Kujonin

I drew a windmill and pump for Garcisan’s family and my company employees to explain .
Everyone had faces that looked like, “What are you talking about?” so I made it by myself .
I thought that if I make the windmill and convert the rotational movement into the movement of a piston, and make a vacuum with the up and down movement of the hand pump than it should be fine . In the end, it was no good . The water was simply not drawn, with the water stopping on the way up .
Actually, the windmill and pump took 4 days to make, including searching Ashley’s workshop and the item bag for the materials to use, so it was quite the shock . The Craftship Skill was maxed out, and it came out how I expected it, but even so, it was a failure .
While I was making the pump and the windmill, Garcisan and the children were making a water reservoir .
We’re also expecting rain to fall, so I decided it would be better to have that made first .
My employees also helped out with that .
Burying a giant pot into the ground and making the area surrounding the center of the pot’s mouth like that of a mortar is a ma.s.sive undertaking, but Garcisan’s family was mostly using earth magic to make them . Within the 4 days they made 12 of them .
To me, who was depressed at my failure in the inn, Ashley-san said, “All humans make mistakes . Mistakes are what people need to grow . ”
Cynthia encouraged me with, “As long as you continue challenging it, it will work out . ”
By the way, Garcisan was putting the children to bed, so he was at his house .
Velsa said, “So Naoki has failures too, huh?” as she drank liquor .
“Gyahahaha! I bet you thought that as long as you had your previous world’s knowledge you could do anything~, but you failed~”
Ayl drank her liquor after finishing her work and roared with laughter .
Pointing at me, with her body bent in a “く” as she laughed, the movement of her valley was emphasized in her stoop . cleavage
“Shuttup! s.h.i.tty Ayl with your bikini armor! Just who are you trying to stir up!?”
“What do you mean ‘s.h.i.tty Ayl’! I’m always in bikini armor! d.a.m.n you-!”
So saying, Ayl tugged on my cheek .
“Owowowow! You d.a.m.n drunkard!”
I pulled on Ayl’s cheek in return .
“Owowowow! This an abuse of presidential authority!”
“Bikini armor should be the sole privilege of big t.i.ts, you dumba.s.s-!”
“The idiot is Naoki! You’re the one who failed! Dumba.s.s-!”
“You two, if you have more energy than you know what to do with, go outside and fight it out!”
Velsa said .
“Step outside! Weirdo!”
So saying, Ayl went outside .
“The President and Vice President are going to fight! Newbies, make sure no one else gets hurt!”
Velsa gave the newbies instructions .
“”OK-ssu!””
Good grief, this company doesn’t let you be depressed .
I went outside, chasing after Ayl .
With inhuman movements, Ayl was racing in the sky in the direction of the wasteland .
I chased that with all my might .
The newbies couldn’t keep up right away .
“Oi! Drunkard! Just how far are you intending to run!”
“’Round here’s good, huh . For cryin’ out loud, getting depressed as soon as you fail, you’re ruining the atmosphere, right!?”
Ayl took a wooden sword out of the item bag .

“Oh stuff it! And anyway, recently, Ayl and Velsa have been drinking way too much!”
“Isn’t it fine!? Our work’s all done and all! From here on it’s just the after service, and we’re in the middle of our company trip!”
Oh yeah, we’re in the middle of our company trip . I’ve done something bad .
“Again, you’re gettin all depressed!”
Ayl swung the wooden sword down on my head .
I caught the blade with my hands and redirected it to the side .
The deflected wooden sword made quite a crater on the ground .
“How much power are you trying to hit me with!?”
I caught Ayl around the waist and threw her .
Ayl was blasted off at an angle upwards .
Ayl flipped over in midair and, kicking the air, she launched a sword attack at me .
Evade and counter, divert and throw, this was repeated and repeated .
The newbies finally caught up and watched us worriedly .
Countless craters had been made on the ground .
Both Ayl and I are overflowing with physical strength, and it was impossible to tell when it would be over .

