Amazing Village Building

“And with that, the railway is complete. The commute to our village on the other side of the mountain range should take about an hour or so.”

My body double had notified me that they had finished connecting the railway station here to the one in the village.

I quickly relayed that information to Masamine-san, the supervisor of this project.

“I still can’t imagine how this will take us all the to the western side.”

“Well, you might get it once you try it for yourself.”

I asked the half-convinced Masamine-san to enter the train. We then departed for the wasteland village.

After an hour inside the shaking train…

“We’re here.”

The train stopped at the platform under the village.

“Well then, welcome. Beyond those stairs is our village.”

We climbed up those stairs and exited the station. Upon the sight of the village, Masamine-san almost fell down as he shouted.

“What is this plaaaaaacceeeee!?”

“This is the village for which I am the village chief.”

“Village!? How is this place a village!? Isn’t this a large city!? There are so many tall buildings I can barely see the sky!”

“You can see the other side of the monster-infested mountain range there. Considering the position of the sun, you can tell we’re on the eastern side now.”

“S-so, we really went through that mountain range in that short amount of time…?”

Masamine-san’s body trembled as he said so. Then, for whatever reason, he suddenly drew the katana on his waist.

“I’m being tricked by a fox, I must be! Pain should dispel this sorcery’s hold on me…!”

“H-hey, please don’t disembowel yourself! This isn’t a sorcery!”

We were once again flying in the sky through the park.

“We can see it now. That over there is Osaku, the nation of trade.”

“Amazing. There are are rivers and waterways all over.”

“Yes. That is why Osaku city is also known as the water capital.”

After we had toured most of the city in Edou we were in, we visited the neighboring nation of Osaku.

Osaku city was near the sea and was also surrounded by rivers and waterways, so there was quite a number of boats coming and going.

“Osaku is ruled by House Toyotoki. The head of their house, that is to say the head of the nation, is called the chancellor. Although their house had once been a poor one, they gained power and wealth during the warring states era until they became their nation’s rulers. Hoping to imitate a fraction of their success, the merchants of Osaku tend to be determined and passionate.”

The castle that was home to their chancellor came into view. The castle in question had a tower that wouldn’t lose to the one in Edou, by the way.

“But is it really alright for us to just suddenly land the park within the castle grounds?”

“There is no need for concern. The chancellor is known to have unparalleled enthusiasm for new things. If anything, landing there should pique his interest and welcome us more warmly.”

Gai-san reassured me that it was no problem to land the park in the vast castle grounds. I still worried about it, but I nonetheless did as he suggested and lowered the park.

Given their people’s strong mercantile spirit, it was more than likely that they wouldn’t be able to ignore the fact that Edou has begun to trade with the east through an underground passageway once they knew of it. And then, it was only a matter of time before they would have made contact with us.

So, Gai-san advised that if that was going to happen anyway, things would go much faster if we were to barge in like this.

“Something odd is descending from above!”

“Oh no, oh no! Is this an attack from the people of the skies!?”

“It’s an invasion!”

The park landing on castle grounds quickly made a commotion.

I-is this really alright…? They won’t think we’re some kind of ayakashi again, will they…?

“I don’t know what’s going on, but if they seem like they want to talk, we’d be alright. We’d be in trouble if they end up being monsters though.”

“You think we can also ride that thing? If we had a flying ground like that, travel would be easy.”

“Rather than traveling, I’m more interested in whether it can be used for our trade routes.”

Somehow…somehow things look ok, I guess?

Gai-san then proceeded to introduce himself and our group.

“I am Gai, a monk from Hozo-ji temple of the nation of Kyou. And these people with me are travelers from the west.”

“What, a monk?”

“A monk from Kyou? Those guys got their priorities all mixed up. Abandoning their possessions as well as their old life, to then live off of on nothing but what is donated to them, I can’t think of something more foolish.”’

“Well, I heard there are some monk who only think of earning money though.”

……it would seem monks from Kyou are not well liked here…

TL note: Hozo-ji temple is likely a reference to Honnoji temple.

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