Vol 3 Chapter 1 (1/2)
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——– The Demon World, on a Retreat by the Lake
Disciple Bard: “Hey! Hey!”
Disciple Bard: “What’s with this worn-out house, dammit Eh? What’s this?! Food?! Why is it so sloppy? Oi! Are you there? Get up!”
Disciple Engineer: “Yaaaawn What’s up?”
Disciple Bard: “I’m back”
Disciple Engineer: “Oh? Where from?”
Disciple Bard: “I told you I was going to the City of the Gate!”
Disciple Engineer: “Really? Now that you say it, I haven’t seen you in a bit”
Disciple Bard: “You haven’t seen ineer! I know you haven’t eaten yet, so I got you some home-cooked food Here, there’s tea too”
Disciple Engineer: “Thanks Yaaawn”
Disciple Bard: “This is what always happens when I leave you alone”
Disciple Engineer: “No choice I’ve had to study crafting and designing,is quite a daunting task I can’t even say I understand even one book out of the entire library that our teacher left us I haven’t even really understood Flood Control”
Disciple Bard: “I told you not to drown yourself in all those texts No matter how much you learn, if you don’t try to apply it, it’s useless”
Disciple Engineer: “Even if you say that… Civil engineering is nothing like music or art, you need quite a bit of manpower and money to do it For so I could possibly do on my own”
Disciple Bard: “If you say so lazy…”
Disciple Engineer: “Don’t say that I’ve just finished fixing up the Irrigation systee”
Disciple Bard: “Oh right How did that turn out?”
Disciple Engineer: “Well, the productivity has gone up Civil Engineering isn’t so that can be completed instantly so I’ll have to observe this order for a few years before I can say anything concretely, but I would say the productivity has gone up significantly Noe’re just waiting for the river to bring the fertilisers to the fields”
Disciple Bard: “Wow, looks like you did a good job”
Disciple Engineer: “Well — Mmm, this is delicious”
Disciple Bard: “And how much did they pay you?”
Disciple Engineer: “Not bad Take a look”
Disciple Bard: “Wow! It’s a sack of gold! We’re rich!”
Disciple Engineer: “Heh”
Disciple Bard: “Wow, this is really not bad”
Disciple Engineer: “When I wasn’tany money, it must have been really troublesome for you”
Disciple Bard: “Well, yeah I mean, a poet is paid daily”
Disciple Engineer: “These areperiod of ti a mountain”
Disciple Bard: “I see… Then, I’ll save these for you?”
Disciple Engineer: “Yeah, sure”
Disciple Bard: “…”
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Explanation
Civil Engineering: Different fro involves the reshaping of the natural terrain (the earth, the rivers, the shorelines, etc) in order to s more convenient for society or to prevent natural disasters Civil engineering is a field of study which deals es, daood of society
Flood Control: This refers to the protection of lives and livelihoods fro water levels in rivers and froates and da the course of a river can be done On a side note, altering the water network for ease of water transportation or irrigation, such as the building of locks or canals, is referred to as Water Infrastructure and is distinct froineers may be called on to construct facilities which execute both of these functions at the same time
Irrigation: This refers to the provision of water for agricultural purposes, such as by building canals from rivers or pumps
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Disciple Engineer: “…Yumyum”
Disciple Bard: “So this was a one-ti?”
Disciple Engineer: “Yeah”
Disciple Bard: “—What should we do?”
Disciple Engineer: “Hmm, we haven’t decided on the next contract And without our teacher around, it’s going to be fairly difficult to secure one”
Disciple Bard: “Yeah…”
Disciple Engineer: “I’ve got a few projects I can source around for, but if you wanted to do soation or the construction of dams, canals, or even roads, you would need the approval and sponsorshi+p of a Khan of one of the bigger Tribes I’m just a civilian after all, so I don’t have the connections”
Disciple Bard: “What an impoverished profession”
Disciple Engineer: “What are you saying? Civil Engineering is the King of professions”
Disciple Bard: “Heh”
Disciple Engineer: “Our teacher said that”
Disciple Bard: “That’s because she’s prone to saying lofty things like that…”
Disciple Engineer: “She’s a genius”
Disciple Bard: “She acts like one because she’s very lofty”
Disciple Engineer: “She’s a genius”
Disciple Bard: “Fine, we’ll leave it at that Here”
Disciple Engineer: “Eh? What’s that?”
Disciple Bard: “Let’s move”
Disciple Engineer: “Where to?”
Disciple Bard: “You haven’t got any work, right? The City of the Gate has got soht now And you can also try to find work in repairing the City Walls and roads Trade is rapidly increasing there, so they’ve got a lot of tax revenue Furthermore, there are lots and lots of different Tribespeople residing there A young Fairy ineer like you will surely find work to do”
Disciple Engineer: “That’s true”
Disciple Bard: “What do you think?”
