Now I've got eyes...

　Well, when I say done, I mean 'the golem inside', but since it's going to be a joint effort with Kelly, I'm sure it's all settled. However, even if this is tariffed, we still need to make two more of the same thing and one of a different shape, so it's not completely over yet.

''One week for each one.......no, I think we can get it done in five days for the same shape.

　Now that I've completed one, I have most of the steps in mind, and if I'm making the same thing, I'll be able to speed it up more than the first time. However, the last golem I'm going to make has a different shape and size than the one I just made, so I might not be able to make it in a week.

''Well, the fourth golem wasn't originally envisioned, so we'll have to think first about making three golems for sure.

　I've been making the core of the fourth golem instead of taking a break in between, but I feel like I'm not even a third of the way there. By the way, it's not until the armor is attached, but the progress until the core is made.

''Besides, I don't want to take this fourth body to Kelly's place and avoid getting weirdly resented.

　The resentment, of course, was not 'to Kelly', but to the female dwarves who were employees. When I went to request the golem armor, I wondered what would happen, but as if to say that Kelly was always the one who forced me to take the order, but I didn't feel acrimonious between me and Kelly, even though I was complaining about it. However, if I took the additional golems here, there was a chance (I felt) that they might even turn their frustrations on me for that amount of time, so I'm still keeping the fourth one a secret from Kelly and the others.

　After I finished today's work, I headed off to greet the workshop supervisor. Then I learned that, unluckily, I would not be able to use the workshop for a few days starting tomorrow, as there was work to be done to repair the Knights' equipment.
　I was going to say hello to the kings before I left, but before I could go looking for them, Cliffe-san came over and told me it was impossible. I was told that each of the kings are busy with their own business and would definitely try to skip it if I went there. Incidentally, Luna said that the school's homework has piled up and she is surrounded by Maria-sama, Isabella-sama and Tida.

　 When I saw her working so diligently, I couldn't help but wonder, "Is she just like her? and so on, which surprised (and made some of the people around me laugh out loud). My mutterings didn't seem to be funny to them, but in return, Maria and Caesar, as well as Zain-sama, said, "Tell them more! I was sometimes cheered up.
　That's how busy the kings are, so sometimes I just go home when I finish my work. Well, sometimes Maria-sama and Luna are waiting for you, so you'll be late getting back to the mansion then, but today I was able to return home as planned.

We're going to head to Seigen tomorrow, what about Temma?

　When I returned to the mansion, the djinn who was waiting for me near the entrance cut me off. He said that he had finished reporting to the king and his men and that he was getting tired of relaxing in the king's capital, so he was going to dive into the lowest level of the dungeon to check out the area around it.

''That's why I want the meat that was boiled the other day and a lot of rice!

　I made a beef bowl not long ago, and it seems to have become Jin and his friends' favorite food. Since then, I've been asked to make it several times, and each time it's turned into a gluttony contest.

I don't mind making it, but the beef stock is getting low. I'll make it if I can use wild boar meat, but does it have to be beef?

　Since hunting the cattle that live around the royal capital is basically prohibited, beef is becoming harder and harder to come by. That's why I want to keep beef on hand as much as possible. When there is some kind of party or dinner, beef is very useful in many ways.
　It's a good idea to have a good time with them, but if you're not a fan of their work, you might want to consider taking a look at them. I can do it.

I don't care if it's beef or pork.

　So I started to mass-produce pork rice bowl using wild boar (well, wild boar is also a member of the pig family, so it can't be a mistake). Well, as with the beef donburi, all I had to do was to basically simmer it, so after cutting the wild boar meat and onions, all I had to do was to dump it into a pot of boiling soup. However, the amount of oil is higher than the beef, so it is better to cool the meat in the cold air and then remove the hardened oil from the surface of the meat. The cooled ingredients can be reheated and the rice can be stored in a magic bag in a large pot from the cooked end. After that, the djinn could serve themselves when it was time to eat, and hot pork bowls could be made in the dungeon.


If we have enough of these, it should last for half a month. And by the way, we're having a pork bowl for dinner tonight.

　I made this evening's dinner together with the ones for Jin and the others. When I cooked them, I separated them from Jin and the others, but it was easier to prepare them together if I had all the ingredients.

Well then, I'll eat in my room, so just don't clean up after yourself.

　After making a large bowl of pork, I decided to retire to my room to work on it as much as possible.

The next step is the legs. But, well... they're huge.

　The fourth golem, and its elemental body is the Minotaur. When completed, it will be a golem over three meters tall, so it may not be able to move like the other three knight-type golems, but it was thought that its blow as a heavy weapon and its defensive strength as a wall would be an advantage in various situations.
　The golem's core uses multiple wyvern magic nuclei and minotaur magic nuclei, so if it were just a simple output, it might be the third most powerful golem I've made, after "Guardian Guardian Gigant" and "Raiden", after "Guardian of Giants" and "Raiden". Well, that's a prediction based on the amount of magic nuclei, so even if it has an output, it might not be able to move properly. So it doesn't necessarily mean that it will be third in strength.

