農業革命
「ようこそ、わらわの領地、ラルタルへ」
ラルタルという場所にある、領主の館。
館に入ったおれを出迎えたのはお姫様ドレス姿のルビーだった。
なんというか......相変わらずのラスボス風ドレスだ、しかも前回と微妙に違うぞ。
前回のが普通のラスボスで、今回は一回倒された第二段階って感じでパワーアップしてる。
そのうち玉座を自分の姿にしてその上に座るんじゃないだろうか。
「久しぶりだな」
「遠路はるばるご苦労だった......いきなり呼びつけてすまぬ」
ルビーは神妙な顔で言った。
そう、ついさっき、王都ラ・リネアのおれの屋敷に彼女の使いと名乗る人がやってきた。
おれを呼んでる、ってことでここまでひとっ飛びしてきた。
「気にしなくていい、大した距離じゃなかった」
「早馬でも丸一日は掛かる距離だが」
「飛べば一瞬だ。それよりもおれを呼んだのは?」
「うむ、実際の様子をみて話そう、その方が話が――」
ルビーは身を翻して歩き出した。
――ピターン!
ドレスを踏んづけてしまって、盛大にすっころんで顔から床に突っ込んでいった。
ぱっと顔をあげて、涙目でおれを睨む。
わざとらしく目をそらして口笛を吹いた。
ルビーは立ち上がって、咳払いして、取り澄ます。
「――その方が話が早い」
「わかった」
こっそり魔法で裾を踏まないようにしてやりながら、彼女のあとについて屋敷をでた。
「ここラルタルは我が国の穀倉地帯として重要な地だったのだが、ここ数年収穫高がめっきりへってのう」
「減った、なんでだ」
「理由はわからぬ。新しく作物を植えようとすると半数以上が死滅し育たぬのだ」
ルビーと一緒に馬車にのって、農園の視察に回った。
彼女が言ったとおり植えても作物がほとんど定着しないためか、畑はすかすかで、十円ハゲがあっちこっちにあるような感じになってる。
「法則性もないみたいだな」
畑を見て、感想を言った。
植えた物が育たないで枯れて地面が見えてる所はランダムで、法則性とか無い様にみえる。
「うむ。まったく原因不明で困っておるのじゃ」
「あっちの果樹は普通だな」
指でさしてルビーに聞く。
遠くに果物がなってる果樹園みたいなのがあって、そっちは割と普通だ。
「一度定着した作物は問題なく育つ。不思議であろう」
「定着するまでが大変って事か。それなら数を植えればいいんじゃ?」
「育つかどうかわからぬし、ある程度育ってから枯れることもある。数を植えればいいのはまさしくそうじゃが、土地の半分近くを無駄にしてしまうことに変わりはない」
頷き、ルビーを見る。
「で、おれに何とかして欲しいと」
「うむ。陛下肝いりの千呪公じゃ。そなたならきっと何とかしてくれるであろうとおもってな」
「買いかぶるなあ。まあ、もう解決策見つかったけど」
「本当か!」
ルビーは目を輝かせた。
果樹園の所にやってきた。
その中で一番健康そうな木の前にたって、ルビーにいった。
「もともとここで育ててる主力の作物はなんだ?」
「これじゃ。アロースという」
ルビーはすっと種を差し出した。
それはほとんど毎日食べてる、米みたいなやつだ。
「春に植えて、秋に収穫する物じゃ。育つまでが長く、異常で枯れるまでの猶予期間もながくて困っておる」
「本当にイネと同じなんだな」
「これをどうするのじゃ?」
「みてろ......『シンザシス』」
魔法を唱える。
光が種と果樹を包み込んで、二つを融合させる。
光が収まったあと、現われたのは一回り小さい木だった。
成人男性と同じ高さの比較的小さい木、木にたくさんの実がついている。
「これは......アロースか」
「アロースが木にじゃと?」
「多分植えっぱなしで、年に複数回は収穫出来ると思う。これで問題は解決するだろ?」
「......」
ポカーンと口を開けるルビー。
「どうした」
「どうしたもこうしたも......」
信じられない表情でおれを見つめる。
「問題は解決ところか、これは大変な進化であるぞ」
「そう?」
そうかもしれないけど。
「どっちみち問題が解決するのは間違いないだろ?」
「う、うむ。その通りじゃ。そなたの申す通りだな」
ルビーは気を取り直して、まっすぐおれを見つめて、いった。
「礼をいうぞ千呪公」
ルビーにメチャクチャ感謝された――のはいいが。
このアロースの木、後に国王の鶴の一声で。
「品種名はルシオだ」
と、ササニシキみたいな感じでつけられてしまったのだった。
Chapter 76 - Agricultural Revolution
[Welcome to my land, Lartar] 
In the lord's mansion in the place called Lartar.