Splish

I felt like a droplet of water fell on my cheek .
Was it Ayl’s sweat? But when I looked at Ayl, running in the sky, the distance was too far .
When I looked straight up, I couldn’t see the stars in the night sky .
The wasteland’s night sky should be pretty and full of stars like the desert, but today the stars weren’t out .
There were also droplets of water dotting the ground as they fell .
“Rain, huh?”
Looks like G.o.d kept his promise about the reward .
Ayl’s sword attacks also stopped, and I had also worked up a good sweat, and my brandished fists were no where to be seen .
The dotted pattern on the ground became completely darkened and the rain shower became strong, so we went back to the inn .

“What, you came back already?”
Velsa asked .
“Since it’s raining . ”
“”Rain!?””
Ashley-san and Cynthia went outside in a fl.u.s.ter .
The two of them laughed as rain fell on them . Like they were savoring the graces of the heavens .
When I looked, the villagers and Garcisan were also outside, staring up at the sky .
“Ashley! It’s rain!”
Garcisan ran towards us .
“Dear!”
Ashley-san leapt into Garcisan’s chest .

Watching the embracing couple, Cynthia smiled in delight .
“It’s been two years since it rained . ”
Cynthia turned and explained for us .
While listening to the sound of the rain, we watched the sky for a while .

With my depression completely washed away thanks to Ayl and the rain, I went into the inn and redesigned the new windmill and pump .
The shape of the gears and the shape of the nails, replacing the capacity and the like, there’s a lot of things to think about, huh? For materials, I’m thinking about that; while I was thinking those kinds of things,
“Naoki . ”
Velsa called out to me .
“Hm? What is it?”
“Are we not doing the project we talked about before?”
“Project?”
“Yeah, at that time we decided to do the public roads, we talked about all sorts of projects, right?”
Certainly, when we talked about the after care projects for Seth’s hometown, ideas other than the public roads came up .
“You know, the seed ball one . ”
“Ah~!”
The seed b.a.l.l.s is a project where mud b.a.l.l.s with all sorts of seeds and fertilizers inside are made in ma.s.s quant.i.ties and scattered widely .
It was a method I saw on TV and in manga from my previous world, and when I saw Seth’s little sister making mud b.a.l.l.s, I remembered it . Can’t we make it profitable if we raised some sort of produce? – was about the degree we had talked about the project, and it seems Velsa remembered it .
“It’s raining outside anyhow, so we can’t work, therefore let’s make seed b.a.l.l.s inside . ”
“Good idea . Let’s do it!”
And that was what we did .

For now, I did the preparations to make seed b.a.l.l.s .
“Huh? Ayl, do we have any zaza fruit left?”
“Ah, we do, we do! There should be some left . ”
So saying, Ayl took zaza fruit out of the item bag .
The zaza is actually a fruit from the area around the mountain where Red Dragon was, something we got previously as a reward .
“If it’s the seeds, I also have some . I picked them when I had time . ”
Velsa said, and from her own luggage, she took out a pouch from her bag .
“As expected of the plant-raising monster scholar!”
And when I praised her,
“I’m fine with you praising me, but don’t lift me up . ”
She said . Looks like she has a trauma from being lifted up .
Unraveling a cloth, I gathered dirt I dug up from around the building, and gathered rainwater in a bucket .
“Do you need fertilizer?”
Cynthia, who was listening to us talk about making preparations, asked .
“Do you have some?”
“Yes, although there’s probably nothing other than dried ones, is that okay?”
“That would help us out . ”
Cynthia nodded and said, “Got it,” and left the inn .
“So basically, make the mud into b.a.l.l.s, and put seeds and fertilizers into it, right?”
Velsa sat at the edge of the cloth and quickly rolled her sleeves up .
“Well, yeah . Can you do it?”
“I can, I can! Hey, newbies, come help too!”
“Alri-ght! Let’s do it-!”
Velsa and Ayl are eager . The newbies also rolled up their sleeves and put on ap.r.o.ns .
Originally it would be better to mix the soil and everything well, but I think they’ll continue to do it if it’s fun, so I try letting them do it .
Cynthia came carrying an armful of bags of fertilizer . The fertilizer seems to be the droppings of small monsters that have been dried, so it seems she stole it from Garcisan’s house . Garcisan and Ashley-san have already returned to their house and gone to sleep .
“It will be fine if I explain why tomorrow, so,”
Cynthia said .
The corridor next to the dining hall has completely turned into the place for seed ball manufacturing .
Everyone began to make seed b.a.l.l.s, and they were made one after another .
“By the way, why are the b.a.l.l.s necessary?”
Cynthia asked .
“So the monsters can’t eat the seeds, see . ”
“I see . ”
“And furthermore, when the rain washes over the seeds, the fertilizer is also properly in there, so it will be brought up well, right?”
“H-m, certainly . Even though it’s just a little matter, I wonder why it’s never been thought of before . ”
“That kind of thing happens, na . And also things like thinking of something but forgetting … ah! That’s right! Before I forget, I need to go draw out the new plans for the windmill and pump!”
So saying, I used Clean Up on my hands and took a seat at a table in the dining hall, took paper and charcoal out of my item bag, and began to draw plans for the new windmill and pump .
“Free spirited as always . ”
Velsa said .
“Is he always like this?”
Cynthia asked .
“He pretty much acts when he thinks of something . I think the company was also made when he thought of it . ”
Ayl explained .
“It seems tough . ”
“”Yup . ””
I can hear you-!
Ayl and Velsa said it so I could hear them .
Well, truthfully I did just think it up, so I can’t object .

