Counting Your Chicken's Before They've Hatched
Year 7444, Month 12, Day 29
Honestly, it's not the type of product I care for much. Miduchi and I are reasonably seeking each other but it's limited to within common sense levels. However, oh~ Toris, your woman is different right? Since I don't think it's good to step too far into your private lives, I didn't say much at all up until now but I had realized it.
After Toris joined our group two years ago, during the start you two were happily doing it but..you, recently you seem even more energetic during the times were in the dungeon right? I can roughly guess it based on the Saya consumption rate but recently the number of times per night has decreased hasn't it? The other day my desires exploded by chance and then the next morning I was seen by Bel but as a matter of fact I felt bad about that.
Three times in one night is something that can be done because we're young. However, even then for you do manage that every single time must have been quite painful. During the start when you were managing 6-7 times every day I even secretly respected you. Around the start of this year, I'm sure it was in order to try and drop the sensitivity but you tried using the pig's bowels but ended up causing some pain for Bel from your past inexperience right? When I found out about that I felt a bit lonely thinking I wouldn't be of any use to you anymore but even then I thought that couldn't be helped in some ways.
While looking at Toris who's eyes are sparkling with understanding, I cross my arms with a grave expression and nodded to him.
"Well, just test it out. Try using it. You might be able to open up a new door in your life?"
"U..Al-san..I...I..Kku, thanks. Thank you very much!"
At first he was looking down with his eyes on the rubber package but as he raised the level of his gratitude he properly looked up at me. I could feel the flames of hope burning brightly in his eyes.
Umu, I'm saved he's so easy.
Was it really that painful..I put my hands on both of Toris's shoulders and nodded before saying.
"If you try using it and think they're good then treat me to a meal later. It's not worthy of being thanked over every little time."
During dinner of that day Toris was in a good mood all on his own and Bel just looked at that with a strange face. Miduchi, the three slaves, and I ate. I don't know about everyone else. I'm sure they're all eating on their own.
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Year 7444, Month 12, Day 30
And then midnight.
""Congratulations and happy new year!""
For the time being we finished up our New Year's greeting and then put our hands on the door to enter the fairy village before going inside.
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Year 7445, Month 1, Day 2
Summon Bugs, {Summon.Insect}
Clumsiness, {Fumble}
Quite a few of those spells are reasonably valid.
Now then, what's important here is the spell I learned this time {Transmute.Rock.To.Mud}. This spell can can change rock into mud. Putting it simply, it's safe to consider it the advanced version of {Quagmire} which can be used create bogs. It's an extremely high level spell that requires earth, fire, water, and void magic skill levels all at least at level 8. The bare minimum MP required to use it requires using earth and water magic five times, fire magic once, and void magic eight times, for a total MP consumption of 152 points. And with that it makes it possible to turn any type of rock that's roughly 1 m^3 into mud.
Up until there it only seems like a spell that would be useful for tunneling through a mountain or when cultivating new land. According to teacher Mila the reverse spell of {Remove.Petrification} is called {Flesh.To.Stone} and there's also the method of transforming the target from stone into mud with this spell then washing them away into a river or ocean so they can never return to normal again, that sort of extremely brutal method of using it seems to exist as well but that sort of thing doesn't matter at all.
If you transform rock into mud, then use the void magic sorting on that mud to sort out whatever you like from it, then if you use the void magic transformation it's possible to take it out in whatever form you like. This is huge. It's possible to take out refined, crystallized metals in the form that is "just as you can imagine". There's not even a need to specify things for a bolt that's 5 mm in diameter, with the screw height of 0.7mm, and a length of 5 cm. All you have to do is imagine a bolt in that form. And, then when it comes to a nut that matches that bolt, you can take the nut (included in that rock) out in whatever metal you like.
Let me repeat it even easier to understand. I have a certain rock. And, I use the spell from just now consecutively. Iron, Chrome, Molybdenum I take out everything I can from it. Then I use the spell to make that into an alloy. Then I use this spell on that again. That time, I coil it to the right, have it rotate around about this much, with an inner diameter of about this much, external form about here, and I think up the image of a perfect gun barrel with the life ring carved into it and created from Chrome.Molybdenum Steel. And, then just the same as that with lead, if possible with tungsten or anything else but if I make a bullet that matches the gun barrel like I made last year, or, from some brass that was made syrupy in the same way I make a cartridges of just the right shape to match this magazine, or things like that I can make them just as I imagine in my head. Even the types of small parts that a detonator requires are simple.
