Building a Wall

"Maia, Mina has already left to check the area ...."

As if to interrupt the moment, Leila enters the door, and pauses momentarily with a look of surprise with her mouth open, stunned by the situation, but quickly takes a step back and closes the door, but not before leaving words of encouragement.

"You can go on, pretend that I wasn't even here. "

With an expression that says 'I understand', she while she signals Maia with a thumbs up.

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A strange and embarrassing atmosphere was left as we looked towards the figure who withdrew from the door.

I look at Maia who is still stunned by Leila's sudden appearance and speak.

"I think you better go after her before the misunderstanding spreads. "

As if my words had awakened her from the shock of her confusion, Maia left after Leila.

"WAIT Leila !!"

But before she leaves, she turns to me and leans towards me and says "Thank you", before leaving behind Leila.

I look at this scene, and it seems to me like Déjà vu I get a little stunned by this, 'Isn't that scene a flag? '

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During lunch Maia was still a little ashamed of the situation that had occurred earlier.

While Leila teased her with a smile, not letting her forget what had happened.

Then, leaving the house, I head towards the workshop to see if my swords were ready.

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"Glad you arrived Leon, I already finished the sword for you, come and see how it turned out."

Just when I arrived at the workshop, kayama was already waiting at the door.

And I was soon drawn to her words.

As soon as I enter, she hands me a sword with a thin blade, approximately 90 cm, also known as katana.

And when I approach her, I can see my reflection reflecting off her blade.

And feeling nostalgic, I can't hold back from imposing the sword and make some moves to test the blade.

Sometimes with a top-down stroke, sometimes from side to side, or diagonally to the other.

I can't help but be surprised, she is light, well balanced, has a good grip, and apparently, incredibly sharp.

"You worked hard, didn't you? It's an incredible sword"

I speak to Kayama, who has a little joy for the compliment.

"of course it is a great sword, I tried hard to make it, after all, a new way to prepare the metal for a sword, I didn't know that this method could strengthen the metal, even though the blade is thin, it is incredibly sturdy and made for drilling and cutting, this method of forging would allow to create stronger weapons, even if they have an inferior material. "

"I was impressed with this technique, and if used to refine the metal, the weapons and armor just got better."

I barely turn around, and I am attacked by a whirlwind of questions, Kayama looks like a child who has just received a new toy.

"Calm calm wait a little, one thing at a time"

"ahhh * sigh * alright then."

After a few breaths, she calmed down a little.

"Where did you learn that kind of technique?"

"I just saw her on my travels and found it interesting, as I'm not a blacksmith, I didn't know it was that impressive, but it's been a long time."

"What a pity, I wish I could learn from him, for sure he is at least a master blacksmith"

although a little disappointed, there is no way I can say that I learned by watching YouTube ...

"Maia asked to warn that the material to prepare the trap should arrive today in the late afternoon."

"Then I will be going to prepare the ground now, will you come with me?"

"Sure, it's a way of rewarding you for making a sword for me"

Although I want to practice more and become familiar with the sword, helping to build the trap that I helped to plan, is the best to avoid unnecessary mistakes at critical times.

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Besides me and kayama, all residents who are not busy are helping to prepare the trap.

We started preparing for the strengthening of the wall on the west side of the village, if my predictions are correct, then the West side will become the central part of the Battle, and it will be even more effective if the baits work.

To have a mental image, we will make a V-shaped wall, although a little more open, with the blocking of the west gate, and increase it to a good height, we can corner them and arrest them, if we take into account that initially there will not be a lot of corrupt, it is enough.

First, we started to dig and pile up the earth, I plan to make a simple wall, although it doesn't have the defensive aspect of stones and concrete, it is enough if I can offer an advantage during the fight.

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But I have to say, there are almost 20 people working in the preparation of the terrain, and the superior force, is more than welcome, more than four hours of service, We already have a basic wall of almost 2m, although it does not yet extend throughout the length of the side of the village, we are almost 50 meters long.

To improve the defense, we put logs for the outside of the defense, as there is a forest nearby, it was not as difficult as I thought it would be.

And as it is an emergency measure, there is no way to get the dough mixture, which I believe must be the quicklime, which was formerly used in construction sites, but I don't know if they managed to find out how to make modern cement, at the very least, The houses I have seen so far were all made of wood, but some of the roofs are made of tiles, reminiscent of the famous colonial tiles.

"Mr Leon"

I hear a girl calling me while I was participating in the job.

I turn around and see a blonde girl with a bright smile coming towards me, who is without a doubt Maia's daughter, Winry.

"ohh, Winry, did something happen?"

"My mom is calling you, she said Mina came back with the report, and she wanted you to listen."

"OK, I will be going, I will inform Kayama that I am leaving"

I turn towards Kayama, who was instructing a group of workers to install torches to light the works so that they can continue to fix the logs even after dark.

"Kayama, I will be leaving now, the investigation team has arrived and we will be discussing the next steps."

"Alright, thanks for your help so far"

After saying goodbye, I go back to the countryside with Winry, at this moment it is late afternoon, but the weather is still very hot, which is a good thing, so I don't miss taking a hot shower in the day cold.

Taking these random thoughts out of my mind, we finally arrived at the meeting room also known as the living room of the house of the village chief, Maia.

And when I get home, they are all together, I meet Leila, Maia and Mina, the Huntress, she was tasked with taking a team to sweep through the nearby Forest area.

Apparently, they were just waiting for me to arrive.

"we were waiting for you to arrive Leon, and it seems that the situation is more serious than we can imagine."

With a solemn expression, Maia greets me, while she looks at Mina and nods.

Mina describes what she saw in the forest while following the trails of the corrupted, while she was speaking the expressions of the members in the room grew even darker, and the only thing I thought was:

'I knew it could be bad, but this sucks...'