Disciple Engineer: “Well, apart from our teacher’s books, I don’t have a lot I need to take with us”
Disciple Bard: “So shall we go?”
Disciple Engineer: “There’d better be some massive project”
Disciple Bard: “I think I’ll bring one Saga withon our trip!”
——- The Kurultai, the De’s Pavilion
The De: “Well, well”
The Chief Maid: “Your Majesty…”
The De: “I didn’t expect that they would have such a hand to play I was too naïve… I was also relying on ”
The Hero: “…”
The Deood point before this happened At this rate…”
The Hero: “No, that is my responsibility”
The Chief Maid: “Hero…?”
The Hero: “I failed to warn you about it — The Mage asked me to look for a copy of The Denored that — It’s my fault”
The Chief Maid: “…”
The De the ceasefire that we forgot to consider other paths which the Kurultai could have taken The result is that now I am powerless”
The Hero: “Don’t say that”
The Chief Maid: “That’s right, it’s too early to give up”
The De: “But what can we do in these two hours? Since he’s nailed the final into our coffin, any atte the other Khans will just look like I’ we can do now is try to make sure that no one can contest the seat”
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Explanation
Saga: These are epic poems from Northern Europe They are massive works of literature that rarely feature deities or Gods but focus mostly on the exploits of brave , particularly those with sequels, are often teras as well
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The Hero: “You mean kill them all?”
The Deht”
The Hero: “But that really defeats the purpose”
The Chief Maid: “Why? Didn’t you say before that in the past there were exas ould obliterate the Khans who refused to listen to the word of the De?”
The De: “But there was only one”
The Hero: “In other words, to achieve a consensus, it is possible to destroy the one re opposition to the motion We do have extreme methods such as obliteration at our disposal but in the end, if we’re not able to achieve the support of the other seven Khans, ould have to obliterate all of them”
The Chief Maid: “…”
The De: “In this situation, let’s assuree to vote for me Especially if they find out that I sanctioned the kill of that Khan, then I definitely wouldn’t have the support of those other four Khans”
The Chief Maid: “That’s…”
The De to supportThe King of the Pale knows this as well My position is not stable, and if there are any divisions as a result of this decision, then the entire Deht fracture as well We may be thrust back into a chaotic world…”
The Hero: “…”
The De: “This will be a momentous occasion, but all we can do noatch and see…”
——– The Kurultai, the Grand Pavilion
The King of the Pale: “Right, it’s time”
The De: “…”
The Hero: “Don’t worry, it’ll turn out fine”
The Chief Maid: “But, but—”
The Hero: “Protect the De We may have another chance yet”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “The sun has gone down”
The King of the Pale: “Well then The green rays of the sun have died down The deadline has come”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “Shall we make a decision?”
The Baron of Steel: “Let’s”
The Cyclops: “…Understood”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “…”
The King of the Pale: “In that case, since I brought up the o to war or not, we are currently at war The Humans could invade us at anyis tantaainst our people We the Tribe of the Pale vote to i”
The Queen of Fairies: “The Tribe of the Fairies would like to acknowledge the contributions the De between the Tribes, she has also ies, and truly enriched the culture of the Demon World”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “Culture? Bah!”
The Queen of Fairies: “We may be small in stature, but that is what is iht of theforests, supports the present De whole-heartedly”
The De: “…”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “To us, the Tribe of the Fang, ht We will follow the th, and in ti has yet to personally take part in a single expedition, so I cannot say anything for her abilities We cannot support a person whose strength re vote to i”
The Witch-Queen of the Banshees: “With regards to the e have already voiced out our opinion What would happen if the Deuarantee that the next De will not be a battle-crazy extre to exercise wanton destruction, unlike the present De our disputes with the De to elections This is the unwritten law of this world In support of the stability of the Demon World, and to respect the institutions which we live by, we the Tribe of Banshees support the De”
The Baron of Steel: “My Tribe requires the treasures which are overflowing in the Hu us to see just how valuable these are, but we cannot cooperate with humans after all They operate in a different -terhts, my Tribe is afraid of the possible abuse, exploitation, and other despicable acts thatour interactions with them We cannot co-exist with humans after all — We, the Tribe of Auto”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “We, the Tribe of Fiends, will take the round on this matter, as always In other words, we abstain”
The King of the Pale: “Het burned”
The Cyclops: “…The Deer… is better than so… the De her…”
The De: “…”
The Hero: “Four…”
The Chief Maid: “It’s over…”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “The reed on! We now enter the era of a new De!”
The Baron of Steel: “A new De…”
The King of the Pale: “Let us con, it’s not very long It’s not short either There hasn’t been a case where the De is still alive”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “Shut up”