Well, the real problem… if only I could engrave the blueprint into a little dragon stone, I could have Grice-san learn it as part of the contract. 」
「Ehh?! 」
「You can do something like that? 」
「I’ll teach you the trick. Can you lend me some small dragon stone for practice? 」
「Eh, fine. Is my brother fine? Can you convince me? Please~. 」
「……… . F-fine. I’m also a dragon stone craftsman. I will learn it. 」
Ah, decision.
The effect inscribed using a brush can be erased many times as you practice.
It’s still a draft.
First of all, let’s get him to practice with that today.
And the refrigerator still needs a month to be complete.
My decision to sell the dryer’s blueprint to Regulus depends on whether Grice-san can draw the blueprint or not.
This way, the refrigerator blueprint will be sold off for a while.
If they can’t draw the dryer’s blueprint on a small dragon stone, it will be impossible to draw the refrigerator’s blueprint on a medium-sized stone.
Haa~ this has become annoying~.
「Ah, that’s right, Kurou-san. Can you make a stone furnace? 」
「Ha? What? Stone furnace? You want to make what?! One brick is ten copper coins. 」
Do you usually tell them the price like that?
…Uh, it depends on the size of the stone furnace, but it takes quite a long time to make.
Damn it for taking advantage.
「Why do you want to make a stone furnace, anyway? I’m interested~ 」
These guys can smell the gold already.
No, maybe it’s not the money.
「For baking bread! 」
Oops, did Lana-san voice normally like that?
And why your expression so ugly?
Bread is usually sold at the bakery.
「Haa, bread? Why. They have breadfruit already over there. 」
「It’s different! I want bread from baked wheat! 」
「「「Huh? Bread from wheat? 」」」
Everyone here exclaimed in the same voice and expression.
What did I say when I first heard it, I thought… if Lana wants to do it, I will let her do it?
The truth is I don’t know how to make it.
「Since it’s the first time I’ve made it, and I don’t know if it will work! I’ve been reading… book… so I’m going to use my knowledge of it! 」
I heard her saying 『manga』 in a small voice, what is that?
Lana sometimes uses words that I don’t know.
I wonder if the Duke house has special education?
「Ah… so, you want a stone furnace? And the wheat bread? Do I even want to know why? 」
「No, on the contrary, what did you guys make from wheat? I don’t know because I don’t really understand common things. 」
「Hm, right~. Sometimes wheat is used to make pasta or sweets. 」
「…the bias of the author’s knowledge is dangerous…」
「Eh? What? 」
「Ah, no, it’s nothing. 」
「? 」
Lana is holding her head.
…Author?
「Anyway, I want to try it! 」
「Why don’t you make the stone furnace using the money that you will receive from the dryer’s blueprint? 」
「Eh? Can we do that? I… but it’s Franc’s money… 」
「I want to eat it too. 」
Were you planning to pay me back?
You don’t have to do that.
「Besides, we are going to get some money. I don’t mind. 」
「Th-thank you!! 」
Her smile is enough for me.
「Well, if that’s the case… hey! How much is it? 」
「The arrangement is 50 silver coins. I’ll take it out, it’s a waste, but you should have a stone furnace worth five silver coins. If that’s not enough, we can figure it out. You have to manage your money properly. 」
「Yeah, thank you, Regulus-san. 」
I’m sure I don’t need such a tall stone furnace.
It was decided that the stone furnace should be made next to our temporary lodging.
The temporary lodging itself was near the stable.
Lucy looks happy, but I’m worried about the smell.
「Hey, you two. Let’s talk about the blueprint. 」
「The refrigerator isn’t available yet. You have to wait for a month… 」
「I know, yo~. Can’t you sell the dryer’s blueprint, too? I’d like to have my acquaintance dragon stone craftsman make it~. When my older brother learns the refrigerator’s blueprint, can he learn about the dryer, too? 」
「Eh?!」
I know that Grice-san is getting swayed.
「The dryer is 30 gold coins and 10% sales! 」
「Uhh, what if it didn’t sell well? 」
「It will. Or rather, you will sell it. Because I want you to sell it. 」
What is this…
Is that your reason?!
「Actually, I was shocked when Lady Drutonil used it… 」
Aah, that prototype.
