127. Daily Shelf Life, Now 6 Days
The smell of blood.
Even Nina herself was surprised by the words she said.
It was a reflexive thing to say that word. I wasn’t conscious of the smell of blood until I spit it out.
Once conscious, the vague smell becomes clear.
It’s a smell that came from far away. It’s a faint smell that’s hard to be conscious of unless you have a sense like Nina’s.
And at that moment, I felt a slight stabbing sensation in the tip of my head.
It wasn’t so great as to say it was a headache. It will be close to the sensation of weakly sticking a fingernail into the scalp.
“………….”
Nina lifted her right hand for a peek at her and looked.
Right index finger. There is a ring attached to it.
A design with just one jewel embedded in it. It was far from glamorous and was rather close to a rustic design.
The jewel is glowing dimly.
It is an incomparably feeble light. Nina knows about that identity.
The name of this item is ‘Tear of Destiny’.
An item that reacts when a crisis comes to the people around her or when the fate of facing a crisis approaches.
It is also an item that the butler handed over to protect Benit.
However, it is a very ambiguous item. There was a time when the light came on and I ran to it, but Benit stumbled on a stone root and fell down.
‘Looking at the state of the light, it’s not a big crisis.’
Sometimes they react to nothing, or sometimes something is happening outside of Nina’s consciousness.
What is certain is that the stronger the light, the greater the crisis. Conversely, in this weak light, Benit should be considered safe.
It would be nice if it wasn’t a big deal, but it smells like this faint bloody smell.
Nina killed her presence even more and moved along the place where her blood was smelting.
Looking in the direction, it is the outskirts of the academy.
Directly opposite to the living quarters and dormitories. It seems to be near the ‘Research Building’ where Professor Milas’s laboratory is located.
It is the place with the least floating population.
Nina feels a strange sensation about that fact.
-Keyek….
Screams.
Nina narrows her eyes at the sound of her voice as the beast dies.
She reached it while killing the signs, and there was a person standing there.
“Mrs. Jaca Ancilla.”
Nina called that name.
Jaca Ancilla.
Her hair is cut short and she instantly looks manly because of her height. The muscles and androgynous appearance engraved everywhere were more like a handsome man than a girl.
The figure of her drawing her sword is truly a prince.
At her feet, corpses of dog-shaped monsters were rolling around, and Jayka, standing in the middle, looked like a hero.
But she doesn’t have her usual smile, and her cold expression looks like a warrior.
Or.
“Oh, that’s Nina. Long time no see.”
Jay Carr smiled gladly as she put her sword back.
Her moonlit face looks slightly paler than usual, but other than that, she’s a lively smile that I’ve seen a few times.
“What happened?”
“Well. I really want to ask what happened. I was doing some light exercise, and monsters appeared out of nowhere and attacked me.”
She seemed so she took it down by herself. She kills five monsters.
Well, it wouldn’t have been difficult if it was J.K.A. After all, she has the skills of a fourth grader.
“I see.”
Nina glanced around her for confirmation.
There are several research facilities in the research building. The most notable thing is Professor Milas’s laboratory.
A rugged building with no windows catches my eye. I heard that various experimental monsters are being held there, and that they are consumed every day for Professor Milas’ research.
Other than that, there is nothing special to say.
Labs are basically off-limits areas, and there is not even a training ground. The least convenient facility is probably a place with only toilets.
Because it is a place with such characteristics, it is a place where people are rare. Could it be that a monster appeared in a place like this?
Why is Jayka here?
“Fortunately, the situation seems to have been resolved.”
Leaving the questions behind, Nina says so.
It’s not up to you, the tool, to make decisions, but Benit’s, the owner.
“Maybe these five monsters are all.”
“Is that so. If no further situation arises, I’d like to step back.”
“Ah, it’s a lot of work. The leading members will come here soon.”
Nina nodded her head and turned her back.
Something is going on with her.
However, its shape is still unclear.
It collects only one type of minerals with high magic conductivity and melts them in a sealed vacuum state just by controlling magic power.