Rather than that, right now it’s time for the windmill and pump .
Using the materials from the item bag and Ashley-san’s workshop, I think of a completely different pump .
What I thought of is a pump that uses the stomach of a giant monster .
I’d set up the monster’s stomach into two valves . It’s the type of pump where the stomach will suck in water like an eyedropper, and when pressure is applied it will expel it .
The reason I’m doing this type is because monster stomachs are large and robust so it would be hard to tear, and simply because we don’t have any other materials .
I did think of gears and the like as well, but making them is troublesome .
We’ll need quite the power when applying pressure, so I also thought of something a little different for the windmill .
Hardening the outside of a barrel with resin or glue, then split it in half vertically and shift it a bit . It’s the Savonius type .
In my previous world, when a large earthquake occurred, I saw this wind turbine shape when I was investigating power generation by wind . It was a strange windmill so I remembered it .
“You’re making some weird thing agin?”
While rolling a ball, Velsa came to peek at it .
“Oi oi, you’ll get everything dirty, so don’t come in here . ”
“It would be nice if you don’t fail and get depressed again . ”
So saying, Velsa returned to the seed ball manufacturing site .
“Even if I fail, as long as it’s interesting it’s fine, right?”
I intend to draw up a number of plans for insurance .
“Is what you say, but you’re going to draw up a number of plans for in case you fail, right?”
I was found out- .
“It might be impossible for us while we’re here, but when craftsmen come our options will increase, right?”
“Oh my, now, just when will the craftsmen come I wonder?”
Ayl spoke goofily in a weird voice .
“Ah, that’s right . How long will we stay in this village?”
Seth asked a vital question .
“Let’s see . We’ve done what we were going to do, ne . ”
Ayl said .
“Wouldn’t it be until the government official from the Central Government comes and Garcisan receives a job?”
I was thinking we’d watch out for troubles until then .
“And about the well?”
“We’ve dug the well to the water so, so I think it will work out somehow . Mother saw Naoki’s failed windmill and pump and became full of motivation . ”
Cynthia said .
“Is that so? But…”
“You want to make that windmill and pump you drew up, right?”
Velsa prodded my weakspot .
“Yeah . Can I at least make this one alone and try it out?”
“President! We have to go pet.i.tion for the ca.n.a.l construction to be stopped at Adel Lake!”
Merumo remembered something important .
“c.r.a.p, that’s right . Everyone, we’re going to split the work up!”
“Now then, let’s leave the busy President alone with his matters, and let’s do our best making seed b.a.l.l.s!”
Ayl gave the employees orders, and the employees followed them .
“Wh,what’s with this isolation! Even though I’m the President! Fine, then I’ll do everything! Dammit-!”
After that I made a to-do list while thinking of things like what I have to do before the Central Government Official came and what to do in case an investigator from HillLake’s capital came .

At dawn, in a break in the rain, Cynthia and my employees went to the plantation together to scatter seed b.a.l.l.s when I saw a carriage coming from the southern road . It appears that it’s the Central Government’s official .
“Dammit-! What the heck! You’re too early!”