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　I have witnessed the reality that people die in winter.

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　I wonder if it is possible to make it a little easier to survive the winter.

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　The causes I can think of now are still the food problem and the cold weather.

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　When it snows, the greenhouse I have built is the only way to produce food for the winter.

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　But now I have turned the greenhouse into a herb garden.

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　If possible, I would like to continue to use the greenhouse for growing medicinal herbs.

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　If so, it is necessary to increase the production of food during the season when it does not snow.

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　Well, I think this will be improved somehow.

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　I mean, that's what my magic is for.

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　Unlike the situation with poor farming techniques, the condition of the soil will surely improve with my magic.

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　I have been using my magic in the fields for years now, so I think I have enough experience to say so.

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　Moreover, I am now sending my part-time brother to other lands.

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　In fact, we don't have that much wheat left, even though we had such a good crop last year that we would like to have the new technology of a rotary threshing machine and windmill milling.

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　I think we still have a much larger stockpile than usual, but the war was not good for us.

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　I did not want to fight on the battlefield away from Barka with a hungry stomach myself, so I had to transport a considerable amount of wheat.

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　As a result, the consumption was very high.

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　That was the reason why I took the risk of sending my part-time brother out of the territory to improve the farmland.

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　If other lands had a good harvest, they could buy food from them.

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　Above all, if there was a good harvest elsewhere, there would be no need for the local people to migrate to the territory of the knights of Barca in their poverty.

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　The fact that there will be deaths in winter means that people who are dying are coming to Barka.

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　If there is more food in other places, these people will not come to Barka, which means that the number of winter deaths in Barka will be reduced.

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　But even if the food problem is solved, it is not enough.

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　It is still very cold.

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　In winter, there is enough snow in this area that it is more efficient to travel by sled.

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　The problem is that we do not have enough warmth to survive the cold.

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　Or rather, I think the problem is that the clothes we are wearing are fundamentally too shabby.

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　No matter how much we try to warm ourselves by lighting firewood, we cannot protect ourselves from the cold if what we are wearing is too flimsy.

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　I need warmer clothes.

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　They say that food, clothing, and shelter are the most important things in a person's life, and I guess that means that we need to make sure that we have them in order.

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"But, don't those boys wear warm fur coats?"

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"Well, yes. I'm putting the big boar pelts to good use."

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"Wouldn't it be nice to have that?　A big boar's pelt can be used as a coat, and it can also be used as leather armor."

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"No, that's impossible, old man. The number of boars is definitely not enough to meet the city's demand. We need a stable supply of clothes.

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"Enough clothes for everyone. You're going to need a lot of it, kid. But, well, I'm sure you'll make a lot of money if you can make it happen."

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"Clothes are pretty expensive. Well, let's see. Let's see what's going on."

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　Securing warm clothing as a means to survive the winter.

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　Me and the old man go to check one of the moves we had made in advance for this purpose.

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　The place was a farm we had built north of Vulcania.

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　We arrived at the ranch, moving along the still snow-covered road.

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　The goal was goats, of course.

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　A wild goat with the magic of "leaping" that we got last year from the Great Snowy Mountains east of Uruk.

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　It jumps quite high, so we had planned to keep it in the walled city, but had failed.

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　The goat jumped over the buildings in the city, and the residents complained about it.

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　Kyle's emergency measure of getting the goat into the Valkyrie's stables solved the problem.

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　When the goat tried to jump, Valkyrie, who had horns, fired a shot to intimidate the goat, and the goat became docile.

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　Seeing this, I decided to let the goat and Valkyrie live together in the walled farm area.

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　The ranch area was not entered at all during the winter.

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　I have built some buildings to keep the snow off and put some food on the ground, but are the goats really safe?

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　To find out, the old man and I came to check on the goats.

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　We open the door to the farm and enter the paradise of Valkyrie and the goats for the first time in months.

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"Cuey!"

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"Mae."

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"...... old man, have my eyes gone crazy?　It's like the goats look different."

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"What a coincidence, kid. I'm the same way. Are you sure that's the goat we brought to Barca last year?

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　We went into the pasture and saw Valkyrie and a goat roaming around.

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　The Valkyrie was the same as usual.

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　He has two horns on his head, a thoroughbred-like body, and white straight hairs flowing freely.

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　It is a fantastic sight to see him walking on the still snowy ground.

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　On the other hand, there was also a goat by his side.

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　This one also has white hairs and is a little firmer.

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　But this is strange.

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　When I saw the goat for the first time with the old man at Einrad's hill, I am sure it had brown hair.

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　And the length of the hair was not that long.

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　Why has it changed?

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　I mean, I might not have recognized it as a goat at a glance if it did not have those goat horns on its head that I have seen before.

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"Do goats, by any chance, change their hair and become white in winter, old man?"

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"...... No, I've never heard of such a thing. But I'm sure that's a goat. It's white, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is. ......"

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"Hmm?　Mister, take a good look at the goat. Aren't they bigger than they were before winter?"

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"Yeah, I guess so. ....... Yeah, they do look like they're getting a little bigger. But what does that matter, kid?"

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"No, I'm just saying it might be. I'm just wondering if the goats have changed their appearance because they ate the stalks of the hutka until they got so big in this safe, enemy-free pasture."

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"Is that possible?"

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"I don't know. It was just an idea.

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"I see. Well, I'd say we're in the clear, wouldn't you, kid?　From what I can see, the goats have changed in appearance, but they seem to have survived the winter just fine."

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"Yes, old man. That's right. I mean, isn't it good that the hair has grown longer?　Let's get to work and see if we can trim the goats and make some clothes out of them."

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　For some reason, the goat had undergone a transformation.

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　The old man and I were somewhat confused when we saw it.

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　But it was true that the goat had survived the winter in Barka, just as the old man said.

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　Moreover, the goat has warm hair.

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　Soon after, the old man and I captured a goat and brought it back to Barka Castle.

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