A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 148

Translator: Jasper Kadowaki | Editor: NovelMultiverse

“…Heavy,” said Takeo, waking up to an intense pressure atop him. 

This feeling was… Of course, Alice.

As she did every time, Alice had moved around in her sleep, and today, she was face down and atop Takeo, who was facing up. 

He wondered for a bit how she climbed up on him, but… He didn’t know.

It seemed like normally, it would wake them up, but…

Alice was in a deep sleep, snoring lightly on top of him. 

Today, too, Takeo rubbed Alice’s thighs while zoning out.

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Alice began to stir, and said, “…Good…Mor…Ning.”

She greeted Takeo, and for the first time, noticed that she was in a strange position.

“Lady Alice. Good morning,” said Takeo, still rubbing her thighs.

“…Takeo-sama… You’re under me again, today?” 

Takeo could only smirk. 

“Well… Yes, that’s fine,” said Alice, putting her arms around Takeo’s neck in a hug.

“You’re not getting up?”

“Not yet… I want to sleep for a bit longer.”

“Oh, my, well – it can’t be helped.”

“Ehehe,” laughed Alice with a musical tone in her voice.

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Takeo and Alice slept for a bit after that, but then Alice said, “Alright, then, Takeo-sama – I hate to part with you, but let’s get up.”

The two of them then got out of bed and started getting changed.

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After they finished breakfast, they had teatime at the parlor. 

“Now, what will everyone be doing today?” asked Grandpa Elvis.

“I will be studying,” said Smith. 

“It seems the refurbished New Rifle 1 has been finished, and so I will go do some test firing. After that, I have no plans. I’m thinking I’ll have lunch outside, somewhere,” said Takeo. 

“I will be with Takeo-sama,” said Alice.

“Hmm, yes. Be careful, all right?”

“Yes, sir,” said the two of them.

Incidentally, the procurement of fresh cream was assigned to the head chef and his crew. 

Takeo thought that they were the only ones who could do it, and he simply gave them orders.

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Takeo and Alice went to Taylor’s shop, and after receiving the newly refurbished New Rifle 1, they went to the edge of the practice grounds outside of the castle gates. 

Taylor stayed on stand by at the shop.

“I need to make a lapel badge for a trench coat,” Taylor said. He seemed to be eager to get to his work.

They used small stakes and a rope to partition off a part of the grounds, and they were ready for the rifle practice.

Today, they had brought one rifle and fifty bullets for Alice. 

“Now… It seems we’re ready.”

“Yes.”

Takeo laid down a tarp and took up a firing position on the ground. 

For starters, he aimed at a tree fifty yards away. [Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

Alice sat on the tarp behind Takeo.

“I’m going to fire.”

“Yes.”

As he pulled the trigger, a loud boom rang out, along with the crack of a bullet hitting a tree.

Takeo got up from his prone position and got up. 

…There’s almost no kickback…

It must have been due to the “Shield” that had been applied to the part that went against his shoulder. 

In addition to that, last time, when the rifle fired, a plume of white smoke came out from the end of the barrel, but this time, the smoke seemed to shoot out holes in the sides of the barrel and didn’t leave smoke in front of Takeo to block his vision. 

The white mistiness around the barrel was also significantly reduced, to a point where it didn’t really bother Takeo. 

He must have lowered the amount of water used, even further, thought Takeo.

“Takeo-sama, it looks good, doesn’t it?”

“Yes, it’s improved quite a bit. How does it look from back there?”

“The air blast on both sides of the barrel is quite impressive. It may be a bit dangerous to be directly beside it,” said Alice, stating her thoughts.

“I see… I understand. Will you take some shots too, my lady?”

“Yes.”

Alice got into the firing position on the tarp, in a way that showed she was getting used to this. 

“Was the air blast really that strong?”

“Yes. From what I could see… I think the wind blast would come out to around here,” said Alice, smirking.

Takeo and Alice both began taking shots at the tree fifty meters off.

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They both finished firing fifteen shots, each. 

“…Out of fifteen shots fired, I had fifteen hits.”

“I had fourteen hits from fifteen shots fired.”

“One more, huh?”

“Ah… So close. More importantly, thanks to your New Rifle 1, Takeo-sama, that tree looks like it’s about ready to fall over,” said Alice, squinting.

“Oh? You’re right,” said Takeo, as if he just realized it.

“…What should we do about it?” asked Alice.

“Do about it?”

“Shall we start shooting at a different tree?” 

Takeo thought about Alice’s question for a moment. 

“Let’s just knock it over, shall we? If we leave it like that, it might fall over on a passerby. And afterward, we can take shots at the fallen tree.”

“All right. I’ll go chop it down,” said Alice, moving as if to get up. 

“What? Lady Alice, we’re here already, so let’s just knock it down with these….hm?…”

Looking at Alice, Takeo began to think.

“Is something the matter, Takeo-sama?”

“How much magical power do you have, Lady Alice?”

“I’m not sure about an exact figure, but… more than 10,000, probably.”

“What do you mean more than?”

“We couldn’t measure that high,” said Alice, very matter-of-factly, but… Mages started at 200 magical power…

On top of that, to think that this magic could be fully applied to “Body Strengthening” and “Weapons and Armor Strengthening”… It was outside the bounds of normalcy and fairness, thought Takeo. 

“…Takeo-sama, are you think about something impolite?”

“Oh? You could tell?”

“So, you don’t deny it?” asked Alice, hanging her head in disappointment. 

“Yes, I was just thinking that your powers weren’t fair.”

“You’re one to talk, Takeo-sama.”

“I’m an average person.”

“You’re not,” retorted Alice. 

Takeo smirked and said, “Well, will you take some shots with this New Rifle 1, Lady Alice?”

“What?”

“Let’s put some magic power into it. It uses 150 when magic is applied to it, so I believe you’ll be able to take about 10 shots.”

“Yes! I’ll do it!”

Alice made her way over to where Takeo was lying, prone.

“I knew you wanted to try,” said Takeo, smirking.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]