ET 1-11

Episode 11 ： Crossbow

「Earth. Please hear my instruction」

Appealing to the Earth, a circumference of 100 meters including underground was analyzed, geological features were investigated.

「Alright, this is quality land.  Clay and Quartz are both adequately present」

It is the thing I was searching for, a sigh of relief was expressed。

Both of the two are substances that are present in the ground  anywhere。Small quantities of clay can taken from the ground with a bit of difficult digging, quartz is everywhere as long as there is sand, of course it is all naturally mixed in there.

Anyone happens to be looking  would see  a white milky stone in sand pit. That would be quartz.

「【Busshitsu Sousa (Matter Manipulation)：Nendo (Clay)】」

The Mana of the Earth was influenced by the magic to extract  a specific substance.

Impurities stripped away and taken out of the clay that was blown up from the ground.

It billows up while surrounding me,  drawing up an enclosure that has a radius of 30 meters.

And then its volume extends skyward, once it stretches up to about 5 meters it closes in to the center of the circle, and then meets at the summit.

Just now, I hade completed a dome made of clay.

There were several spread out 60 cm piece square holes, furthermore, there is a opening of about 2m in one place facing the ground.

I go outside throught that.

「【Busshitsu Sousa (Matter Manipulation)：Sekiei (Quartz)】」

And then, quartz was processed around the small square opening, and was arranged in order to fill in the hole.

The process finished after calling on the Earth Mana, it is called upon to fix it into the perfect  spot.

「Now time for the Fire. Mana of Fire. Lend your Power. 【Goku En (Prison Flame)】」

An enormous flame is created by calling on the Fire Mana.

The affinity level is at 80, though it falls behind Earth, still the quality of the affinity is exceedingly more than sufficient.

The dome has a radius of 30 meters, that is because there is a limit to how well I can control the fire. It is very difficult to handle Fire Mana, even with my Skill and Magical Power,  any more and it would be unreasonable.

The flame I summoned was able to completely swallow up the dome made from clay and quartz.

In tune with the Fire Mana, the dome kept being heated up while its state was being checked and adjusted.

Little by little, the reddish brown clay becomes tough bricks, and next to them the quartz melts into a red liquid.

Starting the tuning with the Earth Mana as the first step, and then taking a tight control over Fire at the same time, it is managable somehow or another because Kuīro is loved by ores and minerals.

Impurities were filtered out from the quartz that is nearly a red burning liquid. Unlike the clay, the impurities of the quartz could not be removed unless it were in this state of matter.

Perfectly, the clay hardedns, the impurities from the quartz was confirmed to be completely eliminated by my conversion magic.

「【Reikyaku (Cooling)】」

Fire Magic is not only just an attribute of simply a magic that specializes in burning. Its true nature is that of heat manipulation. Those extraordinarily proficient at it can even remove heat.

Taking away the remaining heat from the burning clay, the red hot melted quartz began to cool down.

And with that, the quartz had started to become transparent, with it transforming into a magnificent quartz glass. The transparancy of the glass produced with quartz is absurdly high that ordinary glass wouldn’t even be a good comparison.

「Alright, it is finished. As one would expect from a Dwarf. Contructing a workshop made of bricks in only ten minutes」

The level of skill would fill even me with admiration if I would say so myself.

Baking clay to turn them into bricks. Gathering Quartz and then melting it into glass. Although all of it were simple processes, there would be considerable equipment and costs in order to do so normally.

Reasonably, because when it comes to contructing a house, nonetheless it would cease to be labeled as simple work. Clay baked into bricks would change size, quartz would become smaller when impurities were removed.

Before the baking step, how it changes would have to be read completely by intuition and experience. For sure the dwarf’s intuition, it is where Kuīro’s true worth is shown.

「Now then, shall I throw in the armors and swords」

The armors and swords were processed by mineral manipulation with the power of the Earth Mana that I borrowed, after sending it in through a spot that has a door like opening.

Earth Magic is convenient as expected. It is annoying to be unable to normally handle it in the form of an elf.

「I wonder how much could be assembled today」

I melted the armors into a syrup with Fire Magic, furthermore  the minerals are controlled with Earth Magic, the metal towards the entrance was turning into a fluid. A simple door was made to cool things down, furthermore, additional parts were affixed to make opening and closing it possible.

With this, the workshop is complete.

Finally the weapons production can really begin.

Concentrating, the magic was invoked, the armor and swords all melted.

「In any event the Empire’s iron manufacturing technology is still very immature. There are too many impurities」

Iron ore without any changes in terms of usage is not that much of a durable material.

Therefore, the impurities has to be eliminated in the iron to change it, moreover a high output furnace along with a certain amount of knowledge and technique is required. The swords and armors that I melted down were quite poor.

