Volume 9 Chapter 202, Demonic Dragon ~ 17
After breakfast, the Yamato's cabin popped up again.
Satoru nodded his head in satisfaction as he looked at one of the ballast tanks, which was temporarily assembled out of steel.
「Hmm ...... I guess something like this.」
It's in the cabin now, so he can't weld it together. There is a hole inside the rounded base, and at first glance it looks like a chair, too strange for that. But it's a common shape for modern people. There is a separate box underneath, with a handle on the part that hits the backrest.
「...... Is this a toilet by any chance?」
「Oh. Correct. How did you figure that out?」
「I thought it was strange for a chair. Wow. Is this kind of thing normal in Satoru's world?」
「No. There are various kinds. I just thought this one was the easiest to use.」
In this world, toilets are either pots or even in places where there is sewage, they are simply wooden botton-type toilets. Satoru has not seen a western-style toilet, at least not yet. Even in the original world where Satoru is from, the shape of the toilet bowl varies depending on the country or region. The shape of the toilet is not common knowledge in this world, but Rico is quite perceptive to notice it.
「...... I know you can put slime under this one, but what is this?」
Rico can sort of understand putting slime in the bottom box and having it handled, but she doesn't understand the handle on the backrest. Satoru laughs fufun at Riko's questioning. It took Satoru a lot of effort to make this up.
「This is, you see.」
The handle is a double type. When you pull the front one in, an iron tube pops out of the toilet seat.
「Like this」
「Wow」
「Water?」
When Satoru pulled the other end, water came out from the tube part.
「That's right. It's popular in some parts of the world where I'm from. They use water to wash their butts and stuff. Well, I'm sure you're not used to it, so I'll leave it to you to decide if you want to use it or not. Extra, it's extra.」
It is a washlet. Satoru was struggling to create this washlet-like mechanism. The clue came from a water pistol made of bamboo tubes. He used one handle to make the device blow water out, and the other handle to push the water out. The water tanks for washing these items were also attached to the backrests.
If the part of the washlet that emits water is facing the toilet bowl, it can be used as a simple flush.
The slaves listen to these explanations with their wide open.
「.......A foreigner from another world went to the trouble of making a toilet bowl this way. What irony」
Leia, who doesn't need to use the toilet because she doesn't defecate, raised her voice in amazement. Incidentally, the same goes for Solor in terms of not needing a toilet.
「It's a lot better than making weapons that kill people, isn't it?」
Satoru responded. Satoru does not have much knowledge of modern science, but of course, it is possible to create a weapon that does not exist in this world, depending on the way it is made.
However, Satoru has no intention of doing so.
Although this Yamato has some modern technology, it was created by Vance, a dwarf. Although he had put some art into the equipment, the toilet bowl was the first thing he had made from scratch. Satoru also thinks that this is fine.
「At any rate, you can't sit on it as it is. The toilet seat is ...... wood, I think.」
It is too scary to sit on an iron toilet seat. It is only natural that you should pay attention to the impact of sitting on a ceramic toilet seat in the middle of winter in the cold. Leia might get angry, but he thought about having her sew a toilet seat cover out of cotton or wool.
Satoru is rather particular about doing this kind of Sunday carpentry. He has no sense of art, so he does not carve, but he is meticulous about his work. However, Satoru noticed that he didn't have what he needed to work with wood.
「Sandpaper, huh ......」
Satoru asked Rico, but there is nothing that corresponds to sandpaper. If anything, it is said to be a stone called "Garnet," but it is rarely found in the western part of the world and is not in circulation. In that case, the only thing Satoru can do at present is to make temporary sandpaper using a hard stone or iron.
He began work on the toilet seat. He covered the iron part of the toilet seat with a wooden board, made a mold of it with a red pencil, and cut a slightly larger piece of wood using sorcery, using his fingertips as blades. The inside is cut in the same way, and then the grooves are carved out with a chisel and hammer to fit it in.
「......Satoru, you're rather meticulous, aren't you?」
Rico looked at Satoru's work and muttered with admiration and amazement at the same time.
「It's something that will be used in a place where we will spend at least a few dozen days. It wouldn't hurt to be a little more careful.」
To be honest, Satoru also enjoyed making these things.
While he was absorbed in it, he didn't have to think about anything. The ties he created in this world and the ties that remained over there. He was free from the pressure of these things.
After carving out a groove for the wooden toilet seat to fit snugly, Satoru carefully finishes the seat using a metal file shaped like a fish cake. Satoru looks like a craftsman as he carefully scrapes the inside of the seat to make it a little thinner and to avoid creating corners. The slaves look at Satoru with half awe as he rasped the seat with passion.
「If you find a forest on the way, please stop by. I'll make shelves and beds if I can. Leia, Solor. For the time being, let's see, about, uh, 30 boards, with size about 2 inches (6 cm) thick, 1 foot (30 cm) wide, and 7-, no-, 8-foot-long. Get them ready. Oh, and don't forget to dry them, not fresh wood.」
「Understood」
Satoru's voice makes Liz look a little sour. For elves who are familiar with the forest, it is unacceptable to cut down more trees than necessary. He convinced her that it was necessary.
Around noon, he finds a suitable forest and drops Yamato down.
The temporarily assembled toilet is taken outside, welded, flushed, checked for leaks, and placed in the rear. The ballast tank was turned over and placed next to the toilet, holes were drilled and welded, and the drainage position was adjusted.
This was intended to be a bath, but considering that it could drain, it could also be used as a cooking area and for washing clothes. With the drain as the axis, Satoru is steadily building up the water system.
The bathtub was originally a ballast tank, so it could barely accommodate two people. However, the water would quickly cool down if it were still made of steel, so he quickly assembled the bathtub using the boards that Solor and Leia had prepared, and then ordered Solor to apply the 【Water Repellent】 and 【Preservation】 arts.
