The Hard Work Will Never Betray Me
CH 60
It was morning already. But I'm still sleepy.
Because I stayed up all night with him, with his large chest rising and falling along with his breath, with him speaking while sleeping, though I did not understand what he was saying, and with her occasionally rolling over and hugging me, it was impossible for me to sleep well. I finally fell asleep at dawn, as the sky grew white.
But as soon as the sun came up, Lily came and woke me up. By the way, Lily yesterday said that she would wake up early and come here……. I know he's looking forward to it, but I went crazy with the lark of sleep. Speaking of lark of sleep, I had a lot of trouble last night. There are no tissues in the world. What am I supposed to do?
I don't want to wipe it with a towel, if I do it the cloth will harden. I had no choice but to stand there for a while and wash it little by little with water. It seemed that the same thing happened in this world, that it could easily be swept away after some time.
"What are you doing ? Wake up! Come breakfast!”
Lily woke me up by banging her spoon into the frying pan. To be honest, I really wanted her to stop because she was bothering Mei and it was bothering my sleep-deprived head.
“Nnnnnnggggggg...”.
“Don't sound like a zombie!
“Water bath ice!”
"It's cold!"
“You're up?"
The cold water soaked my face and I finally woke up a little.
“Ya, breakfast is ready.”
"Hmmm. Good morning, Lily."
"Good morning."
And then Mei Arendal, the source of my sleepiness, woke up.
"Good morning. The bed is softer than I thought and I slept well!”
"That's because you sleep quietly without caring about the world!” I cried out in my heart as I gulped down the cold water Lily presented me without showing it. I can't sleep well unless I get a bulkhead or something. I feel like I'm going to die of exhaustion before we reach our destination.
“For breakfast today, I made a sandwich with stir-fried orc meat and Caesar salad on bread. There's also a consomme soup with oak bone broth."
“That's an amazing party for the morning. You look like a noble.”
“What are you talking about, the legitimate son of a great nobleman?"
That's what I said. I thought I might be sleepwalking and I remember a past life.
“Itadakimasu”
We say "Itadakimasu" in the style of the Imperial Kingdom, and enjoy our meal. She was a noblewoman who was not supposed to cook for herself, but surprisingly, Lily was an excellent cook.
“Why is Lily good at cooking?"
As with last night's dinner, the quality of the food was as good as the quality of the top chefs. And he did it with the materials he had. I wonder if Lily was blessed by the cooking god?
"I like to cook. It's fun, and I'm good at cooking every day at home.
He could open a luxurious restaurant in a prime location in the current imperial capital. As a former lover of Japanese cuisine, I guarantee the taste.
“I'm very lucky to be able to eat such delicious food.”
“Stop, you make me shy.”
He said that, but he seemed happy about it.
So we spent a relaxing and peaceful morning, despite the fact that we were on a road filled with demonic monsters.
✳︎
After breakfast and cleaning, we prepared to leave. When we were ready, we checked our route for the day.
“If everything goes smoothly, we will reach our destination in about two hours, around noon today.
“We went through a lot yesterday, so we should have plenty of time today.”
“I will remain vigilant with sonar, Lily will fight monsters, and Mei is driving.”
"Yes." Yeah."
"Give me, I'll deal with monsters!"
I also know that my drowsiness has reached its limit.
“Sorry, I couldn't sleep last night. My sonar will respond automatically, so let me take a nap. ……”
“I made a magic circle for sonar on a piece of paper and attached it to the ceiling of Buffalo. I would play around with the shape of the magic circle and the array of runes, as well as modify its magic formula so that it would make a sound in response to living beings even while I was sleeping. I must remember to set the alarm to go off in my sleeping brain if a monster with a B-rank or higher appears that Lily cannot handle alone.
“I don't think anything will happen, but……. Good night, I'll take care of the rest. ……”
“I wonder why you are so sleepy?”
As I listened to the two of them talk about it and they were not far from the truth, then I fell asleep.
✳︎
"Are you awake?"
"May. What is that ?"
When I woke up, Mei, who was resting with a glass of drink, looked at me and said, “We are only an hour away from our destination.
“We're on break now.”
“Hal, are you awake?”
Lily came and called me.
“Yes, I feel much better.”
Maybe I haven't been asleep for a long time, but I'm feeling fine now.
“Do you see any dangerous monsters?”
"No. They're all the types I can beat.”
“Maybe because Buffalo is big and fast. Monsters with a certain intelligence and ability to judge situations will be frightened and run away."
"So that's it."
“If they see a Buffalo and still come to you, they may be stupid enough not to feel any unknown danger, or they are monsters too afraid to move."
Even on Earth, a deer would be afraid of the light of a car light. The same thing seemed to happen to weak monsters.
“This soup. It's delicious."
"Thank you."
When I drank the rest of the consomme soup with oak bone broth in the morning, I squirmed until my spine rang.
“We'd better get going."
"okay."
"okay."
Mei drives the magic machine and Buffalo starts moving. We're almost there.
✳︎
“No, but we got here pretty fast.”
“This is a victory for our Arendelle workshop technology."
“It usually takes a week, but we arrived in just two days.
It was a long journey of 350 kilometers, but according to this world standard, we only took two days to reach the destination. This is the first time “Buffalo” has traveled that far.
By the way, apparently “Buffalo” can already be produced by craftsmen in the workshop without the help of May. So, if he wanted to sell it on a large scale, he could do it.
However, if this kind of product were to circulate around the world, it would damage the hauling business, and the end result would be an unknown workshop or another country would dismantle it and steal its technology. So, the current policy is to sell only to the trusted and influential people of the region, the nobles close to us, and the royal family as well as those authorized by the royal family.
However, if we do not have the technology of a magic machine or a magic battery, we will not be able to replicate it. It was not something that could be reproduced by a craftsman with natural talent who had to go through special training for several years.
“So, that's why it became a black box."
Maybe May will develop a space rocket someday. At the very least, he had advanced the world's scientific civilization for at least a hundred years. It's not impossible, is it?
By the way, Mei made something when she was six years old that a blacksmith with natural talent had to train for several years to make. Come to think of it, I once again realized how amazing that woman named Meir Arendelle was. Even though I had watched him closely and knew him better than anyone else, I was still horrified to see his talent when I glanced at him.
However, it was not impossible for a blacksmith with a certain amount of knowledge and experience to understand such mechanisms and imitate them to create similar products. If this were to happen, it would be a huge loss for Arendelle's workshop which had invested a large sum of money on research and development as well as equipment. In the current situation where laws such as patents and copyrights are not yet applicable, they have no choice but to prevent the outflow of technology themselves.
"Hi! What'sthat?"
"Lilly?"
As we spoke, Lily, who had just stepped out of Buffalo and was looking at the view of the farm village, stuck her head into the car, looking uncomfortable.
“There's a big black object flying towards us. Could it be a Wyvern?”
I got out of the car and used my “sonar” on a monster bird in the distance, and the silhouette became clear.
Long necks, wide wings, thick tails, sharp claws, and hard scales covered its surface.
That, must be a wyvern.
