Shimamura is the only village in my domain [Toun] that is located on a remote island.

　If you fly with the Kuro King Maru and look at it from the sky, you can see it clearly.

　Heeheen......!

　A green island floating in the background of the endless blue ocean (Ocean View).

　Most of its small land area is occupied by mountains, and a village of about 10 households huddled together on a slope near the foot of the mountain.

　The main industry is fishing.

　The men go fishing and the women become ama (women divers) and live by gathering shellfish and seaweed.

　On the island, there are five men and five women, including Kyoko, the ace archer.

　On that day, the team, led by Kyoko, confirmed the conventional methods of warfare and tried out the prototype weapon that Liv had recently made.

"Here we go, sir!

"Oh!

　Kyoko carried a field gun and took aim.


　I'll be back!


I'm not sure what that means.　It's fast and easy to aim.

　The wind pressure from the gunfire causes Kyoko's wind skirt to flap about.

　Yes.

　She was right, this gun was focused on the speed and control of the bullets.

　The new technology used to achieve this, according to Liv, is twofold.

1. Magical power, not gunpowder, is used for the firing power.

2 The cannon barrel is slightly narrower than the bullet, and has spiral grooves inside, so that the bullet is ejected while rotating (rifling).

　I'm not sure I'm ready for one.

　However, I didn't understand the first part, but the second part was not clear to me.

　Liv says that the trajectory of the bullets should be stabilized by the rotating life-ring, but I've never heard of a gun or cannon with rotating bullets, even among adventurers.

　But since it's a skill I've acquired as a result of sending experience to Liv, I'm testing it out.

　The field artillery has the advantage of being lightly towed, so it can be carried on land quests over fields and mountains.

　Bon! ...... Chudon!

　However, because of its light weight and the fact that it cannot fuse 25 magic, it is far less powerful than the main gun.

　It won't be enough firepower to kill you at this rate.


Okay, that's it for this morning.

""Yes!

　After that, we continued to train with the field artillery, and had lunch.

"Sir!　Let's eat lunch on the beach.

"The beach?

　So Kyoko said, and we all went to the beach of the island.

　Zang, zang, zang......

　It's a beautiful sandy beach, as white as the desert.

　The wind is nice.

　The kids in my unit sat down on the beach bank and opened their lunches coolly, letting the breeze hit their cheeks that were burning from training.

　I also sat there and started munching on a rice ball while watching them eat and the Hamayuu lined up next to them.

　It was such a pleasant lunchtime.

　...... cackle cackle

　Suddenly, I heard women's voices coming from somewhere.

What is it?

　As I looked around, I saw a group of women with strong backs, like female warriors, carrying wooden buckets and coming up to the rocks one after another.

　They were the ama of this island.

　They were all wearing goggles on their tenugui-wrapped heads, loincloths on their toned buttocks, bare feet, and bare upper bodies, but they seemed to have no embarrassment and were smiling normally.

　They had just turned back from the sea and were having lunch.

"Hey, guys!

　Next to me, Kyoko waved her hand like that.

　Then some of the divers waved at me with smiles, and their wheat-colored breasts swayed beside their wooden buckets.

　Yes.

　I'm sure you'll be able to understand why.


　Cackle ......... .........


　And then the divers seemed to have noticed my presence and were glancing at me and talking about rumors.

　Thinking that there is nothing scarier than a woman talking about rumors, I became a little wary.

I wonder what she's talking about.

"Maybe they're saying you're cool.

"...... Don't be silly.

　I was laughing as Kyoko said something strange, but then the divers began to eat their lunch in a circle over there.

　There was something mythical about this group of people, from girls to women, propped up on the sand, their wheat-colored bodies dripping with countless droplets of water that were sizzling in the sunlight.

　However, at that time.

　I was a little surprised to see a man carrying a basket on his back walk into the circle of ama divers.

What the heck is he doing at ......?

　However, the basket and the shade were familiar to me.

　It was the same outfit as the man who was stocking up in Gu Village.

　In other words, he must be a merchant from the outer village.

　The man then set down his basket in the center of the room and took out a kimono, hair ornaments, fragrances, soap, etc. from inside.

　The divers cried out and took the items.

What are they doing?　Is that a present?

"No, sir. I'm buying it for you.

　Kyoko said.

　But to me, it doesn't look like they're exchanging anything, it just looks like the ama are receiving goods from the man in the village.

　However, I wondered if there was any meaning to it, since the man was busily keeping a ledger.

Kyoko. Please follow me.



"Huh?　Ah, yes.

　I couldn't help but be curious, so I decided to take Kyoko along with me to check out the scene near the ama circle.

　As I approached, the ama women looked at me in a whisper, their arms entwined around each other again, so I hesitated a little before moving forward.

......".

　I smiled at them and patted the man in the middle of the room on the shoulder.

"Hey. Do you have a minute?

"Mmm?　This is my lord, .......

May I see that?

Heh, heh. Sure.

　I asked them to show me the account book they kept in Tanimura.

"Hmm. .......

　But I don't understand it because my Far Eastern writing skills are not perfect (although I learned from Igarashi-san) and the contents are unique to a ledger.

　It's also very different from the one Garcia keeps, but I wonder if he understands it.

"......, I'm sorry, but can you explain to me what kind of ledger this is?

"Oh. Yes, sir.

　Here's a summary of what the guy from Sotomura said.

　The following three items are recorded in the ledger.

X 'The kinds and numbers of products that the ama divers gave to Tonomura.
Y 'The types and numbers of goods given by the Ama to the divers.
Z 'The number of items remaining after offsetting X-Z.

　For example, let's say that Kyoko collects 10 shellfish and gives them to the man in the outer village.

　Then, the account book would show that "Gaimura received 10 shells from Kyoko".

　And in this case, the fact that it is recorded as such in Tonomura's account book is income for Kyoko.

　Because in return, Kyoko knows that she will be able to get 10 shells from the man in the outer village.

　Then, later on, Kyoko gets a comb from the Outer Village.

　Then, out of the 10 shells that Kyoko gave him, 7 shells would be offset against the comb.

　In the ledger, Kyoko has a balance of "3 shells".

　It's basically a repetition of the same process, and the book is updated with the balance after the offsetting by products.

"Wow, that's interesting.

　I muttered to myself as the transactions of the people in this territory, which did not have a monetary economy, were quite different from what I had imagined.

　It seems that they end up exchanging things for things, but it's clearly different from bartering, and it's a little confusing.

　I wonder if this kind of transaction is going on in the whole territory.

"Well, my lord. I'll leave you to it.

　As I ponder my question, the man bows his head and sternly returns.

"Oh, my God, .......

"Sir, sir!

　I wanted to stop the man, but then Kyoko clung to my arm and said, "You're a diver.

"All the women divers want to have dinner with you. Isn't that nice?

　Seriously, ......?

　When Kyoko begged me to do so, I alternately looked at the back of the man in the village and at the divers and thought.

I'm sure you're right. ......

　In the beginning, the purpose of this reverse training camp was to 'build human relationships with the people of the village, with whom we had not had much contact until then'.

　It would be a shame to disregard the invitation from the people.

　I replied as I reluctantly watched the merchant leave the village.

"...... Ah. All right. Let's eat together.

"Yay!

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　The divers of Shimamura are as physically tolerant as those of Kimura, and although they have the wildness of mermaids, they are also surprisingly shy, which I liked, and I quickly got to know them.

　In the afternoon, we put aside our training for a while and ended the day with a swimming competition with divers and islanders.