How a Hero Lives as a Writer

40 – I need to put a heater on. (2)

Kryuger brought up the idea of going to my manor first, rather than talking at the inn.

“It’s already been built?”

“Hmm. At least the space for you to stay is finished.”

“Ah, you didn’t build the whole thing, did you?”

“Yes.”

It is enough if only enough space is created for a person to sleep.

I’ve already started to feel my heart pounding.

“Ohh!”

A fairly decent house had been built on my estate.

“Let’s go inside.”

The floor was already laid inside, so the finish felt good.

“This is ondol.”

When I lived in Korea, I think it would be a bit uncomfortable to sleep on the floor after sleeping on a bed.

Still, it’s better than freezing to death.

“The rocket stove is here.”

Kryuger brought a rocket stove from a nearby room.

“Now, this is how it feels.”

Kruger stuck a twig into the mouth of the rocket stove and snapped his fingers.

Just right.

Setting a twig on fire with a finger snap?

… Unexpectedly, dwarves are a race that knows romance.

“How is it?”

“Perfect.”

Even with the twigs in, the rocket stove burned and radiated warmth in all directions.

“If you put a pot here, you can cook.”

“Ohh!”

ㅡ Is it my mistake that your reaction makes you look more like a god-worlder?

… Big hum.

Things that I only glanced at pictures on the Internet are actually made.

You can react like this, so why be discouraged!

“What is a rocket mass heater?”

“Come this way.”

Kryuger seemed to have installed a rocket mass heater in the area assigned to his room.

“Now, this is the Rocket Mass Heater you mentioned, right?”

“Ohh….”

Now I’m so shocked I can’t even speak.

If you ask me to make a Gundam later, won’t you make it for real?

The appearance seemed perfect enough to make me think that it was such a nonsense.

“This is really great.”

Kryuger seems to have liked the Rocket Mass Heater quite a bit.

“With this, winter in Aucklia will be no problem.”

“… Don’t underestimate Aucklea’s winter.”

As I muttered that, Sir Louis nodded in agreement.

“Now, wait a little bit!”

Kryuger fetched firewood from outside and immediately lit the rocket mass heater.

“Ohh….”

“It was easy to make bath water because the firepower was strong.”

Kruger placed a pot of water on top of the round barrel of the mass heater.

Obviously, it would be easy to make bath water this way.

Aucklea residents will also wash a little more often in the winter.

In addition, in this way, the steam will automatically humidify the air, so there will be less chance of catching a cold.

“The consumption of firewood is low, so the cost of heating is also low. I think this heating appliance would suit this manor rather than ondol.”

“Yes.”

You can just take out the fireplace and install it.

“How long did it take to install this?”

“If you want to, you can install it in one day.”

“Oh….”

The installation speed is faster than ondol.

“My lord.”

“It works as designed, but let’s check it out and go straight to the king.”

“Yes.”

The winter here in Aucklia is brutal enough that people freeze to death.

A new heating appliance is the number one piece of information that must be given to the king.

“Oh, it’s starting to get warm.”

Kruger began to caress the stone bed covered with the blanket with his hand.

Me and Sir Lewis put our hands on the stone bed Kruger caressed.

… I feel a faint warmth.

After a little while, you will feel the warmth as warm as ondol.

It doesn’t seem like carbon monoxide is coming out….

“Success.”

“Ha ha ha! This much is normal.”

“So get ready, Kruger.”

“What do you mean prepare?”

“Preparation to greet the King.”

“What?!”

What are you so surprised about?

In order to introduce a heating appliance like this, of course, you have to show it to the king first.

“Is it necessary to meet? It’s just a matter of verifying that this is working properly….”

“Why are you so scared when you have to go to install the castle?”

“No.”

“Don’t worry, he’s a surprisingly easy-going person. Dwarves don’t care about that in the first place, do they?”

“I just hate people in that position.”

“Oh, that could be. Still, it is unavoidable.”

“… I see.”

I turned my back on Kruger, who still didn’t like it, and headed for the castle.

“The heating device is complete?”

“Yes. There will be no restrictions on construction like ondol.”

I’m just building a new fireplace.

“Let’s go right away.”

… After all, the heating equipment was the most welcome news.

***

“Is this something called a rocket mass heater?”

Prince Albert began to examine the heating equipment installed in Kruger’s room.

I gave a quick signal to Kruger, who was nearby.

But Kruger didn’t like the situation, so he just kept his mouth shut and crossed his arms.

… This feels like something I should explain.

