Shimamura is the only village on a remote island in my territory [Far Cloud].
You can see that from the sky when you fly with a black octopus.
Hyheen....!
This green island floats against the backdrop of the endless blue sea (Ocean Vu).
Most of its small land area is occupied by mountains, and the village is formed so that less than 10 families gather on the slope near the foot.
Industry is predominantly fishing.
Men are fishing alone, and women are living by harvesting shellfish and seaweed.
There are five men and women on this island, including the archer Ace Apricot "Today".
On that day, I tested the weapon of Liv's recent prototype while checking the conventional methods of warfare, mainly apricot "Kiko".
"I'm coming, Doctor!
"Wow!
Apricots aim to carry wild cannons.
Bon!!...... Hyun...... Chudouohoon!!
"Wow! That's fast and easy to aim for."
With the wind pressure of the shelling, the apricot wind skirt flips over.
Yes, it is.
She was right, the cannon focused on the speed and control of the bullets.
According to Liv, there are two new technologies used to do this:
1 Magic, not gunpowder, is also used to power the launch.
2 The barrel is slightly tighter than the bullet, and the helical groove "Mizo" is inserted inside, so the bullet is ejected while rotating "Life Ring".
and.
However, I still didn't understand one of my servants and two.
Liv says, "The rotation of the Lifering should stabilize the trajectory of the bullet," but I've never heard of guns or guns that spin bullets among adventurers.
But (I got on track) it is a technique that I have acquired as a result of sending experience to Liv, so I am trying it.
It also has the advantage of being a lightweight towed cannon that can be carried on land quests across fields and mountains.
Bon!... chummm!!
However, since 25 percent of the weight reduction cannot be combined with magic, it is far less powerful than the main cannon.
I don't think it's going to be a special firepower.
"All right, that's it for the morning."
"" "Yes!
After that, I continued my training with a focus on testing the cannons, and then lunch was served.
"Sensei, let's eat at the beach for lunch."
"Beach?"
That's what Apricot says, so we all went to the sandy beach on the island.
Zarzan, Zarzan....
It's a desert-like white, stunning beach.
The wind is nice.
The sons of the army sat at the shore of the beach girdle and opened their lunches in a cool manner, pouring the wind on their cheeks that had been lit by fire during the training.
I also sat there and started eating rice balls while watching how they ate their meal and the cotton "Hamayu" lined up beside them.
It's such a pleasant lunch.
... cack-a-boo ♪
Suddenly, the voices of the women can be heard from somewhere.
"What?
Looking around, I saw women on their backs like women warriors in the rocky seashore holding the barrel "Kioke" and coming up to the rocks one after the other.
These are the seawomen on this island.
Everyone is holding up a goggle on their head wrapped around a hand wipe, tightening their buttocks, and their feet are barefoot and their upper body is naked, but they don't seem to be ashamed of themselves.
They were just about to turn back from the sea and start eating lunch.
"Oh, hey, guys."
Apricot waves so much next to me.
Then some of the seawomen "Ama" waved their hands to us with a smile and shook the wheat chest beside the barrel "Kioke".
Yes, it is.
Apricot is a girl who was originally playing Ama here, so she is close to them.
Catch... ufufufu... ♪
The seawomen also seemed to have noticed my presence, and they were wasting their time looking at me.
Nothing scares me as much as a woman's bullshit, I'm a little vigilant.
I don't know what you're talking about.
"Maybe everybody says the teacher's cool."
"... don't say stupid things!"
I was laughing bitterly because Apricot Kiko said strange things, but in doing so, the seawomen Amma also started eating lunch in circles over there.
From a girl to a lady, there was a mythical sense of a group that was butting on the beach and evaporating innumerable droplets of water that touched the flesh of wheat into the sun on the beach.
But then...
I'm a little surprised to see a man walking into a circle of seawomen like that without carrying a basket.
"What is it...?
However, there was a familiarity with the "basket" and the appearance of the cover.
Same look as the man who was shopping in Tanimura.
In other words, it's a merchant from Oomura.
Then the man lowers the basket in the middle and removes kimonos, hair decorations, fragrances and soap from the inside.
The seawoman [Amma] and the others shouted aloud and received it.
"What are you doing? Is it a present?"
"That's not true. I'm buying it properly."
and apricots.
That being said, it doesn't look like I'm exchanging anything. It's just that the seawomen and the "Ama" are accepting goods from a man in the outer village.
However, I wondered what that meant because the man from Yokomura was keeping books.
"Apricot. Follow me for a second."
Eh? Ah, yes.
I really cared about it, so I decided to take Apricot "Kiko" with me and go to the sea woman "Ama" near the circle to see how it was.
As I approached, the seawomen looked at Hisohiso and me with their arms wrapped around each other again, so they hesitated to move forward a little.
"....."
I show these women a smile and then slap the shoulder of the man who aims to spread the goods in the middle.
"Hey, can I have a minute?
"Mmm!? This is Lord......"
May I see that?
"Heh, heh. Here you go."
That's what I asked them to show me the books they kept in Tanimura.
"Hmm...."
However, I don't really understand the Far East characters (although I've learned them from Mr. Isarashi), and the contents are unique in the form of books.
It's a lot different from what Garcia is wearing, but I wonder if you know him.
"... I'm sorry, can you explain what kind of books this is?
"Ah, yes."
To sum up the story of the man from Oomura:
There are three things in the books:
X "Types and Number of Products Passed Over to Outer Village by Seawoman"
Y: "Types and quantities of goods that Yomura gave to the seawomen"
Z: Remaining number after offsetting with X-Z
For example, suppose that Apricot "Kiko" picked 10 shells and handed them over to a man in the outer village.
Then, it is recorded in the books that "Yokomura received 10 shells from Apricot".
And in this case, the "..." newspaper that can be attached to the books of Yokomura is the income for Apricot "Today".
Because, in return, we know that Apricot "Kiko" can get 10 shellfish from a man in the outer village.
Then, suppose that at a later date, Apricot "Kiko" received a comb "Kushi" from Yokomura.
Then, 7 of the 10 shellfish handed over by Apricot "Kiko" are offset by comb "Kushi".
The balance held by Apricot "Kyoko" in the books is "three shellfish".
Basically, in the repetition, the "balance" after offsetting is updated in the books with products.
Wow, that's funny.
The transactions of people in this territory without a monetary economy differed a lot from what I imagined, and I was about to crush them.
In the end, it seems to be a matter of exchanging things, but it is obviously different from exchanging things and it is a little confusing.
Is this kind of transaction taking place all over the territory?
Well then, lord. That's all for now. "
When I think about the question, the man lowers his head and returns a tick.
"Ah, just..."
"Sir, sir!
I tried to stop the man, but the apricot Kiko stuck to my arm and said this.
Seawoman Ama Everyone said we should have dinner with the teacher. Hey, okay?
Eh... really?
Apricot [Today] asked me to do so, and I looked at the back of the man from Yokomura and the sea women alternately.
"Hmm, that's right...."
In the first place, the purpose of this reverse camp was to "build relationships with the people of the village who until then had little friendship."
It would be a waste to ignore what the people invited us to do.
I dropped off the merchant from the village and replied.
"... ahh. Okay, let's eat together."
"I did it!
I bowed my head and said, "Well, don't disturb me." I lowered my hips into the circle of sea women and started eating rice balls again.
Ufufu... caca ♪
The sea women in Shimamura were physically tolerant even in the territory alongside Kimura, and had a wild taste like mermaids, but it was preferable to be surprisingly shy, so I quickly figured it out.
Then in the afternoon, I put aside a little training and finished the day by competing with seawomen and the people of the island for swimming.