Hakai no Miko

Introduction of new farming methods.

Penetration of new technologies.

Development of new methods.

The various things brought about by the Ethereal Horse have since changed the city of Bornis and the Plains of Sorbiant greatly and rapidly.

But not all of that went well, nothing happened. Sometimes the reforms that Aoima thought were good gave rise to tragedies.

For example, it is the development of a grain shedding machine.

The success of the agrarian reform of the Ethereal Horse led to a dramatic increase in cereal yields on the Sorbiant plain. But the labor at the time of the harvest also increased sharply, and it was a heavy burden on the peasants.

The grain removal operation was, among other things, the most important one.

The way to get rid of grain at the time was to spread the pruned wheat ear over a solid, flat ground and beat it with a stick like a shell rod to separate the child fruit from the shell. However, the task was inefficient enough to require guts and patience, and only a liter or two of wheat, each person said, would take a day to get out of grain, at best.

It is the grain shedding machine that the Ethereal Horse, who found out about it, immediately made him make.

It was a stepping grain remover that I saw in the agricultural experience I had during part of my high school class.

This treadmill is a cylindrical part like a barrel stabbed with countless reverse V-shaped wires on the torso and a mechanism consisting of a treadmill that rotates it. When a bunch of wheat is pressed where this treadmill is stepped and the cylindrical part is rotated, the reverse V-shaped fitting snags the child fruit, bounces it off and shears it.

Since the Ethereal Horse was not even known until the structure that transformed the force applied to the pedal into the rotating motion of the cylinder, the first grain shedding machine made was to rotate the cylinder by turning the handle on the side.

Compared to the foot-stepping formula, where the cylinder can be rotated and de-grained on its own, it will require people to rotate the cylinder with a handle, but it was nevertheless a groundbreaking tool that dramatically improved both time and effort compared to previous de-graining operations. In addition, in later years, powered de-graining machines using water wheels and windmills as power sources were created, making de-graining operations easier.

But this grain shedding machine, which Ethereal Horse loaned to Pioneering Village because he thought it was good, created an unexpected tragedy.

Some time after lending the grain shedding machine, Aoima, who visited the pioneering village to ask about its user-friendliness, will see something extraordinary.

It was a rotten corpse of a woman hung from her neck on a branch of a tree that grew at the entrance of the village.

If you ask what the hell happened, it's the punishment because the Ethereal Horse broke the grain shedding machine he lent you.

An unexpected fact turns out when Ethereal Horse examines how the woman broke the grain shedding machine she lent to make the farmer's life easier.

It was mainly women - especially those known as widows - who worked de-graining until a de-graining machine for Ethereal Horses could be formed.

At this time, the women who had lost their husbands, these workers, were not only able to cultivate the fields, but also used paste mouth (here) by doing work such as grain removal, which others did not like. But by the grain remover brought in by the Ethereal Horse, the widows were cut off from their slight pastemouth path. And one of them finally broke the grain remover.

It was precisely the victims of the rapid reforms caused by the Ethereal Horse.

But the villagers were wary of the situation. It is a time when the idea of the rule of law is not yet properly known. The villagers, who had heard rumors that the Ethereal Horse would punish them strictly by law, hung and necked the widow because they feared its kind would extend to them.

Upon learning this, the Ethereal Horse hastily surveyed each village. But it was already late, and similar tragedies had occurred in many pioneering villages. All that or even the notoriety of "widow killer" was attached to this grain remover.

To this fact, the Ethereal Horse hastily recovered all the grain shedding machines that had not yet been destroyed, but it was no longer too late. In many pioneering villages that learned about the convenience of grain shedding machines, artifacts were created by the hands of the villagers, and the technology of grain shedding machines had no longer left the hands of the Ethereal Horse.

The incident became an event that pained Ethereal Horse that the cheap release of his own technology and knowledge was not always a good thing.

In other silos spread to stockpile cattle food, accidental deaths due to acid deficiencies occurred frequently and were feared to be a "soma curse". There have also been instances where excessive fertilization by farmers who mistakenly thought that the more compost they used resulted in crop failures and caused famine. Moreover, as a result of the rampage of fears of a thorough soma of the law, there was a tragedy in which villagers repeatedly executed each other on trivial charges, with the population of the village reduced to one third and one pioneering village separated.

In this way, it is an indisputable fact that numerous tragedies were caused by the radical reforms brought about by the Ethereal Horse.

