In the end, Amisia, Unagi and her helpers were standing next to the finished tower.
"A true masterpiece, Unagi!" Amisia complimented.
"Well, I must say, I am rather proud of it," Unagi smiled.
"And that you can be. Later generations will talk of this tower. Just look at those pillars and archways, the windows and the dome at its top... It's perfect!"
"Now Viluysia will think twice before building another tower," Misako grinned. Her friends nodded.
Suddenly, a deep rumbling made them gasp in surprise.
"Wh-what is that?" Makrotos wondered. "Did that rumbling come from beneath us?"
"Don't say it's an earthquake!" Reil said nervously.
Unagi looked around the ground searchingly, and then more vibrations made the ground beneath us shake. "Well, it feels like it," she said. "Although that man who sold me the land assured me it would be absolutely stable and sustainable."
"Oh no..." Amisia groaned. "Don't tell me that man was a follower of Viluysia..."
The rumbling increased, and several pieces of rubble came raining down the tower.
"WATCH OUT!" Reil shouted and pulled Amisia to safety. "The tower... it's tilting!"
Unagi giggled. "Wow! A leaning tower... this is gonna make me famous!"
"Might be," Makotros gulped. "But this one is gonna fall COMPLETELY!"
And as the pony-tailed girl said, the whole tower tilted more and more, until it came tumbling down to the earth, crashing down in a massive pile of rubble.
When it was safe, Amisia and her followers took a look at the collapsed building.
"Well, one thing is for sure," Misako said. "This tower won't impress anyone."
Amisias brow was twitching in irritation as she slowly turned around to face the architect, who got very nervous all of a sudden.
"Unagi... do you suppose a crashed tower may have chances of becoming famous?"
"Um... I dunno," Unagi answered.
"Well, I know one thing," the blue-haired noblewoman said. "You won't ever build anything for me, got it?!"
Angrily, she stormed off. Misako, Makrotos and Reil winced. They never knew Amisia could get cranky like that.
"Uh... was it something I said?" Unagi asked.
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In irritation, Amisia paced along the streets of Halicarnassus.
"I don't believe it," she grumbled. "That Unagi! I should have known it. What am I supposed to do now? The people will laugh at me for sure. And I don't want to know what Viluysia will say after she finds out..."
She sighed and shook her head. "Well, I just have to find a better architect. He will build me a better tower, and then we can put all of this to an end."
"Hopefully," a raspy voice said. "With all the towers they are building, you won't be able to see the sun in a matter of time."
Amisia turned around and saw an old beggar woman that came towards her on shaky legs, leaning on a knobby cane.
"Well, there is some truth in your words..." Amisia admitted.
"And they are so uninspired," the old woman continued to prattle. It seemed to Amisia that she didn't quite recognize who she was. "One tower looks identical to the other. If they would at least hire a qualified architect..."
While Amisia agreed with the woman's words, she couldn't help but wonder if she really wanted to tell her something, or if she merely liked to prattle.
"Well, um..." she said.
"Just yesterday the great architect Mamorum Mausolos came into town," the woman said. "Everyone heard about it, so why don't they just hire him?"
'Wait a minute...' Amisia thought. 'I already heard of that man. He is supposed to be a true expert in his field.'
"I must go see him before Viluysia does," she muttered to herself. She gave the old lady a quick nod. "Thank you, you really helped me out here. Excuse me, I have to go." And she ran back to her palace.
"Hey, you can't just leave me standing," the beggar woman shouted. "My, how rude!"
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