episode_0083

After the somewhat comical encounter with the Black Magic Tower lord, I visited the Homer Foundation and was quite busy working.

This is to carry out a kind of ‘collection development project’ in earnest. It is not a very grand business, but it could be said to be a work of creating a kind of ‘archive’. Old books were repaired, books with small editions were copied, books that did not exist were purchased, and moldy books were copied and then discarded.

Thus, a huge library was created where numerous books could be preserved forever.

A space to preserve books had already been prepared. Due to budget issues, the plan to build a landmark library on every high street in the empire was scrapped, but instead a new library larger than the empire’s central library was built in the capital.

The library that was created that way is—.

[Homer Central Library]

[Founder: Ed Frieden]

It was the Homeric Central Library.

It is a library with the largest collection of books of its time, with over 10 million volumes. In fact, it was like storing most of the books that exist in this world.

To collect these books, we received help from many people, including the imperial family, council, church, Haren royal family, upper union, and the beast community.

“It’s so fragrant it makes me dizzy… Is this how drug addicts feel?”

“Um, is that so? Thanks to the purification magic, the air is clear and it seems easy to breathe… I’m not sure about the scent.”

“Really beautiful things can only be felt with the heart. The scent is also like that.”

I like the scent of books, but… The ridiculously enchanting scent that uplifted me at this moment was neither the moldy smell of an old book nor the leather smell of a hardcover book.

It was a refreshing scent.

It was a fragrant scent created by clean and transparent oxygen that gave confidence that no mold would contaminate the book.

So what is truly beautiful is something that can only be felt with the heart… .

“You are the main policyholder.”

“big, so. Why did you come here?”

I cleared my throat and asked Shion a question.

I had planned to spend a few weeks lodging and lodging here to commemorate the completion of the library, but seeing him suddenly come here even though I knew that, it seemed like there was something I needed to know.

Shion nodded and got straight to the point.

“You have a nephew.”

“Huh? Is the birth date already approaching?”

“Yes. It was about 10 days ahead of schedule.”

“Ah.”

I never thought I would become an uncle. Anyway, time flies so fast.

No, considering how much the world has changed in the meantime, I think it should be said that it is actually a little late. I do not know.

“You sent the gift you prepared to your brother, right?”

“Yes. However, a small problem arose.”

“Problem… ? Could it be that there was some problem with your sister-in-law’s health because she was born prematurely?”

“That’s not true. Well, it may have something to do with the earlier birth date.”

“Huh?”

“Count Eric So’s wife gave birth to twins.”

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The gift I prepared for my brother was baby care products.

These include rattle toys, baby shoes, baby beds, baby cushions, and baby bathtubs that can be safely used by children before their first birthday. Things that did not exist in this world were developed directly by talking to the Merchant Alliance and the Magic Tower.

In the process, another source of income was created through patents… Through the Little Prince Foundation, it was allowed to be used as a budget for maternal childbirth support and postpartum care. This is because in this era, many mothers still gave birth at home or in unsanitary environments.

anyway.

Fortunately, the gift I prepared was not thrown away. Thanks to preparing a gift for the girl and a gift for the boy, I was able to give both fraternal twins gifts for their siblings.

However, there were also gifts that could not be used.

“My wife suggested customizing a separate stroller for the twins. So, thank you for the gift, but I will return this stroller.”

“Ah, yes. brother. Congratulations on having a child.”

It was a stroller.

The stroller I prepared was a fantasy metal called Jinsil… No, it was a folding stroller made of aluminum alloy, an extremely rare metal in this world.

It was made by referring to the design of the previous life, but unfortunately, it was a bit small to carry two children together.

“What should I do with this stroller? .”

Just like that, a stroller made of aluminum and the highest quality fabric was returned to me.

To express it in numbers that adults like, it is a stroller with a production price similar to the selling price of Frieden Mansion.

“… Should I put it up for auction?”

It wouldn’t matter if I melted the raw material, aluminum, and converted it separately, but since it’s already made, I hope someone will use it.

