Lately Jin has been thinking about something . That is a stove . In Kaina Village⊠no, in this world, firewood is typically used for cooking .
However for firewood, you need to cut a tree down, clear away the branches, cut it short, dry it, and then after that you can use the wood . Cutting down a tree and carrying it is hard labour, it also takes about half a year to dry it . A tree thatâs not dried is hard to burn and it creates a lot of smoke . The concept of using charcoal did not exist in this world and to the general populace, firewood was a source of heat .
ăA ăMagic Crystală as I thought⊠no, itâs a ăMagic Stoneă I needă
There was a lot of it underneath the laboratory which Jin regretted . Well, a lot of the goods stored in the laboratory were all over the place though .
ïŒIt canât be helped, whatâs done is done . Hmm, from my hypothesis, the substance of magic power is a particle made up of neutrons and protons that form a nucleus . It should have a similar position to a ăRadioisotopeăïŒ
Even if itâs the same element, the nucleus needs the substance of magic power to take on magic power, which is the hypothesis Jin made up . Deducing it with the knowledge and magic of the ăMagi Craft Meisteră and the knowledge of a high school level graduate . No one has ever thought of such a thing in this world .
ïŒThat is to say, it has a similar concentration to uranium, however there is no materials or equipment for itïŒ
If it was the laboratory, Jin could make a magic element concentration device, but this was Kaina Village so it couldnât be helped .
ăOnii-chan, can we go play?ă
Jin was invited by Hanna .
ăAh, yeah, thatâs right . Where should we go?ă
ăItâs hot so letâs go swim!ă
To the south of the village is the Erume River, a big river that supposedly runs to the capital . However, there are several waterfalls along the way so it wasnât used for transportation by water, was what he heard from Roland .
ăAlright, letâs goă
So the two changed into their swimwear and headed to the river . Well the swimwear wasnât much different from underwear though . Incidentally, Hanna didnât have a problem with only wearing the bottom so Jin didnât worry about it either .
In the river were other children that came to swim, mixed among them was the village chiefâs niece, Barbara . As one would expect, Barbara had wrapped cloth around her chest .
ăAh! Itâs Jin-niichan! Hanna too!ă
Kurt let out his voice when he saw the two . Mario and Jessie also waved at the two .
ăIt isnât good to suddenly enter the river . You should splash a little water on your body and slowly enter . ă
ăOkayă
He warned Hanna and Jin slowly entered the river . The place to swim was a deep area with gentle flow . Well itâs not really that deep, the width is 20 metres and the deep areas are only about 3 metre in depth .
ăKyahaaa, it feels goodă
ăYeah⊠it really doesă
Leisurely floating on the water, Jin rested his head, and then water was poured on his face .
ăPua!ă
ăHehe, Jin-niichan, what are you doing lazing around? Letâs play!ă
The mischievous Kurt came and squirted some water .
ăYou sure did it!ă
ăYou canât catch me~ă
ăOh, a game of tag? Iâll also play!ă
ăMe too! Me too!ă
Before he noticed it, the children had gathered and it became a game of underwater tag . Barbara looked at the scene with a smile from a shallow area .
ăCaught you Hannchan!ă
ăCaught you Jessie!ă
ăThe only one left is⊠Kurt?ă
ăAh, there he is! He dove underwater!ă
ăAlright!ăKurt dived deeper to escape, Jin and Mario chased after him .
Kurt was caught near the bottom by Mario who was skilled at swimming . At that time, Kurt was flailing about, and the sand at the bottom rolled up . Seeing that, an idea flashed in Jinâs head .
ăAhhh, that was really fun~ă
The children who finished playing got out of the water . Because it was nearly time for lunch, everyone returned home .
ăYou guys, quickly take a hot bath at the onsen and then go back homeă
ăOkay~ă
Worrying that they may get sick if they remained with a cold body, Jin called out to them . Well, the children of this village arenât so weak though .
ăFuuâŠă
While bathing in hot water, Jin verified the idea he had a while ago .
