Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

godsend for me, I accepted his kind offer.

The name of this village is Bohd Village.
It seems that the deserted village I stopped at was abandoned because of a monster stampede 5 years ago; This current village is located at the western end of Valkyra[3] Kingdom and on the north-west of the Asgard Continent.

As I was talking to Vanga-san, the villagers gathered in a bustle.

「Yo! This guy is Takumi ! He said he was collecting herbs as he travels! He wants to stay in the village for a while so one house will be built!

「「「「Heeee~」」」」

「Oniichan is a handsome guy, isn’t he?」 「You can stay for as long as you like.」

There are no more than 40 people in the village.
It seems almost everyone in the village is here, including a few small children too.

「I am called Takumi.
For the short while I’ll be here, please treat me well!」

The villagers were, surprisingly, very warm and welcoming to me.
It might be because necessary to help each other in an environment that’s harsh to live in.

I ended up staying at Vanga-san’s house that day.
Vanga-san lives with his wife, Martha-san, and his son, Ganbo-san.
It seems he has another son, but that son left the village when he became an adult.

The next morning, Vanga-san guided me towards the edge of the village.

「Sorry, but this is the only vacant lot you can build a house on right now.
It’s great that it’s pretty close to the where the timber is being stored though, right?」

Vanga-san said so apologetically.
Certainly, it’s a vacant lot a bit distant from the other houses.
I believe it was inevitable in this small village.

「No, I will only be staying for a short while, and I am grateful for being permitted to stay.」 「O, okay, then let’s get to building quickly?」 「Yes, please.」

The villagers, not just Vanga-san, helped, so carrying the timber finished before long.

「I will be flattening the ground.」

I then flattened the ground in the area my house would be built on with Earth Attribute Magic.

〈Earth Attribute Magic has leveled up〉 〈Magic Power Manipulation Skill obtained〉

「「「「………………」」」」

「Fuuu, it took a bit more magic power than I had imagined.」

Enduring the bit of dizziness of having my magic power almost run dry, I supported myself, and looked at Vanga-san and the others.
Everyone’s mouths were agape.

「Ta, Takumi, you are a Mage? Well, that aside, to use earth magic that way……」 「Umm, was it something unskillful? I don’t know any other Mages.」 「N, no, it’s fine.
Then, everyone! Let’s divide the work and build this quickly.」 「O, oh, that’s right.」 「「Wooow! Oniichan!」」

The children seemed to be delighted, but it seems that how I used Earth Magic to build a house was sort of unconventional.
I should be careful.

As for the dimensions of the house, the plan a 6-jou[4] house that has 2 rooms on a dirt floor and with a hearth.
It’s a small house so, with the villagers all helping, the exterior was almost completed by dusk.

〈Carpentry Skill obtained〉 〈Carpentry Skill has leveled up〉

Until the hearth is ready, Martha-san will take care of my meals.
I will be making my furniture little by little; Tomorrow I’ll make a bed, and chop down trees to replace the amount of timber I’ve used.

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