Various metals in the mixed and blended together state of the Sword and Armor lumps were dissolved, one by one each metal is sorted, and ingots are made.

By doing it this way the melted ingots can now intentionally have impurities mixed in to create Steel.

Pure Iron is great. But, the introduction of impurities mixed in on purpose can change it into a different more suitable metal.

What is being made right now is the rim of the Bow. It is the piece where the bowstring is set up.

What is desired is, a good flexible spring board for performance. The rim is completed with a suitable alloy by adding a metal to surround it according to a Dwarf’s iron based experience and intuition.

Using the impurities in the metal that orginally came from the armors and swords, I created the the best and most optimal metal.

And then, the mass is now molded into the shape of rim.

The size is approximately 50 cm. For a rim of a bow it is quite small in size but it is fine like this. At any rate I am making a crossbow and this is the part is exactly what is desired.

Including the spares more than 50 units were made. The Craftsmanship of a Dwarf forming the shape  doesn’t have even 1 mm of difference and all 50 rims are completed with perfection.

Furthermore the next step is the arrow firing support next to the reel. Then the trigger divided into two parts, finally the pedal of iron attached to the cross bow at a specific point and completed one after the other.

Each construction was simple since the parts could be produced with a simple mold practically with easy control. As expected of metal melting and hardening, even for me it is impossible to make a crossbow all in one go.

「Next would be the arrow, the screw, and power spring」

I built the arrow, spring, and screw with no more than the necessary amount of iron. Since the parts of this category are reusable in others in any amount a lot were made.

The Crossbow arrow,  is called a bolt with a thick and short iron  rod. It is built into the perfect shape to raise penetration power. When the stage of this process is cut the accuracy would sharply decline.

I have gotten used to making Crossbows. It has often been made in countries where civilization has only developed halfway.

With my Knowledge and ability to control magic,  also the Dwarf’s aptitude in Fire・Earth  Attributes  would make creating a gun possible, but making a crossbow in particular is desired.

「Gunpowder is not attainable」

In general, to obtain gunpowder, saltpeter is necessary. Luckily finding a saltpeter mine is just something that doesn’t happen very often. Though there is a way to get saltpeter from excrement.

That would take five years for production,  the excrement from the population of the Elf Village for a full year would only have enough that would be completely used up in a few times in battle so it is not realistic.

To purchase saltpeter it is also a rare and expensive item. Basically the gun is only maintainable by the military of the rich.

「Also the maintenance is very bothersome」

Even guns as simple as a matchlock would be distorted with the slightest bending of its structure, and then there is soot jamming, it becomes difficult to use with the most trivial of things. Some degree of Knowledge is required for effective use.

In that respect, crossbows were usable with just a little bit of training, and the structure is simple.

「Later on,  there would have been a problem with the absurd amount of iron consumed」

Another thing to note would be the amount of iron consumed for the gun which is no match for the efficient ratio for the crossbow. When mixed into bullets, there would not be a sufficient amount that could be prepared. Metal is valuable. There are various applications to it besides just weapons. Since the only method to procure it is through plundering the Empire, there is nothing else but to abandon that.

For the case of the Crossbow, it is a huge positive for the components that can immediately be manufactured out of wood to support the foundation.

However, the wood craftsmanship can only be done by hand.

Since the part is produced normally, I breathe a heavy sigh when I start working with the wood by hand. [tln: Yeah, he is lazy.]

Because I cut the planks of wood into a moderate thickness yesterday, first would be to cut out the proper dimensions. The sharpness of the knife is strengthened by Maryoku. As if it were heated up butter the wood was cut.

That can start out to serve as its foundation, the rim is passed through the hole, the grip is installed at the end, a hole is dug out to insert the pedal, and the foundation is complete.

With the skills of a Dwarf, diagrams were drawn up in the head with the power of a true craftsman’s artistic skill.

「Okay then, the components are completed with this」

And now, the main body of the rim was pierced into from the front, the grip is attached and united with the trigger installed to the bottom, it is fixed to the wood with the screw. Furthermore, a spring is installed for the rewinding of the trigger component.

In addition to the reel placed on the top, an iron ring is installed in the pointed front.

The Crossbow is completed with this.  After the bowstring is affixed it is finished.

「If it were a normal thread, it would snap, but this is a moiré pattern woven thread[TLN:Think Spider Silk level strength]」

I begin the final process. A single thin sheet of wooden boards is baked at a low temperature, charcoal is made. In addition to part of the composition being carbonized by Earth Magic, a thread of carbon(Carbon Fiber)  is made.

Carbon fiber is on Earth one of the most toughest of threads. Twisting it and overlaping it repeatedly  creates a thicker thread, furthermore  its strength is also increased.

The thread is strung up around the rim.

The product is now complete.

Just in case, the trigger is pulled as a test, the protruding reel lets it jut out as it withdraws, the trigger is released, and the spring returns it to its original position.

