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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!
Should have release this last month… But Yukkuri is a Yukkuri….
Hahahahahaha…………………… Terribly sorry, please forgive me…
I promise I will do the next batch in a zippy…
As always,
DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that my translation is 100%correct. Please correct me if I was wrong.
Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor, Proofreader:
TheDefend
Chapter 80: Asking for the Best
Feeling the hard shield pressed behind his head, Isaacjudged that he had lost.
The whole event just now happened so fast that hishead was confused about what was going on.
「…… Ano, are you alright? Can you get up?」(Valetta)
The shield’s sensation disappeared from the back ofhis head as Valetta’s worried words arrived on his ears.
Isaac let go the wooden sword that he had continuouslygripped until now and put his right hand on the ground to prop his body up.
He thanked Valetta who was offering her hand and thenhe took it to help himself up.
Isaac mumbled 「Hmm」 when he stood up as he remembered Valetta’s strong power that belies herdelicate appearances.
He wiped the dirt clinging in his hand at his body andonce again took a deep breath to calm himself down.
Then, with a slight frowning expression he turnedtowards Valetta.
「Is that the gift of strength, the one that was conferred by Kazura-sama?」(Isaac)
「Etto…… Yes.」(Valetta)
Valetta was a bit troubled about how she should answerIsaac’s question, but since it might be not a mistake if it’s only the gist ofthe truth, she honestly nodded.
Seeing her reply, Isaac’s held his head and made adeep sigh.
「Weren’t you just too merciless? If you are this much strong, then pleasemention it before the match. I had said for you to come at me with a killingintent, but when I receive your slash, I honestly felt as if my life was aboutto fly away.」(Isaac)
「I-I am terribly sorry. I wanted to win against Isaac-san no matter what,so…… I thought that if I didn’t say anything and suddenly attack with my fullpower then I could attack you unguarded.」(Valetta)
The reason why Valetta rushed headlong to Isaac withher full power when the battle started was to make Isaac perturbed and seizethe battle initiative for herself.
As the effect of continuous consumption of the foodthat Kazura had brought, her physical strength had increased. But no matter howmuch it increased, her opponent was a real combat veteran soldier.
If the match became prolonged then he could easilyread the movement of the combat amateur Valetta and her chance to win would becomeslim.
Hence, after her first surprise attack was defended sherepeated the same attack once more, to convince Isaac that it was a monotoneattack from an amateur.
As the result, Isaac took one of the several movementsthat Valetta had predicted before.
Afterward, Valetta’s action was also was 「if he moves like this then I will do that」action that she had decided beforehand in the simulation inside her mindwhen she was drying the laundry.
Perhaps if Isaac succeeded in defending that attack,then to be frank, Valetta didn’t know whether or not she could win againstIsaac.
「You surely catch me unguarded…… I lost. I will honor my promise.」(Isaac)
When Isaac admitted, Valetta smiled in relief.
No matter what kind of person Isaac was, she was a bitworried that his feeling would be hurt by losing to her in such way, but itlooked like such worry was needless.
「Thank you very much. Also, please keep this secret from Kazura-san. I thinkhe might be… worried……」(Valetta)
Valetta said this with a slight hint of lonelinessbehind her words. Isaac nodded straight away.
「I understand. I won’t say anything to Kazura-sama. When Valetta-san couldstand with pride before Kazura-sama, then at the time let’s inform him abouteverything. Of course, I won’t tell another person about your blessing ofpower, so please do not worry.」(Isaac)
Valetta smiled delightedly when she heard this.
「Yes. I will be in your care.」(Valetta)
Valetta made a deep bow and Isaac’s heart was filledwith joy.
It seems that this girl held a great respect and devotionto Kazura just like himself.
He still didn’t know how much this girl’s talent is,but if she was blessed with the strength that she had demonstrated, then if shewas trained properly then she would become a powerful warrior.
Kazura seemed to be extremely pleased of Valetta, so afterhe had given her training, then he could recommend her to Kazura and Nelson,that she might stay beside him as a close bodyguard.
「(In that case, surely…… Stupid, what I am thinking.)」(Isaac)
The scene of exchange between Lieze and Kazura twodays ago appeared in his mind. Isaac quickly rebuked himself.
If Valetta were able to stay near Kazura, then Kazura’seyes will surely turn towards Valetta and not Lieze. Even if it’s just for alittle bit, this was what he had thought.
It was a foolish thought that didn’t have the sliverof sincerity for either Kazura and Lieze. Isaac felt ashamed on his own wretchedheart.