As I took a step forward, the chancellor, who was waiting next to Prince Albert, opened his mouth as if he had waited.

“Bright Ball. Why did you install this?”

The prime minister pointed at the iron cylinder of the rocket mass heater.

“When the barrel is heated, it radiates warmth to the surroundings. You can also cook by placing a pot or frying pan on the flat surface at the top. It can make hot water and it keeps the room from drying out to some extent.”

“Does it really need to be like this? It doesn’t look very nice.”

“It is the principle that the heating efficiency increases only when the structure is slightly taller like this.”

“Is that so?”

The chancellor began to check something by touching a stone bed heated by a rocket mass heater or touching a circular iron cylinder.

“Is this a way to put firewood into this small space?”

“Yes.”

“If you put firewood in such a small space, isn’t it difficult to spread the heat evenly? It must be pumped with air?”

“Air is sufficiently injected even in such a small space.”

“Doesn’t the smoke flow back? It seems that this is structurally leaking smoke.”

As if the Prime Minister had held a hearing, he began to ask questions from one to ten.

I feel like a sinner even though I haven’t done anything wrong.

… It must be unavoidable.

If these heaters are better than fireplaces, they should be installed all over Oaklea.

Including the royal castle, of course.

So we have no choice but to ask if there are any problems with safety or efficiency.

I know that, but….

“I will do it.”

While I was thinking about how to break through this hearing, Kruger, who had been standing there blankly until just now, came forward.

Great… Brother Kruger!

I believed in you!

Then Kruger, the super craftsman of King God General, continued to explain.

The Prime Minister asked about the materials of the rocket stove and rocket mass heater, the principle, the construction period, and the weight applied to the building.

Kryuger answered the chancellor’s questions one by one without any hesitation.

“Excellent.”

After finally completing all the questions, the chancellor nodded with a very satisfied expression.

Then he immediately brought up the story of the need to draw up a budget to Prince Albert.

Prince Albert nodded at the Chancellor’s words and then opened his mouth.

“Man’s best neighbor, Kruger, the Dwarf craftsman.”

“What is it, King of Men?”

“Will you lend your strength to this country?”

“… I made it with that in mind from the beginning.”

“Thank you. You are our benefactor.”

With that said, Prince Albert held out his hand to Kruger.

“Hmm!”

Krueger shook hands with Prince Albert with a very satisfied expression.

“Just prepare the ingredients. We will start soon.”

The Prime Minister replied that he would provide materials and workers soon.

Anyway, winter is coming soon, so I must hurry.

From then on, it was a breeze.

Since it was a project carried out by the king’s order, there was not the slightest blockage.

Krueger showed the workers how to build the rocket stove and rocket mass heater over three days, and only gained freedom after installing the rocket mass heater himself on the castle.

“I live and live and install all the heating appliances in the castle where the human king lives.”

“I had a hard time.”

“Keuuu~ It was really hard.”

Kruger tucked himself under the covers and let out a sigh.

Still, it wasn’t such a bad expression.

“Something… It was fun.”

“It was fun?”

“Yes. It’s just a heater, but I didn’t know you’d like it that much.”

Krueger has never been thanked by someone this much while working as a blacksmith.

I think the experience felt a bit different.

“Because the lives of the people here are at stake.”

“It’s life….”

Krueger looked down at his hands and smiled contentedly.

“How long do you think it will take?”

“I heard that construction of the theme park will be finished soon. If we mobilize all the workers, it will be finished by the beginning of December.”

“Good.”

“Um.”

Krueger finally lay flat on the floor and looked up at the ceiling.

“I like this place more than I thought.”

“Then just live here.”

“hehehe. Let me think about it.”

Kruger looked up blankly at the ceiling and then started snoring at him.

It felt like the fatigue of the past had come all at once.

“Thank you.”

Thanks to Kruger, he was able to introduce a new heating system to Oaklia.

There is a big difference between knowing the shape and structure to some extent and actually making it.

It was only yesterday that I was beaten by a dog while trying to build an ondol.

ㅡ Ah~ Let’s see, lady?

No, I almost forgot about it!

Suddenly, the whole body loses strength.

I just lay on the floor sprawled.

“Still, I made it on time….”

The theme park in Oaklea will open in earnest from March next year.

That’s when the academy started school.

With this, Oklia’s biggest problem was solved.

“I hope nothing will happen in the future.”

ㅡ I heard that there will be an uproar when comics are published?

“It was a wish….”

I muttered that and closed my eyes.

It’s going to be very noisy in the future, but right now I feel like I want to entrust myself to the warmth of the ondol.