226 - - CHAPTER XXII -- REPAIR THE TERMINAL!

When I came to the cathedral to offer my help to Ms. Tracy, she was just about to go somewhere with the temple head.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Tracy.

"Oh, hey, you guys. Can I help you?

Yes, are you two going out?

"Yes, thanks to you, I'm on the verge of joining the pilgrimage, so I'm going out now to announce my participation.

I see, it is indeed important for each temple to announce its participation in this ceremony, as it is a prestige ceremony of the temple.

So, what do you want?

"Well, may we ...... also help the church?"

"What?　Oh, no. That's bad."

When we offer to help, Tracy rushes to tell us there is no need to do so.

"We still have a few days before the pilgrimage, and we don't want to waste time just sitting around.

"Yeah?　I feel kind of bad."

In fact, it's not like I have time to do nothing.

"Thank you, everyone."

An apologetic Tracy and a temple director who was happy to do us a favor.

"No, no, we'll be taking care of you for a while now, don't worry about it."

So we decided to stay and help out at the temple.

"Okay, I'll be in charge of repairing the church. It's in pretty bad shape, so we'll have to fix it up.

"Well, maybe we should clean up. Obviously they don't have enough manpower for such a big place, and even if we take it a little at a time, by the time we've gone through all the rooms, there will be a lot of dust.

"Hmm, the ceiling is dusty too. I'll use my flight magic to fly and clean it."

It seems that Mina and Megli will be in charge of cleaning the temple.

"Ah, I'm going to go out and hunt some edible monsters. I don't know how the fields are, but there won't be enough for us if we get in trouble too.

"Well, then I'll join you and Gyro on the hunt. We can buy the surplus materials from the Adventurers' Guild and use some of the proceeds to buy spices and seasonings and donate them to the temple so that they can receive them without reservation.

Liliela and Gyro will be procuring the ingredients and.......

"I will be in charge of treating those who come to the church for treatment.

Mr. Norb is treating the believers. That's a nice spread.

"Okay, let's do our best to help the church!"

"""""Oh!!!"""""

Immediately I look around inside and outside the church to repair it.

Then I put my hand on the wall of the church and cast a spell.

ECHO RESEARCH!

The magic from my hands travels through the temple and the building materials, giving me information that I cannot see.

Echo Research is a magic to grasp the situation inside the object by the wave of magic power, and it is a useful magic used to investigate the condition of buildings and so on.

"Well, it's still pretty torn up after all. Not only the outside but also the inside is deteriorating. I think we should do some major repairs now for the future."

It's still okay for now, but if we leave it like this, it will be irreversible.

So let's take this opportunity to do a complete repair.

"First, let's prepare materials for the repair. Extract material!"

I magically extract the materials used for the building materials of the church from the soil and stones on the ground and gather them into a large lump.

Extract Material is a magic to collect small amounts of materials that exist in the ground and make them into one lump.

It is especially useful when the veins of quarries and mines have dried up, or when there are no mines in the vicinity.

Well, it is a magic to gather very small amount of materials, so it is not suitable for long term gathering.

Next, Repair Coating!

The next magic invoked causes the collected materials to wriggle like a liquid and spread through the walls of the church.

Repair Magic Repair Coating.

This magic turns all building materials into liquid and fills in cracks and chips.

With it, even the most battered material can be made into a beautiful mass.

Well, if the building is too damaged before repairing, there is a risk that it will not look like the original form, but fortunately this temple is not that damaged.

If we coat the surface as if we were painting it, there is almost no problem.

"Okay, that's about right."

When the repairs were completed, the battered church looked as good as new.

"This is just a cosmetic improvement. This is where the real work begins.

For now, we have only restored the building materials that make up the temple.

This is where the real work of repairing the building begins.

"The magical protection that protected the temple had expired, so I guess the first thing to do is to reapply it.

Yes, buildings, especially organizational buildings, must be protected by various types of magic.

Eternal Enchantment Protection!

First, basic defensive magic.

With this, we now have a defense that will not be affected even if we are hit by a battering ram.

If this were wood, we would need fireproofing, but since it is stone, we don't need it.

"Next up: ...... Eternal Enchantment Antimaris!"

The next spell was one that would prevent those with malicious intent from entering the designated area.

Now anyone with malicious intent who tries to enter the temple grounds will be blocked.

Furthermore, if anyone tries to force their way into the temple, or if they try to act violently, they will be randomly shifted to a far away place.

"And I'll put a state preservation spell on it... Eternal start save!"

Finally, conservation magic is applied to prevent deterioration of the building.

I activated it with only the catalyst I had on hand, so it's not perfect, but it should last a couple of thousand years, give or take.

"I think that's about it. We are a church, and an offensive magic defense might go against our doctrine.

Let's just use defensive magic so that we won't be accused of anything if we meet with any of them.

"I should also check on the fields, right?"