The image of a blade with a laser at his fingertips was also being finalized. As usual, fine adjustment is difficult, but he has a good idea of what he can do with the wood inside the cabin.
After processing only the parts that need to be processed by heat, Satoru is once again absorbed in his work aboard the Yamato, which has resumed its voyage.
Everyone except Liz, who was in charge of piloting, helped out a little, but Isolde, who was still in training, was unable to actively help. She occasionally looks at Satoru, then blushed and looks away, and repeats the process. Perhaps Solor or Liz is training her in some way. As for how she will change in another day and a half, Satoru is curious.
Well, for now, he is concentrating on creating the furniture ― especially the water area. The rear of Yamato's cabin is quickly taking on the smell of daily life.
To the right is the toilet, and to the left is the bath and cooking area.
Solor ordered that the cloths they purchased to be given 【Water Repellent】 and 【Preservation】 arts. This is a curtain for the entrance to the bathroom. A thin steel wire, cut with a fingertip blade technique, is threaded through the ceiling and covered with fabric so that it becomes a curtain.
A wall was also built with wood at the boundary with the bathroom, and a water tank was installed at the top. He thought about how to pour water into the tube for the toilet flush & washlet, and saw the conclusion of a faucet ― but Satoru had a hard time deciding how to make it. He went through trial and error with nuts, bolts, and iron pipes in front of him.
「Uhm, Satoru...」
「Hmm?」
「Can I put slime under that toilet?」
「Oh, you can use the toilet now. You can put slime there. Just wait a little longer for the washlet.」
「Okaaay....... Can I use the toilet now?」
「Hmm? Oh, yeah. Sure.」
Rico lifts up the jar of slime in the corner and heads for the bathroom. She notices Satoru's eyes on her and makes a little pout.
「Don't peek.」
「Why you...」
Satoru smiles slightly. Rico doesn't really mean it either.
「Well, but if Satoru wants to see it, then...」
「......Hoo? I'll tell you that one of these days.」
「S-Sorry!」
Rico's cheeks flushed red as Satoru turned back to her and went through the curtains. Satoru laughed at Rico. Riko is really adorable, and she will never get rid of her shyness.
「Ahhh, I forgot the straw! Liz, ah, she is at the controls, Solor, or someone else?」
Come to think of it, there is no toilet paper, so you will need something to wipe with. When Satoru handed Solor a piece of scrap toilet paper for his own use, Rico was very grateful in the bathroom. Rico, who is poor, was not accustomed to wiping the toilet with expensive cloth, even though it was a scrap of paper.
「Toilet paper... ...... hmmm」
Paper technology is low in this world. It is said that it is only in the last 200 years or so that it has been used for books and other purposes. Papyrus and parchment paper are still in use. Parchment > paper > papyrus in terms of price and quality. However, it is still basically expensive and not something that the common people can easily afford. This is also the reason why the literacy rate of the common people has not increased.
If it is used as a substitute for toilet paper, it does not have to be as solid as papyrus. A strong, fibrous plant can be a good substitute if it is processed.
Just as he was about to think about the faucet again after noticing this point and making a note of it in his notebook, the curtains swung open.
「Whew. I feel refreshed.」
「How's it feel?」
「Perfectly fine. It's so much better than being in a jar, that thing.」
Rico puts her clenched fist on the opposite shoulder. Satoru tilts his head, thinking he's seen that gesture somewhere before, but he can't remember where. But it seems that she likes it. Satoru was relieved.
After thinking about the faucet, Satoru prepared two options.
The toilet is a simple lever type. He made a lever to cover a steel pipe and installed it in the toilet.
「How should I put it........Surely it must be due to the knowledge of Milord's world, but how could you come up with such detailed workmanship?」
Isolde, looking at Satoru who is working on the iron pipe, raised her voice as if she were dumbfounded. Satoru is now installing a water tap for use in the other bath. He has also made a shower head that can be used by replacing the faucet.
Most of the work Satoru is doing can be done in this world with a little application. He doesn't use any impossible technology.
「Allright! It's done!」
and by the time Satoru shouted with joy at the completion of his work, the sun had completely set.
―What a surprise! Inside a flying ship, a craftsman has completed a water system.
To the right behind the Yamato's cabin is a Western-style toilet made by craftsmen. The entrance is partitioned off by a curtain, and there is a steel tube device that serves as both a washlet and a flush.
Separated from the toilet by a board, on the left side is a water area that can be used as a bath. The bathtub is large enough to accommodate two people at the same time. There is a water tank on top, and the shower and faucet can be switched according to the occasion. The bearskin on the floor has been removed, the wood has been replaced, a 【Water Repellent】 and 【Preservation】 art has been applied, and a drainage channel has been prepared so that the water can flow into the drainage system. The entrance can be partitioned off with a curtain, and a stand was made to facilitate the work of Rico, who is mainly in charge of cooking, at the left end of the room. A mirror made of thoroughly polished steel is also placed there.
―The space is unveiled by the craftsman at his best.
Once Yamato descends, Satoru gives an explanation of the completed water closet before the meal.
The slaves listened to Satoru's explanation with half-hearted amazement and were also impressed. They are in deep awe of their Lord, who has created such a huge installation in practically a day and a half.
The word "Sunday Carpenter" does not exist in this world, but one would have to have such a huge soul to be able to live as a craftsman in this world.
「But still, ...... this is amazing. How convenient」
「I just made it up as I went along.」
「Vance-san going to be so frustrated when you show him this.」
「Right. Well, I don't think I should bring in too much knowledge from the world I was in, but at least in this one.」
This Yamato is Satoru's home ― he was aware of that.
If that is the case, I would like to be at least at home in a space where I can feel at home. Even if it is my first home.
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