After letting Rika play, I continued working on the house design that I had been looking for. I printed out the design and brought it out along with some carpentry tools such as a saw, hammer, nails, and so on. Well, these were originally tools from my office.
I went outside and there, not far from my yard, Arwen's grandfather had gathered the elven men.
"My lord, I have gathered the men. We can begin the work"
Grandfather Arwen said that to me. He was really excited at the moment. The men all immediately knelt down and saluted me. I don't know if they acknowledge me or not but I can see they respect me.
"Alright. Since everyone has gathered, let's start the work this time. Today, we will build the hall first. If we build a house, some people will definitely sleep outside tonight. After the Hall is finished, we will only build the house"
This is the best option right now. With my skills, I can process wood quickly. Now it was just a matter of how these elves cut down the trees.
I lent them a long saw. Although it was impossible for all of them to get one, they didn't mind because they also had their own equipment.
"Then, are any of you good at reading pictures?"
I asked them that. I'll definitely be busy processing wood so they'll have to design the hall according to the drawings.
Someone then came forward.
"My lord, this is Steve who serves as a carpenter in our tribe. It should be no problem for him to read the drawings."
"Greetings, my lord"
Arwen's grandfather introduced Steve to me and I nodded. I then asked him to try reading the picture I had prepared. As soon as he saw the picture, his eyes widened.
"Hm? What is it, Steve?"
I asked as I caught his expression.
"My lord, your drawing is very detailed and precise. This is the best and easiest drawing for me to understand the content."
I see, it's obviously precise. I just need to print it out from the computer and it's done. There was no difficulty in the drawing.
"Thank goodness then. You guys can get to work. I'll ask the women to prepare the food. I'll set up a temporary kitchen for them."
Arwen then escorted me to the women's quarters. I realized that they all looked young. The oldest is probably around 30 years old. It's rude to ask about age so let's ignore their looks.
I built a stove out of clay with my skills. As for the pans and other things, I happened to have a lot of them in storage. My mom used to change her woks because she got bored quickly. So there was quite a lot of stock in the warehouse. I've modified all of them so their durability is unquestionable.
"All of you, this is a communal kitchen for cooking lunch. For the ingredients, you can all get them from the garden. Both vegetables and herbs, you can get them there. If there's anything you don't understand, don't hesitate to ask me."
When I said that, many women immediately nodded their hands. I chose one of the women and invited her to ask.
"Please, miss."
The lady then asked directly.
"My lord, I would like to ask about the vegetables and herbs you are referring to. I don't know some of the vegetables you grow as well as how to cook them and where we can get spices."
Apparently, spices are very difficult here. This is natural because the weather here is similar to Europe. They don't know pepper, cinnamon and so on. Maybe salt is all they know.
"Alright. I'll explain to you. Come follow me to the garden"
I took them and explained one by one about the vegetables and spices available. They memorized it and immediately felt amazed at me. This was new knowledge for them. I hope they can implement my teachings well.
"ah, I forgot the side dish...."
Remembering that, I immediately took some men to the river and I had prepared a net there to entangle the ikat.
"Oh, today's catch is quite a lot"
I asked them to bring the results to the women for cooking. I also gave them some oil. I have planted coconuts here. For palm oil, unfortunately I don't have the fruit. For this coconut, I bought it at the supermarket.
As for the processing, my skills can do it easily.
After taking care of the food issue, I headed to the courtyard to observe the children while waiting for the men to finish cutting wood.
I approached the flora closest to me.
"Flora, are the children playing safely?"
I was a little worried that Rika wouldn't get along with them.
"Lord Rio, they are all playing happily. I didn't expect the children to bond so quickly either. Also, I'm quite interested in Rika's doll. It looks very cute."
A girl is still a girl. It seemed that Flora also liked dolls.
"Flora, can I ask you a few questions?"
I changed my appearance to a serious one and said that to Flora.
"Of course, lord Rio. feel free to ask me"
Flora seemed to notice my appearance and answered seriously as well.
"Do you know about humans from other worlds besides me and Rika? I mean the ones out there."
Flora then answered.
"I don't know, Lord Rio. I also just found out from the chief that otherworldly humans can be summoned by ritual"
Ritual .... This seemed to be the only way.
"Then, is there a chief or someone in your tribe who can summon or knows how to perform rituals?"
I asked hopefully to the flora but the answer was, as I expected.
"Unfortunately, rituals can only be performed by holy magic which is only mastered by Church people"
I kind of need to figure that out but not for now.
"Alright.... Then can you tell me about the other races? Then tell me about the skills as well. I don't know much about this world"
I said that to Flora and she immediately agreed. I'm confused why she easily agreed to my request but I don't want to think about it too much.
"Very well my lord. I will tell you everything I know."
With that, the flora began to tell the story.