After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1914

Chapter 1914: A Few New Things

Thanks to the show of force in Ferrol, Valov apparently took a step back, and Alterra was once again left alone and at peace. For now.

Well, this was at least on the surface. From what they knew, from the few spies they had there (who had to send posts to various other territories, ideally those not known to be associated with Alterra), there was definitely some stuff brewing.

In fact, some city nobles, especially from Hassen, were seen there too. Who knew what they were talking about? Definitely nothing good.

This definitely set alarms in the military, but since they were not exactly certain what the other side was preparing, all they could do was prepare as best as they could, as usual, and watch out for spies.

Another month peacefully passed by. During this time, a few more things were discovered.

At this time, in the Research Center’s Testing area, a group of young scholars surrounded a shiny prototype of a magic tool.

At its center was Menzon, the toolmaker behind it.

"This is it. The improved Celeste Mirror," he said, stepping back and wrapping himself around a blanket with some defensive capabilities.

"Yes, yes, may this one succeed for sure!"

"Ye, yes, yes! We’ll be right behind you, ma friend."

"..."

Today, they were testing the new Celeste Mirror with the changes according to Lady Althea’s instructions. They wanted to create one that spread out any attacks to a larger area, hopefully without dividing the force value.

This had been a very difficult assignment.

For one, the change from concave to convex alone took time. It was like modifying things piece by piece, and a single wrong move could invalidate the entire circuit.

Someone (or two) lost a lot of hair from it.

Fortunately, one of the privately-owned pharmaceutical companies sold hair growth potions! It wasn’t so magical as hair would grow in a day, but a stubble of healthy hair could appear within a few days of use.

There were naturally a lot of experts who did not want to work ’for the government’. They admired the Research Center and believed in the prestige of working in it, but having control over what they wanted to research and the like still hit different.

Althea wasn’t the type of leader who specifically wanted monopolies in her territory, even if the advantaged were herself. Further, she would not suppress anyone as long as they were honestly doing their business.

They were all her taxpayers, right?

Of course, companies like these (as it was with every other business), there would require certifications, tests, random checks, and other things required.

These were renewed annually, and failing to do so could incur penalties—or worse, demerits, which were the opposite of contribution points.

This would be overseen by departments under Mathilda. Not all technical employees went to the Research Center, where the hiring was quite stringent and had innovation expectations. Fortunately for them, there were plenty of job opportunities for science-based jobs!

Anyway, back to the magic tool—

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