"By the way, Nini, there's something else I wanted to ask. Who's in charge of construction now?"
"I'm not too sure either. Ask in the group chat. I'm basically only responsible for developing spells now... Oh, and casting steam engines."
As she spoke, she tossed the newly cast components into a bag.
When the Banshees had first arrived, they had all worked together under unified assignments. Theus had indeed been short on manpower at the time. He had no intention of keeping these Banshees around to eat for free, so he gave them jobs, with Ash handling the unified allocation and management.
Later, once the various factories had basically stabilized, the Banshees were no longer assigned work collectively. Instead, it became more like an employment system. He would release workshop projects, and the Banshees could choose whether to take them on. Points were awarded based on the amount of work completed—the virtual currency the Banshees had come up with.
Naturally, this resulted in a decline in organization, but it was not wartime, and he had no particularly urgent production tasks. What did he need such a high degree of organization for?
Besides, with Mind Link, organizing the Banshees was extremely convenient. Letting them freely choose the work they enjoyed actually made them more efficient.
Take Nini, for example. Whenever she researched spells, she would lose track of day and night. She often sent Theus a Mind Link in the middle of the night to tell him about her latest discovery.
Theus called out a few times through Mind Link. Una responded, saying she would be over shortly.
That was somewhat beyond Theus's expectations.
"Una handles construction? I thought Ash was in charge."
"Ash? She's only interested in fighting. She has no enthusiasm for research or construction... Oh, right. She's studying