Chapter 179 (2/2)
The elf stood as if her back was glued to a wooden plank while she then announced, “Artificer Gideon has arrived at the castle and is expecting you”
“You’re going?”her bow over her shoulder
“Yup I have so back as I followed behind the unusual elf, I said to my sister, “I most likely won’t be able to eat dinner with you, so don’t wait up”
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My sister nodded “Gotcha Say hi to Eet the chance to see her”
“Will do”
‘I’ll stay here with Eleanor,’ Sylvie said groggily
Sure I’ll update you when I get back, Sylv
I trailed silently beside the elven secretary as she led the ith confident steps
“Is there a name I can address you by?” I asked
The elf stopped abruptly, bowing deeply so that her blond hair tied firivemyself My naned by Commander Virion to be your attendant”
I dipped“Well, Alanis It’s nice tothat you’reby the aed elf blinked, her , but otherwise looked unfazed “As expected of a lance Allow ned by Coo your training here It was my wish to meet you as soon as possible”
I didn’t quite understand what her role entailed as , but before I had the chance to ask, I spotted the fa toward us in a sweaty mess
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“I came as soon as I heard fro in throughout the narrow halls “What sort of ingenious idea do you have in that God-sent cranium of yours?”
The old artificer could hardly wait until we s by nobles or ushed as soon as Alanis closed the door behind us “And is it all right for the elf to be hearing this?”
The elven attendant cast a disapproving gaze toward Gideon at his less-than-casual address, but re the old artificer fidget in his seat in anticipation Taking a close look at hirandpa for more than ten years The wrinkles between his brows and around his mouth had deepened in that ti or scowling in frustration
“Everyone’s going to know sooner or later, and she’s apparentlytoday so it’s better to have her infor to Alanis
“Part of my job will be to lessen other burdens while you focus on training, so yes, it would be helpful forto change shades
“More training? What ht by Gods—asuras, Ihis stubbly chin
“There’s always roo back on topic, what are the states of the current mines that were used to excavate the fuel source needed for our shi+ps?”
Gideon’s eyes lit “Oh, you mean the co excavated”
I raised a brow “Corinned “You told me I would need athe steaned—I think you called it coal? Anyway, out of the minerals currently knohich aren’t y needed to power an entire shi+p efficiently The characteristics are a bit different fro else Anyway, this stuff is a Ten pounds of combustium can power an entire shi+p for about a dozen reat to hear,” I said, cutting Gideon off Afraid he’d go deeper into a tangent, I went straight to the point “What I have planned involves using coa—combustium for a different mode of transportation; specifically a shi+p that’ll be used to travel land”
“A landshi+p?”
I nodded “Except, I was thinking of calling it a ‘train’”
“Train?” Gideon echoed incredulously “From what poor mana beast’s ass did you pull a name like that out from?”
“Do you want the blueprints or not?” I scoffed
Gideon raised his ar manner “Train it is”
The artificer prepared for the design immediately He practically du shoved on his thuht on quickly to how the train would work, it still took a few hours explaining the details of how the railways and stops would work I didn’t realize how ru you need to get started,” I said, scanning over the designs and specifications on the large parch roo,” Gideon muttered,to be a pain in the ass if ant to connect Blackbend City to Kalberk or Eksire, but with a feater and earth es—”
“Let’s focus on the railway fro railways to other major cities will be important, but we need to create a secure route for supplies heading to the Grand Mountains if ant our troops there to survive”
“Of course, but this…” Gideon paused for a second as his eyes scrutinized over the large map of Dicathen we had rolled out on the table “We’ll be able to form new major cities with this”
While I respected Gideon for his boundless vision, it was frustrating having to keep him on track However, his last statement piquednewover the map
To my surprise, Alanis, who had been dead silent up until now, spoke “I think what Artificer Gideon doms were predeterates If this does come into fruition, then a secure ates, can carry oods on top of people will enable us to build major cities in any location”
“Couldn’t have said it betterstiff, I stretchedthe course of history”
“Boy, saying so like that so flippantly to a renowned artificer… I should just hand over hed helplessly “I’ve always had a knack for fishi+ng”
“You can’t retire just yet,” I se of pitching this idea to the Council at their next ht, why are you giving me credit for this?” Gideon asked
“It’ll be easier to garner the support of the entire Council if the idea came from a ‘renowned artificer’ We’ll need their help if you want a team of capable conjurers and some merchants or adventurers familiar with the area to map out the best route fro off so to go see what I can scavenge at the food hall”
“I can have the chef prepare a balanced ested
I waved my hand in dismissal “It’s okay No reason to trouble the chef just for aback out to the field?” Gideon asked
I looked at hi for a couple ofspace but I’ll stop by to check in on how you’re doing if that’s what you’re asking”
The old artificer let out a scoff, rolling his eyes “I’m honored, but that’s not hy I asked Es that need to be tested”
“You realize you’re asking a general to be your test dummy, don’t you?” I asked with a smirk
“Relax, O’ Great One I promise they’ll be helpful to you as well I looked over theh I don’t want to ade the way both conjurers and augaze to Alanis, who also expressed a degree of curiosity “Well, you’ll have to convinceattendant”
The old artificer let out a gruff laugh as I walked out the doors I could hear hi way”