LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 29 - Chapter 29: Let's Make Magical Tools
Chapter 29: Let’s Make Magical Tools
The day of the entrance ceremony was only in the morning. The afternoon was a free pass. Closing my notebook, I clenched my allowance and headed into town. What I bought were small wooden boards, scrap magic stones, crafting tools, and a bit of adhesive. Yes, I was going to make magical tools.
The magical tools I saw in the previous loop were almost the same as household appliances from my previous life. Instead of batteries, they used magic stones, circuits made of holy silver mithril, and a magic circle on the board. The magic circle appeared to consist of geometric patterns and small characters, but in reality, most of it was decorative, with a few ancient characters engraved inside. Beyond that, there was a functional part that could cause phenomena such as light and wind.
The reason magical tools are expensive is the high cost of holy silver mithril. It’s challenging to process as it is, so it’s alloyed with various metals for circuit and board use. Naturally, higher purity results in better mana conductivity, durability, and suppression of resistance and attenuation.
On the other hand, research on magical tool creation without relying on holy silver is also progressing. Originally, magical tools were improved to reuse magic circles drawn with special ink made from crushed magic stones. The replaced holy silver version is reproduced with magic stones, and crucial points are adorned with magic stones to maintain the magic circle—moreover, to prevent mana depletion in a single use. This technology was almost established by the time I joined the “Tower” in the royal capital three years later.
Magic stones are sold at varying prices. The ways to obtain magic stones are either by defeating specific magical creatures or by mining. These mines are said to be former magic elemental reservoirs. Like the unpopular dungeon, slimes breed, and eventually, layers are buried due to crustal movements. It’s like fossil fuel. Large crystals have high magic content and can withstand refilling. However, small crystals or shattered fragments are disposable and affordable, even with a child’s allowance.
Still, filling the entire house with magical tools and operating everything with magic stones results in tremendous running costs. In the previous life, before the spread of gas and electricity, candles and lamps were the mainstream lighting devices. Many commoners woke up with the sunrise and went to bed with the sunset. In this world, everyone can use life magic, so a certain amount of light can be secured with light life magic. However, illuminating the entire house brightly with magical tools of light is a symbol of wealth, allowed only for nobles and some wealthy people.
To popularize magical tools and enhance the convenience of people’s lives, it is crucial to reduce the original production cost of magical tools and the running cost. This is an eternal research theme not only for the “Tower” but for all magical tool artisans in government and private sectors.
My thoughts drifted.
Anyway, I intended to recreate magic circles, circuits, and functional parts using cheap scrap magic stones. I carved grooves into a wooden board, laid the scrap stones there, and fixed them with adhesive. If this went well, I should be able to achieve the same effect as the magicians of the “Tower.”
Or so I thought.
Name: Alexi Appel
Race: Human
Title: Appel Trading Company Heir
Level: 1
HP: 20
MP: 30
POW: 2
INT: 3
AGI: 2
DEX: 3
Attribute: Earth
Skills:
None
(Stone Bullet)
(Landscape)
(Rock Wall)
(Spear Technique)
(Body Enhancement)
Equipment: Student Uniform (E)
Status Points Remaining: 0
Skill Points Remaining: 10
I underestimated it. My level, especially the low dexterity (DEX). The magicians of the “Tower” were not particularly dexterous, but 3 is terrible. I have to dive into the dungeon early on the weekend.
But I had a secret plan. Yes, that dungeon I first entered in the first loop. There, I could collect scrap magic stones, earn experience points without meeting anyone, killing two birds with one stone. Alone in the dormitory, I waited for the weekend while wrestling with wooden boards.