Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru

That night.

There was Ichigo and Barletta at the workshop next to a good room at the Narson Mansion.

The A2 paper spread out on the table depicts a weapon diagram marked 'Onagar'.

Ichigo had put his arms together and listened to Barletta's explanation.

At the side of the desk, several more drawings are rounded up.

"I see, is there a sling (a string with a leather cup attached) at the end of the arm? The structure of the catapult I designed is a little different..."

"He also seems to call it 'Onagar'. I designed the descriptions based on those in ancient Roman history books, so they might be a little different in structure than the real ones."

'Onagar' is a siege weapon that throws stone bullets and other heavy objects far away, and is the developmental form of 'catapult'.

There are several types of structures, but those designed by Valletta are twisted spring methods that use animal tendons or hair tied together.

Between them, they insert the arms attached to the receptacle, and use the rebellious force created by pulling the arms to throw away the heavy objects placed on the receptacle.

The wheels are attached in all directions and can also be pushed and moved from behind.

"So is the catapult, but when it comes to breaking the fort's fence, this is still a little worrying about the power..."

"Right...... the prototype in the village is a small one and can fly something weighing 10 kg for about 400 meters. That's not powerful enough, so if you're going to use it, you have to make it bigger."

"Is ten kilometers 400 meters? Still, that's a big deal..."

Mortar is used for fortifications along the border, so attacks using catapults and trebushets take time to destroy.

That has been proven in an attack by the Barbell army.

"We need to think of another means to destroy the walls or the castle gates. This will take too long, and when it gets bigger, it's pretty hard to get it to the ground."

"Another way... should I assemble it locally, just like Barbell? If you use 20 units at once or something, in a short time... no, they know this weapon, and they find out you're trying to break the wall while you're assembling it?... or even if you destroy the fence, you have one or two legions of enemies, right? We need to figure something out."

In this surprise attack, the Arcadia Army held out for more than half a day against an enemy with an essentially more than sevenfold battle ratio.

With the defensive wall destroyed and the defensive tower rendered defensive,

Even if you pack up to two legions in a place like that, you don't know how many troops you'll need to fight properly.

"After all, strengthen the soldiers with food"

"That's no good!

"So, right? Excuse me......"

They yell at me before I say it all out, and Ichigo shrinks his shoulders.

Barletta was very annoyed.

"Oh, I'm sorry... I wish something had happened to me, Mr. Kazura, I really..."

"I know. If there was one traitor, if you were bad, you'd kill all the leaders. Mr. Barletta's right."

"Yes......"

After a good word, Barletta looked up.

"I hope the other realms and kingdoms send reinforcements, but I don't know... I don't know if we'll make it to the point where we have to drop the fort in a month"

"What do you think... you haven't received any information to Wang Capital or anything yet, and instead of reinforcements, how long will it even take to discuss the response..."

"That's right... I didn't think it would take this long to communicate information"

If you're on Earth, even if you're 1,000 kilometers away, you'll be contacted by a single telephone call, but in this world, the fastest way to communicate is through the early horse, the early lata.

It will take even longer to consult with dignitaries in each territory, and when it comes to deciding things on a national basis, it will take a hell of a lot of time.

I guess the very great authority of each lord in Arcadia is also due to the omission of such hassle.

Nevertheless, if reinforcements cannot be expected, the fortifications must be recaptured by Istel territorial forces alone.

Apart from the story if you say that the royal family will negotiate with Barbell, if sovereignty is taken away after negotiations, the royal family and its surroundings are imperative to fall.

You are likely to be ordered to reclaim the fort at any cost.

"You can't just call me... hmm"

"Is that a phone call? Sure, Mr. Kazura had it, too."

"Yeah, I still have it. Yes, this is it."

Ichigo takes his smartphone out of his pocket and hands it to Barletta.

Barletta looked uncommon and put it on her palm with her finger.

"Wow, that's so light... can't you use this over here?

"The phone needs equipment to relay a radio wave called a base station, so it can't be used here. It would be useful if I could use it."

"Really... oh, it's brighter"

Porch, and Barletta pressed the home button, the screen lit up.

A photograph of the Isteria taken from the high ground, set on the home screen, was displayed.

"Is this a picture of Isteria?

"Yep. That's a picture you took with Mr. Havel earlier when he went to the high ground to see where the flood occurred. It was a beautiful shot, so I put it on the home screen... and I put it on the first screen."

"Maybe you can get a picture of this phone too?

