Book 15: Chapter 62
After a bowl of milk from some animal with berries sprinkled on, Dragon Mom was in much higher spirits. The extra day of sleep also relieved most of her hangover. Speaking of which, I had to admire dragons’ ability to recover. I did notice something not so good in her gaze, though. After experiencing the sweetness of having me take care of her, the affection in her gaze was incredibly prominent, especially when I fed her. There was a chance she’d deliberately get drunk so that I took care of her in the future… I seriously reckon she’d do that…
Once content, Mom lied back down on the bed, while I peered at the setting sun and slowly drank my tea. If you ask me, the most boring part about this world was the lack of entertainment I was used to having at the snap of a finger. There were no cell phones, and there was no internet. At times I had nothing to do, all I could do was watch the setting sun and space out while drinking tea. I guess that was why there were so many poems from back in the day. That was all you could do when you were bored, after all.
From Behind, Dragon Mom played with the spoon and asked me, “Son, where did you go today?”
I stopped to think. I decided to hide my trip to the brothel. After all, be it Dragon Mom, Vyvyan or Elizabeth, none of them would want to let me go to brothels. Let it remain a painful memory for me.
After my deliberation, I replied, “Oh, I went to the hall of the town and then for a stroll at the market. I bought your milk and berries from there. It appears this town was formed from the people coming and leaving. I think we can turn it into a train station or something in the future. I’m sure we can continue to expand the Imperial City.”
“A what station?”
“.. Sorry, pretend it was drivel.”
I guess it was understandable. Trains didn’t exist yet. When I last went back, having said that, Lorana had already created the front part of a car that was powered using mana. In saying that, she didn’t seem to think of the possibility of using it to pull cars. What she was had in mind was to turn it into an automobile. However, because the dimensions couldn’t be reduced, it ended up being the size of a bus in the world I came from. Plus, it could only seat about a dozen people, so she had to drop the idea. In the end, I pointed out that a train was plausible, which gave Lorana some inspiration for something. I was certain she’d soon be able to create a train with the technicians around. The other requisite component was the tracks.
Lorana was no longer alone. I gathered up a group of educated engineers and highly-skilled artisans to research and manufacture things at the factory. I’d say that was where my entire empire’s biggest production ability stemmed from. Although we didn’t have much to show yet, I undoubtedly had the patience to wait for it.