''Well, even if it turns out to be a failure, it's probably more useful than a normal golem, and in terms of a wall, it might be useful just by existing. And if that doesn't work, we can just not use it or spread it out.

　It would be a shame to rattle them off, but I'll just think of it as experimenting and gaining experience. While munching on a bowl of pork, I continued to look at the simple drawings (not something I'm confident enough in the drawing to show to others), and once the image was solidified, I began to prepare for the work. I really want to make the armor of a knight-type golem at night as well, but since I can't process mithril in the mansion, it would be more beneficial to proceed with what else I can do. Well, there is the option of using it as a rest day to rest the body once in a while, but when I think about my future plans, I want to have the golem in sight as soon as possible, so I'd like to proceed with the work, knowing that it's a bit of an impossible task, at least until the armor I asked Kelly to make is ready.



　Muttering that, I made a correction to the lower half of the golem's body in the drawing. It's going to be a very nasty modification, but it's not going to be even a wall if I don't do this, so I can't not do it.

''Well then, let's make it from the bottom half.

　 ...Maybe.
　Then I holed up in the mansion and continued to make the fourth golem until I could use the royal castle's workshop. Well, since I was making it while making many things, the legs aren't done even after three days of work, but it looks like I'll be satisfied with the result.
　After the royal castle workshop became available again, I spent five days building the contents of the second golem. And it seems that Kelly's armor was finished the same day I built the contents, and the female dwarf employee came to inform me that night... but she had dark circles in her eyes that made me feel sorry for her. Well, well, it's my fault too...
　Kelly had come to call for her to come over right now, but it was indeed heartbreaking to have her help with the work in her condition, so when she said she would be on her way tomorrow afternoon, the female dwarf looked blithely relieved and left on a light footing.
　And the next day, after lunch, I visited Kelly's workshop.

'You're late, Temma!　Let's have a look at the armor right away!

　As soon as we arrived at the workshop, Kelly, who was waiting for me at the door, pulled my hand and pulled me to the back of the workshop.

'This is the armour you asked for!

　At the back of the workshop, there was a cloth over what appeared to be the earthen figure I had given him, and as Kelly advanced to the front of it, he removed the cloth with all his might.

'Oh this is a nice piece of work!

　Appearing from underneath the cloth was a knightly armor in white, and due to its size and the fact that it was dressed in earthen form, it was quite powerful even though it didn't move.
　I can see why Kelly would be smug about this. Since I ultimately decided on the design, I imagined the finished product as it was designed, and it turned out to be just as good as I imagined it would be. However, there was only one complaint... or rather, one thing that I wasn't expecting. It was.

'Kelly, why does your helmet have a ponytail on it?'
That's not a ponytail!　It's a plume!

　There's a ponytail-like thing (a plume, according to Kelly) growing out of the top of the helmet, slightly behind the top of the head. Kelly won't concede that it's a feather ornament, but it's not a 'feather' in any way, and a ponytail would be a more fitting analogy. Or, it's more like long hair tied up like a choppy bun (well, in this world, the only person who would understand that explanation would be Namitaro).

'Didn't I tell you you didn't have to wear these things?　What if you get caught in the middle of a fight?
'There aren't many people who can grab a featherflower when these things are on the rampage!　Besides, it's made to come off the base if you pull too hard...

　I pulled the ponytail harder to try it out and 'Spoon! And then I was out of it.

'See, it's okay to be grabbed like this, right?　Besides, since it's such a fine armor, he said it would look stronger with a little decoration!

　Sure, it seems to me that Kelly has a point, but I'm wondering why she's so desperate to get it right.

Hmm?　That was....
'Why do you bring it here?　I had to hide it in the back of the storage room!

　Behind Kelly, the female dwarves were holding up two helmets of the same shape as the one in the armor in front of them, and a few (...) ponytails (feather ornaments) that could be attached to them, so that I could see them.

'So you're saying that since you got carried away and only made the helmets first, you don't want to make them differently shaped now?
'No, well it's not that I don't like it, it's more that I feel like I could make something better than I imagined, and I feel like I might not be able to make something better than... well... ...

　It's probably true that he doesn't feel like he can make more than this, but he probably liked that shape even more than that. Maybe he only made the helmet first because he liked it, and when he thought about the other two pieces of armor and armor, he probably didn't have enough mithril left to rebuild it. And they don't want to cast out that helmet because it's too good to be made.

It's a good idea to have six colors of replacement ponytails...............including the ones you already have on, seven colors. What a colorful thing to say........

　The ponytail on the finished armor is black, and the ones the female dwarves have are very colorful: red, white, blue, brown, green, and yellow (orange).

''So, in a ponytail...''
The material is hair from a horse's tail.

　Just as Kelly was about to argue again, one of the female dwarves who was holding the change of decorations behind her dislodged the materials for the decorations.

'I knew it was a ponytail. Well, if you've come this far, I don't care what the ingredients are. Forget that, let's put armor on the golem inside.

　Now that I know the material, I'm not under the impression that it's a ponytail, rather it just confirms that it's a real pony (I don't know the size of the horse in the material) tail. Rather than wasting time on that much, I'd rather just get on with what I came here for and continue with the Minotaur Golem. Well, after putting on the armor and adjusting it, the next step would be to turn the armor into a golem, so it would be quite late to return to the mansion, or after the date changes.

