This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 67
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Chapter 67
I picked up a stick and drew a picture on the ground.
“This is how you do it.”
What I drew was a rope and pulley. It was a conveyor belt using support beams and wooden boxes.
“The terrain from the workshop to here isn’t that rough, right? If we use trees as additional support beams, installation will be quick too.”
Baron, who saw the picture I drew, was impressed.
“Oh. That’s right. This way would be faster.”
“Hehe, right?”
“Yeah. But Nuna, how do you know about things like this too?”
“The place I used to work at used devices like this.”
“The place you used to work at?”
“Yeah, it was a factory that made traditional foods.”
“…Factory?”
Baron tilted his head.
“Nuna, didn’t you say you had no memories?”
Oops. Look at my mind. How do I fix this?
After thinking for a moment, I decided to just tell the truth.
“I told you about the world I used to live in before, didn’t I?”
“The world you used to live in before?”
Baron thought for a moment, then nodded.
“Yeah. You said your surname was Kim and your name was Sojung back then. You said I should just accept it as it is.”
“…”
Our kid is smart, but I thought he’d just pass it off as ‘I think something like that happened,’ but he even remembered the name.
Then Baron snapped his fingers.
“Ah, right. To be precise, you said you had no memories of ‘this place.'”
“…”
He even distinguished the meaning of the words I said back then. Baron really does have a good memory.
“That’s right. I said that back then. A factory is a place that mass-produces specific items.”
I explained about factories in detail.
“There’s a device called a conveyor belt there.”
The eyes of the people listening to my explanation trembled slightly. As expected, they had half-believing faces.
Of course, I knew they wouldn’t believe everything I said when I gave that explanation. And I roughly predicted how this would conclude.
Potter and Carter tilted their heads and said a word each.
“That’s fascinating… It sounds like a dream.”
“A world that runs automatically.”
Yes, that’s exactly the reaction I was waiting for!
“Oh, now that I’m talking about it, I’m starting to wonder if this makes sense too. It feels like it might have been a dream…”
When I laughed awkwardly and trailed off, Cosette and Kyle added a word each.
“Maybe you had a very vivid dream?”
“You have interesting dreams, Nuna.”
I quickly nodded.
“You’re right, that might be it.”
Only then could I feel the tension of those who had been listening intently gradually release.
I scratched my head awkwardly and laughed.
“But it was so vivid… So, what I’m saying is, how about we try the principle of that conveyor belt?”
“Conveyor belt? What’s that?”
At Raven’s voice that suddenly came through, I turned around to see him returning with Kimarise.
“Ah, welcome back. Are you both alright?”
I was asking Raven and Kimarise, but the answer was already visible to my eyes, so I felt relieved first. Both of them looked like they hadn’t been hurt at all.
“What happened to the monsters?”
“We dealt with them appropriately. But the atmosphere seems a bit different from earlier. I heard some unfamiliar words too, what happened while we were away?”
“Ah, well.”
I explained what had happened with the Vice-Captain of the Feudal Lord’s Knights while Raven and Kimarise were away.
“Huh, that’s a refreshing conclusion to hear. So you were thinking of a way to transport the Crooke materials?”
Raven rolled up his sleeves.
“Even if it’s a dream, it sounds plausible, and I understand the principle. I happen to have some expertise with artificial devices.”
“Oh? Is that so?”
That was welcome news to hear. Raven smiled really reassuringly and confidently confirmed.
“Let’s make it quickly.”
Soon everyone gathered and began production.
After a few hours, we really completed a conveyor belt for transporting clay.
The device itself worked better than expected, but it looked somewhat makeshift. Raven also said its operating lifespan wouldn’t be long.
In other words, it was meant for just one day’s use.
“It’s a bit disappointing, but since we just need to move all of these, this should be sufficient.”
We agreed with Raven’s words and divided into teams.
At the pond, Cosette, Potter, and Kimarise sent up the Crooke materials that had been aging.
Raven went along the path where the conveyor belt was installed to check if there were any problems.
Carter, who returned to the workshop with Baron, Kyle, and me, decided how to stack the materials and helped with operating the conveyor belt.
We received the materials coming up to the workshop and stacked them well on one side as Carter had taught us.
By sunset, all the organizing was finished.
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Carter wiped his streaming sweat and greeted us.
“Thank you so much. My brother will probably bring the remaining stuff.”
He didn’t end with just a simple thank you.
“I happen to have a pig we caught the day before yesterday. I’ll roast it in the kiln, so please eat before you go.”
As soon as I heard those words, I felt strong hunger. At the same time, saliva drooled from Kyle’s mouth.
“Roasted pig? Wow.”
Carter stroked Kyle’s head and laughed as if he found him cute.
“The taste of meat roasted in a kiln fire is so good that two people eating it wouldn’t notice if one died? This ajusshi will show you his proper skills, so rest for a bit and look forward to it.”
Then he showed us where to wash up and headed to the back of the workshop building where the kiln was.
Shortly after, the smell of roasting pork began to spread from behind the building.
And we sat on tree stumps on one side of the workshop after washing up roughly. We were tired from repeatedly carrying clay, so we intended to rest for a while.
But after Kyle sat down first, there was only enough space left for one more person. There would be seating if we brought chairs, but I didn’t want to bother Carter who was busy preparing dinner.
“Baron, sit here.”
Baron shook his head at my suggestion.
“Nuna should sit.”
“You should sit. You must be tired.”
“I’m fine. Nuna should sit.”
Baron gently pushed me to sit on the stump.
It was comfortable once I sat down unexpectedly. But Baron, who was still standing, caught my eye.
Wait, thinking about it, there’s no reason why three of us can’t sit, right?
Having quickly found the answer, I extended both hands to Baron.
“Baron, come here.”
“Huh?”
“Let’s sit together.”
Baron looked at me and Kyle sitting on the stump, then tilted his head.
“How can we sit together? Is Nuna going to get up?”
“No. We’re going to sit together?”
“How?”
I patted my knees with both hands.
Baron, who had been looking dazed, soon understood what ‘together’ meant and his mouth fell wide open.
“Gasp! N-N-Nuna’s lap?”
Why is he so surprised?
“Yeah. Don’t you want to?”
“Uh, um…”
In an instant, Baron’s face turned beet red.
‘Is he embarrassed?’
Just then, Kyle, who had been watching me and Baron, stood up from his seat with an excited expression.
“Baron, if you’re embarrassed, you can sit in my spot. I’ll sit on Nuna’s lap instead.”
Kyle looked at me and smiled sweetly.
“Nuna, that’s okay, right?”
“Huh? Oh, well. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s better if all three of us sit and rest, right?”
“Says who!”
Baron rushed over in an instant, wrapped his arms around me tightly, and glared at Kyle.
“Nuna is mine!”
“Hey, is Nuna an object? Why is Nuna yours?”
“I don’t know, she’s my Nuna. Don’t covet her. Only I will sit on Nuna’s lap!”
Baron was being unreasonable.
Shouldn’t I discipline him for being so excessively jealous? But Baron is still only seven years old.
‘Right, even if he shows mature behavior from time to time, a child is still a child.’
Considering his age, it seems rather natural for him to be jealous and throw a tantrum like this.
“Kyle, it’s okay to sit as we originally were, right?”
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