Chapter 45 – All-purpose Worktable
The house can be said to be almost complete.
But there are still a lot of things that are lacking for everyday life.
For that reason, starting tomorrow, I will finally begin making “iron”.
So, I decided to call it a night. I said goodnight to everyone and went back to my room.
I worked too hard.
I’m so exhausted that I feel like I’m about to collapse.
I entered my room and wandered off to the bed. Even though it’s called a bed, it’s still a wooden bed with no sheets. …hard. It’s hard, but I’ll still sleep on it. I’m too tired to care. My heavy eyelids surrendered and I fell into a deep sleep.
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――It was a gentle voice.
A gentle voice calling my name.
A voice I remember hearing somewhere when I was a child. Why are they calling me? …I’m still sleepy.
“…Get up please.”
Please… just a little longer.
“Rasty-san. If you don’t wake up, I’ll nibble on your ear~”
A sweet voice echoed near my ear.
This soothing voice that makes my brain feel like it’s melting must be Skor’s. ――Wait, Skor!?
“Why are you here!!”
“Oh, what a pity.”
“What were you going to do…?”
“I came to wake you up since you weren’t waking up. It’s already past noon.”
“Ah…is it that late?”
Outside, there was not a single cloud in the blue sky.
A refreshing wind blew, making me feel uplifted. But that’s not important right now.
“Rasty-san, what would you like to have for breakfast?”
“Ah, I’ll eat. You know what they say about an empty stomach.”
I went downstairs to the living room.
I savored the familiar sweet and sour raspberry and headed outside… huh? Come to think of it, I don’t see Alfred and Havamal around.
Just as I was thinking that, Skor who sensed it told me.
“Alfred went around the island and went by himself.”
“I see. Well, Alfred never wakes me up when I’m sleeping comfortably. He’s considerate like that.”
“…… Uh”
Skor had a complicated expression for some reason. Could it be that she was worried about what happened earlier? I was happy about it though.
“Don’t worry about it. Rather, go out with me.”
“Go, go out with you…!?”
Now Skor’s face is turning bright red. It seems like she’s having trouble breathing, and she’s shaking so much that she might faint. Hey, hey.
“You’re misunderstanding too much. Okay, let’s go.”
“Y-yes…”
I’m getting dizzy.
This is no good.
When I went out into the garden, Havamar was sunbathing.
“Good morning, big brother.”
“Good morning… you look kind of sluggish and lethargic.”
“Last night I worked too hard… that’s why I’m like this.”
But really, she’s so sloppy. Her short maid skirt looks like it’s about to flip over. Why is she even wearing a maid outfit?
“Well, today I’m going to use the “worktable”. It’s finally time.”
“Oh, finally!”
Having asked Skor and Havamar to step away, I activated my skill and summoned the “Worktable”. With a light explosion, a long table appeared in front of me.
“So this is the worktable… It looks simple.”
“Although it doesn’t look like much, with this table you can manufacture various items.”
“But what about iron? We don’t have a blast furnace to smelt the iron ore we got yesterday.”
“Normally, that would be the job of a blacksmith. But big brother has that table. You can consume “10” iron ores and generate “10” iron ingots.”
“But there’s no such explanation written here?”
“Look carefully. It should say, ‘You will be able to handle metals such as iron.'”
“There is.”
“Then, stand in front of that table.”
And so, I stood in front of the table… Whoa!? What’s this strange feeling? It’s like my skill suddenly increased.
“Is this a special skill?”
“That’s right. As long as you’re in front of that table, you can use various convenient skills, such as the ‘Iron Manufacturing’ skill, the ‘Armor Manufacturing’ skill, the ‘Daily Necessity Manufacturing’ skill, the ‘Special Equipment Manufacturing’ skill, the ‘High Probability Refining’ skill, the ‘Potion Manufacturing’ skill, the ‘Bomb Manufacturing’ skill, and many more.”
This is amazing!
