had different objects of faith and forms of belief.

The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have enough space for each altar ...... hmmm, it's going to be pretty tight.

　Like putting together a puzzle in my head, I considered whether or not it would be possible to set up the ritual facilities as requested with respect to the multiple proposals for setting up headquarters that were currently being conceived.

　However, the results were not so convenient.

　Since the temple block is likely to be larger than previously envisioned, a proposal to divert the existing building might not fit in as well.

It's a good idea to build a new building that incorporates the demands of each knight's group. If it's going to be built anyway, it would be good to have a lodging house as well.
But if you want to build a new house, you're gonna have to find a site.

　Garnett, who has brought herbal tea for two, rushes in from the side.

　Garnett was right, the problem with the proposal to build a new related facility is securing a site.

　A location that is easy to travel to and from the guild branch and the Golden Fang Knights' fortress, yet does not make life too inconvenient for its members, must be chosen.

I have a candidate site. There are still some problems there, though.''
Candidate sites?　Where is it?
I'm here.

　From his chair in the living room, he points in the direction of the street in front of the store.

''It's located in the vicinity of the White Wolf Store, on a street that connects Green Hollow's city center with the 'Sundial Forest'. This would make it easier to get to and from the dungeon and into town.
Well, of course you do. The only thing that's left is the forest, except for the area right next to this store. The land that is open is too small to build a headquarters and quarters: ......

　Garnett nodded in agreement, but since Hild, who had no knowledge of the land, seemed to be wondering, he decided to give a detailed explanation of his own mouth as well.

'You went down the hill when you came here, didn't you?　We're talking about cutting through the woods on either side of that road to build the new Order's headquarters and quarters.
The problem is that it's a simple matter of cutting out the trees. Even if you can get the funds and manpower quickly, it won't help if it takes extra time.

　The one that takes the least amount of time to prepare is the one that uses an existing building, and the second one that uses already cleared land.

　The next one is to use the land that has already been cleared, and the one that has been cleared is the least expensive in terms of time and construction costs.

　However, the location itself is not bad, and if you spare no effort, you can get the area you need in the form you need.

'I see!　That might be a good idea. We don't get to make the decision, but I'm personally going to push for that idea. Best of all, the fact that it's surrounded by deep greenery is really nice!

　After receiving a recommendation for some elfish reason, I decided to end the discussion with Hild, with the idea of 'building a new building in the vicinity of the White Wolf Store' being the most promising this time around for the time being.

　After telling Hild to pass the time for a while until closing time, I took it back to the store and sent Noir to take a break, and then sat down in the chair behind the accounting counter in exchange.

　The normal business of the White Wolf store in preparation for the formation of the new Order.

　It's not a busy day with all the things to do, but at the same time I felt a strong sense of fulfillment.

''Well, isn't it getting pretty impressive?

　Alexia at the counter next to me throws a grin at me.

''When I heard that Luke-kun was a knight commander, I was prepared to think that my daily fatigue was finally causing me to hear auditory hallucinations. You seem to be able to handle it without a hitch, and I'm very proud of you too.
Who the f*ck do you think you are?

　They smiled at each other while exchanging jokes and swearing with a lack of verbal(s) because they were old friends.

　Even if they were to step into the new world of the Knights, the relationship they had built up so far would not be broken - that was a moment of confidence.