Chapter 213: Ruji's Dream Comes True (3)
Chapter 213: Ruji's Dream Comes True (3)
To create an environment where people could walk around in swimsuits, I first had to build a place called a "water park." And to build such a large-scale amusement park, I needed some basic "knowledge."
"This is difficult."
I pushed aside the book titled Introduction to Architecture.
To me, Introduction to Architecture was nothing more than a movie title. I never imagined I’d be studying architecture—and not even modern architecture, but the kind found in a fantasy world.
The problem was that this Introduction to Architecture book was actually a "magic book."
"I’ve felt this for a while, but isn't the reliance on magic in this world a bit too high?"
"Isn't that because magic is just that convenient?"
Laura pointed to the books laid out in front of me.
"Most of the problems you mention, My Lord, can be solved with magic."
"True."
Magic is truly great. It’s so great, so magnificent, and so superior that there’s absolutely no room for science to develop.
Build an airplane to fly? Why bother when you can use Levitation Magic?
Of course, for long-duration or long-distance travel, an airplane might be necessary, but that can be replaced with Spatial Teleportation Magic.
The catch is, I can't use magic.
Ruji Fermaton’s magic power is quite low. His mana pool is so shallow it makes me wonder if all his stat points were dumped into stamina and sexual prowess instead.
Even now, having borrowed the power of the Mythstone, my physical strength and stamina have increased, but my magic power hasn't grown an inch. In the end, the only way to share the Mythstone’s mana with my women was to have them absorb my essence through Sex Magic.
The generation and conversion of mana energy through sex.
I had sparked such a massive revolution, yet here I was, struggling because I couldn't build a single water park.
Hygiene was one thing, but there was an even bigger problem.
"Laura. Do you understand what I’m saying? Based on my drawings and everything?"
"Hmm... So, it’s a structure where a normal house has a small swimming pool—a 'pool'—attached to it? Is that it?"
"Exactly."
"It seems difficult. If we try to build it using existing methods, it doesn't seem to turn out the way you’re imagining, My Lord."
Laura pointed to the papers spread out before me.
"The swimsuits are similar to what we had in mind, but the buildings are a bit... It’s hard to read your thoughts on this, My Lord."
"Ugh."
Just as Laura said, I was feeling a severe sense of disconnect with this fantasy world.
"If what I want to build is from the year 2020, the concepts these Architect Mages are bringing me are stuck in the 1600s."
My head was filled with concrete structures built with modern methods, but the architects—the earth mages—of this world had the mindset of a medieval fantasy setting.
Concrete?
H-beams? Fire safety facilities?
Electrical wiring?
I hadn't even mentioned those things yet, but even if I did, they would hardly understand.
‘But I can’t just give up.’
I had to do it, even if I had to wing it.
All for the sake of creating a world where people could swim to their heart's content in swimsuits.
Ultimately, I wanted my knight order to wear incredibly sexy swimsuits, and then I wanted to have as much sex as I wanted—whether they were in the swimsuits or nude.
Even if this was a fantasy world, I just wanted to enjoy the things I couldn't enjoy back in the modern world. It was just a bit difficult to bring that modern sensibility into this world.
‘If only I had studied design, I could have just whipped up the blueprints and handed them out.’
I wasn't an architecture student. I knew a fair bit about building structures, but that didn't translate into the ability to actually build them. I had never built a building before; how was I supposed to recreate modern architecture?
—I can't just build the water park haphazardly!
Once a water park is built, you can't just build a new one in the same spot. To redevelop a water park once it's finished would likely take until the day I die. If I built it recklessly on the prime land right next to Fermaton, it would surely cause major issues down the line.
Therefore.
Whether it was a holy land for swimsuits, a nude beach, or Fermaton Bay, if I was going to build it, I had to do it right from the start.
"There are too many problems to consider."
As Nero pointed out, I had to introduce new hygiene facilities and mass-produce items for washing the body.
‘Now I finally understand why people who get reincarnated into fantasy worlds struggle so hard to make penicillin and soap.’
They didn't invent those things just to make money. They weren't just flexing their "modern man cheat" to show how powerful they were.
It was because a world without soap and antibiotics is a nightmare.
A world where your skin gets crusty, your hair gets greasy, and black grime cakes your hands after just one day.
—Water and sewage systems? Stop talking nonsense and go fetch water from the well!
A world where even using water was a struggle.
