15. Shaiza Invention Shop (2)
15. Shaiza Invention Shop (2)
Flying bees. This insect, the size of a thumb nail, is covered in fluffy hair all over its body. It is characterized by ferocious aggression. Let’s call it aggression. He doesn’t even have a spit, so he jumps up and down and throws punches, but he says it doesn’t hurt at all.
The biggest feature of this bee is that it has degenerated wings, and it is an insect that possesses a small amount of magical power. The game explains that they live together as a group and have a habit of sharing magic with each other.
In the process of sharing magic between the flipping bees, the pathogen Nicia created moves around, and the result is the Laughter Syndrome incident in Part 1, Act 6. If you use this habit of a bee well, you can make a mysterious item. I intend to make money with that item.
“So, what are you going to do with the flip flop bee?”
“I know when I see it. Because I bought so many bees. Was it difficult to deal with anyway? Trust me, I’ll double it.”
“I’m not being scammed, am I?”
Nishia said so, picked up a small piece of wood from her desk and dropped it into the flask in front of her eyes. Then the piece of wood, Chiik!— Melted with a sound. Nishia shows the flask to me.
I think it means that if you cheat, you will spray this on me. I cleared my throat, trying not to look at the flask Nicia was holding.
“Then, Nishia, I have to start working right away from tomorrow… What time is it after you finish your electives?”
“Um… I don’t know It’s a class, because I just made whatever I could get my hands on. I tend to check it from time to time.”
“… Okay? Hmm… Right.”
Nishia’s attitude as if it were natural made her head hurt for a moment. Still, she can’t help it. She has some knowledge of alchemy, and can sell things for me. I couldn’t let go of Nisia, which had a lot of the ingredients I wanted.
Also, if Nishia doesn’t seize this opportunity, of course she will suffer a huge loss. After the Laughter Syndrome incident, she is even punished. You shouldn’t break up this relationship for each other’s sake.
“Then, Nishia, let’s start today. Because I also have ingredients that I personally need to prepare. Hmm… Where do you usually do your research?”
“My personal workshop. I have to pay the rent for next month, but I’ve used it up to buy bees, so it’s a studio that won’t be mine any time soon.”
“You don’t have to worry about money. If it’s okay, would it be okay if I work in your workshop?”
Nishia nods her head without hesitation. It would be fair to say that she had her strands caught to some extent.
*
In this project, it seems that I will have to use a little bit of the magic gardening essence. Returning to the greenhouse, I shredded the leaves of the red flower and soaked them in magic oil. Then I eat a rough meal with food cubes. We headed to District 3, where Nisia’s workshop was located.
The Forest of Quest, called by the people of this world. This place, which users call the Forest of the Dead, is. It is also a place where old huts are built here and there in a wide forest.
It is called the forest of exploration because there are mostly workshops of Shaiza students. It seems to be saying that it is a forest of lions because graduate students who live half-dead sometimes rent cabins as private living spaces.
In addition, if you join Denas Yeseul’s side, the undead will rise in this forest, so it was enough to earn that nickname.
“Nishia, it’s been a few days since you rented the studio, right?”
“Sure. I borrowed it when I entered school.”
“Um… That’s great.”
“What is this much?”
She saw the ridiculously messy studio and said it was great, but Nishia thought that she was genuinely praised for her studio and shrugged her shoulders. Even if it’s dirty, I wish I could do something with this musty smell. Reluctantly, she stood with the wooden window wide open, and set her bag down.
Let me finish the preparations. Nishia pulls the cloth over the cage. He then sees hundreds of bees wriggling and moving in the cage.
To be honest, it’s a little creepy.
“Haa… She was only going to buy about 30 of them. But did you accidentally use another 0?”
“Awesome.”
“What? My life depends on you. So please take good care of me. I have also made up my mind.”
After Nishia said that, she put down her bag and took out a clean white gown from inside her and put it on. When I asked what she had brought in her bag, she brought clothes. Would she want to brag about wearing clean clothes? Nishia putting her hands on her waist and stretching her breasts. I ignored her and took out her belongings and put them on her table.
「Oil full of life」, 「Strawberry without water」, And 「Moist tree bark」 Were listed in order. By the way, the strawberry and the peel were what she received from Marina wagging her tail, saying that she was conducting research that would go down in history. Today, the goal is to make a prototype rather than mass production, so I only brought the right amount.
“Is that a strawberry without moisture? I sometimes eat these strawberries, but when I soak them in honey and eat them, they are so delicious. It is quite appetizing to absorb nutrients and become plump.”
