Chapter 6: The hot spring was somehow completed but…

After breakfast, the elder sister, Aura said there was something I needed to see and took me to the bush near my house.

There were quite a few dragon scales gathered in one place.

Since Aura is still growing as a dragon, she needs to shed scales several times in this way. She might have shed her scales late last night here.

Speaking of dragon scales, it is a valuable item that is bought and sold at a fairly high price.

“I’ve never seen scales that have just been shed …”

I was touching those scales to check the condition, but Aura looked at me with an awkward expression.

When I asked her, she said she was embarrassed because it was similar to him checking her old underwear, in a human context… Oh, so that’s the case.

Aura wanted to talk to me about how to dispose of these scales.

Certainly, dragon scales do not burn or rot.

When exposed to wind and rain, they will eventually decay in several years, but trying to dispose of them may be troublesome… However, human beings do not think that they should disposed off, but rather be used as weapons, armor, or medicine. I think only dragonewts consider this as a problem.

With permission from Aura, half of these scales would be used as research materials by me and Eldena, and the other half would be sold somewhere the next time Kuro arrives.

Just like me, Eldena was also looking at the scales with her eyes sparkling.

I immediately said that I would like to use it for concocting medicines, and I shut myself in the laboratory.

Because of this the laboratory was now occupied, and helping Yome with studies had to be done in the living room on the 1st floor.

Since Yome has no magical affinity, she cannot use healing magic. But her knowledge of medicine is quite good for a self-taught person, combined with her good aptitude, she absorbs more and more of what I teach…

As a former teacher, I am happy to be able to teach students who are worth teaching.

On this day, the Catwoman Oonya, went hunting with Eira and Clarke. (T/N: I am tired of mentioning which demi-human they are, like ‘Eira the younger dragonewt sister’. I’ll only mention if they are new or rarely appear)

However, Oonya hunted while letting Eira and Clarke play in the meadows.

The results were excellent, and they came home in the evening with 8 wild rabbits, 4 hole snakes, and 5 long-eared birds packed in a bag.

Somehow, Clarke in her bear form also managed to hunt a hare with great vigor… Probably she was trying to play with it, but somehow I am glad about her acquiring a valuable protein source.

Just as I was thinking of delivering medicine to the village at the foot of Mt. Gorn this month, Kuro visited us along with his caravan.

I received the price of the medicine I delivered the other day, but it was considerably more than the amount I expected at the beginning… it’s ten times more than the original estimate! I was surprised looking at the number of gold coins in front of me.

“When I got over there, the situation had turned quite serious. Moreover, as fake medicines were being circulated in the market, people were anxious with suspicion.

As I administered your medicine to one of the patients and proved its efficacy, everyone crowded and cheered happily”.

Kuro laughed vigorously while saying so.

Although it was a little complicated for me, now that it seems that the epidemic has completely disappeared thanks to my medicine, I think it ended well.

I was not glad that the medicines were sold at such a high price … In this respect, I realized once again that I’m not very good at business.

“Well, as the saying goes, “The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey”, it’s impossible for you to imitate me and sell things at a high price, and I can’t imitate you and make medicine. It’s the same as that, don’t bother about it. “

I nodded to Kuro’s words.

At that point, I asked Kuro if he could sell the scales of Aura somewhere.

“Wow !? These are excellent! Okay! Wait for me to return!”

Kuro slammed his chest and laughed vigorously as usual.

As usual, while helping with the fields and doing further expansion, Kuro and his group stayed for about 4 days before leaving.

Thanks to the availability of the abandoned inn building, it was perfect to accept Kuro and his party without any problems.

Once again, even though it’s Kuro, accepting a souvenir was kinda…. “I’m grateful that I could stay and eat for free. Thank you!”, said Kuro with a laugh.

The day after Kuro and his friends departed, we also set out to deliver the medicine to the village at the foot of Mt. Gorn.

This time, we were four of them: Eldena, Eira, Clarke, and I.

At first, there were three people, Eldena, Eira, and I.

“Clarke also wants to come with you, kuma!”

She threw a tantrum while saying that … Well, surely, if I and Eira, who is her best friend, disappear at once, Clarke will be lonely.

On the outbound route, thanks to Clarke carrying a fairly large amount of building materials, we were able to bring the tree house at the temporary stop into a fairly full-scale condition. (T/N: Clarke became child labor I guess… poor Clarke lol)

The roof was solid and the walls and floor could be attached, so it was in a state suitable for protecting against rain and wind.

As usual, after staying overnight here, I arrived at the village at the foot of Mt. Gorn the next morning.

I went to the union office, delivered the medicine for this month, and received the money.

There, I heard rumors of an epidemic in the remote city of Green Convent.

It is said that the city was miraculously saved thanks to the medicine placed outside the gate.

Some said, “God saved me,” in the act without giving a name.

“Oh! That’s Clarke and my master!”

We hurriedly suppressed Clarke’s mouth and smiled bitterly.

Anyway, it was good to know that it was effective.

Eldena didn’t put it in words, but I found that she was relieved. It’s a city where her relatives live.

On this day, we finished shopping in the city earlier than usual, left our luggage and wagons at the church of Yome, and then we all climbed Mt. Gorn.

