Chapter 13: 13
I don't want to go back to that time though . Technology must progress after all .
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Hooked nose, wrinkled brow, well-cared mustache, and properly swept-back deep blond hair . I can feel strong will from his eyes overflowing with vigor .
Is he really the brother of Toruma?
I can see Toruma's father standing beside him . He looks somewhat old, you wouldn't think that he's still 34 years old .
"Thank you for saving Toruma . "
It's weird . Even though I'm being thanked, it feels like being scolded by my boss .
That was Toruma's brother, viscount Hosaris Shimen .
"I'm sorry, Satou-dono, my brother can only talk like this . "
"How rude . Toruma, what's wrong with the way I talk . "
His words itself are normal, but the way Hosaris talks feels like a stubborn master who's scolding his poor pupils . In fact, I can feel Arisa radiating drooling-like presence . I can't help but feel that she's leaking gleaming aura that's unusual .
My biggest concern, that is the permission to visit the workshop, is given without problem .
I'm also alloted to the the first in line, though maximum priority is impossible, for the promised matter about scrolls as compensation for Toruma's dagger .
"Is that so, you've got into troubles with his highness Sharlick, sir Pendragon, you have to be careful . His highness tends to easily settle disputes with violence . "
According to Hosaris-shi, the prince is also regarded as a troublemaker in the royal capital . About 10 years ago, he laid his hands on the daughter of a lord who had been decided to marry (someone else), in no time at all, one earl territory was on the verge of rebelling against Shiga kingdom . This matter was also the reason for the cancellation of the engagement between lady Ringrande and the prince .
Originally he should have been confined in a remote monastery, or rather a royal villa away under the pretense of recuperating from sickness, but he could be forgiven if he succeed as a holy knight due to his excellent swordsmanship . The bad rumor didn't die out even after he had become a holy knight, but it seemed that he hadn't caused any big problem like he did with the territory lord before .
How could they gave that kind of human a holy sword .
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"So then, the ink made from the dew on the fireflies lily~"
"We certainly will be able to operate the bestowal stand with precision using that ink, but how much do you think it is . "
"But aren't Dragon Scales and Drill Powder that Jung-san's mentioned impossible to get~"
I can hear people's voices beyond the open door on the hallway .
They're probably the scroll craftsmen whom Hosaris-shi has called .
"Master, welcome back . "
"Hosaris-sama, welcome back!"
An obese middle-aged man to the point of overweight, and a freckled bespectacled little girl with short ash blond hair welcomed us in the room . The woman who's a gnome isn't beautiful by any measures, but she can't be called ugly either .
"The one here is Jung, the workshop manager . Despite his looks, he's the expert of scroll-making in Shiga kingdom . The girl over there is Natalina . When it comes to creativity, she's the best in the workshop . They will meet sir Pendragon's expectation without fail . "
Creative, in other words, she produces strange scrolls that won't sell, and use money like they're growing on trees for the sake of inventions . She's certainly suited for my purpose .
After introducing the two, Hosaris-shi leaves the room followed by Toruma . He's entered the room just to greet them, so there is no problem .
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I show list of scrolls that I want to Jung-san for him to confirm their feasibilities, but the ones that contain advanced level magic aren't possible after all .
Moreover, they won't accept magic that are used by criminals, and spy like [Fake Patch], and [Unlock] .
The crime related things are no good even though the battle related ones are okay huh .
And yet, [Through Eyes], and [Mana String] that can be used to open lock depending on its usage are alright .
In order to create a particular scroll, the person who finishes the scroll has to be able to use that particular magic skill, so [Gravity], [Shadow], [Mind], and [Ghost] magic are impossible .
'Then, you can make [Space] magic?' is my expectation, but it seems the they can only make [Space], and [Destruction] scrolls at only elementary level .
As for holy magic scrolls, they can't be made mainly due to religious reason . It's technically possible huh .
"Hey, chevalier-sama . I understand that you're a collector, but even if you use the magic in this list, none of them will produce any good result you know? Is it really okay?"
"Natalina, use polite speech a bit better . "
"Eh~ I'm using it properly right? Chevalier-sama . "
"They're a bit broken, but I'm an upstart myself, so if it's difficult for you to use polite speech, it's alright to use normal speech . "
When she hears that, Natalina-san says, "You sure? Yay . " while banzai-ing, and Jung-san knocks her head .
I promise that I won't complain even if the effects of the spells line-up in the list turn out weak . They have half of the spells in stock, so half of the request are complete .
"These are some strange spells aren't these? They're easy but it's awfully inefficient . I don't think they're at elementary levels, but it'll be hard to use them due to the long chants . "
The spells in this world are like [Spaghetti Source] seen in programming . They're like assemblers in the era where there are only powerless CPU long ago, interwoven like puzzles . That's why it was extremely hard to analyze them, to the point that I was suspicious that it was deliberately obfuscated .
Therefore, when I was making my own spell, I modularized the spells into functions in accordance to the paradigm of structured programming . As the result, the spells had became extremely readable, but it also introduced disadvantages; the chanting became longer, and increased MP consumption . The traditional spells have probably been optimized after going through long years .
"You can't make them into scrolls?"
