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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!
Should have release this last month… But Yukkuri is a Yukkuri….
Hahahahahaha…………………… Terribly sorry, please forgive me…
I promise I will do the next batch in a zippy…
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 80: Asking for the Best
Feeling the hard shield pressed behind his head, Isaac
judged that he had lost.
The whole event just now happened so fast that his
head was confused about what was going on.
「…… Ano, are you alright? Can you get up?」(Valetta)
The shield’s sensation disappeared from the back of
his head as Valetta’s worried words arrived on his ears.
Isaac let go the wooden sword that he had continuously
gripped until now and put his right hand on the ground to prop his body up.
He thanked Valetta who was offering her hand and then
he took it to help himself up.
Isaac mumbled 「Hmm」 when he stood up as he remembered Valetta’s strong power that belies her
delicate appearances.
He wiped the dirt clinging in his hand at his body and
once again took a deep breath to calm himself down.
Then, with a slight frowning expression he turned
towards Valetta.
「Is that the gift of strength, the one that was conferred by Kazura-sama?」(Isaac)
「Etto…… Yes.」(Valetta)
Valetta was a bit troubled about how she should answer
Isaac’s question, but since it might be not a mistake if it’s only the gist of
the truth, she honestly nodded.
Seeing her reply, Isaac’s held his head and made a
deep sigh.
「Weren’t you just too merciless? If you are this much strong, then please
mention it before the match. I had said for you to come at me with a killing
intent, but when I receive your slash, I honestly felt as if my life was about
to fly away.」(Isaac)
「I-I am terribly sorry. I wanted to win against Isaac-san no matter what,
so…… I thought that if I didn’t say anything and suddenly attack with my full
power then I could attack you unguarded.」(Valetta)
The reason why Valetta rushed headlong to Isaac with
her full power when the battle started was to make Isaac perturbed and seize
the battle initiative for herself.
As the effect of continuous consumption of the food
that Kazura had brought, her physical strength had increased. But no matter how
much it increased, her opponent was a real combat veteran soldier.
If the match became prolonged then he could easily
read the movement of the combat amateur Valetta and her chance to win would become
slim.
Hence, after her first surprise attack was defended she
repeated the same attack once more, to convince Isaac that it was a monotone
attack from an amateur.
As the result, Isaac took one of the several movements
that Valetta had predicted before.
Afterward, Valetta’s action was also was 「if he moves like this then I will do that」 action that she had decided beforehand in the simulation inside her mind
when she was drying the laundry.
Perhaps if Isaac succeeded in defending that attack,
then to be frank, Valetta didn’t know whether or not she could win against
Isaac.
「You surely catch me unguarded…… I lost. I will honor my promise.」(Isaac)
When Isaac admitted, Valetta smiled in relief.
No matter what kind of person Isaac was, she was a bit
worried that his feeling would be hurt by losing to her in such way, but it
looked like such worry was needless.
「Thank you very much. Also, please keep this secret from Kazura-san. I think
he might be… worried……」(Valetta)
Valetta said this with a slight hint of loneliness
behind her words. Isaac nodded straight away.
「I understand. I won’t say anything to Kazura-sama. When Valetta-san could
stand with pride before Kazura-sama, then at the time let’s inform him about
everything. Of course, I won’t tell another person about your blessing of
power, so please do not worry.」(Isaac)
Valetta smiled delightedly when she heard this.
「Yes. I will be in your care.」(Valetta)
Valetta made a deep bow and Isaac’s heart was filled
with joy.
It seems that this girl held a great respect and devotion
to Kazura just like himself.
He still didn’t know how much this girl’s talent is,
but if she was blessed with the strength that she had demonstrated, then if she
was trained properly then she would become a powerful warrior.
Kazura seemed to be extremely pleased of Valetta, so after
he had given her training, then he could recommend her to Kazura and Nelson,
that she might stay beside him as a close bodyguard.
「(In that case, surely…… Stupid, what I am thinking.)」(Isaac)
The scene of exchange between Lieze and Kazura two
days ago appeared in his mind. Isaac quickly rebuked himself.
If Valetta were able to stay near Kazura, then Kazura’s
eyes will surely turn towards Valetta and not Lieze. Even if it’s just for a
little bit, this was what he had thought.
It was a foolish thought that didn’t have the sliver
of sincerity for either Kazura and Lieze. Isaac felt ashamed on his own wretched
heart.
「Then, let’s begin immediately. Start with the basic stance when holding a
sword. Please do not be hurry, do it slowly, until you properly master it one
by one.」(Isaac)
「Yes!」(Valetta)
Thus, the secret special training between Isaac and
Valetta began.
✧✦✧✦
When Isaac and Valetta’s special training started, Kazura
was sitting in the entrance of the Japanese mansion and talking with his father
Shinji through his handphone.