…What?
But, ordering for Lady Drutonil… did you just said aunt?
No way?
「Oh, you noticed? I think she was thinking about doing business with a dryer. I’m going to sell it to her and the surrounding nobles♪」
Eeeeeh~.
Seriously, this guy is going to be troublesome.
It seems that this guy and my aunt are working together; they didn’t seem won’t sell well.
Oh, and Lana.
……Eh, women are amazing?
「…fufufu, I have a good idea about how to use a dryer. For one silver coin, isn’t it cheap? 」
「Oh? Are you charging for information? If it isn’t worth my money, can I get a refund~? 」
「Of course, I will make sure it worth the money. Actually, the dryer… 」
「Oh! What is this?! Can it be used like that? Really? That’s incredible… 」
「Fufufu, then you can try it out yourself. Don’t forget to pay after you tried it, okay? 」
「Mumuu… this is good. If that’s true, the way the dryer sells will change! 」
…For some reason, it sounds exciting.
「Un, Franc, where is the blueprint? 」
「Ah, shall we stay inside the house until they’re done building the temporary lodging? 」
「Uh-huh. Let’s go. 」
The way he talks is hard to understand.
The face expression is grim.
He was a boy who could do things no one know how to do, and I guess if you’re a craftsman, you would feel kind of angry too.
That’s what they said.
「………」
「Kurou-san? 」
「O-oh, you guys! Let’s make the temporary lodging! 」
「Ha-hai! 」
What is it?
I was thinking of something while looking at the refrigerator…
As I watched, Kurou-san shouted, 「I’ll make the stone furnace! 」 and went back to work.
Hmm?
In the evening.
I feel pretty drowsy, Grice-san’s amazing tenacity picked up the bed I use for a nap in the temporary lodging.
The problem is… space is smaller here! That’s it!
「Uh.」
The beds are lined up.
No, it’s not even a bed but a simple mattress!
…Let’s move the chair and the table in between the beds.
I’m sure Lana would be safer.
「How is temporary accommodation? 」
「It’s nice but small. 」
「Wow… it’s really narrowed. 」
「It’s fine, it’s only temporary. 」
If you say another word, I might not know how to reply.
「Ohoho~ that’s okay, things are negotiable~ 」
「What is it? 」
「Um, ano… the refrigerator, can you make it at home? 」
「「………」」
Is it because of Ossan?
Scary macho Ossan?
My fingers clenched.
……Haa?
「Lana. 」
「The refrigerator is not on sale yet… 」
「I know! I understand that! But, if possible, I want it as fast as possible! 」
「I don’t have any medium-sized dragon stone. 」
「Let’s buy it! 」
「Why?」
「………」
Why are you looking away and blushing?
No, depending on the reason why you need it if you are saying you want one soon, why?
I exchanged glances with Lana.
Kurou-san is squirming and looking uncomfortable.
As if she finally decided, she lifts up her face.
「Pudding! I thought it would taste good if I chilled it before eating—! 」
He—!
Yeah—!
Yeah—!
「………」
…If we were on the mountain, there’d be an echo.
「…Right? 」
「Right?! Oh my! Chilled pudding after work is the pleasure of life! 」
That was unexpected.
Not alcohol but pudding!
It’s a hard match, not meat and sake but pudding?!
No, I don’t have a problem with people’s preferences.
「The pudding chilled in the basement is delicious… but, if it’s chilled with refrigerator… I thought it would be even more delicious… 」
「…What if I make a small box right now? 」
「Ha? A box? 」
「I’ll make a small size using small-sized dragon stone. Kurou-san, please make a small box in twenty minutes. 」
「Haa???? 」
The engraving effect is even simpler than the one on a medium-sized stone for practice.
Since the effect range is more confined, the circuit portion can be sharply reduced.
Something like this, I’ll finish it in twenty minutes.
「You’re lying… 」
Grice-san muttered.
However, I’m not doing anything special.
Match the item size with a medium-sized engraved dragon stone effect and cut it down.
「It will look like this. 」
「Already?! 」
Well, I only need to reduce it from the assembled one, Grice-san looks surprised.
「Is this what you want? 」
「This is fine, Kurou-san. 」
The box is about 40 x 30 cm in length.
