Four days later.
After extensive testing confirmed that the paper mill's equipment was running with virtually no problems, Rhode had the Goblins build a few more workshops to run several production lines at once.
As long as they were paid enough, the Goblins were quite hardworking. They had no complaints even about working overtime.
Naturally, Rhode also supplied the smart magical facilities for the workshops. It only took a few runes.
Once everything here had been arranged, Rhode set off west with Lilia.
Sally was now the chief administrator of the school district, so she had to stay behind to handle its affairs.
Kienlo, meanwhile, was still busy studying her bird-form Druid transformation.
Just as she had said, she could never learn a new Druid form as quickly as Rhode did.
Two months had already passed, and she still couldn't turn into a bird-person.
Lilia had been in low spirits ever since their trip to the Hinterlands, and there was still no news of her older brother Galinder. Bringing her along would give her a chance to unwind.
To "do as the locals did," though mostly to cheer Lilia up, Rhode dressed both himself and Lilia as Gilneans.
Black top hats, white shirts, black suit trousers, and tall black leather boots.
Even Lilia wore this male attire.
Of course, her long, pointed ears looked rather out of place, so Rhode used Glamour for the first time in ages to make Lilia look like a human child.
Sure enough, Lilia found the whole experience wonderfully novel and bounced around Rhode.
"I'm a little boy, a little boy in a top hat..."
"And a very handsome little boy," Rhode said with a smile.
When Lilia was happy, Rhode was happy.
Then Rhode took Lilia aboard the Gilnean-style two-wheeled carriage he had bought