Chapter 31: Surveillance

New World, Fortis Kingdom, Royal Palace, 2nd Floor, Lounge.

"Ars, we are ready" said Eina who was currently standing in front of Ars along with Megumi and Nezuko.

Last night, Ars summoned three other characters. The three of them had also been introduced to all the higher-ups and the reason why the three of them didn't go on the trip to the Prodance Kingdom was that Ars wanted the three of them to adapt first in this kingdom.

Eina Tulle - Head of the Department of Agriculture

Nezuko Kamadou - Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture for Vegetables.

Tadokoro Megumi - Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture for Fruits.

"Good" Ars immediately got up from his seat and said, "Then let's go."

Ars and the three of them immediately walked down from the royal palace to take a walk to see the development of the Fortis Kingdom's construction.

"Are you guys able to start adapting to where you live now?" Ars asked casually.

"Reasonable. It was actually quite difficult to sleep well last night." Eina said

"That's probably because it's your first time here. Your body is still in a state of tension and still alert to new places. Gradually you will surely begin to adapt to this place immediately" Ars said calmly, "What about you two?"

"I am the same as Eina. It's still hard to sleep comfortably." Megumi said slightly nervously.

Nezuko nodded.

"Try to slowly adapt. You guys will definitely get used to it soon enough." Ars paused and continued, "Anyway, apart from Eina. The two of you currently still don't have any assignments. The area that will be planted with vegetables and fruit is currently not yet prepared. Therefore, I would like both of you to prepare yourself by studying various plant cultivation issues in the library. There are books that explain the cultivation of plants there."

Ars' gaze stared at Nezuko, "Especially for you, Nezuko. You are from the ancient world. You certainly don't know much about the process of cultivating plants in the modern era. You need to study"

"I'll do it" Nezuko answered while nodding.

Ars' gaze then looked at Eina, "That goes for you too, Eina. Even though you don't go directly to the field and most of your work is in the field of documents. You also need to learn how to cultivate plants in a modern world that has no concept of power. Because the cultivation of plants in that world is better and more developed than your previous world."

"I see." Eina nodded.

"If you guys want to start, please just wait for Shiina first. He was the oldest person in the library. You can ask him to help you find the book you want."

The three of them continued on their way while talking. While walking and talking, they also observed the construction process of the royal buildings that were currently underway.

"Your Majesty" Garm who had just come out of one of the buildings built by his team immediately greeted respectfully, "Oh, the three of you are here too."

"Hello, Garm" Megumi and Nezuko immediately greeted respectfully.

Eina just smiled and said, "His Majesty is taking us for a walk to see the kingdom building. Is this a project you are working on?"

"That's right" Garm nodded, "This is a house that will be used by civilians with less than 4 family members"

"This house is very beautiful and luxurious. You're really great, Garm" Nezuko commented in a praising tone.

This immediately made Garm very happy.

"Garm, is the construction finished?" Ars asked while seeing that there was no movement at this time.

"It's just finished, Your Majesty" Garm nodded, "I was just about to tell you this and it turns out that we met here"

"I see" Ars nodded, "Where are the workers?"

"They are currently taking care of the equipment problem in the house"

"Okay. You first take care of the equipment used. Later after that, you give the full rest time to the workers who work with you. I will take Eina and the others around and later after that I will manage the equipment and facilities in this house"

"I see" Garm nodded and continued, "Your Majesty, there is a possibility that the project currently being handled by Dord will also be completed this time. He's probably looking for you right now."

"Oh? Are you done too? Then also tell what I told you to him. I'll come to the project site after it's finished and take the three of them for a walk"

"Well"

"Let's continue our journey"

Eina and the others nodded.

Ars continued his journey by bringing Eina and the others to the fellowship building which was currently under construction and was still about 60% completed.

"Is this the fellowship building?" Nezuko asked with a curious face.

"Yes. This is the building. Currently, the project is being handled by Myrd" Ars nodded and answered him.

"Does that mean Kaijin took care of the biggest first-unit house building problem before?" Megumi asked.

"Yes. He's in charge" Ars said "Let's go inside"

Ars and the three of them went straight into the courtyard of the fellowship building. One of the workers who were there, when he saw Ars, and the others were immediately shocked.

"Your Honour!" The worker exclaimed involuntarily.

