CH 140

I led everyone to the fill area that I had shown Sandra the other day.

Originally, after I showed it to Sandra, I was planning to use it as is if there were no issues.

When we moved to the place where I had magically created the fill, everyone rolled their eyes.

A two-meter-high fill suddenly appeared in the middle of a plain grassy field.

It was obvious that something man-made had appeared between our eyes.

Rubens, speaking for everyone, muttered,

"Did you make this, Mr. Rid, ......?

"Yes. With magic."

The knights were a little bit disturbed by my words, but they did not mind and continued the conversation.

"So we had to combine the knowledge of Ellen and myself and do the work by hand from now on. So I wanted to enlist everyone's help."

"I understand. We will do our best to serve you."

"Well, don't be too rough on yourself, okay?"

I told everyone in the Knights to wear comfortable clothes because they would get dirty.

After that, I handed the shovels that Ellen and the alex had made for me.

Then, Ellen and I climbed on top of the fill and drew an oval-like line with a short axis of 5 meters and a long axis of about 6 meters as a marker.

"Well, it's a lot of work, but could you dig this fill along this line?　Please dig inside the line. If you go outside the line, it might not work."

"I understand. I'll get right to work."

After Rubens and the others heard the instructions from me and Ellen, they started to work.

But everyone looked like they were having a hard time even before they started.

After all, they would be digging up the ground with only shovels on the hard-packed ground.

I am sorry to say that even if we were to use physical reinforcement, it would be quite hard work.

In the midst of all this, when Rubens plunged the shovel deep into the ground, a light "crunch" sound was heard.

Rubens himself seemed to have a different response than he had expected and tilted his head, "Hmm? Rubens himself tilted his head.

The others tried one shovel after another, but they all pierced deep into the ground with a light "crack.

Ellen, who was observing the situation, said in a loud voice,

'What do you think?　What about our special shovels?　With this, the ground should be crisply dug out, so let's go for it!

"Oh, !'

Everyone's faces lit up as they marveled at Ellen's words.

The shovel Ellen and her team made has a triangle tip, which is sure to make it easier to pierce the ground.

Still, they stuck into the ground very well.

Thanks to this, the work proceeded more quickly than expected, and a large oval hole was quickly created in the middle of the fill.

We also built a fire exit on the front side for people to come in and out, and a small smoke outlet and a chimney connected to it under the rear side of the building.

The chimney was also specially made by Ellen and Alex. When I asked them to make the chimney, they were both very excited and said they would be happy to do it for the charcoal.

Ellen and I checked the details of the chimney together, and we were able to almost complete the chimney.

The type of charcoal I plan to make this time will be "black charcoal."

The key to making black charcoal is to heat the wood in a low oxygen state.

If the wood is heated under normal conditions with a high oxygen content, the wood will burn normally and black charcoal cannot be made.

But when wood is "heated in a low-oxygen state," the main components of the wood decompose.

Thus, most of the broken down material goes out in the form of smoke.

What remains at the end as a black solid is "black charcoal.

This is called "carbonization."

Ellen and I made many small adjustments, such as the size of the exhaust port connected to the chimney and the slight incline in the ground of the kiln to allow the smoke to flow easily to the exhaust port at the rear of the kiln.

This is because it is impossible to produce "good black charcoal" without making the correct adjustments.

Needless to say, the eyes of Ellen and the others were very serious during the checking process.

I was inwardly impressed by Ellen and Alex passion for fire.

After a while, the checking process was over, and I called out to everyone,

"Thank you, everyone, this is the end of the first stage , so let's take a break.'

"Yes, sir."

As soon as I finished signaling for a break, Deanna and Capella immediately handed out drinks to everyone who had worked .

Everyone was happy to receive their cups and drank them down with a gulp.

As soon as Deanna hands the cup to Rubens, the knights are quick to chide him, saying things like, "Oh, I'm a bit of a bachelor, you should get married sooner or later."

Rubens is blushing and refuting, but Deanna remains silent and smiling.

...... No, no, I feel a black aura slowly seeping out.

I sensed it and, feeling a little panicked, changed the subject by explaining to everyone about my next move.

' It's going to be hard work, but we'll be looking forward to working with you after this."

"......?　Yes, . But there are no trees around here, you know?　Are we moving somewhere else?"

Everyone tilted their heads at my words.

Among them, Rubens asked me.

It is true that there are no big trees around the place where the charcoal kiln is being set up.

But I have the " attribute magic of wood ," he said. I smiled at him.

'Don't worry, if you have no trees, you just have to grow them."

"Huh. ......?　I don't know, but please don't be too hard on it."

Rubens didn't understand what I meant, and after a pause, he gave me a worried look.

Incidentally, Deanna, Capella, Ellen and the others seemed to have somewhat guessed the intent behind my words and were looking dumbfounded.

Why?　

After our break time was over, we moved a little further away from the charcoal kiln.

I took out the bag containing the "stuff" I had requested from Chris, and while showing everyone the bag's contents, I said,

"Talala, talala, , the seeds of trees that will become the source of black charcoal..."

Everyone in the Order, intrigued by my cheerful words, peeked inside the bag and wondered what it was. They peeked inside the bag.

However, as soon as they peeked into the bag, they all had indescribable, suspicious expressions on their faces.

As if to represent them all, Nels said to me apologetically,

"I'm sorry to be so enjoyable, Master ...... Rid, but I'm having trouble reacting when you show me an 'acorn' that is, as the saying goes, a 'tree seed......."

"It's okay, . Well, just watch me."

I buried the acorn in the ground and took a deep breath, despite the anxious looks on the faces of the knights.

Then I put my hand on the ground where I buried the acorn and concentrate.

".... tree-growth."

As soon as I mutter the words, the acorn takes the same amount of magic power as when I grew the giant tree before.

But this time, the amount of magic power is adjusted, and I imagine a growth period of 10 years.

The moment I thought the seed sprouted from the ground in which I had buried it, it grew up quickly, making a violent sound of leaves, and in no time at all, a tree was formed in front of my eyes.

The tree was more than 10 meters tall.

I looked back at everyone and smiled.

"You know what?　I told you, if you don't have it, you can grow it."

Everyone were stunned to see what I had done, and they all had stunned expressions on their faces.

Deanna and Capella, who probably knew that I had previously grown a huge mukuroji tree, looked dumbfounded and shook their heads helplessly, saying, "Oh my goodness."

Without paying attention to the state of everyone else, I said,

"Come on, I'm going to grow more and more, so keep on cutting the work."

"Yeah⁉"

The knights finally understood what I was about to do, and the strong knightly faces were all looking surprised, which made for a rather interesting composition.