During the afternoon after confirming the abnormal growth of the potatoes.
Under the midsummer sun that poured its lights incessantly, Kazura’s forehead was sweating as he dug a hole with the shovel.
That hole was located beside the stone passage that leads into Japan. It was for burying the skeleton corpse that was inside the stone passage.
Since he came to this world, he didn’t have time to properly give the skeleton a proper burial, but since the progress of the waterwheel production had gone with such a high pace, there was empty time in the schedule. So he decided to use that time to give the skeleton a proper burial.
Even if Kazura didn’t supervise the parts manufacturing, the villager that took leadership during Kazura’s absence would simply take over the duty.[1]
「Maybe like this...... Aaah.... My back hurts........」 (Kazura)
Kazura had dug a hole wide enough for him to lie down inside it. He stabbed the shovel in the ground and stretched his body.
Maybe it was because recently he had walked for a long time while carrying heavy things, loading and unloading large amount of fertilizer or rice from the pullcart, that his back was hurting.
Because he did physical work every day his physical strength increased. Thanks to massages from Valetta that he sometimes received, the pain was lessened considerably. But because his back was burdened by the work from digging the hole, it became hurt again.
After burying the corpse, today he planned to return to go buy things in Japan. Kazura also thought to buy some compress[2] on that occasion.