episode_0018

A few days after giving prosciutto to Isaiah.

Harmon was summoned to the Guldari Guild and was able to meet the guild leader, Flora.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Harmon.”

“Ah, nice to meet you, Guild Leader Flora.”

“I’ve heard a lot from Isaiah.”

Flora’s guest room, not the office or anywhere else.

However, it is usually a break room where Flora comes in to rest when she is having a hard time.

On one side of the room was a bed that looked worn and the sheets weren’t quite made, and on the other side was a pile of cookies that Flora was snacking on.

‘Was there a candy factory too?’

No, it won’t be.

‘Probably a home machine.’

If you can make sweets, if you can make sweets, that alone will sway most people.

In a world where plants have become extinct, sweetness is a precious commodity.

There were even cases where special ink-covered ‘paper’ was sold at high prices as a snack simply because it tasted sweet when chewed for a long time.

Flora smiled and held out the candy, and Harmon happily accepted it.

“Did you hear from Isaiah? I asked him to tell you in advance.”

“Yes, I heard. You said you would support my garage.”

“Yes.”

Flora nodded.

“I want to grow this town bigger, like a city. To do that, I need the help of many people.”

Flora said to Harmon.

“I want you to be a part of the city planning. In return, I will give you ‘full authority over all maintenance work’ that occurs in our management area.”

“… That much?”

Harmon was surprised.

This doesn’t stop at simply pushing to increase scale and increase the number of mechanics.

Even within the Guldari Guild territory, Harmon gains absolute power.

“If you are a disciple who has received your approval, I would like you to allow me to set up my own independent repair shop… But we can talk about that later. In any case, the village will have to grow bigger for that to happen.”

“Is there a reason you go that far?”

“Because I saw prosciutto.”

Flora laughed.

“I’m a collector too, so I have a good eye for machines. Prosciutto. That’s a high-quality product that doesn’t sell well even in urban areas.”

“… … .”

“You built it from scratch, not by repairing or modifying any other mechanical device? What more can I say?”

Flora took a bite of the cookie, drank the water that had been made by filtering out as much oil as possible, and then said.

“You are the best mechanic I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Flora reached out and carefully placed her hand on top of Harmon’s.

“Yes. Really… .”

Flora gently caresses the back of his hand and gives him a strange look.

“Excellent.”

Naturally, men with good bodies and abilities were popular.

“Hoohoo.”

Flora said that and then took her hand away.

“That’s too bad. I’m in a position where I can’t just play around lightly anymore. Should we continue talking about work?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Oh my. Did you hate me?”

“I see that you are receiving a lot of love from the guild people, but I don’t want to die.”

Flora smiled at Harmon’s compliment.

In fact, there were many guild members who joined the Guldari Guild just because of Flora’s beauty.

“Here is a document detailing the support we will provide you, the amount of money we will support in the future, and the personnel. Please read it.”

The document Flora showed me was made from the back of a tattered advertisement.

The world has developed to the point where we can create all kinds of materials by taking particles from the air, but these types of paper advertisements have not disappeared and remain.

Harmon, who looked over it carefully, thought that he had done a good job of making prosciutto under much better conditions than he had expected.

‘I can’t believe I’m getting this much support. I guess they really like Prosciutto.’

So Harmon opened his mouth.

“If this is implemented as is, I will make a killer weapon to give to the guild leader.”

Flora’s face brightens at those words.

If you could make just one weapon like Prosciutto, you could use it as a symbol of the guild that can be passed down to the guild master from generation to generation.

“Then I would be grateful! I promise. I will support you more than this, but never less than the amount written on this document.”

Flora placed her hand on her chest and nodded.

“I swear as the leader of the Guldari Guild.”

After hearing that, Harmon seemed satisfied with it and gathered up his documents.

“Then tell me what equipment you want. I will give it to you when my repair shop is built.”

* * *

While the garage was under construction, Harmon requested that no one disturb his room, as it had a hidden basement entrance, except anywhere else.

“Please don’t touch that room?”

“Yes. If possible, the surrounding area too… My research results are there.”

