assistirfilmes Chapter 397: Tribute (3)
Chapter 397: Tribute (3)
chapter 397: tribute (3)
thanks to the water purifying device allen turned on, the alarms in all the water quality control devices of patlanta were tripped.
people everywhere began to panic, seeing the red lights and loud blaring sounds.
"stop all the alarms! and tell the sanity supervisors that it's just a malfunction in the devices!!"
"""yessir!"""
as the immigration bureau director, tynome quickly gave orders to the other mermen in the port.
"..."
(hmhm, so there's a sanity institute that watches over the water quality control devices.)
allen inspected tynome's reaction to the situation, without feeling a single emotion.
it was almost like he had no involvement whatsoever.
once tynome was done giving most of his orders, he turned to look at allen again, who had remained motionless until now.
"you were right alec, this device is incredibly efficient."
(i guess he's finally calmed down.)
tynome finally sounded convinced, looking at the magic device that was operating with bright lights.
"at least i'm glad you can see this device's properties."
"you've got nerves of steel, you know that? i'm sure the palace must be in chaos too, and it'll be my duty to solve this..."
the alarms had probably gone off in the palace as well by now.
tynome had to start thinking of a way to explain everything to the palace.
"this is nothing compared to our debt to patlanta."
"you have a point. i guess this is why you were called here."
tynome was starting to understand how allen obtained his title at his age.
while relationships had soured between prostia and clebeur, he had brought an invaluable magic device.
he was the only one who knew how to properly showcase such an item.
this was all allen's claims, but he said baukis' emperor gave it to allen directly.
only someone with the ability to negotiate for something like that could bring it to prostia too.
"well, i hope i can present this magic device to our emperor then."
"oh, that's..."
it came down to that in the end, realized tynome.
allen wanted to bring the magic device to the palace himself.
tynome thought of stopping him at first, but then he stopped.
that magic device, brought by allen, had the power to essentially change life in prostia.
with that magic device, the imperial capital and nearby cities would not need their own magic devices.
the water quality control devices would also have outlived their purpose.
any waterborne illnesses would also disappear, and the sanitary supervisors would have an easier job.
maintenance costs would be lowered for years to come.
that gift, worth many tens of millions of gold coins, would decrease the need for many subdivisions created specifically to monitor water quality.
such an important item had to be shown by those who brought it there.
the other provinces and vassal countries had to know what clebeur had done for prostia now, and what prostia would do in return.
tynome finally understood one part of allen's plan.
this was exactly why he had insisted on running the magic device in the port.
all of patlanta had already been exposed to its effects.
larappa had been tasked with developing a teleporter magic device, which had absorbed her research and all the dwarves with her.
the teleporter and the means to travel from and to the island were still in development.
but something like enhancing an existing magic device, like the one they brought to patlanta, could be done in just three days.
"you want to stay in the palace for one month? that's a complicated request."
tynome answered that it was not easy to allow them that.
"is that so? also, would it be possible to bring in some magic engineers?"
his request was denied, but allen did not step down.
"hm? you want to bring someone?"
"yes. after we obtained this magic device, clebeur's royal family tried to get passes for a group of magic engineer dwarves to maintain and manage it here, but all the requests were denied..."
allen said that with a lamenting voice.
"th-the passes were for that?!"
tynome was clearly agitated.
everything allen had said involving the magic device or its maintenance were lies and fabrications, but tynome was the one who rejected all those requests.
all the documentation detailing the rejection of the requests had come from prostia, signed by tynome.
tynome had turned away the magic engineers who could maintain the magic device, an important gift to the emperor.
"sadly we have no other option. we have one merman who received some training from baukis, but it'll take him quite some time to investigate what happened. so either we wait, or we bring magic engineer dwarves here..."
"i see, so you have someone who can check it!"
tynamo's eyes shone brightly, realizing this would bury the fact he had turned away those supposed magic engineers.
"yes, this is luty, he studied magic engineering with dwarves. i know he's still young, but even baukis recognized his talent."
after allen said that, peromus, formar, and luck bowed.
the other two were assigned to watch over the magic device.
these were the roles taken by allen's group:
-allen: ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
-shea: prince carmin's bodyguard
-cecile, sophie: princess carmin's attendants
-luck: magic engineer apprentice
-peromus: an official
-formar: a sailor
there were two options, allowing the entrance of a maintenance crew, or letting the group stay in the palace until checks were done.
(i don't care what he chooses. we'll stay here while the dwarves travel after all.)
allen thought that, while pretending to beg for tynome's acceptance.
allen acted like he was giving tynome a choice, but no matter what he decided, allen would get to stay in patlanta.
even if the magic engineers were allowed to come, it would take many days to get their passes ready, and wait for them to arrive.
if the passes were given, allen would bring larappa, instructing her to buy even more time.
he would tell her to wait for his signal before announcing everything was in working order.
"let's see. if it's not broken down, i'm sure you can handle it yourselves. given the princess is here, and the magic device is incredibly valuable, i'll prepare a residency near the palace for you."
tynome said he would report to the palace himself about everything that happened.
he chose the route that allowed him to feign ignorance over rejecting those requests for passes.
(hm? so we won't be in the palace itself. though well, i guess that's good enough.)
after all of allen's trickery and negotiations, he managed to find a place to stay in patlanta, prostia's capital.