Chapter 215: From Refrigerator to Freezer

　The next morning, as I was getting ready to go to the royal castle, my brother Alex came over.

“Oh, you’re going to the castle again today?　You need to get some rest.”

　He said this with a wry smile. He must have realized that his words were unconvincing even to himself.  My brother is also constantly moving without taking a break.

“Thank you very much. Of course, I’ll take a proper rest. But today we’re going to do a test on how to cool the ice room. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to it.”

　They are, aren’t they?　Probably. What if I’m the only one looking forward to it? I’m going to be depressed. They must be looking forward to it, right?　A new magical tool might be born. Huh?　Maybe I’m more suited to be a magic tool maker.……

“I see. I understand. But don’t push yourself too hard.”

　My elder brother said this with a smile, but behind his words I sensed that he was thinking, “Don’t push yourself too hard”. His tone of voice was a little low in the latter part of the sentence.

　I have to be careful. It’s okay enough to improve the ice room and turn it from a refrigerator to a freezer, right?

“Julius-chan, are you going out?　I was thinking of having a little tryst with you, Julius-chan.”

“I’m sorry, sister-in-law Meeka. I have been summoned to the royal castle.”

“That’s a shame.”

　That was close!　So you came to the townhouse partly to see how good my swordsmanship was? I wonder what she was planning to do after seeing my swordsmanship skills. Was she going to train me in return for the magic potion?

“I would have liked to have a hand-to-hand combat with Julius once.”

　Brother Cain came over with a disappointed look on his face. Why does he want to know how good I am? I have a bad feeling about this. I don’t know how strong the two of them are, but I think They are weaker than Lionel, the Knight Commander in the capital. That means they are weaker than me.

　This is going to be hard to deal with if we have a hand-to-hand combat. I have to be careful so that the three of them, brother Alex included, don’t find out. I must escape no matter what.

“It won’t be any fun for you to go against me. I’m off then.”

“Have a safe trip. Hehe, you managed to escape.”

　Hey!　Brother Alex, don’t say that. They both thought I had really run away.

　I got into the carriage and left the townhouse as if I were running away.

“I could have been in a lot of trouble.”

“You look like you’ve had a rough morning. What happened?”

“ Brother Cain’s fiancée is staying at the townhouse. Apparently she was planning on giving me lessons.”

　Axel and Ijidol’s faces scrunched up when they heard this. There are, of course, female knights, but the number of female knights from noble families is still very small. Most female knights come from commoner backgrounds. They were probably surprised to find I have such  a powerful sister-in-law. Perhaps he is imagining a young lady who looks like a gorilla. She’s a rabbit no matter how you look at it.

“You’re in a tough spot.”

“Yeah, well, yeah “

　I muffled my words in an iffy way. I don’t want to say too many bad things about my sister-in-law Meeka. I don’t want to speak too badly of her breasts.

　We went to the room where the materials for improving the ice room were kept. The necessary supplies were steadily being gathered there.

“We need to finish the cooling test as soon as possible, or we’ll run out of places to step on.”

“There are quite a few trees here. Everyone must have worked hard.”

“You can make money out of something that’s useless. It might not be strange to think that if you’re going to sell it, now is the time. Well then, let’s start the exam right away.”

“I’ve been waiting for this!”

　Good. There was someone waiting for the test. I was glad I wasn’t the only one looking forward to it. Axel started to prepare excitedly for the test. Ijidol seemed to be looking forward to it, too, and happily helped out.

“Okay, then let’s start the exam. Please stay away from the magic circle. let’s go then.”

　I tried the smallest magic circle first. To test the cooling effect, a glass of water was placed very close to the cooling magic circle. The cup immediately began to condense.

“Yes, it’s okay. Seems like it would cool a small sized room well enough.”

　Although it didn’t freeze completely, the water in the glass was so cold that it hurt to put your finger in it.

　Next, a slightly larger magic circle was used for the test. This time, a thin layer of ice formed on the surface.

“Wow, ice has formed. Interesting.”

　Even while Ijidol was touching it, the layer of ice was getting thicker little by little. Does this speed seem good? This size seems like a good size to use for the ice Room at the moment.

　Finally, we tried an even larger magic circle. This time, the water in the cup began to freeze at once. If you don’t do this well, people who enter the ice Room will be frozen. Dangerous.

　We decided not to test the magic circle that generated diamond dust yesterday. It’s too dangerous.

Let’s use the second largest magic circle from the bottom. That should do the trick.

　My impression is that the reinforced magic circle is still difficult to use. It’s hard to adjust. This should not be used anymore. With this in mind, I completed one side of the wall of the ice room.

　Three magic circles are built onto a wooden board and covered with a sturdy stone cut into a rectangular shape. With the help of the royal palace magic tool makers, the work was completed faster than expected.

“Now one side is complete. There are three more sides to go……, and since we also have the ceiling and the floor, there are five more sides to go.”

　Axel’s eyes looked a little distant. It seems like a long way to go, but the rest is just repeating the same work over and over again. The speed of construction will get faster and faster.

“It’s a step forward. We’ll start the next step. Let’s start by processing the many trees we’ve gathered.”

　We returned to the material storage and immediately began processing the wood into planks. I cut the wood, and Axel and Ijidol carried it to the designated place. During the morning of that day, we were able to finish putting up the planks on all four sides.

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