642 – Safety (2)
Most of the world’s many inventions are mostly military products.
GPS, computers, internet, trench coats, canned food and so on. Many inventions have their origins in the military.
For this reason, not a few people firmly believe that science developed because of war. This is true to some extent.
However, wars rarely broke out in this world, except for the tribal war and the civil war between human alliances that followed immediately after.
However, the use of gunpowder, including cannons, was discovered, but that’s it. Since then, there has been no significant war, and development has stopped.
Of course, the world is the world, so there are inventions that are timeless. Now, even the most disgusting refrigerator and a tank equipped with a magical engine.
The hard hat I asked Cecily for this time would also fall under this category. I don’t know the history of safety helmets, but at least it’s something that should come out in modern times.
In the Middle Ages, when even iron, let alone plastic, was precious, what kind of hard hat was a hard hat? The Middle Ages is an era where only the strong survive.
“Is this enough?”
“Yes. Was this difficult to make?”
“It wasn’t that difficult. It was similar to making a helmet. I made it as hard as you requested.”
In that sense, the appearance of hard hats would be bewildering rather than unconventional. I looked around at the hard hat Cecily had given me.
The appearance itself is the same as the hard hat I know, probably because I designed it the same as the one in my previous life as much as possible.
The straps that fix the face can be attached later. That’s enough.
Although there is no inner skin due to lack of technology, it will be gradually reinforced.
Tung! Tung!
You can hear the sound of a drum when you hit it with your fist like a hammer. The strength and elasticity seem to be roughly the same.
Of course, this alone is not certain. I looked around to be sure. I was wondering if there was anything suitable to drop.
But there isn’t much in the bedroom except for books. It would be better to go outside and pick up a stone of the right size.
“Sister. Can you help me for a second?”
“Anytime you ask.”
“Thank you. Let’s go out into the yard.”
I grabbed my hard hat and went outside with Cecily. It’s a bonus to say hello to everyone you meet in between.
When I finally stepped out into the yard of the mansion, I stopped moving and stopped for a moment.
“Ah. Wait a minute. I’ll bring you something.”
“Okay.”
It wasn’t long before Cecily put on a dumbfounded expression as she looked at the items I was carrying.
“······Isn’t that a watermelon tangerine?”
“Yes.”
I returned with a watermelon-shaped tangerine and two watermelon tangerines each wrapped around my side. Since winter is approaching, I plan to use it as a substitute for watermelon.
As you can see from the name, it is a very large tangerine like a watermelon. I wonder if there are all these tangerines, but let’s remember that this is a different environment from Earth.
Anyway, Cecily put on a bewildered expression when I brought the muscle range, but for a moment moved along with me.
After that, I was able to arrive at a large space that was also used as a gymnasium. All that remains is the setting.
“I’ll leave one alone, and I’ll put the hard hat on the other.”
“You’re testing your defense. What should I do?”
“Nuna, lift the stone over there and drop it as it is. Can you use telekinesis magic?”
“Of course.”
Setting up was completed quickly. It’s kind of cute to put a safety helmet on a tangerine the size of a watermelon.
In the meantime, Cecily started to float a stone of a suitable size with magic. A stone that goes high until I tell you to stop.
Soon after stopping at an appropriate height, I let it fall. The stone fell at high speed under the influence of gravity.
f*ck!
And the watermelon tangerine was killed by a falling stone. A watermelon tangerine that has been shattered to the point that it cannot be eaten at all.
It’s a bit wasteful, but I can’t help it to test the efficacy. All she has to do is clean up well so as not to be scolded by her father.
“Now drop it here.”
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Next is a watermelon tangerine with a safety helmet on. It would be difficult if the fragments bounced, so I fell a little farther than before.
Cecily stood with an expression of half doubt and half expectation, then dropped the stone at my signal. A stone falling at the same speed as before.
Paak!
The noise of strong clashing of plastic and stone spreads. Perhaps because there was no strap, the helmet popped up and then fell off.
But to my surprise, the watermelon tangerine was fine. Even though it was hit from that high position, there was not a single wound.
The same goes for hard hats. If it was steel, there would be at least some dents, but the hard hat was only stained with dirt.
It’s really perfect. Cecily made the hard hat exactly what I wanted. As expected, even the demons have good dexterity.
“Wow… Was this so hard? I guess it’s harder than steel?”
Cecily exclaimed as she looked at the safety helmet, which was intact with only a little dust on it. There’s something cute about looking around.
“Yes. It’s weak against heat, but it’s subtly hard. If you use it well, it’ll be harder than steel, right?”