「Then, let’s begin immediately. Start with the basic stance when holding asword. Please do not be hurry, do it slowly, until you properly master it oneby one.」(Isaac)
「Yes!」(Valetta)
Thus, the secret special training between Isaac andValetta began.
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When Isaac and Valetta’s special training started, Kazurawas sitting in the entrance of the Japanese mansion and talking with his fatherShinji through his handphone.
「500 kilograms of copper and tin, what are you will use it for? Do you wantto build a temple bell?」(Shinji)
「No, it doesn’t mean that I want to use it right now, I only want to placethem nearby. Though, I hope you can arrange it with a material store to send itto the mansion.」(Kazura)
Unconcerned about Shinji who asked back withbewilderment in his tone, Kazura pushed through about the materials procurement.
Shinji had managed a small workshop before and it waswhere they produced metal souvenirs, so procuring metal materials like this washis specialty.
At first, Kazura thought about procuring the materialshimself, however, searching for the dealers and the negotiation would take toomuch time, so he delegated everything to Shinji.
There was the issue about the money, but since Kazurahad cast 500 million yen into Shinji’s account, then the money should be enough.
「If it’s possible, I want it so that it arrives at least before the dayafter tomorrow. Please?」(Kazura)
「…… Ah, okay okay. I will contact you again when the date for the deliveryhad been decided, so you can leave it to me. Also, if you want to create bronze,then the tin ratio is only 10%. You can’t just plunge them together in equal amount.」[1](Shinji)
「Oh, is that so? I don’t know about that.」(Kazura)
「Hey, hey, will you be alright? Don’t do something haphazardly. If there issomething you don’t know, you can ask me. Since I will teach you anything.」(Shinji)
「Then about the room inside the mansion……」(Kazura)
「I had told you, I don’t know anything about that.」(Shinji)
Shinji immediately refused, so Kazura let out a bigsigh.
「I understand. Then, I will entrust the materials procurement to you. If Ihave something else, then I will call you again.」(Kazura)
「Ok. Don’t do absurd things too much, you hear?」(Shinji)
Kazura cut the call and then put the handphone back tohis trouser pocket.
「What do you mean by absurd, geez……」(Kazura)
Good grief, he scratched his head as he walked towardsthe car parked in the front yard.
He turned the key and started the engine before hebooted the car navigation and searched for his destination.
His first destination was a glass workshop in thecity.
There was a mountain of thingsthat he needed to do in Japan, so he couldn’t do things too leisurely.
He had already finished contacting the engineeringfirm for the water turbine generator he ordered before and he had arranged itto be delivered to the mansion on the noon next day.
The first thing he was going to do now was searchingand procuring the goods that Valetta asked and the goods that he intended tobring to Isteria, after that he would investigate the things he had in mindbefore.
「If it’s possible then it will be nice if everything could be finished bytomorrow morning. But let’s see how things go.」(Kazura)
Kazura confirmed the route that the car navi displayedbefore he stepped on the pedal.
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1 hour later.
Kazura had arrived at the glass studio and now he wasexamining the glass rod displayed on the shelves inside the studio.
The shelves where various colored glass rods lined upwere separated from the shelves where they placed the glass materials.
There were two kinds of glass rods placed inside the studio,hard glass from the gas-oxygen torch and soft glass from the gas-air torch.[2]
Then they were divided into the transparent coloredcrystal glass and the nontransparent soda-lime glass.
The studio itself was a 3-storey building, currentlyKazura was on the second floor, the first floor was where the completed manufacturedglassware like glass beads was displayed, the glass rods and the glassmakingtools were displayed on the second floor.
At the label placed on the stairway, the third floorwas where the glass studio offered glassmaking class.
「Now then, which one should I buy?」(Kazura)
While comparing the hard glass and soft glass shelves,Kazura was a bit confused on which type he should buy.
Just by a glance, the hard glass had a more beautifulluster than soft glass.
After this hard glass had been melted to some degreeinto a big lump of glass, then it could be struck on the ground to smash itinto irregular forms, which Nelson could easily sell at the market.
Next to the shelves where the glass was placed, waswhere the shelves for the special glass.
The rainbow-colored dichroic glass or boards of iridescentglass that was shining beautifully, or glass rods with various patterned colorlike a Kintarou candy.[3]
「Wait. To melt this, a specialized burner would be needed…… So, I need tobuy the tool set to process the form and size to what that side preferred.」(Kazura)
The glass rods that was displayed in the studio wasmostly about 1 cm to 2 cm thick.
As it is, not only their size was small but theircurrent form was also too uniform, so Kazura needed to melt them into a lump ofglass.
Kazura called out to the female clerk that was sittingbehind the register and asked her for the explanation about the tools.
