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The town of Vulcania was created by clearing the forest in the north.
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The river flows south from there.
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The castle north of the river is now mostly a stopover for those coming to Vulcania from the city of Fontana.
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The river leads to the moat of the castle and then flows to the west.
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At the point where we moved west from the castle, there is a hot spring.
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I am drawing the hot spring directly from here to the neighboring village of Linda through a pipe made of hardened bricks.
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The hot spring seems to be a simple spring with no sulfuric smell.
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Since it is not difficult to grow crops downstream of the river, the water downstream of the fountain pond can be used for agricultural purposes.
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Four villages located west of Vulcania are basically my domain.
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In this territory, the land is actively improved by those who have the family name of Barka, so the harvest is expected to be quite good.
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Maybe once or twice a year I harvest wheat and I do not have to worry about running out of water.
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Because in winter there will be snow on the ground.
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The problem is when you have to repeat [soil improvement] many times to produce vegetables with a short growing season at a high frequency.
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Many farmers with Barca surnames do this because they can produce an unprecedented amount of food this way.
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However, Hector is worried about the water content of the land in such a case.
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So let's do it now so that we can draw water from the river.
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But if we build a pipe that goes through the ground like a hot spring, we may not be able to respond immediately in case of any problem.
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That would be a serious problem.
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Therefore, I want to make sure that the water can be supplied stably even if I am not here.
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Therefore, I would like to use it as a dam to supply water from the river.
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If necessary, we can open a plug to connect to the irrigation canal, and the water will be carried to the farmland.
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This is how I envisioned the project.
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"I'm glad I came along, Brother Ars. If you had acted only on an idea, we would have had a flood, wouldn't we?"
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"Sorry, Kyle. We were going to build a dam, but we didn't think about how we were going to do it."
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"I was surprised when you suddenly started talking about building a wall next to the river to form a levee. Wait a minute. I'll make sure to calculate the amount of water, and you can just change the terrain according to me and Mr. Gran.
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"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Dr. Kyle.
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If the ground is gouged out and a wall is built near the river like an embankment, it will be a pond or even a dammed lake to hold the water.
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That's what I thought.
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But when Kyle, who was with me, saw me suddenly start working on it, he rushed to stop me.
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Of course, you're right.
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If we build it that way, it would be fine under normal circumstances, but if the water volume increases due to heavy rain, it would be a big problem.
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If the water volume increases beyond the capacity of the dam and the embankment collapses, there is no telling what kind of damage it would cause to the surrounding area.
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Hearing this, I immediately stopped my work.
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I built a tower at the place where Kyle had instructed me to build, checked the topography with binoculars from the top of the tower, and asked the old people in the nearby villages what kind of heavy rains had occurred in this area in the past.
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Based on this information, Kyle and Gran created the blueprints.
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Kyle's magic is especially amazing.
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He was able to determine the amount of water, the momentum of the water, and the predictable changes in the water level at a high speed, and based on this data, he decided on the structure of the dam.
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The possibility of building a calculated structure is unthinkable in Barka, where roads have been made by forcing straight roads without any surveying technology.
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"Kyle's magic is amazing. He really is a genius.
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Yes, that's right. I want to use the same magic when I see Kyle-dono, that I do.
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"Yes, it really is. Well, since we're at this point, why don't we name the dam we're going to build here Kyle Dam or something, so that people can see how great Kyle is?
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"Very good, Mr. Ars. It is the greatest compliment to be named after one's creator, that it is. Someday I would like to make something great and name it after Grand, that I would.
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"Haven't I named a hard-fang sword after Gran since? Well, you'll get the chance sooner or later."
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Is it true, Mr. Ars? I want you to promise me that you will always call on me if you need to make something, that you will.
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Okay, okay. I'm indebted to Gran. When the time comes, I'll be sure to ask Gran.
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Talking with Gran like that, Kyle's calculations seemed to be all done.
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The blueprints for the dam are so solid that there will probably be no more flooding in the future.
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With that, I proceeded with my work.
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In the end, the water was to be stored by holding back the flow of water in the middle of the river.
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So, instead of digging upstream and downstream of the proposed dam site, a newly dug substitute channel would connect the two sites.
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The river is changed like a bypass, and in the meantime, the dam construction site is modified.
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The ground will be hardened so that it can hold water well, and the sides of the river will be reinforced so that they will not be cut by the flow of water.
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Then, a dam spillway is prepared to control the flow of water so that it does not accumulate too much while maintaining a certain level of water.
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In addition, it is necessary to have a channel for water to flow from the dam to the irrigation canal so that the water can be diverted to the fields as needed.
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To be honest, I did not fully understand how and where the mechanism was affected.
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But I trusted Kyle and Gran's assurances that everything would be fine, and I quietly worked as instructed.
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My magic was the main tool, but I dared to have people work on the fragile parts so that other than me, as long as they had bricks, they could repair the damage.
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Thus, the Barka Knight's Domain has a stable supply of water for all the villages and a dam that can prevent flood damage before it happens.
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