Morning.
Normally, this would be the ti when I leave the house, but I was asked to start going to the store later, so I decided to go and build my house first.
“For the an ti, this should do for a rough draft…” [Ryouma]
To the side… A long house wall… A house with a door and a window. [1]
I gradually improved the image as I revised the map drawn on the ground.
I can just restructure the tunnel to fill in the necessary facilities needed for day-to-day living, so all the house needs is a bedroom.
…But lately ruffians have been coming to the store.
What if they attack my house? It would be worrying if my house was weak then.
But it’ll take quite a bit of effort to make the house sturdy enough.
“Maybe I should camouflage my house.” [Ryouma]
I could turn the tunnel until here into a decoy.
“I could block the entrance of the tunnel with the house, and then make the interior look just like a normal house, so when they enter they’ll think they entered the house I live at.” [Ryouma]
That should buy so ti to prepare a counter attack or run away. I could also set so traps in the decoy house.
“If I fuss over this too much, I’ll end up taking too much ti again, so…” [Ryouma]
To make things simple, I’ll just set so slis to pour acid, poison, or maybe sticky sli on the intruders…
Hmm… But unlike acid and sticky liquid, poison won’t take effect unless it enters the body, so a poison gas would be more effective than liquid poison.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a sli that could use potion magic.
Although if I used fire I could create poison smoke…
As I thought about it, I ended up going toward a direction that would take ti.
For the anti, I decided to just go with the acid and sticky liquid for the traps.
I should go and make the house first or there’s no point to any of this.
“The house needs to be easy to repair.” [Ryouma]
After all, there’s a chance it could get destroyed in an attack.
And the most important thing for a decoy is to look the part, so I just need to focus on appearances while making sure that it’s easy to build.
In that case, a prefab should do the trick.
With prefabs, the parts are made in the workshop beforehand, and then the structure is assembled at the scene.
There’s not a lot of actual work done at the scene, so it’s a lot faster than other construction thods. It’s also a lot more consistent quality-wise than other building thods when building the sa structure.
I have to make the parts myself because there’s no factory to order parts from here, but once I have the basic parts down, the whole process should go smoothly.
Also, I’ll be making the parts with Create block, so I already have a sure way of making the building stones in a set size. If I just tweak that a little, everything should go well.
“Create Block” [Ryouma]
I tried making my thoughts into reality.
I used Create Block to make building stones and tweaked the shape.
I wanted a concrete block, so I made the building stones into the size of a brick, then I opened a hole in the middle part. Simple enough.
If I pile these up, I should be able to make a wall.
I’ll be needing cent and sticky liquid if I were to just pile these up normally, so I’ll just make a hole in the bottom and make a protrusion in the top so they can fit together without any adhesive.
I’m going to be using mostly square blocks, so I’m worried that just one protrusion won’t be enough. In that case, let’s divide each block into four and make four protrusions instead.
Also, wf the protrusions are sharp, they could hurt people, so I should make sure to round them off.
“…And there we have it. Lego, basically.”
Before I knew it, I’d transford my building stones into the world famous Lego.
Isn’t this completely different from what I was aiming for?
But it helps a lot with the visualization…
I’ll na this new version of my magic as Building Block.
“Building Block Cube!” [Ryouma]
“Building Block Rectangle!” [Ryouma]
I built building stones as I pleased according to shape.
I tried making a wall with these blocks, and lo and behold, it actually took so strength to move the wall. Each block was heavy enough, so after adding them altogether, the resulting weight was sothing.
When I tried even rubbing so clay on them and letting it dry, I was able to make a good wall.
It’s basically precast concrete, but if I keep making the parts like this, I should be able to make my prefab a reality.
…Now then, it should be about ti for to get going.
[1] – Don’t really get this line. Maybe it’s just a monologue while Ryouma is drawing on the ground.
Volu 3 Chapter 73 part2
“Good morning. How is the store today?” [Ryouma]
I clocked in late at work today just as I was asked to yesterday. I wonder how the store is doing.
