338 - - The House

"Homura, I'll gather the ingredients, and when you decide to move in, I'll ask you to make soba noodles."

Roy with a smile.

"Hmm?　I thought the person moving in would be the one handing them out."

"Oh!　I want to greet and distribute them to the three houses on the other side of the street, please!　The reward is a slightly unusual recipe."　

"Oh, you want me to make moving soba noodles."

That's the one where I get to make my own food too: ......!　

Sorry, the reward is tempting, but I avoid soba and ramen because many people have their own ideas about them. Towels or something - if you're going to give a housewarming gift, wouldn't sweets be a better choice?"

Ramen noodles are made in the grocery store, but not for sale.

Many people eat soba and ramen more than I do and pursue them seriously, and even if I use my skills, their tastes are so varied that I don't feel I can meet their requests at all.

The rephrased towels have [life magic], so they are not always used as in the real world. Residents use them, but Gentiles are not so sure.

"......What's a family saying?"

Roy gently walks over to Claud and Dawn next to him, puts his hand next to his mouth and asks them without making eye contact with them.

"An opinion, an argument, an editorial that is unique to that person. It's a person's unique opinion or argument, an editorial. --I think soba is not so subtle for the residents.

"You're the guy who talks about his vast knowledge. --I'll have to teach you how to eat.

They each reply.

"Oh, sure. And I've had my share of arguments with Leo."

Roy is convinced. So you and Leo argue, you like ramen.

Then can't you order some baked goods or something?

"Piers, the swordsmith, likes sweets."

Dawn follows Roy's words.

"Okay, but..."

You sure?　It's a treat for the grocery store, and I'm bringing it to Elias' place as well as packing curry. And you do business with a sword shop. Their stuff is so cool that I can't help but buy it even if I don't use it.

Roy and the others left, saying that they would proceed with the procedure.

"It looks like there are a lot of applicants, but I guess Roy and the others will get it because of their contribution to FAST.

Ochazuke says, holding his cup close to his mouth.

"The guy across the street. Anyway, Peter aside, when did Ochazuke meet Cal?"

Peter is attending a banquet with us at Fuso.

"I haven't seen him, I haven't seen him. I'm afraid that he might know what I'm talking about, even though we haven't met. I imagine him smiling at me silently when I pass by the grocery store!"

Ochazuke, who is skeptical .

How do you keep track of all those details during a big battle?　I can't deny it, though, as I remember thinking to Cal. I think the clan members are usually aware of it.

"I don't meet them for business either, I work through the guild for fast work. I don't show myself."

Peter puts his index finger to his lips.

"Well, I'm going to take a break."

"Good night."

"Good night, see you later."

He sees Ochazuke off to a private room.

"Homura, you had a carpenter, or rather, you can build a sukiya, right?"

"Yes. Next time, I'll try my hand at a shinden-zukuri."

"How did you do that?"

When I answered Peter's question, the thin smile on my face hardened and he asked me back.

"No, Kuzunoha. Thanks to the battle of the Empire, we have a much larger garden, and it seems that Fuso has the blueprints to build a new palace.

Kuzunoha is planning to increase the number of his fox dependents and have them work on the farm.

The materials are going to be gathered from the timbers he has saved up from , the ones he has bought, and the ones he has collected from the houses of the Fuso no Yin-kai. I must raise the level of [Carpenter].

Homura has a lot of things.

They look a little taken aback.

"So, what is it?"

If I can make a sukiya, it confirms that I can make a Japanese house.

There are three branches of carpentry: Japanese, Western, and Chinese. Since I left the Western-style building to Trinh, and since it was during the time of the Fuso mountain retreat that I really raised my level of [carpentry], the branch that I have advanced to is the Japanese-style building. It is predictable that he wants me to build a Japanese-style house, but where?

"Will you build me a house in my yard?　I'll have to wait until I'm at level 40 [carpenter]."

"I'm already over 40...A.L.I.C.E. house renovations?"

Peter's garden was a toxic garden where he would have bought building units and installed a small house.

"No, a hobby. My garden is bigger now."

Peter smiles at that.

So, we were invited to the poisonous plant garden.

"Oh, really. It's getting bigger."

"I don't remember working for the residents, but I think I've been able to spread some of the word about the imperial war because I've been on Lengard's side."

The inflection of a laugh behind the thing.

"What kind of hobby house is that?"

We walk toward the place Peter wants us to build.

