The reborn aristocrat is ambitious! "You've got pretty good status, give em to me"

Upon entering the private room, Isaac and Sieghardt sat opposite each other.

It was Isaac who opened his mouth first.

"Mr. Sieghardt. I said I wanted you to sell gunpowder, but I didn't want you to tell me how to manufacture it. If you don't know how to make it, the amount you can use is finite. I just want them to sell as much as they can for laundry scissors and wheelbarrow idea fees. Still no good?

Isaac appealed for a "limited amount available".

If you don't know how to manufacture it, the threat of gunpowder is limited even when you are in combat with Dwarves.

Besides, you can get a rough idea of how much gunpowder you have left.

The same goes for revealing what's in your hand.

It's pathetic for the victims of gunpowder use, but "limited gunpowder" works in Dwarf's favor.

Here Sieghardt took it backwards that Isaac wanted gunpowder.

"As far as Isaac's concerned, you don't seem to intend to use gunpowder in a mine. If you tell me what to do with gunpowder, you can think about selling it."

"Really..."

(Guess I'll just think...)

Sounds like a positive response, but I didn't even say "you can sell it".

But I also feel like we won't be able to move on without answering this.

Inevitably, Isaac started talking.

"What I'm thinking is not throwing gunpowder bags at you and causing you to get hurt in an explosion. I'm going to put iron pieces together, not just gunpowder, in something like an earlier bag. Because I think we can defeat more enemies."

"An iron piece?... Right! Why a tour of the salt mines is dangerous, because the explosion will cause a splash of stones and chunks of salt and injuries. Not by the explosion itself, but by using the blast to splash iron all around us!

Sieghardt is also doing a lot of research on gunpowder.

Many of the damage caused by the explosion at the mining site was caused by stones or other injuries splashed by the explosion.

So I immediately showed my understanding of the method of using the splashing force of the explosion to attack.

"We were only thinking about how to contain the damage, but I can't believe we're going to use it in the direction of harming it. But isn't that going to keep you from armor?

"That's okay. What I'm going to use is a human soldier opponent. I think it works because they're not wearing as much heavily armored armor as Dwarves"

Dwarves have more muscle power than humans, so do weapons and armor.

Regardless of the work clothes, there is less damage if fragments are scattered when you are wearing armor.

Sieghardt thought Isaac's words, "I'm not going to use them for Dwarves," were likely to be believed.

"But can't even a human opponent kill a small fragment?

"You don't have to kill me. That's fine if they let you get hurt. Because no soldier would be more aggressive enough to fight while injured."

"I see..."

Sieghardt begins to worry as he roars "hmm".

That gaze nailed Isaac.

When Isaac tried to hear "what's wrong," he controlled Sieghardt opening his mouth with his palm facing Isaac.

Often, silent and awkward hours pass.

Eventually, Sieghardt, who derived the answer, took a deep breath before speaking out.

"Isaac, are you willing to wage war?

"What..."

To Sieghardt's unexpected question, Isaac gets stuck with words without being able to respond.

"And it's not a foreign war. Reed, are you going to wage war inside the kingdom?

"What are you talking about? You can't do that."

Isaac replies as calmly as possible.

But Sieghardt kept stating his thoughts without worrying about the reply.

"I hear the Reid kingdom has had peaceful times in recent years without getting caught up in the war. A human merchant tells me that there is no sign that there is going to be a war with another country. Yet you want gunpowder. Not for mining, but as a weapon used against humans. I mean, I just think you're trying to start a war."

…………

(How do I answer that? Just saying that's a misunderstanding. Then you can't...)

The answer Isaac can take to Sieghardt's reasoning is silence.

I was thinking about how to respond, but it was like the action was saying the reasoning was right.

I didn't need a good way to return it on this occasion.

"I don't know. The secretary did it on his own," he said plainly, requiring the thickness of a politician.

Sieghardt, for some reason, grins.

The grin seemed creepy to Isaac.

"I hope you don't get me wrong, but I'm not trying to blame you for what you do. We don't care what happens to the Reid kingdom."

"We?"

Isaac asked back unexpectedly.

If Sieghardt personally has no thoughts or anything in the Reid kingdom, I know.

But for those who live in Saltstadt like the Wolfgangs, humans are becoming new customers.

I didn't think I was thinking, "Whatever happens to the Reid Kingdom,"

(If you're a Dwarf other than Saltstadt, do you think so?... No, it's not. Including the Wolfgangs!

Isaac remembered the first time he met the Sieghardts.

'We don't trust humans. Plus don't worry about Saltstadt's problems, including the Wolfgang workshop. Lending funds from the council between the conversion of the elf opponent's business to that for Dwarves. There is no need to resume human interaction.'

Sieghardt said this.

No one on the Dwarf side has trouble stopping dealing with humans.

Just make room for those working at Saltstadt, starting with Wolfgang, to convert to Dwarf business.

