The news that Balto-san had used my sword to defeat the blue stone demon quickly spread throughout the village.
　I made a batch of swords and put them in a nearby box.
　I made them and put them in a nearby box so that each of the villagers could use them freely.

　After I finished preparing the sword, the next thing I wanted to do was to rebuild the village.

"Thank you, Lerius, for all your swords.

　Camilla, who had been distributing them, came back to us.

''It's fine. You can level me up, too.''

　I have the capacity to be a blacksmith now.
　If I don't have to put away what I've made, that's how much I'll level up.
　I just raised my level to 11. My current capacity is 110. ........Well, it's not likely that it will ever be full.

I see. So what are you up to now?
I just think we should rebuild the village.
"...Oh, really?　I was going to talk to you about that.
'Oh, really?'

　This was just meant to be an incidental part of my leveling up.
　Building a house or something like that can be a rather good experience.
　But you can't just build whatever you want there, you know....

There are other villages. We wanted to bring those people here and, if possible, get them all to work together.
Well it's certainly safer that way, isn't it?
'Yeah. That's why I was hoping to get Lelius to set up some houses for me.
'I understand. If that's the case, is it okay for me to make whatever I want, too?
Yes, please.

　The only problem is that I can only build the same house?
　It's possible to recreate the Migratory Bird Innkeeper in my brain, but other than that it's not so easy.
　I think it's possible to create at least one room. For example, Fira-san's room.......or a nearby shop.

　I remember the shop on Adventurer's Alley in my brain and create it right in front of me.
　The resulting house is a weapon shop with only one room.
　...Maybe there's a room behind the cash register where the owner always sits, but I don't know because I've never been in there, so there's no way to get beyond that.

'Wow!　They're building another house!

　........but the kids seem to enjoy going inside.
　I go inside and prepare enough furniture to live in at least, and then leave the house.


'Anyone with my abilities can do it. Speaking of which, Camilla. There aren't too many adults in this village, but what about the other places?

　Camilla chuckles at my question.

'You have to reach adulthood to be given a divine weapon. That's about the right age to be able to hunt demons... because of the dangers... and I think it's a similar situation everywhere.
''........I see. Why doesn't God give us divine artifacts and professions from the time we are born?

　That's all I can say.
　...or so I thought at one time.
　When I heard that my parents had been killed by a monster I didn't have the strength to fight.
　I was disappointed. When I thought about it, I understood a little more why Mr. Bard seemed to hold my sword so carefully.

'I really do. But now I was still on the lucky side. Lelius came to me.
I don't know who did it, though.
Maybe it's not God. God's a mean man.

　Camilla cowered her shoulders.

'Camilla-san. Do you know who's nearby or something?　I'd like to protect them as soon as possible, if possible, because I think it could help us find Lynn.
'There was a town about six months ago, just east of here. I just don't know much more than that.
Well, I guess we'll have to look for that first, then.

　I exhaled lightly after building a few more houses.
　I drank the magic recovery potion at once to restore my magic power.
　For the defense of the city, I prepared about 30 golems.

　As expected, if there were this many of them, even if the town was attacked, they would somehow be able to fight off the attackers.
　That's what I was thinking.
　A woman came in.

''Ah, um ... Lelius-san.''
Excuse me?

　When I asked her that, the woman lifted her shoulders in surprise.

''Well....

　I look at Camilla in annoyance.

'She's a Bian. She's a shy girl.
...Okay, I see. So, um?

　When I asked again, Bian-san opened her mouth to hide behind Camilla-san.

'Bubo, is it possible to build a........barrier........?
I'm sorry, a barricade?
I'm sorry!　You can't make one, right?　I'm sorry for asking such a strange question!

　A wall, eh?
　I'm going to try to imagine it in my mind.
　You said house, but it's not just about building something that looks like a house.

　For example, how about just building a wall?
　With the house-made screen unfolding in my brain, I produce only the part of the wall.

　Then it unfolds in front of me.
　A wall about the same size as mine has been created there.

'You can make something like this. ........If you consume a certain amount of magic, I think you can make something even bigger.
''Well that's right!　Then we could cover the perimeter of the village, like a barrier or something...
'I see... just can't imagine much...'

　 Well, it would be better to have them this time, although I don't think it's necessary to have them.
　As I was thinking, Bian took out a book.
　It was an old book. When I approached, Bian Bian's face turned bright red and she grabbed Camilla in a tight grip.

This is the book on the wall.
...I see.

　Maybe someone in the village was involved in the construction of the fortification wall.
　There were pictures and text on the wall and castle regarding the bulwark and castle.
　........just a lot of technical knowledge. I flipped through it, but I wasn't too sure exactly what it was.

''Well that's... so... well...

　Mr. Bian handed me more paper.
　

'Heeh!'

　Mr. Biane shudders.
　Then he distances himself from me and gets teary-eyed.
　

''........Is this like a blueprint?''
Yes, sir.

　...I see. It's true that I might be able to build this.
　However, there's still a lot of this that I can't even imagine.

'Mr. Bian. I'd like to build these as small models first. ........If you can, will you help me?
Yes...... I, I wanted to do something for the village too...!
Thank you. Well, then, I'll get right to work.

　...Just a barrier to cover the entire village, huh?
　That's going to take a lot of magic.