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Water, or ....... I guess you're right.

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　It was the time when winter was gradually coming to an end and spring was beginning to appear.

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　I was faced with a new problem.

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　Or perhaps I should say, I was about to face a new problem.

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　It came from my brother Hector.

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　He had been sent with Leon to the Einrad area, but in fact, there were other members who were sent with Leon.

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　It was the unit of Brother Hector.

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　Brother Hector was a man who was satisfied with his life as long as he was cultivating his fields. He was a different type of person from his wife, Sister Eira, with whom he had some upward mobility even though they were good friends.

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　However, no matter how much Brother Hector wanted to do only farm work, it was not always possible.

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　After all, he was my brother.

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　It's not good for me that my brother Hector, who is now the head of the Barca Knight's Domain, is only cultivating the family's original farm.

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　If word gets out that he's doing this, it might look like I'm being mean to him because I don't get along with him.

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　If that's the case, people will think that I'm trying to monopolize the profits by myself even if I get the territory.

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　If such a rumor spreads, I will not be able to gather people from other lands because they will think that I am a narrow-minded person who does not want to give rewards even though I am trying to gather people from other lands on a large scale.

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　Therefore, I have to use Brother Hector with a proper position and reward, even if he himself does not want to do so.

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　Therefore, I have decided to have him do the same job as the part-timers who are always working side by side with me on the battlefield.

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　However, he is only to be sent to a place near the territory of the knights of Barca where there is little chance of a battle.

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　Unlike the Bite Brothers who went out to respond to Picha's request, he only went to the land Carlos had requested and improved the farmland by [clearing] and [improving the soil], so Brother Hector, who loves farm work, agreed.

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　To tell the truth, his experience in growing crops on the improved land is second only to mine, so he would be able to give the farmer some good advice.

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　His team visited several places and seemed to be well received.

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　The information from Brother Hector, who has been watching the farmland very closely, is as follows.

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　It seemed that where I had improved the land with my magic, crops would grow abundantly, but they would consume a lot of water.

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I wonder if that's true. Kyle, can you compare last year's harvest data for the Barka Knight Territory with this year's expected yield?"

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"All right, brother Ars. ...... Well, it's hard to say. The harvest is on the rise because of the increase in the territory. The numbers don't tell us if your magic has anything to do with the amount of water in the ground."

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"I see. But it's not impossible in the long run, is it? If Brother Hector, who is actually taking a close look at the soil, says so, then we can't ignore it."

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"But you've never had a problem with this magic before, have you, Brother Ars?　Then wouldn't it be okay?"

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"I don't know. Maybe it's okay, maybe it's not. I used to water the land frequently while it was small."

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　But, in the case of HATUKA and other crops, they can be harvested in a few days on land that has been treated with [soil amendments].

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　Of course, they must be sucking up a lot of things from the ground in order to grow.

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　The nutrients in the soil are magically replenished by the [soil amendment].

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　However, I have never been aware of how the moisture of the land is being replenished.

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　It may be possible that the more we continue to grow crops, the less water is left in the land.

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"What should we do?　Do we have to create some kind of magic to create soil with high water content?"

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"But if we think about the nutrition of the land, don't we end up using [soil improvement], Brother Ars?"

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"Yes, that's right. That would make no sense what you're doing. ....... Hmmm, no matter. Let's build a dam."

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"Dam?　Brother Ars, what is that?"

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"Well, to put it simply, it's a man-made pond that stores water. We should be able to draw water for agriculture from the pond. There is a river in the territory of the knights of Barca that we can use.

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I see. If we have a pond to store water, we can deal with emergencies. But what if we are outside of Barca?　Are you going to build a dam there, too?"

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"No, Brother Hector's report says that the more frequently the area is harvested using [soil improvement], the more likely there is to be a water shortage. Outside of Barca, it's probably only once a year for that area even if they send people there, so I think it should be fine."

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　As I was talking to Kyle, I was thinking about dams.

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　I think a dam, even a primitive one, could be built.

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　It's not like we are going to build something so large that we can submerge a village in the mountains to the bottom of the dam.

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　As I recall, dams have a long history, but that also means that even the ancients could build them.

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　It is more like a reservoir than a dam.

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　If I dig the ground with magic, it would be enough.

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　As for the location, let's find a suitable place downstream from the hot springs and build a large pond.

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　From there, we can build a canal to each village, and then build a small reservoir near the village.

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　Thus, I immediately started to consider where to build a dam.

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