Magical beasts would definitely need a place to stay at. All the more so with large-types.
“With the structure having been designed specifically to transport goods using magical beasts, the founder of the Saionji Firm who ordered the construction of this town and made this all a reality, called it an “Airport”. What do ya think? It’s good taste, yeah?” [Pioro]
No, because that person didn’t come up with that name at all! But I can’t say that! Ah, in the future otherworld might think the same of my store, huh? Where they’ll see it and go, “That guy didn’t come up with this at all!” or something. Just like Pioro-san’s Manzai-like routine with his daughter, there seems to be traces of the otherworlders’ tone and casual actions.
“Airport, huh? It’s probably because a port city gathers a lot of things.” [Ryouam]
“So you understand!” [Pioro]
Pioro-san, being in a good mood, hit my back as a female employee of the guild entered. Talking business, the one who said I’d buy a store wasn’t Pioro-san but me. She was slightly surprised at the start, but after that everything went smoothly and we were able to finish the procedures. From the looks of things, since Pioro-san was able to see the state of the store I’d bought before, the store seems to have been prepared beforehand, and we were able to smoothly finish the deal after deciding on the purchase.
After that, I left the guild and went to the store I’d just bought.
The store I’d bought was 2 stories tall. The first story had space for the storage room and the store itself, while the second story was for the reception room and the office. Moreover, behind this store is the house used by the previous owner. That was also included with the purchase I made. Excluding the living room, that house had five rooms in total. It doesn’t seem feasible to give the employees individual rooms, but it seems to be normal to share a room with a few others, so there shouldn’t be any problems using it as lodging for them.
“Any problems?” [Pioro]
“None. It seems I’ll be able to make use of this store as soon as I make the furniture and the shelves. I’ll contact Gimuru immediately, so at the fastest, it’ll take three days, and at the slowest it’ll take 5 days at most before the employees come.” [Ryouma]
When Pioro-san heard my words, he inclined his head.
“Really? It should take three days just sending a letter from here.” [Pioro]
“There’s no problem on that front, because I have a superfast way to contact them.” [Ryouma]
As I said that, I opened my ‘Dimension Home’ and took out the Rimel Bird. I normally let them do as they want in the abandoned mine, but I took just one with me as a way to contact the others.
The name of this rimel bird is Drei. From what I’d heard before, it’s three in the German language. It kind of sounds cool, no? By the way the Nightmare Rimel Bird’s named Eins, meaning one. The other birds are Zwei, Vier, Funf, and Sechs respectively.
If you’re wondering why I suddenly named the Rimel Birds, well it’s because Elia sent me a letter saying she named hers. Apparently she used musical terms to name them. Because of the contract it’s possible to distinguish between different beats of the same type, so there’s no need to name them, but I figured I’d try naming them too.
While I was thinking that, Pioro-san fixedly stared at the Rimel Bird.
“Ha~, certainly, if you have a rimel bird you’ll be able to contact them quickly.” [Pioro]
The Rimel Bird can fly at 200kph to 300kph. When I used ‘Sensory Link’ and looked at the world through its eyes, the scenery felt like when I ride on the Shinkansen, so it’s probably around the same speed. Regardless, it’s definitely fast.
The Rimel Bird already flies fast normally, but when they used wind magic and ride on its tail wind, their speed goes up even more, and they’re able to fly even further. If I ask the Rimel Bird, what would take a carriage three days would only take them until morning by tomorrow, if fast, then it could even get there by the end of the day.
Taking a pen and ink out of my ‘Item Box’, I wrote a letter. Then I took out a small pipe and a metal fitting with a red cloth attached to it. I inserted the letter into the pipe, and attached it to Drei’s leg. Lastly, I rolled the red cloth onto Drei’s neck, and affixed it with the metal fixing. With this the preparations are complete.
That cloth I put last is the sign that it’s a magical beast used for communication. If I don’t attach something that stands out, it might cause a commotion when it enters the town, and get shot by the guardsmen.
So with this, all the preparations are completed, and I went out of the store to send Drei off.
“I’m relying on you.” [Ryouma]
“Piroro!” [Drei]