“Even if soaked in milk, it becomes a fairly edible food ingredient.”
“Oh! Is it so? Does your senior do it often?”
“I’ve never had milk because I didn’t have money to buy it.”
Nishia puts her finger to her chin. She thought of something like that.
“You are a poor person.”
It was to say her harsh words casually. And then
“Actually, me too. Although he is an aristocrat, it is very difficult.”
And smiles bitterly. She is the only daughter of a poor aristocratic family. Because she is Nishi Ai, who was terminally ill due to her family’s shoveling, she is poor but provides some support. One of them is this workshop. With the price of 300 bees jumping around, you’ll be able to do something, but if you pay that price, it’ll be difficult to maintain the workshop.
To make matters worse, the Laughter Syndrome Incident happened. Nishia unintentionally had a hard time.
“… Nicia Let’s start right away. Apply the liquid contained in the flask to the bark I brought. Put another layer of bark on top. Yes like that.”
Nishia works under my direction. In the meantime, I caught two bees and put them in a glass jar. The bee in the glass bottle threw a punch at me, but didn’t even bother.
“Sir, what is this oil? It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like this.”
“It’s a trade secret. First of all, let’s focus on making this business a success. How is the shell?”
“I became weak like paper. It is a characteristic of moist tree bark.”
I nodded. As she said, the moist tree bark flutters like paper when it touches the liquid. But Nishia wouldn’t know. That shell, which received the essence of magical gardening, did not simply change into a paper-like material. It doesn’t have an official name, but if I were to give it a rough name, it would be something like “Moist tree bark that embraces life.”
“Nishia, now put the strawberries on the skin.”
Nishia did as I instructed. I turned the glass jar containing the two bees upside down, took out the bees, and placed them on top of the bark. In that state, the shell was folded into a dumpling shape. Strawberries and two bees in a dried state were placed inside the magical bark.
Then the top was tied off and thrown into a cage where 298 bees were wriggling.
“It is over.”
“I see. Great! But what happens now?”
“You will know when you come tomorrow. Let’s meet here after the elective course is over, and let’s break up first.”
“Yes? No, you have to tell me how! Can’t I sleep like this?”
Nishia grumbled as she said that, but I only gave her a small smile.
“Only the bottom work is finished, the real work starts tomorrow. So wait patiently.”
“But… all right.”
She pouted her mouth and stretched her body in disappointment.
*
The next day.
Would it have been a mistake to say that we were conducting a historic experiment in order to borrow materials? After class, Marina follows me around and asks me about the experiment. Apparently, when the work is completed, she should share some with Marina.
After removing Marina, I ran straight to Area 1. There was an incident where I ran into Irina on the way, but fortunately it happened on a street where there are many students, so no big deal happened.
Irina must have been traumatized by the 「Hikyung Hikyung Potion」, So when I reflexively took out the flask bottle, she shrank. The next item I’m making in preparation for the battle against Irina will be more painful than the potion.
“I see. I’m glad things went well.”
“Then, I will follow simple steps and proceed immediately.”
As promised, Duralf, the assistant principal of Arisha Academy, arranged for me a place at the Shaiza Market. Originally, the expiration date was one year, but unfortunately it was drastically reduced to three months. Well, this part doesn’t matter. You will soon be freed from worrying about money, so just extend it.
On the way, I headed to Nishia’s workshop, picking up pretty flowers. When I arrived in front of her studio, Nishia opened the door and ran towards me with terrifying momentum.
“Sir, senior! Big, big deal! It’s a discovery. This is a great discovery!”
“What a mess, Nishia.”
“Yeah, that strawberry… Strawberries have grown!”
Nishia grabs my collar and drags me into the studio as if in a hurry. Then, inside the cage where 298 birds were wriggling, I saw a strawberry the size of a watermelon. Looking at the strawberry, I smiled with satisfaction.
“Well, fortunately it went well. What if I failed? Nishia, can you get me some of those strawberries?”
“Well, did it go well? Is this? No… Those little strawberries… Isn’t it amazing that he’s grown that much?”
“Nishia, I don’t have much time. I’ll explain as I work on the next one. Will you take that out first, as I said?”
“Grunt… All right.”
Nishia used her magic to create a strong light in the corner of the cage and took out her strawberry. Because the bees fell into abnormal conditions in the strong light, they were able to take them out easily. So she puts the strawberry down on the table. Thud! A heavy sound is heard.
