We have finished our discussions with Isabeau and have come to a consensus.
Our wishes will be summarized and communicated when the warehouse and branch offices are built.
Kiara looked interested.
We had hardly talked about anything involving merchants.
I’m sure she would like to know what kind of vision I had in mind.
“How did you see it, brother?”
“Nothing yet. But now that the merchants are starting to take notice, I think the next priority will be to develop the port.”
“I’ve heard that the sanatorium for the mines is almost ready. You named it Bahia, didn’t you?”
She asked me to give it a name since it was not what they called it in the sanatorium.
The name of the resort just popped into my head.
“Yes. After it’s completed, we’ll let them rest in Bahia, and then they can work on development.”
“Will you sell the soap through the merchants?”
“If we do that, we’ll have to buy a lot of olives. Then the process will leak.”
“Then people will buy more olives and the price will go up.”
“Yes, we don’t have a lot of olives here. If the price goes up and there is a shortage, we will be back to that stinky soap.”
Kiara shuddered.
“W-Well …… I absolutely don’t want that.”
I put my finger on my mouth and struck a secret pose.
“So, for the time being, don’t tell anyone.”
The purpose of the soap is to improve public health.
It’s true that we want money, but if we are blinded by immediate money, it will hurt us.
And if trade becomes too frequent, pirates will take notice of us.
We have yet to establish a navy.
If we do, we will have no choice but to find one.
We need to hide ourselves a little longer.
The war is waiting for us, so it will have to wait.
There’s another matter waiting for us.
That’s a long way off.
We don’t have the luxury of human resources right now.
I can work with zero reserves, but I don’t feel like taking any chances.
How many tasks am I working on in parallel …….
If I do task management on paper, Mil and Kiara will die.
I also need a secretary to assist me.
I don’t have enough people …… Anyway, it’s not enough.
If I force more people, money and food will be in short supply.
But what we need to do doesn’t wait for us.
If I get flustered, it’ll affect everyone and they’ll start to panic.
If it was just for me, I would have thrown it away long ago ……
I think it’s amazing that they were able to do this just for themselves.
◆◇◆◇◆
After that, I went to Onyxim’s workshop with Kiara.
Kiara looked at me blankly.
“Brother …… what romance did you seek this time?”
I’m not always playing around, you know.
“No, it’s a secret weapon for the next war.”
Kiara silently followed me.
“How’s the crossbow coming along, Mr. Arensky?”
Onyxim looked a little tired.
“My Lord. The prototype is ready. Follow me for a moment.”
He led me to another room.
There was a battered scarecrow standing there.
Onyxim indicated for us to move away.
“Don’t get too close.”
Onyxim held up his crossbow, which fired a series of arrows, though not as many as a machine gun.
One set of ten shots.
The current crossbow fires about one or two per minute.
The power is reduced, but the firing rate exceeds the longbow’s 6 to 10 shots per minute.
I asked for a cartridge format that would hold ten arrows.
Onyxim pointed to the cartridges.
“Some don’t fly because of the cartridge. I think we still need to improve it.”
Kiara was dumbfounded.
“W-What is this …… thing?”
“It’s a weapon that covers the shortcomings of the crossbow. The killing power of a single blow is lower than the existing one. Instead, the number of arrows is far greater. The most important thing for a weapon is to be small and easy to use, after all.”
“This will have a tremendous killing power if it is put into actual use.”
Onyxim scratched his head.
“But it won’t penetrate a knight fully armed with plate mail and shield. If it’s a chainmail, it would only crack the bone.”
“No, not against heavy equipment. There is not much heavy equipment and they can be dealt with by magic. The reason for this is to target lightly armed enemies, or their horses, which are more numerous.”
Kiara shuddered.
“I don’t think I want to be targeted by something like this.”
Then I looked at Kiara and told her the true reason why I had brought her here.
“I want Kiara to find out which poison fits this arrow. And also an antidote in case it is used by the enemy.”
Onyxim gave a tight smile.
“I guess the sign of the Demon Lord is true.”
Kiara looked at the crossbow with serious eyes.
“Is it a deadly poison?”
“No, just paralysis or temporary incapacitation. If it’s a deadly poison, people might die during the test.”
Kiara patted her chest as if relieved.
I’m sure she felt the fear.
“I understand, I will look into it.”
I will do what I can to win.