「Sorry, but I want the tools to process this hard glass. Can I ask you tochoose the good tool set? Since this is my first try, I don’t know what isneeded.」(Kazura)
「I understand. The oxygen-gas torch is quite expensive, will it be fine foryou?」(Clerk)
「How much? If it within my capacity then I can prepare the money.」(Kazura)
「The torch and the oxygen concentrator to refine oxygen are quite expensive,even the small tools will cost close to 300000 yen[4].In the case for the tools for soft glass, 40000 yen[5]is enough for complete set.」(Clerk)
It seems that there was quite a gap between the pricefor hard glass tools and soft glass tools.
Of course, although it depends on the type of toolschosen, to choose the hard glass tools compared to soft glass tools would needa courageous amount of money.
However, for the super nouveau riche like Kazura, itwas an inconsequential matter.
「Ah, no, the oxygen-gas one, please. Then can I also ask you to explain howto operate it?」(Kazura)
「I understand. Please follow me.」(Clerk)
After Kazura said this, he followed the female clerk andentered the room where the torch tools were placed.
Inside the room, there were many kinds of torches andthere were several oxygen refining devices called oxygen concentrator wereplaced.
The goods cost a considerable amount of money, therewere many that was above 200000 yen[6].
「First, the torch. The flame that comes out from it is different dependingon the product. You can choose based on the degree of how much the nozzle flamesize could be adjusted, how big the works that want to be made, or the qualityof the flame that you seek.」(Clerk)
「Hmm…… Which product that you recommend? If possible, a sturdy one that willnot breakdown easily.」(Kazura)
「If you seek a sturdy product, then it will be this one. It cost 250000 yen[7],not only it produced good flame but it was constructed sturdily so it will be rarefor a breakdown to occur.」(Clerk)
When the female clerk explained, she pointed at one ofthe torches placed on top of the shelves.
「Is that so. Then that one please.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. Also, for the oxygen concentrator, the cheapest onewill be 100000 yen, a good Japanese made one will be 250000 yen. As for the efficiency……」(Clerk)
After he had heard the female clerk’s explanationabout the oxygen concentrator, he understood the gist of it.
To simplify her words: The most expensive one have thebest performance.
「Then, that most expensive one please.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. How about an electric kiln? The best on is 350000 yen.」(Clerk)
Perhaps because she had concluded that Kazura wasloaded with money, the female clerk began to explain about electric kiln.
The purpose of the electric kiln was to be used in the「cooling」 stage of glass making.
If a glassware made from a mixture of several glasses wasjust left cooled in room temperature after the burning process, then it wouldbe deformed due to the different coefficient of thermal expansion between theglass components.
If the cooling speed was too fast, then the glass wouldreach the limit of its resilience and it would end up cracked.
In technical term, it would be called 「thermal shock」.[8]
「Hmm, since it’s called electric kiln, then it will use a lot ofelectricity, right? A device that needs a lot of electricity is a bit……」(Kazura)
「I see…… The big one could use more than 20 amperes. Even without electrickiln, if you put the newly burned glassware into the slow cooling materialslike this silica annealing bubbles[9],then generally it will end up fine.」(Clerk)
The female store clerk took a bag from a nearby shelveand handed it over to Kazura.
Inside the transparent bag was a large number of whitebeads the size of rice grains.
Though Kazura won’t necessarily made something from themixed colored glass, this annealing bubbles might be useful.
「Then, that annealing bubbles please.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. The annealing bubbles could be placed inside a containerlike an empty tin can. I think the size of a cookie tin will be enough. Orperhaps you can use a specialized container that this shop sells.」(Clerk)
「A cookie tin…… Ah, it’s okay, I have just the right size tin can. Then canyou help me choosing the other tools? It doesn’t matter even if they areexpensive as long as they are the easiest one to use.」(Kazura)
「Thank you very much. Then, first the goggles and tweezers……」(Clerk)
And thus, just like what the female clerk told him,Kazura purchased one good after another.
She also recommended a small propane gas cylinder, butif the gas ran out in Isteria, Kazura couldn’t immediately return to Japan.
Although he thought that he wouldn’t use that muchgas, it is better to have a surplus amount, so he decided that he would contacthis father Shinji once more to procure a large-size propane gas cylinder.
In the end, the final cost of the goods was close to600000 yen[10].
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After I finishedtranslating Realist Kingdom, I’ll translate Takarakuji Chapter 81 to 90.
[1]The so called “Classic Bronze”. Weaponsand armors from the Bronze age were made out of this type of bronze.
[2]Hard glass is borosilicate glass, softglass is just common silicate glass.
[3]
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