"I can take it. You can take pictures and videos. The photo was taken on a digital camera and transferred to a smartphone."

Yiliang stretches his finger to the smartphone held by Barletta and starts the camera.

"Press the red circle there to get a picture."

"Shh, that's amazing this. You follow the screen and operate it... Um, can I take one?

"Go ahead."

Valletta turns her smartphone lens to the top.

Like that, Ichiyoshi pointed a smile at the lens.

There was a shattering shutter sound and the photo was saved.

"I got it!

"You can see the photo you took by pressing the mark there."

Once again, Ichigo extended his finger to his smartphone and opened the photo folder.

A list of the photos taken so far is displayed.

"Oh, because this was earlier...... eh"

Barletta stopped moving in an attempt to tap the good picture I had just taken.

"Hmm, what's up?

……

Barletta is silent and taps a different picture than what she just took.

"Hmm? Oh, oh, this is..."

……

Barletta stares at the picture with her bottom cold eyes, keeping her mouth shut.

The screen showed Reese and a good two-shot.

Reese grins with a full face, wrapping her own arm around a good arm.

Ichigo smiles a little troubled, but he looks like a lover all the time.

A long time ago, when we held a meeting using photos taken on digital cameras, that's why we all tried to take photos.

Reese gave it to me at that time, and the one taken by just the two of us is this picture.

"I've been trying to get family pictures of the Istails before! That's when I took pictures of you all!

"... Really?"

In contrast to the good looks of the rush, Barletta replies with a frozen voice color.

Michi, I felt like I heard the sound of my smartphone squeaking slightly.

"Ba, Mr. Barletta took it with you! On this smartphone! It's the latest, so it's a beautiful shot!

"Eh."

Ichiyoshi snapped his smartphone from Barletta, who raised his surprise voice, and pressed the 'Camera Toggle' button.

On the screen, Barletta is shown as good as a mirror.

"Look, this is how you can take it too!

Ichiyana held Barletta's shoulder and had herself and Barletta photographed in the center of the screen.

"Yikes! Oh, that."

"Laugh, Mr. Barletta!

"Eh, wow, even if they laugh at me"

"What about one?

"Huh?

The shutter was cut, along with the distracted voice of Barletta.

Yiliang releases her hand from Barletta's shoulder and causes the photograph taken to be displayed.

There was a slightly red-faced Barletta and a good smile on her shoulder.

Ichiran set the photo paper when he headed to the printer and manipulated his smartphone to send the photo to the printer.

It emits a unique mechanical sound and photographs are printed.

"Okay, okay, you're taking good pictures. Yes, Mr. Barletta!

"Oh, thank you...... hawah!

As soon as he received the photograph, Baretta turned her eyes round to look good with herself in view.

"No, I'm getting a good shot! I think I'll make it my smartphone home screen! Mr. Barretta, do you want me to put a picture up?

"Yes, that's good!!

Cocksucking, Barletta nods.

A wooden photo stand with glass plates was removed from a cardboard in the corner of the room and handed to Barletta.

Barletta holds a shitty picture of it and stares happily with a slight redness on her cheeks.

Ichigo was relieved when he managed to get in a good mood.

"Well, shall we just continue?"

"Yes! Now, take this"

When Barletta placed the photo stand on her desk, she took the drawing that was standing.

Shrug and spread, holding down all sides with books and smartphones as heavy stones.

"Oh, this is a crossbow, isn't it? Is that the one you're making in the village?

"Yes, it was designed on the premise of mass production"

"Is it a mass production premise? The parts are split all over, aren't they? That's a lot different than what I designed..."

Because the crossbows designed by Barletta are divided into multiple parts, they are relatively easy to manufacture in terms of individual parts compared to the almost integrated ones designed by Ichigo.

If we were to match the numbers, Barletta's design would be better suited.

"Well... if you're going to mass produce it, why don't you come this way? If we could use the production facilities in the village as a model..."

reluctantly, says Barletta.

I can't help but notice the flow of denying what Ichiyoshi designed.

Ichigo nodded instantly, not worried about that.

"Right. Production efficiency is going to be out of step, and let's do that. You're going to stop producing the one I designed and switch all the equipment to the one Mr. Barletta designed. The crossbow I made earlier will be turned for Isteria's defense"

"Yes... so, you also have to explain the mechanism"

Barletta explains the structure of her own designed crossbow in a quick way.