'Yeah, I'll do that - not a ponytail, but a feather decoration - but for now, Temma, get out a golem to support the work. The power doesn't have to be that strong, just something as slender and tall as possible.

　There are various tools and materials, finished and unfinished armor and armor in progress lying around the workshop, so I guess that means that a slender golem that is easy to move is needed.

''Well then, let's get the second golem to help with the test as well.

　In the meantime, I've lent you a simple test, so you've confirmed that both the first and second eyes work fine, but I decided to see if you can make minor movements that would make you put on the armor, or help you do so.


'Keep the first one in place, and the second one up a bit more ... and stop there.

　The one eye and the second golem were moving as Kelly had instructed. I thought I might not be good at detailed work, but thanks to the muscles I used throughout the core, I was able to move smoother than the golems I've made so far, so I was able to move at a level where an unaccustomed person was helping me.

It's a good thing that I'm not the only one who can do this kind of work. By the way, Temma........

I can't do this type of golem.

　I knew what Kelly was going to say, so I refused before I could finish. As expected, it would be too outrageous to promise to give the same thing to someone else ... another woman ... the same thing I would give to my marriage partner before we were married.

'It doesn't seem to be a problem. Try moving lightly.

　When I gave the one-eyed golem a command, the golem moved to the widest part of the workshop and began to move.

'Hey Temma what kind of movement is this?'

'It's an injury-free exercise, but it's great for checking your movements because you're moving different parts of your body.

　To put it simply, I make them do radio gymnastics first and foremost. The reason why I say 'like' is simply because I don't remember every detail of radio gymnastics, and the part I forget is likely to be something like that.

'Hmmm, oh well. Let's leave the exercise aside, there doesn't seem to be a problem with the golem's movements. All that remains is what happens when the armor is turned into a golem....I'll have to try it to find out. Well, even if you fail to turn the armor into a golem, the golem inside alone will be enough of a fighting force.

　Kelly seemed to want to say that this state was enough, but from my point of view, it was only a success when I was one with the armor-shaped golem, so this was the place to start.

'Let's do it then. No. 2, help No. 1 take off his armor.

　I ordered No. 2 (provisionally) to take off No. 1's (provisionally) armor and see where to attach the golem core.

'So, how do you combine the contents and the armour into one?　If you turn your armor into a golem, won't the contents and the armor move separately, making it useless?

I have an idea about that.

　With two golems in one, of course, there's the concern that Kelly mentioned. So.

'For example, the golem nucleus on the chest of this armor is embedded with pieces of the golem nucleus that is attached to the chest of the golem inside. With this, the golem nucleus inside and the golem nucleus in the armor should work together.

　In the meantime, the experiment with a small golem made of clay was successful, so the probability of success with the first one and the armor is high. Incidentally, the clay golem used for the experiment was palm-sized and simply made, and due to strength issues, it broke after the first few experiments.

'Let's start with the body part. The core of the body part inside and the overlap with the core of the body is here. I'll mark it here and........

　I asked Kelly to put a coating over it with the nuke on top of it, and the rest was done. By the way, I used an alloy made of silver and copper for the coating. It's softer than mithril, but because it's an alloy, it's also stronger, and because it's made of silver, it's said to go well with mithril.

''I'm going to let the coating cool down and put it on the golem inside... but as I thought, it doesn't fit together as subtly as it should.
'Well, even if I say the coating is thinner, it's still thicker than it should be. "Well, the coating is much thicker than it used to be. We'll let my guys do that. In the meantime, Temma will decide where to put the other nukes, and I'll do the coating.

　The work of locating and coating the nuke didn't take very long, but the work of scraping the armor is a process of fine tuning, so even after Kelly and I had finished, the women dwarves were still working.

We'll be working on the armor, too. It's not a complicated process, so we can take turns doing it while taking a break.

　Kelly decided that since the work was detailed but not complicated, we could continue to work on it without any problems, even if we had to change jobs in the middle of the day, so we had to take turns. As a result.

'We're ahead of schedule. Now we just need to get it running and see how it goes... but as expected, that's not going to be possible in the workshop.

　When I started, I was prepared for the date to change, but the end was much earlier than I expected, and I was able to finish at about dinner time.

''Well then, that's it for today, let's try to move it outside the King's Capital tomorrow.
'Yes. I think I'll go to bed early today or something.

　Undoubtedly the women dwarves were most pleased that it was over sooner than expected. And it was Kelly's decision to end it as it was.

'Still, in my previous life, I'd say I'm black...'
Hmm?　What did you say?
No, nothing.

　Being happy that it's over at dinner time and early is definitely a black company thing to do, in a previous life, but it still seems to please the female dwarves. It just goes to show how paralyzed their minds are by Kelly's outbursts.
　Putting aside the fact that Kelly's workshop was a black business somewhere else for now, we dismissed the meeting place and time for tomorrow. The meeting time was set for just after noon, so the female dwarves would be able to rest somewhat... maybe if Kelly didn't go off the rails.