It was supposed to be an impression of a cool scientist but I failed. This is Tarou.
ââŠâŠI felt it. Thinking about it, thereâs no meaning if you used magicâ
I twitched my finger and immediately, the lightning effect on the windows disappeared. It reverted to the usually refreshing fairy village.
Regarding image projection, Iâve become better at it.
Going back on the topic, I fearfully began to touch the mirror in front of my eyes.
The feeling of magical power leaking out isâŠâŠ. absent.
After that, the mirror that I touched displayed a completely blue screen. A cutely drawn frog logo appeared.
By the way, the one that drew this logo was Tonbo-chan.
But nowâs not the time for that.
The screen steadily started up and I ecstatically danced.
âYa-hooo!!â
Kawazu-san gave up, but I didnât.
I searched over and over with [Magic Creation], and I finally found it.
âKawazu-san! Itâs done! Itâs done, I say!â
âHaaa? Are you sleepwalking?â
âNo way! Itâs finally done!â
I brought the newly made computer to Kawazu-san who was distractedly fishing by the lake. Itâs normally unbelievable.
Itâs Kawazu-san being skeptical.
âItâs true, take a look at this!â
I showed the completed magic computer to Kawazu-san, he had an understandably delayed reaction.
âFumu, isnât this the prototype we made this morning? What did you do?â
âI cast a magic that made it so that it can accumulate magical power by itself!â
ââŠâŠis that true?â
I smilingly nodded to the doubting Kawazu-san.
âAa, didnât Kawazu-san mention it when we found the Fairy Village? About that [Line] or [Spot].
Since it definitely had magical power, I thought that I could use it somehow. I tried searching and there it was! The method to use the magical power from a [Line]â
If thereâs nothing, I thought it would be fine to use an external source. I found it with after I searched using the new keywords that I remembered.
It was quick work once I found it.
Kawazu-san seemed to be really interested but his pride wouldnât allow it.
âOhâŠâŠhou, thatâs an interesting story, but thatâs not something that could be used with human magic, you know? In a sense, itâs like unprocessed oilâ
âRight? Then in order to use that magic, you seem to need something called a manastone. The magic for making that manastone eats and ridiculous amount of magical powerâ
âY-you made a manastone, you say!!â
While I was proudly boasting about my solution, Kawazu-san raised his voice.
I looked at Kawazu-sanâs face that was dripping with water. Kawazu-san quickly turned to me.
What could he possibly mean? Itâs impossible to understand.
ââŠâŠwhatâs wrong, Kawazu-san?â
âN-no? Itâs nothing? Itâs not a big deal. Itâs that, if you keep quiet for a while, your voice would suddenly be loud for abit, wouldnât it? And soâŠâŠ that manastone that you made, what was it like?â
ââŠâŠ aa, I made a few prototypesâ
Thinking that something was weird, I took out failed manastone from my pocket. The color of Kawazu-sanâs eyes had a drastic change.
Itâs likeâŠâŠ those were eyes blinded by greed.
ââŠâŠâ
I tried to move the manastone to the right.
Kawazu-sanâs eyes blatantly followed the manastone.
Then to the left. Chased again.
ThisâŠ.. what could this magic stone be.
My eyes shone with a gleam.
âWell, this one can store a little bit of magic. Itâs too small so Iâll throw itâ
Then I held the manastone and threw it to the lake.
ââŠâŠthiis idioooot!!â
Kawazu-sanâs face suddenly changed color then he jumped into the lake.
I was also surprised by this.
Additionally, Kawazu-sanâs swimming technique was butterfly stroke.
I looked at the manastone in my hands, wondering what kind of object it was.
Wondering what kind of reaction heâll have, I threw a pebble.
âIt was a joke so come baack-â
As expected, it became awkward right when he started free diving. I waved around the manastone and called Kawazu-san back.
A, heâs back.
ââŠâŠâ
Kawazu-san who crawled back up from the lake was silent. He was dripping with water.
âE-er, yea! Dripping with water is being a man!â
âRight now, I donât care! Doing something like that isnât good!â
And I got scolded with teary eyes.
It was really quite pitiful, it also feels like the consequence of being blinded with greed.
âNo see, I never thought that youâd jumpâŠâŠâ
âHmph! Youâd also jump if you only knew even a little bit of that stoneâs valueâ
Kawazu-san was croaking all at once.
Is this strange stone really worth that much.
It looks glossy and completely black but itâs quite plain.
ââŠâŠso this is high?â
It doesnât look like that at a glance though.
I rolled the manastone on my hand and Kawazu-san explained with a sigh.