“Good morning, Boss. There are several things I would like to report on. First of all, Taylor-sama dropped by the store this morning.” [Carla]
“The branch head of the tars guild? He didn’t co as a custor?” [Ryouma]
“No. It would appear that the n that caused us trouble the past few days were apparently monster tars of the tars guild, so he ca to apologize.” [Carla]
“In person? That’s really unfortunate…” [Ryouma]
Who would’ve thought an important custor would drop by on the very day I decided to co late… It’s been a while since I happened across this sort of misfortune.
Hmm… What to do? I could go to the tars guild and talk to them now. They’ll probably accommodate if I did.
“…What did he say about the culprits? They ca twice, right?” [Ryouma]
“Apparently, they were working by themselves. As the story goes, they were annoyed that soone like you, Ryouma-sama, was making a killing when you could only use slis… In other words, envy was the motive.
They figured it wouldn’t be a big deal if they just caused so ruckus in the store, so they casually went and caused trouble. Unfortunately for them, that decision cost them a significant fine that they weren’t expecting. If not that, then they would probably be sent to perform so voluntary labor.
The guild master said that the guild is willing to negotiate the compensation for the damages caused by their mbers.” [Carla]
Damages? There wasn’t anything too serious that could really be labeled as ‘damages’. And I don’t need the guild master to co personally to know that I need to be careful.
“I don’t need compensation. They probably have a policy on how to deal with delinquent mbers like them, so let’s just go with that.” [Ryouma]
“I thought you’d say that. The policy of the tars guild say that the culprits must be given penalty and the mbers of the guild must be properly inford of the gravity of the cri committed. But…” [Carla]
“Is there a problem?” [Ryouma]
“There’s no problem regarding to the culprits’ punishnt. Instead, it seems that Taylor-sama is being criticized because of his decision to cover for us in this incident.” [Carla]
“Criticize? The guild master? Why? Shouldn’t they be criticizing the culprits?” [Ryouma]
“It seems that the culprits have been working for a long ti and have respectable monsters, so their status is quite high.
They look down on us, so things beca like this and we unfortunately ended up incurring damages…
This morning the custors that caught wind of the rumors were quite worried for us. I reassured them each ti they ntioned it that there’s no problem and I also thanked Taylor-sama.” [Carla]
It’s true we incurred damages, but…
“Is it just my imagination or is all this happening so fast?” [Ryouma]
“Maybe it’s because he’s in charge of the tars guild, but yes… Things do seem to be progressing quickly.” [Carla]
“It would be best if we could get more details regarding this incident.” [Ryouma]
“I understand. I’ll have Carm investigate it.” [Carla]
“Please.” [Ryouma]
There was nothing else noteworthy to report after that, so we just went through the usual reports, then I went off to work on my own stuff.
“Please divide the horn rabbit at into five pieces.” [Ryouma]
“Thank you for coming! What a nice kid, you are. Are you on an errand?” [Butcher]
“Ha ha… Sothing like that.” [Ryouma]
I know there’s nothing I can do about how young I look, but still… I can’t help but feel complicated.
“Hey, if it isn’t Ryouma-kun. We have feed ready for your slis.” [Zeke]
“Thank you very much. I’ll co get it as soon as I receive my purchase.” [Ryouma]
Zeke-san stepped out of the room where they prepared the at to show his face, so I thanked him. When I was about to go back to the store, he asked to wait for a bit.
“Ah, could you wait a sec?” [Zeke]
“Yes? What is it?” [Ryouma]
“Could we ask your slis to clean the store? Our clothes have gotten a lot cleaner than before, so we’ve started to beco concerned about the stench in our workplace… Of course, we clean the place everyday, but the stench is indelibly ingrained into the place and we can’t quite get rid of it.” [Zeke]
“In that case, I’ll bring you so deodorizing liquid. Unless there’s so other problem, you should be able to solve it with that.” [Ryouma]
After saying that, I went back to the store and prepared the deodorizing liquid.
That night.
While I was checking the docunts, Carm-san ca back.
“Good job out there. Did you find sothing?” [Ryouma]
“Yes.” [Carm]
Carm handed so papers. Apparently, he’d compiled everything already. He sure works fast.
