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"It's cold, too cold ....... d*mn, only a general would let you do this outside in the winter."

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"Sorry, Vargas. But thanks to you, we've gathered a good number of magical steel.

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"Well, all we have to do is cut the mud dolls with the ice-flame sword. One of the idiots who didn't know better burned the swamp ice with his ice flame sword, though.

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"Oh, come on, seriously. This box sled is on swamp ice too, right?　It's not like the whole swamp burned or anything, right?"

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"Hmm?　Yeah, that's okay. The amount of ice you can turn into flames depends on the amount of magic power you put into the ice sword. I mean, only a general can turn such a wide area of ice into flames.

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"Oh, I see. The effect range changes with the amount of magic power. Well, I don't usually do that because I used the magic power of the magic stone.

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"I don't think a magic stone is enough to do something like that. So, when are you going to turn the magic steel into a thunderbolt sword?　When you finish it, give me one of those, chief."

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"Well, I'm still trying to decide what to do. Maybe I'll use the magic steel for something other than the thunderbolt sword.

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"Huh?　The general said that was useful against a large number of people. If you're not collecting the magic steel to make the Thunderbolt Sword, what are you going to use it for?"

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"Yes. I'm thinking ...... I'd like a watch for now, no?"

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　Vargas and his knights in the middle of winter in the Nelson marshes.

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　Thanks to their efforts, I've managed to get my hands on a fair amount of magic steel.

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　Magical steel is a strange substance that generates electricity when you put magic power into it.

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　With it, I may be able to create the excellent magic sword that the Arbalest family has created.

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　However, in my conversation with Vargas, I mentioned the possibility of putting off the production of the Thunderbolt Sword.

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　What I wanted to make instead.

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　It was a clock that runs on electricity.

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　I was not sure if I could make it work.

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　A clock, it is a device for displaying the time.

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　This clock is actually something that I have hardly taken care of since I was born in this world.

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　After all, I was born in a poor farm family.

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　There was no way to have such a thing in a house where even daily meals were not enough to eat, nor was there any need for such a thing.

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　It was common for people to start working in the fields when the sun rose in the morning and go to bed at sunset.

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　Peasants live without the use of clocks.

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　There is no doubt about that.

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　But then, it seems that the nobles, knights, and others of higher ranks did not use fine clocks.

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　After I became a knight, I checked what kind of clocks were used, but I was not satisfied with any of them.

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　There are clocks that divide a day into several equal parts and measure the time elapsed in each of those parts, but they are very different from the clocks of my previous life, which could measure even tenths of seconds accurately.

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　Moreover, the time discrepancies had to be corrected after a while, and this was quite often over the course of a year, and it was impossible to know how many days of discrepancy would occur in total with that clock.

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　Moreover, these rough clocks were extremely expensive.

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　There are no craftsmen in Fontana who can make clocks, but only in the royal city area.

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　Nevertheless, the traditional skills of these craftsmen have been interrupted several times due to the long upheavals.

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　As a result, there are only a few craftsmen who have managed to inherit the techniques that have deteriorated over and over again and are protected, and because they are made by such craftsmen, they have no choice but to be expensive.

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　Naturally, even if they are sent for repair when they break, it takes several years for them to come back.

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　However, if this situation continues, the current fontana will be in trouble.

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　This is because of the Reed family's [telepathic] presence throughout the Fontana territory.

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　The [telepathy] that Kyle has created is an extremely useful magic that allows the Reed family members to communicate with each other even when they are far away from each other.

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　Naturally, I decided to use it to unite the Fontana territory.

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　But I'm running into a bit of a problem.

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　I have begun to have trouble with the "what not to say" about the work that I have told them over long distances.

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　That in itself is human nature, but it can't be helped.

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　Even what you said can be forgotten.

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　That is why I instructed the Reed family to keep a record of any [telepathic] conversations they had.

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　But without a proper clock, there would be discrepancies in the records taken by both sides.

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　It's okay for now.

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　It hasn't caused that much trouble yet.

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　But what if there had been a war?

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　If I fall into a battle with other nobles and have to fight, I will be in trouble if the instructions I gave out did not reach them or not.

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　In battle, there are always decisions to be made, and the day after I order an assault, I may have to order a halt.

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　It would be a serious problem if the back-and-forth relationship is confused, for example, "I gave the order to assault after the order to halt.

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　Therefore, we need some common and accurate time reference for record keeping.

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　For this reason, I needed a watch.

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　And I needed a clock that was as accurate as possible.

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"So, here we go, Gran. Make me a clock out of this magic steel."

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"......No, this is a disaster, that it is. As a maker, I am very grateful to be entrusted with a new material, magic steel, that I am, but I would be at a loss if I were suddenly asked to make a watch from it, that I would be at a loss, Mr. Ars.

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"I'm sure Gran will be fine. Besides, didn't they have an astrologer at the school in Vulcania?　He should be able to tell us what the stars are doing. He should also know a lot about the calendar.

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"Well, Mister Ars. Do you have any idea about the clock mechanism, that you do about the calendar, that you do?　I don't think there is any guarantee that we can make it with this magical steel, that we can ......."

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"Yes, I have an idea. I don't know if I can do it right, but I think I can measure the time pretty accurately with a crystal and electricity."

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　After getting the magic steel, I told Vargas to gather it up and we moved back through the snow again.

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　I did not come to the office in the town of Fontana, but to Gran's place in Vulcania.

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　After all, who else but Gran would I ask to make things?

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　He then handed the magic steel to Gran and explained the situation.

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　If I am going to make a watch, I want to make it more accurate.

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　If so, let's make a modern one.

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　They decided to make a quartz clock, that is, a clock using quartz and electricity.

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