The one who welcomed me who entered the mansion was Ruby who is wearing a princess's dress.
How can I say this......it's a last boss-ish dress as usual, and it's slightly different from the last time.
It was normal last boss last time, and this time it's like it's powered up to the second stage after being defeated.
Is she going to take the throne with her appearance and sit on it someday or something.
[It's been a while] 
[Thank you for visiting from so far away......forgive me for calling you so suddenly] 
Ruby said with a serious face.
That's right, just earlier, a person who claimed to be her messenger came to my mansion in the royal capital La Linea.
She's calling me, so I went here as soon as possible.
[Don't mind it, it isn't that much of a distance] 
[It's a distance that would take a whole day for a fast horse though] 
[It's only an instant if you fly. Rather than that, the reason you called me is?] 
[Umu, let's talk while looking at it in person, that would be easier--] 
Ruby turned around and started walking.
--Pita?n!
She stepped on her dress, and greatly fell down to the floor face first.
She raised her head quickly, and glared at me with teary eyes.
I looked away blatantly, and whistled.
Ruby stood up, cleared her throat, and assumed a composed look.
[--that would be easier to explain] 
[I got it] 
While secretly making her not step on her hem using magic, I left the mansion following her.
[This Lartar is our kingdom's important land for grain producing, but these recent years, the yield quantity has decreased a lot] 
[Decreased, why] 
[I do not know the reason. When new crops are planted, more than half would die and would not grow] 
I ride a carriage with Ruby, and looked around the farm for inspection.
As she has said, most of the crops hardly settled down, so the field was quite empty, and it's like there is spot baldness here and there. (TL: alopecia areata )
[It also seems like there are no particular laws] 
Looking at the field, I said my opinion.
The places where the ones they planted are not growing up or has tilted is random, and there seems no regularity
[Umu. The cause is completely unknown so we are troubled] 
[The fruit tree there is normal huh] 
I pointed, and asked Ruby.
There's an orchard where fruits were growing from afar, and it seems quite normal.
[The crops that have finished establishing would grow without problems. Is it not strange] 
[Making them take root is the hard part huh. If then, shouldn't you just make it up using numbers?] 
[It is unknown if it would grow, and there are also cases when it would tilt after somewhat growing. It is exactly as you said, we only need to make it up with numbers, but there is no difference that half of the land are being wasted] 
I nodded, and looked at Ruby.
[And so, you want me to do something about it then] 
[Umu. It is His Majesty's favorite Senjukou. I thought that if it is you, you might be able to do something about it] 
[You overestimate me. Well, I already found a solution though] 
[Is that true!] 
Ruby's eyes sparkled.
I came to the orchard's place.
I stood in front of the healthiest tree within there, and said to Ruby.
[What is the main crops that were grown here originally?] 
[It's this. It's called Arrose] 
Ruby reached out a seed casually.
That is something that I ate almost everyday, it's like rice.
[It's planted during the spring, and harvested in autumn. It takes a long time until it grows, the grace period until it tilts due to the abnormality is very long too so we are troubled by it] 
[It's really like rice huh] 
[What are you going to do with that?] 
[Just look......{Synthesis} ] 
I chanted the magic.
The light enveloped the seed and the tree, and the two fused.
After the light settles down, the thing that appeared was a tree that was a level smaller.
A tree that is comparatively small, just as tall as an adult man; there were many fruits in that tree.
[This is......Arrose huh] 
[An Arrose tree, you say?] 
[Probably, it only needs to be planted once, and harvesting several times within a year is possible. The problem's solved with this right?] 
[......] 
*Poka?n*, Ruby dropped her jaws.
[What is it] 
[What is it or whatever......] 
She looked at me with an unbelievable expression.
[Not mentioning the problem being solved, this is an evolutionary thing] 
[Is that so?] 
That might be true, though.
[Either way, there's no difference that the problem was solved right?] 
[U-Umu. That's exactly right. It's exactly as you said] 
Ruby regained herself, stared at me straight, and said.
[I thank you, Senjukou] 
Ruby was very very thankful--well, that's good, but.
This Arrose tree, and later on, with King's final word.
[The name of this variety is Lucio] 
And just like that, it was named like Sasanishiki. (TL: Japanese rice created as mixture of Sasashigure and Hatsunishiki)
Manga wo Yomeru Ore ga Sekai Saikyou ~Yometachi to Sugosu Ki mama na Seikatsu~
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