I can do it with this size.
「Are you going to cut it again with a knife?! 」
「Eh? Of course, the foundation is made of human blood. Kurou-san will have to fix the floor and ceiling tomorrow, and we use blood because it’s the most familiar. 」
「Oh. 」
If I cut on my dominant hand’s fingertip, I won’t be able to work so I cut my other hand.
My right hand is my dominant one, so I cut my left ring finger.
I cut my little finger sometime ago.
And I’m bleeding a lot.
「Uwaaa… it looks hurt~… 」
「Lana isn’t the one getting cut. You can close your eyes if you don’t want to see it. 」
「Why it has to use blood… 」
「It’s an offering to the guardian dragon. 」
「!」
The average person probably didn’t know.
It’s not until I learn how to make a dragon stone core, I know that the base for the metal fixtures was the blood of the man who made the dragon stone core.
I put the small dragon stone core on the box that Kurou-san made.
Pressing the knife on my fingertip and drop the blood on the dragon’s core.
Well.
If it hurts, it hurts.
The blood dripped quickly, when the engraved core in effect the box permeates with a light beam, the blood supporting it.
「For now, let’s take a look at what’s going on for a month. If it is malfunctioning or the effect is bad, you must fix it. 」
「A-ahhh… thank you. This size would be good for my mother. 」
……for the kitchen?
I don’t even know if it was suitable for us or not.
The worker is somehow nodding with a serious look on their face, but why Kurou-san is so scared of her?
「How much is it? 」
「A—, I never thought about it. Lana, what should I do? 」
「10 gold! 」
「「H—hey?! 」」
「It’s cheap! It’s even discounted for a prototype product! 」
Is that so?!
「No, but… 」
「You saw Eufranc’s skill, right? Does Kurou-san mind about the technical fee? 」
「No! 」
「Also, it’s a new technology that hasn’t spread yet. It’s a dragon stone tool! If you are going to advertise or use it yourself, you still get the added value! 」
「Uhhh. 」
Wow… Lana, please go easy on me…!
But I think it’s too expensive!
That’s higher than a house… ah.
「…10 gold coins…. …Kurou-san, if I’m not mistaken you said that I need 5 gold coins if I were going to renovate the house, didn’t you? 」
「Um? Yeah. 」
「Would you mind renovating the house? And… 」
I pointed at the plot of land where the grass grows.
This place’s maintenance.
It costs about 30 silver coins.
And the cowshed and the chicken shed.
It costs about 1 gold coin.
「How about that? 」
「Hm… 3 gold coins and 70 silver coins… 」
「And the stone furnace? Please make it better. 」
「…Okay, I understand. If there’s anything you want to fix… and I’m the one paying it… damn. 」
「Well, that’s your own doing… 」
「But it’s a little too expensive! 」
「It’s fair price. …in fact, it’s really cheap! 」
…Is that what it is?
For me, that was too expensive.
「Look at Eufranc-chan confused expression. 」
「Umm… why are you building the house? 」
「Because it worth that much, yo. You invented something that can’t be reproduced by another craftsman, whether it’s medium or small. In other words, if you keep doing this you’d be settled for life. 」
「………」
From behind, I can hear Grice-san groaned.
He looked vexed.
…The dryer’s blueprint was designed to be engraved very well.
The refrigerator will be finished soon—.
「I wonder, is 『Arsegios』 full of talented people like him?」
「N-no. …When Lana said 『Make storage box that can chilled food』 I was just trying to make it happen in reality… 」
「I’ll give him the idea. And it will be the same …Franc is a genius, and he can make anything I want. 」
Yeah.
I’ll make anything that Lana wants.
「…and I will sell it at a reasonable price! And give the money back to Franc! 」
「………」
Yeah.
I don’t understand her train of thoughts…!
I want to make something that Lana wants.
Why are you so proactive selling it?!
「I’ll show you how amazing Franc is! I’ll prove it to you that his name is going to be well-known in 『Arsegios』! Oh—hohohohohoho! 」
「That’s going to be a lot of trouble. 」
「…Fufufu…. ufufufufu! You guys are a good spouse! 」
「「Uh! 」」
I forgot.
Come to think of it, what’s going on…!
