Composition C-4

A noble came to visit Sakura: the Marquis of Nasturtium, whose family was the home of Melissa, the Grand Mage who had caused a stir in the royal capital.

The head of this noble house was the son of the old woman who ran the tool shop in Astrantia.

They'd been separated when he was a baby, after a parting payment was made, but at long last they were reunited.

It was wonderful, truly—but I didn't have time to fuss over other people's affairs.

I had my own work to do.

For the time being, my job was to defeat the monster known as the kraken in the lake.

As long as it was there, it would be difficult to bring the lake into the economy of Hamada Territory.

I had to do something about it.

That was why I was devoting myself to weapons development.

Even so, the things I made were generally impossible to produce without Shangri-La...