Let’s Manage the Tower - Volume 16 Side Story 1
Volume 16 Side Story 1, Pressing Issues 2 (Part 1)
Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
Peach was visiting Schmidt.
Normally, a person of Peach’s beauty walking alone would receive a fair amount of attention, but she didn’t receive much attention at all.
Of all the members of the Tower, Peach was the best at concealing her presence.
It was because she didn’t want to make too much of a public appearance that Peach decided to come along this time.
“Oh, it’s you, Peach. That’s unusual.”
Schmidt, who wasn’t aware of the situation, said that when he saw Peach.
He contacted her because he received the order for certain items, but he didn’t ask who was expected to receive them at that time.
“That’s right~. Well, there are various circumstances on our side as well.”
“I see. So, here’s what you ordered.”
Schmidt showed her a pile of more than twenty books.
“That’s a large number again~”
They were definitely some of the best books published by a single person on a single subject.
“I was surprised when it arrived, too. So, may I ask why you ordered this?”
“I’m sure you can guess without me telling you~?”
“… I see. That’s a lot of work.”
“It’s fine for now, but when you think about what will happen in the future, you know~”
“Well, I guess so… Are you okay? It’s going to be quite heavy.”
Schmidt panicked as Peach tried to carry the books in front of her.
It would not be impossible to carry, but it would be very dangerous since she would be completely unable to see what was in front of her.
With that in mind, he called out to her, but when he saw the pile of books in front of them disappear just as he thought Peach was about to lift them, he immediately understood what was going on.
“Were you able to use the item box spell?”
“I can’t use it~. What I can use is this.”
Peach said, pointing at her bracelet.
“Don’t tell me, is this an Item Box magic tool?”
“That’s right~. Isnani made it for me.”
Hearing this, Schmidt gulped and cleared his throat.
“Can it be mass-produced or…”
“Impossible, I’m told~. They’re using dragon skin as a material.”
Schmidt’s expression changed from anticipation to despair.
Dragon materials were not so easy to come by.
In the past, when Crown had just been founded, they had produced a few of them, but he knew that those were the exception to the rule.
Of course, Schmidt knew that Kousuke could easily collect dragon materials if he wanted to, but he did not wish to request that of him.
Even if he could have it made, having such a rare item would only invite conflict.
“I see. That’s too bad.”
As a merchant, Schmidt would very much like to see this item mass-produced, but it couldn’t be helped if it was impossible.
“Ah, but I heard that they were considering whether they could use a substitute for something else~”
“I’d really like them to try their best at that.”
“Well, for what it’s worth, Isnani’s busy too, so it’ll probably be awhile~”
“I’ll wait patiently… I’m sorry to keep you waiting.”
“No, no~. Thank you for having time to meet me as well.”
They bowed their heads as they greeted each other.
As soon as Peach was able to collect the books, the purpose of her trip here was accomplished.
The reason why she went to the trouble of telling him about the bracelet was to thank him for the books.
Unfortunately, it was not something that she could offer to him, but she thought it would be worth mentioning, so she decided to show it to him.
The books would be bulky and heavy, of course, so she thought it would be a good idea to bring her bracelet along.
With the books in hand, Peach hurried to her friends, who were waiting for the books to arrive.
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It had been a few days since Peach had received the books from Schmidt.
Kousuke was not aware that the girls had obtained the books.
Naturally, the girls had their own private rooms on the Administration Floor, and the books were distributed to each of them.
Kousuke wouldn’t go out of his way to raid their private rooms, so the existence of the books would never be discovered.
If Kousuke were to find out, it would probably be through Schmidt. Since Schmidt knew the girls wanted to keep this private, he wouldn’t bother to tell Kousuke on his own accord.
Kouhi and Mitsuki seemed to have some idea of what they were doing, but they didn’t seem to have any intention of telling Kousuke either.
So, Kousuke was left out of the loop on this matter.
It would probably continue like this for a while until they could find a definitive answer.
At the moment, they were looking for clues from the books.
Sylvia was reading the books intently, especially since they were related to mythology.
Collete came to visit Sylvia in her private room.
“How are you doing?”
“Well, I don’t know. It’s quite interesting to read. Some stories don’t seem possible in the myths we get from the temple. I’d like to read through all of them at some point.”
Collete chuckled at Sylvia’s completely gleaming eyes.
“It’s nice to study them as myths, but don’t forget our original purpose.”
“Of course… Unfortunately, it’s not looking too good so far.”
“Oh, I thought so, too.”
“So, Collete too?”
“Yes. I’ve asked around, but it doesn’t look good either.”
“I think it might be a good idea to get everyone together to discuss it.”
“I agree with that… But where do we meet?”
As they didn’t want Kousuke to know, they couldn’t act too conspicuously.
“I think someone’s room will be fine. If we say something else in advance, Kousuke-sama won’t think it’s strange.”
“Well, I guess that would be safer?”
This talk between the two led to a gathering.
“So? What do you think?”
Shrein asked after seeing that everyone was here.
“We’re all so different in race and everything else. Even when things do match up, it’s more by chance than anything else.”
“Same with me.”
“Likewise for me~”
“I’d say the lack of common ground is a distinguishing feature.”
As they all commented, those who were able to have a child with a Goddess had very little in common.
Of course, since the stories were compiled in more than twenty books, there were some similarities, but when asked if that was the common denominator, they had to shake their heads and wonder.
“In the first place, though, since all the partners were Goddesses, it’s the opposite of our current situation.”
As Shrein said that, they had no idea how the fact that gender differences would affect them.
“Yes, but if that was an issue, I don’t think they would have given us an oracle like that.”
Sylvia, who had exchanged oracles with Eris, assured them.
“Um~. I was wondering about one thing…”
“What? Since we don’t have any clues at the moment, we should talk about what’s bothering us.”
At Floria’s words, everyone but Peach nodded.
“There are a lot of stories about the children of Goddesses being active in various ways, but don’t you think there are barely any stories about the person who gave birth to the child~?”
At these words, everyone except Peach looked as if they had been caught off guard.
“Indeed. For someone who’s been researching all these stories, there’s not enough information about the important parts.”
“Either the story wasn’t originally communicated, or it’s been intentionally blocked?”
“I would consider it to be intentional.”
All eyes were on Sylvia as she answered assertively.
“Why?”
“Because if the Temple is involved in the birth of a child of a Goddess, it would have remained as a myth.”
Sylvia thought that because such a birth was not related to the Temple, such information of said person and said process would not remain in the mythology. At the same time, the child’s existence would have been concealed by the Temple.
And at Sylvia’s statement, they all looked at each other.
