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"I was wondering where you were going. But Valkyrie, I'm not bathing in this cold."

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"Cue cue."

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"Hmm?　What the hell is that?

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　The Valkyrie carried me to a river south of Vulcania.

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　It was not, however, a castle north of the river.

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　It was on the bank of the river at a short distance from there.

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　I wondered if the Valkyrie was thinking of giving us a bath in this cold weather, but apparently not.

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　It was only when I reached the riverbank that I realized this.

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"That's not smoke ......, that's steam. Maybe the water here is warm.

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　When I arrived at the side of the river, I saw steam rising from the surface of the water.

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　I have seen magic power rising like steam before, but this was different from that.

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　There was definitely hot water rising from the river water, as if to counteract the cold.

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"Oh, a hot spring. I didn't know there was a hot spring here.

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　It was then that I finally understood the meaning of what Valkyrie had brought me here.

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"I see, you crossed the river from here during the field battle with Fontana's army."

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　As I checked the vicinity of the river again, I noticed something.

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　It was because there remained what looked like a slight animal trail on the ground near the river.

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　However, there are traces that the path, which would have been originally narrow, has been pushed aside and moved to widen its width.

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　Perhaps, this is the path taken by a group of Valkyries during a detouring maneuver in the field.

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　The widened path was in the process of being cleared of its traces.

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　It must mean that some time has passed since it was widened.

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　The Valkyries attacked from here to cross the river and flank the army.

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　That's when they must have noticed that the water here is warmer.

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　Maybe Valkyrie remembered this time when she heard me talking about Kyle and the baths.

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　Clever as ever.

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　I patted Valkyrie's head gently and looked again at the steaming river water.

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"But, Valkyrie! But, Valkyrie, you'll catch a cold if you take a bath in a natural hot spring in a place like this.

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"Cue ......."

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　We can only thank Valkyrie for finding the hot springs.

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　However, I would definitely get sick if I took a bath in the hot water of the river in such a place.

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　As much as I would like to get into the hot spring, I could not get myself into such a state.

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　I had no other choice but to stick only my feet in the hot water, take a footbath, and go home.

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"Vargas, I'll take the vacant lot in the next village."

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"What's the matter, chief? Well, I'm sure there's some unused land in the village, but I'm sure Vulcania still has some land left over.

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"No, I'm thinking of drawing a hot spring from the river to the neighboring village of Linda. I'm thinking of building a kind of hot spring resort where people can take a dip in the hot springs and stay the night.

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"An inn. I don't know, but I think it's a good idea.

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Then, please inform the chief of the neighboring village.

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　The day after we returned from the footbath, I came up with the idea of building a hot spring resort.

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　At that time, I had done some research and found out that the hot spring water coming out of the river was quite hot.

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　In some places, the hot water is so hot that it could be called boiling water.

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　We decided to make use of this hot water.

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　The next village to the north from the fountain pond.

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　We made a plan to bring the hot water to there.

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　Here's how we did it.

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　We will embed a tube of hardened bricks in the ground and connect the fountain pond to the next village.

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　If I can use my magic to connect the pipes directly from the underground fountain, it will be possible to pull the hot water to the village while maintaining the temperature of the water.

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　Then, we can prepare a hot spring bath in the neighboring village and set up an inn.

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　This is so that even in the cold winter, people can go there to enjoy the warm water and stay overnight at the inn.

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　We need to finish the work as soon as possible during this season when the snow starts to fall.

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　I decided to start the work at once.

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　First, I poured magic power into the ground of the fountain pond to grasp the underground condition.

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　I made a pipe that extends into the ground to prevent sediment from getting into the ground as much as possible, so that only the hot water from the hot spring will flow into the ground.

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　The next step is to dig the ground toward the next village, and while laying the hardened brick pipes, let the people who have lost their farming jobs build a hot spring bathtub.

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　However, it was a bad idea to entrust the construction of bathtubs to people who did not know how to make bathtubs.

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　They had built some kind of outdoor pool in the ground.

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　Well, what the hell.

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　Let's think of it as an open-air bath.

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　If we set up an inn nearby, the water won't get so cold.

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　The hot water that came through the ground had been lowered to the level of hot water by the time it reached the next village.

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　It would be just right since the temperature cannot be adjusted.

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　The hot water is allowed to flow into the installed open-air baths.

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　The hot water can be cleaned by [washing] if it is possible to stop the flow of hot water.

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　In addition, a drain is to be installed.

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　The hot spring water poured into the bathtub is to be sent further north.

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　Beyond that is the outer moat of our town Vulcania.

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　Thus, the outer moat on the fortress, which was an empty moat, is now filled with water.

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　We will add more types of bathtubs later.

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　Not only open-air baths, but also various other kinds of baths would be good.

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"Brother Ars, did you have to draw hot spring water from the river?"

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"Huh?　Because there are no other hot springs in Barca."

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"If they just wanted to take a bath, they could have taken water from a well and turned it into hot water, couldn't they?"

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"...... No, but ....... Hot springs are different. The ingredients are different. They help you get rid of fatigue.

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"I think a night's sleep with [meditation] will take away most of the fatigue..."

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　But as I was taking a smoke break after finishing the major work, Kyle gave me a calm rebuke.

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　It was only then that I realized that I had done a lot of work just because I wanted to take a bath.

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