I try to [appraise] the plants around me, and the description is full of scary things. At first glance, the place where we are walking is not a field planted with poisonous trees and grasses, but rather a path of wild flowers with lovely blossoms here and there, but the flowers and trees are all poisonous. Too much as usual.

"<> and materials have been prepared. It's a straw-roofed house with a hearth cut into it.

"When the enemy comes cutting at you, use the lid of the pot to stop the blade."

It looks like a retired swordsman or a ninja in hiding.

Come to think of it, they mentioned something about making Kuruma-dansu (chests for cars), and it seems that they are planning to provide a place for them to live according to the role-playing of the ninja. If they start full-scale production, they will have a hard time finding a place to put their equipment in the size of that room. There is a shared production space, but it will be hard to create poison.

"Here, sir. Please."

Peter stops in front of me, and with a word, the trade screen opens.

A large number of house materials are lined up. I accept them and start production. < has already been modified with . for the interior are also available.

It must have been hard work to get all the materials. He has enough level, but he doesn't want to waste Peter's efforts by making a mistake, so he changes his equipment, starting with <>. The cloak is fluttering in the wind.

"I'm wearing white here!"

"This is the equipment that increases dexterity the most."

< and is not done with white equipment, though.

< is a type of equipment which, once you have more than four pieces of equipment with the name of a god, your status will increase with each additional piece of equipment you have after that. So, you need to use all your equipment even if it is not related to dexterity.

In "

< and a window will open, and a grid will appear along Peter's garden visible through the window.

"Is this about right?"

He changes the setting so that the contents of the window are visible to the party members and asks Peter.

"I want to plant a persimmon tree here, so move it over here a little.

Looking into the window, Peter points.

"Like this?"

"Yes, thank you."

"<>. As for dyeing, is the combination of persimmon tannin and egoma oil good, even though it's kind of bland?"

You can see what the result will look like by selecting the candidate materials that float in the window.

What we are looking at now is the color of the columns and beams. The combination of materials that Peter has gathered will be stained black, but it looks as if it has been painted.

"Hmmm. I wonder if it would be better not to paint it?　I'd like to keep the grain and darken the color."

A disappointed Peter. <, but it is not in line with your wish to make it darker.

"Wait a minute."

Close the window and move the items from [Storage] to the item pouch. Before transferring the package, remember to save the list of items in the item pouch on the screen and record the items received from Peter.

"How's that?"

< on . A deep candy color with the luster of tortoiseshell.

"A little darker."

>>.

"hmmm ......"

Subtle, apparently.

In the end, I settled on <> with <> and a little <><>.

"Thank you, even the black is very different. I want to collect the <> and return them later, but <> is very high in rank."

"No, I'm going to use clear lacquer. <, so please give it to me as a housewarming gift.

I only accumulated it because the enemy dropped it with the material I wanted. I've been accumulating as much as I can, taking advantage of the [storage].

The rest I can do without any problem with the materials I received.

"Oh?　It's quite tasteful."

It's strange that I, the producer, am impressed, but the straw roof and mud walls, it looks nice.

"Right? There's no furniture or anything, but here you go."

"Can I let the chickens out in the yard later?"

The country feel is like this: ....... They are going to plant persimmon trees and want to set up chickens. Or hang daikon radishes to dry.

"I can't take care of them, the poison will kill them."

The answer was met with laughter.

Well, I guess I'll have to settle for daikon radishes.

Entering the front door, there is an earthen floor, and in the corner of the earthen floor, there is a watering hole. A wooden floored room with a sunken hearth, shoji screens, and a wooden door. As you look around, Peter has set up a chest of drawers in the room. On the hearth, he puts out a pot with a hook, a potter's hook, and an iron pot with a lid.

"Is that a mat there? Won't that hurt?"

I ask him about the mat that has been placed in front of the hearth, perhaps as a cushion.

"For the time being, yes. I'll change it if I can find something that won't ruin the atmosphere.

"No way, the futon is also a mat. ......"

The life of a ninja, Stoic!

"No, it's just this room. You see, this room has tatami mats. We're going for a Japanese style, but we're going for comfort in places you can't see."

Behind the open wooden door was a tatami mat. They were still new, and the color of the igusa (Japanese sesame) was a beautiful little green.

"It's good that you don't blink. I'm a bit of a muddler."

I think I was right to leave the grocery store and liquor store to Trinh.

If I coordinate them, I can only see a future where I want to incorporate this and that and chaos ensues. I'll leave the coordination of Kuzunoha and Liddell's house to him, too.