Bard note:
One full volume translated. Whoooo, celebration time by reading a lot of others!
That said, which other novels are you guys currently reading? I’m currently reading things like ‘Uchimusume’ and ‘Magi’s grandson’.
Kind remind(er): Today is the last day for the poll on the second project, so if you want me to translate something and you haven’t let me known yet, tell me today.
Now let’s stop my derpy talk and move on to the chapter!
-Bard
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Syllogism
Author note:
It’s still a mofu one&h.e.l.lip;.I’m lying. I will return to a slightly serious tone. Instead, I realized that I haven’t described much about the town and seasons, and that explanation is mandatory now. There is not much influence on the story.
Also, thank you guys for the 1.6 million pageviews!!
And as of now I will be updating every day, but when the ranking falls below the 6th place I will switch to updating every other day. I have to make some standards, otherwise I won"t know how to lead this story on well.
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“Hmmmm&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;the salt stock is&h.e.l.lip;?” (Georg)
“Yes, if we keep restocking at the current pace, it will be depleted in about two months.” (Ferris)
Approximately three months after accepting new residents, when the season went beyond autumn to become winter, Georg received reports from Nina with Ferris in the office of a recently expanded mansion.
The situation of the city itself is very good. Originally the climate of this area is relatively warm throughout the year, there is no snowfall, and the crops are also not really needed to be stockpiled in large quant.i.ties before winter. In the summer it isn"t very hot here, because there is a lake nearby, and cool wind would blow from that place. I think the amount of rainfall is a little less than in j.a.pan.
However, when crossing the mountain range at the boundary with the Imperial territory which is located north of this vast forest, about 30 kilometers from the lake, the average temperature drops at once. This seems to be caused by the westerly wind blowing so that the cold current flows through the offsh.o.r.e facing the western side of the Imperial territory. From that border, there is a snowy country and a frozen sea further north.
“That report isn’t good.” (Georg)
“Well, fortunately, the production of many vegetables and fish, as well as a small number of animals’ meat and eggs has become abundant enough now &h.e.l.lip; but salt only &h.e.l.lip;” (Nina)
“Hmmm&h.e.l.lip;..” (Georg)
In this world, salt is said to be gathered mainly by drying or boiling seawater, and its value became a salary of a soldier a long time ago in many countries. At present, rock salt and the like are also produced in some countries, but both the production amount and the distribution fall several stages behind the sea salt.
And Garudina does not naturally face the sea, we can"t find it in the lake and there is no merchant who distributes salt.
“We could use a subst.i.tute for nutrition to some extent with animal meat and blood &h.e.l.lip; but that is difficult in this town” (Georg)
“Yes&h.e.l.lip;” (Nina)
Speaking of the meat currently held in this town, the people on holiday are going out for hunting, and we have gradually increased the production of livestock-harvested meat. And for hunters, Georg has made it so that no rogue beasts or powerful demons come near the town, but there are only small creatures like wild rabbits and wild birds on the other hand, so you cannot get meat in large quant.i.ties at once.
Anyway, salt is not available any more, which is a big problem.
“Maybe we can try checking if we can get rock salt near this town?” (Georg)
“Rock salt&h.e.l.lip;is it?” (Nina)
“Oh, it’s something like a sh.e.l.lfish or a fish’s fossil, sometimes found at the top of the mountain, which is because the sea was raised high in ancient times, well, well, it is similar to that. ” (Georg)
“Huh&h.e.l.lip;” (Nina)
She had no idea what that was because I have not taught Nina, “Geography studies”, as she was standing with a ‘?’ above her head.
“Well, if you can’t see it, you can only imagine. But, if there’s none of it, we will really have a problem&h.e.l.lip;.. for the time being, we will look at the mountains on the other side of the lake as well." (Georg)
This lake was originally made to be surrounded by a mountain, but the rocky part on the south side was completely cut out by Georg, so it does not have its face now. To the east and west there is also a mountain, and there’s a mountain with a top of about 800 m height on the north side. I did not investigate rock salt because I searched for ores and jewels in the geomorphic survey conducted by the previous earth magic, but if there is rock salt in there, it is quite a pleasant miscalculation.