「Shall I test again one more time」

I pulled the chord with the muscular power that was reinforced, and the chord is hooked back onto the protruding reel. In this regard the checking of the bow’s strength is not forgotten.

「The Bow Strength is, 89 kg。That’s twice that of Father’s Long Bow」

With a tough plate spring, and due to the carbon fiber, even with a rim of 50cm, twice the power of a wooden bow can be shown.

Needless to say, such a thing cannot normally be drawn. However, a function that resolves that has been added to the crossbow, even without something like stengthening by magic, even a girl like Lucie can handle it.

「Bang！」

I say so aloud while pulling the trigger, the protrusion that was containing the bowstring sank down, the chord was unleashed, it bounced with a intense power.

The truth is that it is not recommended to shoot it without an arrow loaded in since it would  damage the crossbow.

「Lastly the test firing」

The body is strengthened by means of magical power.

And then, the top ring is pushed against the ground, and the right foot is placed into the ring.

Both hands are placed over the bow string, and it is pulled up with both hands and back muscles.

In general, for a bow that could be pulled with one hand, the bow power of 45 Kg is the limit that could be handled by a human. But, if it can be pulled with both two hands and back, it would be easier. In any case the average national Japanese Female Highschooler’s measurement of back strength is 100 Kg.  A bowstring of 89 Kg should not be unusable.

I effortlessly  drew back the bowstring and hung it on the knob.

This time, an arrow is properly placed on top of the reel to shoot it. A cavity was made to stabilize the arrow on the reel and for the arrow to be shot cleanly.

Alright, the arrow made from iron…… the accuracy of the bolt has no shortcomings.

I purposely did not melt the high quality armor in order to save it for a comparison, the crossbow was then pointed at the high quality armor.

「Well, can it penetrate?」

The trigger is pulled.

The arrow of the crossbow,  jumps out with an initial velocity of 102 m/s, and the high-quality armor was easily penetrated.

「Well now, this task was cleared. How much more will be completed in five days」

The weapons , when the numbers build up then it will begin to have more significance.

With only one, there would be no meaning even if it could oppose those guys.

The assumption is that it was to be used by the organization.

While pondering the issue the time limit came.

And my figure returns to that of Syril’s. At the same time a feeling of fatigue hits the body.

「Phew, from here it is the time to go to war」

Parts can be produced in large quantities, but the problem is the work with shaving the wood.

In order to reduce the consumption of iron, the main body is made of wood, the process takes about 15 minutes each.

Because the time Kuīro can exist is 122 minutes, the limit would be at 8 when working hard.

Though it is possible for me to cut it even when returned to being Syril, but I am afraid of a variation in performance.

Quietly here, the straightforward Kuīro  laboriously crafts.

I have resolved myself to finish the work by the end of day.

The day to unveil the crossbow approaches.

ET 1-10

Episode 10 ：Kuīro　●

Since Lucie had finished working the fields and came back, we had lunch together. Today, a few planning designs will be made, I went out to the forest in a place a bit away from the village.

Even if the harvest ends, it is to go to the field to facilitate next year’s planting.
The remaining roots in the soil is neatly removed and the land is leveled.
The seeds can be sown immediately after the arrival of spring, it is necessary since when winter comes the snow will pile up and proper work cannot be carried out.

It has cleared up well, the wind is blowing and it feels pleasant.
Lucie, though sitting down on the grass, had a maple leaf land on top of her head and because of this I laughed reflexively.

「Lucie, there is a leaf on your head」

「Oh, it’s true. The Maple Leaf is yellow. Is it the beginning of Autumn already」
「You are correct. And winter will be coming soon」

Lucie with a little reluctance released the maple leaf from her hand.
And then from an open mouth a small sigh was let out.

「The recent Syril being seen, I keep being surprised. Indeed, the work of a doctor is really possible too. Even if working in the fields, rumors of Syril are heard. The arm of the most rowdy of the village, Roelou, restored as good as new. Renatsu-san’s son who had a fatal disease was cured with surprising swiftness」
「Because it is easy treatment. That is about how it is」
「If it is the current Syril, any illness or injury could be cured」

Because Lucie said it with a serious face, I smiled wryly.
Even I am not omnipotent.

「There are plenty that can’t be cured. For example, the viral illnesses that the body’s immune system wont work against would be impossible no matter how much the struggle is. The treatment of the eyes, or loss of a body are hopeless. It is helpless when a broken bone has a complicated fracture. Fibers that are completely stretched and snapped can’t be restored. Cancer can never be cured. That is a cell mutation. And severe burns should be given up on」

Basically with my magic which only strengthens self recovery ability, is the reinforcement of the autoimmune function.
A simple wound and a simple fracture can be cured, the body’s immunity can even expel a virus like the common cold or flu, besides that would be impossible.
Because I have knowledge to some extent, and because of that something must be prepared in order to expand the range of feasible medical treatments, even so there is a limit to it.

