Chapter 38
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Author: Ash Original Source: Syosetu Word Count: 3882 characters Translator: Musubii English Source: Re:Library Word Count: 0 words
Hello everyone, this is Ren . I have currently withdrawn into a rather nice forest .
Eh? The village in the south? Wasn’t I aiming for the sea? Well, that’s right . I was traveling south from Harula .
But on the way, I ran into a nice and cozy-looking forest . And the depths of the forest couldn’t be seen from the road .
So, remember now? Daily routine .
Yep, my daily routine . My daily routine that I haven’t done since arriving in Harula . Although in that case, I suppose it wouldn’t be considered a daily routine anymore?
But in the first place, the reason why I couldn’t do my daily routine was because there were too many people around me, so safety wasn’t guaranteed .
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And once I arrive at the village in the south, it would be the same again .
So I thought that I should do some now while I could, and also include the ones from before which I couldn’t do while I was at it……so yeah, I just didn’t want to move . Hahaha .
No, no . It wasn’t like I was just hiding in the forest doing nothing, okay? I was also gathering various things and making golems inside the forest .
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There were many oak trees inside this forest and I even found some sugar maples when I looked around a bit . In other words, I could now obtain maple syrup . It’s sugar . Sugar!
Anyways, that’s why I had withdrawn into the forest . Hm? Couldn’t I make lots of sweets with this too?
Ahh, that’s right . My Life Magic has finally reached LV10 .
Along with that, I also learned more magic skills . A skill called Contraception . The effect was literally what the word means .
But there were also some secondary effects, there was an effect that suppressed menstruation and another effect which prevented cumming . I would often have monthly symptoms severe enough which would prevent me from sleeping, so this was actually very helpful .
On a side note, you could also receive a blessing that would give the same effect if you went to a church and paid for it . But it seems it was essential for those types of businesses .
Eh? What about the golems? Ahh right, the golems . Right, right .
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Right, so I came up with the idea during my daily routine……so yeah . It took a bit of experimenting to make it .
I tried making a wooden golem at first, but then I made a clay golem . So one from the tree and one from the earth .
At first, I didn’t know how to make using Creation Magic . So I went with something that seemed simple because otherwise it would be too hard to make .
Next was data collection . I experimented quite a bit .
For starters, golems need magic stones to operate and their behaviors would be dependent upon the instructions inscribed upon them, I believe?
And so when I checked the mana flow of the golem I made, various things happened . As such, I ended up gaining the skills “Mana Sense” and “Mana Control” .
Mana Sense was literally a skill that allowed me to perceive magic power . So it would essentially just be a manbased Detection skill, I guess?
So then Mana Control would be better suited for controlling magic? And inscribing magic circuits on magic stones, I suppose? Additionally, the MP consumption appears to have been reduced a bit, and the drawbacks from Creation Magic have also improved a bit . It was a minor thing, but it was very helpful .
I tried various things, but it was difficult to make it perform complex or flexible actions .
For example, if you made it repeat a certain action, it would only just repeat that exact action . As such, there wasn’t any variations to the movements, and so there wasn’t really anyway to play with it…… . . since it could only do such simple movements, it didn’t really feel too good, which also made me wonder if it could even be used in fights . Eh? What? Did I say something? Maybe, you just misheard?1
The next thing I tested was my own ability to control it .
The results were I was able to make it move however I wanted . But it consumed a lot of mana .
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It seems the golem was able to bend and move even without joint structures due to magic allowing those areas to bend . As such, complex movements that require joint movement would result in increased MP consumption .
Thus, I tried experimenting by making a joint and the consumption level decreased .
After that, I decided to leave the controlling aspects to another part of my mind . And the results were that I could move it according to my intentions without focusing too much on it . It felt like it was actually just moving around on its own . But it was still just me even if I did leave it to another part of my mind .
But with this, it could now be used in fights . Thus, my range of tactics was expanded .
So in order to coordinate better…… . I suppose I would need to build something that could perform more complex actions than a normal golem? …… . So an automaton? Or something similar? It has to humanoid-shaped with all the joints……no wait, so I would need to make an internal skeletal structure that could imitate the human body? In that case, I would need to understand the structure of the human body .
But just that wouldn’t be enough . This world also has magic . Just using physical strength alone wasn’t enough .
So first, I would need more magic knowledge . Next would be the skills . And then the materials necessary to make it in the first place . So it was still a long way off…… .
And since I was doing various things related to golems, I ended up gaining three new skills called: “Golem Generation”, “Golem Control” and “Automata Creation” . I really didn’t have enough time to level all of them up . What a headache…… .
Three weeks have passed since I left Harula . And I didn’t regret doing so, since I did manage to obtain a lot of sugar . Now if I had eggs…… . I could make tamagoyaki .
After the slight break, I started traveling towards the village near the sea again…… . and I also ended up helping a merchant again .
He was being attacked by goblins and I sniped all of them . So he was very thankful towards me . Since he almost died in that situation .
As such, I was once again given a ride to the village . Which was actually really helpful .
As for the merchant who I saved .
Apparently his name was Roberto, and he had just recently started as a merchant . He was currently 18 years old . He was also from the village I was heading towards and he was just returning from selling salt to Harula .
When I was just thinking that the salt trade seemed a bit perilous, I received an explanation that the main financial source of the noble who governed this area was salt . Apparently, conducting business within the territory would result in lower profit margin than conducting business in other territories or something . He also added bitterly that traveling long distances on carriage was also more expensive . Must be tough .
And like that, I spent two days rocking around in the carriage before arriving at the designated southern village .
Inn? Ah, right about the inn . I didn’t need to go looking for one . Because Roberto’s home was an inn . Furthermore, there was one inn in the village here . So I didn’t really have any other options . The walls were also thin . Damn it .
According to what I heard on the way to the village, there was apparently a branch office of the Adventurer’s Guild in the village where I could accept requests . But the guild couldn’t purchase any expensive materials . So I honestly had mixed-feelings .
But since my goal wasn’t really to make money, I was fine with just selling herbs from my stockpile . My main goal would be to purchase seafood and obtain salt .
If I used Creation Magic near the sea, I should be able to obtain salt immediately .
And I had a lot of money to purchase seafood with . I should ask about the location of the market later . But as I was eating at the inn pondering over such matters……wait, was this miso soup? And it’s even made with proper dashi stock! Ah, wait, dashi!? Kombu? Bonito flakes!
…… . Now there was even more things to look for .
References Silva: She just made a “vibrator”, I just know it . ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)