Having finished repairing the church, I now go to check on the field behind the church.

"Ah, this is exactly what Mr. Gyro predicted.

The field in the back was really what you would call a vegetable garden on a small plot of land.

It's not enough for just Tracy and her family, but it's not enough for us if we get in trouble too.

Besides, the soil is too thin and the crops don't grow well.

"Oh, yes. I remember I had some fertilizer left over from the World Tree.

I take out some fertilizer from my magic bag and spread it on the field.

"I'll also build an underground field to make efficient use of the site, so that we can replenish our food supply in large quantities.

Once that is decided, let's start building an additional field under the field.

Clay Rock!

First, the soil directly under the field is hardened so that it will not collapse even if an underground field is built.

Clay Control!

Then we magically move the soil on the ground to create the underground space.

"Well, let's build up to about five floors underground for now.

After creating five spaces vertically, he forms a staircase of earth to connect them.

"Extract material!　Repair Coating!"

After collecting the building materials for the underground field with material extraction magic, the walls and stairs are covered with a thick layer of hardened clay by applying repair magic.

This is a little bit of a backstage trick of building magic.

If you make a large prototype out of clay, apply a thick coating to the surface with coating magic, and apply a preservation magic, a simple building can withstand the use.

The point is not to cover completely with stone walls, but to build stone pillars with gaps so that the outer soil and the soil of the field can be connected.

The wall itself is magically stabilized to prevent it from collapsing.

Now we just need to set up a drainage tool in the drainage ditch in case it rains.

"Okay, that looks pretty good for a Sunday carpenter. Now all we have to do is to build a ceiling in the basement with light windows and crystals so that the light can reach the same level as above ground.

Now we will gather crystals by material gathering magic and apply the building techniques of the underground agricultural facility we created in our previous life to allow natural light to reach the basement.

After that, I just need to sprinkle some vegetable seeds, water, and fertilizer.

"Oh, no. The temple head is quite old and the stairs are hard for him. We should install an automatic elevator next to the stairs.

I quickly made a vertical hole next to the stairway and built a simple elevator and installed it there.

"This is not used by many people, so it should be for a small number of people.

Okay, it's done!

Now even the weak-legged temple chief can go and harvest the underground crops with peace of mind,

Still, I'm glad we got it done before dark.

While we were working on it, the vegetables in the above-ground fields were growing nicely, so we'll get permission to harvest some of them later.

I'll ask permission to harvest some of them later.

What is this?

After finishing the addition to the field, I returned to the temple and heard the voices of Tracy and her family.

"Welcome back, Tracy!

"La, Laxi!　So this is really our temple?　Are you sure it's not another temple?

"Yes?"

For a moment I wondered who he was talking about, but then I remembered that my name was Rakshi now.

"Oh, we've finished repairing the temple.

"Repairs?　Finished?　Huh?　This?"

When I told her that I had finished the repairs, Tracy tilted her head and looked at me curiously.

"I can't believe ...... how shiny, no, not just shiny, the temple is now shiny. ......"

For some reason, Tracy and the others' vocabulary has gone haywire since a while ago.

What could be so exhausting about announcing your participation in the pilgrimage?

"Oh, yes. The crops in the back field are just ready to eat.

You both look tired, so let's get you some good food to cheer you up.

"What?　In the field?　But I think harvest time was still a ways off. ......"

I took the two of them to a field in the back of the house, where there were many crops growing in full maturity.

""Huge!""

They squealed with delight at the large crops.

"What?　Huh?　What's this?　Isn't it a little too big?"

"What's going on?　And what's with the unfamiliar shed that's been built?"

"Oh, that's a staircase and an automatic elevator to go down to the field we built underground."

"A field you built underground?"

"Automatic elevators?"

I put them on the automatic elevator, which makes them tilt their heads even more, and I go down to the underground field.

What?

"Now that we have an underground field, we can expect a five-fold increase in yield in the future. This one has just been sown, though, so it will be a while before we can start harvesting.

""Hah ......""

When we came back to the ground, Gyro and his friends had just returned.　

"Ani ......, I'm back!　I've hunted for the perfect meat!"

"I'm glad we were lucky enough to run into a bunch of edible demons."

The two men pull a large hunk of meat out of a magic bag and hold it up like a trophy.

"Good work, you two!"

"We're cooking meat tonight!"

"I bought plenty of seasonings and spices, too."

Gyro-kun seems to be drooling with hunger.

"Oh, even that big piece of meat. ......"

"Oh, who the hell are you ......?"

Tracy and the temple director asked me about that.

Well, we said we wanted to participate in the pilgrimage, but we didn't say who we were.

But this time, we can't say that we are adventurers because we want to hide our identity.

Yes!

"Bo-...... we are ordinary Bo-...... believers everywhere."

""Lies!!!""

Huh?　Why don't you believe me?