Because strollers are for children and mothers.

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One day, an anonymous advertisement appeared in an imperial newspaper.

[For sale: Baby stroller. Never used.]

It was an advertisement selling used baby products. Since ‘strollers’ were items only used by wealthy nobles, the advertisement in the newspaper felt quite strange.

Many people shared their opinions about the advertisement.

Isn’t the content also very strange? Why couldn’t strollers be used? What happened to the child? There were numerous speculations and rumors floating around.

Some people even contacted the newspaper, offering to meet the seller.

But the newspaper’s response was stern.

“You cannot meet him unless you are a pregnant mother or a parent of a newborn who needs a stroller.”

Even when a parliamentary noble went to the newspaper office in person, the same reaction was received.

It’s about time that only rumors that have no substance like that reach their full potential.

“Hey, I want to buy a stroller… . Well, I don’t have much money… May I know how much it is… ?”

A mother expressed her desire to buy a stroller.

After going through several identification procedures, the mother was invited to a place where she could buy a stroller.

“Welcome. Just wait a moment and ‘He’ will come.”

“Ah, yes… .”

A small building right next to the recently newly built largest library in the empire.

The mother waits for a while in a room that looks like some kind of reception room or reception room.

After a while.

The door opened and a man appeared. A man who looked like a wealthy nobleman bowed his head politely and apologized to the mother.

“Sorry for keeping you waiting. Since you are not alone, you should take some rest… I think there was some misunderstanding during the communication process.”

“Oh, no! Well, there is no need for you, the nobleman, to bow your head like that… .”

“You came to pick up the stroller, right?”

“Yes? yes. Is that the amount… .”

“I will just give the stroller as a gift. Oh, and the Little Prince Foundation is running a new maternal support program. Would you like to receive support?”

“Yes?”

“Ah, I am planning to build a separate postnatal care center in the imperial capital. It’s not too far from here, so you don’t have to worry.”

“… to? Well, could you… What is it… .”

To the mother who let out an exclamation as if she realized something.

The man answered, tilting his head as if wondering.

” Identity? Oh, did you really call me without even hearing my name? Shion, this guy is just… .”

“… … .”

“My name is Ed of Count Frieden. He is called by the pen name Homer.”

“Ah?”

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I guess I’ll have to give Shion some emergency medical training later.

I was astounded when I heard that a mother who came to purchase a stroller was detained and identified for several hours. How important is stability for a pregnant woman? I must have been surprised that they came to see me without even hearing my name in advance.

Of course, it might be my fault for not setting guidelines in advance.

hmm.

Still, isn’t this something you need to know and do in a neat and sensible manner? Anyway, it’s Zion’s fault.

“Sorry.”

“No, it’s a joke. joke. Anyway, thanks to Zion, I found someone who needed a stroller, and I’m glad.”

“Thanks to the advertising text written by you.”

“To be exact, it’s flash fiction. It is also called a leaf novel… .”

“Yes?”

“There is such a thing.”

I posted in the newspaper [“For sale: baby stroller. The phrase [“], which has never been used, was a plagiarism of an old American urban legend.

To be precise, it is like this.

[“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”]

[“For sale: Baby shoes. Never used.”]

It is commonly known as a six-word short story written by Hemingway, but in fact, it is said to have little to do with Hemingway.

It was one of the textbook examples of flash fiction, a genre that maximizes imagination through short sentences.

“Ghost stories like this are also one of the nutrients of literature. Urban legends can be said to be a kind of modern folktale.”

“Um, is that so?”

“That’s right. More than that, I’ve been living in the library for so long lately that I’m a little tired… .”

“Yes?”

“Huh?”

“Tired… Do you do it?”

“Of course.”

As I am also human, I naturally get tired if I stay at the library for a few days and just read books.

At times like this, I needed a change of mood.

“Now that it occurred to me, I should publish a book.”

“… I will prepare.”

To heal your tired mind through reading.

Plagiarism─, so I have to translate it!

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[“He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat, but he could not catch a single fish even after eighty-four days.”]