With ease of manufacture in mind but without compromising power and range, Ichigo wrapped his tongue around it listening to the explanation.

I am reminded of Barletta's excellence while not being a person of such a level that I can be fat.

"- That's it. Now, the next one."

Barletta took out the shiatsu and crossbow drawings and took out the new ones.

The moment it was widened, Ichigo opened his eyes a little.

Because the drawing depicted a long, straight, octagonal barrel.

"... this, this... cannon, is it?

"No, it's a handgun. It's called a hand cannon."

"Hand cannon?

"Yes, you pack iron pieces and pebbles from the tip and blow them up with the explosive power of gunpowder. There is no need to target them in detail, as they will be scattered extensively by shotgun procedures"

A hand cannon is a small, short-range cannon that can literally be held by hand.

It is a weapon that fills pebbles, iron pieces, etc. with grass from the tip, ignites gunpowder from a small hole about 30 cm behind the tip, and fires.

The underside of the tip has a hook, which can also be secured to the pedestal to prevent hand braking due to the impact of the firing.

"It's relatively easy to produce because it's not that big of a weapon. I think if we deploy some of this to each unit, we can return the enemy cavalry. The sound is supposed to be amazing, so I guess that just scares Rata."

"... gunpowder, huh?"

Pompous and Yiliang twinkled, giving him a rugged look.

Regarding the introduction of weapons using gunpowder, I thought it was a good idea.

I didn't think Barletta had even finished designing the weapon.

"Yes, I'm a little anxious because I haven't even prototyped it yet...... I can't technically cast a shell if it's made of iron, so if I were to make it, I would either cast and weld a plate like the drawing and put on a gold wheel or use bronze"

Since the iron casting technique with uniform materials is advanced, casting in Isteria would not be possible.

Even if only the shapes are made, there is a risk of outbursts when using uneven materials.

Then the only way to assemble the shell is to make a shell using a large amount of bronze, or cast and weld a forged sheet of iron.

Incidentally, a cast weld is a welding method in which welded metal is poured between a plate and a plate for bonding.

Barletta spreads another drawing to the desk.

Between the two large wheels, a long cylinder is drawn.

Described as "Cannon Cannon Cannon," it's a cannon with a mechanism that can contain stone and metal bullets from the tip.

It is a terrible weapon, with a range and destructive power several times greater than the large stone throwers that the Barbell army has used.

"This, even this stuff... I don't think I gave you a book with a cannon or anything on it, but where did you find out?

"The hand cannon was in the history books of Europe. It had pictures of what was used in the English rose war, so I designed it to go with it. Cannon cannons are from the encyclopedia that was in Mr. Kazla's computer. I just designed it with more or less of an idea."

"Oh, really..."

"However, I think we can handle the hand cannon, but I don't think the cannon cannon cannon can make much larger stuff. Still, you should be able to get a range close to double that of a Valvere stone thrower, and it's not accurate. This, even if the fence is impossible, the castle gate can destroy it in a few rounds. In this world, that should be enough."

……

"... if possible, you don't want to use this, do you?

I thought about it, and Valletta said it was pompous.

When Yi Liang turned to his face, Baretta was a little annoyed and had been turning a glance at how Yi Liang looked.

"Well, we're not talking about an innovative dimension in this world... more than letting soldiers use it. If gunpowder materials are found out and other countries start using gunpowder..."

Having said that, I realized that Ichigo had forgotten the key thing.

They say gunpowder, but we don't have gunpowder on hand in the first place.

I bought a lot of fireworks in Japan, and I might be able to loosen them up and take out gunpowder, but if I had bought so many fireworks, they could have called the police.

First, it's spring now, and it's not even fireworks season.

Whether you're sourcing ingredients or sulphur, you won't get nitrous stones.

"Uh, it's gunpowder, but it's a little hard to get in large quantities in Japan. Even if you make your own, the ingredients..."

"In the village, black powder is a barrel."

"Yep..."

To Barletta, who answered instantly, Yi Liang leaked a slightly pulled voice.

"Hey, why do you already have gunpowder? What about the ingredients... I mean, you knew exactly how to prepare gunpowder."

"The method of formulation was roughly in the historical reference, so we repeated the formulation and combustion experiments to give a percentage. The ingredients were made from sulphur powder previously brought to me by Mr. Kazra and nitrous stones found in the mountains"

"... uh, nitrous stones in the mountains?

For the sake of his confused face, Barletta nods.

