Chapter 211: The Number of Immigration Applicants Increased Due to Word of Mouth from Tourists

Today, I am walking through New Wrexham with all the Apostles and Sophie.

Unlike letters, we can easily adjust our schedules over the phone, and since distance isn’t a problem if we use Teleportation Magic, the opportunities for the Apostles to gather have increased compared to before.

However, Flora is here incognito, and Letty is a celebrity. It seems I have also become known to many people by now.

Therefore, to hide our identities, we are wearing hats pulled down low over our eyes and fake glasses. Since we received advice from Oliver, a master of disguise, we won’t be found out so easily.

Going to the shop, I picked up a postcard that I heard had become a hot topic. A glass-walled cafe, a workshop branch that looks like a milk can, and a 10-story high-rise hotel.

The scenery of the town is beautifully painted in watercolors on the postcard.

“Oliver, is this postcard selling well?”

“Yes, it has become incredibly popular as a souvenir.”

“It’s nice that the various buildings we newly experimented with are being well-received, Master.”

“That’s right.”

Next, when we went to the cafe, a long line had formed.

“As expected, the cafe seems popular.”

“It’s an existence that could be called the face of this town, after all.”

After that, we headed to the recently built hotel.

Many people were looking up at the 10-story hotel from the outside, and sure enough, a long line of people had formed.

I heard that people wanting to stay at least once flooded in, and reservations are fully booked far into the future.

Then, what is this line for…?

“There are many people who can’t get a reservation, so it’s a good thing you built that.”

“To think such a line would form just for that.”

The “that” Flora and Letty are referring to is the observation deck on the top floor that I built for the people who couldn’t stay the night.

It has become a popular spot for tourists, and it seems many people are swarming to it day after day.

At the end of the line, a Wood Golem is holding a sign that says, “This is the end of the line.”

“My, what a cute Golem.”

“To think it moves as the line extends; it’s quite smart, isn’t it.”

“Among the girls in the Royal Capital, postcards of Wood Golems taking care of cows at the farm are actually becoming quite popular.”

“That’s happy news, Flora.”

By showing them to tourists in this town, we are also aiming to have people understand that Golems are not scary entities, but rather things that help people.

It seems to be going well.

As we approached the carriage terminal, we could hear the voices of tourists.

“I was surprised by that carriage. To think the inside was so spacious, contrary to its appearance.”

“I heard the cafe was also expanded using Spatial Magic.”

As expected, it seems many tourists are surprised by the carriage and cafe whose interiors were expanded with Spatial Magic.

“I was worried it might be overdoing it, but the spatial expansion certainly had an impact.”

“Fufu, I guess Letty finally understands.”

“But I think it was the right answer to keep the inside of the carriage as a single room.”

“That’s right. Since they were that surprised, it might have caused a huge uproar if there was another room that couldn’t be seen from the outside.”

Through word of mouth from tourists, New Wrexham became known throughout the Fahlen Kingdom as an advanced town built with a new concept.

In addition to unusual buildings like the high-rise hotel, cafe, and workshop, it also became known that a sewer system was in place, along with stories of the flush toilets they experienced at the cafe.

By the way, I requested the cafe staff to tell people that flush toilets and sewer systems are also installed in normal houses.

Interest also gathered around the town planning, which featured spacious roads not only on the main street but also in the residential areas, as well as wide gaps between neighboring houses.

Therefore, I decided to build show homes near the edge of the residential area.

Wanting something novel, I tried building not only a detached house but also a show home for an apartment building.

For the apartment building, since using reinforced concrete felt like overdoing it, I plan to make it a 5-story stone building like those seen in Paris in my original world.

Since there were no such things as show homes in this world yet, it became a hot topic once completed, and many tourists came to see them.

When the tourists who toured the show homes returned to their hometowns, it seems they shared stories as souvenirs about how New Wrexham is a town where one could live comfortably.

The impression that the southern undeveloped lands were dangerous and inconvenient had always clung to it.

However, as a result of its reputation spreading through word of mouth from tourists like this, that image finally changed.

As a result, the number of applicants wishing to immigrate to New Wrexham increased.

I am very happy because we had been troubled by the lack of immigrants and labor shortages for a long time.

The application window for immigration applicants was initially at the workshop in Northernford, but the application documents gradually increased, and the workshop staff could no longer handle them all.

It’s a good problem to have, but I have to do something about it.

When I consulted my father, it was decided that the Fairchild family would handle the intake.

The domestic affairs officials led by the house steward, Smith, have high administrative processing capabilities.

Lately, it seems they have been hiring and training individuals with the Commerce Skill.

Thanks to that, the immigration application procedures began to progress smoothly.