Fun Territory Defense Chapter 178 (Patreon)

Trying to Expand the Town

For now, the warehouse of the Belrango Chamber of Commerce, which was an urgent project, was quickly built and handled. This time we also built a basement, which contributes to the land problem.

"Now the materials will be okay for a while, and in the meantime, we'll get together with the commercial guilds. I'll leave that to the Belrango Chamber of Commerce."

"Understood!"

Rango replied, happy and cheerful.

"Thank you. I have something else I'd like to ask Van-sama for, if you don't mind, now..."

Then Bell interrupts, seeming to have found the right moment. He is polite, but his eyes are bloodshot. I get the feeling that he's trying to get me to do him a favor, but this time I'm busy too.

"Oh, sorry. I'm going to expand the town now."

"What?"

"The town, now...?"

The two of them rolled their eyes for a moment at the reason for my casual refusal, ruminating over some of my words, and then looked at each other.

Then they immediately turned to me.

"Where? Is it before the adventurer's town?

"Oh, if we can secure a new site, we'd love to be a part of the Belrango Chamber of Commerce!"

The two men were so excited that they closed the distance between us. Apparently, their merchant spirit has been stimulated.

"We're expanding the adventurers' town to the Wolfsburg Mountains side. For now, I'm thinking of dismantling part of the city walls and expanding the town to about twice its size."

"Double!"

"Double!"

For some reason, the tension between the two of us doubled as well. Well, the number of adventurers visiting Seat Village is increasing rapidly. The number of residents increases by about 500 a month, but the number of adventurers can increase by a thousand in a month. Of course, if they are here on a request, they leave for the next town right after that, but it is said that a high percentage of adventurers who come once visit Seat Village again.

As a result, the average number of visitors has been steadily increasing.

Incidentally, most of the residents of the neighboring villages have already become new residents of Seat Village. They have plenty of jobs and houses, and everyone seems to be very satisfied.

Because of this situation, the Belrango Chamber of Commerce is growing at a frightening pace, and at the same time, there is a serious shortage of human resources.

The Belrango Chamber of Commerce is in trouble in many ways.

But Van is also in trouble. He is so busy that he is seriously considering learning the art of alter ego.

But unfortunately, he doesn't know how to master the art of alter ego.

So the only thing I can do now is to prioritize my work.

"For now, I'm thinking of making it possible for 3,000 adventurers and peddlers to stay here. Besides, His Majesty and the others will be back soon. We need to expand the town for then."

"Mmmm, I can't say anything if you put it like that...then I'll ask you later."

"Yes, sir."

I replied lightly before saying goodbye to Bell and Rango.

We then headed out of town to investigate the area with Camsin. Then a group of people appeared running from behind us.

"Van-sama!"

Appearing with that voice was a mechanical bow squad led by Borra. What a surprise, the youngest of the knights, Porte-chan, was also with them. They had gathered people in a hurry, and there were about ten of them, lightly armed only with mechanical bows and daggers.

"It's dangerous outside the town, so we will escort you!"

Seeing Borra saying such a thing so healthily, I was happy, but also worried.

"No, no, no, you must all be tired from the long march. You can rest."

Borra looked at me with a puzzled look on her face.

"Van-sama, I hear you haven't rested since you got back. Not only the people in the village, but even the adventurers are worried about you."

"What? Are they that worried about you?"

I ask, surprised at Borra's words. I wonder if it's because I'm so popular that I can't help it.

I was embarrassed at the thought, but Borra nodded with a very serious face.

"Of course," she said, "because if Van-sama falls, Seat Village is finished. We haven't been able to build our own buildings or weapons yet. After all, Seat Village is only possible with Van-sama."

Borra says this with a huge smile. I quietly said, "I guess all I'm worth is making things," and I was hurt, but I didn't say anything about it. I gently wet my pillow with my tears.

"...Well, I guess I'll ask you guys to follow me."

"Ha!"

I announced with a sigh, and Borra and the others saluted with proper posture. Porte-chan is the same way, but she's getting quite regal. It must be the result of their training.

However, I would like them to take care of my heart next time.

Van, you are a child who grows when you praise him.