Well, the real problem… if only I could engrave the blueprint into a little dragon stone, I could have Grice-san learn it as part of the contract. 」
「Ehh?! 」
「You can do something like that? 」
「I’ll teach you the trick. Can you lend me some small dragon stone for practice? 」
「Eh, fine. Is my brother fine? Can you convince me? Please~. 」
「……… . F-fine. I’m also a dragon stone craftsman. I will learn it. 」
Ah, decision.
The effect inscribed using a brush can be erased many times as you practice.
It’s still a draft.
First of all, let’s get him to practice with that today.
And the refrigerator still needs a month to be complete.
My decision to sell the dryer’s blueprint to Regulus depends on whether Grice-san can draw the blueprint or not.
This way, the refrigerator blueprint will be sold off for a while.
If they can’t draw the dryer’s blueprint on a small dragon stone, it will be impossible to draw the refrigerator’s blueprint on a medium-sized stone.
Haa~ this has become annoying~.
「Ah, that’s right, Kurou-san. Can you make a stone furnace? 」
「Ha? What? Stone furnace? You want to make what?! One brick is ten copper coins. 」
Do you usually tell them the price like that?
…Uh, it depends on the size of the stone furnace, but it takes quite a long time to make.
Damn it for taking advantage.
「Why do you want to make a stone furnace, anyway? I’m interested~ 」
These guys can smell the gold already.
No, maybe it’s not the money.
「For baking bread! 」
Oops, did Lana-san voice normally like that?
And why your expression so ugly?
Bread is usually sold at the bakery.
「Haa, bread? Why. They have breadfruit already over there. 」
「It’s different! I want bread from baked wheat! 」
「「「Huh? Bread from wheat? 」」」
Everyone here exclaimed in the same voice and expression.
What did I say when I first heard it, I thought… if Lana wants to do it, I will let her do it?
The truth is I don’t know how to make it.
「Since it’s the first time I’ve made it, and I don’t know if it will work! I’ve been reading… book… so I’m going to use my knowledge of it! 」
I heard her saying 『manga』 in a small voice, what is that?
Lana sometimes uses words that I don’t know.
I wonder if the Duke house has special education?
「Ah… so, you want a stone furnace? And the wheat bread? Do I even want to know why? 」
「No, on the contrary, what did you guys make from wheat? I don’t know because I don’t really understand common things. 」
「Hm, right~. Sometimes wheat is used to make pasta or sweets. 」
「…the bias of the author’s knowledge is dangerous…」
「Eh? What? 」
「Ah, no, it’s nothing. 」
「? 」
Lana is holding her head.
…Author?
「Anyway, I want to try it! 」
「Why don’t you make the stone furnace using the money that you will receive from the dryer’s blueprint? 」
「Eh? Can we do that? I… but it’s Franc’s money… 」
「I want to eat it too. 」
Were you planning to pay me back?
You don’t have to do that.
「Besides, we are going to get some money. I don’t mind. 」
「Th-thank you!! 」
Her smile is enough for me.
「Well, if that’s the case… hey! How much is it? 」
「The arrangement is 50 silver coins. I’ll take it out, it’s a waste, but you should have a stone furnace worth five silver coins. If that’s not enough, we can figure it out. You have to manage your money properly. 」
「Yeah, thank you, Regulus-san. 」
I’m sure I don’t need such a tall stone furnace.
It was decided that the stone furnace should be made next to our temporary lodging.
The temporary lodging itself was near the stable.
Lucy looks happy, but I’m worried about the smell.
「Hey, you two. Let’s talk about the blueprint. 」
「The refrigerator isn’t available yet. You have to wait for a month… 」
「I know, yo~. Can’t you sell the dryer’s blueprint, too? I’d like to have my acquaintance dragon stone craftsman make it~. When my older brother learns the refrigerator’s blueprint, can he learn about the dryer, too? 」
「Eh?!」
I know that Grice-san is getting swayed.
「The dryer is 30 gold coins and 10% sales! 」
「Uhh, what if it didn’t sell well? 」
「It will. Or rather, you will sell it. Because I want you to sell it. 」
What is this…
Is that your reason?!
「Actually, I was shocked when Lady Drutonil used it… 」
Aah, that prototype.
