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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!
Okay. This is a very late release. But please bear it with me.
I will try to translate as fast as I can. However, a release a day or a
release per two day is 無理.
I am not dropping any of my project. I just being slow. Since I had become
a NEET now (work contract ended, no intention to work in near future), the
translation speed should have speed up (I just translate 3 chapters of
Genjitsushugiyuusha a.k.a. as Souma the King).
Next will be the much delayed Chapter 3 of Black Healer.
Without much delay, here is the chapter.
As always,
DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that my translation is 100%
correct. Please correct me if I was wrong.
Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor, Proofreader:
TheDefend
Chapter 77: The Craftsmen’s Situation
The evening of the next day.
Kazura and Lieze, who had finished with the constant
works at the field yesterday, met with Zirconia and visited a certain workshop.
They had sent Eira, Marie and the servants to the
mansion firsthand, so the ones who accompanied them now were only several guards.
The workshop that the three visited was a carpenter
workshop numbered 1, where numerous large timber were piled at one of the
corners of the yard, waiting to be sawed.
In the middle of that yard was a building to store the
completely sawed lumber and an annex workshop building.
Right now, the three were inside that annex workshop building.
Together with an elderly carpenter, they were surrounding a table. Unrolled
atop the table was the blueprint for the waterwheel parts.
He was the master of this workshop, a veteran that had
tread upon this field for 40 years,
Zirconia had explained about the previous waterwheel
parts’ precision to this master but the master made a moody face and fell into
silence after he heard the explanation.
The other people inside the workshop were three young carpenters,
who were working the wood wholeheartedly using the bronze saw and wooden
hammer, relying on the illumination of nearby candles.
It seems that, after the cease fire treaty 4 years
ago, this workshop had always worked in such manner and they continued even
late until night every day.
The master was still staying silent like this for some
time, but finally, he reluctantly started to speak out.
「…… Perhaps this is just a guess, but the defective parts were made by the
Krupp’s place at the workshop number 2 on the next building. Since they should
be the one who drilled the blade planks of the waterwheel, so if the waterwheel
rotation speed is irregular, I see no other cause but that. If after we
corrected it, it still doesn’t work right, then it would be the workshop who
made the wheel outer parts.」(Master Craftsman)
「I see. Then, let’s go to visit that workshop right now. Kazura-san, Lieze, shall
we?」(Zirconia)
After prompting Kazura and Lieze, Zirconia walked
towards the entrance.
Kazura greeted the master, “Pardon us for the
intrusion” and began to walk towards the entrance, chasing after Zirconia.
「……Zirconia-sama. I know this might not be someone of my stature could say,
but may I speak it nonetheless?」(Master Craftsman)
Just when the three was about to exit the building,
the master suddenly addressed Zirconia.
「Yes, what is it?」(Zirconia)
Zirconia stopped walking, turned back and looked at
the master who called her with a nervous expression while tilting her head to
the side.
Kazura and Lieze also turned back and looked inquisitively
at the master.
「We are craftsmen. It’s obvious that if we receive a work then we will do
everything we can to complete it, we also absolutely won’t let any defect in
the work we received. In the current waterwheel parts case, if Krupp is really
the cause of the defect, then I will punch him so hard until he pukes out blood.
But, you know, please turn a blind eye just this once.」(Master Craftsman)
「……Umm, let’s have a seat and talk about it.」(Zirconia)
The master spoke with a great sadness on his face.
Zirconia returned once more into the room and sat on the chair near the table
and prompted the master to take a seat.
Kazura and Lieze also followed Zirconia and sat
together on a nearby wooden bench.
The young carpenters that had been working in the room,
cease their work and turned their attention to the silent master.
The master sat at the chair and made an imploring
expression as he faced Zirconia.
「That guy had lost his old man and his best disciple in the war back then. Even
at the other workshops, most of them had their skillful workers either died or crippled
in the war, so they lack hands for the job. Even at my place, the guy who had
always working with me died, while the other guy lost his right hand so he
couldn’t do any carpentry anymore. The ones in this place now, are their
children or relatives.」(Master Craftsman)
「……Keep on.」(Zirconia)
With a serious expression, Zirconia prompted the master
to continue his story.
The master looked at Zirconia before he began to speak
in a downhearted manner.
「We know that we must postpone everything else when there is a request from
the Lord and we also understand that this request is important for the
province, hence why all the workshop accepted the request. Even if we made it
in a hurry and it was a rush job, this is no excuse for the lack of precision; of
course, the whole craftsmen could understand. But, you know……」(Master Craftsman)
The master only spoke until that point, his words temporarily
cease.
