08-23 Drugbase
Ann advised that brand-new clothes would be conspicuous, and so second-hand clothes were decided upon
She was also sent to buy clothes from Blue Land, and within the day by repeating this the Quinta all got clothes and they could be sent to live in towns without people finding out.
“Understood, Chief.”
They were all expected to regularly report to Laozi every morning and night.
Jin made sure that everyone had warped and took a deep breath.
Of course, Ann was the one to reply.
“Hm? It’s just in cold storage.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“That’s not good! Preserving blood is a more complicated task!”
“Laozi, Ann says this, but…?”
“Yes, she is correct. I found that out last night while arranging the information copied from Ann, and immediately took action. My apologizes for being late in reporting the matter to My Lord.”
“Is that so? That’s fine then. It’s such a rare material that if it got spoiled that would be a real waste. …So, if cold storage is no good then how exactly is it stored?”
“What’s important isn’t the red part, but rather the liquid portion. Once separated, it can be stored in an Ether Stocker with nearly no deterioration.”
It was a word even Jin didn’t know of.
Ann explained. This was good news.
Laozi reported. It was after the fact, but Jin didn’t have any intention of blaming him on a matter like this either. Instead he’d rather commend Laozi by telling he did good.
“Yes. The parts that were unclear have been completed, and the process is now known.”
The centrifuge was just as before. However, while it wasn’t necessary to do it at subsonic speeds, because as a result it shortened the filtration process that would’ve been the next step they decided to do it.
“Yes. Filtrated three times. However, thanks to Reiko-san we can get it done with after just the final filtration process.”
With the use of Reiko as the subsonic centrifuge, two steps of the filtration process could be completely skipped.
This time they processed about ten liters.
“This could almost be called liquid Ether, huh.”
“Yes. If Magi Crystals are crystallized Ether, then this could surely be said to be liquid Ether.”
“Once it takes in Ether, the impurities will settle and its purity will increase further. That’s then called a drugbase.”
“In that case, I wonder what would happen with Father’s blood?”
“I expect that Father most likely has more Magic Energy than a Sea Dragon.”
Jin pondered. Indeed, Jin’s hypothesis was that he took in Ether through the lungs and in dissolved into his blood. If that was the case, then surely the faculties in his blood that took in Ether would be numerous, considering his large amount of Magic Energy.
“Alright, how about we try testing with my blood one of these days?”
Jin said, although he wasn’t very keen on the idea.
Going back to square one, Jin hurriedly built an Ether Box. It had four times the capabilities of an Ether Stocker.
Jin said while putting the drugbase in the Ether Box the size of a large refrigerator.
The same day they processed 20 liters more, producing a total of about ten liters of drugbase.
Today’s lunch was Mine’s high-quality freshly baked bread, similar quality Citran marmalade, Pelshka juice, and stir-fried vegetables.
“This time he’s at River Azul. He was complaining about how he has to wait around once again.”
“Really, what’s that country thinking about. Even Reinhardt-sama needs to be very careful or it’ll be dangerous.”
Jin was also worried a little, but he thought that there was no way they’d attack another country’s diplomat in broad daylight, and with that he left back to Hourai Island for the day.
“Now then, if I have the Quinta look for armor for the golem suit research, I wonder if I could make something in the afternoon.”
“We don’t possess many means of travel on the land, right? I was looking into it the other day, automobiles, were they? I think that some transport technology like that should be developed for the use of the army.”
“Oh right, I also built that suspension device for the carriage. It would be good if those golem arms could be used.”
Tank treads were troublesome and so he instead of them he’d increase the amount of wheels to eight. Rubber probably wouldn’t be durable enough, so he’d substitute Sea Dragon’s leather for it.
To see outside in times of emergency he used a window that could open and close, but normally an extended Magic Screen would be used to give a 360 degree view as if there were no walls at all. It was an exceptional item that could even see far into the distance. Of course, it also had a night vision feature.
The crew would be four people. A ManaCom and a barrier deployment feature would also be installed.
Furthermore four supporting Magi Jet Engines would be prepared to be able to make it lighter up to a fifth of its weight.
More and more equipment were added as they kept popping into Jin’s mind. The technical specifications were outrageous.
“Master, storage for food, water, and medicine are also required. And a floodlight on top of that.”
By teaching the basic design to Laozi, Jin’s workload was lightened as he had to only make the important parts no one else could build.
Like this the third day turned into night.
At night, there was a conversation with Reinhardt.
“Will you be okay?”
“Okay, if that’s the case.”
“With who?”
“Someone in Celuroa Kingdom who I know…Is it Stearina-san?”
“Precisely. You see, she’s returning home after reporting to the royal palace.”
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