Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10 Nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita Chapter 63

Installation of the Door

Eric seemed a little flustered .

He had been running very quickly, but there were no sounds from his footsteps . It was kind of impressive .

“My dear . It is not very proper to run like that . ”

“Ah, uh, yes . I'm sorry, I forgot . ”

Eric said to Refi . Then he looked at me .

“You said that you would visit today, and so I've been waiting all morning! You are very late . ”

“Sorry . I was buying materials . ”

“I-I see . That would be necessary . I suppose I should have had them prepared myself . ”

If Eric supplied them, it would stay in the records .

But this was a secret passage, and it should be kept a secret .

And so I believed that as someone not from the palace, it would be better for me to buy them .

Just as I was telling Eric this, Refi grabbed Eric's sleeve .

“By the way . What is this?”

“It's a secret passage . ”

“And why is it here . ”

Eric explained it to her .

He told her why my mansion and the royal palace were connected .

We both thought that it was highly likely that it was used by the previous, previous king and his lover .

“I see . Yes . ”

“And now you understand . ”

“But dear, why did you keep such an interesting thing away from me?”

“No…I… How can I say this…”

Eric stammered .

Apparently, His Majesty was no match for Queen Refi .

I decided to ignore them and begin the task of installing the door .

We would be using the great mithril shield from the smithy .

“Luchila, could you hold the other side?”

“Like this?”
“Yes, yes . Thank you . Shia . Pass me that tool . ”

“Understood . ”

Things went very smoothly as we carved away at the wall and put the great shield in place .

I had also bought hinges for the door . And they were also made of mithril .

I just needed to make some holes in the rock with magic and then we could install the shield .

“Just screw this part in and we are finished . ”

“…Ruck . You were always very good with your hands . ”

“Ahhh…”

I suddenly realized that Refi and Eric had come closer and were watching me intently .

I wish they wouldn't erase their presence and approach me like that . It surprised me .

“Locke . Thank you . ”

“It's not finished yet . ”

“But didn't you just say that you were finished?”

“No, I need to cast some spells on it now . ”

And so I cast spells of Hardening and Permanence .

“I also want to lock it with magic… Who should I allow to unlock it?”

“Refi and I . Also my daughters, if possible . Should I call them now?”

“That won't be necessary . I just need to make it so that it allows anyone of your bloodlines . ”

“You can do such a thing?”

“Can you?”

Eric and Luchila said with surprise .

Luchila was also a Sorcerer . And so he knew how difficult such magic would be .

“Most people wouldn't, but I can . ”

“That's amazing, Locke!”

“Yes!”

“Cluck!”

“Groof-grooff!”

“Wonderful!”

“I expect no less . ”

They all said at once .

“Now your embarrassing me . ”

“No, I do mean it!”

“We-well, I will need to prepare . It will take some time, so please wait . ”

And so I went to work .

“It really is advanced magic . You need time to prepare…”

“Indeed . ”

“Cluck!”

“It is very impressive . ”

“Groof . ”

“I am constantly amazed . ”

They continued behind me .

Just then, Eric said as if suddenly remembering something,

“Ah, that's right . Locke, make it so that you can also unlock the door . ”

“…Are you sure?”

“I would feel better if you did . ”

“Yes, I agree . It would put my mind at ease if you could come in case of an emergency . ”

Refi added .

“I'm glad that you trust me so much, but…”

“Besides, we will need your help if the vampires attack again!”

“I see . That's true . ”

And so I decided that I would also give myself the right to open the door .

With that finalized, I returned to the work at hand .

It wasn't too difficult to add lock magic .

It wasn't too difficult to add simple unlocking requirements either .

However, it was quite difficult to make it so that only specific people could open it .

Even more so if you wanted to specify bloodlines .

And it wouldn't do if it was only one way .

I would have to make it lock and unlock from both sides .

However, being challenged by a difficult problem like this made your spirits soar as a Sorcerer .

And so I was filled with excitement as I went about constructing the magic .

As a fellow Sorcerer, Luchila's eyes followed me intently .

“Eric . Put your hand on the center here . ”

“Like this?”

“Yes . ”

For a second, the magic circle on the door glowed .

“Now you, Refi . If you will . ”

“Like this?”

“The circle flashed again .

And then I put my own hand on it, and it flashed .

There were several other things do after that, and then it was all finished .

“There it is . ”

“Ahh, Locke . Thank you! Can I open it?”

It was currently locked .

“Of course . Do you see the royal crest towards the bottom of the door? Just place your palm on it . ”

“That's a very low place to put it . ”

“It would be inconvenient if the princesses couldn't reach it . ”

“I see . Thank you for your consideration . ”

Eric placed his palm on the door . It shined with dim light, then the door opened with a click .

“Ohh . ”

“It will lock automatically, so you can close it like any other door . If you want to open it from the other side, just put your palm on the door around this area . ”

There was no crest, but the magic was located in the same general spot .

“This is very useful! Thank you, Locke!”

“Ruck . Thank you . ”

The couple said with gratitude .

After that, Refi tilted her head and said,

“By the way, it's been bothering me for a while… But why are you calling Ruck by the name Locke?”

Apparently, Eric had not explained that to her .

Chapter end