The business at Village Four is over but the universal ship is not yet ready to sail.
According to Tou, it would take another two hours.
Thus, we wandered around Village Four.
The fenrirs areâŚâŚ playing on the 10-meter diameter disk that Gou prepared.
Even the other fenrirs, who were scared of riding the universal ship, are playing there too.
The disk is not too high from the ground so they are not afraid.
I see.
The ground you are looking at is the flying Village Four so itâs actually quite highâŚ..
Well, if you donât notice, I guess itâs fine.
I understand.
Yeah, but that doesnât mean you can break it so donât play violently, okay?
ăWhat they are doing is still fine. Well, it will go down a little right after you get on and it gets up when you get off so it will return to its original height soon.ă
Gou and Kuzuden returned to the castle to finalize the plan to improve the living environment and Bell, who remained behind, explained the situation.
It is true that that thing goes down little by little the more fenrir get on and rise up little by little as they get off.
However, it returns to its original position fast.
ăIf something heavy goes on or off, it will react accordingly.ă
The fenrirs are reasonably heavy even if itâs only one of them.
It canât be helped.
However, is the same true with the wider disk?
ăNo, as its size increases the tolerance for weight fluctuation increases so itâs okay. It wouldnât budge with only a personâs weight.ă
Heh.
By the way, this disk is probably floating on its own but, how do you fix it in place?
Wonât it be left behind as Village Four moves?
ăThere is a force field that surrounds Village Four. Otherwise, the air and wind pressure would make life very difficultâŚ.ă
Indeed.
However, according to Gouâs plan, there will be a lot of these around, right?
Will the force field surrounding Village Five be strong enough?
ăWe already have a plan on strengthening it thatâs why we were bold enough to move this proposal forward.ă
It seems that the functions of Village Four are almost back in its heyday, aside from the armament of course.
ăHowever, thereâs also a problemâŚ.the dragons.ă
Dragons?
ăYes. I heard that when the universal ship was made, the dragons audited it. That diskâŚ..itâs officially called floating garden but in a sense, it has a similar feature to the universal ship.ă
Similar feature?
You mean it also has arms?
ăEh? Should it have arms?ă
No, no, itâs okay if it doesnât.
ăIâll tell Gou to consider putting arms on them.ă
It seems convenient but Gou doesnât seem to like it that much, does he?
ăHe wonât like it, fufufuă
Since you know, you donât need to tell him.
Well, Iâm the one who suggested it though.
Letâs get back to the topic.
When Loo built the universal ship, she and Dors discussed a lot about the future production.
Iâm sure that Dors doesnât mean to harass her or anything. Itâs just that the dragons oversee the evolution speed of magic tools.
However, it wonât fly around like the universal ship, right?
ăActually, it can.ă
Really?
ăBecause it is like the solar castle.ă
If you put it that wayâŚ..I see.
ăYou can also use the floating garden to go up and down the ground.ă
Can you elaborate?
ăIt simply means it can be used as an elevator.ă
ElevatorâŚ.in other words, elevator!
ăIt is difficult to go to Village Four but using a small floating garden makes things easier. During our era, we used to use a floating garden enough for a single person to use. Ah, only royalty and big merchants can use it. Itâs not something that commoners could afford.ă
I see.
In other words, the disk that the fenrirs are riding on can descend directly to the ground.
ăYes and its descent is at a decent speed so there is less danger.ă
Even if I explain it to them that way, the fenrirs would be horrified.
Perhaps hearing my conversation with Bell, the fenrirs slowly dismounted from the disk and began distancing themselves.
Hahaha.
I wonât force you to use it.
ăWe digress again. My apologies. Letâs get back to the topic. There is a chance that the dragons might stop us from using this floating garden.ă
But then, Gouâs plan would come to a complete stop, right?
ăWe are already consulting Doraim-sama.ă
I see.
ăHakuren-sama and Rasuti-sama seemed to be busy raising their dragonborns.ă
Yeah, they are.
ăThen, Doraim-sama, whoâs dancing with radish on him, passed byâŚ.ă
He passed by?
Well, since you were able to speak with Doraim, doesnât mean there should no longer be a problem.
