Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4 – The Coreement

“So you plan to unpowder just recently, you still have lots of ideas, don’t you?”

As usual, I co our break, I told Lyle-sensei about my plan to make soap, which left him astonished

For soan to think about unpowder

Because I lacked experienced subordinates and skills required as an alcheo well in practice, but, I had decided to count on Lyle-sensei’s extensive knowledge

“Surely, from what I’ve heard, there’s a city in which soap is produced using olive and canola oil I’m not well-informed about that alkaline mentioned by Takeru-dono, but, it’s certain that ash and quickliht?”

“As I thought, it ht be not possible for us to obtain olive oil, but, apparently we can use monsters’ oil as a replacement”

The only anio is that from monsters

There are 3 types of s, Gray Rat-Men and Blood-sucking Bats

In case there are too many monsters to deal with, we file a petition for monster extermination in the Adventurer’s Guild and have Louise-san acco The spoils would be then divided between us and I would be able to extract the oil from my part

I’ve seen how oil and ash can be ht now, I’ so

I , however, it didn’t ave off a bad stench, similar to that of clay

Making a high-grade product using olive oil is out of question, but, as long the soap is affordable and usable by commoners, it should sell well

“That is to say, Takeru-dono wants ht?”

“Well, if you put it frankly like that, then it’s just as you say”

Even a wooden bucket is feasible as long as its method of production is established, but, as one would expect, I’d rather have a much experienced alchemist assist me

Fufufu – Lyle-sensei burst into laughter as soon as I huether

“Even though we have yet to unpowder, Takeru-dono is really a slave driver”

“I apologize”

Despite ood offices of Louise, I kept doing nothing but causing problems for Lyle-sensei

“Ah no, I was just kidding In fact, I’lad that e ho alchemy, so if it wasn’t for Takeru-dono, I wouldn’t even counpowder or soap”

Putting up withcarried away by our conversation, I thought there would be no good-hearted person willing to help me out

I ht be stuck on him because of that

Naturally, I was straightly refused when I tried to offer to wash Sensei’s back as a forratitude

It was aat me with a serious expression

Anyway, a decent prototype of a bomb was done

It was a jute bag co cord unporapped in paper

I was even ready to give up because of the amount of hardshi+ps I had to endure in order to reach this final stage

Ah, but I guess that’s fine as long as it’s just once, right?

Far from sulfur, it wasyou obtain fro in human and cattle’s waste

We built a srass under the soil Then, aited for the niter to start be produced by anisms and collected it Apparently, you can also use corpses as a replacement for the waste, but, it’s smelly either way

Not to mention, you would need at least 2-3 years for the bodies to decompose and release niter, which is impossible for us to wait Therefore, to make the bomb, we received some soil from the Rhod household’s cattle hut and extracted the niter from it

Obviously, we could pick some soil from humans’ toilet as well, but, even in a western fantasy world, checking on the condition of toilet was cruel enough

If this was medieval japan, people would have, supposedly, built places designated for collecting waste, such as cesspools, however, in this world, nobody seems to use manure made from humans’ excrements

This ht sound dirty, but, apparently people here would just store their waste in jars and throay their contents on a road’s surface in suitable amount…

Oh, thinking back, the harshest thing to deal hen I arrived here for the first time was the toilet

There was no toilet paper; the only thing I could use to ere leaves

I also used to sing the ‘ back when I was a brat, but, I wouldn’t have thought I would end up wiping my ass with leaves

I discussed with Lyle-sensei on thepaper, however, it turns out there are actually no defined

Certainly, even in the office, we do use paper despite its bad quality

Since the paper is bad and starchy, ill at least use parchments for truly important matters

When I asked Sensei as to why paper isn’t common here, it turned out it was due to the lack of materials, rather than technical problems

Was it because of the dry clih trees here wouldn’t grow back after being cut down and become a bare hill

The reason why there wasn’t enough as because of people here lu them first The more a city expanded, the more wasteland appeared

Even withI couldn’t help with

As expected, what is needed is the power of money

By the hen I tried to ask Lyle-sensei about what they do after using the toilet, his face turned red as he answered ‘Using ic…’

That’s mean, Lyle-sensei I wanted you to confir close to zero, my hopes for that have become even smaller

If I possessed a eic However, that being said, the price of such things was unreasonably high

As I thought, even in this world, everything co

Now, let’s return to the main topic

Together with Lyle-sensei, we carried bombs with their attached detonation cords and went to an iron ore o

The ht at first

There were few, soods wagons The laborers were exhausted and orn-out clothes Iron-s

“Are they possibly…?”

“Slave miners They are the one ork this mine, you see”

Several of theons

There were also slaves clearing away tunnels froons Besides the clubs

The chains attached to the slaves’ legs were most likely intended to limit their freedom of movement and hinder their escape

“……”

“Since the conditions in aa disposable labor force is very vital Takeru-dono, don’t you have slaves in your country?”

Lyle-sensei spoke tomy silence

I was at loss for words upon seeing people being forced to work in the worst environ their freedom taken away

Judging froraceful Lyle-sensei could watch this scenery with composure, slaves were probably common in this world

However, forfree fro view

According to Lyle-sensei’s explanation, slaves are generally considered to be those who are unable to clear their debts

Even I could become penniless and fall into debt

Thein a society run by slaves

For the sake of surviving in this world, it was clear to me I couldn’t quarrel with the reality

Still, this scenery burned into my memory

“I apologize, Sensei Let’s proceed”

“Takeru-dono, over there, you will find the overnor”

At the entrance of this e

In addition to miserable shacks where the slaves stayed, there were also row houses for soldiers and engineers, and a blacksmith’s shop where one could melt and process ores