It's hot!

　The sweltering, hot air made me sit up vigorously.

　With that, a ray of sweat began to flow from my forehead.

　When I noticed, my body was sweating softly and my shirt was sticking to my skin.

　The blankets under my body and on my stomach are now only adding to the heat and humidity.

　I pull the blankets to the edge of the room as if they were depressing.

　Why in the world is the air getting so hot?

　I've heard that the ocean sun is harsh, but is it this hot?

　I couldn't help but turn my gaze towards the sun, but above me was a black cloth stretched over my head to keep me out of the direct rays of the sun.

　It was black to let it absorb as much of the sun's rays as possible.

　However, this time it was to the detriment of me.

　The black cloth stretched over the narrow space of the viewing platform is impregnated with heat and relentlessly raises the temperature in the space where I lie down.

　Even though it is a small space, I wondered what would happen if I covered it with the feverish cloth. In the blink of an eye, a little sauna was created.

　What happened to the fact that I was putting ice in a bucket to prevent this from happening?

　Could it be that the sunshine of the sea was so hard that my ice melted in an instant?

　I turn my gaze towards the bucket I made with my fearful earth magic.

''............Huh?　We don't even have ice, or even a bucket of it.

　But there was no ice, or even a bucket of it.

　What is the meaning of this? I looked around hurriedly and even turned over the blanket I had pulled over the edge.

　But there was no bucket on the viewing platform.

　As I was tilting my head uncomprehendingly, I heard Irvine's voice from below.

''Whoa!　Chill out!

It's been a long time since I've had ice!

'Oh!　You guys have some good stuff with ice.

　When I heard this, I realized that the ice had been stolen, and I looked through the gap in the black cloth I had left slightly open.

　There, Irvine, Malt and Rumba were gathered on the deck, sitting down and cooling off with the ice I had made.

'Ice thieves!'

　I shouted, pointing my finger at them, and the three of them turned around in unison.

　You, you stole the ice from me, and you're drinking and cooling off in the sunshine all by yourselves, that's not fair.

　I'd love to do that too.

'Oh, you're up at last!　Now get down here!

　While I'm half angry and half envious, Irvine and the others swallow and invite my hand.

　Don't they feel guilty for taking people's things without permission?

　Thinking about this, I first activated my ice magic to get rid of the sticky sweat.

　A white cold air starts to drift out as if to envelop my surroundings.

　The air around me instantly becomes chilly and cold, and it takes away the heat from my burning body at once.

　It's very comfortable, but if I do too much, I'll catch a cold, so I use wind magic to dissipate the cold air appropriately.

　It drifts around, wiping away the cold air and gently caressing my skin.

　The sweat that I had been sweating on is now gone.

　Oh, the wonderful magic.

　The anger I felt earlier seems to have subsided a bit, thanks to the refreshing sensation I get after a bath.

　But I vow to get back at him later for making me sweat and interrupting my nap.

　I slowly descend the shroud with a gloating smile, wondering what kind of payback I'm going to get.

　Then I get off the main mast and as I reach the deck, Roomba comes over with ice.

'Al-!　Just crush this up and make it into a crunchy guy.

Mr. Lumumba, what's a crunchy guy?

　Malt and Irvine nodded their heads at Rumba's words.

'A guy who crunches is a shaved ice, right?　I ate in the city of Kicker.

Yes!

　I asked him to make sure, and Roomba smiled and nodded.

　Meanwhile, Irvine and Malt, who were separated, didn't seem to know and had a question mark on their heads. I knew of their ignorance, and I saw that I had the squeamishness to take advantage here.

　I almost smile a little badly, but I manage to stifle it and make a refreshing smile.

'Then I'll make it, and Lumumba can get a barrel of grape juice from the pantry. Irvine and Malt, a bowl and a spoon.

'Oh!　You're going to play that!　Let's go. You guys.

　Understanding that it's a request to make the shaved ice better, Roomba walks to the cabin with Irvine and Malt.

　It's easy to make a bowl and a spoon or so with earth magic, but I ask Irvine and Malt to leave for a moment to ask them to leave.

　Either way, I can't show them spatial magic here, so I'll have to bring some Aldonia grape juice with me. Perhaps it's not unnatural.

　After watching the three of us disappear to the cabin door, I look out to the sea from the deck and activate the water magic method.

　I manipulate the flowing ocean water in the blink of an eye and make the water ball in sea water appear as an elephant.

　I activate ice magic on the floating water ball and freeze it all at once.

　All at once, the water ball turns into a hard ice ball and generates cold air.

　I cut the ice ball into reasonable pieces with a slash of wind magic.

　I freeze the two ice cubes, which shatter with a thumping sound, into a size suitable for shaved ice and fine tune it.

　There's no need for a large ice ball, so I make sure no one around me is looking at it before I use spatial magic to store it.

　Phew, now the seawater shaved ice is ready.

　The seawater was condensed all at once by ice magic. The salt content in the seawater must be very concentrated.

　It reminds me of freezing aquariums in midsummer.

　I can see Irvine and Malt suffering from the salty shaved ice.

　I can't help but let out a chuckle as I imagine the scene to come.

　The seawater ice ball is stored using spatial magic, and this method seems to work anytime.

　When I return to the village, I'll give it a try with Thor.

　With that kind of thought, I generated ice for Roomba and me.

　The ice made from seawater has more impurities and is cloudy, but neither of us will notice it because we're both idiots.

