“Wow! it’s raining!”
Crank’s workshop was bustling. Crank, who was fixing the automaton in the workshop, jumped up and turned the valve on the water tank pipe next to the boiler.
Shoot aaa!
Carrot and Tuna brought in the laundry. Ariete, who was not used to moving her body yet, was restless and accepted the laundry they had brought.
Carrot said while shaking herself.
“wow! long time no see! Is it winter rain?”
Looking at the crank, Carrot asked.
“Are you going to work here and there this winter like last year?”
“of course. I need to reorganize now for that. You fix it, and even finish the things in the making. Very busy.”
“Wow, you’re going to lose a lot of money?”
“Don’t worry, I have enough savings.”
“Oh, oh! Do you have a lot of money?”
As Tuna asked, Crank stared down at her.
“If you tell me where the gold nugget came from, I will guarantee a more prosperous winter.”
“Ah, no, me, me, this, it’s fine as it is.”
Turning around, the crank was too heavy to put on the workbench, and approached the hardskin automaton that had been laid on the floor.
“Anyway, that’s amazing. Four magic stones are connected in parallel to this guy’s magic engine. That’s why even with that kind of output, it seems to be securing the uptime of a normal automaton.”
“That’s right. It’s the first time I’ve seen the internal structure of a hardskin automaton.”
“I-I don’t know, so I’m saying, how many mana stones does an automaton contain?”
Carrot explained, pointing to Ariete, who was folding the laundry in front of the table.
“It goes in one, and each has a green, blue, and red color. It has to be at least blue to be used for combat.”
“Oh, oh. you, you?”
Carrot laughs Betsy.
“Most of the kids with wigs are red. It gets really hot when the battle starts, doesn’t it?”
“Oh, oh-!”
Crank, who was watching, pointed to the bookshelf.
“There is a book that explains the introduction to automatons. Let’s see. You can build up some basic common sense.”
“Uh, where?”
Just as Tuna walked to the bookshelf and exchanged seats, Ariete, who was in charge of the rehabilitation treatment and workshop, came over after finishing the laundry.
“I, I, that, I have a request.”
Crank turned his head and asked.
“what?”
“That, over there, the sword…”
“uuu! It’s all wet! anybody home! Client!”
Carrot turns her head.
“Oh! What kind of guest are you?”
Carrot, who also ran to Dodo, saw people standing in front of the door. It was Vita and Boris.
“uh?! Miss Carrot!”
“uh? Vita! Boris! what’s the matter? it’s all wet Come in at once!”
Carrot brought the two inside.
“wow···! Automaton Factory? workshop?”
“It’s an open space. my house.”
Boris and Vita, who had put down their luggage, were busy looking at the workshop. When Carrot asked again the purpose of the visit, Vita, startled, pointed to a bucket and a leather sack and handed out a request.
“To complete the quest requested by the guild. The client asked for delivery and brought it. By the way, is the person who requested this, Mr. Crank?”
“Oowaaa! I’m here! Oh, we’ve arrived!”
A woman with a white face and long black hair came running. Then, his hair was light and fell.
“Ouyako-!”
Crank, who had been watching this, got up from his seat and picked up Tuna, who was trembling on the floor, and sat him in his chair. Then he walked over and greeted the guests.
“It’s raining, but it’s a lot of trouble. I want to check things out.”
“yes! Look here!”
Vita pointed to the bucket. There was something like blue jelly, and Tuna appeared while caressing her forehead, smiling down at it.
“Awesome, cute kids. hehehe-!”
“Check out the herbs, too.”
“Uh, uh. hmm! Hey, this is good quality too. Joe, good! I like them all!”
Crank, who nodded, paid the request fee.
“And this is the shipping fee. Thank you for bringing it.”
“Wow, thank you!”
Seeing the two wet people, Crank turned his head.
“Ariete.”
“hmm.”
“Prepare hot tea.”
“I get it.”
Ariete was a little sad that she was blocked while trying to speak, but since rehabilitation was important, she moved to make tea. Vita, who was watching this, opened her eyes.
“Wow, a pretty person…”
“Are you beautiful? Her breasts are definitely big, but I don’t know the aesthetic standards of humans.”
