In the woods stained with sunset colors, the Colts were moving their legs and thighs as they faced the kakashi erected in front of them.

The hand is gripped with a wooden stick, and the area gripping is becoming slightly rubbed and black.

"Hmmm...... something's not right. Sister Barletta is doing it, I've been watching it properly..."

Put up a stick, remembering Barletta's training appearance I saw before.

I made sure to put my right half forward and gripped the stick in the hips position.

I'll try to set it up like she was doing, but it doesn't stick.

"My legs are too closed. Let's spread one more leg."

"Wow!?

Accidentally speaking from behind, the Colts were surprised that his heart just didn't pop out of his mouth.

Turning around, a young woman with long dark hair stood there.

He has a jacket over his long-sleeved travel clothes and a long sword inserted into his hips.

In his hands he had lowered the wooden knitted basket, which contained a lot of ripe nuts and mushrooms.

Other than carrying a sword, he dresses the same as a servant of the troops stationed at the entrance to the village.

"Are you practicing alone?

"... sorry"

When the Colts apologized, she looked decent.

"Why are you apologizing?

"Why... you're mad because I was hiding and watching the Sisters practice, aren't you?

The Colts had sneaked in hiding and toured every day since they stumbled upon Barletta and Silvestria training in martial arts in the woods outside the village.

I think that's what they found out when they heard me talking to myself earlier, and they're scared when they get angry.

Incidentally, Sister Shea is the nickname Sylvestria the kids call her.

"I'm not mad at you."

She grinned bitterly as troubled by the frightening Colts.

"But you tell Sister Shea, don't you?

"Should I say it?

"No, don't! Sister Shea, I'm so scared when I get angry!

Sylvestria is usually tight and very gentle, but not half as powerful when you're serious and angry.

A few days ago, one naughty boy had broken into her tent calling it 'exploration' into the gap where she was going to play in the river with the children.

When he found the long sword on his bed, he pulled it out of his sheath and played in the tent.

And the bad news between them was that Sylvestria came back to the tent realizing that she had forgotten her fishing rod.

A sword waved by a boy at the tip of Silvestria's nose, which entered the tent without knowing anything, blurred, and then it is already a hell of a painting.

So much anger echoed throughout the garrison was emanated from her tent that half an hour later the soldier was escorted home with the boy clung to his face with tears and snot.

The perception that pissing off Sister Shea would be outrageous was a shared case among the children.

"Okay. Don't worry, I won't tell you."

"... Really?

"Yeah, it's true"

"Don't ever tell me, okay? It's a promise, isn't it?

"Yes, I promise."

When she smiled gently at the Colts, she looked at the stick he had.

"If I may, may I teach you swordsmanship?

"What, it's okay!?

She snorts at the Colts, whose eyes shine with surprises and expectations.

"You want to be able to use your sword, don't you? It's not the same shape as them, but if you don't mind, I'll tell you."

When she said that, she lowered her basket and pulled out her sword.

"Let's start with the basic form. imitate me."

Grasp the pattern of the sword with both hands, pull your right arm with the tip of the sword over your head, so that you raise your sword in front of your chest.

Standing diagonally with his left half in front of him, he opened his legs wide and bent his knees slightly to drop his hips.

"Okay? Conscious to lower your center of gravity...... what's up?

She tilted her neck to the Colts staring at her with an indescribable look.

"The way it's set up, it's kind of badly dressed..."

"... I'll also teach you how to set up a good outfit later. Come on, set up."

Encouraged by her, the Colts rush to set up a stick.

Once she lowered her sword, she walked over to the Colts and put her hands on her back.

"My spine is bent. It feels like I put a stick through my back... so..."

"What's going on?

As soon as she touched her body, the Colts tilted her neck as she suddenly stuffed the words.

"... no. Yes, the hand is in that position. Widen your legs."

When she said that as if nothing had happened, she began to fix the Colts attitude.

Around the time the area stains the sunset color.

When she taught the Colts how to wield and receive a sword, she returned the sword to her sheath.

"It's more or less this way. I was just watching people do it too, so I don't know if this is right."

"Hey!? Tell me this far. Don't say that!

Colts leaks his dissatisfaction to her, who says a hell of a lot after mentoring him.

She laughed small and picked up the basket she had left on the ground.

"Probably fine. It should fit more or less."

That's what I said, I offered the basket to the Colts.

"I'll give you this. Is this all you need?

"Enough, but... Yeah, how do you know?

Before he came here, the Colts had been asked by his mother to pick mushrooms and nuts in the woods nearby.

However, she taught swordsmanship and did not collect anything, so it is obvious.

Speak up all the time these days. I had done little collecting because I was imitating swordsmanship just like that, and I was scolded every time I left.

"You have to listen to your father and your mother. Let's start collecting before we practice."

When she returned the deviant answer, she gently stroked Colts' head and smiled.

"It's time for the sun to fall. Go home today."

