Cherenkov light is a phenomenon mainly observed in nuclear reactors. I saw it in a documentary about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
Academically, it’s very complex and I’m not sure I can explain it well, but to put it simply, it could be ‘a blue light that occurs in a place with strong radioactivity’.
I couldn’t understand why it could be seen here in a fantasy world.
‘What the hell are you doing… … !’
I jumped up from my seat and ran out of the room. Katyusha was startled and tried to follow, but he ordered her to stay in the room. The hallway was cluttered with an explosion earlier.
“Everybody go into your room and don’t come out! It is an order!”
Everyone seemed to have no idea why, but when I shouted, they rushed back to their room. I left the dormitory and ran to the academy.
“Princess! What about the explosion a moment ago… … !”
“Proud, I’ll solve it, so you go in! It’s an order!”
“yes?! but… … .”
“If you want to go back, go back!”
Sincerely, I forcibly sent Proud, who came out slightly ahead of me. If that’s really the case, I can’t send it in particular. Nothing can kill a person more quietly and surely than radiation.
‘The taste of iron in the mouth… … I don’t. I hope it’s a simple misunderstanding… … !’
When radioactivity leaks out, it is said that the mouth tastes like iron. Fortunately, there was no sign of that.
I sprinted in the direction of the light. After running and running, the place we arrived at was a garbage dump that Ber cleaned every day.
“Wow, wow. Wow… … .”
“Oh, isn’t it Mikhail? What’s up late?”
Ver was hesitantly pounding his butt, and Ethel was stretching her hands forward with a joyful expression. In front of it, a cylinder of blue flame rose high into the sky, bubbling and boiling.
“What the hell are you making?! Get rid of it right now!”
“You have come to an interesting situation. Look at this, isn’t it beautiful?”
“Watch and sleep and do something!”
“It’s okay. It’s safe since we’ve created a shield.”
Ethel waved her hand. I swallowed. There was no metallic taste. I don’t know if it’s correct to check this alone, but it doesn’t seem like the radiation is spreading.
“Ber, what the hell is going on?!”
“I, I, I don’t know! I just did what Miss Ethel told me to do!”
When I questioned him, Ver shook his head desperately and cried out in tears. It wasn’t an atmosphere where I could properly say something just because I was being questioned.
“It’s like the decay of an element. Isn’t it beautiful?”
Ethel laughed. Elemental decay… … . I didn’t know it well, but it was a word that I could be sure that it was something like radioactivity.
“Isn’t this harmful? Just looking at it, it’s a very bad color for the body.”
“If it’s a shield, you’re sure it’s covered? It didn’t offset the shock of the explosion itself, but none of the ‘chaos’ escaped. Calm down.”
Ethel tapped the blue pillar of fire and said, Just like the word shield, there was something like invisible glass around the pillar of fire. Does this prevent radioactivity (chaos, as they say)? Even if it doesn’t taste like iron in your mouth, it’s not very reliable.
“Elves have studied chaos for thousands of years. I, who was the head, will guarantee it.”
“… … You mean you’ve been dealing with this kind of power?”
“yes. It was common to make mistakes and get twisted.”
I remembered the Forest of Mission, Mount Payat. In a way, the twisted trees there looked like a forest that died from radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Goosebumps ran down his spine.
“Well, I was also surprised that the reaction was more radical than I thought.”
Ethel smiled happily and touched the pillar of fire. The pillar of fire was slowly but surely fading little by little. Its speed increased little by little, and it looked like it would turn off completely in no time.
But how could Ethel, who said that only her body came out, be able to do such a thing?
“You look like you want to ask where this magical power came from. I just used the mana that I could absorb here as efficiently as possible. All the important work was done by Ver.”
“Oh, well. wow, I worked hard… … ?”
Ver, who finally got up, spoke in a nervous voice. Without saying a word, I glanced at Ver, asking what the hell he was doing. Hick, I was terrified.
“Looks like the refining will end soon. I’ll show you something fun, so look forward to it.”
Ethel grinned. A small magic stone was visible inside the slowly fading flame.
‘first… … Are you making something similar to the original magic stone?’
However, the magic stone of the original work was much more modest than this. Although it exploded, it did not emit Cherenkov light. I can’t even imagine what the heck is going on.
“… … good. It’s over.”
After waiting for several minutes, the blue flame completely disappeared, leaving only a transparent crystal-like magic stone. It was a crystal so transparent that I thought there was nothing left at the moment.
“Oh, I never thought it would be extracted so pure… … . Now, this is Chaosium.”
“Ceosium… … ? Ahh?! Don’t give it to me!”
Ethel picked up the crystal, examined it, and tossed it at me. I didn’t want to take it, but I was worried that it might explode if I dropped it. It was very light.
“Isn’t this harmful? I don’t want to die.”
“It is harmless. Will I let ‘chaos’ consume you?”
Ethel crossed her arms as if she was dumbfounded. As Ethel had said, there was no iron taste in his mouth, nor did he feel unwell. It doesn’t seem dangerous.
