Fun Territory Defense Chapter 68 Part 1 (Patreon)

Unexpected New Weapon

I left the mechanical bow unit to Camsin and took Till and Arte with me to study the mechanical bows.

Borra asked me questions to no end, but I was sure Camsin would handle it. Good luck, Camsin.

Meanwhile, Van, with two beautiful girls, was walking around the village with Runtatta. They were headed for the material depot, which was full of materials. As soon as they arrive, they luxuriously prepare Mithril as their choice.

"Here is a chair for you. Please use it."

"Thank you."

Till got me a chair, and there was a nice mechanical bow from Royal Capital sitting on a low table.

"Now let's get to it."

I excitedly disassemble the parts of the mechanical bow.

Checking the structure of the continuous-fire mechanical bow, I found that it was a moderately elaborate construction that also used gears and chains.

"Hmmm. When this turns, this rod pulls the bow and the next arrow comes down at the same time... With this, the installed Ballista can load a large number of arrows, can't it? A dream of a hundred arrows in a row? No, no, no. If we go that far, it would be a disaster if it jammed in the middle. If that's the case, I'd rather make it a five-round magazine type so that it can be replaced even if it gets jammed..."

As I looked at the disassembled parts of the mechanical bow and groaned, Till prepared tea and cookies for me. As I bite into the cookie and check the box part of the mechanical bow, Arte spoke.

"...Van-sama seems to be having the most fun right now."

"Hmm? Do I? Well, it is a lot of fun."

Turning around with a chuckle, Arte nodded with a gentle smile.

"It's the hardest thing to come up with a mechanism, whether it's a machine or politics. It's wonderful who thought of it first, isn't it?"

While soaking the design in, he tried to make each of the parts in Mithril.

Put them together and voilà.

"...great. Already done..."

With my nose pointed high at such impressions, I tried moving it without an arrow in it to see if it would work.

But it didn't move. It wouldn't move.

It was stuck in the middle as if it were locked.

"Huh? Oh, I see. Not only the bow part, but also the connection between the box and the mechanical bow, must be made of elastic material. The stick that's supposed to make one turn is stuck and won't turn..."

Bummer.

It was a failure. I should also verify if this is a good option if all the hard parts were metal parts.

As I was thinking about this, Arte muttered with a surprised look on her face.

"...Even Van-sama can fail, I see."

It was a small murmur, but I reacted to it, and Arte hurriedly lowered her head.

"Oh, I'm sorry...! I never meant it in a bad way..."

She was already on the verge of tears. I chuckled as I let out a sigh of relief at Arte as she cowered behind me.

" also fail a lot, and besides, I don't have anything to brag about except this magic."

Arte shook his head from side to side repeatedly as she responded.

"That's not true. I've heard from everyone that you have great talents in swordsmanship and study... I really have nothing, so I envy you."

"Eh? Talent?"

I asked back involuntarily. Then I told the bewildered Arte.

"If you like, I can introduce you to a devilish butler and a Knight Commander. That way, Arte will be as good as me in three to five years."

Sighing deeply after saying this, Arte let out a small chuckle. I looked at her profile and somehow uttered a question.

"Come to think of it, what kind of magical aptitude did Arte have? "

It was a question without a care in the world. No malice intended, of course, and no desire to pry.

But Arte froze. She looked sad, as if she had been sentenced to death, and I couldn't say anything to her.

Till opened her mouth, as if she was unable to stand being in that atmosphere anymore.