After escorting the furniture workshop Diaco back, Ibro City is busy with preparations for the New Year.
In this world, the holidays around the spring and autumn equinoxes are longer and more spectacular, but since it is the beginning of the new year, there will be a 10-day break at the end of the year and the beginning of the year.
Diako, the owner of the furniture workshop, and Borzi, the owner of the furniture workshop, gave her good reviews.
Of course, he protected the carriage from bandits and killer bees, and also thwarted an attack by kidnappers.
Since Shure and I complained about the lack of power, it looks like next time the entire tank will get the request.
The option bonus was paid in full, and both Shure and I felt warm in our pockets.
It seems that Chariot will also suspend its activities for 10 days during the New Year's Day holiday at the end of the year.
"I'm going to take advantage of this break to clean up my personal affairs."
The first thing I wanted to address was the issue of my brother Fox.
While I was escorting the furniture factory, my brother steadily practiced earth-based magic.
Pulling weeds, smoothing and hardening the surface from the base's front yard was steady work, but my brother worked in silence day after day.
However, due to the low magic index of her catkins, the range she can cast at one time is very narrow, and it is very difficult to cast magic continuously.
"So, I went to the market to buy ginger."
If I could find it, it would probably be in the kitchen at the base, but it was troublesome to ask all kinds of questions, so I bought it myself.
"Brother, I'm sorry for being so sudden, but let's go out and play for a while tomorrow."
"Are you going? Where are you going? I just returned to Rexiang."
"Yes, because I want to show you the quarry."
"is that so?
"Yeah, I might need it when my brother starts his business."
"Okay, please don't ask."
Perhaps because he has become accustomed to life at the base, he feels that he is no longer nervous and his personality seems to have calmed down.
His nutritional status has improved and he is bathing every day, so his coat has become shiny.
"It won't compare to my shiny, fluffy fur, but I think Shure will be happy with it."
"It's getting cold, let my brother be the hot water bottle."
"Of course, I plan on curling up in my futon to my heart's content."
I complained about Atsuka's family, but the magical power of the futon was irresistible.
Early the next morning, my brother and I headed to Ibrox Gate.
The pottery workshop was also closed, so only the west gate was guarded before opening.
While I was waiting for the door to open, the guard who had too much time on his hands spoke to me.
"I guess it's rare for two cat people to be together."
"Good morning, are you home?"
"No, I want to go to the earth mining site."
"Hou, do you have anything to do with the pottery workshop?"
"No, this isn't right..."
I think it would be better for my brother to start a new job in the future, so I think it would be better to get some high-quality soil. I said this, and the guard nodded repeatedly.
My brother was also next to me when I was talking to the doorman, but he was nervous and kept a straight face just to answer "yes" or "no".
He can now converse normally with tank crew members, but is still not good at talking to people he doesn't know.
“If you want to start a business, you have to improve this area.”
The gate opened, and my brother and I walked toward the mine.
I kept walking until I saw the gate, and when the road turned and Ichiro disappeared from sight, I readied my dirt bike.
"Brother, you can't see it, but there is a car here."
"A car? Unya what is this?"
"I'll ride first, you ride behind. Ah, put on my backpack."
"Oh, this, this?"
"There's a table there where you can put your feet up."
"Oh, this is it."
"Then I'm leaving, just hold on."
"Oh, oh"
I slowly started the dirt bike and stretched the seat so that my brother could ride on it.
"This is the first time for two people to ride in such a car. Let's drive safely first."
"Cough cough cough cough"
When the wind magic device made a sharp sound and the off-road vehicle started to move, my brother made a sound of surprise.
"Meow meow, meow meow, it's moving."
“It’s a moving tool, so moving is a given.”
"Oh, this is really interesting."
"I'll speed it up a little bit, you hold on tighter."
"Oh, I see."
As the number of wind magic weapons activated increased, the sharp sound became louder and louder, and the speed also increased significantly.
"Funyaaaaa! Come on, come on, nyango, come on!"
"Hahaha"
The journey takes approximately 2 hours by pottery carriage and approximately 30 minutes by mountain bike.
“It was so refreshing to ride a motorcycle for the first time in a long time and I thought my brother would enjoy it, but”
"I thought I was going to die.
"Sorry, I thought you were having fun too, so I drove a little too fast, haha."
"Hehe no, my lifespan has been shortened."
Although the brother complained, he was shocked when he saw the mining area.
"The whirring is so powerful that the shape of the mountain has changed."
"Brother, come a little closer and see how the soil feels."