But still, supported by good fortune and the cooperation of many more people, the reforms brought about by Ethereal Horse have steadily transformed the city of Bornis and the Sorbiant Plains.

Furthermore, the reforms and changes brought about by the Ethereal Horse did not remain solely in objects and technology.

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"A lot, you have a lot of things."

The young pedestrian rounded his eyes on the products lining the city's grocery store. When the master of the grocery store asks if this is the first time he's come to this city of Bornis, the young pedestrian shakes his head vertically.

Until not too long ago, the city was dominated by lords who could have followed the ferocious Zoan and the city of Bornis, which everyone in the pedestrian trade had avoided passing through, but its reputation had also changed dramatically recently. The city, which opens every few days, and the abundance of goods that line it, even became a fitting word among the pedestrians: "City of Bornis if you do business".

"There are other things in this city that you won't see, so don't hesitate to buy them."

As the owner of the grocery store says, many of the products lined up in the store are first seen by young pedestrians. Young pedestrians, who also had such rarities, stuck around buying too much.

Sometimes there was an increase in unplanned purchases, and now how much would the payment be, the young pedestrian took the computational string out of his nostalgia (two places) and started calculating it using the knot of the string. Then the master of the grocery store speaks to the child who was nearby.

"Hey. All of it, how much will it cost?

In front of a traveler who was surprised (a lot) to hear what was happening to such a child, the child did something to start with his fingers, and then immediately answered:

"Two copper coins and one brass coin in all, and four silver coins, Dad."

Besides, the young merchant wondered what he was talking about. But when I finally finished calculating with the computational string, it was just as the child said to my surprise.

"You're such a smart kid."

"Oh. He's smart, and he works well, so he's the kid I took from the orphanage."

It is surprising that calculations can be made even though he is a former orphan. Now when I asked if the merchant who had failed in business would be the child who had abandoned him, the young merchant was once again surprised when he was told that he was also a child who did not know his parents' faces.

"By the way, where's the city's proxy shop?

In times of low literacy rates, large cities often used the proxy of letters as a business. The young merchant asks where the handyman is to have the letter sent out to his hometown, and the grocer's master says something outrageous.

"Then this is all he bought me. I'm going to give it to our boy specifically."

Of course, don't tell the proxy shop, and the young merchant couldn't even reply to the master of the grocery store, who laughed with tea glare for a while.

"... surprised. Is she full of calculations or can she even write letters?

"Oh, in this city, kids can do better calculations and write letters."

The young pedestrian was once again surprised by the master of the grocery store, who spoke very commonly.

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Huge construction site on the Sorbiant plain.

It's about building a long waterway to draw water for irrigation from the water-rich northern mountains to the middle of the water-poor plains. At dawn when this waterway is completed, the Sorbiant plain is a huge plan that will turn into an even more fertile barn zone.

Many of those engaged in construction work there were soldiers of the Holmeer National Army who were taken prisoner in the "Bornis showdown" five years ago.

"You're early. Almost five years..."

It was a break, former soldiers who were splitting into several groups and resting their bodies, but from none of them, the words were leaked.

Being used for pioneering is also soon to be over, if only as originally promised. I did not doubt that they would be released, as I see a few people who were remarkably good at work have already been freed after receiving some wages.

"Hey. What if I let you go?

For the time being, some said that they would return to their homeland, but that was a minority. Somehow they are just two boys, three boys, of a farmer who has become a soldier without being able to divide the farmland they cultivate. He'll just be treated like a troublemaker for not returning to his hometown in five years.

The majority of people said they would stay here because if they continued to work after liberation, they would not be eaten off for now, and wages would be paid.

One young man opens his mouth in such company.

"Actually... I'm thinking of working in a nearby pioneering village."

Even if I say I work in a pioneering village, it's not an easy story unless it's a handover to that village. To his fellow worried about it, the young man said terribly.

"You know a pioneering village grandfather was injured near here before, right? I was there to help my grandfather in his spare time. Then, before this, Grandpa told me that if my granddaughter was me... that... we could be together, so..."

It was a bunch of people who were distracted, but the next moment, they raise their anger.

"Don't be ridiculous! What's that grandfather's granddaughter?!"

"Is that the big breasted daughter?!"

"Let him die, you bastard!

