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Battle Pencils
The temperature is lower in winter and going outside becomes more troublesome than usual
As a result, I ended up spending most of the day inside the mansion and I felt like I had a little too much free time on my hands. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
There are various toys inside my room I can play with such as reversi, jenga, table tennis, game of life, and kendama, but they are things I’ve been playing a lot recently.
「……yosh, should I make a new toy?」
I can just make a new one if I get tired of the toys and games I’ve been playing until now.
In this season when you don’t go out a lot, how should I pass the time?
It’s impossible to reproduce modern kid’s games and videos like the one in my previous life, so it will be more of an old-fashioned game.
Thinking back to the games from my previous life, I suddenly remember the game I played back during recess in school. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s Battle Pencil.1
It’s a game where you roll a pencil and use a random number that faces upwards.
Each battle pencil maker changes the design and rules, but in most cases, two people will take turns rolling the pencil and the winner will be decided by the text on the surface of the pencil.
It’s a relatively cheap game and can even be used as a pencil.
I feel like I can easily make them if I just shave some wood and put charcoal or iron lead inside them.
In the worst case, I can just make pentagon or hexagon shapes so it can roll without the charcoal or iron lead.
All I have to do is design the pencil, divide the pencil into sections, draw simple illustrations, and write the text on the surface.
「Un, looks like it’s possible」
Once that’s decided I should just start working on it without delay.
I take out a large cloth from my subspace and place it on the carpet.
After that I also took out some wood in the same manner and cut it with the Wind Blade created with Wind magic.
Form them into hexagonal shapes like a pencil, making them easily into a pencil in no time at all….
「Can’t do it」
The wooden parts in front of me turned out into a long and narrow wood piece with an irregular shape.
When I tried rolling it on the table, it rolled in an irregular manner and stopped unnaturally.
It’s not the same as the hexagon I had in my mind, and the way it rolls is also different.
This won’t give you the exhilarating feeling when you roll the pencil, will you?
As expected, it’s difficult to cut things using magic. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Although I can handle rough cuts, doing the detailed parts is difficult even with my magic control.
I can start practicing from now on if I feel like it, but I wonder when will it be finished.
I feel like it will be faster to ask for a pro craftsman to do it quickly rather than wasting my time by practicing my magic.
「Let’s ask Elman」
Magic is certainly convenient but it depends on time and situation. If you can get a good result with handwork then you should do it with handwork without reservation.
Since it’s been decided, I Teleport to Elman’s workshop.
――eh? But won’t this result in me going outside? Even though I wanted to make a toy to enjoy without going outside, in the end, I ended up going outside.
It was only after I changed my clothes that I finally noticed that fact.
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Using Teleport, I arrived at Elman’s workshop on the outskirts of Koryatt village.
「Cold!」
Even if it’s just for a moment, it is still cold when you go outside.
Normally I would enjoy the sounds coming from the workshop and admire the scenery before entering, but it’s cold now so I immediately entered the workshop as if I wanted to escape from the cold.
Woodworking can be done without problem even in winter and the craftsmen are still working inside the workshop today.
The sound of people processing lumber resounds in the dry air inside the workshop pleasantly.
I look for Elman while returning nods and greetings to the craftsmen who notice me.
Then, I saw him with others sitting in the middle of the workshop as if surrounding something.
Elman was there, he seemed to be doing some handwork with other craftsmen while chatting.
「Hey, Elman」
「Alfried-sama! Please forgive me for not welcoming you! Please, have a seat over here」
Noticing me approaching, Elman stood up in a hurry and offered me his chair.
「No, it’s fine. I just came in of my own accord after all. Rather than that, could this be a fire magic tool?」
I’ve been curious about what appears to be a magic tool in front of me since earlier.
It has a circular shape, generating a fireball in the middle, and heating up the air. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Ah, yes. I asked people from Toriela’s Company to buy it for me. Working in an ice-cold workshop is tough after all」
「Hou, so you can afford to buy magic tools now?」
「It is all thanks to the playthings Alfried-sama came up with. We have orders for throwing targets and kicking targets so we will not have to worry about work in winter」
Elman casually flatters me without becoming arrogant.
