Chapter 127: Look, the road’s stretching toward us!
I stood outside of the village, looking down at the stone pavement stretching southward until the end of the wasteland.
Mitchell-san had asked to incorporate the whole North into my village. As the person at fault for the continuous immigration of the North’s citizens, I felt like I couldn’t ignore his plea.
Of course, Mitchell-san would remain in charge of all government affairs of the North. I would remain as a simple village chief, and only build for them some facilities. In exchange for that though, I get to register the citizens of the North as my villagers.
“I see. So, you need these village points to build the so-called facilities, and you gain more points with more villagers…”
“Yes. Don’t worry though; there’s nothing particularly disadvantageous about being a villager. For one, no one else but me can distinguish for certain who the villagers are. And if they really don’t want to be a villager, it’s possible to exclude them from being one.”
…but if I had to be completely honest, there was a disadvantage to being a villager: their personal information could be exposed to me through my villager appraisal skill…but no one has to know that.
“By the way, how did you know that my abilities could be used even in Riesen?”
“I just guessed it. You see, I heard a story that you suddenly appeared in the middle of where Raul-sama’s army was camping. I figured that was somehow thanks to your ability, and then I thought that if your ability can reach a place that far away from your village, maybe it can reach further away places.”
Mitchell-san not only believed what others would normally consider a tall tale, he even inferred details of my ability from it.
“Alright. Let’s begin with the road, yeah?”
“The road?”
This pretty cobblestone road was made using my Facility Construction skill.
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In line with what the explanation text said, immigrants and merchants would often give praises such as “awfully easy to traverse”, “the horse drawing our carriage somehow seems more energetic”. But by using Facility Upgrade on it, the road’s performance should even better.
And so, I chose Facility Upgrade and paid the necessary points.
“I should be able to walk faster in the road now, right? …wah!?”
Saying my body felt lighter than a feather somehow was an understatement rather than an exaggeration.
I felt like I’ve only taken a few steps, yet I found myself having travelled several meters ahead.
“So, so fast!”
When I looked back, I was already so far away from Mitchell-san who was beside me just a moment ago.
“Luke-sama, wait p––!?”
Mitchell-san tried to come after me, but he ended up going past me.
Thankfully, I upgraded only a small portion of the road. When he reached the end of that portion, Mitchell-san finally slowed down. This time, it was my turn to catch up.