I Opened an Inn Next to a Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 158



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Episode 158

Three additional warehouses were built behind the inn’s vacant lot.

As the scale grew, the space to store items became smaller. In addition, as the number of customers increased, the daily consumption of food also increased, so naturally, the supply of food ingredients also more than doubled.

In addition to that, byproducts from zoo animals were also produced. Building additional warehouses was a planned procedure.

“I think we’ll need to hire more employees.”

“Oh. Staff. That’s good news. Just put two more people under me. That would be great.”

“No, your side is sufficient, but we need someone to take charge of warehouse management.”

“Hey, that was good. Tsk.”

Edwin grumbled. Eugene smirked and looked back at the newly completed warehouse.

“It’s nice because it’s spacious. Right?”

“That’s true, but I personally like it because it’s refreshing.”

Edwin walked around the warehouse, feeling the walls. A cold chill flowed from them.

“Brother. How on earth did you do this? The walls and ceiling are blowing cold air. If I stay here too long, I’ll freeze to death. Ugh.”

After about a minute, Edwin started shivering. It was quite cold inside the warehouse.

“Why did you make the warehouse so cold?”

“Of course. This is a cold storage.”

“Cold storage?”

“Yeah. I’m going to store frozen food. Meat, fish, things like that?”

“Oh. So this is the famous cold storage.”

If it’s a cold storage, you have to always have cold air flowing in, and that cold air has to not escape. To do that, you have to lay down at least three layers of magic circles. That’s why Eugene put his heart and soul into laying down the magic circles.

And on top of that, he even borrowed the power of the spirits.

‘It was a good thing I collected the cold spirits.’

In winter, there are a lot of cold spirits outside. The cold spirits appear when the temperature drops below freezing, and they often gather in places with ice or are particularly cold and jump around.

Last winter, whenever the weather got particularly cold, Eugene would look for those cold spirits and collect them from time to time.

The cold spirits collected in this way were released into the cold storage.

The cold spirits that live only in cold places really hate going to even the slightest warm place, so they use their own power to prevent the cold air inside the cold freezer from escaping.

So, the power of the magic circle has been greatly strengthened, and furthermore, the mana consumption of the magic circle has been reduced by half, so the efficiency of mana stone consumption has also increased dramatically.

In terms of power consumption, it is first class or higher.

This is a super special cold storage!

“I never thought I would see the magical cold storage like this.”

Edwin kept admiring the warehouse. No wonder, magical cold storages are extremely rare in Karnis.

As magical engineering develops, the lives of the continent’s people are gradually improving, but because magical engineering is not distributed evenly, there are large differences by region.

The capitals of each country and other large cities are no different from the modern cities of Earth, where the products of magical engineering shine, but in the countryside, most people live lives not much different from those of the Middle Ages.

The gap between the rich and the poor is astonishingly large. That is the current state of the continent of Karnis, and the magical cold storage is one of the products of its magical engineering and wealth. So it was perhaps natural that even Edwin, who had a fairly large farm, would see the cold storage for the first time. After all, he was not from a big city.

“Why are you bringing this up all of a sudden? You look at the refrigerator all the time.”

“Oh, that’s an expensive artifact. It’s different from this one.”

Edwin chuckled. So if you store it here, the meat will last a long time without spoiling?

If you have this, you no longer have to salt your meat and smoke it, and you don’t have to cough while smoking it. How great is that!

“As expected, magic engineering is really great. Life has become so convenient. How great it would be if everyone in the world could use this.”

“That’s what’s happening.”

Karnis is developing rapidly. Radio has only recently become widespread, but already more than a dozen professional stations have sprung up.

There are still many places in the countryside that do not have radios, but most cities have radios. This means that it is now common for ordinary people to spend the night listening to the radio in the dark.

Is this only the case for Silk Radio? No, it probably isn’t. Even now, magic engineers from all over the continent are working day and night in their respective fields to advance civilization.

Perhaps, just like Earth, we will make remarkable progress in just a century.

* * *

The freezer is filled to the brim with meat. I would have liked to have put in fish, but unfortunately, fish is hard to come by.

Because it is not a world where goods can be easily distributed over long distances like on Earth.

Of course, Eugene can eat as much as he wants, but it’s a completely different situation to serve it as a dish to a guest.

The total quantity of ingredients stored in the Infinite Treasury is limited, and if you continue to take them out and use them endlessly, they will eventually run out.

Eugene wanted to personally serve seafood dishes to his guests, but he swallowed his regret because he couldn’t do that.

‘It would be amazing if you made me something like spicy stew.’

Eugene whetted his appetite. Spicy fish stew. A glass of soju with that refreshing and tangy soup. Wow, just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

I’m dying to share that deliciousness with my guests!

There were many other dishes as well. There was an abundance of delicious seafood dishes, including various types of raw fish, crustacean dishes such as flower crabs and king crabs, grilled fish, and steamed fish.

Well, what can I do?

We should be thankful that we are treated to an abundance of meat.

The warehouse right next to the cold storage is a warehouse that holds byproducts from the zoo animals, and this one in particular holds a lot of wool.

The wool of the steel wool sheep is tougher than that of other sheep and feels like you are touching an iron scrub brush. This is something that is impossible for an ordinary craftsman to handle.

