Chapter 61: Insanely important place (2/2)
”A shrine it is.” Noticing the changes on Layn's face or maybe in his aura given how his head still faced forward, Daniel muttered under his nose. Yet, before the talks could progress any further, their relatively short walk to the academy grounds have concluded.
”Halt! Stay where you are!” Noticing the huge group of burly men all equipped with the tools of their trade and stockpile of wooden palls, it was only to be expected for the guards to stop them. Thankfully, before Layn's could even think about a new fake story to convince them, Irea already rushed into action.
As the girl rushed forward, Layn quickly became a witness to the frantic movements of her hands and extremely enchanting expressions she made. 'Seeing her like that, I guess she could force them to believe we are a group of grade-schoolers on our way to a picnic…'
Despite Layn's ironic and internal remarks, Irea's actions apparently worked. Instead of receiving a throughout checkout or outright denial of entry, she somehow managed to get the entire group right to the designated construction site. 'Thinking about it,' Layn turned his eyes to Daniel. ' the looks the guards sent to this man may have something to do with how easily everything went…'
By the time the group arrived at the spot, a huge number of people already noticed them. Yet, even though Layn made no arrangement with the academy at all, no one appeared to stop their actions.
”If we just march in and do what we need to do, the academy will face a concluded event. And if we do it with confidence, no one will dare to think we are not permitted to build there!” That was the reasoning Layn used to convince Irea to the plan. And from the looks of things, it seemed to work pretty well!
Yet, the heavenly ignorance could last for long. Thankfully though, by the time a figure with any sort of authority appeared, a small, roundish shrine was already finished.
”Well, that concludes our deal. If I may ask…” Stepping away from the former construction site, Daniel smiled to Irea while reaching out with his hand.
”Sure thing.” Replying with a huge smile, the girl reached out to one of her pockets before pulling five grade-one stones. ”Here is the second half. It was a pleasure.” Lowering her head in a clear expression of respect, Irea's eyes wandered to the silhouette of the approaching academy's official. 'I guess that's it for my teaching career…' Silently accepting her loss, Irea straightened up.
Noticing a small look of distraught on his girl's face, Layn stepped forward before surrounding her back with his arm. Unsurprisingly, Irea didn't protest, opting to rest her head on Layn's chest for a bit instead.
”Layn…” Muttering silently, the girl managed to push the archmage into action. ”I know, I know…” Pulling out the finished treasure, Layn smiled. 'They finished it right in time…' Noticing the dim glow of the twig that the treasure was made off, Layn quickly stepped towards the build.
Created on a base of a simple circle, it had five curtains rolled up to the low ceiling. By lowering them down, one could easily create five separate rooms out of the already small original insides. But the place that Layn was interested in, rested right in the middle.
”And you go… here…” bringing the treasure up, Layn opened up a special hatch before inserting the energy-producing core into a special shelf. Hidden behind a cleverly roused entrance, it allowed for an equal division of the outflowing energy across the entire shrine.
”And with that, the first project is finished.” Wiping the sweat out of his forehead with a swing of his arm, Layn smiled before moving outside. Because along with the silhouette of the approaching official, a storm was brewing about this insanely important place.