Maurice's expression turned somewhat helpless at those words. "I didn't come here to be your steward."
"I was just asking about the situation..." Benjamin gave a dry laugh and said casually, "Wallis has to remain behind at the Academy. Among all the mages who came from the Academy, you're the one best able to keep things in order. Is it too much to ask you one question?"
Maurice shook his head helplessly.
After receiving the summons, a large number of Academy mages had used the Ghost Abyss to reach the Hori Kingdom and join this army. Maurice had come as the leader of the group. Moreover, in order to provide magical item support, he had brought nearly half of the Magic Item Department with him. They had begun production alongside the army on the very day they arrived.
At present, every mage in the army had at least been equipped with a bracelet that enhanced mental power, as well as an automatically activated lifesaving necklace—this might still have been less extravagant than The Church's resources, but it had already brought them an enormous boost.
Of course, with this and that to manage, Maurice was somewhat overwhelmed as the person in charge of the group.
"As for the Manifesto... fifty thousand copies have already been sent across the country. It should foster another large batch of local mages. Reports have come in from every Black Nightmare Society outpost—many new mages are beginning to join." After giving his report, he complained, "Next time, ask your intelligence chief about this sort of thing. I'm only responsible for magical items."
"...All right."
Benjamin could only nod.
Still, the fact that the Manifesto of Free Magic had found a second spring in the Hori Kingdom was good news for them as well.
This was what