「500 kilograms of copper and tin, what are you will use it for? Do you want
to build a temple bell?」(Shinji)
「No, it doesn’t mean that I want to use it right now, I only want to place
them nearby. Though, I hope you can arrange it with a material store to send it
to the mansion.」(Kazura)
Unconcerned about Shinji who asked back with
bewilderment in his tone, Kazura pushed through about the materials procurement.
Shinji had managed a small workshop before and it was
where they produced metal souvenirs, so procuring metal materials like this was
his specialty.
At first, Kazura thought about procuring the materials
himself, however, searching for the dealers and the negotiation would take too
much time, so he delegated everything to Shinji.
There was the issue about the money, but since Kazura
had cast 500 million yen into Shinji’s account, then the money should be enough.
「If it’s possible, I want it so that it arrives at least before the day
after tomorrow. Please?」(Kazura)
「…… Ah, okay okay. I will contact you again when the date for the delivery
had been decided, so you can leave it to me. Also, if you want to create bronze,
then the tin ratio is only 10%. You can’t just plunge them together in equal amount.」[1](Shinji)
「Oh, is that so? I don’t know about that.」(Kazura)
「Hey, hey, will you be alright? Don’t do something haphazardly. If there is
something you don’t know, you can ask me. Since I will teach you anything.」(Shinji)
「Then about the room inside the mansion……」(Kazura)
「I had told you, I don’t know anything about that.」(Shinji)
Shinji immediately refused, so Kazura let out a big
sigh.
「I understand. Then, I will entrust the materials procurement to you. If I
have something else, then I will call you again.」(Kazura)
「Ok. Don’t do absurd things too much, you hear?」(Shinji)
Kazura cut the call and then put the handphone back to
his trouser pocket.
「What do you mean by absurd, geez……」(Kazura)
Good grief, he scratched his head as he walked towards
the car parked in the front yard.
He turned the key and started the engine before he
booted the car navigation and searched for his destination.
His first destination was a glass workshop in the
city.
There was a mountain of things
that he needed to do in Japan, so he couldn’t do things too leisurely.
He had already finished contacting the engineering
firm for the water turbine generator he ordered before and he had arranged it
to be delivered to the mansion on the noon next day.
The first thing he was going to do now was searching
and procuring the goods that Valetta asked and the goods that he intended to
bring to Isteria, after that he would investigate the things he had in mind
before.
「If it’s possible then it will be nice if everything could be finished by
tomorrow morning. But let’s see how things go.」(Kazura)
Kazura confirmed the route that the car navi displayed
before he stepped on the pedal.
✧✦✧✦
1 hour later.
Kazura had arrived at the glass studio and now he was
examining the glass rod displayed on the shelves inside the studio.
The shelves where various colored glass rods lined up
were separated from the shelves where they placed the glass materials.
There were two kinds of glass rods placed inside the studio,
hard glass from the gas-oxygen torch and soft glass from the gas-air torch.[2]
Then they were divided into the transparent colored
crystal glass and the nontransparent soda-lime glass.
The studio itself was a 3-storey building, currently
Kazura was on the second floor, the first floor was where the completed manufactured
glassware like glass beads was displayed, the glass rods and the glassmaking
tools were displayed on the second floor.
At the label placed on the stairway, the third floor
was where the glass studio offered glassmaking class.
「Now then, which one should I buy?」(Kazura)
While comparing the hard glass and soft glass shelves,
Kazura was a bit confused on which type he should buy.
Just by a glance, the hard glass had a more beautiful
luster than soft glass.
After this hard glass had been melted to some degree
into a big lump of glass, then it could be struck on the ground to smash it
into irregular forms, which Nelson could easily sell at the market.
Next to the shelves where the glass was placed, was
where the shelves for the special glass.
The rainbow-colored dichroic glass or boards of iridescent
glass that was shining beautifully, or glass rods with various patterned color
like a Kintarou candy.[3]
「Wait. To melt this, a specialized burner would be needed…… So, I need to
buy the tool set to process the form and size to what that side preferred.」(Kazura)
The glass rods that was displayed in the studio was
mostly about 1 cm to 2 cm thick.
As it is, not only their size was small but their
current form was also too uniform, so Kazura needed to melt them into a lump of
glass.
Kazura called out to the female clerk that was sitting
behind the register and asked her for the explanation about the tools.
「Sorry, but I want the tools to process this hard glass. Can I ask you to
choose the good tool set? Since this is my first try, I don’t know what is
needed.」(Kazura)
「I understand. The oxygen-gas torch is quite expensive, will it be fine for
you?」(Clerk)
「How much? If it within my capacity then I can prepare the money.」(Kazura)
「The torch and the oxygen concentrator to refine oxygen are quite expensive,
even the small tools will cost close to 300000 yen[4].
