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Chapter 132: Nanashi Village will Quadruple

The eight adventurers who had displayed an easygoing attitude— 

One of them reached for his sword, attempting to draw it, but at that moment— 

The suppression by the security team began.

Rado and Akiho closed in within an instant, swiftly disposing of four of them. Simultaneously, the remaining four were subdued by the warrior squad. It probably took less than 5 seconds. In just that short amount of time, everything was settled.

Other adventurers who were watching through the gate stood there with their mouths agape, frozen. It seemed like no one's thoughts could catch up with the momentary event that happened before their eyes.

(Haruka intentionally opened the gate to show them this, huh?)

The security team members proceeded with post-processing as if nothing had happened. The adventurers who were once part of the group were buried in a large hole made next to the gate and respectfully laid to rest—.

"Village Chief, the reception of resettlement applicants is complete."

"Good job. I leave the handover to Tsubaki."

"Roger that! So, all you adventurers, welcome to the settlement! We're heading to the supervisor’s place from now on."

In response to the instructions, the adventurers moved hesitantly. Gathering around Haruka, they immediately sought an explanation of the situation. She was quite adept at getting things done. Surely, she would smooth things over skillfully.

I learned later that those eight were quite famous in the city. Well, naturally, in a bad sense...

Their party had a well-balanced composition, efficiently leveling up to A-rank. However, as shown earlier, they had bad behavior both inside and outside the dungeon, doing whatever they pleased.

Perhaps because of that, there wasn't a single person who fretted over their deaths. There were even adventurers saying things like, "With the troublemakers gone, the city will be more peaceful." 

Anyway, I don't know how things were in the city. The only thing I know is that those who cause trouble here can't become villagers. That's all.

This time, we ended up gaining new strength, and the security system was confirmed. While thinking casually, "It might be good that we experienced this early," life in the pioneer settlement returned to its usual routine.

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Day 330 in Another World - 13,750 points

17 days after the incident at the entrance gate

Since then—

There haven't been any incidents that led to exclusion, despite some refusals due to extremely low loyalty.

On the other hand, the number of settlers hoping to join the pioneer settlement continued to increase, and at this point, 550 pioneers were accepted. Among them, 226 people had happily become villagers. Although the number of applicants had decreased in recent days, the results were satisfactory.

Among the settlers, there were Japanese people mixed in, making up about 10%... Currently, around 50 people were living here. Most were the initial group of ten, including Kana, and the subsequent 30 who followed.

Presumably, only those who were seriously considering resettlement came here in the first place.

Another surprising thing was that every Japanese person who came here had become a villager. Including those who arrived recently. I think there were about 1,000 Japanese people in the city of Keimos. I wonder if this number is considered large or small.

(Well, it's not too bad if not too many people come. Trouble might arise, and this number might be just right.)

Furthermore, infrastructure development was progressing reasonably well. About 2,000 lodgings were completed in the pioneer settlement, and the layout of roads and drainage channels was taking shape.

So today, we planned to start building actual homes. Although, we were only going to build more lodgings.

—From the center of the settlement, we planned to construct residential areas in the four sections of east, west, south, and north. In the east section, we'd build single-person dwellings, while the other three sections would be for multiple occupants, to be used by families and groups of friends.

Considering the future acceptance of refugees, there was no room to leisurely build detached houses. So, we planned to build lodgings and partition them according to the number of residents.

However, this time, instead of dividing with cloth, we planned to create sturdy room divisions using wood. This way, we could protect privacy to some extent.

Oh, by the way, regarding the crucial matter of securing a water source, I installed "Gushing Spring" in each of the four sections. We can’t live without water after all.

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<Gushing spring: 1,000pt>

　A clear spring that never dries up

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As mentioned in the detailed statement, it was an endlessly flowing, pure spring, no matter how much we drew from it. It was truly a magical spring. By the way— I tried placing it on a high place or setting it diagonally, thinking if it could be turned into a fully automatic water source, but such a cunning use was not permitted.

And that's how things have been going. The settlement has been operated smoothly without any major issues.

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"Hey, Tsubaki, is this good enough?"

"As more villagers keep increasing from now on, I think it's better to expand further."

"Yeah, you're right. Alright, let's go all out. If we expand bit by bit, the layout will become messy." 

Currently, Tsubaki and I were in Nanashi Village. With villagers increasing faster than expected, the space for building homes had become suspiciously limited.

"Now it's 300m in width and length... Should we double it to 600m? Wait, considering it would be meaningless if we don't extend it north and south along the river and waterways."

"How much land is available for expansion?"

"If it's a 10m road, there's about 38km available, so around 600m * 600m."

"In that case, why not expand it centered around the river? That way, the current land will remain as it is. There's no need to extend the constructed waterway either."

"... I see. In the end, we’ll have the original 300m by 300m plot of land remaining, huh."

It might be a bit hard to understand, but... it feels like the village that was on the west side of the river until now is now being created on the east side as well. And I'd like you to imagine it expanding further, 150m each to the north and south.

Anyway, let's expand the land with the river at the center, extending it to 600m both vertically and horizontally. As always, the moment of this expanding feeling is satisfying.

"Alright, let's fix it like this. Please be on guard on the east side of the river, just in case."

"Yes, understood."

When I imagined fixing the barrier, the blinking light settled perfectly. It seems that the expansion went smoothly.

"Phew. It's been a while since I expanded Nanashi Village, so I was a bit nervous."

"Thank you for your hard work. But... it has become quite spacious."

"In essence, the area has quadrupled. But with this much, we should be fine for a while, don't you think?"

"Yes, we can expand the farmland as much as we want, and I'm grateful for that."

"However, now that we've expanded, how should we develop it?"

Currently, on the west side of the river, there is a lively scene with houses and fields. In contrast, the east side of the river is a completely vacant lot. Even if I were to build a house, I was unsure of what to do.

"How about—limiting the west side of the river to houses and facilities and making the east side an agricultural area? If we need to expand the site in the future, making the necessary part larger... would that be easier to understand?"

"Ah, I see. Completely separating them, huh?"

"Yes. Let's demolish all the existing farmland and rebuild it on the east side of the river. The number of farmers has increased further, so it won't be that labor-intensive."

"...Right. We need to expand the farmland anyway, and now is the only timing to do it. Okay, let's go with that plan."

"I'll handle the allocation of tasks. Keisuke-san, please only give instructions on the layout."

And so, Nanashi Village moved on to the next stage. I feel sorry for the construction team, but I really want them to do their best here as well.

"By the way, Tsubaki, the faith points have also accumulated. Shouldn't we use them for that soon?"

"Hmm? Is it okay for the northern mine and the southern sea? Didn't you say you were going to set up the 'Teleportation Magic Circle' tomorrow?"

"Ah..."

"But, please do as you like, Keisuke-san. There's also a carriage available, you know."

"No... let's go with the magic circle first. It's a good thing I didn't use it carelessly... Thanks for reminding me."

"No problem, you're welcome. The daily points earned have increased quite a bit, so I hope you can choose soon."

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it every day."

＜Current Population＞

Villagers: 380 people

Settlers: 324 people

＜Daily Points Earned＞

900-980 points

※As of day 330

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