Isekai Craft Gurashi ~Jiyuu Kimama na Seisan Shoku no Honobono Slow Life~ - Ch. 31

[SFace]

Okay, I thought Alicia was just too paranoid about being discarded, but in the end it was totally justified, as they really did dismiss her.

The ojou girl really sucks at communicating her intentions to the poor maid.

I have a sudden thought that they might want Alicia to become the vanguard for Miyabi and Liz.

 

[Psychronia]

There's no industry to support the maintenance of these vehicles...

Except crafters.

This was my immediate thought as Miyabi started breaking down his magic-fueled train. Is he gonna indirectly give crafters everywhere a place to safely grind their skills?

I don't remember if other production classes are especially proficient in enchantment circuits, but fuel is something that's basically going to always be in demand when it comes to an industrial-age machine. Considering they currently don't have a niche, the crafters' comparative advantage is economically the best out of all the classes.

If the organization responsible for maintenance can allocate a budget for securing materials, crafters will finally be able to level up. Even if they don't reach Miyabi's mega-warehouse level storage, they should be able to lug around a storage shed's worth, driving their value up like crazy.

 

[finalm]

Miyabi is being really silly with this project. He doesn't even know how to build the engine for the locomotive and he's aiming for a train? He should be working on a car instead; far less horsepower needed and can travel on the existing road infrastructure. It will also fulfil the intended purpose of enabling two adventurers to travel more quickly over the 600 km distance.

Beyond the myriad of issues that come with such a project (permission to build, maintenance cost, etc), it seems to me that it will attract attention to his skills and he may be "asked" to keep working on such projects to link up other cities because he'll be able to do it in a fraction of the cost and time that it would take otherwise. Changing the travel time from two weeks to 12 hours is pretty transformative for the economy and the military after all, so there's no way the nobility and royalty won't ask him to contribute further. Then again, there is apparently a guild of infrastructure and production that manages such matters, so he'll probably be shielded of such work by the guild taking on the requests to build that type of infrastructure.

Existing infrastructure? As in, medieval paved (or not) roads? Dude, have you ever tried that kind of journey on such a scale? Because there's a good reason modern roads are very different from that. Let's forget about the very real threat of monster encounters, a good offroad car would be able to make it, but you'd need to constantly service it so that it wouldn't fall apart. Also, the length and comfort of such a trip would be murder, especially for the driver. It's not like the country wouldn't notice such regular activities too.

 

[finalm]

America is just poorly set up for train based transportation everywhere. We can blame some of that on zoning laws, but another is just how much SPACE we have. Unlike Europe or much of Asia, we don't have the population density to really argue for trains, which is why buses are much more common. It ends up being much cheaper to build out rather than up in most of America (leading to the characteristic sprawl of American cities) while the opposite is true in much of Europe and Asia, it's cheaper to build up than out.

Population density is just an excuse. Large American cities are also pretty much devoid of mass transit, compared to European ones. The very way they are built, with suburbs that are massively far away from everything means cars are a necessity. It's very much a case of successful lobbying to the detriment of an entire nation.

 

[Sionnach91]

I have a sudden thought that they might want Alicia to become the vanguard for Miyabi and Liz.

True. Conversation about a vanguard + the most obvious person declined + suddenly revealed Alicia is a capable knight + Alicia doesn't like Liz and needs to spend more time with her to see what she's truly like as a person + her own bosses are super manipulative?

Sounds like an excuse to have them spend more time together. Alicia would probably never agree to become an adventurer if she was still a maid.

 

[dankenglish]

If the organization responsible for maintenance can allocate a budget for securing materials, crafters will finally be able to level up. Even if they don't reach Miyabi's mega-warehouse level storage, they should be able to lug around a storage shed's worth, driving their value up like crazy.

Yeah, working crafters don't need to reach Miyabi's levels. Even getting good at just one aspect of their class means they can divide the work. Miyabi's example involved enchanting wind cubes, which is something a kid was able to do after some training.

 

[Digidestined701]

Wait what happen to the maid??? Nooooo

I mean, she's been actively hostile towards guests of the duchy. If she can't handle simply being polite to people she doesn't like, she really shouldnt be in a position to deal with political guests, something that would happen if she's the personal attendant of the duchess/ Crown Prince's fiance. Even if she's demoted to just a maid, she needs an attitude adjustment

 

[captain_crunch]

I have a sudden thought that they might want Alicia to become the vanguard for Miyabi and Liz.