His voice slightly trembled.
「Even we have a limit. All of the craftsmen had been sent into the front
lines to repair the equipment or constructing the camp field. There were many
of the older craftsmen died from disease due to unable to adjust to the life on
the camp. A craftsman is not something you can obtain from just one or two
years of teaching. A craftsman can be said to be able standing on his own only
after 20 to 30 years of working. In Isteria, there are no more people to
replace them.」(Master Craftsman)
The young carpenters, who heard what the master had
said, gulped.
What the master had said was something that could be
said to be a criticism of Isteria’s leadership.
「Mother, what the master has said is justified.」(Lieze)
Just when Zirconia was about to say something, Lieze
called out to her as if to obstruct her.
「These craftsmen have forced themselves to work excessively for the
province’s sake. So please, please do not blame these people.」(Lieze)
「Eh? I’m not going to do any……」(Zirconia)
Zirconia showed a perplexed expression at Lieze who
said those words as if she was trying to protect the craftsmen.
Perhaps the master and Lieze had a misunderstanding,
that Zirconia was about to punish the craftsmen due to the defect on the
manufactured part.
Zirconia didn’t have the least intention to do any
punishment, as she could wholly sympathize with the carpenters and the other craftsmen,
who had to work to the limit every day.
That’s why she wanted to greatly reward the craftsmen who
were involved in the waterwheel production and since it was a rushed order she
didn’t even put any production quota on it.
「Lieze-sama…… Thank you very much……」(Mob Worker 1)
「How compassionate……」(Mob Worker 2)
However, seeing that the craftsmen gratefully articulated
their words of gratitude for Lieze’s cover, so Zirconia, who was going to explain
her remarks before, closed her mouth and keep silent.
Since the situation had calmed down somehow and Kazura
was nearby, she decided to just take up the villain role.
「I understand what you want to talk. I only came because there was a defect in
the completed goods, not to deliver any punishment, so please be at ease. It
will be alright as long as you can pin down the fault and fix it.」(Zirconia)
When they heard Zirconia’s words, the carpenters
raised their voice in amazement.
Then, for some reason, once again they gave their
words of thanks to Lieze.
Lieze smiled gently at the carpenters’ action.
「(……Am I, that scary?)」(Zirconia)
Seeing that warm scene from the side, Zirconia was a
bit sullen and hurt.
「(How should I say it…… Good job……)」(Kazura)
From her appearance, Kazura could guess what Zirconia
had been thinking and appreciated her inside his heart.
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Three hours had passed since then.
After finished with their inspection on the various
workshops, the three people returned to the estate and had a quick dinner with
Nelson.
Currently, Kazura, Zirconia, and Nelson were having a
meeting in the office room.
As usual, Lieze also had a bath today and afterward,
she went straight to the bed after it.
Since it was Lieze’s habit to sleep early and wake early,
it would be hard for her to stay up late for the clerical work like the rest.
It was something that Kazura had heard from Nelson not
long ago that Lieze’s age is 14 years old.
For a girl in puberty, staying up until late in the
night might harm their beauty and growth, so even if she proposed to help,
everyone might unanimously tell her to sleep instead.
「It was only a brief inspection, but it seems that every workshop has a shortage
of skilled workers…… In addition, they are so buried with works, that the parts
came out with defects in their precision.」(Kazura)
「I had already grasped the situation of the craftsmen since some time ago…… However,
it seems that my dealing of this matter didn’t turn out well. I am deeply sorry
for this……」(Zirconia)
As Zirconia said this, she hung his head in shame with
a pensive expression.
After the event with the master, Kazura’s group had
inspected the workshops, but it was just like what the master of the first
workshop had said, when they asked the craftsmen, there was a dearth of skilled
workers for the work.
When the workers saw Zirconia at first, they shrink
back and so the group couldn’t immediately talk about what are the obstacles in
their work. However, at Kazura and Lieze’s prompt, they began to share the
situation little by little.
「Well, as you can see, this situation is inevitable. The lack of workers
could be compensated with tools. I will examine whether or not I could supply a
waterwheel rotation-powered sawmill to saw the timbers and any other needed
tools. If we increase the work efficiency then the craftsmen workload could be
considerably reduced.」(Kazura)
「……Yes.」(Zirconia)
These were what Kazura proposed, but Zirconia’s
expression was still gloomy.