"Yeah...... can you tell me tomorrow?

"Of course it is. You're always here."

"Yay! Absolutely, right?

She grinned bitterly at the Colts, who jumped up and rejoiced.

"I'll keep my promise. Look, your parents will be worried if you don't get home soon."

Her back pushed her, and the Colts walked out toward the house.

"Oh, yeah. Your sister's name...... that?

Realizing she hadn't heard her name yet, the Colts looked back.

But there's no one there, and the forest just spreads through the sunset.

I panicked and looked around for a moment, but I couldn't even feel the signs.

Raise your voice and call her, but your voice just sounds empty in the woods and you won't get back to me.

"... eh, you're lying. Maybe he's a god, too. How many of them are there?"

Colts was in a hurry for a moment, but he regained his composure by remembering once when a good vanished in front of him.

For the Colts, who met Graciole as every day, it's not something else to be surprised if he came here and God showed up again.

Having taught herself swordsmanship, I took the liberty of convincing her that she would surely be the god of battle, Ormachiol.

That would also convince me that I knew that my parents had asked me to collect them.

"Does the fact that Master Ormachiol is here also mean that the war will begin after all... I mean, Master Ormachiol, don't you know that Master Kazra has gone to Isteria?

Colts came to the conclusion that he had been thinking on the spot for a little while, but couldn't help but think, and ran toward the house.

The next day, IchiLiang was accompanied by Reese to visit a brick factory in the streets of Isteria.

The premises of the workshop are very large, with a number of large domed brick kilns sitting in tall roofed buildings.

In front of one of those kilns, Ichigo stood talkin 'to an old man with gray hair.

He is the parent of this workshop, a bricklayer with the number one arm in Istell territory.

Apparently the bricks used for the noble mansions living in Isteria were mostly made in his workshop.

"Once the braze stone is crushed to pieces in stone molars, mix well with clay and shape and dry it just like a regular brick. The proportions and sizes to mix are as written on the paper I just gave you."

"Hmm, does mixing the powdered braze stone make it more resistant to fire? I've picked clay from various places and tried it, but you never mixed brass stones."

He dropped his eyes on the leather paper handed to him and rubbed his jaw in a way he was impressed.

"Please do not divulge that brick method to the outside world, as it is highly confidential. Probably because the heat resistance is different from the bricks that have been made so far, it can be troublesome if the manufacturing leaks to other countries."

"Well, is it that amazing? Looking forward to finishing this. When you're done drying, decide to cook it as a top priority."

"No, that brick is cooked in another kiln, so leave it there. I'll collect it later."

The village of Gricea should have a barretta handmade brick kiln, so the firing operations plan to use that kiln.

Fire-resistant bricks used for blast furnaces will be terrible for a long time, so I want to make something of high quality anyway.

You can create a brick kiln by creating fire-resistant clay in Isteria, but it's going to take some time to make it now.

It would be better to use the kiln of the village of Grisea, which is made from Japanese fire-resistant bricks, to make a good quality fire-resistant brick for baking at higher temperatures.

"Another kiln? Is there another workshop with a better quality kiln than here?

"No, the quality is good... I have a kiln made of brick made of brackstone somewhere else. I can bake bricks at high temperatures there, so I thought I'd take them there."

When Ichigo answered with a choice of words, his parents made him roar meaningfully "ho ho".

"Is that it, the one you've been rumoring about lately called Graciole's help?

"... what?

"Oh, wasn't it?

When Ichiyoshi overheard him, his parents gave him an unexpected look.

"Um, can you tell me what that rumor is about?

"We're talking about Master Gracior showing up in the realm around this summer to save villages and cities everywhere. Anything, Master Gracior is coming to Isteria now, and he's giving us the knowledge to revive the barn zone, water wheels and other tools."

"Oh, really? That's an amazing story."

"I was hoping maybe, was it still just a rumor? Well, if Master Graciole cares so much about Istaire territory, he must be showing up at times of war during this time. I was hoping a little that I might see Master Gracior. Too bad."

I laugh delightfully out loud, trying to match my parents well.

It's a little foot-colored, but the content is pretty much a hit.

"By the way, I'd also like to see that test-built brick kiln, can you show me?

"Yeah, I'd love to see you even this one. Join us to the village where the kiln is located when transporting dried bricks. I need you to build a kiln or furnace here using bricks that you can do, so I hope you can help me."

"That's good. I look forward to seeing how many craftsmen with arms have built it now. Take your disciples with you when you go."

Thus they talked, and the virtues thanked them and followed the scene.

"Sounds like you're spreading rumors. It just doesn't sound like it's gonna make enough noise."

As soon as he left the workshop and boarded the carriage, Reese spoke nicely in a whisper.

The carriage is shaped like a roofed carriage.

It's a little chilly, but the two of them were in agreement that this was better than a private carriage because of the good surroundings.

Incidentally, this carriage is a new carriage that employs vibration control called 'suspension type', which Ichirano has previously examined in Japan.