It’s best if they lose their will to fight with this ……
We have finished our discussions with Isabeau and have come to a consensus.
Our wishes will be summarized and communicated when the warehouse and branch offices are built.
Kiara looked interested.
We had hardly talked about anything involving merchants.
I’m sure she would like to know what kind of vision I had in mind.
“How did you see it, brother?”
“Nothing yet. But now that the merchants are starting to take notice, I think the next priority will be to develop the port.”
“I’ve heard that the sanatorium for the mines is almost ready. You named it Bahia, didn’t you?”
She asked me to give it a name since it was not what they called it in the sanatorium.
The name of the resort just popped into my head.
“Yes. After it’s completed, we’ll let them rest in Bahia, and then they can work on development.”
“Will you sell the soap through the merchants?”
“If we do that, we’ll have to buy a lot of olives. Then the process will leak.”
“Then people will buy more olives and the price will go up.”
“Yes, we don’t have a lot of olives here. If the price goes up and there is a shortage, we will be back to that stinky soap.”
Kiara shuddered.
“W-Well …… I absolutely don’t want that.”
I put my finger on my mouth and struck a secret pose.
“So, for the time being, don’t tell anyone.”
The purpose of the soap is to improve public health.
It’s true that we want money, but if we are blinded by immediate money, it will hurt us.
And if trade becomes too frequent, pirates will take notice of us.
We have yet to establish a navy.
If we do, we will have no choice but to find one.
We need to hide ourselves a little longer.
The war is waiting for us, so it will have to wait.
There’s another matter waiting for us.
That’s a long way off.
We don’t have the luxury of human resources right now.
I can work with zero reserves, but I don’t feel like taking any chances.
How many tasks am I working on in parallel …….
If I do task management on paper, Mil and Kiara will die.
I also need a secretary to assist me.
I don’t have enough people …… Anyway, it’s not enough.
If I force more people, money and food will be in short supply.
But what we need to do doesn’t wait for us.
If I get flustered, it’ll affect everyone and they’ll start to panic.
If it was just for me, I would have thrown it away long ago ……
I think it’s amazing that they were able to do this just for themselves.
◆◇◆◇◆
After that, I went to Onyxim’s workshop with Kiara.
Kiara looked at me blankly.
“Brother …… what romance did you seek this time?”
I’m not always playing around, you know.
“No, it’s a secret weapon for the next war.”
Kiara silently followed me.
“How’s the crossbow coming along, Mr. Arensky?”
Onyxim looked a little tired.
“My Lord. The prototype is ready. Follow me for a moment.”
He led me to another room.
There was a battered scarecrow standing there.
Onyxim indicated for us to move away.
“Don’t get too close.”
Onyxim held up his crossbow, which fired a series of arrows, though not as many as a machine gun.
One set of ten shots.
The current crossbow fires about one or two per minute.
The power is reduced, but the firing rate exceeds the longbow’s 6 to 10 shots per minute.
I asked for a cartridge format that would hold ten arrows.
Onyxim pointed to the cartridges.
“Some don’t fly because of the cartridge. I think we still need to improve it.”
Kiara was dumbfounded.
“W-What is this …… thing?”
“It’s a weapon that covers the shortcomings of the crossbow. The killing power of a single blow is lower than the existing one. Instead, the number of arrows is far greater. The most important thing for a weapon is to be small and easy to use, after all.”
“This will have a tremendous killing power if it is put into actual use.”
Onyxim scratched his head.
“But it won’t penetrate a knight fully armed with plate mail and shield. If it’s a chainmail, it would only crack the bone.”
“No, not against heavy equipment. There is not much heavy equipment and they can be dealt with by magic. The reason for this is to target lightly armed enemies, or their horses, which are more numerous.”
Kiara shuddered.
“I don’t think I want to be targeted by something like this.”
Then I looked at Kiara and told her the true reason why I had brought her here.
“I want Kiara to find out which poison fits this arrow. And also an antidote in case it is used by the enemy.”
Onyxim gave a tight smile.
“I guess the sign of the Demon Lord is true.”
Kiara looked at the crossbow with serious eyes.
“Is it a deadly poison?”
“No, just paralysis or temporary incapacitation. If it’s a deadly poison, people might die during the test.”
Kiara patted her chest as if relieved.
I’m sure she felt the fear.
“I understand, I will look into it.”
I will do what I can to win.
It’s best if they lose their will to fight with this ……