Incidentally, the size of the lake is approximately 650 square kilometers in area, the outer periphery is approximately 230 kilometers, the width is about 23 kilometers in the east and west, the length in the opposite direction is 1.2 kilometers in the north and south, and the depth&h.e.l.lip;.. perhaps, it will be about 100 meters at its deepest. It is somewhat smaller than Lake Biwa.
“Well then, I will check it soon. I"ll do it right now, after this." (Georg)
“Eh!?” (Nina)
“Have a nice day.” (Georg)
When Georg said that, Nina was surprised and Ferris left immediately. The difference in these two reactions comes from the difference in time spent together. The office is on the second floor, but I watched the two fly away to their jobs by using wind magic.
As a result of Georg’s survey, a place where rock salt could be harvested was found. But it was not a mountain on the other side of the lake, but a lot of vacant s.p.a.ce in the woods north of of here, 3 to 12 kilometers away, with few red – brown trees there.
“So far away&h.e.l.lip;..” (Georg)
I came back to my room in my mansion, and sat down thinking. It would be a good idea to make a way there, it would be nice to build a city in the immediate vicinity, digging tunnels would be nice as well. But what about the number of workers? This town has finally settled down due to the acceptance of new residents, but education is not over yet, and there are no hands to devote to such a distance in the first place.
Also, the further away they move, the less I can protect the people in my safety zone. In other words, people living there will always be in danger. Such a thing can never be tolerated.
However, if we don’t use it, we can only get rock salt from the country of human beings. But, I should not be involved with humans any more now. Something like dealings with a great deal of salt would be quite conspicious for a last sub-recruitment and after all we haven’t explored all our options yet.
“Is it unavoidable&h.e.l.lip;..or&h.e.l.lip;..” (Georg)
I have set the final goal for the city to develop even without myself, and where I almost no longer wield the power. It’s because, after giving wisdom, experience and stimulus, my power is not needed here anymore. I cannot help doing things that are currently impossible with the available manpower, such as teaching the sword to the guards and the expansion of large-scale towns, but aside from that, I have refrained from interfering as much as possible.
“&h.e.l.lip; But, yes, the ultimate goal is final and not in sight yet. Now, my top priority is to operate this town well. ” (Georg)
Eventually, I decided so.
Salt is a necessity, but having to get it from human beings can cause a lot of troubles. Even now I am already busy, I do not want to do any more work if possible, and it is more important to protect and nurse this town like a baby.
“I have already stopped worrying, and I don’t want to be involved with humans and problems, so that is my conclusion!” (Georg)
The policy was decided, and Georg was about to rest early&h.e.l.lip;
“Brother&h.e.l.lip;” (Ferris)
“Hmm?” (Georg)
“It’s good you have decided to do something, but &h.e.l.lip; uhm&h.e.l.lip; how long will you keep on holding my tail?" (Ferris)
“?&h.e.l.lip;..Oh.” (Georg)
When Georg sitting on the bed saw his hand, the tail of Ferris was tightly held there. Apparently, as he came home he seemed to have grasped the tail of Ferris who became really worried as she saw her brother unconsciously taking a seat on his bed.
"Please give me a good reason." (Ferris)
“Because I was suffering seriously, I needed it a little&h.e.l.lip;.” (Georg)
As usual, Ferris smiled with a troubled face towards her brother Georg.
“&h.e.l.lip;..Today I’m tired, let’s go to sleep this way.” (Georg)
“N, no, leaving it as it is&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;is a little&h.e.l.lip;..hey!?” (Ferris)
I caught Ferris" body and started sleeping while caressing her ears and tail.
“I need healing right now and I will be healed when I stroke Ferris’ ears and tail, so, I just need a Ferris now.” (Georg)
“Well, even if you say something like that &h.e.l.lip;” (Ferris)
“Zzzz&h.e.l.lip;..” (Georg)
“You’ve got to be kidding me!?” (Ferris)
And so, night fell on this day&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;