"Ah, that thing is alright . They're a bit strange, but it doesn't seem like they're deviated from nature magic, so it feels like I can somehow do it . "
Natalia-san used poor polite speech until the end, probably because Jung-san was glaring at her .
"Then Chevalier-sama . Since it'll need some times to prepare the stocks, would you like to look at the workshop in the meantime?"
"Yes, by all means . "
I take Arisa along to visit the workshop . The workshop is in the basement of the viscount's mansion site, there are many guards who are on the lookout vigilantly . All the guards are higher than level 20, and they have skills that are composed for spy prevention like [Sharp Eyes], and [Surveillance] .
The workshops are divided into numerous small rooms for handling specific processes . Therefore, there are only a few people who knows the entire process . It looks inefficient, but since it's important to hide the technology, it's quite thorough .
It seems that the scroll's papers are made in another place, their appraisal results describe them as [Scroll Blank Sheet, Second] . From the two's conversation, I understand that the ink needs fine powder made from magic cores . The reason why the viscount went to the royal capital was to purchase magic cores with high purities . Looks like you'll need magic cores from level 30 or higher monsters to create intermediate level scrolls . When they show me the cores for the manufacturing, the red tinges on it looks a bit deeper in color compared to the cores from armored newt back then .
"We make inks in this room . "
Jung-san slightly opens the door to show the inside, looks like they can't let me enter . They're making [Ink for Scroll, Shell] here . I understand the materials in general, but one of them is [Ink for Scroll, Second] . This is quite tough .
Even though it's called making scroll, they need more than just writing the spells in the exclusive paper, many processes are required . For that reason, I have to wait 2-4 days for the readily-made ones, and add 1-2 days in the case of order-made ones .
The spells that are in stocks are as follow:
Nature Magic: Flexible Shield (Intermediate)
Nature Magic: Flexible Armor (Intermediate)
Nature Magic: Through Eyes (Intermediate)
Nature Magic: Mana Transfer (Intermediate)
Nature Magic: Mana Drain (Intermediate)
Nature Magic: Break Magic (Intermediate)
Nature Magic: Magic Hand (Intermediate)
Nature Magic: Magic String
Earth Magic: Polish
Earth Magic: Mould
Water Magic: Remove Poison (Intermediate)
Water Magic: Aqua Heal (Intermediate)
Water Magic: Water Heal
Wind Magic: Canopy
They're mostly sample products without recipient . It seems the oldest one is from over 100 years ago .
They're one gold coins for three elementary level scrolls, and two gold coins for one intermediate level ones . The original ones were going to cost me three gold coins, but since I permitted them to copy the spell, it became one gold coin instead .
These kinds of negotiations are Arisa's forte, but when I considered that she would firmly demand sexual harassment as her rewards, I thought that it'd be better if I just paid them more .
Even though there are plain magic like [Polish], and [Mould], among the stocks, I'm happy . With this, I won't need to create sand mould or wood model for casting .
I was looking for multiple small shield magic that Raka used during the fight against the demon in Gururian city--I was taught that it's called [Multi Mana Scale]--in the stocks, but I couldn't find it .
I consulted to them if they could make it, but since it seemed to be an advance level nature magic, it was not possible . It's unfortunate .
They told me the anecdote that it was originally developed to reproduce the multi small shields the wild boar king used in nature magic, but I couldn't say to them that it needed more work as compared to the real thing that I had seen . Or maybe, it could be equal if the skill level is high?
The order-made ones are as follows:
Nature Magic: Light Stun (Original)
Nature Magic: Remote Stun (Original)
Nature Magic: Sound Record (Original)
Nature Magic: Photo (Original)
Nature Magic: Magick Sword (Original)
Water Magic: Liquid Control (Original)
Wind Magic: Air Control (Original)
Lighting Magic: Electronic Control (Original)
Fire Magic: Fireworks (Original)
Light Magic: Fireworks Illusion (Original)
Space Magic: Clairvoyance
Space Magic: Clairhearing
Space Magic: Telephone
Life Magic: Soft Wash
Life Magic: Dry
Life Magic: Bandage
I've limited the power of stun type magic for inter-personal matters . The recording and photography are for recording and taking photo during the sightseeing . The control type ones are for when I'm making magic tools . The other ones than these are too plain and minor that they don't usually make them in scrolls .
The through eyes is not for making clothes look to be transparent . I'd have thought so if I was in my teens, but its use is for observing the states of things during creation of magic swords .
Magick Sword is a magic that produces a transparent straight swords . The idea came to me after I saw the painting of Yamato-san in the museum . Transparent swords are truly fantasy-like .
In reality, magick sword was supposed to be an intermediate magic, but it seemed that it had touched Natalia-san's heartstring, it was treated like the other original magic .
In the end, the matter about scrolls that were slightly over my budget at hand was balanced out .
When the workshop tour is over, Jung-san tells me about the expected date for the completion of the scrolls . Since the person who can use space magic just happens to be present, the [Clairvoyance], [Clairhearing], and [Telephone] can be done in three days, while [Air Control] will be done in five days . The other magic are after those . The people who can use life magic are particularly in vacation for the tournament, so the work will start after the tournament has ended .
When we were going home, it was hard to take away Nana who had remained with Mayuna-chan .
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