1906 - - 51-20 Securing Water






 Jin entrusted 700672 with the analysis of the found in the underground facility, On the morning of the 19th, he decided to go back to the base.

"I don't want to be right above it, as expected."

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 The area around the facility was solid bedrock, which was good for building a basement, but the thought of such a facility being down there did not make him feel good.

 So Jin looked for the next best thing.

 An hour later, he finds it.

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 The place he thought would be the best is located about 2 km east of ...... where the information recording facility was located in the basement.

 It is a little higher than the surrounding area, and the rock is andesite.

 Andesite is widely defined and has various properties and compositions, but the rock here is dense and solid with some olivine.

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"With this, we can build a basement."

 Jin then thoroughly investigated the basement with a .

 I don't think it's so coincidental, but he didn't want to find the remains of the <> in the land he liked, so he did a thorough investigation.

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"......Yeah, it's all right."

 As a result, no artifacts were found down to 2,000 meters below the surface.

"You're right,...... andesite of the same nature was found up to 300 meters below the surface."

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Father, isn't that enough?

"Well, yes."

 Reiko said, and Jin nodded with a wry smile.

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 Originally, he had thought that the size of the basement, or rather the depth of the basement, would be about 200 meters below the ground, so 300 meters below the ground would be sufficient.

 Jin decided to make this his base.

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 The plains stretch to the east of the continent, about 400 km from the sea.

 The surrounding area is still a reddish-brown wasteland, but the herbaceous vegetation is recovering and the soil has stopped running off.

 Jin had planned to build a there and a underground at the same time.

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 > 501 to 800,30 The speed of the work is beyond description.

 The speed of the work is beyond description, and the underground portion of the building was completed in one hour.

"How do you like it, Master?"

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 Two hangars, 200 meters long, 200 meters wide, and 100 meters high.

 Ten spaces 20 meters long and 20 meters high for storage.

 20 spaces 10 meters long and 10 meters high to be used as a workshop or laboratory.

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 The floors, walls, and ceilings have been carefully , , and .

"Yeah, it's good."

 Jin nodded in satisfaction.

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 The interior will be slowly prepared.



 Next is the ground level.

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 This will be the same size and layout as the house on Horai Island.

 The familiar environment is the best.

 The wooden tiled roofs are also and , so they will be maintenance-free for 100 years.

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 Of course, if they are reapplied and maintained during that time, they should last even longer.

"Maybe it would be a good idea to put up a ward to cut off ultraviolet rays.

 Jin was planning to do something like this.

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 Tatami mats, nails, roof tiles, etc. were made in Horai Island, but the wood used for the building was from here in Hale.

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 Hinoki, Hiba, and Sugi (Japanese cedar) were grown enough to be used as lumber.

 Rather, the Foresters seem to be proud of the fact that Jin's is the first to use lumber that they have grown themselves.

 Jin enjoys making the furniture.

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 Reiko prepares sandwiches for lunch.

 As for the garden, Hitoshi is planning to make it Hale's own, so he decides to put gravel in it for the time being.

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 In this way, the is completed by the end of the day.



"Now we can start sleeping in it tonight.

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 < is not bad, but the comfort of sleeping on a futon in a tatami room with arms and legs stretched out is hard to beat.

 The futon is of course made of and .

 Smelling the new tatami mats, Jin puts down the futon.

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"Well, ......"

 And then he thought about the bath.

 The bathhouse is well built, and the drainage system is environmentally friendly with a <>magic device. But .......

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"Oh, I see. ......"

 Here on Hale, a planet even older than Ars, it is difficult to find hot springs.

 The geothermal heat is supposed to be high deep underground, so it might be possible to dig up hot springs if we bore down to 5000 meters or so, but it's too late for that today.

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"All right, let's transfer it."



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 For today, I decided to take a bath by having a tank of hot spring water sent from Horaijima. It is a very luxurious bath.



"Ah, it's nice hot water.

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 Jin is aware that this is an irregular bath.

"After tomorrow, I'll think about what to do properly. ......"

 Come to think of it, Jin had not yet thought about what to do about the water supply.

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"What about the precipitation around here?"

 Jin asked the old man with his manacam before going to bed.

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I see.

 Jin built his house around the Tropic of Cancer. The elevation is about 100 meters above sea level.

"So there's not much rain around here."

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 Moist air is brought in from the ocean, and water vapor condenses on the cooler land to form clouds and fog.

<"So, although there are few large trees, it seems to be a fairly comfortable environment for grasses and shrubs>>.

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"I see."

 Jin regretted that he should have checked such weather conditions before building the house.

"Then, what should we do about the water here?

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 Now he had to secure water even if he had to do it by force.


"A canal......... indeed."

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 It is said that the land of Hale cannot be enriched in just a few hundred years, since the water itself has been carried out into space for tens of thousands of years.

"Any other ideas?"

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Well, that's one way to look at it.

 It's only a matter of how much water one Jin uses.

Those two?

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"That's one way to do it. ......"

 Once,...... 400 years ago, he visited with his best friend Reinhardt and his beloved wife,...... who at that time was still his friend. ......I remembered that in Borgia, the capital of the Kingdom of Elias, which I had visited with Erza and others, the Marquis of Firenziano had asked me to make a <> of a magical tool.

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"You can use <> or <>, can't you?"

 Jin fell asleep while he was thinking about which idea to use.