In the case for the tools for soft glass, 40000 yen[5]
is enough for complete set.」(Clerk)
It seems that there was quite a gap between the price
for hard glass tools and soft glass tools.
Of course, although it depends on the type of tools
chosen, to choose the hard glass tools compared to soft glass tools would need
a courageous amount of money.
However, for the super nouveau riche like Kazura, it
was an inconsequential matter.
「Ah, no, the oxygen-gas one, please. Then can I also ask you to explain how
to operate it?」(Kazura)
「I understand. Please follow me.」(Clerk)
After Kazura said this, he followed the female clerk and
entered the room where the torch tools were placed.
Inside the room, there were many kinds of torches and
there were several oxygen refining devices called oxygen concentrator were
placed.
The goods cost a considerable amount of money, there
were many that was above 200000 yen[6].
「First, the torch. The flame that comes out from it is different depending
on the product. You can choose based on the degree of how much the nozzle flame
size could be adjusted, how big the works that want to be made, or the quality
of the flame that you seek.」(Clerk)
「Hmm…… Which product that you recommend? If possible, a sturdy one that will
not breakdown easily.」(Kazura)
「If you seek a sturdy product, then it will be this one. It cost 250000 yen[7],
not only it produced good flame but it was constructed sturdily so it will be rare
for a breakdown to occur.」(Clerk)
When the female clerk explained, she pointed at one of
the torches placed on top of the shelves.
「Is that so. Then that one please.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. Also, for the oxygen concentrator, the cheapest one
will be 100000 yen, a good Japanese made one will be 250000 yen. As for the efficiency……」(Clerk)
After he had heard the female clerk’s explanation
about the oxygen concentrator, he understood the gist of it.
To simplify her words: The most expensive one have the
best performance.
「Then, that most expensive one please.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. How about an electric kiln? The best on is 350000 yen.」(Clerk)
Perhaps because she had concluded that Kazura was
loaded with money, the female clerk began to explain about electric kiln.
The purpose of the electric kiln was to be used in the
「cooling」 stage of glass making.
If a glassware made from a mixture of several glasses was
just left cooled in room temperature after the burning process, then it would
be deformed due to the different coefficient of thermal expansion between the
glass components.
If the cooling speed was too fast, then the glass would
reach the limit of its resilience and it would end up cracked.
「Hmm, since it’s called electric kiln, then it will use a lot of
electricity, right? A device that needs a lot of electricity is a bit……」(Kazura)
「I see…… The big one could use more than 20 amperes. Even without electric
kiln, if you put the newly burned glassware into the slow cooling materials
like this silica annealing bubbles[9],
then generally it will end up fine.」(Clerk)
The female store clerk took a bag from a nearby shelve
and handed it over to Kazura.
Inside the transparent bag was a large number of white
beads the size of rice grains.
Though Kazura won’t necessarily made something from the
mixed colored glass, this annealing bubbles might be useful.
「Then, that annealing bubbles please.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. The annealing bubbles could be placed inside a container
like an empty tin can. I think the size of a cookie tin will be enough. Or
perhaps you can use a specialized container that this shop sells.」(Clerk)
「A cookie tin…… Ah, it’s okay, I have just the right size tin can. Then can
you help me choosing the other tools? It doesn’t matter even if they are
expensive as long as they are the easiest one to use.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. Then, first the goggles and tweezers……」(Clerk)
And thus, just like what the female clerk told him,
Kazura purchased one good after another.
She also recommended a small propane gas cylinder, but
if the gas ran out in Isteria, Kazura couldn’t immediately return to Japan.
Although he thought that he wouldn’t use that much
gas, it is better to have a surplus amount, so he decided that he would contact
his father Shinji once more to procure a large-size propane gas cylinder.
In the end, the final cost of the goods was close to
600000 yen[10].
☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽
Buy me some Light
Novels, Kazura!
After I finished
translating Realist Kingdom, I’ll translate Takarakuji Chapter 81 to 90.
[1]
The so called “Classic Bronze”. Weapons
and armors from the Bronze age were made out of this type of bronze.
can kazuya ask the lord of the land for a gold mind..soon he will run out off money
ReplyDeleteI am not sure the author is keeping tally of Kazuya's funds at this point.
DeleteWell... He got 4,000,000,000 yen. 600,000 yen is not even 1%...
DeleteJust around 46m USD, not an infinite amount with which you can buy everything to kickstart the industrial revolution in a medieval tech country that is recovering from war.
DeleteI think Kazuya had atleast spent about nearly 15%-20% of the money he had by now, if my estimates is correct.
DeleteBronze age, which is a fascinating period of itself. Middle age is iron age, though the rival country sounds like it just crossed into the iron age.