“Even if there is a lot, it is still too much.”

Eugene stroked his chin and looked into the warehouse in front of him.

There were so many that it piled up like this. I felt like I had to deal with it somehow.

* * *

Eugene went straight to find the elf queen, Sylvia.

“You know, the wool I gave you before? Why, I said I was going to make fabric out of it.”

Last year I mentioned that I was making fabric out of wool, but I hadn’t been looking for it.

“Yes, I did.”

“Can I take a look at that?”

“Yes. That’s a good thing. I was going to tell you that anyway.”

Clap clap!

As Sylvia clapped her hands, elf servants came out from outside. Sylvia gave orders to the elves.

“Can you bring me those clothes?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

The elven servants retreated. After about five minutes, the elven servants came carrying a few thin clothes.

“These are the clothes I left for you last time. Would you like to take a look?”

Eugene took the clothes and examined them carefully.

It’s a top that is presumed to be a tunic. There were five pieces in total, and they were all different colors.

From the far left, they are pink, black, white, blue, and green.

“There are a variety of colors. Is this the original, undyed state?”

“No. This one has the color removed, and this pink one is the default.”

“yes?”

Eugene was puzzled. This bright hot pink outfit is undyed?

“That can’t be… … Ah, I guess so.”

Eugene soon understood.

That could be the case, because this outfit is made from the wool of a pink steel wool sheep.

Since the base color of the material used to make the clothes is pink, the resulting product is bound to be pink as well.

“Isn’t it really pretty? It’s so pretty even without dyeing it.”

“That’s true.”

Eugene scratched his head. To be honest, she was pretty.

But it’s difficult to wear it like this.

‘This might look a bit weird if men wear it.’

The color is pretty so it might be okay for women to wear, but it’s a bit too flashy for men to wear.

You might wonder what the color pink has to do with it, but men on the continent of Karnis have many similarities to American society.

He places a lot of importance on his macho appearance, not caring much about things like decoration. In Korea, there’s even a meme that hot pink is a man’s color, so it might be okay, but if you wear it like that in a foreign country, you’ll most likely be called gay.

Same thing here. If you wear this as is, it will be enough to attract everyone’s attention.

“This outfit should be worn by a woman.”

“Yes, of course. This was originally made for women. We made one for men too.”

I tried stretching the clothes. And I was surprised.

“This thing is really flexible, isn’t it?”

“Right? The fabric is high quality, so whatever you make will come out well.”

The clothes stretch out. But they feel very soft to the touch. Doesn’t it look like wool? It’s more like silk than wool. Is this possible? I heard that there’s a special method used by Elves? Is that what they use to make the clothes?

“These clothes are tough and don’t tear easily. You can try it out.”

“yes.”

Eugene pulled hard at the clothes. Tightly. The clothes were stretched tremendously. But they didn’t tear.

‘It’s really well made?’

Eugene’s curiosity was piqued. He took a small knife out of his pocket.

“Can I cut it?”

“Yes. Of course.”

Sylvia accepts it quickly. Her confidence is amazing. Let’s go somewhere.

“uh?”

Eugene was confused. How could this happen?

“It doesn’t cut?”

The clothes can’t be cut with a knife. They’re so thin. Does that make sense?

Well, that could be possible. The enchanted clothes become as strong as bulletproof vests. But these are real clothes without any magic at all.

Pok! Pok!

I tried stabbing it. But. It didn’t penetrate and just got blocked. The blade is quite sharp, but it’s incredibly strange.

Eugene’s eyes were filled with anger. The original man was a corpse without anger. He applied all his strength to his hands. Then.

Boohoo!

The clothes were torn vertically.

Sylvia’s eyes soon filled with absurdity.

“But what if you use all your strength like that?”

“Ah, no, that’s not it.”

“If you apply that much force, it’ll rip, of course. It’s just clothes, after all.”

Sylvia glared at Eugene. Eugene awkwardly touched the back of his head.

“I’m sorry. I must have worked hard to make those clothes.”

“It’s okay. Actually, I told you to do that. I was just joking.”

After a brief moment of glaring, Sylvia soon smiled bashfully.

“What do you think? Isn’t it really amazing?”

“Yes, really.”

It’s beyond imagination. This can function as armor on its own. However, since it’s a thin garment, it’s almost impossible to wear, so wearing it under armor will double the effect.

“Thank you for making such nice clothes.”

“No, we are always grateful. Take them all while you’re at it. We’ve made quite a few.”

“Yes. I’ll take that. And… … .”

Eugene brought up the main point.

“Can you make me more clothes?”

“Yes? More?”

“Yes. There’s a lot of wool piled up, so it’s hard to deal with. I thought it would be a good idea to deal with it now… … Oh, I’ll give you the money.”

“Yes. As much as you want. Bring it. I’ll make it for you no matter how long it takes.”

So the deal was done.

The next day, Eugene took out all the wool from the warehouse and brought it to the elves.

That amount is more than ten trucks.

“Oh my god! What is all this?”

There were so many of them that Sylvia’s mouth couldn’t help but drop open.

That’s a lot. This amount should be enough to make hundreds of sets.