"Huh, marriage, huh? Ars, you're getting married before me."
"Looks like that's what happened, brother Bite"
"I'm kidding. Besides, noble ladies and how much of a winner you are."
"No, brother Bite used to say he wanted to be a hero to help the princess."
"Well, it's a man's dream. Oh, come on."
"Maybe Lilina and the maid are coming to Barca, so maybe we'll find someone nice."
"Are you nuts? I'm going to marry a more handy and beautiful woman. Watch, Ars."
After our New Year's celebration in the city of Fontana and back in Vulcania, I told my family my marriage story.
When I hear that, my part-time brother is pumped and angry.
But the rest of my family accepted this marriage story for the sake of forgiveness.
Or it seems to me that marrying a woman from a peasant origin is still a major skill.
They were all so happy that I was just a kid.
"But I knew you didn't even feel like you were getting married or anything. What a breeze, Ars."
"Hmm? Lilina seemed like a good girl. Besides, I thought the benefits of marriage seemed great."
"Benefits? Is there something?
"Oh. We've been talking about building a castle in Gran and this Vulcania for a long time. But I couldn't decide what kind of castle to make it. That's what's going to move on."
"Why is marriage related to castle building? I built a castle by the river before, and you just have to make it whatever you want?
"The next time I'm going to build a castle in Vulcania, he said I'm going to give it extravaganza to show authority. However, when it comes to building a castle that is too luxurious, I am concerned about the Fontana family."
"Is that what goes on with this story"
"That's right. Welcome Lilina to her daughter-in-law, who has a blood connection to the owner of the Fontana family. You can't put me up in a shabby house like my parents'. Prepare the best residence using the power Barca can have to welcome Lilina. If that's why you're building a little extravagant castle, you're not complaining."
"I see. You're a pain in the ass, your relationship with nobility."
"Ma, that's it too. From now on, you can do whatever you want."
Thus, I decided to work on building a castle in Balkania, which I had been abandoning for a while.
"Do, Lord Ars. Are you thinking about what kind of castle to build?
"Oh, I've been thinking about it. So, after all, the castle we're building here wants to symbolize a land called Barca"
"Is it a symbolic castle? Fine, but what exactly are you thinking?"
"The theme of the castle to be built next time is glass. I want to make it a castle utilizing glass."
"Is it glass?
"Oh, yeah. You know we've had demand for glass since we built the castle town. Window glass was actually used in a building in the city, and a merchant from the outside who saw it was surprised. It's the first building I've seen on any other land."
"Surely there are no windows in other land buildings."
"So if you can use the glass effectively, it will be a castle you will never have seen on any other land. I thought it would be impactful and authoritative."
"Hmmm. I know what you're trying to say...... Even when it comes to glass, it will only be enough to be used for windows. Even if the castle was full of windows, I don't think it would have that much impact."
"Pfft. Don't just use windows. It's stained glass for the castle this time."
Things I've been thinking about ever since Gran first told me about building a castle for authority.
It was about how to give authority to the building itself.
The easiest thing would be to get the height out.
Basically a tall building is not normally necessary, and daring to build it also leads to an indication of power.
But that's why I didn't feel like building too expensive.
For some reason, we're short on manpower.
I originally lived in a small group called Village, and this is how I was able to make the land I pioneered into the city.
But it was basically me and my brother Kyle in my house, and then someone I knew helped me with the chores.
This is only because my parents are my father and my successor is my eldest brother Hector.
It means I left my parents' house and built a new one.
This means that building too tall and large can be a hassle to manage.
It's easy to clean thanks to the magic of life called [washing], but it's still hard.
So instead of simply showing authority on the scale of the structure, I was wondering if there was any other way.
And what I got from there was the use of light.
I've heard stories like this in my previous life's memory.
God and Buddha are usually the ones that have a backlight on their appearance.
Sometimes when the light is shining from behind a person, even that person may be regarded as sacred.
By using this to dare shine light from behind, it can also lead to the image of the person.
A visitor to Vulcania meets me between me and the sight of the new castle.
At that time, there were a lot of big windows made of stained glass behind me, and what if the light was slipping in there and sparkling?
Perhaps someone who has never seen anything like that would superimpose that clean impression of light on me.
It would be perfect for authority.
So I decided to build a building with stained glass along with Gran.