Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 19

“wow”

I  running around the vast backyard, towing a cart that was overwhelmingly more powerful than ever.

“Aaahhhh!

Nearly  was Mei, shaking her red hair and screaming.

“It’s too early, it’s too early! I’m not done yet!　I’m going over the edge! ”

I didn’t expect Mei to be so dexterous. Even though she was blessed with an excellent master and was born as  a dwarf that excelled at forging, she had just started her training a few days ago. I only thought that she would be better than me, who had no experience at all, but the result was this. To be frank, Mei is a genius.

“Light …… carts  is light ……!”

Mei is a six-year-old girl, so she must weigh about 20 kilograms. If you think of a burlap sack as 20 kilos of rice, you’ll know it’s heavy. And yet,  cart is so light!　It is so light that it seems as if nothing is riding on it, and it behaves so comfortably. It’s as refreshing as riding a bicycle down a slope.

It already was dusk. The sun was beginning to set, and it was time to call it a a day . However, the joy of completing this project after several hours of work is inexplicable, and I am venting it by running around with Mei like this.

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It was noon. After calling Mai and explaining the work process to her, I led her to the secret base. We arrived at the pit house, which was as magnificent as ever, and started our work there.

First, we needed to secure materials. We used metal. But even if we say metal, lead and copper are not good enough. We needed iron, which has overwhelming strength and durability.

No matter how spacious the Farenheit family’s house was, it was a nobleman’s residence, so it was not as well equipped as a workshop. All it had was a small oven for baking bread and an incinerator for burning garbage. There is no such thing as a lump of iron. There was no such thing as an iron ingot, much less a furnace for melting iron.

When I told Mei that the first thing we need  to do was to collect the materials, she said, “Leave it to me!” She seemed confident, so I let her do as  she wanted.

First of all, Mei showed her dwarven characteristics .  Dwarves are a race indigenous to a land called the Nord Peninsula, which is located across the sea in the northern part of the Imperial Kingdom. The Nords Peninsula and the Imperial Kingdom are connected by land, but there are other countries in between, so the only direct route is by sea.

The dwarves who live on the Nord Peninsula are different from  other  kind of people in that they are shorter in heigh , both men and women, and the men are muscular and hairy, while the women are remarkably youthful.

Gnomes are the generic name for spirits that live in the earth. They are said to control earth magic, and are said to exist all over the world. I’ve heard that the master of these gnomes is called the earth mother goddess, but I don’t know that much about the earth attribute, so I’ll skip the details.

So, because the Dwarf race has a high affinity with these gnomes, the entire race has a high aptitude for earth magic. And it’s a universal property that applies even to six-year-old dwarves who are not particularly skilled in magic. It’s a long story, but Meiru  Arendal, the daughter of dwarves, used earth magic by natural instinct and intuition!

The next moment I inwardly wondered if the gnome would react to such a lazy spell, and then I was once again annoyed with myself for having reacted that way.

As soon as Mei  chanted an incantation that could not be described as serious or insincere, the ground rose up, bobbing ……, and then familiar black grains of sand sprang up from the ground.

No way?!

I shouted like a rock-type demon mimicking a tree.

With a random incantation, what Mei procured from the ground was unmistakably pure iron sand that didn’t even need to be reduced.

“Mei. What was that?

“I don’t know. Maybe all dwarves can do it.”

She didn’t quite understand what she was doing, but it was probably spirit magic. If a person with no  talant  to magic can use it, there is no other way. The fact that she is loved by the spirit of the earth suggests that this is the case.

In the first place, Mei’s magic power is not that much. She maybe oler than  me , but compared to me, she doesn’t have much. Spirit magic requires less magic power because the spirit can perform the magic with the highest efficiency even with less magic power.

This was not the end of Mei ‘s frightening glimpse. Just as she thought she had procured iron sand, she began to cast another spell. The next thing he knew, he was casting another spell.

She said, “‘,please make this iron round, and make  it a scarf.:

I’m not surprised anymore. That’s how dwarves  are, I thought.

As expected, the piles of iron sand scattered on the ground began to change shape …… and become round. The iron was not being melted by heat, but it was shaping itself beautifully.

“This is truly magic,…….”

I’m sure it’s not strange because magic is a part of everyday life in this world. I’m not sure what to make of it, but as a former Japanese, I feel a little strange about it.

“Finally, we must attach this ……”

Mei  fiddled with the finished parts and gradually assembled them into the shape of a bearing. I watched her from the side for more than ten minutes. Finally, the ball bearing  it’s had been waiting for was completed.

“It’s done!”

“It was awesome. ……”

I checked t if it worked properly, and found that it rotated surprisingly smoothly. Since it was made with spirit magic, the margin of error was much smaller than when it was handmade. It is a mystery to me why civilization has not developed this before  .

After that, we repeated this process three more times to prepare the bearings for all the wheels. The wooden wheels of the cart were not an exact circle, so the two of us had to scrape and file them so that the bearings would fit properly, and it was almost evening when the cart was completed.

“It’s done!”

It wasn’t much work, but we were happy with what we had done. I shared the joy of completion with Mei. And that brings us back to the scene at the beginning.

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I’m tired from all the running around, and Mei is nauseous from all the rocking, so we lie down on the floor of the secret base.

“I’m tired of running ……,’”and I’m tired of being rocked …….”

Children do  noisy things, but I think I was too noisy this time. I think I’ll act a little more calmly next time.

After resting and recovering for a while, we discussed our future prospects.

I think I’ll be able to make more money now that I’ve made the cart,” she said. Now that she made the cart, I think  her income will increase, and  she might want to get another one made.

“So what do you think? Why don’t you set up your own workshop here at the secret base?”

“A workshop    of mine own ?”

Mei’s eyes lit up at the idea of her own workshop. I guess having your own workshop is one of the dreams of a craftsman. Even if it’s a child, it’s still a dream.

I’m going to hunt demons with the tools Mei  makes and earn money. , and  you will use the money to make many new tools. That’s how we’ll make more and more useful inventions. It sounds like a lot of fun, doesn’t it?”

“That’s great!　Ha you are  genius!:

As for me, I think May is more of a genius than me, because she’s six years old and has that kind of skills , but I don’t think she’d understand that even if I told her.

Well, tomorrow I’m going to go hunting for demons outside the city. I’m going to go hunting for demons outside the city tomorrow, and you can think about the workshop I’m going to build here. I’ll pay for the materials, so you can do whatever you want with it.

“I’m looking forward to it!　Hmm, I wonder what I’ll make!

After showing off her magic so much, Mei’s excitement and joy is appropriate for her age, and it’s a  cute sight.

If she stays here, she can train as much as she wants, she can learn detailed knowledge of magic from me, and most importantly, she can gain scientific knowledge of modern Japan. I was both looking forward to and dreading Mei ‘s future, wondering what kind of forger she would become.