The architects nodded, as they were asked to grant Harmon’s request as much as possible, and thus the secret of the basement was kept.

“Okay.”

“Then please take good care of the construction.”

Harmon, who was entrusted with the maintenance work, stayed in a temporary residence provided by the Guldari Guild and made equipment for Flora.

‘I gave Undine a standby order in advance so she wouldn’t be able to meet me for a while, so it should be okay.’

If the architects happen to see Undine wandering around at night and hunting for materials in the surrounding area, it would be a problem, so Undine waits in the basement and instead sorts out the materials she has hunted so far.

Undine has nothing but basic common sense, sexual knowledge, and knowledge necessary for combat and war, but fortunately, such knowledge related to machines was considered ‘common sense’ in the past.

If everything in life and everything in the world is natural, it can be said to be natural, since nature has been erased and filled with machine-like artificial things.

In fact, Undine was carrying out Harmon’s words well.

‘Put this here, and put that one here.’

All usable screws, bolts, and nuts are sorted by size, materials are sorted by material, and other modules and various parts are sorted according to their respective roles.

Parts that cannot be known with such ‘basic common sense’ are separately classified as unknown and attached.

While sorting the items, Undine looked at Undine 05, who was moving a huge object.

On top of Undine 05 was engraved the Harmon Repair Shop symbol that Harmon himself created.

“… … .”

That wasn’t all.

Undine also had a symbol, and it was located right on the neck ornament of the maid outfit she was wearing.

A symbol that is not thoughtful at all and was created simply because it was needed.

However, Undine took care of the necklace and Undine 05 by carefully cleaning them every day.

Because it was given by the owner.

The part with Harmon’s symbol engraved on it was more precious than anything else to Undine.

* * *

Harmon’s garage wasn’t just a place to build steel plates.

They brought construction equipment and were determined to do it properly.

The defenses are strengthened by driving steel cores deep into the ground, pouring concrete, and adding steel plates to the surface.

Even Harmon, who was making Flora’s equipment, got involved in the middle, and Harmon and the team of architects worked together to build the best building possible.

“If you do this… . Okay, it’s an automatic door.”

“Oh~.”

It wasn’t just about joining forces to build it.

Harmon passed his skills on to architects, and architects also passed their skills and knowledge on to Harmon.

Thanks to this, Harmon was able to learn some of the details of the building’s structure and the wiring, circuitry, and mechanical devices that would be installed there, and he planned to remodel the garage on his own after the architects left.

‘The shower head will act as heavy equipment, so it will be easy to remodel the building by yourself.’

Of course, the task of making Flora’s equipment was not easy.

What Flora wants from Harmon is a weapon that can become a symbol for him as the guild leader.

‘There are only a few weapons that are symbolic of a leader.’

knife.

window.

And a cane.

First of all, the black appearance is like that.

In ancient visual media such as entertainment, animation, and movies, the main character often held a sword, so much so that it could be considered a symbol of ‘representation’.

The spear has a reputation as an ‘expensive weapon’.

It should be thin, long, and strong enough to hold the machine.

In order to meet such conditions, it had to be expensive, so spears, which were thinner than other weapons, naturally became an ‘expensive weapon’.

If it’s such an expensive weapon, it’s only natural that it’s a weapon suitable for the guild leader to pass down from generation to generation.

Next, the cane.

This staff is valuable as an object that displays a kind of authority.

Like the sword, the staff was a symbol of power.

‘Would you like it if it was like a sword, a staff, or a spear?’

There was one such weapon.

A weapon with a sword attached to the end of a spear. Also known as a sword staff.

‘Usually it’s a staff, but if a sword sprouts out, it can be used as a spear, and if the sword and spear can be separated and used… … .’

If you tried to make it, you could make it.

but.

‘Hey, that’s annoying. Let’s just settle on one.’

Harmon asked Flora, “Which do you prefer, a sword, a spear, or a staff?”

Flora replied, “Please, with the sword.”

Harmon nodded. I understand.

After that, Flora’s weapon, which had only the basics, began to be completed quickly.