「It is too difficult to understand what Syril means」
「gomen, gomen, but I don’t think I can cure everything. Therefore, You have to take care during daily life so as to not get sick」

Lucie looking puzzled tilted her head to the side, I said so with a cheerful smile.

「Apart from that, how is today’s lunch？」

So as to not let it cool, the cuisine was expressly put in an earthenware pot to be served in a deep dish and passed to Lucie.
Because of deciding to eat outside on a whim, each pot that we had was prepared just yesterday, no choice but to carry it here.

「It is wonderful and very delicious. This is done the first time. What dish is this？」
「It is called Suiton soup. The dish is merely a soup with loosened wheat flour and the thin liquid produced by the deer dashi 」

I also took some of the venison that was brought back home and broiled it.
According to Lucie, since it is the game I personally captured, just barely there are no moral violations that were made.
Also, it is a secret to Lucie, crops which may be discarded by the village mayor if discovered, only two wooden crates worth were pilfered. This is the hope of the village.

「Monyu Monyu, The food texture is a mystery. The flavor of the soup tastes good. Yeah, the suiton soup is good. It is delicious, and above all it is a conservative way to use flour」
「Well, I noticed that there. It is important to properly use wheat and salt」

The suiton soup, because it wheat diluted with water, it will fill the stomach with a small amount. The soup is well matched and though it has light seasoning, it is very satisfactory.

Today’s suiton soup, not to mention the wheat, but the salt was also was skimped on quite considerably.

The Soup Stock comes out well with the deer bone and also partly from the mountain vegetables that were stewed together, wheat was poured in and suiton soup is made.
The seasoning is quite plain. Though it is a taste that can be eaten well in its own way thanks to the Deer soup stock and wild herbs, since the saltiness isn’t sufficient it isn’t completely satisfactory.

「Lucie, let’s add salt after all」
「Not allowed, there won’t be enough until the next distribution」

The food in this village is all stored in the Mayor’s warehouse, it is distributed from there to each home. When the village had been receiving support supplies from the Empire, it was the easiest type of way for distribution. I have to re-examine this someday.

「Then in the next distribution of rations, we as people with distinguished merit could ask to receive little extra」
「Such a thing isn’t really liked. We are eating enough to be full, somebody in the village will have to endure a smaller amount. In that mood, It is not possible to eat it deliciously」
「Lucie is such a child」

I smiled. A child who is thoroughly honest and gentle. Because it is the polar opposite of me, I guess this is why I am so charmed.

「Thank you for the delicious meal. This afternoon I will be going out to the field again, but what will Syril do？」
「Soon I intend to do full scale weapons production」
「What kind of weapon is planned to be manufactured？」
「It is the Bow」

Upon hearing it, Lucie’s eyes stared out in wonder.
And she began to speak forcefully.

「That is impossible！　Even Syril’s father pulling the longbow couldn’t penetrate their armor！Every kind of strong bow, should not penetrate the armor. Let’s find another way」

The thing Lucie says is not wrong.
The large bow that my father the village’s best Archery Master used had an length of 160 cm……the Long Bow was used.
The Long Bow had power corresponding to its size. The Bow Strength(The Force necessary to pull) was as much as 45 kg.
The general bow strength of the bows used in Heisei Era Japan for competitions is 15 kg, it has three times the strength.

The bow force of 45 kg is the maximum strength of a bow in the practical range which could be pulled by one hand.
And that even for Father the limit that the arrow could penetrate was the shoddy armor worn by underling soldiers, the armor worn by the Captains could not be penetrated.
Five years have passed since then, the Imperial Steel manufacturing technology has further developed and that it wont penetrate even those of the underling soldiers.

「Nevertheless, it would be useless if it isn’t a bow. Don’t worry. I have properly thought it through. I won’t say something that can’t be done」
「Syril, May I believe in you？」
「Only to Lucie that I will not tell lies, a positive effort is being made shine」
「The speech now instantly made the feeling of believing lost……」

Lucie wryly smiles and heaves a sigh.
And yet the eyes seem to laugh. Even I would have trouble believing me.

「If Lucie is smiling as usual, it would be good. That is the thing I earnestly produced to eaten」

I pointed to cranberry prepared on a small dish.
Yesterday, I entered the mountains after preaching to Lucie, unless a considerable amount was taken it would be useless.
It is the best medicine for Lucie’s mild vitamin deficiency.

