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46 - conversation with one's younger brother

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"Brother, what's wrong with your difficult face?"

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"Hmm?　Kyle. No, I'm just thinking."

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　As I was getting a better idea about the road, my brother Kyle started talking to me.

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　He's a boy who was baptized this year.

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"You know," he said, "the window panes I made for you don't seem to be selling at all.

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"Oh, those clear, beautiful ones?　Mom said they were piling up in the warehouse and getting in the way."

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　That's right.

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　I had been in town for a while and was inspired by this new product, window glass.

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　I made it thinking it would sell for sure, but it didn't sell at all.

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　All the buildings I saw in the city were made of bricks and had no windows.

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　They were so closed off that they felt like prisons.

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　So I thought that more people would be happy if there were more houses with open windowpanes as new buildings.

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　But in reality, they did not sell at all.

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　The reason is simple.

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　The reason is simple: the residents are not dissatisfied with the current situation.

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　No matter how much I say, "This is a good thing," no one is willing to touch something they have never seen before.

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　I was born into this world, and I am keenly aware of this.

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　That is, good things do not sell.

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　It is a fact that everything that sells as a commodity does so because there are people who want it, not because it is convenient.

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　I seem to remember that in my previous life, I heard that in countries and regions with low economic power, only simple and unbreakable products could sell rather than highly functional and high-performance products, and that Japanese products suffered in some cases.

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　I wonder if people in these areas, where barter is practiced in the villages, would spend money on things they do not need.

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I wonder if there is anything that could be sold.

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"Something that could be sold. If it were me, I'd want that."

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"What?　Kyle, is there something you want?"

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"Yeah. I always look at the beautiful furniture in your new house and think how nice it is."

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　Furniture or .......

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　I remember when I magically recreated the inn, there was nothing there, so I prepared it with a door for the entrance and so on.

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　I had a table, chairs, shelves, etc. made for it.

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　The beds are new, too, and I like the smell of wood.

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I don't know, lumberjacks don't make and sell furniture much. Why is that?"

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"Isn't it because they're heavy to transport?"

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"...... I see. It's possible.

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　As I recall, Mr. Madoc said that lumberjacks most often sell the wood they cut as firewood.

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　There are several reasons.

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　The demand for large pieces of wood is low, because wooden structures are less likely to catch fire due to the spell of "ignition" in the life magic.

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　The only things they may need are materials for furniture and firewood.

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　However, in villages, there is not so much demand for furniture because old things are used carefully.

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　On the other hand, the town is far away.

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　It takes three days to walk there.

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　A peddler who is making a good profit may be able to buy a beast that can pull a cart and transport the furniture.

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　However, the lumberjack does not have that much money in his pocket and cannot afford to buy such a beast.

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　As a result, he can only carry firewood on his back.

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　This may be the reason for the situation.

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"That might be an interesting idea. Let's see if we can sell the furniture.

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"Yes. Good luck with that, brother.

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"If it sells, Kyle's done a great job. We'll buy some good food from the peddlers and eat it.

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"Yes, I promise."

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　Yeah, that might be a good idea.

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　And to be honest, I needed something to sell besides what I could magically make.

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　I may have more magic than most people, but it's not infinite.

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　And it's not like only what I make sells.

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　To put it another way, my disappearance alone would cause economic collapse.

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　Now that we've spread out to the point where there is a certain amount of land to spare, it's time to create an environment where not only myself but also the people around me can make money.

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　Maybe I should start a company?

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　From what I've seen, each household buys what they make as a kind of homework, but there doesn't seem to be a system where many people work together to make a common product.

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　If furniture can be sold to some extent, it might be interesting to make an effort to build a factory-like building and hire people to make products.

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　From the conversation with my brother, many things came to my mind that I would like to try.

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