29 This time, its a really new room. (1/2)

I took this day and the following day off from blacksmithing, and the next day I went to the lake to get the bear. The next day, I went to the lake to get the bear. I pulled out the heavy bear, removed its intestines, buried the heart in the ground, and threw the rest in the bushes. I heard that the gallbladder of the bear was good for medicine, but I didn't know which one it was, so I gave up and threw it away with the others.

After that, as usual, I built a cart and transported them home. I couldn't get Rike to help me when I carried the bear's arm, but now that we had a platform, we could carry it together, so she did.

It took a little longer than the deer to reach the house. After that, the processing itself was almost the same as for the deer. Of course, there are differences in the firmness of the skin, the skeleton, and the internal organs, but the work that needs to be done is almost the same. Normally, it would be much more difficult to work, but with three custom-made sharp knives, it was no problem.

I've heard that the hand part is a delicacy, but I've heard that it's a pain in the ass to process, so I decided not to use it as meat this time. I don't know if there will be a next time, but I don't intend to go through that mortal struggle again, so I guess it's basically a food I won't eat.

Since we got a lot more meat than usual, we had a big lunch. The bear meat tasted a little bad, perhaps because it was not processed properly, but it was much better than I expected. The rest of the meat will be dried or salted to preserve it, but there is enough for Samija not to have to hunt bucks for a while. It would be a shame to let them go bad.

After lunch, I took a break, Rike went to the forge, and Samija did the rest of the wall-covering for the room expansion. That was the end of the day.

The next day, after finishing the day's work, tomorrow is the day to go to the city to wholesale. Since I had taken the day off yesterday, I decided to have Rike and Samija take care of fetching water and building the room, and I would concentrate on blacksmithing from the beginning of the morning. My goal is to make three high quality knives, a shortsword, and a longsword each.

I made molds for the shortsword and longsword, poured the iron, deburred them, and hammered them into shape with a little more concentration than I would for a standard model. While the molds are drying and waiting for the iron to cool, I'm also working on the knives.

Finally, I quenched the knives together and sharpened them to finish them. So far, it took me just about a day. Probably this is the efficiency that I (a cheat) can do, and a normal person would be able to do much less.

I was so focused that I didn't even know if I should call for lunch.

That's what Samija said.

As I finished all the work, I turned off the fire in the workshop and was cleaning up when Samija came in.

”Are you done for the day?

”Yes. Yeah, I managed to get the number I wanted.

Well... Come here for a minute.

Okay.

Saamya leads me in, looking excited. I lazily follow her.

When I came back to the living room with her, I felt something strange. It's not that there's something there that shouldn't be there, but that there's something there that shouldn't be there.

Oh.

In one corner of the living room, in front of the bedroom, there is an opening. That's what's strange.

You got a new room?

Yeah, two rooms. The hallway's open, too.

Oh, great.

I've been working all day, except for dinner.