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"Hey, hey, don't be a brat. Shotgun!

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"Meh, meh~ ......"

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"Wind. This is a lot of work just to shear a goat. We can't even do the job if we can't use our shotgun magic.

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"Are you all right, boy?　Wouldn't it be dangerous even for a monk to be kicked by a jumping foot like that?"

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"At any rate, he seems to be quiet for a little while when I show him the shotgun shells. Valkyrie's punishment must be working. I've got to get her groomed while I'm at it. ......"

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　I brought back a goat from the ranching area and immediately started to clip the goat's hair.

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　But it turned out to be a very time-consuming job.

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　The goat is a timid creature, and if it senses even the slightest danger to itself, it will jump up and down with the magic "leap.

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　And now she is about to have the hairs on her body cut off by a blade.

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　How could I not resist?

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　I struggle and struggle, but manage to finish the job of plucking the hair from the goat.

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"It's so beautiful because it's all white. It feels good to the touch, old man.

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It's true. So, are you going to turn this hair into yarn, boy?"

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"Yeah, it's called yarn. "Yeah, it's called yarn. It's for cold weather. I'll make a sweater out of it.

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　I manage to scrape up the fuzzy hairs I've harvested from the goats.

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　I make this into yarn.

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　For the time being, since it is a trial, I decide to do it the way I can do it without much tools.

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　I made a tool called a spindle to spin the wool into yarn.

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　A spindle is a tool with a long shaft rod shaped like a top.

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　Here, I twist the cleaned hairs a little, attach the ends of the hairs to the spindle, and spin the spindle like a top.

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　As it spins around, the hair is twisted like a thread and transformed into yarn.

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　The hair can be made into yarn as a hobby, but it still takes a lot of time.

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　I'll talk to Gran later to see if I can make something more efficient.

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　With this in mind, I managed to turn the goat's hair into yarn.

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　I wonder if it is better to steam the yarn to make it last longer?

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　I am not sure, so I will have to experiment with this later.

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　For now, I will use it as it is.

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　The finished yarn is put together like a ball.

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　Now, I'm going to knit a sweater with the yarn I've made.

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　I hold the two knitting rods in my left and right hands.

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　I dexterously move the left and right bars to knit the sweater.

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　I don't remember much properly, but I remembered that I had knitted in home economics class, and I kept moving the knitting needles.

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"...... Sorry, kid. Is that going to take a long time?"

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"Of course. I don't even know how many days it will take."

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"It's going to take that long. Kid, I'm going to go back to my other job, okay?"

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"Yeah. Oh... oh!　I think I'm in the wrong place now that the old man is talking to me. d*mn, we'll have to go back and start over."

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"Oh, yeah. I'm sorry, kid. Well, you know. Good luck."

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Oh. Call me if you need anything."

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　Maybe it's because I've been knitting in silence.

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　An old man who couldn't stand the sight of me started talking to me.

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　Well, it's a waste of time to just watch someone else's knitting, isn't it?

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　The old man goes back to his work and I continue knitting.

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　By the way, I gave up knitting a sweater after a day and switched to making a scarf, which is a little easier.

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"Well. What do you think, Lilina? How does the finished scarf feel?"

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"Oh, thank you, Mr. Ars. Thank you, Mr. Ars, for taking the trouble to make something like this with your own hands.

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"Okay, okay, okay. So, what do you think? It's pretty warm, isn't it, that scarf?

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Yes. It's very warm, Mr. Ars. And it feels so good against my skin. It's like being stroked lightly, but it's so warm and comfortable, like being wrapped up in something.

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"Right?　I thought it might be a little prickly or something. It turned out better than I expected. I guess it was worth all the reknitting."

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"Yes, I think everyone will want one once they use it. Besides, as Mr. Ars said, it would make winterizing much easier.

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"Right. Okay, I'll make some sweaters, gloves, and socks. That's all we need to cover our whole body.

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"Well, Mr. Ars. Could you teach me how to do this knitting?"

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"What, for Lilina?　Do you want to try it?"

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"Yes. I would also like to make a warm garment for Master Ars.

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"Thank you, Lilina. Okay. I'll get you another set of yarn and a knitting needle right away. We'll work together.

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"Yes, Mr. Ars."

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　Thus, I made a scarf as my first project.

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　After that, Lilina and Clarice, who came alongside me, worked together to make sweaters and other items in addition to scarves.

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　To tell the truth, Lilina's scarves were even better than the ones I made.

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　However, Lilina still seemed to like my handmade scarves.

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　She continued to use it with great care.

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　Thus, in Barca, an environment for making winter clothes that had never been seen before began to emerge, if only for a short time.

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