Book 5: Chapter 2-1: Departure

Book 5: Chapter 2-1: Departure

I continued to talk with Kuu for a while, and she eventually grew tired and fell asleep. [Peaceful Blessing] puts a strain not only on the child but also on the mother's body. It's no wonder Kuu fell asleep.

The procedure was not yet complete; this magic needed to be performed multiple times with a month in between. The magic strengthens the magic circuits by irradiating a specific magic wavelength to mutate and destroy them and later recover them, but without a month's break, they would break completely. That month is necessary for the magic circuits to heal, and you can't speed up the recovery with magic. By repeating this process regularly, you can increase the subject's magical power to its limit.

I covered Kuu with a blanket, enjoyed her peaceful sleeping face for a while, and tried to hear the sound of the heart of my soon-to-be-born children by placing my ear on her belly. After that, I left a letter beside Kuu's pillow and left the workshop.

Youre late. Are you ready?

Erins mayor, the blue-haired lady, Azul, asked me wearily.

I'm a little early, actually.

I had arranged the meeting time, ensuring there was plenty of leeway after refining the coke and Kuu's treatment.

You might be right. But I was bored.

What a demanding person. Although she had Kurao attending to her, it seemed that wasn't enough. After probably being bombarded with questions, Kurao seemed exhausted.

I had to do some preparations.

I waved my hand and summoned the elves, including Lucy. In their hands, they held sacks filled to the brim with something.

What is this?

These are special products to sell in the Erucy consulate that you prepared for us. This is fertilizer.

Fertilizer?

Yes, when you sprinkle this on the soil, crops grow well.

We used magic to reproduce the Haber-Bosch process to extract nitrogen from the air and crystallize it. This time we used it for fertilizer instead of gunpowder.Upstodatee from n(0)/ve/lbIn/.(co/m

The demand for this fertilizer should be high. It can supply the essential nitrogen and potassium for crop growth.

A very reasonable request.

Originally, I planned to sell it cheaply for one silver coin and then raise the price once the effect was recognized. By doing so, I could secure a profit even with low sales. However, if Erin was serious about promoting it, selling it at a low margin would be enough to secure profits.

If this fertilizer were to spread explosively in Erin, the price of food would drop overall, and that would be a plus for us as well.

Nearly 90% of Erucy's expenses were spent on food. Lowering the price of food would bring in a significant profit. In addition, Erucy's food purchases were expected to increase in the future. This year, Erin had a good harvest, but there were always years with bad harvests. In such years, Erucy, who depended on buying food in Erin, would be in trouble.

To prevent that, it was necessary to increase Erins food production.

Now, everyone, start loading.

Elves loaded the carriage with various items, including the fertilizer. This time, I was going to teach them how to read blueprints and explain the workshop's mechanisms, but we also had another purpose: to visit the Erucy consulate, where we could conduct business freely with Erin citizens.

For that reason, we had also prepared a carriage. Accompanying me were the village's strongest individual and captain of Nettle, Roleau, along with two Nettle members. Kuu's mentor, the ash-colored fire fox Rera, would also accompany us. Rera made eye contact with me, and I remembered the conversation I had with her early in the morning.

On my way to Kuu, an ash-colored fire fox in her late teens, Rera, who exuded adult charm, approached me.

Chief, may I talk to you for a moment?

I don't mind, but we don't have much time. Can I listen to it later?

It's an important matter. It's about Kuu-sama.

Understood. Ill hear you.

If it was something important about Kuu, it couldn't wait.

If you were to have a child with Kuu and that child turned out to be ash-colored, would you still love it?

It was a question about children. Apparently, as her mentor, Rera had noticed Kuu's pregnancy. Ash-colored fire foxes were looked down upon by their peers, thanks to their lower innate abilities. Rera had come to ask me if I could love a child like that. The response was obvious.

Of course, I would love the child.

Good, it seems youre different from that man. I hope you continue to think like that. If that was a lie, I won't forgive you.