That was my thought too. She's been present enough that I don't think she will just disappear from the story. And even though she was rude I don't think it would be enough setup to become a new villain. Was thinking the crafty Duke wanted someone to both help mc continue his adventure job when Liz is off at school, and someone loyal to him to spy on mc.

 

[Haxens]

Nugget of wisdom from the Nugget cave

 

[Quarterdane]

That's rough, buddy.

Hey, at least her boyfriend didn't turn into the sun or something.

 

[kikix12]

Miyabi is being really silly with this project. He doesn't even know how to build the engine for the locomotive and he's aiming for a train? He should be working on a car instead; far less horsepower needed and can travel on the existing road infrastructure. It will also fulfil the intended purpose of enabling two adventurers to travel more quickly over the 600 km distance.

Beyond the myriad of issues that come with such a project (permission to build, maintenance cost, etc), it seems to me that it will attract attention to his skills and he may be "asked" to keep working on such projects to link up other cities because he'll be able to do it in a fraction of the cost and time that it would take otherwise. Changing the travel time from two weeks to 12 hours is pretty transformative for the economy and the military after all, so there's no way the nobility and royalty won't ask him to contribute further. Then again, there is apparently a guild of infrastructure and production that manages such matters, so he'll probably be shielded of such work by the guild taking on the requests to build that type of infrastructure.

Absolutely not.

There is no existing road infrastructure. They're just plain ground, very uneven, with varying width's. He wouldn't be able to go much faster than in a horse-drawn carriage, just that he could run it for 14-16 hours a day instead of 8. He'd cut the time from 2 weeks to 1 week, which is still completely useless to them.
Not to mention, he'd be susceptible to monsters, bandits, risk endangering other travelers or outright getting stuck.
If there are any bridges along the way, they could possibly fail under the load as well (though he could make sturdier ones, I guess).

He also clearly had described how he intends to make the train move. There's literally no need for him to know how a train in our world works. No one also said that he plans on making the gargantuan things that we have currently. Who knows, it may be just the size of five or so wooden horse carriages (and may be wooden itself), so it wouldn't weight even as much as a single train wagon...Heck, depending on how it was constructed, it could even weight less than some of the larger cars. Though I do realize he probably will (that's the standard of fiction).

As for the remaining two arguments, they seem lacking.

First, permission to build? The existence of such a thing isn't as obvious. While 'building codes' are ancient (literally, apparently about 1770BC, so close to 3800 years ago), permits to construct something? And outside of a city too? While there were people that simply weren't allowed to have possession of their own, landowners generally could construct things rather freely. The codes were generic, very imprecise and likely building on your land, likely you didn't need to ask anyone. Just that if you didn't follow the building code (whatever it was in a given region), it'd get razed.
Towns and their general area are likely more strict though, so it is reasonable to expect that the construction would need to start some ways from both towns.

Second, he already attracted attention of the DUKE. At this point, him doing this isn't putting him in any more danger than he already is. If the duke wants to use him...he already will. If he doesn't, then he will be able to cover for him.

Even if not...sorry, but yeah. He's literally the last person that can actually be threatened like that. What will they do? Keep him at spears edge 24/7? Remember that there's no physical barrier that he cannot get rid of. He can just hide underground and travel literally anywhere he pleases unimpeded. It's impossible to lock him up. Even chains will do nothing, he can just get rid of them.
If this wasn't a light-hearted manga, I would say that he actually has the ability to singlehandedly destroy entire countries. Collapsing structures, sending people to their death at spike traps or crushing those around them by creating heavy items above their heads? He can do all those things. Unless you are aiming to kill him and manage to do it before he knows about the attempt...there's basically nothing that can be done for a user of magic that can do things like he can.
Of course...for plot purposes he won't be utilizing his abilities to the fullest. No protagonist ever does.

 

[Prominis]

Much of the complexity of building trains is laying down the rails and wrangling the terrain (tunneling, slope grading etc), considering Miyabi can build those as he walks, trains make sense.

People keep applying real world logic to Miyabi, smh.