　After sitting on the deck for a while, the three men returned from the cabin door with dishes and barrels.

　Rumba put down the doss and kegs and smiled vigorously.

'Now, make it fast!

Hey, who wants to go first?

　Just in case I make them in the order in which they apply here, I'm afraid I'll make a mistake and end up with a seawater shaved ice for myself.

'Mr. Roomba first,'

'No, I've already had a few. You guys can eat first.

　Thanks to the beauty of the style of our seniors and juniors, we can hand out seawater shaved ice in an easy to understand manner.

　Relationships and ties are often troublesome, but this is the only time they come in handy.

'Okay, I'll start with Irvine and Malt then!

　I make a death threat with a carefree smile.

　I'm going to kill both of them at once.

"Oh, dear. Does Master Alfried have a very lively smile on his face today?

　The Irvine guy almost got the idea, and I consciously erase my smile.

　I think a little evil was leaking out. 'You're a sharp guy.

'I wonder what it's like for the ice to be fluffy?

　Malt didn't seem to understand what I was doing, and he was thinking about the fluffy shaved ice, probably because he had heard the story from Roomba.

　Seawater shaved ice is white, fluffy, and slightly accented food.

　I pick up a block of ice made of seawater while trying to be as calm as possible.

　Then I crush the ice chunk into as much pieces as possible with the application of ice magic, and pile the ice grains in a smooth pile in my bowl. The grains falling from the ice cubes shine in the sunlight.

''Ooh, I knew you could use ice magic.

'Wow!'　Being able to make ice so fine........ Alfried-sama is actually a magical genius, isn't he?

　Irvine says admiringly, and Malt praises him exaggeratedly.

　Magic is easier to handle if you use the original, so this is the least you can make up.

　As long as it's right in front of you, you can create a clear image of what you want to do with it.

　It's basically more difficult to create something out of nothing.

　It's a good thing that I'm not the only one who can do this relatively smoothly, because I've been exposed to a lot of things on earth.

'If I can use ice magic, I'll have no trouble finding a job in the future. I'm sure that the ice wizards are valuable and will be called upon by the royalty, right?

　I frown blatantly at Irvine's words.

'Yeah. I don't want to do that. I want to live in the village of Coriat.

　I've decided that I'm going to enjoy the slow life life for a second time. There's no way I'm going to be called and bound by royalty.

'Well, Master Alfried is a nobleman. He has no ambition, he doesn't want money or position.

That's what got my parents in trouble, though!

　The three of them say, "That's different," and start laughing.

　A son who can use magic offers to be a filial son, but Mother Erna and Father Nord are bitter.

　They love and serve their homeland.

　This is the mirror of a nobleman's child.

　While I nodded my head in my mind, Mort muttered innocently.

'If you want to stay in the village of Colliat and can use ice magic, how about being an ice-house keeper or something?

What's an ice house supervisor?

　I don't know what it is, but it feels like a profession that pulls at my heartstrings!

　Realizing this gut feeling, I stopped producing shaved ice and crowded over to Malt.

'Dwaah!　Suddenly your eyes lit up!

　I tell him with my eyes to hurry up and say the rest of the words, despite Malt's surprise.

The icehouse keepers build a pantry in the basement and freeze it with ice magic. People who use the ice chamber can regularly pay the manager to freeze and store their food for them. The use is sort of like a food freezer and caretaker.

..........

What's the matter?

　When Malt told me about the job of ice room caretaker, I was in awe.

　I was in awe of the ice house keeper's job.

　If I got the job, I could do it while I was in the village of Coriat. All I have to do is go back to the time when the ice is about to melt and unleash my ice magic.

　If we can build an ice-house that can be frozen, we can store foodstuffs like royalty using magic tools.

　This is the only way to get the best out of it. The number of people with stomach upsets would also decrease.

　I think this is a job that can make a great contribution to the life of the village of Koliat.

　The ice house would be used by everyone in the village, and no one would think of stealing it. And if you steal it, the other villagers will just beat you up.

　That's right, I'm not tied to the ice chamber, I just need to unleash my ice magic on them periodically.

　All I have to do is spend time in the mansion and a steady income will come in.

　........Isn't that perfect?

''Being a caretaker in the ice room is great........ I'll make it one of the professions I want to be in the future.

Yeah?

''Well, it's generally a profession that old ice wizards take up to live out the rest of their lives in the countryside.

　As I'm shaking with emotion, Mort chuckles and Irvine half-eyes me to add to it.

　I don't care if it's an old wizard or a young one," he says, "whoever wants to do it can do it. Whoever wants to do it can do it.

　When we return, we should tell my father and mother Erna about one of our future ambitions.

　I'm sure they'll be very pleased. With that in mind, I re-generate the shaved ice.

I'm sure they'll be happy to hear that. Nord and Erna are going to have a hard time with that.

　Mr. Rumba, that's not going to happen.

　A sweet little boy talking about his future.

　I'm sure they'll be supportive.

Can I get a shaved ice now?

Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna melt.

　Malt and Irvine point to the shaved ice and say covetously, so I smile and hand them the bowl and spoon with the saltwater shaved ice on it.

'Here you go. Try it on the ice alone first. Shaved ice is the best way to eat it all at once.

'Oh!　Sorry!

I love it!

　Saying that, the two of them shoveled in a large amount of seawater shaved ice at once.......

''It's so salty!''

　I blew it out in a big way.

　I'm grateful about the ice room, but that's not the same as having my nap interrupted.