According to Yome, there is something that seems to be an old ruin on the hillside of Mt. Gorn, so I decided to go see it once.

It took a few minutes to go on a slightly steep mountain road.

The ruins quietly appeared between the trees.

Although it looks like a huge stone gate, the upper part is shattered into pieces, and stone fragments that seemed to be the remains of the gate are protruding out of the soil.

A long time ago, I read about the story of a hero.

The hero destroyed 5 of the 6 gates leading to the demon world, leaving only one of them.

He lived near that one gate and is still watching to prevent invaders from coming from the demon world.

After all, it was a story hundreds of years ago.

It is not known now whether the ruins of this gate are one of the destroyed gates, but the appearance of the gate created a divine atmosphere. (E/N: why is gate leading to demon world creating divine atmosphere?)

As a memento, I decided to bring back one of the stones (E/N: are you sure? It might be cursed) that seemed to be a piece of the gate that had fallen to the ground.

That day, we stayed overnight in the village and left for my house the next morning.

On the way, we stayed overnight in the treehouse at the temporary stop and returned home early the next morning.

As we reached home,

“Young Master! I’ve been waiting for you!”

Oonya rushed with great momentum.

I came to know that while the field was being expanded, hot water suddenly spouted out.

When I went there, a good amount of hot water was being spouted from the center of the field that was in the middle of development, a bit away from the existing field.

I wondered if it was a groundwater vein, but I just couldn’t understand how the hot water spouted out from such a shallow place in the first place.

As I took a closer look, the hot water was leaking through the gaps of something like an old pipe.

It’s just a guess but, isn’t this hot water leaking from something that was used when people were still living in this village?

For the time being, after filling the gap in the pipe to stop the outflow of hot water, the components of the hot water were analyzed and found to be a hot spring.

A hot spring rarely exists in volcanic areas and is said to be effective for nourishing tonics, beautiful skin, and treating injuries.

When I traced the tip of the pipe in the soil with survey magic, it was just below the house.

I didn’t notice it in the piled-up leaves, but there was a half-finished open-air bath in this place.

Probably, before abandoning this post-town, it was about to be made as a trump card for attracting customers.

For the time being, I somehow fixed the pipe that was clogged and cut off in the middle of the bath and cleaned the bathroom at the same time. (E/N: Japanese really love their bath… haven’t seen MC working so fast before)

After unclogging it to some extent, when I poured hot water into it, the hot water automatically flowed out to the mountain stream when the bathtub was filled.

It has already been confirmed that there are no substances that are likely to cause abnormalities in the river ecosystem, so I don’t think there is a problem.

While polishing the bathtub, flushing it with hot water, stopping it, and polishing it again, we also made roofs that cover the bath.

About 3 days later, the open-air bath was completed successfully.

Thanks to the solid stonework of the bathtub, the work itself was not that difficult.

Although the inside was divided into men’s and women’s baths,

In the women’s bath, the booming voice of Clarke echoed.

The men’s bath was reserved by myself.

If I thought about it carefully, I realized that I am the only man in this village. I feel embarrassed about it. (E/N: start filling it with other people than your future wives then)

However, this hot water was quite good.

I knew from the survey that the compounds in it were kind of strong, but it feels good anyway.

“Hmm … it’s good…..”

“Totally! No way you can see such good hot water anywhere else.”

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……Ehh?

The voice just …… seemed like a woman’s voice …… and I heard it right beside me ……

When I turned to the side,

A glamorous woman was comfortably soaking in the hot water.

…… What should I do …… I don’t know!

The woman giggled in front of me, who was stuck in an incomprehensible situation.

“What’s with that face? You brought my humble self with you, but now you behave like that?”

Saying that she started laughing mischievously.

I was confused, but I heard a disturbing voice in my ears.

Now it’s from the women’s bath.

“Wait a minute, nya …… I can hear a woman’s voice from the men’s bath!”

“What was that! ?? Who’s now making a move on him now! ??”

“Clarke wants to join the master as well, kuma!”

I thought it was getting dangerous, but it was too late … All the women rushed into the men’s bath with a bang.

“Hey ♪ Young ladies”

The woman was waving at the Oonya and others, with a smile.

“You bitch! I won’t allow you to make any unscrupulous moves on my Saphate!”

Eldena grabbed the woman with great momentum.

……But

Eldena’s hands just passed through chilling air,

“Eh?”

Eldena, who lost her purpose, fell into the bathtub just like that.

If I am not mistaken, Eldena slipped through the woman and fell into the bathtub.

‥ Then …… Is she a ghost or an astral body?

“Ara? You are quite perceptive. Indeed, I am an astral body.” (T/N: Now we have an Ara Ara oneesan. By the way, she calls him boku, which also refers to a young boy)

The woman said that and laughed.

The woman’s right hand had a stone that I saw somewhere.

……Ah

The stone that I brought back from the ruins of the gate of Mt. Gorn! ??

“You are right ~ ♪”

The woman kissed the stone with a smile.

“Fordente, the gatekeeper who once protected that gate … is an astral body!” (T/N: Ahh, so the hero turned out to be a heroine! It seems that Eldena’s burden increased further with a new entry… Also, it seems like she has the power to read thoughts.)