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The Green Tower
While moving by carriage, Dahlia could see the high stone wall surrounding the capital city.
She felt relieved seeing the tower covered by the vines there which came in sight.
The Green Tower- that was what it called for those who knew it, was an old tower made of stone.
Dahlia had lived here with her father since her childhood.
It was a place where she would now live alone since her father had died and Tobias moved out this morning for marriage.
Although they could live in this tower, Tobias was fixated on living at the house in the central area. He complained that it would be better to live closer to the commercial guild and his own family’s company to create and sell more magical devices.
Around the site, the tower was surrounded by a brick wall slightly higher than the height of an adult male.
At the cut-off part of the wall, there was a bronze-colored gate that was wide enough for a carriage to pass through.
Once Dahlia got off the carriage, she touched a part of the gate. With just that, the gates opened smoothly, parting to the left and right automatically.
“No matter how many times I look at it, this is really handy”
“Wouldn’t it be great if all the shipping guild doors were like this…”
This gate would open when a registered person touched it lightly.
It took time to open and close when entering and leaving a warehouse as their doors were tight. For the people from the shipping guild, a door that opened and closed automatically would be a very desirable feature for the gates.
Some gates of the castles and of high-ranking nobles were automatic, but they required an operator and a considerable number of magic stones. However, as far as Dahlia knows, this gate was never supplied any magic stones and had never needed an operator.
Dahlia’s grandfather, who designed and installed this gate, did not make any blueprint or give any oral instructions. The gate would have to be dismantled once to check how it was made and how it worked..
While Dahlia’s father said he would find out sooner or later, he died before he did.
“It was my grandfather who made this, but he didn’t leave any blueprints. If I find out the mechanism and can design it, I will definitely sell it to the shipping guild”
“I am looking forward to it”
“I’ll wait from the bottom of my heart!”
Returning a smile to the overly serious voice, Dahlia got off the carriage and unlocked the tower. This was an ordinary metal key.
Then, moving in of the luggage began.
Due to magic, many of the shipping guild’s members could enhance their body.
They lightly carried the heavy boxes and furniture Dahlia would find difficult to carry up the stairs of the tower.. The small amount of luggage was carried away in no time.
“This is all. So, I’ll ask you to sign here”
“Thank you, you saved me a lot”
After Dahlia signed the work confirmation document, the members of the shipping guild bid goodbye to Dahlia and return to the carriage.
Only Marcella remained where he was.
“You should have no dinner tonight, right? why not come to eat at my house?”
“Thank you, but I have preserved food, and I want to finish unpacking today.”
“… don’t push yourself too hard”
When she was trying to see him out to the front of the gate, Marcella returned to the carriage once and handed a large handbag to her.
Inside was Dahlia’s favorite walnut bread and red wine.
“This, Irma said ‘If Dahila says she won’t come, give these to her’”
“Thank you. She really is a good wife”
“And a good friend, right?”
“Yes…”
Slowly, the back of Dahlia’s nose started aching.
But if she were to cry here, Marcella would definitely take her to his house. She absolutely didn’t want to bother them any further.
Irma had good intuition.
Surely, she had expected that Dahlia would stay in the tower today and not come out even if she was invited.
Irma was Dahlia’s childhood friend. She used to live in a house near this tower, and then she took an apprenticeship in the central area to become a barber, and she met and married Marcella.
Even if Dahlia went to an academy, even if Irma was married, she would treat her the same. That was why Dahlia was really grateful.
“I’m going to tidy up quickly. Once it’s done, come with Irma to eat here”
“Okay, let me do that”
Managing to make a decent facial expression, Dahlia saw the carriage off.
・・・・・・・
Sitting down and feeling depressed, Dahlia began to put back every little bit of the luggage.
She put the contents of the box back into the laboratory and warehouse on the first floor, and into the closet and dresser in her room on the third floor.
Dahlia felt like using the closet and the dresser as they were, so she decided to put some of her favorite soaps in place and seal them. Her favorite scent would cover them in a few days.
There was no sin to the things, it was also furniture that her father cherished, so she decided to forget the rest.
It was already midnight by the time she had unpacked and put back all the luggage.
Dahlia decided to have a late dinner in the living room connected to the second-floor kitchen.
Sitting on the couch, she drank wine and bit a walnut bread. The bread full of walnuts fragrant was often eaten with red wine.
After eating walnut bread, she took out nuts and dried fruits from the emergency storage bag.
And Dahlia continued to drink wine.
It had been a very busy day.
Cancelling the engagement at the new house on the day after moving. Formalities with the guild and moving back to the tower again.
The most surprising thing today was Tobias’s affair.
She thought that the earnest Tobias would be a good husband when she got married, and he would be able to work together with her as magical devices craftsman too.
She never had a passionate expression of love, but she hoped that they could live together quietly.
Maybe she had taken a liking to him.
But for Tobias, she was neither a love partner nor a person to pour his affection into.
“Surprisingly, I couldn’t cry about it”
Dahlia gulped the wine in the glass and chewed the dried fruit.
Even though she was extremely tired, her tears just wouldn’t come out.
After being engaged, she talked about magical devices, about the work they did together, and consultation about deliveries and estimates-other than that, she just couldn’t remember the rest.
Ah, that’s right.
She never did love Tobias.1
Dahlia finished drinking a bottle of wine and wept a little, not because of the separation, but because the tower reminded her of her father.
There was no doubt she drank too much red wine after that.
Stay Strong Dahlia!!