"Hello" Ars greeted with a smile, "Could you please call Myrd to come here? I would like to hear a progress report on this development."

"Please wait a moment, Your Majesty. I'll call Mr. Myrd immediately." The worker quickly rushed over to Myrd's current position.

"The workers are doing really well," Eina said with a smile, "By the way, I'm quite interested in the kingdoms we cooperate with especially the Ryugu Kingdom"

"Are you interested enough?" Ars asked while raising his brow.

"I'm also interested," Megumi said, "I've always been curious and wanted to see a mermaid"

Nezuko also nodded.

"You will definitely be able to meet people from the Ryugu Kingdom. Maybe tomorrow you will meet them, especially tomorrow is the appointment time for them to supply us with food ingredients."

"Your Majesty" Myrd came in a hurry after noticing Ars' arrival on the front page of his project.

"How was the construction process, Myrd? How long before this fellowship building can be used immediately?" Ars asked calmly.

Myrd took a deep breath, "Currently the construction process is 60% complete. The construction of the longest part, namely the construction of the foundation has been completed and only needs to complete the inner part. There's a chance we can get this done by February 14th. The building can be used after that"

Ars nodded and looked at the construction of the fellowship building, "Elie, how many points do you have to spend to buy the equipment and facilities of this fellowship building?"

[You need 2.5 million points]

"2.5 million? That's quite a lot" Ars muttered softly.

"2.5 million?" Nezuko asked confusedly while looking at Ars.

"2.5 million what I mean is 2.5 million points. It takes 2.5 million points to be able to equip the facilities and equipment of this fellowship building" Ars sighed, "To be honest the price is comparable to the size of this building which is quite large"

Ars' gaze then stared at Myrd, "You have rearranged the size issue before the construction?"

"Relax, Your Majesty. I have rearranged it. At least the height of each ceiling for this fellowship building is about 10 meters for each floor. That's what allows people with a height higher than normal to get inside."

"That's great news" Ars nodded and continued, "Ok. If so, let's move on. You continue your work too."

"I understand, Your Majesty"

Ars and the others then left the place and started to continue their journey to see the Fortis Kingdom.

It took them 30 minutes to finish looking all over the place and at this time they had just returned from Isshiki's rice field where he worked. They also met Isshiki there.

"Okay. Our journey is over. I will go to arrange the problem of housing facilities that will be occupied by the residents. Do you want to come along or do you want to return to the royal palace to rest?"

"I want to come along" Eina immediately replied, "I am quite interested in the interior of the house"

"Me too" Nezuko replied, "I want to see what the inside of the house looks like. The house looks very beautiful and luxurious"

Megumi also nodded in agreement.

"Okay. Then, let's go to the house that Garm built first."

Ars and the three of them continued their journey towards the house built by Garm. There are five housing units built by him at this time and all of them were completed at the same time. By the time they got there, Ars and the others saw no sign of workers there nor did Garm. At this time the building also looks completed and is also clean from all kinds of construction debris.

Ars and the others immediately entered the first house.

"Elie, I want to exchange the facilities and equipment in this house"

[The price for installing and purchasing all existing facilities is 500 thousand points. Do you want it?]

"Sure." Ares nodded.

Instantly the previously empty house turned into a full house. Various kinds of home furniture immediately appeared there and had been installed neatly.

"Extraordinary!" The three of them exclaimed when they saw the incident.

"You can see the inside of the house. However, please don't damage or make things dirty in this house, because in the afternoon we will hand over this house to our residents," said Ars.

"We understand." The three of them nodded.

Ars and the others started to go on an adventure inside the house. It didn't take them long to finish their adventure. After finishing in the first house. Ars continued to purchase four other houses and then continued his journey to the house that Dord and his team had built.

Arriving at the area, Ars did not find the whereabouts of the workers and Dord there. However, it can be seen that five housing units handled by Dord have been completed as seen from the front. The four of them immediately entered the first house and it was the same as the house that Garm handled. The house has been completed and the inside of the house is clean without any construction dirt.

"Elie, I want to buy equipment and facilities for this house"

[The price for the purchase of home equipment and facilities is 750 thousand points. Do you want it?]

"Continue"

The house that was previously empty without anything immediately turned into a house full of various kinds of furniture. The four of them immediately went on an adventure in the house

"This house has more rooms than the previous house" Nezuko exclaimed.