Although the ride is extraordinarily comfortable compared to the old carriage, only a few cars are still built due to low production priorities, and the technology has not spread to the general population.

"Well, when it comes to having no choice, I have no choice. Looks like there's a tail on the story."

"Rumor talk is such a thing. But you hit me so hard."

"Right. But I didn't think you'd even be talking about the water truck."

Previously, when fertilizer spraying instructions were issued in the barn zone, there were events in which even those who could not speak the language of this country could understand a good word.

The source of the rumors should be those, so I can see the rumors spreading as the resurrection of the barn zone is the work of Graciol.

However, it was unexpected that the development of the waterwheel was supposed to take place from Gracior.

"Even if it spreads, I thought it was a halt to the revival of the barn zone, but you don't know how rumors get footprinted..."

"It was at the same time when I sprinkled fertilizer and started installing water trucks, and that's no choice, right?

"But isn't it uncomfortable to talk about God of Mercy and Abundance teaching you how to build a water wheel? More like this, if there's a rumor that technology or knowledge is a god's deed, I know."

"Really? I don't think it's weird... Speaking of which, before, I said that there are people in Kazla's country who are like Ormachiol or Guyelsior, but some people are in charge of technology and knowledge?

"Technology and knowledge...... oh, I'm here. I became a god of academia after I had a natural mutation and dropped the world to the bottom of my fear."

"Hey, what's that... what's your name?

"Suwabara Do-jin, commonly known as Tenjin."

Do-jin Kanwara is a peacetime politician.

Generally known as a brilliant scholar in literature, he is famous for his untouchable death after a political leg loss.

He cursed and killed his political enemies after his death, supposedly causing a natural mutation in the capital, and was served as a god in a unique Japanese custom called the Spiritual Faith (Applause) to stifle that resentment.

Nowadays, as the academic god to whom the Temple of Heaven (Temple of Heaven) is dedicated, he gathers the faith of the people.

"Master Sugawaranomitizanesiol? That's a long name."

"No, because I don't need a sior"

"Huh? 'Cause Sugawaranomitizane means' academic ', right? Aren't you Mr. Sugawaranomitizanesiol because you grasp academics?

"That would make me such a 'kazrasiol'. It's okay with Takuma-sama Sugawara."

"... Oh! You're right to call me Master Tenzinsiol!

"Yeah, I kind of figured out what I was trying to say. Let's just get away from Sior."

Listening to the sound of teasing and hooves, the two exchange words side by side.

The people crossing the street stop when they see Reese, breaking their hips and saying hello.

As he always did, Reese was responding to them by smiling and waving.

Walking side by side is good. Nature and gaze gather, and people who are talking to each other in secret everywhere enter their sight.

"Speaking of which, do you allow refractory bricks to be made even in Isteria?

"I'm going to. Because of this, I'm thinking about building a special brick kiln that's efficient."

"Heh, there's that. What shape are you in?

"I wonder if it's in the shape of a kiln like the one in the workshop earlier, staged and connected on a ramp. In a kiln called a climbing kiln, you can cook a lot of bricks and earthenware at once, and you need less fuel. Of course they can be used for charcoal grills."

A climbing kiln is a shaped kiln in which several pieces are coupled together with a calf-shaped kiln as a step.

Warm air has the properties of rising up, so it can be used to use the extra heat in the lower steps to warm the upper kiln.

Every kiln has a mouth, from which firewood can be added to heat the warmed kiln with excess heat, thus saving fuel.

Naturally, production efficiency is also out of step compared to conventional kilns.

"It is. Then I'll have to prepare a lot of brick ingredients. We need to get some wood for charcoal."

It is now the end of November and winter will soon come.

I remember hearing before that the price of firewood would go up in the winter, but if I let it soar further from there, it would annoy the citizens.

Large-scale buying will have to be avoided as it can water markets that have begun to regain vitality due to falling food prices.

I plan to return to Japan in a while, so I can buy a lot of charcoal at the home center at that time.

If I had to, I could bring high-quality iron directly from Japan, but since there is a respite of four years until the deadline for a truce agreement, Ichiya thought there was no need to rush that far.

"Right. It's winter time, so demand will increase, and we need to secure it early... Ah"

"What's going on?

As I recall, I raised my voice. For one thing, Reese leans her little neck.

"I was talking about four months ago, and because the crops were out of order in the village of Grisea, I was supposed to pay the timber as a tax instead. There must be plenty of other rural areas in the same condition, so from those villages, at least until next spring or summer, tax will come in with wood, right? I think we should turn that to iron and brick fuel."

"Oh, that was happening. Then you don't have to worry about firewood. Why don't you ask your father later how long he's been in there?"

"Yeah, let's do that. But you didn't think the effects of hunger would work in a useful direction. I don't know where or what it's got to do with it."

Talking about it, they were rocked by a carriage and headed to their next destination.