Nobles could solve it with money to some extent, but for commoners, it was impossible. Thus, those who were reincarnated as commoners desperately developed modern conveniences just to survive.
While making money was a goal, they wrung their brains to create modern items for the sake of basic convenience.
"I’m itching for a revolution."
I had built the foundation for a sex revolution, but it was lamentable that my ambitiously prepared large-scale swimsuit project was being blocked by a ridiculous issue like hygiene.
"Laura. Do you know what curse is scarier than the Curse of Fermaton?"
"Hmm... A curse that turns a woman into a man, or a man into a woman?"
"Gender-swapping curses are scary, but let's talk about something more realistic than magic for a moment."
Here’s a scary story.
"In this world, until about 200 years ago, infectious diseases like the Black Death and smallpox spread widely."
"It’s a bit worrying when you bring up such plagues all of a sudden, but Fermaton doesn't have anything like that now, does it?"
"True."
There were no plagues currently. Whether it was the Black Death or smallpox, humans could recover from any disease thanks to sex magic and divine power. Even if scars remained on the skin, once a disease appeared, it could be cured.
"Even STDs can be cured if you go to a temple. Even a severed arm can be reattached thanks to a miracle from God, as long as the cut is clean."
In a world where recovery magic and divine power existed, I realized that dispelling "status ailments" had a much broader effect than I thought.
"The problem is that while you can cure a disease, you can't 'prevent' it."
Diseases can be cured. But getting sick in the first place cannot be stopped.
"When Nero brought up hygiene, I felt a bit of a headache. There are far more people who don't care about hygiene than we think."
"Well, the facilities and equipment are quite lacking."
Fermaton had relatively state-of-the-art facilities, but the problem was that "state-of-the-art" was based on "medieval fantasy" standards. And a fantasy world that served as a game setting at that.
‘The environment the player enjoys is set up so that modern-style events can happen, but the lives of ordinary people are quite miserable.’
The flower beds only exist near the protagonist. Considering that this Fermaton Castle would eventually be taken over by the protagonist and his party, it was inevitable that the facilities were well-made.
"Laura. Do you find living in Fermaton Castle uncomfortable? Compared to before you joined as an adventurer, I mean."
"Wouldn't it be stranger if I said it was uncomfortable? Fermaton Castle is such a wonderful place."
"Right? Sigh. Since I’ve never lived outside of Fermaton Castle, I can't really judge."
Living in the modern world was a much better life than this, so that was out of the question. Just having running water and gas made it better than this world.
In that case.
"I’ll plan the water park as a long-term project and draw up another plan in the meantime."
"What kind of scheme are you cooking up now?"
"A follow-up to what we talked about yesterday. The 'Pool Villa'."
I hadn't really intended to, but I had no choice but to make the lives of the people in this world a bit more comfortable.
"It’s all in my head. But if I can realize this, my paradise will finally be complete."
"Is the paradise you envision a place where women walk around in swimsuits, My Lord?"
"Of course."
A world where men and women could wear swimsuits, tan their bodies in the sun, and play in the water.
"This has already become a matter of pride. A business led by Count Ruji Fermaton cannot fail or be grounded. Don't you agree?"
"Your words certainly show your determination to succeed no matter what. But how will you solve the two immediate problems?"
Hygiene.
Construction.
To build a swimming pool, I had to find a way to deal with these two issues.
"I’ll think about the hygiene part a bit more, but for the construction part, there’s a surefire method."
I took off my pants.
"Let's have sex, Laura."
"Pardon? But it’s during office hours...?"
"If sex is the Count's work, then I can have sex during office hours. Instead, I’m going to turn the creampie into Mana Milk and crystallize it into magic stones immediately. Then, I’ll send them to the Magic Tower and have them converted into a massive amount of mana potions."
I had to use the power of the Mythstone to produce as many magic stones as possible.
"What are you going to use all that for?"
"To grind the engineering grunts."
"...Engineering grunts?"
"Yeah."
The way to drag 1600s-era medieval fantasy architectural methods into 2020 modern architectural sensibility.
"I’m going to squeeze the Architect Mages. I’ll make them build non-stop, except for when they’re sleeping. Their mana is bottomed out? It’s fine. I’ll just feed them mana potions."
Build, demolish, build, demolish.
"I’ll just tell them to keep building until I’m satisfied."
It was the nightmare of infinite revisions.
"I’ll print money through sex, and use that money to run the Architect Mages into the ground."