Published at 10th of November 2020 09:12:57 PM
Chapter 311
There is a certain distance from my mansion to Big Tree Dungeon at the south part of the village .
It is roughly a little more than 2 kilometers .
Is it near or is it far? It depends upon the person in question .
For me, it’s a little far .
From the entrance of Big Tree Dungeon to the teleportation gate of either Village Five or hot spring area, it will be a 15-minute walk .
Is it near or is it far? It depends upon the person in question .
For me, it’s a little far .
I’ll be honest .
During winter, going to Village Five and the hot spring area were a bit of a hassle .
I think it should be more convenient .
However, that will sacrifice our crime prevention measures .
That’s the first thing we talked about before .
I won’t complain because of that .
However, there are those people who go to Village Five to work and at night, there are people who’ll go to the hot spring .
I can’t think of anything but consider those people’s round trip as a waste .
Therefore, I would like to propose a stagecoach .
First, the round trip from my mansion to the entrance of the Big Tree Dungeon .
I want regular service at a fixed schedule .
Next, from the entrance of Big Tree Dungeon to the two teleportation gates .
There will be a coach waiting by for each route at the entrance of the dungeon and they will move as soon as the commuters arrive .
When they arrive at the location of the teleportation gate, they’ll drop off the commuters and return to the entrance even without anyone else riding .
Considering crime prevention, there’s only one route in the dungeon .
I want it to have a total of three routes .
I called for a race meeting and confided my idea .
After repeated discussion, I thought that it would be good if we can start if we can operate one route starting next year .
But that wasn’t the case .
We suddenly started making a carriage .
Me and the mountain elves already have the hang of it so we will be able to complete it in no time .
… .
Areh?
We don’t have to build a new carriage, don’t we?
There are several carriages in Big Tree Village .
There are four wagons for carrying crops, two carriages without hood, one luxurious carriage, and one camping coach .
As for me, I originally planned to use a carriage without hood as it is .
「Let’s make a proper carriage . 」
I guess it’s okay since the mountain elves are making it with passion .
Within a few hours, one was completed .
It is a passenger type carriage with suspension .
It has a roof as an anti-rain measure and the walls were removed to make getting on and getting out easier .
As for the size, it is a seven-seater including the coachman .
Test drive .
But before that, there was an argument whether to have a horse or a centaur to pull the carriage .
The horse seems to have won this time .
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The satisfied-looking horse pulls the wagon .
Yeah, there seems to be no problem .
Next, making a carriage for the dungeon .
No roof is required because it will be used inside the dungeon .
Considering sharp curves, we made a smaller one .
It’s a four-seater with no coachman seat .
… . .
It looks like a bicycle-drawn cart with four wheels and chairs installed on it .
It’s simple so it only took an hour to complete .
Test drive .
This time, instead of a horse or a centaur, a lamia from the dungeon will pull it .
「Is it alright?」
「Yes . We find it encouraging to play a role . I mean it . 」
I was thinking of leaving the carriage pulling to the centaurs since they love it but if they are this motivated, let’s leave it to the lamias .
Instead of pulling the carriage using hand, the lamia used the end of her tail to grip the carriage .
There’s enough power .
Hnn… . what’s this?
The vibration is different .
It is very comfortable .
The carriage arrived at the place where the teleportation gate is in about five minutes .
The kuros and the spiderlings took the lead . Although we took the shortest route, they get rid of all the obstacles so it’s fast .
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I’m satisfied .
With this, we will be able to go to Village Five in ten minutes .
The ones who are most pleased are Yoko and Celes who go there every day .
Or so I thought . The most pleased was the females of Big Tree Village .
It is now easier to go to the hot spring area .
It looks like everyone thinks that it’s far .
Thus, the number of bicycle-drawn like carriage that’s used inside the dungeon has increased . Eight of them are now in operation .
The lamias are not enough so the big spiderlings and titans pulled them too .
Next time, let’s gather those carriage pullers and have a banquet as acknowledgment of their hard work .
A little while after the commuting carriages became operational, Village Five received guests .
Those guests came over to pick up the dwarves in the prison .
They are also dwarves .
First of all, they apologize for the lawlessness and rudeness of the dwarves who are currently imprisoned .
As a nuisance fee, they paid the village four large casks of ore .
As for Youko, since the dwarves in the prison also expressed remorse, she agreed to release them .
Or not .
The dwarves who came over did not demand the liberation of the imprisoned dwarves .
「They didn’t come here to take the imprisoned dwarves?」
「They want them to be punished according to the law of the village . 」
「Then, what did they come here for?」
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「To apologize and to pay nuisance fee . That’s it… . . 」
One of the dwarves offered his ax to Youko .
「This is wonderful . 」
「I forged it myself . 」
「Really? Are you gifting this to me?」
「I don’t mind but I have a request . 」
「What is it?」
「I heard that in this village, there are weapons that are forged using magic iron powder, is that true?」
「Yes . It’s a little pricey but you can buy them in a store . 」
「Were they forged here?」
「…… . you can say that . 」
「Then, I want you to show this ax to the person who made those weapons . 」
「Is that all?」
「Yes . We are staying at the inn on the south, it is called… . . what’s the name again?」
「If it’s the one near the foot of the mountain, it is called “Cat’s Eye Pavillion” . If you’re hungry I recommend “Firefox Pavillion” . 」
「 “Cat’s Eye Pavillion”, we’ll stay there . 」
That said, the dwarves group who were supposed to pick up the imprisoned dwarves, left .
In Big Tree Village, the beastkin Gutt and his two apprentices are forging an armor using magic iron powder .
Gutt was on fire after seeing the ax brought by Youko .
「 Village Chief! That’s a challenge!」
It looks like a normal ax tome but it seems like there’s a hidden message .
「 We need a place to have a match!」
That’s what happened .