“Really? I had no idea. That’s why you asked me to make it out of plastic.”
Helium is a country that excels in alchemy enough to make plastic. Ironically, however, plastic was invented far too early.
I heard that even on Earth, toys were made with plastic at the time of the first invention. Over time, it was used for firearms and various other things.
This world has no choice but to be worse, even factories for mass production have not been properly introduced. In fact, this is the biggest factor.
It is difficult to produce, but mass production is impossible? Compared to other materials, the price-performance ratio is significantly lower, so it has been a cold meal.
“I’m going to tell people who do construction or dangerous work to use this. How much can you make in a day?”
“You can make up to 5 of them. It’s quite tricky because alchemists and blacksmiths work together to make them.”
Since there is no factory, that has no choice but to be the largest. In fact, this was also created by combining magic and the ability of demons, so I couldn’t even dream of it originally.
“What is the price?”
“Even considering the labor cost… It will cost at least 30 gold per piece.”
It is said that when converted into won, it is about 3 million won per piece. What kind of hard hat is that expensive! You might ask
It’s because it’s handmade. Even if you don’t go far, the cost to produce one armor set exceeds 100 million won.
Although the factory has been established, it has not yet been completely absorbed. Expensive things are still expensive.
“Isn’t that a lot cheaper than a steel helmet?”
“It’s because oil rots in helium. If you go into a factory, you’ll make something like this right away, right?”
Still, it doesn’t change that the price-performance ratio is crazy. Knights will wear steel helmets for their symbolism, but everyone else will choose hardhats.
At the price of 3 million won, you can get a helmet that protects your head. I could feel the majesty of plastic again.
How would the world have changed if plastic had been buried as an ill-fated invention? I’m a little curious about this
“But there’s a problem. I don’t know about humans and dwarves, but it’s hard to use other races because of their ears. Especially the demons…”
As I said that, I stared blankly at Cecily. Not with a pretty face, but with horns rising high.
It is difficult for demons to wear helmets due to their horns. Even the horns are often of different shapes.
Cecily is simply a horn that rises from the temple, but Gartz is a horn that is rolled up like a sheep. Even because of this feature, commercialization would have been difficult.
“You can just shave it off. There are demons who shave their horns to play soccer right now.”
“Is that enough? Asmodians attach great importance to horns.”
“Only when touched by another person. The reason why they don’t shave their horns is because of cosmetic problems.”
Cecily’s explanation was very simple. The reason demons don’t shave their horns is because they don’t feel the need to shave them.
Even though they say they shave their horns, there is a unique color unique to the demon tribe called black hair and red eyes. Moreover, it doesn’t look good, so everyone leaves it.
Therefore, there is no demon who has trouble cutting horns. Glad then
“As for the other races… Let’s just think of humans and dwarves for now. I think that would be better.”
“Okay. How many of these can I make?”
“I’ll just figure out the documents and let you know.”
A few days later, hard hats were provided to the workers living in the manor. There was no need to fill out any paperwork, Cecily gave it all for free.
Everyone was skeptical at first. Heck, it’s not a steel helmet, it’s a helmet made of a material I’ve never seen before, so it’s only natural.
So I showed Cecily exactly the same experiment. Despite the great shock, everyone was convinced that the watermelon tangerine was intact and began to use it.
I introduced him to Rina as well. I don’t know, but now I had no choice but to move on to trade and ‘negotiate’.
“Shut up and take my money!”
“Thank you.”
They tried to conclude trade with some kind of eye on negotiations. As Cecily, she was able to wipe out the empire’s money.
Honestly, they both benefited, Helium was able to acquire enormous wealth and Lina was able to get a hard hat that is harder than steel at a very cheap price.
Moreover, they plan to build a galleon in secret. The moment even one of the skilled workers gets hurt, the plan goes wrong, and the hard hat is to prevent it as much as possible.
‘I’m curious about the dwarf’s reaction.’
Just wait for the news to spread and reach Makina soon. Then Helium will literally eat all the money called money.
This is why technology and resource monopolization is terrifying. Didn’t the Middle East in a previous life also oppress the US with oil?
When I was thinking hard about whether there was another safety equipment, a reaction broke out in an unexpected place.
[Survival rate of adventurers wearing hard hats and adventurers not wearing them. Adventurers wearing hard hats achieve a higher survival rate…]
[You can save your life with only 30 gold! Would you believe in a helmet that is lighter and harder than steel!]
[Originally, hard hats are equipment for workers. The first person to introduce it was Zenon…]
The survival rate of adventurers who are busy making a living has increased significantly.