The town, which is said to attract researchers and engineers, was small and cozy.
　It was not exactly a town, but a town, and the whole place was small and cozy.
　Rockford was at the end of the city road.
　You could tell that the town was built in a poky, empty spot surrounded by mountains.

Since it's called Rockford, I was expecting it to be a little bit more rugged, but it's more ordinary than I expected.
　When they arrived in town, Forenoire and the others were allowed into the hermit's stables, and after putting the carriage away in the magic bag, they took their time looking around the town.

　The dwellings seemed to be made of brick or concrete, and there were no buildings made of wood.
　And despite the fact that there are engineers and researchers gathered here, there are no large workshops to be seen.

This town is a sham. There shouldn't even be people here as far as the eye can see.
　Dolan said, so I took another look at the streets of Rockford, and sure enough, there were no residents and it was a ghost town.

'This way,'
　Paula walks to the front of the pack, looking nostalgic.
'Abruh? Huh?
　Paula looked at me and almost hit the wall, and I couldn't help but speak out, but Paula didn't just hit the wall...she was swallowed up by her body.

'Hallucinations?'
That's right. That's right. The effect of the magic tool is to hide from the enemy by using the refraction of light. There are a lot of unusual people gathered here, many of whom are driven by various things...
Great.
'It's a technology that gives us a glimpse into why the Empire tried to attack this place and failed.
Ha-ha, ha-ha. This is just the beginning.
　We were led into the walls by Dolan, who was oddly excited to have his town praised, and we were led into the walls too.
　The otherworldly version of projection mapping was pretty awesome, reflecting the falsehoods even in daylight.

''With all this technological power, we could do anything, couldn't we?
　There was no one to hear my mutterings.

　What was waiting for us, swallowed by the wall...were the golems.
'Please don't tell me I have to fight this or anything.......'
As soon as you destroy it, a new golem will be resurrected, so you're wasting your time.
　Paula was standing in front of the golem, waiting for us.
'Quickly,'
　Paula looked happy and looked like a child who wanted to show off her house.
'Paula, we're new to this, aren't we?
　As we went on, with Lisian chiding us for it, the golem began to move and speak out.

[If you want to pass through here, draw your wits and answer the question.
　Apparently, if you answer the question, you can get through.
　I was getting a little excited.
[Answer the name of the technique where you put your arms around the opponent's waist from behind, clutching it, and throw it backwards, and with the bridge in place, you don't release the clutch to the opponent, you just lock it up and fall.
　Huh?
"German Suplex.
[The path is open]

"...what's the problem now?
'The founder who created this place poses questions in a selection of genres, but there are a lot of weird genres. And if you try to force your way through, the golem will attack you.
What was that?
'Maybe it's not a question of wrestling moves. Paula used to play with the golem a lot, so she must have learned it before long.
　Is there a wrestling technique in this world? To begin with, when I was learning from Master Brod, there was no such thing as a wrestling technique in body arts.
'By the way, if I get it wrong?'
Nothing.
No?
We'll see what that means moving forward.
"...and by the way, what's the other problem?
There are science questions like the temperature at which water becomes a gas and the definition of a water vapor explosion. You can also answer questions about the ore you can get from the mine or do very difficult math.
"...who founded this place?
It must have been Lord Leinster. He lived here for a few years and developed many things here.
　When he couldn't do anything with his own technology, he gathered engineers and researchers here.
　The people with all those skills made Rockford their home.
　It is said that since then, Rockford has been known as the home of researchers and engineers.

It's a hell of a lot of things.
If you ask me, Lady Luciel is close to it. And with your youth, I have a feeling you'll be a bigger man than Lord Leinster.
　Doran laughed as he said that and walked onward.

　I followed everyone with a new determination.


　As we passed through the golem, there was a large door and a smaller door on the right.
　Paula ignored them and walked to the wall on the right instead of the front door. Then, just as she placed her hand on the wall, the wall gave off a blue-white light and the wall cracked open.
'What is this?'
''Magic power authentication. If you haven't registered your magic power beforehand, it will take a lot of work to get in here.
　
'Dolan, how did you become a slave? Where did you meet the slavers in the first place?
A request from the king of the Dwarves in the Underworld would be greatly appreciated if you could refrain from asking any more questions.
All right. But then again, there's an underground kingdom where dwarves live.
It is said that since the elves have their own kingdoms, the dwarves were defeated and built their own underground kingdoms.
Okay. Let's go.

　Before Paula's open walls could close, we too went inside.


　A town well-divided into sections a city spread out ahead.

It's not just a workshop, there are also fields and farms. And there's sunshine...''
'Most of the people who live here are engineers and researchers who have their own workshops.
　But, of course, they're alive, and they're hungry.
　They buy slaves to manage their fields and ranches, they buy their own apprentices to take care of them, and so on.
How can you still get enough food?　
The adventurer's guild brings in demon meat once a week, and if you have to, you can borrow and borrow it.
　It's not like we're in this town all the time. So I haven't felt any inconvenience in my life.
Where do I live?
I'll have to apprentice myself to someone else to build a workshop first.
　Doran laughed so forcefully, but he seemed to have his sights set firmly on his goal.

　And unlike the town of Fake, there was a small amount of people in the streets, and when they saw Doran and Paula, they called out to them.
'Hey, it's Doran!'
Paula, you're here.
Oh, hey, Dolan's arm is growing back.
'Could it be that Doran is going to be blacksmithing again?
　Such voices could be heard, but Dolan ignored them all.
　No, he froze when he saw the one man ahead of him.
'Brother Grand,'
'It's been a long time, Dolan. And while I'm your brother's apprentice for a change, I'm younger than you, so I'm telling you not to do that, brother.
　Paula was hugging Ms. Grand and crying.
　The other faces were completely airborne, but after Mr. Grand let go of Paula, he slowly approached me and bowed his head.
'Luciel-dono, thank you for saving Doran and Paula at this time.
'Heads up, please. Finding Doran and Paula was truly a coincidence.
　They became my slaves because Doran seemed to have the ability to do so, and it was really just a coincidence.
　And as for me, I believe that this has allowed me to thank Mr. Grand for the illusionary wand in some small way.
　When I said that, Mr. Grand slapped me on the shoulder and laughed.
'I'm really glad I tried so hard that time,'
'Yes. Then may I be shown around?
Okay. Everybody follow me.

　We're walking after Mr. Grand.
　Dolan had a puzzled look on his face and Paula seemed to be slowly getting heavier in her step.
　But as soon as they saw that, they ran out.

'Is that back to normal?'
'No, I've added more room for the elf girl over there, so it's bigger than before. Well, I've recreated the shape and location.
I will pay you.
'No, let me get this out of me. It's partly because I made Dolan a slave, and partly because I wasn't there to force him to do it.
　
　I'm curious about it, but I don't want to poke my head in too far.
''........Well then, let's split it 50-50. I'm going to have Dolan and the others make a lot of things in the future.
...sounds like a lot of fun.
'You'll have to ask Doran about that. How much is it?
Eight white gold pieces. Do you have them?
'I still make a lot of money from this. And the only time I spend money is on food.
　I laughed and took out eight white gold coins from the magic bag and handed them to Grand-san.
Well you're not crazy about money, are you?
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Can I ask you to do some weapon maintenance or something?
Yeah. I'll take care of it.
　We were thus on our way to Doran and Paula's workshop.

　I didn't realize at this point that Lionel and Ketty had made a decision.