episode_0030
by adminA peaceful forest.
-pop!
Birds, startled by a gunshot heard out of nowhere, take flight.
“Mmm. It’s a failure.”
The knight looked at the target and muttered.
“Fuha. Didn’t you tell me earlier that it was because of my lack of skills?”
“Keu…”
“Why do you think the bullet you shot did not carry an aura? I’m not sure. If what you said earlier…”
“Yes. I’m sorry.”
Unfortunately, the bullet was not loaded with aura.
“It’s a shame.”
“But doesn’t the gun carry an auror?”
“Even so, it’s still a club.”
“That’s true.”
They looked at the gun with expressions full of regret.
‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to try shooting a little more.’
They were having fun shooting guns and hitting targets.
“Keuhum. I think it’s worth trying a little more.”
“Yes. Let’s use up the remaining ammunition and go back.”
“Good idea.”
The gunfire that echoed through the forest again ended with the reply that all the bullets had been fired.
“…I shot them all.”
“…I thought I might get the hang of it if I shot a little more.”
“Hehe. Is today the only day? Let’s try again next time.”
The next day too.
And the next day too.
Under the pretext of researching whether or not bullets carry auras, they headed to the shooting range and shot whenever they had time.
“…What are you doing?”
“They say that adding more gunpowder makes the shooting taste better.”
“Even so, adding two bullets worth of gunpowder…”
“Just give it a try.”
-pop!
“Umm…”
“Isn’t that right?”
“Sure…”
-pop!
“Oh. Indeed.”
“Shall we add a little more?”
-pop!!
“Heh heh.”
“This is true.”
-pop!!
-pop!!!
They also knew that if more gunpowder was added, the gun could explode.
However, the more gunpowder was added, the greater the recoil felt by the body.
“It tastes good.”
And they were having fun with it.
“It’s going to be dangerous.”
“Hehe. Aren’t you still fine?”
-bang!
-bang!
-Kwaang!!
“…It exploded.”
***
“Why does the gun explode?”
The knight answered the officer’s question.
“I think it’s clear that the gun is defective.”
“Yes. I didn’t do anything special.”
“It could be a barrel cleaning issue.”
“That’s it, the servants have done a good job so far.”
“Then why does the gun explode? No way, gunpowder…”
“Well…I didn’t put in a lot.”
“How much did you put in?”
“Roughly…”
The officer’s jaw dropped when he heard the amount of gunpowder put into the gun.
“That would have been enough to explode a long time ago!”
“He held up well.”
“Yes. I’m sure the gun is defective.”
“This is an amount that should have exploded long ago. Did you do anything else?”
“Uhm…nothing special.”
“Yes. There was nothing special except for the aura on the gun.”
“Auror… armed with a gun?”
“That’s right.”
If you put an aura on a gun, the durability of the gun increases.
I received unexpected information.
‘It’s a report…’
The officer’s eyes sparkled.
***
“Congratulations on receiving the medal!”
“Thank you.”
As he came down to the podium, his successors below offered congratulatory greetings.
Brown responded with a bitter smile.
It is a pleasure to receive a medal.
And, besides the medal, there was more to receive.
But Brown felt uncomfortable.
It may be because of the words I heard on the podium just moments ago.
‘I never thought I’d hear an offer to enlist.’
I experienced military life once in my past life.
Twice is a specification.
“Ah, a steam locomotive demonstration is scheduled soon. Do you want to go see it?”
While watching the medal award ceremony, McColson spoke up.
“When?”
“An invitation came. It’s scheduled for a week later.”
“Oh.”
Indeed, what do steam locomotives in this world look like?
“Aren’t you looking forward to it? A future where steam locomotives travel throughout the empire.”
Brown affirmed his words.
***
“Are the preparations going well?”
“Ah. okay. It’s smooth.”
“Haha. This is true. Suddenly, countless trials and errors come to mind.”
The magical engineers who created the steam locomotive began to reminisce.
“You mean the time you stayed up all night trying to speed up the excessively slow speed?”
“That’s true, but it wasn’t easy when we derailed every time we turned a corner.”
“That’s right. It was terrible. How disappointed I felt after solving it.”
“Haha. okay. That too. It was really funny when I solved it by simply changing the shape of the wheel.”
“Also making it possible to adjust the speed.”
