Babylon's Embassy in Elbaf-
The building, modeled primarily on a Birkan church, was tastefully furnished and decorated with elements of Shandian and Angel Island culture.
After all, the architectural styles of the latter two were not particularly suited to an embassy.
Over the past two years, the embassy had also acquired furniture from the Blue Sea and decorations from Fish-Man Island.
The embassy in Elbaf was more unusual, however, with specially built oversized rooms and a plaza to accommodate the Giants' height.
Dusk was approaching, and the bustle of people arranging rooms inside the embassy had quieted somewhat. Most of the work was already finished.
Somewhere in a corridor...
"Move that axe five centimeters to the left."
A priest was directing two attendants as they put up decorations. Servo Angels and Mechanical Servants had long since taken over almost all of Babylon's traditional attendant duties.
Human attendants were still useful only for certain delicate tasks.
Babylon provided ample basic necessities. Put simply, there was all the bread you could eat, but you had to earn your own cake money.
As a result, some ordinary people with little talent for either combat or scholarship applied to become attendants and earn a salary.
The pay at overseas embassies was indeed tempting, and the workload was not particularly heavy. Robots handled the truly strenuous labor.
"Thanks for all your hard work~!"
Three nuns passed by and greeted them.
They noticed that the attendants had mounted a round, leather-covered, riveted shield on the wall at the corridor's T-junction.
The men were now arranging a one-handed axe and a short-handled hammer in a cross behind the shield. It looked very Elbaf.
Apparently, Babylon's embassies would be adding yet another cultural element to their decor.
"Oh, sisters. Thank you for your concern."
The priest ostentatiously hefted