"...how do you feel about the fact that it's been a while since the extension began?"

　Marina's garden at night.
　The usual members were gathering and chatting over meals as usual.
　Vichela was the first to speak when she heard Ray's words.

"Anyway, you're in trouble. It's only spring, but that's why so many people make a fuss."

　Without a doubt, the hardest part of being here is Vihela.
　Ray understands so well, so he looks at me in a caring way.
　...as far as the actual workload is concerned, Ray is probably the most likely to transport trees cut down in the forest of Trent to Guillum, but Ray uses a mistling to move on a set.
　It was hard to store a large amount of felled trees, but it's definitely easier than others.
　But...

"The work itself isn't that hard, but it's a lot of trouble for alchemists to come together when they bring down the trees."
"Oh,"

　Everyone but Bune responds to Ray's words.
　Ray's eye-catching tail... he knew exactly some of it, as the alchemists wanted it, because it was something everyone here had seen it.
　But being employed by Dusker to do the woodwork necessary for extension work, we cannot be violent against these alchemists.
　No, if you talk about the situation, there was a high possibility that Dusker would say there was no problem, but the extension work, which was already lacking wood, would be delayed even further.
　...and it must have been in this case that the alchemists had nothing but pure intellectual curiosity and no malice.

"In that sense, Bune, who was absent from work, was wise."
"Yes!"

　At Ray's words, Bune proudly muttered a word as usual, eating bread.
　But not working means, of course, that you have no income."Fortunately, Bune still has room in his pocket.
　In the first place, Bune had breakfast at the dusk Wheat-tei, but had been at Marina's for the rest of her life, where she had lunch and dinner.
　In other words, Bune is saving a lot of money in terms of food expenses.
　And Bune, who is not interested in fashion, only buys clothes that emphasize practicality.
　If we were to spend money, it would be like consumables such as long needles used in battle, or food and drink at stalls.
　That's about enough for Bune to live in idleness for a while.
　However, Bune's upbringing makes him want to earn money when he can, so he won't be playing around forever.
　Viehne is also quite useful in doing the security work Viehla is currently doing.
　Indeed, for Ray, who had seen Vichela invite Vichela several times to work, he could probably expect Vichela to do the same thing last year.

"I hope there's nothing more to be had this year."
"... Ray, it hasn't been long since the beginning of this year? And Ray's personality... No, given his nature, I'm sure he'll be involved in a lot of incidents again this year."

　When Marina hears Ray's words, she declares so.
　And Ray tried to say something back, but it was true that he could never deny Marina's words, given what he had been through.
　Marina, who told Ray... or the rest, nods back quietly, perhaps she had to agree with him.

"Well,"

　a touch of dissatisfaction
　However, if you say something here, it's many times as good as it is... all you can do is eat a stew full of oak.

"First of all, we're going to start building extensions this spring... I wonder how much we'll be able to do you think?
"Well, yes,"

　It was understood with a smile that Ray was trying to change the subject, as well as with the rest of course.
　However, everyone doesn't get deeply involved in Ray's behavior and continues to talk.
　Ray said he didn't want to get involved, but if he actually gets involved in some kind of trouble, he'll probably understand that way.

"How long...I think it's going to be quite different from last year because this year it's going to start all at once from spring, and many people come looking for work knowing that they're doing extensions."
"If there are too many people, I don't think it'll be a problem. Last year, too, there were too many people and we didn't have enough places to stay, right?"

　Even high-class inns were packed with customers, and there were still not enough inns, so many of them eventually built large huts right next to the place where the extension work was being carried out, where they spent their lives sleeping.
　Even last year it was like that, so if the number of people increases further this year, it will be the same as last year.
　That's what Ray thinks, but Marina says it's all right.

"Do you think Dusker will repeat the mistake he made once? Don't worry about it."
"What exactly?"
"We've built a number of big huts in advance, not last year, but one designed to make it much easier. And we've got a system in place to accommodate the inhabitants of Gillum."
"Well, let alone the former, isn't the latter dangerous?"

　Vihela says so to Marina'
　In fact, it is usually difficult to let an unknown person stay.
　Or, if we were in Japan, there might be so many good partners, but this is not Japan, but Elgin, which is also the only remote guillem in the kingdom of Milliana.
　I couldn't believe that those who lived in such places would make strangers stay at their houses, not just Vihela, but others.

(In Japan, there was such a thing as a guest house... but I think it would be difficult in this world.)

　When Ray was in Japan, he had also seen on the news that he was staying at a hotel or an ordinary house, where tourists could stay.
　But I think it would be quite impossible to do it in this world.