ââŠâŠaa, you can buy a mansion even with that small manastone, but thatâs not all. For magicians, they want it even to the point where hands would sprout from their throatsâ
âHee, this stone. Why though?â
âHaaaâŠâŠ thatâs because you can store your magic in itâ
Kawazu-san said that without taking his eyes off the manastone.
ââŠâŠstoring the magic then what?â
As I asked normally, he looked like he wanted to say something but gave up.
ââŠâŠwe~ll, this wonât be of much use to you though. In emergency situations, itâs normally advantageous to be able to store magical power. Moreover, you can later add and use your accumulated magical power.
For example, if you have a 100 magical power and a manastone that could store another 100, you can use Magic that requires 200 magical power. Simply speaking, doubling it is remarkable, normallyâ
Kawazu-sanâs gaze was filled with resentment, directed at me â check.
ââŠâŠheee, thatâs quite a pebble but isnât it quite overhyped? Since I can just make itâ
We~ll, in the end I settled with that kind of impression: since I can just make it.
ââŠâŠaa thatâs right! Damn! Itâs âcause of this youâre a guy that canât see the value of things!â
âHey hey, Kawazu-san, if the value of things could change, they will change, you know? Even more so when you come from another worldâ
âYea~ thereâs that tooâŠâŠ anyhow, manastones are rare items. Well~ originally, a small one can store 10 or 20 at the most. Big ones can store up to 50 but the price would also rise accordingly. Iâve heard of something that can store up to 500, but that would be classified as a national treasure if itâs on that levelâ
âHe~e. Thatâs amazing. About half of Kawazu-sanâs?â
ââŠâŠif you say it like that, it sounds depressing so stop it. But if you will, skilled magicians would bet their lives just to use it, that patch of magicâ
ââŠâŠI see. That might be amazingâ
Depending on how you say it, the impression would change.
Certainly, youâll die if you use up all your magical power, so even if you have 1000, you canât use all 1000 on a Magic.
In that sense, this advantage is a lot of help.
I finally showed a tinge of understanding and Kawazu-san gave a huge nod.
âThatâs right! Thereâs nothing that has the same effect as manastones, except for sacrificing peopleâ
âNow that you mentioned it, when I was summoned, werenât you making a commotion about me being a muderer or something?â
âAa, you could can squeeze magical power from living beings too. Thatâs why this is close to the same value as life, for magicians. No matter how much it can store, there are countless magicians that would want to obtain thisâ
Thatâs what Kawazu-san said.
âBut I already have a use for itâ
However, if itâs such a valuable item, I should also consider some safety devices huh.
Shall I put destruction magic that triggers when disassembled?
Though I secretly thought of doing that, I donât feel like stopping people from using it.
Kawazu-san was also used to that part, so he readily agreed.
âI know, what a waste~â
There was dripping reluctance, but without this, the results from our research up to this point would pop like water bubbles. This must be used.
âWe~ll in any case, itâs completed, thereâs also something that should go with it. What about the [Transfer Magic]âs box?â
âIâll do it. But isnât this faster? Why not start by increasing this first?â
I was thinking of mass production from here. Kawazu-san had a frankly fed-up look.
Too bad Kawazu-san, I have my secrets.
âFufu. Kawazu-san, did you think that I havenât considered things to that point? Iâve properly downloaded magic for that sakeâ
The PC project has advanced to the production step, the method has already been developed.
I applied the downloaded magic unto the computer, and it split just like an amoeba.
Of course, the mechanisms inside are identical.
âBehold in amazement! [Replication Magic]!â
ââŠâŠre-replication, you say?â
âThatâs right, thereâs a technique that would build it from scratch, but it would be easier if you could just duplicate itâ
Thereâs a certain amount of magical power required, but itâs cheap.
âBeing around you just destroys me sense of valueâ
âWhatâs with that, isnât it interesting?â
âAa itâs interesting. My stomach seems to be churningâ
I was grinning after I convinced Kawazu-san. I began thinking where I should bring this.
To the seaâŠâŠ or maybe the mountains?
As a prerequisite, it must be somewhere with a [Line].
The storage for magical power is made, food is delicious, this technology will prove to be beneficial.
My, itâs hard to throw something interesting.
Anyway, I have to find someone who fulfills the conditions- but for me without land detectors, Iâm picking on bones.
âI wonder if thereâs anyone qualified that I could give this thing toâ
âYouâre rightâ
Muttering that beside the lake, there was suddenly an excited commotion on top of my head.
âIf thatâs the case, this Mistress will introduce you to the caretaker youâre looking forâ
A rose sprouts out, and something came out of it.
âQueen?â
We raised our heads and there was the Queen wearing a smile, and sheâs surrounded with roses.