"Oh, that's it"
Aniki wags her tail happily and walks towards the mine.
"If I can take advantage of the soil here, my brother should be able to do a lot more."
“I’ve been through it myself, but what makes me happy is that the things I can do are increasing little by little.”
The elder brother arrived at the mine and immediately started kneading the soil.
Digging out a small amount, he tried making discs as usual, leveling and hardening the ground, and trying some things that I couldn't understand because of the properties of the sky.
"It's amazing, Hua Wuming. It's completely different from the soil in the front yard. It's fine and sticky in texture, and when magic power passes through it, it hardens magically, magically!"
It seems to me that since it was jointly developed by the pottery workshop, the soil quality seems to be completely different.
For about 30 minutes, while I was watching my brother working on the soil, a customer who had been waiting for me showed up.
"Jiji"
About ten goblins gathered at the ancient doorway, making creaking and roaring sounds.
"Niya, Hua Wuming! Behind! Behind!"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it, I get it, so it's okay."
"It doesn't matter..."
Detection points have been scattered throughout since we arrived at the mine.
"The reason why I didn't bring an iron ring to ward off monsters was to lure them in."
About twenty meters away from us, the goblins shamelessly spread out and surrounded us.
It seems that the slightly larger individual in the middle is the leader of the herd.
"Niya, Hua Wuming"
"It doesn't matter, just stay behind me"
"I see"
When he stopped messing with the soil, he ran over to me and gave me a hug.
"Yes, this kind of thing is more suitable for cute girls."
"Oh, brother, your hands are full of mud."
"Jippi!"
Suddenly, the leader of the team, Goblin, screamed and his whole body froze.
I deployed an extremely powerful thunder and lightning magic circle where the boss was advancing.
"Burner"
"Giggia!"
When the goblins were confused because the boss suddenly fell, I used the burner to spray fire on the goblins and they ran away screaming.
Then he threatened them with the explosion of the magic circle shattering and drove them away.
"Brother, let's go."
"Moving, where?"
"Upstream of the River"
I bound the fallen Goblin boss with an empty rope and made a cart, taking my brother with me.
The younger brother grew up in the country, but this was the first time he saw a goblin so close, so he held on to the handrail he made in the car and tried to stay away as much as possible.
We used natural magic to create a route through the forest and descended to the river bank.
"We descended slowly and gained some distance. We should be able to leave the mining area."
"Hua Wuming, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to make my brother eat this goblin's heart."
"Hey! Why are you doing this?"
"My magic index will increase."
"Uh could it be you?"
"Yeah, I ate it too. But it's dangerous."
Next to the Goblin boss who was rolled onto the riverbed, I urged my brother to get ready.
"W-how is it dangerous?"
"Since the amount of magic circulating in the body is increasing rapidly, I have to continue to use it."
"Does this mean you're going to keep using magic until you run out of magic?"
"Yeah, if you're the older brother, try to do things you can't do with normal mana, like build a giant earth wall or harden it into a tight structure."
"Wow, I get it. I'll do it and I'll eat it."
The brother was determined, so when he tried to remove the heart, the Goblin boss came back to life and started wreaking havoc.
"Guy! Gippy!"
It was so noisy that I shocked it a second time and put my head in the river to stop it.
Cut open the chest and take out the heart and the organ containing the magic stone.
"You're okay"
"If you can't do this, you can't be an adventurer."
"I guess so, but"
The taken-out heart is washed with water and cut into thin slices using a magical instrument made of natural magic.
Luckily, the goblin doesn't appear to be parasite-free either.
After cutting the hearts into thin slices, grate the ginger you have with you.
"The Goblin creation is complete."
"Come on, enjoy it."
"How are you?"
"Maybe"
"Maybe it's disgusting already!"
A goblin's heart is wrapped in a thin slice of ginger, which he pops into his mouth.
"Meow meow unya? Is this cool?"
"Come on, there's more."
"Yeah, yeah, it's pretty good, this is Gu"
"Brother, use magic, magic!"
"Uuuuuuuuuah!"
The brother, who suddenly began to suffer, put his hand on the river bed and activated his magic, causing a wall about 2 meters high and 3 meters wide to rise.
“The size of this wall is something my brother could never do.”
"Meow meow, meow meow, your body has magic power"
"I understand, I understand, then use magic! Then, let's eat!"
"Ahhh!"
After that, I let him eat and use it repeatedly until he collapsed from exhaustion.
"Maybe this can solve the problem of insufficient magic power."