Even if we don't rely on humans, we can do enough of Neuizen's economy domestically.

I guess I only consider it convenient to be able to buy a little coin earner or iron, such as a deal with the Reid Kingdom.

Perhaps it's also natural to have a lower priority if you don't care more than "hang up but you can't cut it".

"Do you remember sending each other merchants to check the market before the exchange resumed?

"Yeah, you were checking each other out at Alster and Saltstadt."

"That's when I went to Alster in the form of an escort to another merchant."

"Were you?"

- What does Sieghardt have to say?

Isaac was hammering and watching.

"To be honest, I was disappointed. An elderly merchant said, 'Nothing seems to have advanced in two hundred years'. I don't know what happened 200 years ago. I don't have anything to gain in the human city as much as I have the same feeling."

(Nothing attracted my interest. Is that why you think the Reid Kingdom doesn't care)

Isaac thought that was a bad thing.

You can't be interested in humans themselves, friendship doesn't last long, etc.

The deal will continue because we will need more iron to lay the railroad from now on.

But it's hard to lose interest from the whole human race (...).

Because losing interest from humans can make things difficult for Isaac as well.

"But not Isaac. You thought about everything, like distilled liquor and springs, right?

"Yes."

Here Isaac finds light.

Sieghardt was interested in Isaac.

If you do it well, you might be able to take your own side without a relationship, such as the Reid Kingdom.

That should help with the blueprints I've prepared.

"Now that I think about it, at the time of the negotiations, the Reid Kingdom side did not come up with a decent proposal except for what you had in mind. To resume AC, just to sell iron. Then it's not enough. If that's all, I didn't want to make a deal with the Reid Kingdom. I had a great idea that you had in mind, so I thought we could get back together. But..."

"But?"

Words were cut off where he was concerned, and Isaac asked back to encourage him to go ahead.

"But there's no reason to just take your side. Personally, I'd like to take your side. You can't do business with someone you know will cause confusion in the Reid kingdom if you don't have something that will make others want to 'take Isaac's side'. If you want gunpowder, I just want something to make you think you can give it to everyone. Not just the railroad."

Sieghardt flickers and throws his gaze at the paper Isaac has.

Apparently, I'm concerned about the blueprints Isaac brought in.

Isaac always brings in great things.

It seems like an idea for something bigger, like a carriage with a spring, than I brought it in the form of a blueprint.

I guess you want to see what it's all about soon.

(Oh, was that a story to favor the negotiations? Maybe it's true that you want the ingredients to convince others)

Seeing that reaction, Isaac realized that Sieghardt was on his side from the start.

He felt he had the temperament of a Mad Scientist pedigree at the signing ceremony.

I guess I'd be interested by the time I'm greedy about the new technology.

So I was interested in Isaac telling me more and more about new things.

Isaac's interest in individuals (...) may have been stronger just because there was nothing new in the Kingdom of Lead (Human Country).

You were right to show him distilled liquor, springs, etc. first and keep an impact on him.

"I am convinced that this blueprint is powerful enough to change times"

"That's amazing."

Isaac regained a little confidence when he learned that it was not a "weak position he pleads with" but a "position he is required to take".

I don't show the blueprints right away, I scorch Sieghardt a lot.

"Neuizen also has windmills and water wheels, right?

"Of course there is. It starts grinding powder and is used in a variety of applications. I don't think the neighborhood is any different from humans."

"Windmills that move in the wind, then, are wind. Water wheels that move with water should be hydraulic. I propose a new force, a new firepower."

Here Isaac finally shows the blueprint to Sieghardt.

It was a cauldron shaped like a large flask, fitted with turbines - like the wheels of a miserable waterwheel - halfway through the chimney section for exhaust.

It was a blueprint for a primitive steam engine that Isaac managed to squeeze out of his memory, without even a piston being used.

"How does this work?

Naturally, Sieghardt puts his neck up.

Maybe it's awesome, but I didn't know how it would work.

"This is a device called a steam engine that boils water, turns the turbine with its steam, and moves the gear. We don't rely on nature like wind and river, but we can use as much power as we need when we want. If you're a Dwarf using coal, you can boil a lot of water with strong fire. The more steam you have, the faster you spin, and you can gain a strong force in your gear. Someday you'll be able to pull a carrier instead of a horse by rail."

It's no coincidence Isaac came up with a steam engine, but even if he can't think of it now, he must have realized someday.

Because I have experience building distillers and building railroads.

- Steam and railways.

It may have been more inevitable to reach the steam engine than it had touched those two.

"Firepower…? It does seem convenient to be able to use as much power as you want when you want."

Behind words, the look on Sieghardt's face is unbearable.

Isaac gets a little nervous because he thought he'd be pretty happy to show this to me. "I knew you couldn't remember.

At that time, Sieghardt laughs out in a huffy and small voice.

