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The princess did not simply express her joy with her face. His whole body was shaking and he looked like he was going to get up and run around at any moment. The only thing I could do was suppress it due to the etiquette I had learned as a royal.

The Crown Prince smiled at the sight of the princess like that. It could be said to be the expression of an older brother looking at his tomboy younger sister.

“However, I hope you don’t get too caught up in alchemy again. Don’t run wild without knowing it’s dangerous.”

“Brother, don’t worry!”

“If I don’t let you worry, then you won’t worry.”

It was the appearance of a princess clenching her pretty hands into fists as if telling her to trust only herself, but the crown prince sighed softly as if he could not easily trust her.

And then he immediately turned his attention to me. The look in my eyes that seemed to be looking at my tomboy sister disappeared in an instant, but the look in my eyes was still full of goodwill.

“Viscount Steel. I trust you. Don’t be pushed aside by the Marquis of Kurid.”

“You don’t have to worry. Even if the noble faction is heavily armed with the weapons made by the Marquis of Kurid, we will allow the royal faction to be armed with superior weapons.”

“Yes. You can do it.”

As he spoke with full confidence, the crown prince nodded in satisfaction and stood up.

“You said that you have to do research to get results, so shouldn’t you create a branch as soon as possible? So, I’ll just go and try to persuade His Highness. As for creating a branch, Chemis, please discuss it appropriately with Viscount Steele.”

The crown prince stood up and left, leading the guards who had accompanied him, as if his business was truly over.

“Viscount Steel!”

And, as soon as the crown prince left, the princess called me in a very powerful voice. I reflexively turned my head and saw the princess with a happy expression on her face, like a child who is about to get a toy.

“Branch! How should I create a branch?”

“Uh… … . I will build the building itself, so if you need anything else or anything important, please let me know.”

The princess, who expressed her happiness with her whole body, seemed to have been waiting for me to say something, and immediately began pouring out all the necessary things.

An underground warehouse that requires a space to carve a magic circle to control temperature or humidity to store alchemy ingredients, a sturdy exterior wall to prevent an explosion during the alchemy process, multiple large windows for ventilation, etc. It was asking for a lot of things.

“Ah! We need a place for training new school members, and we also need additional space to practice sensitive alchemy. There’s a space to store research materials… … .”

“… … It would take a lot of space to make it all.”

“You’ll need some space, but you won’t need that much, right? Anyway, you can just stack it upwards.”

The princess seemed to be asking what was the problem, and I could tell what she wanted. It was clear that he was thinking of a building in the shape of a tower, like the current Royal Magic Tower.

Of course, I couldn’t build a tower because my architectural skills weren’t yet high enough to build one.

That’s why I appealed that the tower would be difficult, but the princess seemed to be wondering what the problem was.

“Of course, a tower can only be created by combining the power of magic and alchemy. Don’t worry. Our alchemists will help build the magic tower dedicated to the alchemy school that will be built in Viscount Steele’s territory!”

I nodded at the sight of the princess speaking with her arms crossed confidently.

It was certainly possible to replace insufficient building technology with magic and alchemy. Moreover, it was obvious that it would be even easier to build if iron pillars were placed in the middle of the tower.

“At this point, when Viscount Steele returns to his territory, he will take with him the alchemists who will be working at the branch. Wouldn’t that be the perfect way to build a magic tower and start research right away?”

“I guess so. Well, if it’s not difficult, I’d like to take the people who were doing the research I asked for first… … . Is it possible?”

“It’s hard for everyone. There may be some who want to remain in the capital. No matter how much you are the head of the school or the princess, you cannot force the members of the school to do this or that.”

It was natural that I couldn’t control people like I could control the undead. Even if it is a royal princess.

“I completely understand that part. Rather, there is no way research can be done properly if you forcefully suppress it.”

“Wow! Viscount Steele is a person with whom I can communicate well!”

While saying that the most important thing for an alchemist to be able to research freely, the princess gave me a thumbs up, saying that she really liked me. At the same time, I could also hear mutterings about my brother and my father.

It was clear that he reacted that way because he did not like the fact that the king and crown prince had tried to stop him from practicing alchemy.

I was talking about alchemy because it is related to creativity, but it seemed like I had really, unintentionally, won the favor of the princess.

I don’t know if I should say it was thanks to him, but after the crown prince persuaded the king and permission to establish a branch was granted, about a dozen alchemists came to accompany me when I returned to the territory. To build a tower in my territory that will become a branch of the alchemy school and a new magic tower, and to begin research right away.