ăAbout thatâŚ..ă
?
ăHe said that there would be a problem if we let the floating garden fly independently. In order to solve it, he advised us to make them part of Village Four. If they are part or extensions of Village Four, there shouldnât be any problem. He said we should just put a rope or something and claim it as part of Village FourâŚ.ă
EhâŚ..
Is that okay?
ăIt should be, right? I think itâs fine, right? Since it was Doraim-samaâs words, Gou accepted it and started to proceed with the planâŚ. To be honest, Iâm full of anxiety.ă
I-I know what you mean.
Ehto, I guess Bell is having a hard time.
In the meantime, Iâll talk to Dors about the disksâŚ.I mean, the floating gardens.
ăThank you very much.ă
Also, I have a personal request.
ăSure, what is it?ă
If thereâs no problem with the floating garden, it would be great if you could put up a suspension bridge as well as ropes so that those who canât fly can get around.
ăAh, I see. I understand.ă
I returned to the village and immediately reported to Dors.
ăThe purpose of this project is to expand Village Four, right? I already heard it from Doraim. If they tie them with ropes, there shouldnât be any problem.ă
Doraim already reported it to Dors.
Iâm sorry.
I was a little worried.
However, about the other use of the floating garden?
ăItâs okay. However, if you really want to use it as an elevator, only use it in this forest. In short, treat it the same as the universal ship.ă
Understood.
Iâll tell Gou and the others.
ăAre you planning to sell it?ă
No, Iâm not.
It seems to be pretty expensive and I donât want it to spread.
If it becomes widespread, there will definitely be falling accidents.
In Belleâs era, it is said that it was not unusual for mages to use flying carpets to fly in the sky but in this day and age, itâs not easy to do that.
Though I thought it would be a good place for the angels to rest though.
Omake.
ăAh, the floating garden has been approved.ă
Loo was the one who said that.
You know about it?
ăOf course. I was the one who built the universal ship. If anyone would want to build something similar, theyâd come to me, wouldnât they?ă
I see.
Gou already consulted Loo about it.
ăHowever, they are pretty expensiveâŚ.are you sure you wanted to expand Village Four using those?ă
Yeah, Iâm already prepared to pay for it.
The purpose of that project is to improve the living environment in Village Four.
Partly because I also wanted to increase the spice harvest.
ăâŚâŚ.ă
What?
Why are you looking like that?
ăEhtoâŚ.ă
Whatâs wrong?
ăThat price was prepared considering the price of raw magic materials I have to provide.ă
What are you saying?
ăMost of those magic materials and ores can be obtained from the herb field and hot spring of the villageâŚâŚă
What do you mean?
ăI was the one who put the price on them and I thought it would be Village Four who would pay for themâŚ..however, since you said you, the chief, would pay for it, it will just go back to you.ă
âŚâŚâŚ..
Ehto, how about buying from outside sources?
ăWe could ask the Goroun Company or the Dalfon Company but they could only find one supplier, this village. Only this village can supply them in large quantities.ă
âŚâŚ.
ăDo you just want to see the money move on records?ă
Unnecessary. That would just burden the civil servant girls.
Letâs do it the easiest way.
ăOkay, letâs not use money. Letâs just put on record that they are material support of Big Tree Village to Village Four.ă
Please, do so.
However, Goh asked for your advice for the purpose of expanding Village Four, right?
You could have just done so from the startâŚ..
ăMr. Village Chief, can you tell me who was the one who always tells everyone that each village should be self-financing?ă
Hmmm.
Right.
I always believe in self-sufficiency.
Loo did the right thing.
However, this time, the goal is to improve the living environment.
Itâs urgent.
Also, I thought that if the harvest of spices increased, we would be able to recover the cost.
I did no wrong too.
There shouldnât be any problem.
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Itâs not good for Village Four to be the only one whoâll receive special treatment.
Letâs go to Village One, Village Two, and Village Three if they have any trouble.
As for Village Five, if thereâs any problem, Youko will tell me.
Well, letâs ask her later.
Dors: I donât really care even no matter how much you make them but you better be careful and make sure it wonât spread around the world.