"Well, Dusker was worried about that, too. After all, only people who were confident in their own strength or their family members were allowed to stay here. But this is Gilm... you know what I mean?"
"There are a lot of ex-adventurers,"

　Rey nods convincingly to Marina's explanation.
　Indeed, some of the people who came to work might be bloody, but it was doubtful how much such people would be forced in the presence of former adventurers who had genuinely exchanged lives.
　However, some of the people who come to Gilm are adventurers, so Dusker's policies may not be absolutely safe.

"Well, I've heard that there are some people who get along well and practice swordsmanship... ...but on the contrary, there are times when they don't get along well."
"There must be some chemistry between them."

　There are times when people feel that they are so compatible that they wonder why these two are so close, and there are times when people feel that they will never get along with each other.
　You can't immediately tell that from the side.
　It's only after seeing him in person.

"Then there might be a brawl among adventurers only?"
"Well, you can't say there isn't, though it's Dusker's business, and I don't think it's a big deal."
"If you're only a trustworthy person, you can use a sandboat for lodging. Well, Mr. Dusker won't give you permission."

　For Dusker, sandboats were supposed to be a big industry for Guillum after the extension.
　Nevertheless, considering that sandboats could be refurbished into surface ships that could be moved on the ground rather than sand, and that shipbuilders were built to build the surface ships, Ray did not know exactly when they would be.
　However, Dusker's position is that, of course, he needs to run the guillem for a few years or decades.
　The use of the key sandboat as accommodation for strangers would probably be rejected even if Ray offered.
　When Ray explains the area, everyone agrees as a matter of course.
　But Marina opens her mouth after agreeing that...

"There's no doubt that Dusker will be looking at Ray's sandboats, but I don't think he'll just look at Ray's sandboats, and he'll buy some other sandboats, and he'll look at them."
"That's what it is, but I think it's almost a gamble to build a sandboat by renovating it into a groundboat, as long as we don't know if it's going to be a real success."

　Not surprisingly, sandboats are very expensive magic items to buy normally.
　Buying more than one sandboat was a high risk to Ray, as long as he didn't even know if it could be refurbished into a surface ship.
　If it's a desert around Gilm, the sandboats you bought may be useful, but unfortunately there's no such place like that.
　In other words, the sandboat is likely to be wasted if it cannot be analyzed or refurbished.

"Well, in that case, it may be a waste of money, but... given the scale of Guillum's economy, that's no problem."Indeed, the only frontier of the kingdom of Milliana is undoubtedly very wealthy.
　There's no doubt that you can afford to buy a few sandboats with a slight pain.
　After that, Ray suddenly wonders when he is doing an extension work on the guillem.

"Now that you mention it, Mr. Dusker seems to be trying to build a ground-ship out of guillem, but where is the factory?"
"That's... the place that's under extension, isn't it?"

　To Ray's question, Vihela naturally answers so.
　In fact, if a factory is large enough to build a surface ship, it cannot be built in the guillem it is today.
　It was obvious that, then, it would be the place that was being built as a matter of course...

"Then do we have to prepare a huge door for ground ships?"
"If you think about it in the ordinary way, I think Dusker is thinking about it."

　Marina then answers Ray's question.
　In fact, as long as Ray doesn't know everything about the extension, I can only convince him that if Marina says so, she probably does.

(Well, it was Mr. Dusker who wanted to make the surface ships one of the main industries, and as Marina said, of course he was thinking a lot about it.)

　That's how Ray thinks about his work from tomorrow.
　Now that the extension work is going on at a stretch, we need as much wood as possible from the Trent forest.
　...so Ray was asked by Dusker through the guild for a new job.
　It goes around a few villages and towns and gathers as many woodcutters as possible.
　The current guillem is far from keeping up with the demand for wood in the Trent forest.
　The alchemists still have time to spare, and what they need now is a little skilled woodcutter.
　It would not seem so hard for Ray to collect woodcutters, but in this case it is important to have a skilled woodcutter, not an ordinary woodcutter.
　To be honest, Ray doesn't know where to judge a woodcutter's skill.
　Is it really the speed at which you cut a tree, or is it freely possible to decide the direction in which you want it to fall, or is it the process of disposing of a tree after cutting... removing branches?
　At any rate, we've been told that trees in the Trent forest are more special than ordinary trees and require skilled woodcutters.
　In fact, using death-size, Ray could easily cut down trees, but... that's probably what he thinks it's dangerous to rely solely on Ray.

(Should I leave that up to the people of my regular occupation?)

　After all, Ray thought so easily... he concentrated on his food and conversation.