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Happy Wednesday!
This is the last chapter of the year, enjoy.  I hope everyone will have a better year in 2021, Happy New Year!
「Un? Going to the orphanage?」
「Yes, Director-sensei said that she wanted to thank you in person, but it’s difficult for her to go to Dragon Forest, so she wanted Ojii-san to come. Maa, though it seems that we’re confusing the order of things by having the person we thank come to us
.」
「That is something that couldn’t be helped. Since humans are frail creatures. Besides, Director-sensei is at an advanced age, right? Then, Dragon Forest would be all the more dangerous for her. Of course, children coming is not something to be praised about either
.」
「T, that’s, maa, it was because it was a state of emergency
. Then, you can come to the orphanage?」
「Let’s see, then the timing’s perfect, why don’t I bring Sakuya with me!!」
「Sakuya-chan too!?」
「Umu, I was thinking of having her go to a human village once, but if there’s an acquaintance, then Sakuya will feel relieved too, right?」
Certainly, having someone she knew at a place she’s never been to before would give her peace of mind.
「Then, will you go to the orphanage right away?」
「No, I’m going to take the chance to get some shopping done in town, so I need to make some preparations.」
「Preparations?」
「It’s the first time that Sakuya’s leaving the house, so I need to make the arrangements for going out, and I’m going as a hunter, so it would be good to bring some prey, right?」
「Come to think of it, you’re a hunter
.」
「Don’t forget that!! Also, it’s the perfect timing, so maybe we’ll go after making the cart.」
「Cart, you say, not a horse-drawn carriage, but a wolf-drawn carriage?」
「Since the trees will also be dried soon, we should use it to carry the prey.」
「That’s true, besides, if you’re a hunter, you would have something like a cart.」
「In that case, let’s go to the orphanage after finishing the cart!!」
「Then, I’ll let Director-sensei know that you’ll come after a little while.」
And so, Ojii-san and I started making the cart that he will take to the orphanage.
As Ojii-san said, the trees that we cut down were dried, so they had become wood.
TN: this sounds a bit weird, but basically, in order to turn a tree into wood for woodworking, the moisture in the trees that have been cut down needs to be gone before it can be processed.
Originally, you would use tools like a saw and a plane to process it into wood, but as expected of a fantasy, Ojii-san did it using magic.
TN: a plane is a tool that shapes wood
The magic he used was elementary level magic, so I too was processing it while practicing magic.
As expected, the first one did not turn out well, but it was a simple process, so I immediately became familiar with it.
We made the first one into a plank and put it into my Item Box. it was because I wanted to use it to repair the orphanage. It seems that recently, the cold wind had been blowing into the cracks more and more, so the timing was perfect.
Originally, the making of the wheel would have been difficult, but the cart this time was not that big, so we sliced a thick tree into round pieces, and using that, we made the wheels.
When we make a carriage in the future, I wanted to try wrapping it in leather in place of the wheel’s rubber, and we will make a spring for the suspension.
This time, it was a small-scaled one, so Ojii-san did not take that much time to make the cart.
ly, we talked about the apparatus that connected the wolves to the cart, so Obaa-san was making it.
We reconstructed it so that no matter who pulled the cart, be it people or wolves, it would be fine.
time, I wanted to try making something that even I could make.
「Then, Ojii-san will go hunting tomorrow and everyone will go to the orphanage with me the day after tomorrow. And you’re fine with staying at the orphanage, right?」
「Umu, I’m fine with it. Only, if Sakuya doesn’t like it, we might go back.」
「That’s something that can’t be helped. It’s her first time living with humans.」
「Maa, actually, if she doesn’t try it, she can’t say anything about it
. Now then, I’ll do my best for tomorrow’s hunting!!」
「No, no, please don’t be too enthusiastic and hunt something strange, ok!?」
「I know. Come on, quickly go home before it gets dark!!」
Was it really alright?
「Then, I’ll be going now. See you the day after tomorrow.。」
「Umu, be careful.」
And so, I returned to the orphanage, and made preparations to welcome Ojii-san and the others.