From there, all impurities were filtered out and combined into one pure liquid, and various ingredients were mixed with delicate temperature changes and pressure adjustments.
The liquid was poured into the mold to hold the shape, and the artificial jewel was made somewhat closer to the weapon by inscribing the formula.
Now, only the final process remains.
Shave and shave the surface.
While using the tools, make sure all areas are consistent. So I put my heart and soul into the handiwork.
I am not a professional craftsman, but fortunately, the size of the Catalyst is quite large.
Handwork originally requires more delicate skills for smaller objects. Compared to that, what I handle doesn’t require such sophisticated technical skills, and above all, if I assist with magic, I won’t make a big mistake.
For Catalyst, shape was important.
Since it is an object that presupposes that the user’s mana passes through it once, it must have the same effect regardless of which area the mana is injected from.
Would it be easier to understand if I took a lens as an example? Glasses worn by nearsighted people have a concave inside of the lens, so the refraction of light varies depending on the area.
But the Catalyst I make shouldn’t be like that, so it’s like making a lens with all parts flat.
At the end of grinding and grinding while inserting the measuring instrument,
From noble mtl dot com
“Okay…”
Artificial jewels in perfect shape without any error are right in front of your eyes.
If you inject magic into it as a test, it will float in the air.
[Item creation succeeded!]
Looking at the system message, I buried myself in the back of the chair.
Fatigue that comes at once, and at the same time, a sense of worth that is close to pleasure.
If you breathe out in a wave of emotions that cannot be expressed in words,
– Clap clap clap.
I hear applause.
“Congratulations, Ariel. You’ve finally finished it.”
Then, a man’s voice was heard.
If you slowly look behind you in surprise, you will see an open door and a bespectacled man with long hair.
This is Professor Milas.
“But you said you were going to give the Catalyst to someone else. Ariel’s magic must have gone in now, so go ahead with the magic cleaning.”
“…Okay. But since when was it…?”
“I just came. It’s finished in good quality anyway.”
Professor Milas catches Catalyst, who is still floating in the air.
On his hand is a kind of glove that cuts off magic power. I feel like a professional in that movement that doesn’t even have a hint of impurity.
“I heard it’s the first time making it, but there’s nothing wrong with it. Even if you sell it to the Imperial Magic Knights or a high-ranking clan, you’ll get a high price.”
“Thank you for the compliment….…Thank you so much for allowing me to make it in the lab even though it’s not even a project.”
I inadvertently lowered my head.
Tia’s birthday is now only two days away. That’s why I had to complete Catalyst today.
As always, I was thinking of making a shelter in the underground canal or in my room, but…… , Professor Milas said it was okay to use the lab.
Not only that, but I was even allowed to use the lab’s tools.
“Student Ariel is also a member of the Institute. Ariel’s success is linked to the performance of the Institute, so there is no need to be grateful. Even that is a waste of time.”
Then Professor Milas said with a refreshing smile.
That innocent-looking face…… What would be sincere Deep down, he must find it annoying to exchange greetings one by one.
This person is an extreme efficiency bug.
“So how’s the other side going?”
Professor Milas said, carefully putting the Catalyst down.
At those words, I raised my body from the backrest…. I wanted to take a break, but I couldn’t help it.
Sighing so that Professor Milas couldn’t hear it, I pulled out some papers from my bag.
“This is the core production plan for the automaton.”
“Is it core only?”
“Yes. For now, only the core.”
With that said, I hand over the production plan to Professor Milas.
Automaton. It might be the most difficult among the items created through alchemy.
There is a reason for using the ambiguous expression ‘it may be high’.
In fact, if you look at just one item, there are many that require more complicated manufacturing processes or harder-to-find materials than automatons.
However, those things are only the criteria for ‘trying production once’.
Automaton basically consists of 7 parts.
Head, torso, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, and core.
Basically, 7 crafting attempts are required, and if you try to attach a special weapon or reinforce it, the number of crafting attempts will increase from there.
Quite a lot of materials, time and effort went into making Catalyst.