「Is it really bad if I do not eat this？」
「It would be bad. Though Lucie is not aware of it, it is an illness. You must properly take in vitamins. That is right, this is Lucie’s remaining punishment. If I am not mistaken, do you not say you had one remaining？　Then, let’s make it this. You absolutely cannot leave without eating what is on the plate」
「……Because this is for me, it is not a punishment. Please do it at a different opportunity. Because, I will properly eat it. Ugh, Suppaai」

Fully twisting her face, Lucie lets out a cry.
Because I everyday said to eat the intensely sour things, a quite weak consciousness was made to it.

「If it were was sugar and it were diluted with water it would make juice, however it should also be easy to make a jam to consume.」
「It’s okay. Sugar is the taste of nobles」
「Because Lucie is my princess, you can certainly expect to be spoiled」
「……I the princess, pray that the Prince is not taken away. So therefore hurry up and create some piece of mind. Because I will do everything I can do」

At that last word, Lucie returned to working in the fields.

「That reminds me, is the 【Doutai Shiryoku Kyouka】[Kinetic Vision Reinforcement] magic functioning properly？」
「Yes, perfectly. A black sphere floats above the head, sometimes the eyes chases it」
「That is really good. Well then have a nice day」
「Off I go」

Something that flashy can’t be done while working in the fields, after returning to the village three times in a day, muscle reinforcement and kinetic vision reinforcement is continued. Daily accumulation is important.
Moreover once it is night, the flexibility of the two people can be used take advantage of the soft body.
The greatest pleasure, Lucie’s nice-smelling tender body can be legally touched by me in that time.

With the current time taken now, the degree so far is limited, but with winter coming the field work will disappear, and little by little Lucie will be taught magic.
While thinking of such things, Lucie was seen off waving her hand.

◇

I departed outside from the village, heading towards a blind spot from the village just below some small hill.
Carrying as much timber as possible now.
When I arrived at the destination, the armor and swords I left there when I sneaked away from a suspecting Lucie yesterday were as I left it.

「Excellent. I would have no choice but to laugh if everything was taken」

A monologue was unconsciously let out.
I will now produce weapons from the swords and armor as material.
The Fire and Earth Magic Attributes are essential, Syril’s aptitude is that of an Elf’s, it is not possible to have satisfactory control.

Thus, it is necessary to call the Past Self that had Fire and Earth as their Fortitude. It was necessary to prepare the materials first.
If Deet were summoned today to use 【Item Box】, it would be another 12 hours before 【Rinne Kaiki】 could be used again, a whole day would have been wasted.

「Release, my soul. Trace back the Time of the Path once taken, Here and Now」

The Aria of 【Rinne Kaiki】 was chanted.
Today, I am calling upon……

「My desire is, in a World of Steel and Scorching Hot Iron, I who is a Blacksmith Master that has been tempered thoroughly to be the best above all, That name is……」

At that era, I was in a world where Alchemy developed strangely.
That place perpetually, was a world decorated with Flames, Smoke, and Iron.
In that world, I was born to a race that is extremely familiar with metal and continued to polish one’s skills throughout the entire lifetime.
The name of that time……

「Kuīro！　【Rinne Kaiki】！」

The whole body was wrapped in light simultaneously with that word.
And now from the mouth a long beard grows until it stretches to about 180 cm in stature, the physique changes to a massive and bulky one.
The clothes are made from a Demon-Beast Hide that has Heat resistance property, superb work clothes. And then in a hand, Custom-made Hammer made by gathered quintessence of Alchemy.
So, I who was born as a Dwarf, in the form of Kuīro.

「Unlike Deet with no inherent magic, originally a magical power not that far from many times mine, could I now completely reproduce the abilities of Kuīro. The time limit seems to be within the margin」

The time limit is 122 minutes.
Furthermore based on 64 souls of people consumed by Deet’s 【Tamashii Kui】, it suggests good fuel consumption for Kuīro.

Deet, always magically digitizing damage, 【Tamashii Kui】 consumes the souls of slain opponents, and powerful physical ability reinforcement to run culminates to bad fuel consumption. Although I forcibly cheated by summoning a lower level and weaker me at the time, there is still a limit.
Still nevertheless, the convenience of 【Tamashii Kui】 and 【Item Box】 is so overwhelming that it ends up frequently used.

However, it is better if compared to the me as a Dragon. When in that form, the present me would run out of strength in 2 seconds. The Dragon me, ”2 seconds would be enough” would be the case for me……。

「Kuīro is good and simple」

Kuīro doesn’t have continuously activated magic.
However, A dwarf’s special characteristic is being loved by minerals, and the fingers become strangely dexterous, above all the rewritten change in Magic Attribute Affinity is huge.

When an Elf

Earth：30　Fire：10　Wind：90　Water：70
The Affinity stated now, since becoming a Dwarf,

Earth：100　Fire：80　Wind：5　Water：5
It has changed into an existence specializing in Earth and Fire.

