Chapter 4

Sure, here is the translation:

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Of course.

I had forgotten.

In this game, each player can only use one attribute!?

That's why the protagonist who was reincarnated could use all attributes and it was so cool.

I thought I could quickly boil water with fire magic to produce a large amount of salt♪

Knowledge cheat!!!

But the world isn't that sweet.

"Eh? So I can only use ice magic?"

"Yes, that's how it is.

Didn't we cover this in class?"

"Umm, well...

That aside...

So, my plan to produce a large amount of salt with my fire magic is ruined."

When I said that, Lord Radius smiled and said,

"Oh, you want to help your father.

You really do care about your father.

He will surely be pleased."

He gently patted my head.

Yeah. I'm being treated like a child.

Well, I was actually a six-year-old until recently, so it can't be helped.

"Salt can indeed be obtained from seawater.

However, this territory has a lot of rain.

We can't dry it in the sun, and we don't have coal or other fuels.

We are surrounded by the Forest of the Spirit King, so cutting down trees is out of the question.

We have to buy all our fuel from outside, and the cost of fuel is higher than the cost of buying salt. We can't boil water to make salt."

"Umm, then maybe I can use magic to do it quickly?"

"Our territory is one where only ice magic can be used.

Those who can use fire magic have many job opportunities, so they don't come to places like ours."

He said this quite mercilessly.

Huh? What's going on? It suddenly got serious.

I was planning to use magic as a cheat.

This is it, I thought, using Japanese knowledge to cheat!!!

But...

Huh? When I think about it, I'm not that smart.

Yeah. It's impossible.

If I were the protagonist of a web novel, I could use Japanese technology to do amazing things.

But I'm not that smart.

I don't have any immediately useful knowledge, and I can't come up with any ideas.

Aaaaah. Studying is really important.

They say doing what you want is the best, but you can't do anything if you're not smart.

Ugh, I thought I could easily make salt with fire magic♪

Of course, the local people would know how to boil water.

"So, how did the people who have lived here for a long time get salt?"

When I asked, he answered sharply,

"I don't know."

"You, you don't know?"

"This territory used to be a fortress used by elves.

Humans have only lived here for about 100 years.

When humans moved here, salt was already being imported."

Ah. I see.

This land was originally the home of elves.

But over 100 years ago,

One day, the elves suddenly disappeared.

They abandoned the fortress they lived in.

Since they had no interaction with humans, it's unknown why the elves disappeared.

There are rumors that they left for another world with the gods.

After that, the country sent a royal family member who had dropped out of the throne succession to live here.

Unfortunately, the lord's family doesn't have royal blood.

My mother apparently had royal blood.

I remember learning this in class.

"How did the elves get salt?"

"I don't know.

Elves didn't interact with humans.

They rejected any interaction with humans.

We don't even know if their bodies needed salt.

They could get salt from the fish they caught.

We can also get enough salt from fish without needing to export.

But since we have no industries, our only way to earn foreign currency is by selling dried fish.

If we made salt from seawater, the salt concentration might be inconsistent, making it questionable for export."

Lord Radius is right.

In our territory, we can get enough salt from fish for our own needs.

But we need salt for winter food preservation and to earn foreign currency by exporting dried fish.

We are surrounded by the Forest of the Spirit King, so we have very few ways to earn foreign currency.

The forest is home to the real Spirit King, so we are allowed to use the forest's resources only for our territory, but we are forbidden from overharvesting for profit.

If salt is regulated, we will lose our means of earning foreign currency.

If we do nothing, the territory will fall into debt, and Letty's father will have to sell himself into marriage.

If he is manipulated by a stepmother, I will be sold to the royal family and head straight for destruction.

Hmm. What should I do?

I sighed deeply.