Volume 1 Chapter 1.3 (1/2)

The work of an a.s.sistant secretary is quite boring.

I am the a.s.sistant of secretary Lyle, I’m making a copy of official doc.u.ments and detailed reports, the quant.i.ty is not a big deal for me.

The village of Ross has the quant.i.ty of almost 200 located on the edge of the mountains.

There is also an iron mine managed by the country in the outskirts of a village, Mineworkers and blacksmith lives there, there are around 300 people including the adventurers like Louise.

It’s a really small miniature village.

It’s also safe to say that the official doc.u.ments of the village is a small matter.

Lyle-sensei who had a free times also work as a teacher of the students.

However, there is also a benefit working in these boring doc.u.ments.

By checking the reports to the King and various Feudal Lord, i was able to know the geography and the feature of this village.

I thought that it was a remote country side but the distance to the capital is not that far from the village if you ride a wagon it would only take you four days.

I want to go to the imperial capital of s.h.i.+rejie, sometime soon.

But, i’m more interested in…….

「Secretary Lyle, is there a hot spring in the village?」

As a j.a.panese, i love taking a batch and something like that cannot be overlooked.

「You can enter the hot spring if you want to, but you must dig it with a shovel.」

I was told that the hot springs are not convenient. Nevertheless, If i want to enter the hot spring by the river located in the outskirts of the village i have to dug a bath with a shovel.

Something’s strange. A hot spring by the river.

「Then, shall we go together nest time?」

「Wel……, it’s a little bit unpleasant for me to enter together a bath with other person. 」

Oh, he made an unpleasant face. I see, so it’s impossible to enter together huh.

Lyle-sensei is hiding some secret about his body, isn’t he?

I’ll stop since our secretary’s mood has worsened.

leaving that aside, what’s bugging me isn’t that thing.

「 Secretray Lyle, is there a sulfur in the hot spring area.」

「oh, i know well. there is an area where sulfur is exposed.」

Is that so. A hot spring always comes together with sulfur, that means the heat pressure being release is from a volcano where a sulfur mine is naturally made.

Lyle-sensei who has a full desire to learn seems to be also a beginner cla.s.s alchemist, seems likes he also studied the mineral resources in this area.

Let’s listen to details of the location later.

「Is there also a saltpeter mine?」(TN: Saltpeter is another term for Pota.s.sium Nitrate. )

「Saltpeter? I don’t think there is in this place. If you want it by all means, you have to obtain it from the capital, or make one yourself.」

If i’m going to order the saltpeter from a distant place, i think it will be over my budget.