Mr. Euto’s suggestion did not seem possible
“Surely you’re not thinking about having fenrirs replace horses all over the country?”
“No, no, Takumi. Riding the fenrirs directly and pulling a carriage… It is a different method than that.”
He said while waving his finger.
I was a little annoyed that he was taking so long to spit it out.
“Then…what is the method?”
“Railroads, Takumi. You should know all about them. It makes transportation faster. And can carry a lot of people and cargo.”
“R-railroads!?”
“Wuff!?”
I was a little surprised by his answer.
Even Leo sounded surprised.
“I am thinking about laying the railroads all over the country, which would make transportation so much easier.”
“Hmm…”
Indeed, it would be more convenient, but was it really possible?
Perhaps someone in his position could secure the funds and personnel necessary for such an endeavor.
“But what does that have to do with the fenrirs?”
We had been talking about fenrirs up until now. So it must mean he thought this idea would be possible with their help.
But I didn’t understand how they were related.
“A railroad means trains, right? So these trains…they can be pulled by fenrirs…”
“Huh…?”
“As for how trains run… I think in our world, it’s electricity, right? Not steam.”
“Yeah…but…”
“I don’t think we could make steam engines here. I don’t know how they work… Do you?”
“No. Just that they use coal…”
“Right. If only someone who knew that stuff came to this world… Of course, it’s possible that someone like that is already here, and I just don’t know.”
“So you’ll use fenrirs instead?
“Yes, exactly. That way, we don’t need electricity. Well, there is magic that can do something similar. But I don’t know how electric trains work either.”
We had conducted some experiments like that in science class back in the day.
Something with coils and magnets.
But when it came to something large…like a train. It would be impossible to generate enough electricity to make it move.
“In other words, you’re going to use the fenrirs to replace electric power?”
“Yes, yes. Like a big carriage. How about…have three or four of them together. Would that be enough? No?”
“…That doesn’t sound very practical at all.”
Trains were masses of metal. Well, it was possible that he was thinking about making something smaller than the trains I was familiar with. But even then, they would still be incredibly heavy.
On top of that, there was cargo and passengers… Fenrirs might be able to pull carriages at great speed, but this was a different matter entirely.
“Oh… I thought it was a good idea… So much that I jumped out of the carriage in order to tell you. But now I’m starting to have doubts.”
Apparently, he had a change of heart after talking to me. If only he had thought rationally before jumping out.
Honestly, he was better off spending his time researching steam engines.
With that, or find some equivalent with magic. This was a world of magic, so there must be some way… Hmm? Or was it because this world had magic, that so little research was done about such things?
Well, nevermind…