第427話~実にくだらない諍い~
役に立つかどうかは別として、色々とまだこの世界で作っていないものを作ってみた。まずは自転車だ。これは俺のクラフト能力で容易に作ることが出来た。鉄系の素材からクラフトすることができる機械部品とゴムの代わりになるスライム素材が大活躍である。ありとあらゆる樹脂、ポリマー系素材として使えてしまうスライム素材が万能過ぎる。
「助かるけど大雑把だよなぁ」
機械部品というのもかなり大雑把な中間素材だ。まぁ、俺の能力で作る中間素材は全部そんな感じなんで今更なんだけども。機械部品というクラフトアイテムをインベントリから取り出してみると、鉄っぽい歯車のマークがついた四角いキューブみたいなものなんだよな。これは機械部品そのものではなく、機械部品という概念みたいなものなんだろうか。クラフトで作る火薬とかも材料は黒色火薬っぽいのに普通に無煙火薬としても使えるんだよな......まぁ細かく考えるだけ無駄か。この能力の理不尽さというか不条理さというか常識の通じなさは今に始まったことじゃないし。
「うーん、素晴らしい出来だ」
カラカラと軽快に回る後輪を眺めながらニヤニヤする。クラフト能力を使えば高精度のボールベアリングも作り放題だ。これはいい仕事してますねぇ。
メリネスブルグの研究開発部にもゴーレム式の工作機械をそれなりの数導入したが、まだ完璧な精度のボールベアリングを作るのは難しいんだよな。
などと考えていると、外から扉をノックされた。
「はいよ、どうした?」
「そろそろお食事の時間なので、こちらに食事をお運びしてもよろしいでしょうか?」
ドアの向こうから聞こえたのはゲルダの声だった。
「えっ。いや、普通に食堂で食べようかと思うけど」
「ええと......その、お話し合いが難航しているようなので」
「あ、はい」
話し合いがまとまるまでは接触を最小限にしようという話であるらしい。
俺としてはそんな大事にしなくても良いから頻度と強度を下げてくれればそれで良いんだけどなぁ。愛が......愛が重すぎるんだよ。物理的に。とりあえず回復魔法とか薬を使うのをやめよう。あとメルティとハーピィさん達は自重してくれ。意外に俺に対する扱いが丁寧なシュメル達を見習って。
「それではそのようにお伝えしておきますねぇ」
「はい」
クラフト工房で獣人メイド達に食事を給仕されながら、ゲルダに事情聴取された。ゲルダ曰く、話し合いはかなり紛糾しているらしい。自分達だけで話し合っても埒が明かないということで、食事のついでに俺から事情聴取をするように指示されたのだそうだ。いずれにせよ皆仲良く、とは伝えておいたので致命的な関係悪化などは起こらないでくれると良いんだけれども。
クラフト工房で夜を明かして翌日。
寝室に戻らなかったのかって? なんか今日はクラフト工房に引きこもっていてくれという話だったので、軽く改装してベッドを設置したよ。俺の手にかかれば部屋の改装も拡張も思うがままだからね。特に、研究開発部と俺のクラフト部屋があるこの棟は城の裏手にあった近衛兵の演習場だった場所に俺自身が作ったものだから勝手も知ってるし。
で、話し合いというか情報共有というか会議の結果なのだが。
「薬物、魔法、奇跡類は使用禁止。メルティは暫くコースケとサシで致すのを禁止。ハーピー達には一度に最大三人までという人数制限を設ける」
この決定にメルティとハーピィさん達は当然不服を申し立てた。だが、それを却下したのはシルフィでもなく、グランデでもなく、シュメル達鬼娘であった。
「あんたらは加減ってもんを覚えるまでは自重しなァ」
「人間の男は脆いんすよ」
「魔神種のメルティさんは先達の教えがないから仕方ないとして、ハーピィは......だから貴方達は男に怖がられるのよ」
彼女達鬼人族は割とヒャッハー系というかなんというか、まぁ気に入った異性を連れ去ってお前がパパ(ママ)になるんだよ! みたいな文化を持つそれはもう恐ろしい種族であるらしいのだが、自分達の身体の強靭さと、他種族の身体の脆弱さを知っている。つまり、付き合い方を知っているのだ。結果として。
「とにかく駄目っす。面会謝絶っす。保護者同伴と人数制限が必須っす」
メルティとハーピィさん達はそれでも抵抗したが、話し合いの結果は変わらなかったという。面会謝絶はなんか違う気がするんだが、まぁベラの言うことだし突っ込み始めるとキリがないからやめておこう。
あと、セラフィータさんとドリアーダに割り振られた俺が所管していた仕事に関しては俺の手にある程度戻ってくることになった。ある程度、というのは工場や商業ギルドとのやりとりというか、実務に関しては引き続き二人に担当してもらうことになったのだ。立場的に俺は二人の上に立ってそれぞれが担当している事業をマネジメントしたり、新規事業の立ち上げを担うことになる。
「というわけで今回の沙汰は決着とする」
「ぶー」
「文句を言っても駄目だ。別に今後ずっとというわけではないから暫くは我慢してくれ」
メルティとハーピィさん達のブーイングを受けながらもシルフィはそう言って話し合いに決着を着けたという。まぁ、暫くは手探りでやっていくしか無いだろうな。俺ももう少し頑張って体力をつけて体質改善を......いや無理だな。死ぬ。
まぁ、こんなある意味でくだらない話題で一日じっくり話し合えるようになったってのは、それだけこの国にも余裕が出来てきたってことなのかもしれないな。その点は良いことなんだろうから歓迎することにしよう。