"Yes. There was an abandoned pit near where the iron ore vein was located, and I mined it from there. It looks like something that's been deposited by bat manure for decades has crystallized and turned into nitrous stone."

More than six months ago, Barletta discovered the white crystal, the nitrous stone, deposited in the pit as she peered through the abandoned pit of the mountain with Roslu.

I visited again at a later date to examine it and found from the deposition of manure that considerable amounts of nitrous stone were buried in the abandoned pit.

Barletta was picking it up little by little and transporting it with the iron ore to the village.

It was dangerous for bat manure to become dust and inhale when collecting it, but the dust mask that Ichigo prepared to avoid inhaling lime when formulating the mortar was very helpful.

That said, the cave was full of bugs after a hell of an ammonia smell, and the servant Barletta couldn't get in to the back.

By the way, Barletta hasn't told anyone in the village about the nitrous stones and gunpowder.

"Was there a place like that... oh, could it be a silicon tube or a glass bottle I had prepared before"

"Yes. I used it to refine nitrous stones. I originally used it to make essential oils from herbs and mountain herbs, but I could divert them."

"Were you..."

Looking at the drawings, Ichigo roars.

As long as there is a weapon using gunpowder, the fence will be able to crush an army of enemies more originally.

It would be outrageous if gunpowder information were leaked and imitated in other countries, but now it's Setouchi, whether the country will be destroyed or not.

"I don't want to use gunpowder if possible, but you need it to attack the fort. Let's do it."

"... ok. Do you make both hand cannons and cannon cannons?

"I don't know how much you can make now, but let's make both. However, if the gunpowder information gets out, it's going to be a big deal, so we need to pick people to run it."

"Then let everyone in the village help us."

"What!?

A little bit better for a suggestion I never thought about before.

"Yes, no, that's just..."

"But when you're someone you can trust... and you need everyone to rescue Zirconia,"

……

To Valletta's words, Ichigo shuts his mouth.

Indeed, when they become the ones who move a good instruction first and foremost, they will certainly be left alone and there will be none else.

From the point of view of the number of people required, there is no other option.

"Of course, I won't force you. I'll listen around, each and every one of you. Still, if anyone doesn't like it, then think of another hand."

Barletta says in a quiet voice as if she were reading a good thought.

"... No, this is the situation, and I can't say so. I'll ask for it."

Honestly, I didn't want to do this much, but now I really need their help.

Even if you're going to be resented later, you have to.

"No, after all, I'll ask everyone around. After listening to your opinions, don't you decide what to do?

"Mr. Barletta......"

"It's okay. If the villagers don't cooperate, I'll see what I can do."

Barletta smiling.

Ichigo smiled bitterly, as troubled.

"Don't be so careful, Mr. Barletta. I... No, you don't."

"Huh?"

"Mr. Barletta, with me, go ask everyone. There's nothing left for me to do about it."

"... Yes. Right."

Barletta dropped her eyes on the drawing and glanced at it with her hand, which was depicted.

In Barletta's prediction, none of the villagers would be alone in turning down their requests.

"Mr. Barletta?

I feel uncomfortable with the atmosphere and the best speaks out.

"No, it's nothing"

Baretta looked up and smiled.

"Really? If you have something to worry about, talk about it properly, right?

"Yes, of course."

"I wonder if it's true."

"It's true. I don't do anything hidden. I truly believe in Mr. Kazra."

He looked me straight in the eye and told me, and Ichigo blushed a little.

"Well, shall we take the day off now?"

"Yes."

Take both of you out of the room.

Then there was a noose at the side of the door.

He is holding his knees, drooling his long hair and laying on his face.

Looks like Leese in her sleeping clothes.

"... is that Reese? What are you doing, in that place?"

When Ichiyoshi spoke, Reese raised her face.

My eyes are half closed and my head flutters.

"... I'm so sleepy"

"No, then I guess I should just go back to my room and sleep..."

"Yeah, I will..."

That's how I flutter, but I get up.

But I squatted right in again.

"I can't... I'm sleepy and I can't move..."

"Yeah... you have no choice"

Ichiyoshi walked over to Reese and crouched with his back turned.

"Look, I'm gonna take you to your room."

"Yeah."

I turn my hand around a good neck and Reese snaps.

"Mr. Barletta, I'm sorry, but hang out with you... hmm? What, maybe..."

"Hey, you're asleep..."

Barletta laughs bitterly at Reese, who starts to sleep easily.

For Christ's sake, they went to Reese's room.