I started writing up the production notes while looking at the contents of the magic tool as I waited for the chief to co back. I wrote down operation instructions, the things they may have trouble with when attempting to produce this magic tool on their own, and the specific reasons for the shapes and build of the various components.
I ended up filling out five sheets of paper before the chief ca back. I also included so illustrations to help with the explanations.
Oh my! How wonderful, Alan! To think youd write sothing so detailed! These would surely contribute a lot to our research.
I quickly skimd through the magic tos and reading materials for the advanced magic tool manufacturing course that the branch chief brought out.
(Have you managed to record all of that?)
Yes.
Hm. So theres also sothing like compound magic huh. I returned the books back to the chief after Nanom finished saving their contents.
Well, how about it? Are you now interested in taking the advanced course?
How much would it cost to take the advanced course?
The regular price is one hundred thousand Guineas. But if we apply your thirty percent A rank discount, itll just cost seventy thousand Guineas. That reminds . We need to update your Guild I.D. as well.
Well, I do have so interest of course. But my budget is a little tight right now. Ill think about it again once Ive saved up so more money.
Thats unfortunate.
My Guild I.D. was updated to show my new status as an A rank mber. I then received the two hundred thousand Guinea paynt for selling my magic tool.
Well, the course may be over but do feel free to co over anyti you like, alright. Ill lend you the use of our facilities if you ever decide to make another new magic tool.
Thatll be a great help. Thank you very much, chief. See you then.
I went back to the inn after finishing my business at the Magic Guild.
I found Cleria and Elna having so tea at the dining area of the inn as always. The dining area was about half-filled with new custors.
It was just a couple of days since the ti when we were the only guests staying over at the inn, but now, other guests started checking in as well.
When Verse started serving the recipes I taught him, it seems it gained quite a favorable response. Perhaps due to that, new guests started arriving in droves, and now half of the rooms in the inn were occupied.
Verse happily exclaid that it was the first ti in years since theyve had so many guests.
I managed to spot the als the other guests were having on the way to Cleria and Elnas table. Oh, so todays lunch is minced pork cutlets huh. It looks delicious.
Sorry for the wait. Shall we have lunch here today?
I was actually thinking of that as well, Alan.
Since the lodging fees we paid didnt include lunch service, we needed to pay separately if we wanted to have lunch at the inn. But since it was decided that Verse wasnt going to charge us money for the inns services in exchange for my cooking lessons, we usually had lunch outside instead in order to not take advantage of his goodwill too much. But todays minced pork cutlets just seed too tasty to pass up.
We ordered three portions of the al set from Verses daughter, Sara-chan.
I talked about the stuff I did at the Magic Guild with Cleria and Elna.
Thats amazing! So you managed to sell the magic tool you just made for two hundred thousand Guineas!?
The conversations on the other tables around us abruptly stopped. Since Elna exclaid in a fairly loud manner, the other guests ended up hearing as well. I bet most of these custors were rchants and the like.
Well, thats what happened. Surprising huh? This money is part of the partys funds, so just tell if you want to purchase anything, alright.
But thats Alans money, right?
I used the partys money in order to take the short course that allowed to gain the know-how to make magic tools, so the money from selling the tool will naturally be part of the partys funds in return. Do you have sothing you want to buy, Ria?
Sothing I want I dont think I do.
I dont have anything in mind as well.
Well, just tell if sothing cos up, okay. Oh, and theres a magic tool I want to make. Ill use so of the money to buy so materials, alright?
Of course its fine. Actually, theres no need to ask permission from us, is there?
Thats not true. I have to ask since Ill be using the partys funds.
Sara-chan finally brought over the minced pork cutlet als. Of course, Cleria ordered a large serving as usual. But it really was tasty.
The al consisted of two large minced pork cutlets and so shredded cabbage with Chinese-style dressing on the side. There were also so stead potos as well. The potos were flavored with the herb salt I and Verse made. It seems he started offering a choice of bread or rice for als lately, but in our case, we were always served with rice.
Verse also included ketchup with the cutlets. I taught the recipe for ketchup to him as well. I do feel that Japanese-style sauce was more suited to minced cutlets, but I and Verse havent managed to recreate it just yet.
There was also a small bottle containing soy sauce, or just soy over here, served along with the als.
I was the one who suggested this. In this country, it seems it was the norm to serve food with sauce already put on top. So allowing the custors to choose from a variety of sauces themselves was seen as a really novel idea. Verse was also quite excited when he first heard of it.
Oh, and there was so mustard as well. Ill put in plenty of mustard and soy sauce today then.
Yep, that sure hits the spot. The cutlets were overflowing with at juices. Freshly fried minced cutlets really are the best.
It looks like Cleria was weak to spicy stuff, so she chose ketchup instead. Elna put in so mustard and soy sauce just like .
We ate silently for a while, allowing to overhear so of the conversations going on in the other tables. Most of it was conversations about the food, but the table right next to us began talking about the so-called apostles instead. It seems so rchants they were familiar with were rescued by an apostle from a monster attack.
Stories about these apostles have started circulating among the masses more and more recently. It sounded a bit fishy when Tarus-sans son Katolle talked about it, but it seems the existence of these apostles has been more or less established among the masses recently.
The people who talked about them always placed the apostles in a favorable light.
According to the stories, sightings of the apostles occurred more frequently in larger cities. One suddenly appears high in the sky, flies in a circle for a while, and then disappears soon after. There was no harm done to the cities and citizens during each sighting, and so people even started praying to them whenever one appeared.
I actually planned to shoot one down with a rifle if I managed to encounter it, but now that doesnt seem to be a good idea.
Well, Id like to see these so-called apostles as well at least once anyway. Will one appear in this city eventually?
Oh, right. What kind of magic tool were you thinking of building, by the way, Alan?
Its a surprise. Ill show it to you when its finished. I still dont know if I can actually make one after all.
Earlier, as I was walking back to the inn after coming from the Magic Guild, I reviewed the part about compound magic Nanom managed to record. Specifically, I was reviewing the part about a spell involving the combination of fire and wind magic. Compound magic is all about combining spells in order to cast a new one, and the spell I had my eye on seems to be able to produce warm air.
When I saw that spell, the first thing that ca to my mind was a hairdryer.
It was a pain to manually dry my hair every ti I got a bath after all. It would be really convenient to have a dryer on hand. Im sure Cleria and Elna, who have longer hair than , would be happy with it as well.
I had Nanom compose a blueprint imdiately and was shown the magic circle and parts needed to make one right away. The parts were quite basic. We just needed housing, the appropriate magic circle, a switch, magic wires, and a magic stone. I can actually make one fairly easily.
However, since itll apply a magic spell that was included in the advanced course, making it in the Guild would be troubleso. I guess I have no choice but to make it at the inn instead. Oh, and I also need to make another food processor since I sold the one I made earlier.
Ill dedicate the whole morning tomorrow to make magic tools, then Ill continue with magic practice in the afternoon.
Alright. Ill continue enjoying my lunch and do my best with magic practice later.
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