Published at 20th of November 2020 09:23:29 PM
Chapter 47.1: 47.1
While eating breakfast, I discussed with Cleria and the others about our plans for the day .
“The branch chief of the Magic Guild asked me to do something for her yesterday, you see . I think I’ll be doing that in the morning . ”
I’m referring to the magic circle drawing request from the chief . Since I’m gonna do it by myself, I expect it to take about three hours or so .
“Is it a job we can do as well? Do you want us to help out?” Selena offered .
“Of course you can do the job . So, can I ask you to help out then?”
if us three were to do it, then it won’t even take an hour for us to finish .
“Well then, we’ll have some sparring out on the yard as usual . ” Cleria announced .
We already started drawing magic circles inside my room when I heard a knock .
“Alan-san, you have a guest,” Sarchan informed .
It turns out it was the boss of the workshop I commissioned for the housings and switches for the dryers .
“Huh? Boss . Isn’t the schedule for pick-up tomorrow?”
“That was the plan, but Carsan came to the shop yesterday and placed an urgent order, so we had to finish up our previous commissions as soon as we could . We put in our best efforts and finished your order yesterday as well . Since the items are done, should we bring them all over here?”
Oh, right . The chief seemed really fired up yesterday . Judging from her skyrocketing tension yesterday, I guess this wasn’t something to be surprised about .
“Yeah, that’s fine . I’ll trouble you then . ”
The dryer parts were then brought to the inn by the apprentice craftsmen . Since they brought the housings along with the dryer switches, it was quite the amount of goods . After inspecting their work, I paid the leftover fees, and the boss and his apprentices finally left .
“That sure is a lot . So these are the parts for the magic tools?” Sharon inquired .
“The only bulky ones are the housings for the dryers though . Great . With these available, we can start assembling them today as well . ”
Selena and Sharon displayed complicated expressions . Oh, did they think I’ll have them help out as well?
“I’ll do the assembling by myself . I was the one who received the order after all . So I gotta take responsibility and finish them myself . ”
Assembling one unit doesn’t take longer than fifteen minutes after all, so it isn’t really a time-intensive job .
“No, it’s not like we do not want to help, but we’ll finally be able to use magic today, so we wanted to practice casting some spells later,” Sharon revealed .
“I see . So your magic sensors are already done?”
“That’s right! Finally! We took in a lot of rare metals to hurry our nanoms up with building them . ” Sharon replied .
Hou, so taking in a lot of rare metals can increase the performance speed of the nanoms? I didn’t know that .
“I see . Then, by all means, go ahead and practice magic . Like I told you earlier, I’ll finish assembling the dryers myself . But you have to be careful when practicing magic, you two . It can be really dangerous if handled incorrectly after all . ”
“Understood . We will do so . ”
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We managed to finish drawing the magic circle patterns in the morning, and the two even helped me out a bit with assembling the dryers .
When lunchtime arrived, everyone went down to the first floor . Sarchan called out when she noticed us coming down .
“Alan-san, father made some pizza for you all . Please have your lunch here . ”
“I see . Thanks for the treat then . ”
We took our seats . Six pizzas were then brought out from the kitchen . Verse made two kinds of pizzas, just like what we made yesterday afternoon . They look really tasty . Oh! So he used the hot pepper sauce recipe I gave him yesterday and served us the completed sauce as well .
It was the first time for everyone to eat pizza, so I began introducing the dish to them .
“This is a dish called pizza . As expected of Verse . He’s already become skilled in making these . ”
I put in some hot pepper sauce on top and ate a slice . Mm . It’s been made well . The baking time was well measured .
“You can use this sauce if you like . It’s quite spicy, so be careful when putting some on top of your pizza slices . ”
Yep . The taste of the hot pepper sauce was perfect too . You really can’t do without hot pepper sauce when it comes to pizza .
“This is really delicious too! It feels like I can eat a lot with these . ” Sharon exclaimed .
Cleria copied me and put on a lot of hot pepper sauce on top of her pizza slice . Her expression contorted soon after taking a bite . And I already told her it was spicy too . Elna put a similar amount on top of hers, and she didn’t even flinch . So it was only Cleria who had childish tastes huh .
The rest of the guests and diners were also satisfied with the dish as well .
Verse was the one who brought out the after-meal tea .
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“How was the pizza, Alan?”
“They were perfect! Good job on the hot pepper sauce too . You’ve really made the dish your own . ”
“Is that so? I was a bit worried about the hot pepper sauce at first, honestly . But it can quickly develop into a kind of habit once you put it on top of pizza huh . ”
“Right!? It’s one of the necessary items for enjoying pizza . Oh, right! It can also go well with pasta, so you can try putting in some next time . ”
Cleria and the girls went out of the city to practice swordsmanship and magic as always . I began continuing to assemble the magic tools .
Since Selena and Sharon helped me put together some of them already earlier, I managed to finish assembling all thirty dryers before evening .
It was a little late to make the delivery, so I decided to deliver the goods tomorrow instead . Oh, I can deliver the magic circle patterns chief ordered from me right now actually . I’ve finished working on them anyway, so I can hand them over early .
I asked Lily if the chief was in when I arrived at the guild . It seems she was . I wonder what happened to her part-time work at the clinic? I’ll ask the chief later .
“Oh, part-time work? It was decided that they’ll only call me if there’s a patient with serious injuries . Right now, the fate of this branch is about to be decided . Now’s not the time to be doing any part-time jobs!”
Man . The chief’s eagerness is nothing to scoff at .
“I see . I came to deliver the requested magic circle patterns to you . ”
“Ara, so you’ve already done them? Let me check first . ”
The chief brought out something resembling a magnifying glass and checked the magic circle sheets . Since the magic circles were finely drawn, inspecting them was tedious work .
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“it looks like they’re fine . Each one of them is drawn perfectly . I’ll check out the magic tool next . This box is…”
It seems that the chief was interested in the box containing the magic tool . I felt it was kinda lacking to just present the dryer magic tool as is, so I had Nanom design a storage container for it . It was made out of wood and had a stay for supporting the dryer installed on the bottom of the box . The back of the lid also had the same mechanism . It was designed so that the dryer would be secured inside the box once you close the lid and will not move around while one carries it .
“This container is quite excellent as well . I will also produce something like this as well . Is the workshop that made these the same as where you commissioned the other parts .
“That’s right . One box costs fifty Guineas . …Since you’re targeting nobles, how about putting some luxurious cloth inside to serve as a cushion as well?”
Most containers for luxury items employ that kind of gimmick after all . To demonstrate, I put in a handkerchief inside the box before putting in the dryer .
“This looks really nice! I’ll put your suggestion to good use, Alan . ”
It looks like there were no problems with the chief’s dryer as well, so I finally completed the delivery .
“Well then, here’s your payment of fifty thousand Guineas for the magic circle patterns, and here are the twenty thousand Guineas for the magic tool . ”
Nice . With this, I earned a total of seventy thousand Guineas, and our total money was now a hundred and seventy thousand Guineas . Will this be enough for paying for the items we got from Tarus-san’s store? I did get the portable magic stove, so it still seemed a little short .
Since I’ve finished delivering the goods, and the chief seemed quite busy as well, I excused myself and told the chief I’ll be taking my leave .
“I’ll come over again before we leave the city . ”
“Alright . Understood . Good work, Alan . ”
Shall I stop by Tarus-san’s store before I come back to the inn? I want to ask about the horses, and I also want to inform them about the status of their order .