「Shall it be undertaken at once. The power of Kuīro called up to as the Legendary Blacksmith Master, Let’s freely wield it to one’s heart’s content」

And then, I began to call out to the mana in the earth.
The Reaction in the soil is nice. In this case, It seems that the Strongest Weapon can be made.

ET 1-09

Episode 09: Village Doctor

The next day after returning to the village.
Seeing Lucie off who went to work at the fields, I became fired up.

To manufacture the weapons, five days were given as a time limit and during which field labor is exempted. Spending all five days on only creating weapons would be boring.
So securing the trust of the villagers is also done concurrently.
Thus, I have already begun the actions for that purpose.

「Hey, Syril, is it true that you can really cure injuries and disease」

A muscular young man, Roelou asks high-highhandedly.

「Not all of them, but most can be cured」

I begin to imitate a doctor’s behavior.
There is no doctor in the village. An injury and even illnesses, elves that are said to be knowledgeable people as a general law learn by experience, unknown treatments are believed to be superstition and effective only if it works.

As a result, there are many suffering elves.
However, I have both knowledge and experience. Though I cannot say all, I am able to treat a considerable ratio. The deed of saving lives, that is a considerably good plan to gain trust.

「Let the evidence be the proof. How about I let Roelou be the judge of whether I am able to cure you？」

I say so with a smile.
A simple tent is pitched near our home, and a variety of people of different ages and genders were there, approximately 10 people were lined up.
During the previous day, I had my childhood friend Rick, whom was stabbed in the back and I treated, circulate around the village that I would act as a doctor only in the morning, and thus patients have been gathered.
Since it was Rick who was actually treated, it was more persuasive and people immediately gathered.

「Then, I want you to cure my right arm. It fractured last year, and though the bone has already been connected, the arm is inflexible and has trouble even after healing. When I think that the arm will be in this state for the rest of my life……I.」

Roelou distorts his expression while his voice has a serious tone.
Roelou is the village’s number one muscle man and a young man his in the late 20s. It would be difficult to have a handicapped arm. Fortunately, I seem to be able to cure it for this case.

「I can imagine the general point of what happened. If that is so, I seem to be able to cure it. Show it.」

When I say so, I touched the right arm of Roelou who is patient number one.

Because he is at the top of the vigilance committee in this village, he is a nice partner to sell a favor to.
The magical power is poured in and the body’s situation is confirmed. The condition of Roelou’s health was as I expected.

「Has anything been understood？」
「Ahh, it is because the bone is deformed and clinging to closely, it interferes when the joint is bent.」
「What do you mean？」
「When the broken bone is reconnected, it did not connect back to its original shape. That reason is that it is easy for it to stick too closely when reconnected. Therefore, it did not return to its original form even when the bone fracture healed. In fact as it is now, the obstruction would lead to a bad life by the recovery that was done」
「Is it the case where it can never be returned back to the way it was?」
「Normally that would be the case. But by using a treatment that is more painful than death, well since it is your life which would you rather have？」
「Hey Hey, Don’t say such a dangerous thing.」
「The next patient is waiting. Please choose quickly」
「……I would rather have the pain that is worse than death」
「Then here, bite on this with all of your might. It will be annoying when you bite off your tongue when you start screaming, not to mention hazardous」

I passed a fabric to Roelou to place in his mouth.
For examinations, I called upon Water Mana.
The blood flowing through Roelou’s body is imaged. The main component of blood is water.
Blood manipulation is included in Water Magic arts.

「Vibrate spirit of Water.」

Simultaneously with my word, Roelou’s blood violently vibrates, it is conveyed to only impact the bone. Taking Chinese Martial Arts and applying it to Magic.
The partially deformed bone is beautifully broken to the point without injuring anything other than the bone, it is then crushed into many parts.

「Ku uuuuuuu」

The scream of Roelou leaks out.
Once it has deformed, there is no choice but to break it once more.
The fragments of the bone are gathered to the ideal position by an impact from outside, a thin membrane like cast is made using internal magical power 《Odo》, after this Roelou’s arm should be fixed.

「Roelou start moving your arm to your heart’s content.」

Roelou puts in power as I told him to, but it doesn’t move all of the sudden and only very subtlety because it is restrained by magical power. It should be safe with this.
Thus, with the arm fixed in place, the bone is connected into the perfect form.

「【Healing】」

Then I, using internal Magical Power 《Odo》, magically strengthened the self recovery ability of Roelou. Though a complex spell formula, it is of no difficulty for me.
【Healing】 only strengthens the self recovery ability, it cannot heal anything that cannot be naturally healed on its own.
Therefore, to such a method, various preparations are necessary.

「Ah u, Ah u, Ah」

Because the bone is connected rapidly, Roelou is attacked by both discomfort and pain.
But, the Spell Formula is performing well.
After confirming that the bone has connected, 【Healing】 has finished. Finally it was scanned, and the ideal method of connecting it was done. With this there should no longer be anymore trouble with moving the arm.