“It was difficult to make connections with other train cars.”
“That’s right.”
They looked at the steam locomotive with faint eyes.
“But looking back, it’s a good memory.”
“Yes. It was quite fun.”
“I hope the demonstration goes well.”
“It will work out well. Soon, railroads and steam locomotives will be able to spread throughout the empire.”
“Ha. On the other hand, thank you.”
“To them?”
John Brown, who conceived the steam locomotive, and Kyle McColson, who designed its core principles.
Aside from this, what they proposed was rapidly changing the empire.
“You’re still young, but you can imagine something like this. It’s so amazing.”
“Wouldn’t it be said that at this level, he can be compared to the father of magic engineering?”
“I don’t know right now, but it might happen later.”
“Still, we can’t just follow the path they suggest forever.”
“Ah. Is that what you mean?”
“Yes. Steamboat.”
They didn’t just accept it either.
“It’s still in the planning stage. If we just make this, we can change the world again.”
“Yes. Next to the steam locomotive…is the steamship.”
They began to imagine an empire that would change with the advancement of technology.
“Stop messing around and come and run the railroad.”
Of course, their deviation did not take long.
***
“This is… !”
“Ah. This is a pistol. It’s perfect for self-defense.”
“Indeed…how do you make it?”
“I think it would be good to think about it yourself.”
“Ahh…yes…”
“Don’t think it’s difficult. It would be convenient to think of it as simply reducing the size of the rifle.”
Brown entrusted the design of a pistol for the training of his successor.
I never passed it on because it was annoying.
‘I’m going to try making a pistol soon.’
Rather than simply reducing the size of the rifle, Brown thought about pistols in general.
If there was a pistol that could be implemented in today’s era, wouldn’t it be a revolver?
If you design it by inserting a detonator into the back of the cylinder and inserting gunpowder and bullets into the front, it would still be possible to implement it.
Of course, the price will be expensive.
‘These are people who spend a lot of money on buying art, and it’s about guns.’
The main buyers will be wealthy people or nobles, and price will not be an issue for them.
‘If only I could make metal bullets…’
Bullets could be made with current technology, but there were practical problems.
The technology is not yet fully established.
Combining the detonator and shell, inserting gunpowder, and then combining the warhead.
And, even producing bullets while keeping their size constant.
Mass production was still impossible.
Plus, it will cost quite a lot of money.
So much so that the empire cannot handle it.
‘Uhm…’
What about cannons?
‘Is it possible?’
If you make it a rear-loading type and increase the size of the bullet…
Brown was thinking for a moment and drawing a drawing on paper.
“Mr. Brown. Do you want to go now?”
“Where?”
“Steam locomotive demonstration. It’s today.”
“Already?”
“I said it last time. Did you forget? Ignorant.”
“What dude?”
‘Time flies.’
Lab personnel moved to attend the demonstration.
“There are quite a lot of people?”
“Could they be engineers?”
The demonstration hall was already full of people.
“We will help you check.”
“Here.”
“Could you please come this way for a moment?”
After checking the invitation, the guide guided the people.
“Oh, you’re here. First of all, thank you for attending. First of all, at least a car…”
A middle-aged man greeted them.
“Based on your theories, we were able to build a steam locomotive. It may take some time, but I think it is only a matter of time before railways are laid throughout the empire… … … As a magic engineer, during the development period… … … ”
He was more passionate about steam locomotives than you could imagine.
“Thank you for your kind comments.”
After the story was over, they followed the instructions and moved to their seats.
It was a place where you could look at the steam locomotive without being hit by people.
“It’s bigger than I thought.”
“It’s magnificent.”
The steam locomotive was standing on the railway, emitting smoke.
While they were chatting while looking at the steam locomotive, the person who greeted them went up to the podium and started giving a speech.
“… It was completed based on the empire’s investment… … Those who came up with the idea were affiliated with the Weapons Research Institute… Developed through research in the magical engineering community… ”
Soon the steam locomotive began to move forward.
“Oh…”
-fart.
The sight of it moving forward while spraying smoke was quite a sight.
From now on, you will be able to move between imperial cities faster than before.
Additionally, the movement of resources will also become smoother.
Through this, production and distribution will also become faster.
If that happens, wouldn’t the development of technology also accelerate?
Brown smiled in anticipation.
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