After parting with Valetta and Valin who would soon return to Grisea Village, Kazura was led by Havel to perform an inspection of the river that flowed through the middle of Isteria .
Currently, Kazura and Havel stood at an elevated place, where it was possible to survey Isteria’s cityscape and the river that flowed through the middle of it.
Actually, he wanted Nelson or Zirconia to guide him, however, the people in question were working to their limit to procure the goods and personnel that Kazura had requested before, so they were in a condition where they simply couldn’t accompany Kazura in an inspection.
Isaac was also in the same situation. Maybe because he was running from place to place to procure the 3000 cloth bags with the dimensions that Kazura had ordered, Kazura hadn’t seen Isaac for some time now.
Because of that, the one with empty hands was selected, that is Havel, to accompany Kazura in the river inspection.
「It is quite a big river. So which area is affected when the flood occurs? 」(Kazura)
「Umm, the water generally began to overflow mostly at this riverside, according to the map. It seems that the buildings are inundated each time the flood has occurred. In addition, there are several places where it is likely to flood, but they are mainly located in the sections where the tributary meets the main river.」(Havel)
Havel scanned the map of Isteria in his hand and then pointed at the river in the distance.
The map was filled with writing at several places, that mentioned where and when the flood had occurred in the past and the extent of the damage.
Kazura looked at the direction pointed by Havel, where soil had piled up at the riverside to serve as the levee.
This levee might be used to defend against the flood, however, if large rain occurred and it becomes flooded then that meant that there was some kind of problem with the levee structure or the location.
「Even after piling this much soil the flood still happened…… Havel-san, after this could you check the documents related to construction of this levees?」(Kazura)
「Understood. Since I can’t browse the documents with my authority, I will convey this to Nelson-sama afterward.」(Havel)
「Yes, please. Also, could you turn around for a moment?」(Kazura)
「Eh? Ah, yes, I understand.」(Havel)
Because of the sudden request to turn around, Havel was a bit perplexed, but he obediently turned around.
When Kazura confirmed that Havel had turned around he took out the digital camera from his breast pocket and took several photographs of the center of the river.
「Alright, you may turn back now. I want to have a closer look at the levee’s structure, so let us head to the river. Also are there any other rivers that pass through Isteria?」(Kazura)
「There are two large rivers that flow at the west and the east from the city, they’ve also flooded several times. Do you also want to see them all?」(Havel)
「Let’s see…… Since my inspection days are limited, I prefer to look around at the area where floods have occurred in the past. If there still time to spare then I will also inspect the rest.」(Kazura)
Actually, Kazura wanted to inspect all the river levees since it was important in his planned flood countermeasure. For certain measures he wanted to take pictures of them, however, he had to depart to Grisea Village in 3 days.
For this reason, he needed to put first priority on surveying the place where floods had occurred before, and must postpone checking the other places until later.
「I understand. Since we need to travel quite a distance, let’s use a rata. I will quickly prepare it, please wait here for a moment.」(Havel)
「Ah, but I can’t ride the rata by myself……」(Kazura)
「Please forgive me. Then I will quickly prepare a carriage.」(Havel)
Although Havel was rather surprised when he heard Kazura couldn’t ride a rata, he bowed to Kazura with a fresh smile and began to run.