“It seems rumors of the Gimuru branch’s tar guild master being criticized have spread quite far.” [Ryouma]
“Yes. There are so slight differences to the rumors, but not one of them is saying anything good about Taylor-sama. Grisiera-sama of the rchant guild has also taken notice of this event and is quite concerned. She says it’s possible there’s soone intentionally fanning the flas against Taylor-sama. His position in the guild is delicate, to say the least.” [Carm]
“Indeed…” [Ryouma]
As I went through the docunt Carm gave , I got to the part with a figure of the tar guild’s influence frawork and a simple explanation of their history.
I knew there were two philosophies in the tar guild, but it seems that has also led to the formation of different factions.
On one hand, you have tars who prioritize strength among monsters, and on the other hand, you have tars who prioritize the wellbeing of monsters. The forr is the main faction presently, while the latter is a faction that seeks to coexist with the monster beasts.
In the first place, it was Shiho Jamil, a previous otherworlder, who completed monster taming and spread it throughout the world with the purpose of paving the path for the humans and monster beasts then to coexist.
I’m sure it wasn’t easy. Not much details were given about Shiho’s endeavors, but after showing to the people the benefits brought about by the monsters, people gradually started accepting the tar guild and Shiho Jamil’s ideas. As a result, the tar guild has continued to exist until now.
Unfortunately, with every passing year, less and less people are adhering to her ideals.
Most of the work in the tar guild is mainly for monsters to replace human labor.
After all, there aren’t a lot of jobs that only monsters could do. If people needed to subjugate a monster, they could turn to the adventurers guild. If they wanted to send a letter or have small miscellaneous job done, a fast horse or a person could do it. There’s just too much competition.
So, in order for the mbers of the tars guild to work more efficiently and make a living, they prioritized the taming of stronger monsters.
As such, and especially for the humans and the mbers of the dog tribe whose life spans are short, people gradually forgot the ideals of the founder.
“Presently, only elves and other species that have long lifespans are the only ones capable of spending a long ti teaching and studying. And other than them, only the people who have received their teachings are the ones who have been able to inherit the will of the founder. Taylor-sama is one such person, but even though he holds a high position, there are still people who hate him.” [Carm]
“I see. Is this related to why so people caused trouble at our store?” [Ryouma]
“They’re not wholly unrelated.” [Carm]
“Figures…” [Ryouma]
Could it be that they weren’t actually aiming at my store and instead just decided to use it as tool because it was convenient?
Hmm…
“Can we start a rumor of our own? Not to spread a lie, but to spread a truth.” [Ryouma]
“The rchants guild is a treasury of information and there are a lot of rchants sensitive to new information and rumors, so if we make use of that, it should be possible. What would you like to spread?” [Carm]
“Actually, I’ve recently ford a contract with a ril bird. 6 of them, in fact. So, I’m no longer a monster tar who can only use slis.
According to the docunts you gave , it seems so people might be trying to find fault with the branch leader for favoring a useless monster tar. And the rumors also seem like they might bring down our reputation, so… What do you think? Can we use a rumor like this to dispel the current rumors surrounding the branch guild master and make it appear as if he is a man of foresight?” [Ryouma]
Ril birds are known to be difficult to ta.
When I proposed this to Carm-san, he smiled.
“Yes, that should do. It could end up as a funny story with the critics being the ones with no foresight in the end.” [Carm]
“Also, if you can, please don’t be too harsh. We don’t want to make more enemies, after all.” [Ryouma]
“I understand. Well, then. I’ll get right to it.” [Carm]
“Ah, wait… It’s already nightti and we don’t know what our opponents are capable of doing, so just to be safe, get Fei-san or Leelin-san to tag along with you. This won’t be a part of their contract, so I’ll pay them extra. Also…” [Ryouma]
I also inford him that I will be taking steps to fortify the abandoned mine.
“So, you don’t have to worry about .” [Ryouma]
“I understand, but please make sure not to do anything reckless.” [Carm]
After that he left the room.
I waited for him and Fei-san to co back, then I went back to the mines.
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