Novel Bin Chapter 147 - Episode Twenty-Two - Alchemy Division (4)
Chapter 147 - Episode Twenty-Two - Alchemy Division (4)
“…… If Icarus finds out you were helping him, it will be harder to get around. You’d better get out of here.”
I’m not sure if it was because Rinoa did not trust me enough, or maybe she was disturbed by something that was interfering with the cloud gathering magic, but she didn’t allow me to participate.
Because of the complications involved in handling the magic of the cloud gathering, I did not receive direct permission from Lark to me.
As a formality, Icarus, the head of the alchemy division, has given Rinoa the authority to command the use of cloud gathering magic.
That’s why it can’t be me who performs the cloud gathering magic alone.
You need to take an appearance to cooperate with Rinoa.
Since it is completely a matter of formality in the Fage territory located in the frontier area, it is a situation where they can meditate on it even if it is an ex post facto agreement.
There is, but if they make a poor move, Icarus may have a weakness.
If I show even the slightest hint of an opening, he’s likely to accuse me of being sticky.
I want to follow the legitimate procedure of somehow gaining trust and getting permission from Rinoa for this place.
“Can you show me the magic circle you are using to gather rain?”
When I ask, Rinoa narrows her eyes and ponders for a few seconds, but she quickly waves her wand quickly and silently.
A magic circle unfolds between me and her.
It’s quite large. She must have enlarged it for easier viewing.
“This magic circle has a lot of magical power decay.”
“…… hmm? Really?”
Rinoa’s mouth twists into a muffled smile as her pride is wounded a little.
“To put it simply, there is a surgical area that can be abbreviated. Naturally, though, we need to balance the whole thing accordingly. But above all, the distance to the clouds is a bottleneck with this type of magic circle. With that in mind, I think it would be better to reassemble it based on a different technique. The airflow should also make more use of the conventional flow. If we’re using the Aasifa-style magic circle base, we can compensate for those problems, and we can also destroy some of the elements that we can presume might be the cause of the current lack of success of the cloud gathering magic.”
“Rebuilding on the base of the Aasifa-style? But that’s almost from scratch…… It’s true that if we can start from scratch, we can compensate for our shortcomings… but can we rebuild the magic circle? “
“Give me two days, that’s for sure. If all goes well, I can do it in a day.”
A groan goes up from Rinoa’s men in response to my statement.
It seems that Rinoa was also shaken by my words and put her hand in front of her mouth.
Of course, I don’t want to spend two days in a place like this.
I’m trapped in Icarus’ time limit.
The purpose of this is to convince Rinoa by pointing out the shortcomings of the magic circle we are using, and to appeal to her that I am skilled in sorcery.
“By the way, the cloud gathering magic using wooden puppets practiced in my hometown, I can perform it right away. I’m sure it will be more effective than building a magic circle, would you like to try it?”
“…………!”
Rinoa’s eyes widen.
She seems to have noticed my intention to speak in this order.
Rinoa looked at the faces of her subordinates behind her with her eyes to confirm it, then turned around and nodded her head, indicating her intention to accept my proposal.
“…… I understand. I will temporarily entrust you with the authority to command this place. Instructions, I want you to give me instructions.”
“No, I don’t need to be alone……”
All I need is the appearance that I helped Rinoa.
The cloud gathering itself can be done by me alone, and I’m sorry to say it, but it’s probably more efficient too.
I held up my staff to transfer the World Tree’s Ortem to my hand, but then a thought suddenly crossed my mind.
“Ah…… so first, can I get the small knife from the village? And some file and paint.”
“…… a small knife?”
Rinoa and her subordinate sorcerers nodded their heads together.
An hour later, the sorcerers of the tool procurement team, who had returned to the village, returned.
A large tool bag contained a variety of tools, including a small knife.
In the meantime, I asked the rest of the sorcerers to serve as the wood procurement team and prepare the wood by cutting it with wind magic.
What was the purpose of this? Of course, it was for carving Autem.
The wood in the fage territory is of pretty good quality as a material for Ortem.
It’s too good to be left alone. It should be used for carving Ortem at a rapid pace.
It’s true that it’s not as good as the trees growing in the Marren tribe’s village, so what we can do with it is limited in many ways…… but if we just want to carve a basic Ortem, it should be enough.
It’s a form of leaking the skills of the Marren tribe to the outside world, and it’s more like a degraded version of it, which is just fine.
Let’s be careful to narrow down the teaching part of it as well.
It’s a part that needs to be carefully considered and judged.
“With this, do you want me to immediately carve that, uh, Ortem, Abel-dono?”
One of the sorcerers asks me.
“Oh, yes! I don’t have time to get them to recreate it today, so I’m going to have to have it made in one shot! At the very least, you’ll get it to a functioning form! I’ll give you detailed instructions, so I want you to move carefully!”
I raised my voice and Mea pokes me in the back.
“What’s wrong, Mea?”
“Abel can carve six of them right away, can’t he? it’s not like you just want to teach them, right?”
Mea says in a hushed voice.
“N-, no, that’s not all.”
“I knew that was part of it……”
There’s no denying that I wanted to teach them.
It’s true that I love to pontificate and lecture on the subject.
However, there is also the hope that if the transmission of Autem technology is successful, it may help to break down Icarus’ faction.
What the Lark camp lacks in Fage territory is popularity, or the number of supporters it has.
In order to break down Icarus’ faction, we would need to pull out the alchemists who adore Icarus, not to mention the general populace who believe that the alchemy division will save the territory, as well as the sorcerers of the alchemy division who adore him.
Technology lore changes the shape of the faction.
Even within the Marren tribe, thanks to the Karlco family’s monopoly on the technology transmission of the Incense-smoke leaf, they have risen to the top, and have even established factions with several other families under their umbrella.
With the track record of making it rain with an Ortem, it wouldn’t be surprising if there were a few people from the Icarus camp who would betray him.
The more dedicated a person is to magic, the less likely they are to want to miss out on Ortem’s skills.
If I were in the opposite position, I would definitely do that.
The six sorcerers follow my instructions and begin carving Ortem.
They are all quite enthusiastic about it.
At this rate, the day when we can fill the fage territory with Ortems may not be far away.
“Oh! Um, I’d like the ratio of the arm positions as I’ve indicated earlier, please!”
I ran up to one of the sorcerers who was carving Ortem and told him so.
I said it’s fine to be rough, but as expected, I want you to at least adhere to the ratio.
“Eh … but look, it’s just as you said! Look!”
The sorcerer thrusts his own Ortem in front of me.
I press a scale carved into a wooden board, which I made while they were carving the Ortem, against the Ortem.
“…1:1.48, unfortunately, that’s out of regulation.”
“No, no way! But I thought we’re not going to rebuild it……”
“I’ll make a special exception.”
“You’re a special case and you’re so quick to judge!? But look, if I’m off, then I think his is off too!”
Then he indicated the other sorcerer with his finger.
The sorcerer on the end of his finger held and hid the Ortem he was carving.
I walked over and silently flexed the fingers of his hand, urging him to get it out.
“Thi-, this is it, but it’s not a problem, is it?”
I press the wooden board from earlier against the Ortem.
“Make it again, please.”
This is the second special case.
“Mea thinks it’s better not to start out too hard……”
“No, but it was pretty far off……”
“Didn’t you read to two decimal places?”