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"Well, it's not cobblestone anymore. ......"

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　I have succeeded in creating a new spell called [Hardened Brick Generation].

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　The bricks produced by this spell are much harder than before.

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　Moreover, even without the tusks of the boar or the horns of the Valkyrie, which I used as materials, I can create them out of soil just by invoking the spell.

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　Once again, we realize how convenient magic is.

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　I was considering the possibility of using the hardened bricks for other things.

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　First of all, I decided to use the hardened bricks for the spell "Lay a road", which had not yet been fully converted into a spell.

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　In the course of my previous experiments, I was thinking of making a Roman-style cobblestone road when I build a road in the future.

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　To improve drainage, the ground is dug and covered with stones of various sizes, clay, gravel, etc., and then heavy stones are made into loose arches to form a road that can be used for a long period of time.

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　I thought of using hardened bricks for the stones to be placed at the top.

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　The width of the road should be about 6m, with slightly stepped and raised sidewalks on both sides.

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　In this way, carts and other vehicles pulled by Valkyries would pass through the middle of the road, and pedestrians would be able to walk safely on the sidewalks.

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　However, when I tried to make it by magic, it turned out not to be the cobblestone road I had imagined.

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　The reason is simple.

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　It is because the bricks on the top are hardened bricks.

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　Hardened bricks as beautiful as marble.

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　They were all the same size and laid out perfectly.

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　The road is like a monolith, going on and on.

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　You would expect cobblestones to be more bumpy, but there were no such bumps at all.

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　This must be the reason why there is not much vibration when riding a horse-drawn carriage.

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"It's not what I imagined, but that's OK. It's much better than a bumpy one."

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　Although the impression is a little different, well, it is not that I wanted to reproduce it perfectly, just referring to the ancient Roman roads.

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　I thought it would be useful enough, and after inputting the completed road with the magic of [Memory Preservation], I made it into a spell so that I could create it by a conditioned reflex.

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　I had to make a spell so that I could make it as a conditioned reflex.

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"Mister Ars. The new building you requested has been completed, that it has. Take a look."

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　It was about the time when I had finished making the hardened bricks and laying the road on the land inside the wall.

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　Gran came to me and told me that the building he had commissioned was finished.

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　He counted up the total number of bricks I had prepared and drew the plans again and again, trying to figure out how to make a big building without wasting any money.

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"I see. So you made a lot of windows to save on building materials."

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Yes, that it is. I was looking at the dusty glass in the warehouse before, that I know. I asked Mr. Kyle about it, and he told me that it was something that Mr. Ars had made but left unsold. When I saw it, that I knew it.

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　The building that Gran had built was a far cry from the buildings with few windows that we had seen in the city before.

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　Almost all of the rooms had large windows with panes of glass that I had left in place after I had built them.

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　I have heard this story in my previous life.

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　When building with stone or other materials, there is an advantage to reduce the amount of building materials by making arches.

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　One of the most common arched structures is a bridge to cross a river.

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　First, a wooden bridge is built at the place where the bridge is to be installed.

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　The wooden structure is made into an arch, and the stones are placed in line with the arch.

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　After the stones have been lined up from both sides, a keystone is inserted at the top of the arch.

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　By fitting the keystone, the bridge will be strong enough to withstand gravity and the weight of people and objects passing over the bridge, even if the original wooden structure is removed.

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　In other words, the advantage of the arched structure is that the original construction materials needed for the woodwork can be omitted entirely, while at the same time increasing the strength of the structure.

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　This technique of using the characteristics of the arch to reduce construction materials and increase strength is not limited to bridges.

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　Gran has used this property in many of the buildings he has built.

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　In my mind, doors and windows are supposed to be rectangular in shape.

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　But what would happen if the shape of doors and windows were not rectangular but semicircular at the top?

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　They become semi-circular, in other words, arched.

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　By drilling all the holes in the walls to fit the doors and windows in an arch shape, they succeeded in reducing the amount of building materials and increasing the strength of the building.

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"Amazing. The previous building was an inn, but it seems much larger than that. And with so many windows, it feels much more open. This is very nice."

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"You seem to like it, Mister Ars."

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"It's great, thanks Gran. I'll pay whatever it takes for this."

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"That would be great. Then can I have the right to build a house too, that I can?

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A house?　Here?"

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Yes, that I do. I am a traveler, that I would like to have a place where I can live comfortably. I think that I might be able to see some interesting things if it is near Mr. Ars, that I would like to ask him for it.

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　What shall I do?

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　The truth is that since we walled off the land, there have been a few people who have asked to live inside the walls.

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　But so far we have not allowed it.

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　Basically, it is a living space for Valkyries in my mind.

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　But if Gran wants to live there, I may allow it.

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　It's not every day that you meet someone who can create so many different things.

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　Thus, Gran was chosen to be the first person to own a house on my land.

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