…What?
But, ordering for Lady Drutonil… did you just said aunt?
No way?
「Oh, you noticed? I think she was thinking about doing business with a dryer. I’m going to sell it to her and the surrounding nobles♪」
Eeeeeh~.
Seriously, this guy is going to be troublesome.
It seems that this guy and my aunt are working together; they didn’t seem won’t sell well.
Oh, and Lana.
……Eh, women are amazing?
「…fufufu, I have a good idea about how to use a dryer. For one silver coin, isn’t it cheap? 」
「Oh? Are you charging for information? If it isn’t worth my money, can I get a refund~? 」
「Of course, I will make sure it worth the money. Actually, the dryer… 」
「Oh! What is this?! Can it be used like that? Really? That’s incredible… 」
「Fufufu, then you can try it out yourself. Don’t forget to pay after you tried it, okay? 」
「Mumuu… this is good. If that’s true, the way the dryer sells will change! 」
…For some reason, it sounds exciting.
「Un, Franc, where is the blueprint? 」
「Ah, shall we stay inside the house until they’re done building the temporary lodging? 」
「Uh-huh. Let’s go. 」
The way he talks is hard to understand.
The face expression is grim.
He was a boy who could do things no one know how to do, and I guess if you’re a craftsman, you would feel kind of angry too.
That’s what they said.
「………」
「Kurou-san? 」
「O-oh, you guys! Let’s make the temporary lodging! 」
「Ha-hai! 」
What is it?
I was thinking of something while looking at the refrigerator…
As I watched, Kurou-san shouted, 「I’ll make the stone furnace! 」 and went back to work.
Hmm?
In the evening.
I feel pretty drowsy, Grice-san’s amazing tenacity picked up the bed I use for a nap in the temporary lodging.
The problem is… space is smaller here! That’s it!
「Uh.」
The beds are lined up.
No, it’s not even a bed but a simple mattress!
…Let’s move the chair and the table in between the beds.
I’m sure Lana would be safer.
「How is temporary accommodation? 」
「It’s nice but small. 」
「Wow… it’s really narrowed. 」
「It’s fine, it’s only temporary. 」
If you say another word, I might not know how to reply.
「Ohoho~ that’s okay, things are negotiable~ 」
「What is it? 」
「Um, ano… the refrigerator, can you make it at home? 」
「「………」」
Is it because of Ossan?
Scary macho Ossan?
My fingers clenched.
……Haa?
「Lana. 」
「The refrigerator is not on sale yet… 」
「I know! I understand that! But, if possible, I want it as fast as possible! 」
「I don’t have any medium-sized dragon stone. 」
「Let’s buy it! 」
「Why?」
「………」
Why are you looking away and blushing?
No, depending on the reason why you need it if you are saying you want one soon, why?
I exchanged glances with Lana.
Kurou-san is squirming and looking uncomfortable.
As if she finally decided, she lifts up her face.
「Pudding! I thought it would taste good if I chilled it before eating—! 」
He—!
Yeah—!
Yeah—!
「………」
…If we were on the mountain, there’d be an echo.
「…Right? 」
「Right?! Oh my! Chilled pudding after work is the pleasure of life! 」
That was unexpected.
Not alcohol but pudding!
It’s a hard match, not meat and sake but pudding?!
No, I don’t have a problem with people’s preferences.
「The pudding chilled in the basement is delicious… but, if it’s chilled with refrigerator… I thought it would be even more delicious… 」
「…What if I make a small box right now? 」
「Ha? A box? 」
「I’ll make a small size using small-sized dragon stone. Kurou-san, please make a small box in twenty minutes. 」
「Haa???? 」
The engraving effect is even simpler than the one on a medium-sized stone for practice.
Since the effect range is more confined, the circuit portion can be sharply reduced.
Something like this, I’ll finish it in twenty minutes.
「You’re lying… 」
Grice-san muttered.
However, I’m not doing anything special.
Match the item size with a medium-sized engraved dragon stone effect and cut it down.
「It will look like this. 」
「Already?! 」
Well, I only need to reduce it from the assembled one, Grice-san looks surprised.
「Is this what you want? 」
「This is fine, Kurou-san. 」
The box is about 40 x 30 cm in length.