428 Episode 427 - This Is Really Nonsense.
Apart from being useful or not, I've made a lot of things that I haven't made in this world yet. First of all, a bicycle, which I could easily build with my crafting abilities. Machine parts that can be crafted from iron-based materials and slime materials that replace rubber are highly effective. The slime material that can be used as all kinds of resin and polymer materials is too versatile.
It's helpful, but it's pretty messy, isn't it?
Machine parts are also quite a messy intermediate material. Well, that's all the intermediate materials I make with my abilities, so it's even better now. When you take out a craft item called a mechanical part from your inventory, it looks like a square cube marked with an iron-like cogwheel. Is this not a machine part itself, but a concept of a machine part? Even though the gunpowder and other ingredients made by crafting are like black gunpowder, they can normally be used as smokeless gunpowder... well, it's useless just to think about it in detail. The irrationality or absurdity or lack of common sense of this ability has never begun.
"Hmm, that's great."
I sneezed as I watched the rear wheels go around lightly. With the crafting ability, you can also make high-precision ball bearings. This is a good job, isn't it?
We've also installed a fair number of golem-type machine tools in the R&D department in Merinnesburg, but it's still hard to make ball bearings with perfect accuracy.
When I thought about it, I was knocked on the door from the outside.
Yes, what's the matter?
It's about time for dinner, so why don't you have a meal here?
It was Gerda's voice that was heard from behind the door.
"No, I think we should eat in the cafeteria normally."
"Um... it seems that the discussion is difficult."
Ah, yes.
It seems that we are talking about minimizing contact until the discussion is concluded.
For me, it doesn't have to be that important, so I hope you can lower the frequency and intensity. Love... love is too heavy. Physically. Let's stop using healing magic and medicine for now. And Melty and Harpy, take care of themselves. Surprisingly, I learned from Schmel and others who treated me politely.
Well then, let me tell you something like that.
Yes.
While serving meals to the beast maids at the craft workshop, Gerda asked about the situation. According to Gerda, the discussion seems to be quite confusing. Even if we talked about it ourselves, it was not clear, so he told me to ask him about the situation at the end of the meal. In any case, I told them that everyone was friendly, so I hope that there would be no fatal deterioration in the relationship.
Unveil the evening at the craft workshop and the next day.
Didn't you go back to your bedroom? I was talking about staying in the craft workshop today, so I lightly refurbished it and set up the bed. I think I can renovate and expand the room, but I haven't done it yet. In particular, I know that this building, which houses the R&D Department and my craft room, was built by me at the training ground of the Guard at the back of the castle.
So, it's either a discussion or an information sharing meeting.
"No drugs, magic, miracles. Melty is forbidden to have a couscous and sashimi for a while. Harpies are limited to a maximum of three at a time."
Melty and Harpy naturally appealed the decision. However, it wasn't Sylphy, it wasn't Grande, it wasn't Summers.
You guys should weigh yourself until you learn how to add and subtract.
"A human man is fragile."
"Since Melty-san is a demon god, I can't help but think that Harpy... that's why you guys are scared by men."
The demons, they're of the Hachiko or whatever, they take away the opposite sex they like and you become their dad! With a culture like that, it seems to be a terrible species already, but we know the strength of our bodies and the fragility of the bodies of other races. I mean, I know how to get along. As a result.
"Anyway, you can't. I'll thank you for your visit." Parents and number of people must be accompanied. "
Melty and Harpy still resisted, but the outcome of the discussion remained unchanged. I don't feel like the visit is the same, but it's what Bella says, and when she starts poking in, there's no feeling of pain, so let's stop.
Also, the work assigned to Serafita and Doriada that I was in charge of came back to me to a certain extent. To some extent, this means that they will continue to be responsible for the practice, rather than interacting with factories and commercial guilds. From the standpoint, I will be responsible for managing the business each of them is in charge of, as well as setting up a new business.
That's why I'm going to settle this time.
"Boo"
"You can't complain." It's not going to be the same for a long time to come, so please be patient for a while. "
While receiving a booing from Melty and Harpy, Silphy said that she had settled the discussion. Well, I guess we'll just have to do a little digging for a while. I also worked a little harder to improve my constitution... No, I can't. I'm going to die.
Well, maybe that's all this country can afford now that we can talk about this nonsense all day long. That's probably a good point, so let's welcome it.
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