When Kazura first arrived at Isteria, she had a more covetous
impression but lately, he felt that she had become somehow pessimistic, or more
precisely, become diffident.
Kazura worried that perhaps the consecutive failure of
the things she managed had made her lost her confidence.
「Please don’t make such a face. It will be alright, surely it will turn out
well.」(Kazura)
「……Yes, thank you very much.」(Zirconia)
When Kazura spoke those words to her, Zirconia finally
showed a smile.
It was a smile with a hint of gloom behind it, but it
was much better than showing a depressed expression all the time.
「Then, let’s leave the matter of carpentry workshops for now. Concerning our
inspection of the blacksmiths and the well-diggers, I also want to examine
whether or not there are something we can do about them when I return to God’s
Realm. Especially about the well, since it’s greatly concerned the health and
sanitation issue of the place where there is no access to draw river water, so
we will need to deal with it one way or another.」(Kazura)
After Kazura’s
group had inspected several carpentry workshops, they inspected the workshop of
the blacksmiths and well-diggers.
The problem that the blacksmiths complained about was completely
the same as the story they had heard from the carpenters, so he believed that only
the introduction of machine tools might solve this problem.
However, from the discussion with the well-diggers, the
problem that they encounter was a completely different set of problems
When they were digging well in Isteria, they would dig
through a layer of brown sand for about 6 to 8 meters deep before the water
gushed forth.
However, this water wasn’t that good for use, white
clothes washed with this water would become bright red on the next day.
Cooking food with it would cause a bad taste and
prolonged consumption of it would be harmful to the body.
By the way, under the brown sand was a layer of
bedrock, which the well-diggers inform him was the place where they constructed
a wooden-reinforced well.
They could also construct a stone-reinforced one, but
since this was costly, they were mostly using wood as the reinforcement.
「Thank you very much. Well water had been a problem since long time ago and
it had long cause inconvenience for the people who lived far from the river. We
also couldn’t construct waterway to cover the entire city, so we had given up on
this problem as we couldn’t do anything about it.」(Nelson)
Nelson bowed his head and thanked Kazura for his
proposal.
Perhaps if they could solve the well problem then Isteria’s
health problem might be drastically improved.
For Kazura, well-digging was outside his realm of
knowledge, so when he returned to Japan he would borrow the wisdom of the experts
and by supplying technical treatise or if the circumstance permits, the
well-digging tools, then they should manage one way or another.
「By the way, when we were walking towards the well-diggers, Lieze-san seems speaking
quite friendly with the craftsmen. Does Lieze-san often visited the workshops,
too?」(Kazura)
When they visited the well-diggers workshop, the
craftsmen were at first shrunk back when they saw Zirconia, but when they
noticed Lieze, their expression softened. They were actually talking with her in
a friendly tone.
Kazura heard the words 「Thank you like always」 mixed at their conversation, so he was curious whether or not she had previous
encounters with the craftsmen.
「Ah, perhaps it was because Lieze personally replenished the mud she used to
wash her hair and body from the well-diggers. Most of the washing material used
to wash the noble ladies’ hair or for the dishwashing in the noble’s mansion
are purchased from the well-diggers. There are many who used soap, but Lieze prefer
that mud better.」(Zirconia)
「Hah, mud? …… Is it much better even than the soap?」(Kazura)
「Depending on the mud type, but the one that is used by Lieze, the White Mud,
is a top quality item, so it is far more superior than the soap. Does Kazura want
to try using it? If you ask Lieze, she could procure some.」(Zirconia)
「Hmm…… Then, next time I will ask Lieze-san personally for it. I am a bit
interested.」(Kazura)
Using mud to wash body or head, could be said as counterintuitive,
but even in Japan, cosmetics company also sell mud face cleaner or mud pack.
Since mud was also used even in Japan to some extent, the
mud in question might have a performance that was unbeatable by even the scientifically
produced soap or detergent.
「Does Zirconia-san use that mud too?」(Kazura)
「I rarely paid attention to such things…… However, perhaps I will try it for
once.」(Zirconia)
Even while having this kind of idle chat, the three
people then continued their discussion about the workshop.
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「Glass, flour mill, threshing machine and…… Isn’t this had become quite an
amount? It will take time to prepare all of these……」(Kazura)
After finished with the discussion, Kazura returned to
his bedroom and sat down on his bed while writing down what the goods that he
needed to prepare in Japan.
At tomorrow morning he would depart to Grisea Village,
so now he was sorting the information at hand so that he won’t forgot what he
needs to purchase or examine.
