Chapter 167

Extra: A Souvenir and Technological Innovation

“… Ooooooh! This is wonderful~!”

When I handed Nerune the [Permanent Fountain Pen-kun] that I got from touring the capital, she was already incredibly excited .

“Gugugu, I want to take it apart… but there’s a protection on it that would erase the magic formation when it’s disassembled…!”

“There is?”

“Said so in the manual~! As expected of [Hero Studio] huh~”

Wonder if it’s the cheat skill of a god’s vanguard/hero?

“Hmmm, making something the same as it would be impossible then huh . ”

“It looks like it replenishes ink when you fill it with magical power~ . Liquid, and black… is it earth magic~?”

By the way, there’s a transparent plate on the side of the fountain pen, so we’re able to see the remaining amount of ink .

While on the subject, the color of the ink it comes with isn’t just black, but a colorful red, blue, and green too . I just bought the basic black one this time .

“Is the ink made with water?”

“Isn’t it something else~?”

“Eh, I don’t know . Maybe they’re using oil or something?”

Just to say, normally, ink is made from magic tools like [Hero Studio]’s [Ink Maker-kun] . How is that normal…

“… In other words, [Hero Studio] does nothing but focus on getting monopolies, huh . ”

“Looks like it~ . Or maybe it’s just that no one could even imitate them~”

For them to continue the workshop for a few hundred years, it’s like they made [Magic Tools That Make Magic Tools] or something . Or maybe the person is still alive?

… Let’s not think too hard about it .

By the way, I didn’t buy the [Fuelless Pot] or [Hotpot-kun], but I told her that there was stuff like that too .

“The [Stove] that master talked about a while ago is more convenient~ . You could even use it with normal pots and pans, switching in and out is simple too~ . It’d be a single iron plate as a magic tool, so it wouldn’t take up space either~”

“… It does sound convenient with you talking about it like that . ”

“Ah, right . Gar-kun, bring me the 16th fire prototype… Ahh, thanks~”

Nerune’s assistant gargoyle silently brought her a box, handing it to her .

When Nerune took the box from it and patted its head, the gargoyle seemed satisfied as it returned to its spot in the corner of the room .

The thing that was in the box was an unfired clay plate with a magic formation engraved into it .

“This is the prototype stove~ . I made it out of clay since it’s a prototype, but since I used the dial’s magic formation from when we made the kotatsu, the strength can be regulated too~”

“As expected of Nerune, making something like that . ”

“… It’s thanks to master~ . It would crack if it got put into a bag since it’s made from clay, but master could easily mass produce them with steel plates right~?”

It’s not like I couldn’t, but it sounds like a pain . Seriously .

Moreover, like this, the whole stove gets hot when it’s used .

In that case, let’s make a single raw clay plate and not care about being able to carry it around . That should be fine for a prototype .

“Right, why don’t we make a wooden frame to insert the clay plate in? Since we want the protruding part to be resilient, we’ll just make some drilling there and insert an iron plate . Erm… can I bore a hole here without affecting the magic formation?”

I held onto the clay plate for just a bit, and by shaving in a blank space with [Create Golem], I made holes on the protruding part . Afterwards, I made a wooden board to put them together and just by attaching an iron plate, it was completed .

Yup, it’s a slim stove, it gives off some good vibes .

“… If it’s like that, you don’t have to worry about it cracking if I cover it with a lid huh~ . That way it’ll still be made with clay, so I can make it without having to trouble Goshujin-sama~”

“Oh, that’s good . As expected of Nerune . Well then, please take it from here . ”

Oh, so she’s going to make a lid for it as well huh . Really, our researcher is excellent .

I handed the raw clay plate with a magic formation on it back to Nerune . I’ll show it off to Gozoh when it’s done .

“I’m not that good, it’s all thanks to Goshujin-sama~”

“Don’t be so humble, Nerune . I’ll be expecting a lot from you!”

“… I’m not humble though~? I have no ideas~ . Hafuu . ”

Nerune sighed .

“Making magic formations with clay with endless magic stones… it’s at the level that Kantra-shishou would get stunned and faint you know~?”

“Oh . Come to think of it, I’d like to add a timer to the oven . Could you link a timer golem to it? I’d like it to be something like a dial that you turn to the time you want, twisting back to the off position over time . ”

“See!? A technological innovation just like that! Uwaaaaaahn . ”

Nerune lightly wailed her hands against me .

Hahaha, this girl . It’ll start hurting after a bit, so please don’t do it too long .

*

Later on, it looks like my [Take it from here] was understood as [Mass produce them with this], so ten slim stoves were completed .

So mass producing them became feasible huh… just one would’ve been enough though .

I decided to put a tabletop toaster oven (made with phoenix eggshells) in Nerune’s laboratory as a bonus . I made it after figuring out I could mix together the phoenix eggshells with the stove with [Create Golem] .

With this, she’ll be able to have as much toast or whatever as she wants . Wonder if she’ll like it?

“… Kantra-shishou would die in agony~ . Well, it’ll be easy to fire the clay in the laboratory now, so things will be easier now~”

“Ah, that so?”

“Yeah~, thank you so much~… And something like a desk oven huh~, that’s something else new~”

… Well, above all, looks like she’s happy .

Let’s give Kinue-san one of the leftover stoves and put the rest in the dungeon’s treasure chests .

They’ll be the jackpot .