Read Novel Full Vol 14 Chapter 17
Vol 14 Chapter 17
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Chapter 17 – What Is Passing a Whole Task Onto Someone Else?
After I presented the development plan to the guild masters of the Adventurer’s Guild, the discussion progressed quickly. I met with the masters of the major guilds in the Aquamarine Kingdom, and although they questioned my sanity and asked me to change the location, I managed to get them to do most of the heavy lifting.
Yes, it was supposed to be a success.
In the beginning, I had to deal with the architects who were designing the city, and I also had to do some minor work, such as deciding which guild to deposit funds with and how much, but I was optimistic that it wouldn’t be too much trouble because I was prepared for the hard work.
Whenever I had some minor business to attend to, I would go to the royal capital, and the rest of the time, I would spend on Lutto, relaxing and playing with Rimu and Pent.
Whenever I have time, I go out to the open sea to watch Alessia-san and the others train in battle or kill monsters to gain experience.
At night, I checked out the facilities of the newly purchased Chateau, played racing games and bowling, enjoyed watching Saporabi perform on stage, and went to restaurants I hadn’t visited yet to enjoy gourmet food… I enjoyed such elegant and fulfilling days.
These days of elegance and fulfillment ended when the architect came back after checking the site.
Then the meeting after the meeting began.
I was invited to sit in on a meeting between the representatives of the various guilds and the architect, and my opinions were listened to.
Even though I told them that I only had a rough idea of what I wanted to do and asked them to do it well, the architects did not agree with me, saying that the opinion of the client, who was investing a large sum of money, was important.
What about here? What about there? What materials? What is the quality of the materials? What is the construction time? What is the concept of the city? How wide is the passage? How deep is the moat? How is the moat used? What about the waterway? Are you going to create a commercial district? What about an industrial district? What about a shopping district? What about my mansion? What about the church?
A lot of things were pointed out to me, and if I didn’t think of them, I would think of them on the spot, and if I couldn’t make a decision, I would be given documents and homework.
Every day, I had to do homework, and every day, I had to discuss the answers with the architects. Every day was like that.
I knew it was a lot of work to build a city.
But I didn’t think I would be asked for so much input, let alone money and verbal input.
The architects told me to do what I wanted, so why not do what I wanted…
Besides the design of the city, the questions continue.
How many beastmen will we gather? Where will the beastmen live? What about food? Where to store the materials? How to secure and prepare a place for cooking? What means of transportation? Are there any living goods to be provided or sold? What are the conditions of release for slaves? What about security?
There were so many decisions to be made that I was soon broke.
I relied on Ines and Felicia, cried to Alessia-san and the others, asked Flora-san and Bella-san and others for help, and managed to do my homework.
With my head full of more and more parchment paper, I handed out notebooks and pens that I had bought on the luxury liner to reduce the hassle as much as possible, and that was when all the guilds started biting and making a fuss.
I knew it was going to be a fuss, but still, every day, I felt like I would die of exhaustion if I did not use the tools of civilization.
My heart broke a long time ago, but it won’t let me.
If I don’t start building the city, the beastmen that are currently being gathered in other countries will be left on the streets, or the merchants who find profit in building the city will hang themselves, or some other such thing; they make me feel guilty and make me work.
It shouldn’t be this way. Go and look up the meaning of the word, pass a whole task onto someone else, and come back and try again. I don’t want to work. What is the charity expense? Why don’t I just give away platinum coins? Quality of materials? I don’t know, why don’t I just use the highest quality materials?
The days of complaining about such things will end today!
It will end, but… before that, there is one more annoying thing.
The meeting with the top officials of the country.
The masters of the various guilds used their personal connections to negotiate with the government officials, and it seems that they were able to get a general understanding of the situation.
However, the scale of the project was so large that it would affect government policy, so as the owner of the project, I also had to make a presentation to the government officials.
I was supposed to leave everything to the government, but this betrayal happened at the last minute. I find it unforgivable.
“I don’t like it. Oh, I’m getting some kind of stomach ache. I guess I’ll just have to skip today.”
“Master, you haven’t given up yet?”
Ines’ stunned look hurt.
But I can’t help it. I’m just a student who was given a cheat by Creator God-sama just for fun.
“I am nervous about meeting the big shots. So maybe I don’t have to go, don’t you think?”
“Big shots? …Why should Master, who has met even God, be nervous just to meet a mere human big shot? You even made fun of the prince during the war, didn’t you?”
“That’s not the same thing. In fact, it was Ines and Ilma-san who made fun of the prince, not me. Don’t blame me!”
In general, I’m not that nervous about meeting God. I was amazed at the very first meeting, and the Goddesses are so beautiful that meeting them is just a pleasure.