Boris, who was wiping his hair with the towel Carot handed him, said.
“Teacher Tiger is still the same.”
“hahahaha! It’s been a while since I heard that!”
As they sat down and drank tea, they chatted in detail, starting with how to use Carrot’s magical power. Crank was amazed to hear their stories.
“You already have a party home? That’s great.”
“yes! Even though it’s monthly rent!”
Crank laughed at Vita’s words, which were lively after receiving the money. Boris, who was looking at the clutter in the studio, asked.
“Here?”
“It is both a studio and a home.”
“and···!”
As Vita opened her mouth and opened her envious eyes, Carrot, who had been listening, interrupted.
“It took Crank 10 years to have this workshop. Are you guys just starting out? don’t worry. everything will be alright.”
“Nice to hear.”
“right! It’s very warm here. What’s the boiler running?”
“A ready-made mana boiler. It was slightly modified.”
“and. We also have to bring in the boiler now. Otherwise, we won’t be able to survive this winter.”
Boris muttered as he sipped his tea.
“I don’t know what to do in the winter. I can understand J.O’s desire to prepare a lot in advance.”
“I have to work. Why are you so confused?”
Boris turns his head. And Crank saw him too.
“yes?”
“hmm?”
Carrot noticed something and looked at Vita.
“I guess you guys just wanted to play in the winter?”
“Huh?! Do you work in winter too? no! I could?”
Crank crossed his arms.
“In winter, monsters move south to escape the cold of the north. Request a dispatch from the Southern City Adventurer’s Guild. A recruitment notice will be posted in the guild soon.”
“Oh oh!”
Boris let out an exclamation involuntarily. Crank continued.
“Other than that, it’s not bad to work at the lord’s ranch located outside the city. The daily wage comes right away.”
“A ranch? Are you milking the cow?”
Vita became grumpy. Boris asked.
“what’s the matter?”
“I was tired of going to the temple. I didn’t know that normal adventurers did it.”
“The ranch is one of the main sources of income for the city. I heard that all processed dairy products made from milk are exported to elves, and all compost made from manure is exported to dwarves.”
Boris tilted his head.
“I know elves like cheese and butter, but I’ve never heard of dwarves importing compost.”
“I don’t know what to do with it, but anyway, the city says they buy everything except for some that they consume themselves. Dairy products and compost are always in short supply, so we run ranches in other cities.”
Crank saw the two of them.
“So there is always a lot of work. Please tell G.O, who has collapsed from overwork, that. Only one adventure per day. Otherwise, your body will be damaged. Occasionally go out to work on the farm. It will broaden your perspective.”
“okay! Chicks, don’t risk your life on an adventure. As Crank said, I live by looking at other places as well. and! I wrote all of that in the book, but you didn’t read it until the end?! You bad potatoes!”
Vita and Boris opened their eyes wide.
“Oh, really?!”
“then! It’s literally a beginner adventurer’s guide! Everything you need for an adventurer’s life is written down! Come on! Don’t even think about going anywhere until you go and eat and read that book!”
“yep!”
Vita and Boris got up from their seats and quickly turned around. Before he opened his umbrella and left, Boris looked back.
“Thank you, sir.”
“Give my regards to stupid Geo! Now that you’ve earned money, buy something delicious! There’s a bakery right in front of you, so why don’t you buy some?”
“Bread? Great! I love that bread!”
Vita with an umbrella waves with Boris nodding her head.
On the way out of the dark warehouse area to the main street, there was a bakery a little way off the main road.
With my daughter…!
“excuse me.”
“Yes, welcome.”
Emilia, who was sitting and reading a book, stood up and smiled broadly as she saw the two entering the store. Vita was looking around looking for something to eat, but Boris was looking at Emilia in a stone statue.
“what are you doing? Does Boris have a cold too? Your face is red?”
Turning his face away from Vita’s question, Boris looked out the window and muttered:
“…Choose the right amount quickly.”
“swimming?”
Crank returned to his seat after sending the two of them away, scrawling pictures and writings in the notebook he held in his hand, examining the engine part of the hardskin automaton carefully.
“Quack! crank! crank!”
“Why?”
Crank answered indifferently without turning his head. Carrot’s voice pierces your ears.