The young man gets screwed by the men who were secretly after his daughter. But the young man is followed by many who say, "Actually, so am I." The people who were at first also began to bless those fellows with all their heart, although they were still rough.

That's how a man named Doug, who is seen as his brother, leaked his words in front of his noisy companions.

"... I'm so proud of you guys"

Unthinkable from their usual rough words and behaviors, their peers face to face with something in a somber tone.

"The field job doesn't suit my sexuality. I don't know how long the construction here will last."

Nor is there infinite labor in pioneering lands. I have also heard that many people have come to the Sorbiant Plains these days in search of jobs and that they are well staffed at any construction site.

"I'm only proud of my arm, so I don't know what to do in the future..."

There is a heavy air on the spot in the words of Doug and the others, who are usually relied upon by everyone for their brother's share. In that, one fellow made his face shine as if he had come up with something.

"Then why don't you be a soldier here?

I also agree with my colleagues around me on the proposal.

"That's good. We'd be relieved if the familiar could protect us as soldiers."

"Oh! If Doug will protect you, you'll be fine!

Doug's face, which was dark, also brightens to the voices of his fellow men, who rise one after the other.

"Right. That's good too!

The sky was blue, as if to reflect Doug's lost and clear mind.

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On that day, two Zoan warriors suddenly arrived in the pioneering village of Sorbiant Plains.

"This is the people of Zoan. What the hell can I do for you today?

The mayor of the village, who welcomed the two Zoans, was sweating cold inside.

These Zoan patrols have just arrived the other day. At that time, I get anxious that something has gone wrong.

Since the city of Bornis was occupied by the head of Zoan, the Zoans of the plains have grown in adoration. But before that, Zoan was synonymous with natural enemies for Pioneering Village. For this reason, I wonder when it will turn into another ferocious natural enemy, and I care about one of its responses.

Before such a village chief, one of Zoan's bearers put down a dosa.

It is a great pig with a stunning body.

To the amazing village chief, Zoan's warriors say in a blurry tone.

"You said the other day that the crops would be roughed up by pigs. Probably this one."

The village chief was surprised. I did say that, but I never thought you'd bother hunting pigs for it.

The village chief gets confused about how to react.

Then there came the children of the village cheering. He seems excited by the way the big pigs who were troubling the village's adults were exorcised.

But one of the boys who had rushed up to take a closer look at the big pig snapped his leg and hit Zoan's warrior's thigh. The sight leaks all the village chiefs or the screams that pushed them to death from the mouths of the villagers who were there.

But Zoan's warriors laughed rather than angry.

"This surprised me. Don't be a good warrior if you don't want to be surprised!

The laughed Zoan warrior also said, "Not at all," then placed the palm of his hand on the head of a child with a buttcake at his feet.

"She's healthy. - But now you can't worry about your mother."

"Yeah. Okay!

The warrior raised the corner slightly to the child who replied in a tongueless tone. Tensions fall out of the villagers who perceived that was apparently laughing.

There the village chief suggested between exquisite.

"This is the pig you caught because of me. I'm going to cook, so why don't you both come with me?

The Zoan warriors looked at each other before answering the village chief.

"Then give it to your partner."

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What the Ethereal Horse brought only affected the lives of the people who lived there, or even the way their hearts were.

However, that sudden change also led to the undisputed gathering of the ears and eyes of neighbouring countries.

"Hey, no soma?!"

Garam, who had rushed into the office of the Lords' residence, asked that at the opening. Michena and Solon, who were there in place of the Ethereal Horse, the Lord of the Room, face to face.

"I'm looking for you too..."

Says Michena, who has paperwork that requires authorization from the Ethereal Horse, Solon, who has an empty liquor bottle, also shakes his neck sideways.

"I wasn't trying to drink, so I was just about to go home."

"Right," Gallum said briefly, jumping out of the office.

The next thing that Garam found was Eladia partitioning the back of the Lordship's residence as chief woman and Marco, who was once again reprimanded by her for cooking suspicious dishes.

"Lord Eladia! Don't you know Soma?

Eladia answers Gallam's sword screen with the same smile as usual.

"If it was Master Soma, I went out with Master Shemr."

But he says he doesn't know where the two of them are going. Marco shook his neck to the side when Garam asked if you knew.

Gallum, who found out that the Ethereal Horse was not in the Lordship's residence, ran out again with four legs.