On the other hand, I have this image of human bigwigs trying to take advantage of me in some way, and I feel that if I am disrespectful, it will only cause trouble.
Normally, I would just keep my distance from such a country, but this time, if I offended the big shots, more than a month of hard work would be wasted.
This is really unacceptable.
“Wataru, you can’t.”
If Carla-san says, I can’t…
“Oh, did I put an honorific title earlier?”
“Yes. You said Ilma-san.”
Why is Carla-san so strict about honorifics?
“Uh, I’ll be careful.”
“Okay. Then let’s go.”
“Huh?”
For some reason, Carla-san moved Rimu, who was on my head, to the sofa and squeezed my hand.
While I was very nervous, Carla-san took me off the Lutto without question, and before I had time to resist, she threw me into a carriage that was waiting for me at the port.
Since I had complained that I didn’t want to go, did she take advantage of the fact that I used an honorary title and distract me by holding my hand and taking me out?
No, I don’t think so. There was no way that the innocent Carla-san would think of such a plan to take advantage of a man’s heart. I looked at Carla-san through the carriage window and saw Ilma-san smiling behind her.
Yes, Ilma-san only smells of scheming, so it makes a lot of sense.
“Wataru. Give it up for good. If Wataru doesn’t go, I’ll be alone, you know?”
As I looked at the Lutto with unfulfilled curiosity, even after the carriage had started to move, I was scolded by my escort, Alessia-san.
“Then how about we get sick together?”
Isn’t that a wonderful idea?
“Even if we got sick together, it would only mean that the meeting would be postponed. It would only make them unhappy because you would be changing a very important person’s schedule.”
Tsk, Alessia-san doesn’t intend to attend the meeting, so it’s easy for her.
I’m dressed in a suit, but Alessia-san says that’s the formal attire for adventurers, and she’s wearing a simplified version of the equipment she’s used to and is relaxed. I envy her.
Well, I can’t complain, because I didn’t want to go to the royal palace alone, so I cried and asked her to come with me…
Ah, the royal palace is getting closer and closer.
I’m getting really sick to my stomach.
Whether my stomach hurt or not, the carriage went on, was inspected, and entered the gates of the palace.
When the carriage stopped, an official was waiting to greet me, and I was invited into the palace after being inspected.
After being given a tour of the palace and being briefed on the precautions to be taken in a royal palace, I was led to a meeting room.
Inside, the masters of the guilds had already arrived, and their eyes were on me.
It seems that I was the slowest to arrive because I was reluctant to attend the meeting.
“Come over here.”
The guild master of the Merchant’s Guild called me over and made me sit down in the seat closest to the honorary seat.
There are chairs at the honorary seat, and I guess that’s where the big shots sit. I would have liked to sit at the farthest end, but since I am the owner and responsible for the construction, I guess this is the place for me. I want to go home.
“It seems that Wataru-dono gave our men a lot of trouble, didn’t he?”
“Yes, my boys were in trouble as well. I heard that you didn’t think about the budget allocation at all.”
“It’s the same with us. They were worried because they were told that all materials should be of the highest quality. If you use the best materials to build a private house, there is no way you will have enough materials. They’re only top quality because they’re rare and of good quality.”
When I sat down, the masters of the Adventurer, Merchant, and Lumberjack guilds complained to me.
I wanted to say that’s why I threw it all away, but they would just get angry at me for throwing away such a large construction project, so I didn’t say it.
“So, Wataru-san, have you memorized the documents properly? If you can’t explain them and we don’t get a permit, we’ll be in big trouble, right?”
William-san, the architect, asks me worriedly.
He looks like a kind, good-natured, thin middle-aged man now, but when it comes to designing, his personality changes like an Oni, and he becomes extremely strict, which is not my favorite thing about him.
I don’t understand why I need a permit now when I’ve already received permission to build a city in that location.
Well, when I complained about it, he got angry and said, “It is not called development to suddenly build a city by investing unbelievable amounts of money!”
Maybe I have become a little wiser because I have been scolded so many times for building a city.
Well, no matter how smart I become, I’ll still put fun and personal feelings first, so my way of life won’t change much…
“Yes. I’ve read the documents thoroughly, so I don’t think I’ll have any problem explaining. If I get stuck on a detail, please follow up.”
I would like William-san to explain everything from the beginning, but it seems that I have to explain everything from my point of view, which is a hard part for both me and William-san.
“I understand. Please signal me with your eyes when you want me to follow up.”
While I was deciding on the signal with William-san, the door to the meeting room opened, and people began to enter.
Everyone in their seats stood up and bowed deeply to the people entering, and I hastily imitated them.
The meeting was about to begin, but I was immediately caught up in the atmosphere. In addition to a stomach ache, I even felt my heart pounding.
The plan to build a city… might come to a standstill…