"Of course" Ars nodded, "This house is a house that will be given to workers who have more than 4 family members. They will be stationed here."

"By the way, Ares. Are you going to build a house of the type currently built?" Eina asked with interest.

"No" Ars shook his head, "The houses that Garm and Dord are currently building will only be 2,000 units. Each type of house will get 1000 units of development. I will only hand over this house to the first 2000 people who come to this kingdom and become citizens of this kingdom. As for the others, they will get a house of another type as well. The size itself is smaller than the size of these two houses. However, the houses built later can also be said to be comfortable and luxurious homes. If we compare it with the standard of this world. At least the houses that will be built will have the same quality as the houses of the Tenryuubito"

"Does that mean the houses built today are of higher quality compared to the houses used by the Tenryuubito?" Megumi asked.

"Yes" Ars nodded, "Even though the Tenryuubito has a lot of wealth. However, the architecture in this world itself is still not very advanced. Most of the buildings built in this world follow the construction of the medieval era." Ars paused and looked at Eina, "Or, it can be said that the luxury houses in this world are more like the building concepts in Eina's world. previously. If we compare the buildings in the modern era and the medieval era. Even during the medieval era, the mansions were as big as castles. However, their facilities and furniture are still very underdeveloped when compared to the furniture of the modern era buildings."

"Yes, it's true that the facilities in the modern era are very advanced" Eina nodded, "I even had to re-learn how to use the furniture in my room last night after taking care of my clothes and other matters."

"Are you too, Nezuko?" Megumi asked with interest.

Nezuko nodded, "My previous world was in an era that was far from modern. There are a lot of things I'm very unfamiliar with here and I need to re-learn how to use them all." Nezuko paused and continued, "Lucky last night Shiina helped me. That way, I already know enough about how to use every piece of equipment and furniture in the royal palace."

The four of them then resumed their journey by installing furniture and equipment in the other four houses that Dord had completed. After finishing this, the four of them immediately returned to the royal palace since Ars had received a report from Lowellmina that they would be returning soon.

New World, Fortis Royal Ship, Ship Cabin.

"What did you two buy just now?" Lowellmina asked with interest Shiina and Kaguya who were currently sitting with her.

"I bought some clothes and there are also some chocolate bars," Kaguya said with a faint smile.

"There were some interesting books that my ole bought and also some chocolates," Shiina said.

"Chocolate? Why did you buy chocolate?" Lowellmina asked in confusion.

"Ara~ Don't you know it, Lowa?" Kaguya asked with a surprised face.

"Didn't know it?" Lowellmina asked in confusion.

"We will be entering February 14th soon, Iowa" Shiina added, "Don't you know that day?"

"February 14th? Is there anything special about that day?" Lowellmina asked in confusion.

Kaguya and Shiina looked at each other and nodded.

"I don't think your world has that kind of tradition, Iowa" Kaguya sighed and continued, "In our own world there is a day called Valentine's Day. Today itself falls on February 14 every year. Every entry on February 14, each woman will later give a chocolate bar made by herself to a friend, partner, or loved one in the category of a man. We can also mean that it is a day of love with a woman showing her love and affection for a man she likes."

"However, women can also give chocolate to their male friends. That chocolate can be said to be friendship chocolate and so on" Shiina added.

"Is it true?" Lowellmina asked surprisedly, "Oops, I didn't have time to buy it." Lowellmina is currently wearing a sad face. Because if that really happened, Lowellmina had the desire to make her own chocolate and then hand it over to Ars.

Shiina and Kaguya looked at each other again and nodded.

"You don't have to be sad, Lowa. If you want, we can share our chocolate with you" Shiina said with a smile.

"Yes. After all, we also bought quite a lot. Both of us previously had plans to make lots of chocolates to give to our friends and also we thought you knew about this, so we bought them for you too because we knew that you wouldn't have time to buy them" Kaguya said with a smile.

"Really?" Lowellmina who heard this was immediately delighted, "Thank you, Kaguya, Shiina."

The three of them continued their conversation again with Lowellmina asking many questions about the traditions that belonged to Kaguya's world and Shiina's world before. Kaguya and Shiina were also quite interested in the traditions from Lowellmina's previous world and started to wonder about the traditions of her world.

The conversation between the three of them was so exciting that the three of them didn't feel that at this time they had returned to their home.