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"This is a very small castle, isn't it?"
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I came to Kawakita Castle, halfway between the cities of Fontana and Vulcania, as a potential site for a new town specializing in clothing production.
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Originally, when Barca was still a village, it took only three days to reach the town of Fontana.
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But now they have built a solid road there and I always rely on riding my Valkyrie for my transportation.
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If I keep riding my Valkyrie, which has been reinforced, I can often pass by this Kawakita Castle.
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But when I looked at this castle again, I felt like, "Oh, is this what I thought it would be like?
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During the Valkyrie Uprising, I built a castle here in just a few days.
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At the time, I thought it was quite a magnificent thing I had built.
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But looking at it now, it looks more like a small fortress than a castle, with only enough land for a few hundred people to hunker down.
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At that time, I believe that he and Gran were determined to make it into a castle that would last for generations to come, but I wonder if it looks small because of the many encampments they have built in various places since then.
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But even so, it is surrounded by walls 10 meters high and 5 meters thick, and at the four corners of the walls are watchtowers 30 meters high.
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According to the report, the wall itself has not collapsed due to earthquakes, so it is usable enough.
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Now it is necessary to further expand the size of the city.
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For now, I am taking some people who can use Valka magic and have them use "land preparation" on the land to be expanded.
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Once that is done, we will build a new [wall building] connecting it to the existing wall to enclose the city.
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In addition, since we will be building the city almost from the beginning, we are planning to build a sewerage system and so on.
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In the meantime, I have decided to build a number of apartments in the residential area.
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"Ars, aren't you going to build normal houses? These apartments or whatever they're called can house a lot of people, but the rooms are small, aren't they?"
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"Hmmm, well, it's a house to receive immigrants. I don't need to build a house for each one of them, and I think this apartment will be enough, Dad. It's the same construction that has a proven track record of not collapsing during earthquakes."
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"That's true, but living in such close proximity to strangers is likely to cause some trouble, even if it's at a front-line base or in an evacuation shelter. But, Ars is going to build a place to live and even a place to work? I mean, some of the buildings seem to be too big for just making clothes, why is that?"
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"Oh, that. I have an idea. I'm thinking of making it like a factory with a division of labor.
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My father, who is working with me to build a new town, calls out to me.
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He's a little taken aback to see how many apartments I've built while recovering my magical powers.
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They probably look like anomalous buildings to him.
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We originally lived in a place where there were farmers' fields all around us.
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It must be strange to live in a building where you have to live in such close proximity to strangers.
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Well, I guess this place is like a housing complex in my previous life.
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There may be complaints about noisy footsteps from the upper floors, but let those who actually live in the building resolve such complaints among themselves.
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If you have complaints, you have to pay to buy a house which is different from the apartment.
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So, you put someone to work in the apartment like that.
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But as Lilina is concerned, many of them may not have any experience in making clothes.
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Or rather, most of them may have only mended their own clothes.
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I understand the opinion that it is impossible to gather such people to make clothes.
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Therefore, I decided to simplify the work.
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Usually, a craftsman who makes clothes is responsible for the entire process.
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He measures the customer's body size, cuts the desired fabrics to the body shape of the customer, and sews them.
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It would take too much time for the immigrants to learn all these tasks.
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So, I decided to make it like a factory with a division of labor.
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Instead of having craftsmen make clothes for each individual, they make clothes for each size using patterns.
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The craftsmen who were given the paper by Lilina would be mainly responsible for making the patterns and designing the clothes.
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Then, those who were approved by the craftsmen cut the fabric from the patterns and had it sewn by the seamstresses who packed the factory.
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In short, most of the immigrants can do the minimum amount of work as long as they can thread a needle and sew the fabric.
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I would like them to improve their skills as seamstresses and eventually become cutters and designers.
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In other words, this town I am building is both a new town and an organization like a big company.
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I want to use people efficiently in order to be able to mass-produce clothes.
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It is good that Lilina has been using dressmakers for a few years now and that she has been training them in the art of making clothes, since she produces fabrics in Vulcania.
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For the time being, let's turn the artisans into designers and those who learned needlework in Vulcania into cutters.
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I will negotiate with them to move here.
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"But will it really work like that? I wonder if there will be buyers?"
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"Maybe it won't work at first. For the time being, I'm thinking of having them produce clothes for Fontana's army. Then I'll buy some more and wait for him to get better at it.
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"That's a long story, Ars. Won't they get angry at us for wasting their money again?"
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The old man might be angry with me for sure. Well, but it's also a security measure for the territory, so we can't afford to spend a little. Let's hope it works out.
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The town was built by renovating Kawakita Castle, which had been gradually taking shape since the spring.
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Named "Dresslina" after Lilina, who loved to make clothes, this town started its journey as a special zone town unlike any other.
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