16 - 01-03 Hot spring
"Come here, little girl. Come here, come here."
"Hannah, wait for me. ......"
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Today, instead of hiking ...... with Hannah, Jin came to the mountain to pick medicinal herbs.
"H-Huh, Hanna-chan, you're fine, aren't you......?"
"Yes!"
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As one would expect from someone who grew up in the area, she and Jin seem to have different basic physical strengths. Jin, on the other hand, has the disadvantage of carrying a basket on his back.
In addition, his burnt and tattered body has been supplemented during the transition, so his muscular strength and endurance have returned to their initial values, i.e., without the effects of training, but he is unaware of this.
"Phew, I finally climbed ......."
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A small mountain on the north side of the village. The elevation difference is about 200 meters. After an hour of climbing, the view opened up.
"Look, there's the village!"
Hannah pointed with her hair blowing in the wind.
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"Wow, this is a nice view!
"Yes, it is!"
There was a meadow near the summit, and the village could be seen at our feet. Looking back, we could see the snow-capped peaks of higher mountains to the north.
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"Ah, this snow must be the reason for the abundance of water.
Jin thought, "Basically, it is a land of little rainfall, but the high mountains are covered with snow, so the groundwater is abundant.
And to the west.
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"...... Bald Mountain, huh?"
There was a small mountain with no grass or trees. Upon closer inspection, the surface of the mountain was yellowish in places, and what looked like steam was rising from the mountain.
"Could it be a volcano?"
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I was thinking about that when Hannah came to me,
"Here you go, honey.
She came back with a bunch of medicinal herbs.
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"Are these herbs?"
"Yes. You grind them and put them on the wound. And this one is to be drowned and used as an ointment.
They said it was a medicine for wounds and an infusion. Jin also searched for medicinal herbs, using the ones Hannah had collected as a model.
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Since the two of them gathered together, they were able to collect the desired amount of herbs quickly. In such a case, it is strictly forbidden to be greedy and gather too much.
"Well, let's make a bento, shall we?
"Yes."
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Bread and fruits like apples. We shared them.
"It's delicious, isn't it?"
"Yes, it is. I guess it's different when you eat in a place like this.
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While eating, Jin observed the volcano and its topography. Hannah noticed his gaze,
"Are you looking at the mountain of death?
"Mount Death?"
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"Yes. Birds that go near that mountain fall off. Sometimes it smells funny. <
"Noxious gas?"
Volcanic gases. Hydrogen sulfide and sulfurous gases are poisonous if inhaled by living things. It's no wonder they're called that.
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"Okay, okay, I'll stay away. Shall we go home then?"
"Okay."
We finish collecting our desired medicinal herbs and have eaten our lunch, so we slowly make our way down the mountain. This area, where there are no dangerous beasts, has become an important gathering place for the village.
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"There are no demons here, are there?
Martha told me that most of the demons and monsters living on this continent were destroyed during the <
"I'm home, Grandma."
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Hannah, Jin.
Martha came to greet me.
"Oh, you're sweating," she said.
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"There's some water there. Wipe yourself off."
Yes, sir.
Hannah quickly took off her clothes and began to wipe herself. She is only 8 years old and seems to be fine with Jin watching her. Jin, too, was not fazed by the fact that he had bathed the younger children at the orphanage. Although he does not look old for his age.
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I still want to take a bath.
The pumps have made it easier to fetch water, but fuel is precious. Boiling enough water to take a bath was a luxury.
"I guess it's a hot spring after all."
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Jin finished wiping himself off and looked at the mountains. There is a volcano there, and from the topography, there must be a vein of hot spring water underground.
"I guess I'll just have to use magic to find out.
Despite his knowledge, Jin is still not accustomed to the idea of using magic.
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"Let's see, is there any earth magic for this kind of situation?
He searches for the necessary magic by flipping through the dictionary in his brain. Then he finds the magic he wants.
"......" Good. Searching underground (ground search). Change target, hot spring."
