<h4>Chapter 969 969 Home For A Rest</h4>


    By mid-afternoon, all the Nobles had sold out what they were willing to sell, and their excitement level was increasing for the next time that they coulde here. A few days wasn''t enough lead time to hire good employees, and they had limited amounts of trade goods with them, while also sharing stalls with friendly merchants.


    That often worked out in their favour, as the customers would stop to look at more familiar items they desired, and then notice the foreign trade goods, but being able to set up a whole shy shop with their own employees would be a much better option for many of the Nobles.


    That would naturally mean booking in advance, but with the portal open between the worlds, King Petros couldmunicate with Wolfe and the Representatives across the vast distance, though it would take Wolfe or someone from this world to open a secondary portal into their world so they could visit without ending up in the trial time loop.


    Petros could also make a portal straight to Forest Grove if he wanted, as long as there was no ill intention behind it, but it would require much more mana usage than having the portal opened from this side, where there was no resistance.


    It was tempting for King Petros to try to get something simr set up on his end, to prevent invasions from the Demons, but other than one memorable incident on one world where a city was overrun with undead after a spell from the Demon Realms crossed between worlds, that hadn''t really been an issue.


    So, the King came looking for Wolfe once the others chased him out of bed, ready to bring this bunch of rowdy Nobles back home to get their affairs in order with an arrangement to return in a month.


    "Saint Noxus, it has been a pleasure forming a new treaty with your people. I know that you are limited in space, but we would like to reserve a number of booths for next festival, along with rooms for the vendors in the city." Petros announced when he was led into the living room of Wolfe''s suite.


    "Of course. We have a number of stalls that are open for reservations instead of firste, first served. How many would you like? I''m thinking ten, with six of them spread through the festival and four together to create a small shopping district for simr items?" Wolfe offered.


    "That would be wonderful. The craftsmen would appreciate the effort, and if you could arrange a hiring fair for workers who would like to try their hand as healers in our world, I would like to take in quite a few of them as Royal Employees. There will be some artisans from our world who would like to move here as well, now that they''re getting an idea of what they can expect.


    But on a rted note, are we going to be able to obtain one of those small airnes as a demonstration unit before we go? I would like to try it out." King Petros asked.


    Wolfe smiled. "How about I take you and a few of the Artificers out for a flight? I can show you how the controls work, and I can send you back a few of them as samples, or to give out as Royal Gifts."


    Petros called out a few names, bringing younger Nobles running over.


    "Your Majesty, how can we assist you?" The trio asked.


    "You''reing with us on a flight. We''re going to test out the small airnes that Saint Noxus makes, as I wish to purchase some of them to get around the continent. Not personally, of course, but it''s a hassle for staff to keep taking carriages on week - long trips just because there is nobody to cast a portal."


    The Artificers chuckled. The Portal Devices were not only hard to power, they were notoriously expensive to maintain, as the crystals tended to crack under the strain. Other than the army, it was extremely umon for anyone to use the technology unless it was an emergency, or they were showing off.


    For the sort of staff that sent parcels, or lower Nobles visiting someone, carriages were still the standard.


    "I will fly us all over to where the closest one is parked. Who would like to take the copilot seat? There is some learning to be done in order to operate the controls, you see. So, someone will need to know before I ship them out.


    Unless there are Pilots willing to transfer, but they''ve got pretty rxed and well - paying jobs here."


    Petros chuckled. Of course, they did. They were specialists in a niche field. But if it wasn''t too hard to learn, he would have these three Artificers learn the method of flying the machine, and then teach others after they had more practice.


    Wolfe grabbed them on a tform of Gravity Magic, and led them to the western river exit, where the twins and their trolls were on guard duty to wee visitors from Myrrh Coven for the festival. There was one more person there, a young fox girl who was operating the river boat, and they were happily ying cards when Wolfended in front of the hut.


    "Ladies, it''s good to see you again. I have brought a few people to test out the float nes. We were going to start with the twin engine version, as it''s the faster of the two." Wolfe exined.


    "There are other options?" One of the artificers asked.


    "Yes, there is a small single engine version, intended for four to five people and their baggage, or two plus cargo. It''s much slower, though I suppose that most in your world wouldn''tin about flying at a hundred kilometres an hour."


    The artificersughed. A whole afternoon''s travel in an hour? No, they would notin at all.


    The two were parked side by side, just out of the water along the tree line. The three artificers rushed over to see what they were made of, how they were constructed, and anything that they could learn about the nes themselves. Unfortunately for them, they knew nothing of aerodynamics, so it was mostly a mystery, and they also couldn''t see the inscriptions, so they had no idea how any of it functioned, other than that it should haverge amounts of mana crystal in the wings, as they could sense the stored magic.