“Yeah . It’s not sweet enough like this . Besides, there’s got some impurities in it, so I think it would be best to filter it . ”
Saki seemed disappointed at first, but after hearing Jin’s words, she regained her spirits .
“Good grief! So that’s what it was . Well then, Jin, I’m counting on you!”
“Huh?”
“Don’t ‘huh’ me! Aren’t you a Magi Craftsman? And a super-first-class one at that? That’s why I’m asking you! Make me a magic tool!”
Before Jin could answer anything, Reinhart gently tapped him on the shoulder .
“Sorry, that’s just the way she is . … Please try to get used to it . ”
To Jin, it did not mean that he found her way of making such a request was particularly disagreeable . It was just that he did not know how to follow Saki’s carefree attitude .
That same Saki was smiling at both Jin and Reinhart with a cheery expression in her face .
“… Alright . ”
Jin, who was somewhat annoyed about being dragged around, took a Magi Crystal from a rack as Saki had indicated, then took a small ingot of iron from the raw materials storage, and brought them to Saki .
Having said nothing up to that point, Jin began to create the magic tools .
First, he created the iron components . Then he sculpted and shaped them in one stroke, and finished by refining the surfaces .
“Writing . Writing . Finish . ”
The Magi Formula was instantly written in the Magi Crystal .
The operation was so fast that Reinhart was not even able to utter a single word of flattery .
“Oh, oohhhhh!”
Even though Reinhart was aware of Jin’s true nature, he was still taken aback . In Saki’s case…
“Wh… whaaat!?”
As one would expect, they were both so dumbfounded that they seemed as if they had become statues of themselves, with their mouths wide open .
“Well, this is the magic tool ‘Stove’ . You can heat up whatever you put on top of it by applying fire magic to it . You can also adjust the heating power with this knob here . ”
Disregarding Saki, who was still petrified, Jin had explained that to Reinhart .
“Erm, this is nice, huh? ‘Stove’ was it?”
“Yeah . Actually, this is a high-end version of another one I created before back in Klein Kingdom . Back then, I could only buy Magi Sand to use for it, but this one works with a Magi Crystal . ”
“Can this also be used for cooking? It’s amazing it’s only this big!”
Actually, there was such a heating magic tool in the Shouro Empire . However, it was shaped like a bread oven, so to speak, and could not be transported at all .
Translations by AsianHobbyist Website “This is going to be the bane of the elites . ”
Reinhart began to explain to Jin with a sorry smile on his face .
“There hasn’t been a single Magi Engineer who would create such a magic tool solely for the sake of the common folk . ”
After having that conversation, Saki had finally rebooted .
“J… Jin, you’re amazing! … Quite frankly, I thought Reinhart had exaggerated when he spoke about you . I’m sorry for making light of you . ”
Saki lowered her head .
“She has that kind of personality, but what you see is what you get . ”
And Reinhart followed . Hearing that, Jin nodded .
It was a bit out of their way, but it was decided that they would try to boil maple syrup (or an undiluted version of it) at the stove that Jin had made .
Since using a flask was no good, they tried using a pot instead, but since there was no suitable pot at hand, Jin created one out of a copper ingot .
Boiling syrup takes a long time . In order for it not to get burned, Jin had ordered Reiko to stir it from time to time .
During that time, Jin tried to take another look at the contents of the other flask that had caught his attention before .
A black, sticky liquid . Touching it gives you something like a rash . Sap .
“Is it… lacquer?”
Actually, the sap of lacquer trees is not black . It is more brown-greyish, and not that slimy . It is applied as paint during the first refining and gives off a black luster . But Jin did not know the details to that extent .
However, what was in that flask was not exactly lacquer as a finished product, much like the maple syrup on the other flask he found earlier .
“What was that, Jin? ‘Locker’?”
“‘Lacquer’ . It looks like a type of natural paint that I know of . ”
Saki nodded as she heard that .
“I see, so it can be used for painting? Actually, a traveling salesman left a barrel of it here, but it looks that more can be collected south of here . I got into that mess because I tried to study its natural properties . ”
She had probably touched it with her hand, then rubbed her face with that same hand .
Translations by AsianHobbyist Website “And next to it… oh?”
The liquid on the next flask looked sticky as well . But it was white . Jin was also familiar with this one .
“Could this be tea tree sap?”
Saki was the one to answer to that .
“Tea tree? We collect tea from a different tree . This is Perhya sap . ”
In Kaina Village, tea trees apparently were called Perhya . But more important than its name were its properties .
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