Since one-way trip from Isteria to Grisea Village will
take about 2 days of travel, if he forgot to buy something then he couldn’t
immediately return.
It was a distance that is not close yet not that far, nonetheless,
he was greatly vexed by this.
「If the carriage and the guards do a forced march then we would arrive in
the village in one day, but if the carriage move that fast, then Marie and I
would vomit. There must be something I can do with the carriage……」(Kazura)
Because the road between Isteria and Grisea Village
was an unpaved bare soil road, if the carriage traveled too fast, it was equivalent
to a suicidal act.
Even if he could endure it one way or another using
the essential oil, he didn’t want to bother Marie too much, even on the last rushed
return trip to Grisea Village, the rocking of the carriage was quite harsh for
Marie.
It might be better to leave Marie in the estate, but
he thought that considering Marie’s position, it wouldn’t be a good thing to
do.
「Ummm, receiving the generator, confirming the progress of construction
plan……」(Kazura)
While he kept muttering like this, Kazura spent the
whole night looking at the notebook.
By the way, at that time, Eira was waiting in the
kitchen for Kazura. However, Kazura who was busy with the preparation of his
trip tomorrow didn’t show up in the kitchen.
In the end, Eira who remembered that Kazura was going
to depart to Grisea Village on the next day, returned to her room in dejection
and then went to sleep.
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Ignore this line. I only put this line to tease the
text scrapper…
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Does Eira had been
just Forgotten-zoned? Also, when Valetta? When?
Also, I state this again
as an emphasis: Lieze’s age is 14 years old. Kazura is 25.
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Also... No footnotes!
No qc mention
ReplyDeleteThat one other guy. Cant remember his name
DeletePft, who cares about him, not like he ever did anything!
DeleteThanks for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteThat's why it's sad that Zir isn't a heroine. Thanks for the chapter.
ReplyDelete. ∧__∧ Thanks!!
ReplyDelete/⌒ (`・ω・) Nepu!!
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Kazura tem 4 bilhões com isso eu já teria comprado armas pra me defender nesse outro mundo.
ReplyDeletetambém já teria jogando a Lieze na cama
Amigo, English please, além disso o Japão não é igual ao Brasil onde você consegue comprar armas facilmente indo numa favela.
Deleteoxi br aqui kkk
DeleteBr hoje, Br amanhã, Br sempre.
DeleteThanks for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteSoon, back to Grisea Village and we will see Valetta again!
oh yeah takarauji! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteits alive!! Thanks for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteTime for carriage spring steel suspension for shock absorption or an ATV? Or if he wanted to go alone and do a marathon every trip, he could get a mountain bike.
ReplyDeleteBe more creative. Get a tandem bike and ask Valetta to help him peddle with her super strength.
DeleteFast transport + lovey dovey time alone.
Win-win. :)
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLieze is 14... And this is a Medieval-like world, thus it's completely OK. Marriageable age of 14 is relatively common in some parts of the world and was even more common until at least 2 centuries ago even in "modern" countries. Usually the rising of the marriageable age comes hand-to-hand with a rise on life expectancy, even thoug a rise on life expentancy not always results in the raise of marriageable age.
ReplyDeleteZirconia, you're a warmonger, of course you're scary...
ReplyDeleteSomehow I prefer Zirconia as Heroine. Does that mean Kazura gotta do NTR ing? Lol
ReplyDeleteit's allright.. 10 years difference is nothing!!
ReplyDeleteRather than 無理 you mean 面倒 right? XD
ReplyDeletepor fin un nuevo capitulo ToT muchas gracias
ReplyDeleteThank You for the hard work on the chapter!!!
ReplyDeleteIs good to have you back after such long time... for a moment i thought you had died... seriously XD
Is that loli invite you to jail?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter!!!
ReplyDeleteAnother month again..... haiz. Are you already in jail? Cause of loli?
ReplyDeleteThis is very late for next chapter! :(
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chapter~
ReplyDelete14? So what? As long as she have adult mind already then it's safe~
Thank you for doing an awesome job, not just with this but all the series on here. Also, where's the gif at the bottom from?
ReplyDeleteHentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko
DeleteIt's a modified gif. The car is actually a taxi.
Zirconia is without a doubt the most complex character on the novel so far (perhaps because there're more chapters about her). I expect to see her personality softening under the influence of Kazura.
ReplyDelete"she hung his head in shame with a pensive expression"
ReplyDeleteher*