Chapter 171
"Ah, Mathias . Speaking of demons . . . We're rebuilding the Second Academy school building as a countermeasure against them, have you seen it?"
The principal spoke out just when the stuff about Raginia Federation was settled .
About the latter huh .
"I have . There sure were lots of First Academy students . "
"That reconstruction was an initiative of the First Academy you see . They wanted to practice the construction techniques you left behind, and they were curious about how you think of it . "
From what I've seen from afar, it doesn't seem so bad .
I've also put Scanning magic in the textbook, perhaps they make use of that in the construction .
The problem is the design itself .
"Since it's the First Academy's initiative, does that mean it was designed by the students too?"
"Teachers also had a hand in the design . It's mainly by First Academy's but there are volunteers from Second Academy joining in too . "
Teachers also take part huh .
However, you need experience to design a fortress .
Building a fort is not the same as erecting an ordinary building .
I mean, normally there's no one who would go out of their way to destroy some random building, thus there's no need to plan ahead about getting attacked .
However, there is no point in building a fort without considering the possibility of it receiving enemy attack or getting shot by a powerful magic .
. . . And now I'm getting worried somewhat .
"Could I see the blueprint for a sec?"
"Aa . I've got it here . "
The principal took out several drawings from his desk .
I scanned over them .
"Fumu . . . "
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. . . How do I say it, it's better than I thought .
The First Academy students might be quite talented themselves, maybe they were just channeling their efforts at the wrong direction and had an unfortunate principal .
This should be pretty solid after correcting one mistake .
"The pillars here and here should use mithril instead of iron . The other parts should be fine after you do that, but the entire building would risk collapsing in battle if you were to keep this up . "
"Mithril huh . Gathering a large amount of it will be quite toilsome . . . Is it really alright with just this one?"
"The other parts could also break down depending on the flow of battle, but there is no risk of having the entire building collapsing . A fortress built without considering the possibility of getting destroyed is but a toy . "
I look over the blueprint of the new Second Academy schoolhouse as I say that .
The anti-personnel defense isn't too strong, perhaps for maintaining its function as a school, but the anti-air raid defense is pretty well thought out .
It should hold out in the event of a raid as long as those pillars are reinforced .
"Possibility of getting destroyed huh . First time I heard that school of thought . "
" . . . Is that so? How were all the forts up until now built?"
"We made it really sturdy . We give up on it if it breaks apart . "
"That's so haphazard . . . "
They managed to make this design in such a terrible condition huh .
These First Academy students are truly talented as long as they properly train . . . .
I return the blueprint to the principal .
"This should take care of it . "
"You have my gratitudes . As for the matter with the Dungeon City including with the demon, the king will reward . . . "
"Nah, I'm good, that's too much trouble . I'm just gonna amass it and collect it all at once later . "
Having an audience with the king and stuff take too much time .
And it's not like there's anything I want in the treasury anyway, I don't need any reward .
"It's scary to even think about the amount of money we'd be owing from incidents involving Mathias . . . or rather, the Royal Castle's coffers should have been long gone by now . "
"Don't worry, I don't plan to ask for money . I've got no use for it anyway . "
"That's terrifying in itself though . . . Well, it's the king's job to think about . Ruli and you girls too, I'm sure you'd get a handsome sum of money, you should start thinking what to use it for . "
"Yes!"
"I'm not sure what I'd use human money for . . . "
"I mean, there's no harm in having it right, why not just get it for now?"
We left the principal room while having that conversation .
Now we just need to wait the kingdom to contact us back .