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Volume 3: Development

Chapter 1: New weapon

"Ooooh, I don't want to do any more paperwork!”

"Master...... I got another letter for you. The other party is a nobleman, so if you don't write back soon, it’ll be troublesome.”

“That’s crap. No no no no. I’m going on patrol with you.”

“That’s fine, but it’s a letter from the Marquis. Please take a look at it at least. I’ll help you with the rest…”

Noel comforts me as I try to escape from reality, even though I have a frightened expression on my face. It may be pitiful, but please pardon me. It’s been a month since the battle with Kyle and my situation has been like this for a while.

Maybe because Kyle who has a right to succeed the throne went missing for some reason and the nobleman might have heard the rumor that I defeated him. He most likely isn’t in Kyle’s or George’s faction, so he may be interested in us, who had the power to defeat Kyle. Unreasonable invitations come and I wonder if they’re trying to join our side. Most of them are noblemen who don’t have much power, so it’s okay to ignore them, but some of them are powerful and cannot be ignored.

“Why did the letter come from someone of the Marquis level? I didn't think the Cassius family was......"

I took the letter out of the envelope and began to read it and as usual, it contained a letter asking if I would like to meet their second daughter. In addition to the content of the letter, there’s also a written apology for the previous incident in good handwriting. I mean, she wasn't even engaged yet...... The second daughter of the Marquis family would have no trouble finding a partner. ......

At any rate, a polite written reply such as "Sorry, but I am too busy to get married” is written. As expected I'm not going to make an enemy of the Cassius family, who are still organizing the nobility of this area with their current power.

For now, it will be enough to send it tomorrow. I put the letter I had finished writing and the letter from the Cassius family on the desk and stood up.

“Let's go, Noel.”

'Yes, master, please be careful. It's been a while since we went around the territory together."

Noel smiled and nodded at my words. And so we went for a walk outside the mansion.

I was wondering where we should go first, when I noticed a tremendous noise coming from the training grounds, so I headed that way.

“What’s that? ......”

"Oh, it's an experiment with a new weapon that Bowman-san has recently created, it's echoing all the time. You have been confined to the mansion lately, so you didn't know about it and I'm sure Vigna-sama is there, won't you like to meet her?”

Noel then smiled a little teasingly when she said so. But, no, I'm at work right now and I don't want to meet Vigna....... We always eat dinner together.......

Ah, but as a lord, I'm curious about the experiments with the new weapon. I'll just check for now. This is really noisy. ...... I wonder if they can handle the noise problem.......

“Hey, Bowman. What are you making… It's not a gun, is it? ......"

I went to the training area and what I saw was a huge metal cylinder buried in the wall. And there was some kind of smoke flowing from the end of it. A huge gun?

It seems that Vigna and Bowman, who were discussing something around the large cylinder, noticed me.

“It's been a while since we've seen you, bozu and Noel! This is the "Dragon Slayer", a new weapon I made by applying the knowledge of a gun. I had the idea when I made the gun, but there was no metal that could withstand the firing. I finally settled on something and made a tube out of a super-mithril alloy. The rifle was no match for a wyvern, let alone a giant dragon......."

“This is amazing, it may not be able to hit small monsters because of the delay before firing, but if you are in a crowded situation, or if you want to break a wall or defeat a huge enemy...... this is better. Bowman, show me a demonstration.”

"Oh, let me show you something, bozu. I'll show you my masterpiece!”

Then he put a large iron ball into the tube and lit the fuse on the butt end of the Dragon Slayer.

“By the way, that wall is made of iron. ...... Isn't it amazing how destructive it is?”

“Huh......? isn’t it worse than magic if we can’t handle it?”.

"Hohoho, power is power."

I let out a cry of astonishment. There are only a few people who can destroy steel like that, even with magic. The downside of this is that it can be used by anyone with some training.

But is this even possible in the other world? I'm going to use the world library while touching the "dragon slayer".

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Canon

A weapon that uses the burning power of gunpowder to shoot large bullets at high speed and destroys enemy structures by the momentum of the bullets.

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Oh, after all there is. Well, I thought there might be weapons that can break down walls because there is no magic in the other world ......

“I see. ...... So this is using the explosive power of the gunpowder to send bullets flying?”

“Yes, that’s right. I'm going to keep improving this prototype for now. I think I'll put this on the crotch of the Grace statue.”

"You've got to be kidding me. You put a gun in my statue's nose in the last battle!!”

“You’re thinking of something stupid again.”

Vigna and I both commented on Bowman's words in disgust. However, Bowman laughs as though he doesn’t care. He’s definitely enjoying this.

As I was thinking this, I felt a tug on the sleeve of my dress. Noel has a difficult expression on her face.

“What’s wrong? I'm not really upset about it, so it's fine.”

“No, it's not that. ...... This is not magic, it's using the explosive power of gunpowder to make things fly, right?”

“Yes, that's right, it uses the explosive power of gunpowder because the force of the explosion is tremendous and if you focus the direction of the explosion, it can be very powerful. It's a little dangerous, though.”

"So could we use the steam energy that Grace-sama mentioned earlier for something as well?”

"Oh......so you're saying that we should try to use the power of the steam to do something, just like we did with the explosive powder.”

“Yes, it’s only Vigna who can use magic and I was wondering if we can do something without using magic.”

I was consulting with Bowman about the knowledge I gained from Souzi’s relics, probably because Noel was also listening..

Noel said to Bowman with a little trepidation and Bowman smiled happily at her words.

“It's interesting, let's get going. I was going to start working on the steam when I finished this anyway. I'm going to try some things. Come on, Noel. It seems you're interested, so come.”

"Yes, Bowman-san, but I'm still on patrol with Grace-sama......."

When she said that, Bowman took Noel in his arms and quickly headed towards the workshop. While watching from the sidelines, it looked as though she was being kidnapped by a hairy old man.

And the canon was left here for Vigna and I.

“They’re gone.......”

“Let’s leave this collection to Neil. You’re still in the middle of patrol right? I'll escort you."

"Well, I don't mind, but I think Sarah's going to tease me about dating."

I said jokingly, and Vigna blushed a little.

"That's fine. we have that kind of relationship.”

"Oh, oh......."

This girl is so cute these days. Thinking about that, we both went around.

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