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This magic is originally used to search for veins of ore, but with a little rearrangement, it can even search for hot springs. The title of "Magecraft Meister" is no exaggeration.
"Here it is. One or two,...... Okay, let's use this one."
The hot water veins that flow underground and are rich in hot water and near the village are selected. The next step is to decide on a location.
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"Hey, where are you going?"
Hannah came up to Jin as he was going outside.
"Yes, to make a hot spring. Do you want to go with me?
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"Yes!"
Hannah doesn't know what a hot spring is, but she is happy to go out with Jin.
"Well, I can't just make a hot spring on my own, can I?
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So Jin went to the village chief's house first.
"Oh, there's Jin-chan!
"Jin-chan, where are you going?"
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Jin, who had been thanked by the whole village for the pump, was already familiar with the place. The children were especially fond of him.
Jin, with a crowd of children in tow, knocked on the door of the village headman's house.
"What is it? "Oh, Jin-kun. What's wrong?"
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A man of advanced age comes out. This is Guy Beck, the chief of the village of Kaina.
Yes, I need to talk to you about something.
About what?
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Jin explained that he needed to dig a hot spring and to build a hut there.
"Well, you want to dig a well with hot water and build a hut, don't you? I don't see any reason for me to object. I'd like you to build it. What do you need?"
The village head understood the usefulness of the bath, so the conversation was quick.
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"Yes, I need wood for the shed.
"That's easy. You can take it from the lumberyard.
"Thank you very much."
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With the permission, Jin immediately went to the proposed site. It is a slightly depressed area in the middle of the village.
"Okay. That's it.
After confirming the hot water vein by ground search, he first makes a bathtub with earth magic. Two bathtubs, one hot and one lukewarm. The bathtubs are slightly shallow and wide enough to stretch out in.
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"Oh! Wow!"
"Isn't it great to go to the gin?"
The children who followed us were not afraid of Jin's magic, but watched him with amusement. They had never seen a wizard before, so they had no prejudice at all.
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"Okay, the bathtub is ready..." he said.
Next, we started on the hut. All we had to do was to put up four pillars and a roof. The children who came along with us helped to carry the logs.
"Good, good, good!"
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"Hey, you guys, don't fall down!
I'll be all right.
"All right, hold me down a little bit."
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The children helped a little, and the shed was finished. We put up some boards around the hut to blind them for now.
"Now it's time to dig the hot spring. Digging. Continue hardening.
A hole is dug to the hot water vein and the surface is hardened at the same time to replace the pipe. Hot water soon started to gush out.
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Yes, the water is hot enough. Or rather, too hot. Ah, oh, oh, oh...."
In a hurry, he creates a pool of hot water and lets it accumulate. In the meantime, I dug a hole to the water vein so that the hot water and water can be mixed.
Using a flume, the hot water and water are poured into the bathtub in the proper proportions,
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"Now we have a hot spring!"
"Oh!"
"Are you going to swim in here, little guy?"
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To the children who didn't quite understand,
"No, no. No, no, no. This is where we go to clean ourselves up and get rid of our fatigue. So, you who helped me, you have the right to be the first to take a dip in this village.
"Oh!"
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"Yay!"
The children undress on the spot and rush to the bathtub to get naked. Boys and girls alike. Jin has a strange way of understanding that they are just children.
"You should pour hot water on your body before getting into the bathtub.
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Jin took off his own clothes with this warning.
"Wow, it feels so good!
"Hey, hey, don't get too excited!"
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The children were overjoyed to see the hot spring for the first time, swimming and running around in the bathtub.
"Onii-chan!"
Hannah came to Jin.
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"I'm sure grandma will be happy to see you.
"Yeah, I hope so."
The hot spring that Jin built was welcomed by the whole village, and more bathtubs were added.
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The bicarbonate spring water is very popular among women because it makes their skin smooth and smooth, and the huts have been changed from simple to more solid.
The huts were also changed from simple to solid. The men's and women's sections were separated, and a changing room was built, making it look more like a hot spring.