“So what is that chaosium?”
“It is a chaotic decision. Is it a material that can write anything? It is not harmful.”
It was a concept I had never heard of, but I was familiar with it somewhere. Being able to write was not much different from the original magic stone.
“Managing chaos is the specialty of elves. As long as you listen carefully to me, there is no reason to be in danger.”
Ethel showed her confidence by sticking out her chest. And he looked at the hesitant Ver.
“Even so, I didn’t expect something this pure to come out. Did I mention Ber, he’s an amazing kid. I never thought there would be a person with magical powers that could approach this level of chaos.”
“Even I don’t know what’s going on with my magical power… … .”
Could this stone, chaosium, be the result of Ethel pulling Ver’s ability to the limit? I looked around the Chaosium. I just don’t know how to look at it.
“… … !”
I was just holding on to it, but before I knew it, Chaosium began to synchronize with my magical power. As if it had become a part of my body, I naturally accepted the magical power of my body.
“Oh, you’re starting to go along. Be careful.”
“Be careful, what… … Ugh?!”
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Before I could finish, the chaosium emitted electricity and created a huge spark. I hurriedly cradled the chaosium in my arms and leaned down.
“… … what?”
But nothing happened. Embarrassed, I lifted myself up, and Ethel was smiling at me.
“What, did you think there was an explosion? Did you hug to save us? nice guy.”
“Kuh… … . Chet. I just cringed in surprise.”
Embarrassed, I grumbled and took out the chaosium I had been holding in my arms.
“… … what is this.”
The Chaosium was shining brightly with a yellow light. My mana, which had flowed into me unconsciously, was amplified dozens of times his.
‘I wasn’t even aware of the shedding of mana, but until here… … ?’
It was a level that could not be compared to the magic stone of the original. The magic stone in the original work had a limitation in storing it, let alone amplifying it, and what was actually stored was about 60% of the mana flowed in.
“This looks amazing to me. It may be the purest thing ever made.”
Ethel strides forward and notices the chaosium in my hand. I also swallowed a dry saliva at the thought that something great had come out.
“How did you come up with this?”
“It’s thanks to Ber’s excellent understanding. That child has the gift of understanding the fundamentals of matter.”
Ethel said, placing her hand on Ver’s shoulder, who seemed to want to go back soon.
“I understood the chaos theory that even elves took decades to study in a matter of days. It’s safe to say he’s a genius.”
“Oh, well. To be honest, it’s close to what I’ve been told to do, but… … .”
They say the difference between a genius and an idiot is a piece of paper. I don’t know if you can roughly say that the front side is stupid and the back side is genius.
“… … By the way, Ethel, didn’t you say you wouldn’t intervene in the story?”
As I was fiddling with the Chaosium, I asked something that had bothered me for a while.
“Wouldn’t it be okay to push your back a little? A little bit of support.”
“Can I trust you?”
“I’m still curious about the back story. I do not intend to let chaos consume you.”
Ethel shook her head and said. I pondered for a while at the word chaos that kept popping up.
‘chaos… … Are you talking about radiation? But it feels a bit different from him. Is it something similar energy?’
I brought this and that, or referred to it, but I can’t think that modern physical laws or things like that are 100% equally substituted in this world. If that’s the case, since it’s magic in the first place, there can be no such thing as magic. It may not be ‘chaos = radioactivity’, but something of a similar concept.
“So, can you make more of this?”
I asked the most important thing. If you can mass-produce these things, increasing your wealth is not a chore. On the contrary, it is so powerful that it is to the point that it has to be slightly reconciled with the original by lowering the level as in the development of firearms.
“swarm. I ran out of ingredients. This is our final success.”
“I will provide any amount of material. How much did you spend, Ver?”
I asked Ber. Behr trembled and averted her gaze.
“Um, that, that… … that… … During this weekend… … .”
“For the weekend?”
“The alchemy lecture might be canceled… … Can I say that?”
“… … what?”
I asked back at Ber’s sudden words. And I looked at the garbage dump next to it.
Darkly burnt magic stones were piled up like a mountain. It seems that all of them have become non-recyclable garbage.
“As I did it, I got momentum, so I stopped, I couldn’t measure the timing to stop… … .”
Ber put his index fingers together and stammered. I moved my gaze to Ethel to see if it was real.
“If you are the crown prince, you must have a lot of money, right? I put it in your name.”
Ethel made such a terrible noise,
“Uh, what can you do? The receipt is here.”
Berg took out the crumpled receipt from his pocket and held it out.
I received it and checked the amount.
“hmm.”
What can I say? This amount… … .
It was almost the same amount as the savings I had recently heard from Katyusha.
“… … .”
I put my forehead on my forehead and lost myself in thought for a moment.
“Bernadetta.”
“yes yes? Um, why use your full name… … ?”
“Let’s find some quests together.”
Financial difficulties came sooner than the formation of forces.