“Ah! What did you boil in the only pot! It’s this naughty girl! what’s this?!”
“I, I didn’t have any tools, so Joe, I borrowed some. Mine, I need more, more pots and pots. Yes, there are so many people, how can I live with only one pot?”
With a mental sigh, Crank turned his head. Tuna with pots in both hands and Carrot with both hands on her hips are wailing.
“what’s the matter?”
“Look what he made! I’ve boiled the slime!”
As Crank got up from his seat and approached, Tuna smiled happily and held up the pot. The pudding jellies sway.
“What is this?”
“Shock buffer.”
Tuna smiled in contemplation. Receiving the pot, Crank looked down at it and listened to her story.
“S. Put the poison of the Amanita mushroom into the liquid body of the slime, harden it, and before the core dies…”
“Let’s hear about the production method in a moment. So what is this?”
“Shock buffer, absorbent.”
Crank, whose lightning had fallen from his blank mind, turned his helmet and looked directly at Tuna.
“…with slime? shock absorption?”
“Put it on the floor and hit it.”
Crank set the pot on the floor, took a deep breath, and then pulled back his fists in a show of discipline.
puck-!
“Unbelievable!”
The muscle mass jumped up from its seat with a sound of genuine surprise. Carrot, who had crossed her arms and had suspicious eyes, raised her head and looked up at him.
“why? Do you want to hit slime for the first time?”
Crank, who was shaking his fists and making a fuss, said to Carrot.
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“You hit me this time.”
“Are you going to pour the pot?”
“doesn’t care. If the pot breaks, I’ll buy you a set of kitchen utensils.”
“Ohh? Don’t forget that.”
Carrot, who brought steel gloves, put them on and hit the purding ding of the pot with maximum power.
Pak-!
Carrot, who had been in a fist-raising position for a while, opened her one remaining eye wide.
“Whoa! what’s this?! The feel is unpleasant! What about the pot?! What about the pot!?”
“I’m fine.”
Carrot and Crank saw Tuna gaping, arms folded and head raised.
“Eh, ahem.”
“Whoa! what’s this! Tuna what is this!?”
“Shock absorbers… Unbelievable! You can turn this into slime.”
Krank, who cherished the pot, said.
“It is a material that absorbs shock. It plays the same role as the lining inside Carrot’s glove.”
“The same role as the inner material of the glove?! So is this magic too? The cloth used for the interior material cancels out the physical force with magic, right?!”
Tuna raises her finger.
“Oh, no. It’s different. This, this is based on slime bodily fluids and processed them. It uses the tongue, a phenomenon called viscoelasticity.”
“Then, if I apply this…!?”
Crank held the pot to Carrot and grabbed Tuna by the shoulder. And spoke in a very soft voice.
“Tuna, what do you want? Just say anything.”
Carrot, holding the pot, looked up at her and spoke softly but quietly.
“Tuna, what do you want for dinner tonight? If there is something you like, tell me.”
Seeing the two of them not getting along, Tuna grabbed her stomach and laughed. Then he said as if he couldn’t miss this opportunity.
“Me, me too, it would be nice if there were research materials, Joe. Large pots, pots, and various experimental tools…”
Charleuk…!
Crank brought out a heavy money bag and held it out.
“Let’s go to the market together tomorrow. Buy me anything you want.”
“Uh-uh-heh.”
“My lady, what would you like for dinner tonight?”
“Freshly baked bread, beef stew, milk.”
“There is a place that is good at beef stew! I’ll come and see the market for a while! Let’s go to Ariete too!”
Seeing Carrot pull out an umbrella, Ariete put on the hood of her robe and walked away. And Tuna called and stopped her.
“Ah, Ariete.”
When Ariete turned her head, Tuna opened her mouth with an apologetic smile.
“Hey, I made this for you. Everything, your legs hurt from being pressed, right? If you put this in, whoa, you can do a much more extreme workout hahahaha.”
Ariete, who was looking back, widened her eyes and opened her mouth. Soon, tears welled up in her eyes.
Ariete strode forward and hugged Tuna.
“Me, for me! thank you! Tuna! I will never forget this favor! never! aaa!”
“Ugh, huh?! Su, suffocating…!”