「Yes, that should be enough for today. The arm should already be able to bend properly. Well then, you may return home」
「Oi！ For the arm that gave so much trouble to so quickly be able to……bend！　My arm can bend！」

The cloth that was plunged into the mouth was taken out, after shouting for a while, he raised a that expressed joy from the bottom of his heart.

「That is why I said it is finished, wouldn’t you agree？」
「Syril, I am sorry I ever doubted you. What would be good to express my gratitude？There is some fur in house, even meat, you may take anything」
「It is unnecessary. However, I will be fine if your power is lent when ever I am in trouble」
「Is that really fine？」
「Of course, if I collect compensation one by one from this group in the village, the house would be overflowing with stuff」
「That would be bad. I will not forget this kindness.」

I return a smile.
The reason to not receive compensation is not out of kindness. I am demanding their gratitude. And it would be troubling to have a lot of junk pushed on me to forgive a debt.

Receiving a debt of gratitude would weigh better. It is necessary to pay a debt of gratitude in the proper place.
Roelou left the house after expressing gratitude to me repeatedly.

「Who is next？」
「Please cure my son. From before last week there is a stomachache to the extent that he cannot walk, there is no recovery even after taking secret medicine」
「Mama, it hurts」

The next visitor is a woman with a voluptuous body in the latter half of her thirties that lives two houses away. She brought a child who was slightly younger than me.
The boy has a greasy sweat while his breathing is rough and pained.

Because Elves, in terms of Human Standards, take on years slower from their late teens, it was a beautiful woman in her mid-twenties visually. A small amount of tension rises.

「Was something bad eaten？」

Because the boy is suffering so that conversation is not even possible, I turn the question towards the mother.

「No way」
「Vomiting, Fever, Loss of appetite, Diarrhea, have any of these symptoms appeared.」
「All excluding diarrhea」
「Little boy, please press down on the place that hurts by hand」

The boy presses down on the right side of the abdomen.
By the current examination, it is probably Appendicitis……I understand it to be the appendix.
Usually, intense abdominal pain and diarrhea come as a set. If it is not, and the stomachache continues for a long time, there is nothing else that comes to mind but appendicitis. Moreover the pain is located in the right side of the abdomen. The place which aches is in the last stage of appendicitis.
When scanning with magic just in case, an elongated protrusion was out above the intestines.

「Umm, Syril-san, can you cure it？」

The disheartened seeming mother asks.

「I can certainly cure it. However, it is necessary to cut the stomach to cut out the source of the pain that is attached above the intestines. Your Son’s skin will have to be cut into if it is to be cured.」
「Does the stomach have to be cut？」
「Yes it does. It wont be cured unless I do so. As for the disease your son suffers from, it is like an evil spirit settling down in the intestines. It is useless no matter what I do unless I remove that fiend.」

The mother looks worried and an answer is not returned easily.
By the knowledge of Syril, no concept of surgery exists in the present times.
I can understand that there is some resistance.

「Please return if you do not want the treatment. The next patient is waiting. However, the outcome will be bad if your son’s illness if left alone. Sooner or later the demon that is attached to intestines cause necrosis, at that time, pus and intestinal liquid will flow out into the abdomen, and inflammation will spread to where all of the internal organs are. The pain at that time would make this now seem nonexistent in comparison, the worst case would be death」

In response to my words, the mother’s face turns blue.

「I am not saying it as a threat. I am only advising you. Anyways, if you cannot place your trust in me, it will only be futile here」

Although I seem to be pushy, since I am the only one that is the doctor here, the time for persuasion cannot remain too long. There are people who are still waiting for my help.

「Mother, I want it to be cured, whether I can be healed as it is, I want to bet it on Syril-anchan」

The boy says with brave resolution. Delicate pride is damaged, when entrusting it to Syril-anchan I want to ensure that everything will be alright.

「……Please I request it. Please save my son」
「Aa, Leave it to me」

I transfer him to a simple bed of the tree prepared in the tent by carrying him in my arms.
I want to perform the surgical operation in a sterilized room, but such a thing does not exist anywhere in this world.
Not going to do it in the house, because I do not want to pollute the house of Lucie and me with blood.
In addition, sick people will be coming a lot. Because it would be seriously bad if Lucie catches a disease, thus I look after the patients in the tent.
Then, I will cut through while using a membrane made from internal magical power 《Odo》 to prevent the entirety of the body from moving with the exception of the lower abdomen. Because there is no anesthesia, the other party is operated on while awake. When movement is too violent, my hand may slip and I might end up killing.

「Since it might be scary, close your eyes. It would also be better if you bite on this」

By now having them bite a cloth to prevent them from biting their tongue has become the usual practice.
It is the third person with this, it is bad luck for this fellow.