As he ran through the courtyard of the Lordship's residence, he saw Jaharngil falling asleep in a corner of the garden, and Garam thought I would ask him as well. But I immediately reconsider it as futile to ask him how his sharp fangs wide open his lined mouth and yawn, waving his tail in a lilac way as he pleases, passing straight through.

The next thing Garam headed for was the city liquor store. All the humans. Dwarves and Zoans scratch through the noise with their liquor pots in their hands and find the person they're after.

"Zoog! Dvarin! You guys don't know soma?!"

In the deepest seat, the two had Yale's pot in their hands, and the stick asked them to round their eyes. Then they looked at each other and then shook their heads sideways.

"We swallow here all the time, but we don't see it," Zoog said.

"Me neither," said Doverlyn.

Gallam jumped out of the tavern to look for the Ethereal Horse again when he refused with great pleasure the occasional invitation to swallow with him.

"Lord Gallam, how are you?

It was Marcronis who was patrolling the city with Setius who stopped such a gallam. Gallam asked where the Ethereal Horse was going, saying this met just fine.

But Marcronis, who has been patrolling the city all this time, hasn't seen a pale horse. So I asked Setius if you knew, and fortunately he did.

"The Gatekeeper at the East Gate said he went outside the city with Master Shemr"

"! - I don't care!

Galam, finally able to hear the whereabouts of the Ethereal Horses, ran to the East Gate. Ask the gatekeeper who was there and they say they left the city quite a while ago. Gallum also went out of the city and looked over the vast plains, but I don't see the two of them. Looks like he's gone somewhere.

The shadow flashes over the head of the halfway glass, wondering what happened. Plus, as Gallum looked over his head, he saw several Harpuans flying through the cloudless blue sky with their big wings spread out.

"Pipi!"

When Gallum turned up the loud voice he was good at, one of the harpurans came down in front of him as he moved away from his people and circled the universe.

"Lord Gallam, what have you done?

Harpuran, a blue-haired man who shook his wings wide and went down to the ground, tilted that adorable face.

"Didn't you see Soma?

Then Pipi was lucky enough to see the pale horse.

"If it was Master Soma, he was with Master Shemr on the south hill."

When Gallum left a word, "Never mind," he ran out with four legs.

It is not long to the south hill, if it falls upon the handsome feet of Gallam. Pipi was right, and soon they found a pale horse and a Sheml-like figure on the south hill.

On the hill, a pale horse with a large cloth wrapped around his neck to cover his entire body is sitting in a chair turning his back on this one, beside which Shemr messes with his hair as he narrows his eyes.

"Elegant Fangs! What are you doing here?!"

Running into the spot, Garam raised his voice as he scraped the ground with his toenails.

"What, don't you see? The weather is nice, so I was just doing a Soma haircut."

Unroll the cloth that was wrapped from the neck of the Ethereal Horse and fold it wide open, causing the mowed black hair to wind.

Gallum was annoyed by his sister, who said something relaxing, such as that it was interesting for humans to stretch only the hair of their heads.

"What's so long..."

Besides, Shemru is dismayed.

"What is Yu Long, it's" Fierce Fangs ". Soma can't fight because of grace. You can't keep those with blades close to that soma. This is my important job, too."

Garam shrugged back and lost his word to his richly breasted sister.

"Mr. Gallum, what's wrong?

Keeping his back to this one, the Ethereal Horse called to confirm with a mirror in his hand how his hair had just been pruned by Shemr. And Gallum, who gave me back, answers quickly.

"Oh. I heard from Joash's guy that there was a disturbing move against us in Holmea!

Gallam's words shook his pale horse's shoulder pickly.

"Right. Holmeer finally moves..."

When the Ethereal Horse rose from his chair, he deposited the mirror in his hand with Shemr. When lined up that way, I can see that Ethereal Horse's back, which was previously lower than Shemr's, is now about three fingers taller than her.

However, his face still leaves the boy's face dark, and he doesn't look very good in the very alley (again) to the person he is afraid to call "Son of Destruction".

"Thank you, Shemr. It's refreshing."

The thanksgiving words of the Ethereal Horse were shemle of the soot face, but from all of its body were filled with joy like a puppy who had been rewarded.

The Ethereal Horse, who labored Shemru, tells Garam that he will take it seriously.

"Gather everyone. The battle begins!

Five years early since I fell into this world.

A new battle was about to begin between Aoima Kizaki, who turned twenty.