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She complained that I was being noisy with the “ticklish” thing and wanted to do it no matter what.

When I persuaded her to stop sniffing my stuff at night, her face looked as if the world was going to end, her ears flopped closed, and her tail hung dejectedly.

Not wanting to see her like that, I compromised and said “sniff quietly so you don’t bother anyone”.

I’m being too sweet to Snow.

This is my own convenient guess, but Snow was originally unaware that she was holding favor towards me.

Then starting with the incident, she became aware of it.

Having this cute, good-natured childhood friend fall for me.

I was glad to have been reincarnated into this world.

If there are any problems, it’s that……

“Lute-kun where are you going ?”

“To the test firing range, I want to experiment to see if I can make a new gun”

“Can I come along?”

“You obviously can’t, right. Snow has to go to magician’s basic cla.s.ses now.”

“Uuuu, that’s right, but……”

If Snow stays with me, then she is simply getting her priorities backwards.

Just a little bit more and she’ll turn into an idiot kid.

“I’ll be at the test firing range until evening, so come over once you’re done with cla.s.ses.”

“……. Okay. Once I’m there, can I shoot Lute-kun’s revolver?”

“Of course. So do your lessons properly, ‘kay?”

Snow took an interest in the revolver after the incident.

In order to dispel her fear of guns, I proactively taught her how to shoot. It was in order to protect herself at the time it would matter the most, like when she runs out of magic power.

I was planning on making a gun for Snow’s own personal defense in the near future.

Elle-sensei showed up in the backyard.

“Well then everyone, now we shall begin magician’s basic cla.s.s”

“Look, Snow. Elle-sensei’s starting cla.s.s.”

“A little more, I want to tickle you a little more.”

“You can’t be like that, everyone’s waiting. See, go along.”

“Uuuuu……. Lute-kun is mean.”

She reluctantly let go of me while uttering complaints.

“Well, see you again then. Don’t make trouble for Elle-sensei and the others.”

“Okay, see you later.”

“…… Snow-kun, your words and actions don’t match. Let go of me.”

Snow pinched the edge of my s.h.i.+rt in futile resistance.

Her face went timid when I pointed it out, but in the end she let go of her hands with a smile and ran back towards Elle-sensei.

I picked up the cask and went towards the test firing range.

I arrived at the test firing range.

I held my stuff, except for the cask, under my arms to keep them out of the way.

I opened the cask’s lid, and put my hands in. I felt the cold touch of metal on my skin.

Relis.h.i.+ng the cold feel, I once again thought of the gun I was going to make.

The gun I was going to make now was an “AK-47” a.s.sault rifle, a masterpiece created in the Soviet Union.

Though there are lots of improved variations like AKM, for now let’s just call it an AK-47 for convenience.

Why did I choose the AK-47 out of the many a.s.sault rifles? It’s because it had the simplest structure.

Moreover, it was, generally speaking, st.u.r.dy, being able to pound away perfectly in the freezing cold of the Arctic circle, the deserts of Africa, or the jungles of Southeast Asia, and even without going through maintenance after being soaked in muddy water.

Some even think that rusted and dirty AK-47s that had been buried in a wet rice field and dug out again after half a year can be fired without a problem. Such dirt and rust resistance, terrible firepower that can shoot 600 rounds per minute, a structure that made it hard to get jammed, and able to fire even when it hasn’t been maintained in decades, it was that kind of tough a.s.sault rifle.

Because of these advantages, in the world of my previous life, it was often copied and would pop up in all corners of the earth.

Appearing in national flags and banknotes of several countries, it was a weapon that redrew the geopolitical map of the world after the cold war, falling in to the hands of guerilla and anti-government forces around the world.

It is said that several hundreds of thousands of people each year lost their lives because of this weapon.

Because of that it was also called the “little WMD“.

That is the reason why I can say that this is the most appropriate a.s.sault rifle for this underdeveloped alternate world.

But there are two problems.

Number one: although the structure is simple, it’s still an automatic.

It uses what is called a gas-operated system, where the next round is loaded using the gas that is produced when the first round is fired.

In the case of the AK-47, it is done by using a gas piston located on top of the barrel.

This is called a gas-operated system.

Whether I can make something that works by this system or not…..

I learned this the hard way while making the revolver, but although I have the know-how, the difference between theory and practice is like heaven and earth.

Problem number two: the cartridges.

Rifle cartridges are very different in appearance and contents to handgun cartridges.

First, the outer shape of the cartridges is long and narrow, with a neck like a wine bottle along the way.

The powder inside the rifle bullets burn slower than that of handguns (although only by some 1000ths of a second).

Because the combustion speed is slower, the pressure in the airtight compartment inside the case and barrel increases, so it can fire bullets at a higher velocity and energy.

To reproduce such a powder, it is necessary to do extraordinary experiments.

“Well, I know the final form though. Since there is no need to do trial and error to get the answer, it’s still easy.”

The design of the bullet is way more complicated than the gun body itself.

It even raised heated discussions between ballistics experts.

Small changes in the bullets’ weight, shape of the tip, and powder quant.i.ty will make them into entirely different weapons.

“…… If I could make it, it seems it’s going to be a reliable weapon.”

I exhaled lightly once again, and closed my eyes.

I used the power of imagination I cultivated while making the revolver to the utmost.

“The first part I should make is ……”

I gently put my hands into the cold liquid metal.

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