Putting it frankly, it eats a shitload of MP so I'm sure that no one other than me can properly manage it.
After that if I can just use the nitrocellulose I experienced with in the past then smokeless gunpowder should be fine, if I mix in some plasticizing agent and wax as an anti-combustion agent at about 10% then that should be plenty. There's still the problem of safety remaining but if I increase the amount of wax while experimenting with it then it should burn all on it's own so easily. It should be able to reach the level of a weak bullet, then if there's problems with the firepower while it'll increase the weight a bit I can increase the size of the shell by just a bit. It will deteriorate at a more intense rate but it's not like the modern day armies where I have to keep it in storage for up to three years after producing it.
I already knew from the start that something like preparing a massive amount of guns is impossible because of issues related to the gunpowder. If I were to same something extreme, then it should be fine as long as the quality is guaranteed for a few months after it's produced. In the first place, in a situation where I can prepare a large quantity and make use of them, guns are just like a supplement to me. Rather than that the fact that I can make things like pachinko balls or nails of the same quality in large quantity is even more important.
If I buy a distillation device (or make one is fine) and distill Pyroligneous acid to make a lot of methanol. If I just leave that alone and let it undergo oxidation then I formalin should be created..I think, if I remember correctly. It'll end up burning some MP but I use the magic sorting to take it out as well. It's possible to sort out ammonia from piss and decaying corpses. If I can get formalin and ammonia to react then it's possible to create Hexamethylenetetramine. And then, I've already confirmed it's possible to create nitric acid of high purity when producing nitrocellulose with magic. If I mix up Hexamethylenetetramine with high purity nitric acid inside of a something like porcelain that can resist high temperatures and get them react then that should be able to make Trimethylenetrinitramine crystals..I think.
Ah, Trimethylenetrinitramine refers to RDX. It's poisonous but as long as you don't eat it then it's fine. It seems it's sweet so I need to keep it away from Ralpha though. If I harden this with wax then it's composition A, it requires me being able to make Toluene, but if I mix it with TNT 6:4 then it becomes composition B. If it's mixed with a plasticizing agent like clay 9:1 then it's the so-called composition C.
If I can put conducting line soaked in nitrocellulose or a metal wire stuck in it that reacts to a reasonable {Lightning Bolt} then I can create a bomb. If you surround it with a lot of pachinko balls or nails then I'm sure you can increase the damage even more. Of course, I'm sure the quality wouldn't reach the level of those made in a Japanese factory but that doesn't particularly matter. The various kinds of additives aren't absolutely necessary. Some of them prevent the deterioration over long term storage, or raise the efficiency of it, make it easier to use, it's fundamentally just things that make it easier to deal with it.
In order to prevent the soldiers on the ends that don't have a properly level of education from discharging it on themselves, would be the largest portion of the goal. In my own opinion I'd just be fine if I could make something like a large version of the JSDF's anti-vehicle mine. Either way I don't have any intention of letting anyone else use them. After that if we had several people who could use a smaller version like claymores then I think that would be plenty. If I could make something like a wire fuse that would be the best but I'm sure it would be difficult without electricity. Ah, maybe I could make one in combination with the lighter magic tool. Though I'm sure that would make it a bit larger.
However, while these would require some schemes in order to make use of for attacking, they'd be ideal for defending.
But, I'm sure this will become a large power.
However, inside of the inn I don't want to try practicing any of the spells we learned this time other than {Fumble}. I think we'll just go take a look around various places in the capital for a change of pace and get some rest today.
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Year 7445, Month 1, Day 3
Reira's ability to deal with customers is splendid.
We sold 11 packs of condoms.
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Year 7445, Month 1, Day 4
Hanna thinks that as long as she's mimicking her older sister than she's doing a good job. It's charming.
Reira gave something or other sub-Baron a sample of the new model of condoms.
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Year 7445, Month 1, Day 5
We sold 5 packs of condoms during the morning.
Since we're entering the dungeon again starting tomorrow we returned to Baldukk.
Author's note: there's some portions intentionally left out this time avoiding breaking explosive production laws, but please think that the protagonist properly knows them. I wonder if it would be best to cover them up with omissions?