I can do it with this size.
「Are you going to cut it again with a knife?! 」
「Eh? Of course, the foundation is made of human blood. Kurou-san will have to fix the floor and ceiling tomorrow, and we use blood because it’s the most familiar. 」
「Oh. 」
If I cut on my dominant hand’s fingertip, I won’t be able to work so I cut my other hand.
My right hand is my dominant one, so I cut my left ring finger.
I cut my little finger sometime ago.
And I’m bleeding a lot.
「Uwaaa… it looks hurt~… 」
「Lana isn’t the one getting cut. You can close your eyes if you don’t want to see it. 」
「Why it has to use blood… 」
「It’s an offering to the guardian dragon. 」
「!」
The average person probably didn’t know.
It’s not until I learn how to make a dragon stone core, I know that the base for the metal fixtures was the blood of the man who made the dragon stone core.
I put the small dragon stone core on the box that Kurou-san made.
Pressing the knife on my fingertip and drop the blood on the dragon’s core.
Well.
If it hurts, it hurts.
The blood dripped quickly, when the engraved core in effect the box permeates with a light beam, the blood supporting it.
「For now, let’s take a look at what’s going on for a month. If it is malfunctioning or the effect is bad, you must fix it. 」
「A-ahhh… thank you. This size would be good for my mother. 」
……for the kitchen?
I don’t even know if it was suitable for us or not.
The worker is somehow nodding with a serious look on their face, but why Kurou-san is so scared of her?
「How much is it? 」
「A—, I never thought about it. Lana, what should I do? 」
「10 gold! 」
「「H—hey?! 」」
「It’s cheap! It’s even discounted for a prototype product! 」
Is that so?!
「No, but… 」
「You saw Eufranc’s skill, right? Does Kurou-san mind about the technical fee? 」
「No! 」
「Also, it’s a new technology that hasn’t spread yet. It’s a dragon stone tool! If you are going to advertise or use it yourself, you still get the added value! 」
「Uhhh. 」
Wow… Lana, please go easy on me…!
But I think it’s too expensive!
That’s higher than a house… ah.
「…10 gold coins…. …Kurou-san, if I’m not mistaken you said that I need 5 gold coins if I were going to renovate the house, didn’t you? 」
「Um? Yeah. 」
「Would you mind renovating the house? And… 」
I pointed at the plot of land where the grass grows.
This place’s maintenance.
It costs about 30 silver coins.
And the cowshed and the chicken shed.
It costs about 1 gold coin.
「How about that? 」
「Hm… 3 gold coins and 70 silver coins… 」
「And the stone furnace? Please make it better. 」
「…Okay, I understand. If there’s anything you want to fix… and I’m the one paying it… damn. 」
「Well, that’s your own doing… 」
「But it’s a little too expensive! 」
「It’s fair price. …in fact, it’s really cheap! 」
…Is that what it is?
For me, that was too expensive.
「Look at Eufranc-chan confused expression. 」
「Umm… why are you building the house? 」
「Because it worth that much, yo. You invented something that can’t be reproduced by another craftsman, whether it’s medium or small. In other words, if you keep doing this you’d be settled for life. 」
「………」
From behind, I can hear Grice-san groaned.
He looked vexed.
…The dryer’s blueprint was designed to be engraved very well.
The refrigerator will be finished soon—.
「I wonder, is 『Arsegios』 full of talented people like him?」
「N-no. …When Lana said 『Make storage box that can chilled food』 I was just trying to make it happen in reality… 」
「I’ll give him the idea. And it will be the same …Franc is a genius, and he can make anything I want. 」
Yeah.
I’ll make anything that Lana wants.
「…and I will sell it at a reasonable price! And give the money back to Franc! 」
「………」
Yeah.
I don’t understand her train of thoughts…!
I want to make something that Lana wants.
Why are you so proactive selling it?!
「I’ll show you how amazing Franc is! I’ll prove it to you that his name is going to be well-known in 『Arsegios』! Oh—hohohohohoho! 」
「That’s going to be a lot of trouble. 」
「…Fufufu…. ufufufufu! You guys are a good spouse! 」
「「Uh! 」」
I forgot.
Come to think of it, what’s going on…!