Since it was such a group, the princess tried to include herself, but she was caught by Count Arth and could not bear to follow. This is because at least the tower was completed and it was supposed to be moved with safety fully guaranteed. No matter how much you have the status of head of an alchemy school, your status as a princess does not disappear.

Anyway, for that reason, about a dozen people, including regular academy members and the senior academy members who would lead them, joined my territory.

“I’m the boss!”

“AndrewWoooo!”

And, after spending a little over a month to travel to the territory, what greeted me were two women who had been waiting for me to return.

When I almost arrived in the city, I spoke to him through a messenger, and he was able to come out of the city entrance to personally meet me.

I was so glad and happy to see the two women who were hugging me so warmly, two women whom I had not seen for nearly three months. As expected, I think home is the best.

“It took too long!”

“That’s right. It took too long. Can’t you go somewhere next time?”

Perhaps it was because they had not seen each other for three months, but the two women expressed their dissatisfaction. Even though he was able to have a simple conversation in the capital through stigma, it seemed like he was very disappointed that he couldn’t meet in person.

After comforting the two women, who were half sulking, by patting them, he entered the city with the alchemists he had brought with him. No, I was trying to enter. I had to stop because the skeleton controlled by the Hive Mind was slowly approaching me.

The alchemists were a little surprised when they saw that, but they were not scared because the thing they rode on the way from the capital to my city was a skeleton cart led by a skeletal horse.

[Owner. We need to register visitors’ information.]

“Oh, you can’t forget that.”

Anyway, in response to the Hive Mind’s request that those entering the territory follow the basic procedures that must be followed, they immediately looked at the alchemists.

On the surface, the work was not much different from the work done at any other city checkpoint, so the alchemists willingly gave their names, etc., to the skeleton controlled by the hive mind.

The hive mind matched each person’s unique vitality and personal information, memorized them, and immediately opened the door to enter the city.

“Huh… … ! This place is really… … !”

And, the alchemists who were able to see the inside of the city clearly looked astonished.

This is because the undead can be seen wherever you look, moving around the city and doing all sorts of things.

There are a lot of undead wherever you look, such as a skeleton cleaning up trash that seems to have been thrown away by someone, a skeleton throwing drunk people who have been drinking in the plaza all day long into the temple, a skeleton horse and a skeleton mage leading a bus through a large road, etc. It seemed like a lot.

“I heard from Count Ard about Viscount Steele’s city, but… … . This is really… … .”

As the alchemists looked at the city interior, they could not keep their mouths shut, like countrymen who had just moved to the city from the countryside. It was to the point where my head was constantly turning and my gaze was moving here and there without even a moment’s rest.

“Isn’t it amazing? The undead are out in the open like this, and people don’t feel any resistance, and strange things are often seen.”

“Ha, haha… … .”

As if my words hit the nail on the head, the alchemists smiled awkwardly.

However, unfortunately for the alchemists, they could not continue to watch that scene. Since there was a branch of the alchemy school in this city anyway, they had plenty of time to explore the city.

Simply put, it was time to call on the alchemists. They were snoring and snoring the whole time, so they didn’t need a break.

Although they were treated as semi-nobles because they were both magicians and alchemists belonging to the Magic Tower, there was no way they needed rest since they looked like that even when I, a noble with the title of Viscount, was next to them.

“Okay, let’s take our time taking a look later and start building the Magic Tower, a place where alchemists can practice alchemy to their heart’s content.”

“Yes!”

They might have been repulsed by my suggestion to build the magic tower first without giving them time to rest, but they all seemed very enthusiastic, even if they were the head of the school and members of that school.

On the way back to the city, I asked the two women to prepare in advance through a messenger, so the construction of the magic tower could begin immediately. This is because numerous skeletons had already been prepared next to the research and development headquarters adjacent to the blacksmith shop.

The ground in the space where the magic tower was to be built was dug deeply and compacted very firmly, and the surrounding area was full of all kinds of materials that could be used to build the building. Of course, there were dozens of skeletons standing around to be used as workers.

“Viscount Steele. Are you going to use undead as workers?”

“Yes. For work that requires a lot of manpower in my territory, I usually use undead. If you want to use him as a worker, use this guy. Since he is a Skeleton Mage, he will move the skeletons as you wish.”

The alchemists, whose eyes sparkled as if they were amazed at what I said, immediately began the construction of the magic tower by using the skeleton mage standing next to them to use skeletons.