Automaton requires at least seven times the material, time, and effort of the Catalyst manufacturing process…… Clearly, this is no easy project.
“It’s a fairly plain design.”
“Rather than making something unique, I planned to use it universally in various situations.”
“Even if it’s not an automaton in beast form, if it’s possible to attach additional arms or wings to a humanoid form, the usage will increase. Then, would it be convenient for Ariel students?”
“I know, but that would increase the manufacturing process. So, I’m going to make only the core first, and work on the additional armament later through modification or reinforcement.”
“It’s good to do additional armament at the design stage. Well, at this point, the basic framework has been set to some extent.”
After reading the production plan, Professor Milas nodded.
I am relieved that I passed the exam.
“However, from my point of view, there are a few things that need to be corrected.”
After that, Professor Milas’ feedback came back.
As expected of a person holding a professorship, he had an excellent talent for taking out the souls of students. Truly innumerable letters cover the plan and it is somewhat distracting.
Nonetheless, it would be fortunate if he presented conditions that would allow him to do just about anything.
“At this level, you can do something with the materials piled up in the lab. Just start. If you try and fail, you can make a new one or fix it.”
“Okay.”
“Then I have to go too. I have a job entrusted to me by the guidance department. Good job.”
With that said, Professor Milas left the lab.
Strange dizziness, as if a typhoon had passed. Fatigue seeps into the skin.
I sighed and stood up.
I am busy these days.
When I wake up in the morning, I exercise, then I go to school and take classes.
When I have time in between, I go to the training ground and do throwing training just like I did in the first semester.
It wasn’t to raise the Skill. It was because he hadn’t entered a dungeon once since he returned from County Findelnerca, so his senses had fallen.
In order to maintain even a little sense of battle, I spend time at the training ground once a day, and after the class is over, I devote myself to alchemy.
Recently, I’ve been working on Catalyst, and from now on I have to make the core of the automaton again. After making the core of the automaton, I will now make the remaining 6 parts….
Not only that, but you also have to do the assignments in class,
You have to go to the library at a set time every day and meet Erea to study.
“Why do I have to go to the library every time to study? You can call Erua to the lab.”
Claire, who came with me to the library again today, secretly complained.
As Claire said. There is no doubt that it would be convenient to call Erua to the laboratory. She can save travel time, and she can get help from Professor Milas if she doesn’t understand something while studying.
But there were things I had to do in the library.
“What do you have to do in the library? What is it?”
“I’ll explain later….I’m a bit distracted, so I’m going to buy you something to drink.”
I got up from my seat, vaguely evasive to Claire.
So I came out of the reading room first,
About 5 minutes later.
“Eh, Ariel… Wait, did you wait…?”
Marie comes out of the reading room.
I nodded.
“I’m sorry. I called you.”
“Uh, yes… Ah, no… That, blood, is what you need…?”
“It’s not necessary.”
But it’s quite a headache.
To be honest, I didn’t want to leave it to Marie, but I couldn’t help it. I have a bit of a problem going through it myself.
“Then let’s go.”
“Ugh, yes…”
Like that, Mari and I leave the library for now.
Near the library, there is a cafe-like place. This is a shop that sells snacks and drinks for students studying in the library.
Surprisingly, food is allowed in the library of this world.
However, there is a rule that food that smells too much will be banned, and compensation must be paid if the book is soiled.
Anyway, if you buy some snacks and drinks from the store and try to go back to the library,
Marie hesitates.
“Hey, Miss Nina… Ah, hello…?”
Marie’s voice made me stop.
A little far from the library entrance.
Nina is standing there.
“……Hello, Marie Ruhelif and Ariel Beheritt.”
And then they say hello like that.
Ranked 3rd in the 1st year Weapon Combat Department.
A servant of Benit Findelnerka, and a girl who was evaluated as a Tier 1 thief in the Unknown Saga.
A character who plays the role of the main character of the Chapter 2 story along with Benit.
“See you again.”
I said that and looked at Nina.
What I have to do.
Morning exercise. School lessons. School assignment. Item creation. Study automaton.
Then, proceeding with the main story.