As expected from the calm adult.
「Huh? There are more orders for those playthings from us?」
「Yes, Nord-sama asked us to make one to be installed at the village’s practice area so children can play with it. Also, the villagers also asked us to make a simple one to be installed in their garden」
「Heeー」
So Nord-tousan had such a policy. It feels like a politician trying to build a park in town.
「Could it be, you haven’t heard about from Nord-sama?」
「……I’ve..heard of it, maybe」
「May.....be?」
When I was lazing around in front of the fireplace in the living room, I remember Nord-tousan calling out to me many times.
I didn’t pay attention to a slightly difficult talk when I was in a relaxed state so I remembered I just made a perfunctory response.
I think he’s probably talking about whether it’s okay to set it up in the village or not or the percentage that will go to our house.
Nord-tousan was the one who communicated with Tori the most so I completely left it all to him.
「By the way, is there something I can help you with today?」
「Aah, there’s something I want you to make」
「「Eeehh!?」」
As soon as I tried to tell him the main reason I was here, Elman and the surrounding craftsmen exclaimed in surprise.
Wait a minute. What do you mean with ‘Eeehh’?
「……is that ‘something’ a new toy?」
「Yeah, why?」
Elman and the other craftsmen's faces contorted in despair when they heard my answer.
It’s a face and atmosphere I've seen somewhere before.
That’s right, it’s the face of corporate slaves when they receive more work even though they have their hands full with work already by the one-man company president. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「It’s okay! This is just a toy for myself to play with, it won’t increase everyone’s workload!」
「I feel like you also said the same thing back when you asked for reversi though……」
I can’t deny that.
At that time, I didn’t think that reversi would be this popular and spread.
「I think it will be fine this time! Besides the toy this time shouldn’t be that complicated to make」
Even when I announce it like that, Elman and the craftsmen look at me with disbelief. It was like they were looking at a suspicious vase seller.
「……let us hear it for now」
「U, un. Okay」
So I explain the battle pencil to Elman who looks somewhat wary.
I explain it while using Earth magic to reproduce the pencil and how to play and use them, and which shape it should take.
「In other words, we should just make sticks with pentagonal or hexagonal shapes, right? So that it rolls properly」
「Right right. It would be great if you could make five each」
Actually, I also want the pencils to have charcoal or iron lead inside them, but it’s just going to be for my personal use and I think that’s enough as long as I can roll and play around with them.
「I see, if it’s like that then it would be as Alfried-sama said and can be done immediately. It’s going to be fine for the rookies’ homework so can I leave it to them?」
「Sure. I’ll leave it to Elman」
Having a job from a noble given to the rookies would be a lot of responsibility for them, but it is also the duty of the person in charge to train craftsmen.
Even if it will be given to the rookies Elman will still supervise them properly so it would be fine.
「Lyleライル, Louルウ, come here」
「「Yes!」」
And when I gave my consent to him, Elman called out two young men over.
They were a blonde boy and a green-haired girl. I guess they are around 14 years old.
The girl called Lou came in front of me - a noble - and Elman - the supervisor - nervously. Conversely, the boy named Lyle stood there confidently without fear. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s kinda funny seeing each of their personalities.
「I think I’m going to leave a job from Alfried-sama to the two of you. Do you want to try it?」
「I, I will do it!」
「I want to accept it, but what kind of things are we going to make?」
「Right. It’ll be hard to give a specific answer without understanding the job description first」
Hearing Elman, Lou’s face turned red as she answered hastily without asking the details.
When you accept a job, you have to work out the details of the job and the conditions first after all.
After Elman said that, he once again explained the thing they were going to make this time to Lyle and Lou.
「Can you make something like that?」
「Yes, please let me do it」
「Me too!」
「Okay then, I will leave this job to the two of you」
And when Elman asked them, Lyle and Lou turned to look at me and bowed.
「「I look forward to working with you!」」
「Un, best regards」
I couldn’t help but feel nostalgic when I looked at their young and naive appearance. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
TL Note :
1. https://battlepencils.com/
Thanks for the chapters!!😉
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