「This is all that can be done for preparations」

I take a knife from my breast pocket, and the liquor that was used to treat Rick was taken out as well.
After letting the liquor soak into the cloth, I wipe the knife and hands with the cloth to sterilize it.
The boy’s belly is wiped at the same time.

「Mother-san, the child’s stomach will be cut into at this moment. Please look away if it is scary. Can you please do not interfere？　Because it is a matter of life and death if it were to get clumsy」
「Yes, I will be alright desu. I will not avert my eyes, and I will not disturb you」

An extremely courageous person. The mother may become strong for her child.
I turned over the clothes of the boy with my left hand, then stick the knife to the abdomen and cut in 10 cm deep.
Because there is consciousness without anesthesia, the acute pain runs through the body of the boy and makes the body try to convulse but the membrane of internal magical power 《Odo》 does not permit it.
And then, the blood vessel that was damaged was repressed and the blood stopped with magic, and a hand was thrust into the stomach to look for the bowels.

The location of where the inflamed appendix is understood from the scan.
It is quickly found, then I maneuver the hand over the intestines and grab the root of the appendicitis. And then, once the hand is separated from it, after completely suppressing the root by magical power, the long and slender appendicitis that has grown from the intestines is chopped off with a knife.
Because the root is suppressed, blood did not spout.
Quickly, 【Healing】 was cast and the reinforcement of self healing power was restricted to the part that was being touched, the wound that was made to cut off the appendicitis a moment ago was closed off.

And then, after pulling out my hand, the wound is pressured close together and once again 【Healing】 strengthens the self-healing ability.
Without a single wound remaining on the abdomen, nothing appeared to have changed from before the start of the surgery.

「It has ended. Does the stomach still ache？」
「Huh, it doesn’t hurt, Mom it doesn’t hurt at all.」

The boy say up and said joyfully.
I also breathed a sigh of relief after a long absence because of the surgery.

「Thank you very much. You saved my son.」
「It was something that was done for an important village companion. You don’t need to mind it」
「A reward……」
「I just said it to Roelou a little while ago, I do not need to receive it」
「But, I want to convey my thanks by all means」
「There is no need. If it is accepted from one person, I am not going to be able to stop receiving it from the other patients. If it is the case that you are able to afford to give me a gift in thanks, then feed the child something nutritious even if it is only a little. Because if a meal is not taken right away, the condition will weaken considerably. Even though the illness is cured, fully recovering cannot be done here」
「I will not forget this kindness throughout my life」

After the tears collected in her eyes, the woman bowed with the boy and they left with the two of them together.
And now, the surrounding tension rises.
In front of many people was the surprising swiftness of the two people, an illness that shouldn’t have healed no matter what was cured in this place, expectations of me jumps up.

「Well now, who is next？」

And like that, eight people were treated in the three hours before it became noon.

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Although the medical treatment schedule time has ended, the people have not decreased.
At the present time, I was being pressed by a patient who I had told to comeback.

「Somehow, Could I also be treated today？　My lower back hurts」
「I am sorry. I can only doctor in the morning」
「Please somehow or another！」

Dealing with a large number of medical treatments, far from people decreasing it has increased.
Until now, using ever trick in the book to cure old wounds, if there is a sense of incompatibility with the body I may be able to cure it.
Several people lower their head to me.

「I will do medical treatments tomorrow morning. I am sorry, but I have work elsewhere. I must make the weapons that can penetrate the armor within 5 days, otherwise I will be tied up and presented to the Empire. I am sorry but you will have to wait for treatment in a day」

While making a facial expression that seems of regret from the bottom of my heart, I spoke.

「Now that it was mentioned, Syril did say so. That is too bad. Let me wait until such time.」
「Oh well, we should have taken care of ourselves too」

The surroundings toned down when they saw my manner take a modest approach.

「It will not be in service in the afternoon. Because you will see it again in the morning, come tomorrow」
「Syril, is that okay？」
「Aah, the treatment that I am doing is more of a recreation for me. I want to do everything I can for everyone in the village. Even if it there are illnesses and injuries to cure, the reason why I have to make weapons to fight with the empire is to defend the lives of everybody in the village. Neither of which can be made light of.」

Was that a little too excessive?
While getting impatient inwardly, I watched the facial expressions of the surrounding people, it looks as if they have taken to the words accordingly.

「Syril, do your best. We believe you can do it」
「Yes, everyone is rooting for me. With such remarkable people behind me, I can make the weapons more easily」

The elven people that are good natured in origin easily become my ally.
With this case and going at this rate, even for the public demonstration after having made the weapon, I get the impression of their willingness to cooperate.

「Thank you, I will do my best」

I conceal my heart and make a smiling face that gives a good impression that was a bit forced.
At first, this first step may be called a success.
This is groundwork that will lay the foundations of something greater. Such efforts will bring meaning later.