“All sorts of stuff has been going on, boy. I’ve increased my skills in regard to making all sorts of stuff,” I said.

“What? Are you saying you’ve increased your accessory-making skills too?” he accused.

“Don’t look so horrified,” I said.

“Right!” L’Arc was getting all excited again, and then he charged over to the wine cellar. “Time to see who can hold their drink! Hey! Bring out the good stuff!”

“Oh my!” Sadeena and L’Arc were both excitedly awaiting the liquor. I’d finished serving most of the food and started to eat as well.

The drink arrived soon afterward, and L’Arc and Sadeena started to drink. I was expecting him to at least put up a fight, but it seemed like only moments before he was hiccupping and slurring his words.

“Oh my? Are we finished already?” Sadeena asked.

“L’Arc, please just give up. If you don’t, I’m pretty sure you will die,” Therese said. She took the collapsed L’Arc away and put him to bed. Just as I’d expected, he hadn’t stood a chance. Using healing magic to cure the effects and let him keep on drinking had been an option. It might have let L’Arc win. But the moment I tried it, Sadeena probably would have worked it out.

Realizing this was all a waste of time, I decided discussing our next steps with Glass would be a better idea. I went over to the outside table where Raphtalia, Rishia, and Itsuki were eating with Glass.

“Glass, can I have a moment?” I asked her.

“Of course,” she replied.

“Making preparations is all very well, but what’s the frequency of the waves like in this world? Couldn’t Kizuna escape during a wave?” I asked her.

“Regarding the waves, they have been occurring more frequently due to the deaths of the other three holy heroes,” she explained. “Roughly every two weeks.” That was pretty short, especially if they were occurring in each nation. They must have been using Return Dragon Vein to travel around and keep a lid on things.

“Isn’t that a bit much?” I asked.

“We’ve actually made some technological progress of our own. We’ve created a tool that can be registered to a dragon hourglass, just like a hero’s weapon, allowing for teleportation to the location of each wave. We’ve been using those to divide up our forces and handle each wave accordingly,” Glass continued.

“Interesting,” I commented. That sounded like something we could use. I’d get the details later, including how to make it.