Chapter 515: No training wheels necessary |
Laeva and I returned to the workshop and we talked about making bikes for the children, and bikes that are possible to ride while wearing long skirts that Maribelle had requested, the so-called mamachari.
「A bike that you could use as is with a long skirt?」
「Yeah, I already know the shape of the frame for it so that should be fine.」
I’ve been riding a mamachari since I was in middle school, so I’m well acquainted with its frame. Maybe I should change the size of the tires.
「Will the frame be made of mithril alloy?」
「As to be expected, mithril alloy might be a problem.」
「Yes, that seems possible. There’s no problem if it’s used in the Sanctuary, but it would be dangerous if in Volton.」
Laeva and I used mithril alloy without reserve, but it’s metal that was originally used in super high quality equipment. There’s always the worry that it would be stolen in Volton.
「But I don’t wanna purposely increase the grade.」
「Let’s do that. Mithril alloy has a nice tinge, but should we choose different colors?」
Just as Laeva had said, let’s conceal it using paint. I don’t feel the need to downgrade what we use. Mithril can be mined in large quantities at the mining district of the Sanctuary thanks to Gnome.
「Will we keep the same shape as the prototype?」
「Let’s try making different types.」
I figured we’d try creating a few different sizes of mountain bikes instead of cross bikes. Additionally, for the kids who like to wear skirts on a regular basis, we should make a mini mamachari.
「The problem are the Cat Sith sisters.」
「Hmmm, just in case, I’ll make bikes that suit Miri and Lala’s physiques, but if they can’t ride it, I’ll think of something else.」
I was worried about Miri and Lala riding the bikes because they were comparably smaller than the children of other races, but let’s just try making some training wheels that could be included. It’d be so sad if they were left out, after all.
Without delay, I transmuted one example to show Laeva how the mamachari frame looks like.
「Something like this, I guess?」
「I see, even skirts would be alright with this.」
「Then let’s continue transmuting the other parts to make a whole bike.」
「Yes!」
Brakes are difficult, so I just reused the one from the cross bike. I transmuted the handle, saddle, pedals, tires, hubs and smokes, then Laeva and I fine tuned it as we assembled everything together.
「Ohh, so this is the bike for the maids.」
「Yup, should we have Maribelle come by to check?」
「Yes!」
Laeva took the assembled mamachari out of the workshop.
While I was transmuting the parts for the kids bike, Laeva came back with the mamachari.
「How was it? What did Maribelle say?」
「The head maid would like a basket.」
「A basket, huh. The basket is definitely an essential part of the mamachari. Okay, gotcha.」
Just as Maribelle had requested, I transmuted a basket often used for the mamachari.
「While we are at it, instead of in the front, how about a loading rack and a detachable basket on the back?」
If a heavy load was placed on the front basket, it would be difficult to drive the bike because of poor balance, so we should also prepare a rear basket.
「Okay, how about something like this? Laeva, could you please duplicate this?」
「Understood. How many do you need?」
「Uhh, for the time being, we’ll need two for the Sanctuary and two for the Volton mansion, so three more.」
「I’ll make it immediately.」
「Thanks.」
I entrusted the remaining mamacharis to Laeva, and I switched to working on the kids bikes.
As I thought about Wappa and the kids’ heights, I transmuted the frame of the mountain bike. Naturally, I was using mithril alloy.
I carefully adjusted the size of everything, including the thicker tires, handle, and breaks as I crafted and assembled it.
Since there didn’t seem to be any defects, so I transmuted an identical mountain bike in one go.
Once I complete something, it wasn’t that difficult to transmute it again and skip steps.
Since Melanie and Malorie were Elves, they had longer limbs than Wappa and the others, so I transmuted two bikes of a bigger size.
The problem was the Cat Sith sisters’ bikes.
I first tried making the Wappa’s mountain bikes smaller, but its balance wasn’t all that great, so I tried adjusting everything until it was perfect.
「Okay, this should be good enough.」
I should get Miri and Lala to try it out.
With that in mind, I called out to Laeva and then headed to Miri and Lala’s house.
I hope they’ll be happy about it.
「Miri, Lala, could you try the bikes out for me?」
「Really nya!?」
「Yaaaay!」
I made some training wheels in case they needed it, but……
They rode it so smoothly right away.
Haha, the children of this world have amazing motor skills.
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