DeleteIts not even 1% of 1%... its not even 1% of 1% of 1%... ok its more then that, precisely 15 times 1% of 1% of 1%, or in a clearer way to view, 1% of 1% of 15%, or yet 1 and a half thousandth of 1%.
DeleteDamnit i shoudnt have said that, i hope to still see comments of he will run out of money in every chapter he spends some change like this
DeleteWell, it’s been less than three months, and he’s probably spent at max 1 billion if you include what he gave his father...
DeleteNow... whatever interest is on banked balances in Japan is times 40 billion divided by 12 months... I’m sure interest is covering a large share of his spending.
I just had a thought tho... with the tools he’s taken over, my mind just did a what if fast forward where hero’s show up and discover these out of place tools... like compressed gas cylinder, saw.
Nailer... they’d be wondering wtf is up with this world...
Top clerk right there. Milk him dry!
ReplyDeleteAnyone keeping on his money? I think his expenses already exceeded his Lottery.
ReplyDeletebelow is an expense list (let me know if i missed something)
Delete500000000 to parents, few hundred yen lipo d(counting as 1000), 105yen salt,village save 20000(based on real world list), hand cart 300000, water wheel 10000000,350x reclamation equipment 31500 (based on real world tools), fertalizer 39500 (real), new hand cart 300000, ocarinas 29800, bag of stones/marbles (assuming 1000) 150000,seeds and tea (assuming 100) 80000, 50 tons compost 150000, electric tools (assuming 1 gen, 5 white goods & 10 tools) 1495000, lime 88000, mini tractor and exca 700000, water generator 440000, glass working stuff 600000, cost of life 17121000 (average wage in japan). 531,545,905 total out of 4000,000,000 = 13.28% spent
If that's true, then taking out the money to his parents, he's really spent 31.5m yen on his "revolution" so far. Expensive, but not money sucking dry kind of expenditures for a lotto winner, unless he keeps this activity up for years.
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Deleteat last, the new chapter arrive! thank you for the chapter.
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Ｕ Ｕ Thanks..
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Handphone...thats a funny way of saying cell phone, mobile phone, or smartphone (if it is one like the manga adaption depicts).
ReplyDeleteOnly 6k for pro glass making equipment, enough to start an independent business like opening an etsy store for handmade products....not very expnsive when you consider the latest high end Apple computer can exeed that amount easily. It's certainly expensive for the average Joe, but to kazura it's a drop in the bucket.
If only someone (namely the author) was keeping track and telling us how much his finances are at the end of each chapter (that he makes a purchase in), I'd be pretty happy. But something's tells me he's not.
As for Kazura's money itself...I hope he's keeping some of it in high interest savings or investments with some insurance, but I doubt he's doing that too. Even if it's ot much now, it all adds up down the road. Spending money like it's water is how so many lottery winners end up bankrupt, broke, in debt, and homeless, becoming a begger.
Cell phone is US colloquial. Handphone or HP is how we Asienglish called those mobile telephone. Japanese just call them keitai (携帯), literally "portable".
DeleteI don't usually translate into US standard... (even I render Osaka-Ben as Scottish, not the usual Southern USA drawl)
And speaking of phone, why wont Kazura tether some internet connection into the village, and teach Valetta how to use laptop to search various knowledge/information topics that she want?
DeleteThe water turbine generator are almost there.
Mobile Phone is the original word for it. I guess hand phone is a weird japanization of that.
Deletemost south east asian also called it handphone.
DeleteYAYY! THANK YOU
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeleteNo matter how much he won, with how freely he's spending it, I'm amazed it hasn't run out.
Now, Shinji has, yet again lied to Kazura. And not only with the room. The alloy know as "bronze" can have a lot of compositions as long as copper is the main ingredient and is not brass (no zinc, or zinc quantity way lower than tin); the proper composition would depend on the intended use and the user's choice. Bronze as they use it in the other world should have a highly variable composition, and while bronze for swords should ideally have about the composition given by Shinji, bronze for armors should instead have less tin (~6%), but 1)that's only because of the relative scarcity of cassiterite ore (and it being used as is instead of refining it to tin) and 2)being a poorly advanced civilization the bronze they use should have a more complex composition, mainly a good chunk of arsenic (or even arsenic instead of tin).
And what shows it being a barefaced lie is that bell bronze has a copper-tin ratio of 4:1 (20% tin).
BTW adding arsenic to the mix in bronze makes it even better for most of the uses I believe he'll give to it, since it's stronger and casts better.
Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or this chapter don't get shorterned in the main web ?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter
ReplyDeleteWhere the next chapter ?
ReplyDeletei hope the next chapter is up... :) thankyou
ReplyDeleteI pity issac, abused by work, abused by lieze, now abused by valetta
ReplyDeleteUnless he's a masochist, then it’s a reward ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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