“Dah, it’s hard! Strawberries… It’s a strawberry, but it’s hard!”
I looked around at the watermelon-sized strawberries. As I know, strawberries have dozens of holes. Whisk the strawberries with the hole facing down. Then, when they had dinner through the hole, the bee fell with a thump. The bees seem to have a hard time eating their fill, but only wiggle their legs and do not move.
“Would you like to put the Nishia bee in the cage?”
“Okay. Are you sure you want to explain?”
While Nishia put the bee in the cage, I cut the strawberry in half. Strawberries were as hard as pumpkins.
“What is this? Strawberries… It’s no longer a strawberry?”
“Remember the oil you put on your skin? The oil was an item imbued with the magic of restoring life force. And strawberries without water absorb nutrients and become elastic.”
“I know that, but… No matter how much magic you use. Does it make sense to grow like this?”
“Didn’t I tell you? They say that they live by sharing the magical power they earned.”
“I know that too.”
At my words, Nishia crosses her arms and sinks into her thoughts.
“Normally, it makes no sense for strawberries to grow this far. It might be possible if you put a lot of magical oil into it, but if you do that, the unit price won’t match. In addition, the size only increases, and I cannot get the material I want. You can get this material only by using the nature of a bee.”
“Then this… no way!”
“Yes. Inside the bark, the bees affected by the enchanted oil share their magical energy with each other. In the process, some of the spilled mana permeates the strawberry, and when hungry, it replenishes energy from the peel and distributes the mana again.”
I tapped on half a strawberry and continued.
“Strawberries have the property of absorbing the surrounding energy. You get a continuous supply of energy from the bee with the enchanted effect on it. When the size increases to a certain extent, the moist bark surrounding the strawberry comes off.”
I said that and turned to Nishia.
“Strawberries have already been infused with powerful magic from that point on. As the bark disappears, nearby bees gather and burrow into the hole to get inside and eat the strawberry, causing the same effect.”
“I see. Originally, the magic effect that should have been exhausted a long time ago. The bees permeate the strawberry as they share their magical energy, and the bee eats the strawberry, so the effect is maintained.”
“That is correct. The bees that are already in that cage are not ordinary jumping bees. It is a bee imbued with magic. Even in that condition, it is a valuable treasure.”
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Nishia nods her head in understanding.
Even if you did something like this with ordinary enchanting oil, you would have run out of magic in the middle and become a regular bee. But the ingredients I used are the essence of magical gardening. That’s why you can do crazy things like this.
“But I can’t sell that bee. It will soon eat something else, and the nature of the magical power I injected will change. So what we have to do is repeat the same thing now and supply and demand these huge strawberries.”
“What are you going to make with these strawberries? Do you eat?”
“No, I can’t eat this. This strawberry is not a food, but a lump of wax. The magic power emitted by bees has the property of being hardened, and that is why the beehives that bees build are imbued with magic power.”
“Wax?”
“Yes, if you sprinkle golden syrup on a dry strawberry, it becomes a golden strawberry, and if you sprinkle honey, it becomes a honey strawberry. It is strawberries without moisture that absorb nutrients and become firm. And the magical energy emitted by the bees is the property of remaining crystals that harden like wax. It is a natural result because the strawberry absorbed it.”
I nodded and scattered the flowers I had just picked on the table.
“I will melt these strawberries to make scented candles. It’s not just incense. Physical recovery and mental stability. It is a scented candle with the magic of purifying the air. In addition, it has a strawberry scent, so it will be popular.”
“Hya, is it possible to recover physical strength with incense? This is the first time I’ve heard of something like this… “
“It’s not as effective as a potion, but it’s so powerful that you can feel it right away just by turning on the light when you’re resting at home.”
In the game, it is an item called 「Scented Candle of Life」, Which was classified as an interior item. There are three main reasons why I chose this as my business item. The fact that he already had a bee, which is a key ingredient. This item is probably the first item to be revealed to this world.
Lastly, there is a gift-giving function in the game, and usually, the favorability was increased or decreased according to taste. However, this “Scented Candle of Life” Is favorably received regardless of whether it is presented to any character. In other words.
There is a high possibility that it will become a popular item that everyone likes. That means bringing in money. It is a so-called fraudulent item.
In order to obtain this item, you have to unlock the special feature, , So even though it was a fraudulent item, it was free from balance issues.
As I looked at Nishia while thinking about that, I saw her face start to glow as she smelled her money.