ïŒAn atom with a lot of neutrons must be heavy, so an atom with a surplus of the substance of magic power should be heavy too . If thatâs the case then sifting it should be possible like the gold dust underwaterïŒ
ăOnii-chan, havenât you gotten out yet?ă
Hearing Hanna call out, Jin snapped out of his thoughts . Because he pondered too long in the hot water, he returned to Marthaâs house while sweating . Hanna had a refreshed face .
ăWhatâs wrong? You look unusually hot after going for a swimă
Martha told him .
ăWell⊠I was thinking about a little somethingă
Jin said in the same usual tone, bitterly smiling .
Now the afternoon, Jin came alone to the Erume River once again . As for Hanna, she was taking a nap .
ăNow then⊠letâs trying putting it into practiceăMuttering that, he entered the water . In his hand was a large bowl .
First of all he scooped the riverbed of sand with the bowl, and swung it into the water . Doing that, the light sand flew into the water while the heavy sand remained in place .
This technique of picking gold dust is called ăPanningă . Of course Jin didnât have the experience in doing this, but he has seen it being done on the television . â
After doing it several times, there was a little bit of red sand left on the bowl . He checked if the water was gone . Of course using magic .
ăăAnalyseă⊠yep, a fire attribute ăMagic Stoneă . It has a higher grade than I thought it wouldă
He did it several times, but all that he found were red ăMagic Stoneă .
ăHmm, maybe thereâs some relation with what comes out of the hot spring . But, well, this was unexpectedly fortunateă
Making a stove requires a fire attribute ăMagic Stoneă, so this is convenient .
For that day, Jin continued to collect the ăMagic Stoneă until dusk when Hanna came to find him .
The next day, Jin secluded himself in the workshop . This time he was using iron-based materials . Handling fire is dangerous so although he felt bad about it, he had Hanna go out to play alone .
ăWell then, the basic form of that ăă»ă»ăă
Recalling the form of the general cassette stove, Jin transformed the iron into an iron plate . Once again, he thought magic was convenient . Being able to precisely do it to this point was because he was the ăMagi Craft Meisteră, however he did not realise that .
This time he bent the resulting iron plate to make the form of the stove . The burner section used the ăMagic Stoneă for the heater process, and substituting for the cassette gas cylinder was a ăMagic Stoneă .
Although the prototype is in the form of a cassette stove, he hoped the final form would be a gas range .
ăAlright Iâm done!ă
The first thing he noticed when making it was the adjustment of the heating . The magic power supplied to the ăMagic Stoneă could be adjusted with a knob he implemented .
ăI should try it out immediatelyă
Bringing the finished stove, Jin went to where Martha was . Just in time, Martha was beginning to prepare for lunch . She had fetched some firewood to boil the pot . ăUm, Marthsan do you have a moment?ă
He asked Martha who stopped her hand holding firewood,
ăWhat is that? Youâve brought another interesting thing havenât you?ă
ăWell yes⊠this is a ăstoveă, it can boil and stew food without firewoodă
ăOhhhh, is it a ăMagic Toolă as I thought?ă
ăThatâs right . Could you try and use it?ă
ăIâll gratefully accept your offer and use it . How am I suppose to use it?ă
Placing the stove on top of the kitchen table, he put the pot filled with water on the trivet .
ăUsing it is simple . First, you raise this lever . Then you turn this knob and when the heater becomes hot, it will boil the water . You can adjust the amount of heating by turning the knob . ă
Martha then opened her eyes wide,
ăWhat a Magic Tool! You called it a ăstoveă right? ⊠being able to produce such heat! Jin! This is really amazing!ă
she said in great joy, and Jin was glad .
Adjusting the heat of firewood is extremely difficult . The amount and type of firewood can change it . In spite of that, Martha who could make a delicious meal was amazing, but Jinâs cooking skills were at a beginner level so he couldnât understand how .
But to Martha, this magic tool, the ăstoveă is revolutionary .
After several days of testing the prototype, there were no problems, so he made stoves to go around the village . Jin taught them the method to collect the magic stones for replacing them, and all the homes in the village were very thankful for it .
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