It wasn't fun or anything, it was a self-derisive way of laughing.

"I was thrilled with the thong. I'm going to be ridiculous."

Apparently, Sieghardt was really laughing about himself.

I was staring at the blueprints to eat in.

"I think it's convenient not to rely on nature, but to be able to use the necessary force. Now all I can think of is making you pull luggage instead of horses on the railroad, like you said, but I'm sure the evolution of technology will find a lot of new uses."

Sieghardt shifts his gaze to Isaac.

But this isn't a finished product.

"... you know what I mean?

Isaac exhales.

Steam engines are a technology used even in the age of nuclear power.

However, it is not a tiny device that is only on the extension of this kind of science experiment.

Something more efficient should be used.

But Isaac didn't have that much knowledge.

They seem to have seen through their limitations, and they look remorseful.

"It's an intuition. This still only looks coarsely shredded. I don't think it's your idea to always bring sophisticated designs. You just didn't think of it? Or did you dare bring the unfinished blueprints?"

"It's..."

Sieghardt took control of Isaac by hand trying to make excuses for "no".

"That's okay. If I were to develop this to a practical stage, I would have to spend enough time devoting my life to it. Unlike previous products, this technology is not easy to teach. I think it's only natural to think about taking out information and drawing cooperation from it."

"As long as you understand."

For some reason, in keeping with Sieghardt reading deeply, Isaac answered with a gentle smile.

For now, because I thought it might be better to keep up with the flow.

In fact, that seemed to work.

"But you wanted to see what the finished product looked like. Isaac, all the ideas you bring were wonderful beauty. What functional beauty will this finished steam engine show…"

"I think that's what happens when you look at the time."

(I don't know when. I mean, I can't tell you because I don't know the shape of the finished product)

I am convinced that when people dig for roots and leaves about the steam engine, they will find it hard to get worn out.

They just don't say, "Tell me here now," better.

With that in mind, Isaac was calming himself down.

Otherwise, the upset might be on the table and they might see you at your feet.

Isaac thought about cutting the story out around here.

"What do you think? Would the steam engine have liked it?

"Of course I do. It's fun enough just to say that you can get your hands on new technology, even if you don't have a finished shape. You just need to think you've got the pleasure of repeating the trial and error with your own hands. It's the best souvenir ever."

That said Sieghardt's smile was a sunny grin that had nowhere to be included.

In the meantime, it seems to have succeeded in buying his pleasure.

"For the idea of this steam engine, no one should be opposed to selling gunpowder. No, that's not all. So much so that when Isaac tries to do something, I can gather mercenaries and send reinforcements!

"Thank you, I'm glad to hear that. But I refuse reinforcements. It has to be humans to kill humans. You used the power of Dwarves and Elves. Then you'll be left with the roots later. You can just sell me gunpowder."

I could take Sieghardt's suggestion, but I didn't think it was a good idea to rely on it. Isaac turned down his suggestion.

Gunpowder is a tool.

Anyway, if you're going to use tools, even accepting reinforcements will stop you from raising your head to the Dwarf.

I didn't want to be unnecessarily grateful.

Meanwhile, Sieghardt, who was trying to put his shoulder in Isaac, felt like he had eaten a shoulder watermark.

But I think back soon.

Because I thought I was doing something on my own rather than trying to rely on Dwarf for everything to figure out what I was worth.

"Okay. But I want you to tell me whenever you need me. Not just me, but the other dwarves... Especially since all the merchants think you're worth it, not the Reid Kingdom. I don't know what you're going to do, but I don't want you to die. I don't want to lose that brain."

"I don't want to die, either. So I won't be impotent. I just might move on to action when I think I can accomplish it. It would be helpful if you didn't ask me anything now and sell me a bunch of gunpowder in about five years"

"I also feel like I can predict what I will do... Fine, I won't ask you anything now and I won't think about it. But if you keep coming up with any ideas, let me know."

"Okay. I'll think about it again."

Even though there wasn't any signal, the two shook hands naturally.

From now on, you two will be accomplices.

It would be like that declaration of intent.

(Glad Sieghardt is interested in me...)

While shaking hands, Isaac considered such a thing a smudge.

With a little more thought for the Reid kingdom, Sieghardt wouldn't have thought of selling gunpowder.

I have memories of a previous life, from which I was able to draw his interest because I was able to draw ideas for tools.

It's not something I really came up with, so I also feel a little cheated.

But I can't say such a blue smell for a purpose.

- Unlike others, I was born with memories of my previous life.

It is a gift born in this world of only one person.

It's the means you need to get the Reid Kingdom, and to get Pamela.

I have no hands to not take advantage of.

(The question is, is it time to run out of stories that could be achieved in this world?)

With Sieghardt shaking his hand, Isaac thought it would be easy to say, "Shall I suggest a hanger with laundry scissors this time?"