My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 9 [Parts 1 to 2] by Tamamaru

Author:Tamamaru
Language: eng
Format: epub

The next morning, we once again headed to the hole. We hoped that we’d hit the hot water vein soon, but if we got unlucky again today, we would have to change our digging location. However, this wasn’t the only project on the docket—we also had the standing order for Camilo and our daily duties to think about.

In other words, if we fail today, this hot spring mission will be put on hold for a while.

As I arrived at the hole, I prayed to the Dragon of the Land that we wouldn’t be put in such an unfortunate situation. We prepared for another day of digging.

“Kulululu.”

Krul pulled the rope back, tugging the rock crusher up, and then let go. She’d done this dozens of times already, and the one saving grace was that she didn’t seem to tire of this work. Naturally, her enthusiasm was due in no small part to—

“Arf! Arf!”

—Lucy, of course. The pup barked as though cheering her older sister on. She energetically ran around Krul, trying her best to be encouraging. I had no doubt that Lucy’s spirit was truly helping her older sister. And if my daughters were happy, I didn’t mind that the health bar on my shoulder was continuously decreasing due to Diana’s vigorous assault.

Lucy continued to encourage us when we started pulling in Krul’s stead. She probably wanted to join in, but she was holding herself back. Diana and I discussed spoiling her to bits when this work was over—I chose to ignore Anne’s weary expression.

We continued to work, only taking a small break for lunch before getting right back to it. Just when I was thinking about changing our digging location, Krul released the rope once more, and I heard her cry out.

“Kulu.”

The rock crusher fell into the hole it had chipped out and disappeared from view. A dull thud reverberated in the air. We’d repeated this painstaking process so many times and had never sensed a difference, so we assumed nothing had changed this time either. But then, a sharp crack reached our ears.

“H-Hey, did you hear...?” I stammered.

Lidy confirmed it. “I did.”

The rest of our family nodded. Something had clearly changed, and it wasn’t long until we were able to spot the difference. There were a few dull thuds and hot water began gushing from the hole. It wasn’t strong enough to be a geyser—especially not one several meters tall—but water was undoubtedly pouring out.

We all erupted into loud cheers and hugged each other happily.

But of course, we had no time to celebrate. Krul, Samya, Helen, and Anne quickly pulled up the rock crusher and set it aside. We grabbed wooden planks, stakes, and hammers, then headed down the slope into the hole.

The rock crusher had apparently been plugging the hole at first, so pressure had built up underneath—this had caused the initial energetic gush. After Krul and the others had pulled the rock crusher up and out of the hole, the water had lost its initial gusto. Fortunately, it was still pouring out steadily like a spring (which, duh, it’s in the name: hot spring).

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