Chapter 166.1
Volume 3 Chapter 166: Experiment Preparations (1/3)
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“This way please . ” [Maid]
After breakfast, Rurunez-san led me to the magic training area within the duke’s residence .
The first thing I noted was the gaudy purple walls .
That purple wall surrounded a lot about the size of a park .
There were no ceilings and the ground hadn’t been paved either .
A woman accompanied by two maids elegantly approached from a corner of that place .
“Welcome, Ryoumkun . ” [Elize]
“Sorry to have kept you waiting, Madam . ” [Ryouma]
My job for today is the construction of the venue for the wedding ceremony, but that starts later in the afternoon . I don’t have anything planned for the morning, so I decided to work on improving my sugar scrub . The madam decided to join me .
She needed a break from time to time too, so she didn’t have any plans for today .
Taking a break every now and then is certainly necessary .
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Still, isn’t this a bit too early?
“I haven’t even started preparing the experiments yet . All I’m doing now is field work . ” [Ryouma]
“I want to see the preparations too . That aside, what do you think about our magic training area? We’re rather proud of it . ” [Elize]
“It’s big and nice . This is certainly the kind of place I can use my magic in without holding back . ” [Ryouma]
But…
“Curious about the wall?” [Rurunez]
Rurunez-san could immediately tell what was on my mind .
“You can tell?” [Ryouma]
“You’ve been stealing glances at it for a while now . ” [Rurunez]
“Ha ha ha… Is it okay to ask why it’s been painted in such a gaudy color?” [Ryouma]
She sweetly smiled and answered .
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“The walls have been dyed with a special coating that reacts strongly to the change in temperature, as is the case with fire and ice spells . The ojousama was practicing her magic here until it was time for her to move to the academy . In order to allow her a place where she could practice her magic even a little safer, the walls here were treated with that special coating . ” [Rurunez]
“Elia once melted a brick wall because she put too much mana into her magic . Since then we’ve kept the walls here dyed to be safe . ” [Elize]
Come to think of it, Elia does specialize in fire and ice… Huh . So that’s why .
That aside, I didn’t know fire spells could give off that much heat when that much mana is given to them . I should take note of that .
“That makes sense . ” [Ryouma]
“This is our private space, so you can use this place whenever you feel like . You can even use your Dimension Magic if it’s here . Besides, Elia’s gone and left for school already, so it rarely gets used nowadays… It’s a bit of a waste . ” [Elize]
As expected, the madam is a little lonely .
“in that case, I’ll happily use it without reserve . ” [Ryouma]
I called out and began working .
“Dimension Home . ” [Ryouma]
I opened a while hole in the space and called out the sticky slimes and scavenger slimes .
I prepared 100 of each .
“There’s a lot of them as usual . ” [Elize]
“I’ve never seen so many before…” [Rurunez]
I thought she saw them during feeding time, but maybe I’m remembering wrong .
Ah, maybe it’s because they were in a big, huge, or king form .
The maids accompanying the madam were also surprised . I quickly started working .
“First is ‘Break Rock’ !!” [Ryouma]
I used the spell to change the level ground into a sandy state .
A square about 50m big will probably do .
“Alright, scavenger slimes!” [Ryouma]
I had the scavenger slimes line up at one end of the sandy ground .
“Do the usual . ” [Ryouma]
The scavenger slimes responded to my words and started moving simultaneously .
They swallowed the sand into their body and then puked it back out behind them . They made their way through the square sand swallowing and puking .
“Are they… Plowing the ground?” [Elize]
“That’s right . At first, I had the scavenger slimes puke out fertilizer and plow with their own hands, but it’s really convenient, so I would have them do the same thing several times in a day . It was starting to get annoying, so I started softening the ground beforehand with earth magic, then have the scavenger slimes mix the softened ground inside their body . ” [Ryouma]
As the slimes that were lined up marched without messing up their formation, soil that has been mixed well with the moisturized fertilizer piled up behind them, forming ridges .
“After I started having the scavenger slimes do this, they learned the skill ‘Tilling’ . ” [Ryouma]
“I’ve never heard of that skill before . ” [Elize]
“Apparently, of the many different jobs that farmers do, it refers only to the act of plowing the field . I think it’s because I had them do nothing but mix the soil all the time . I didn’t even have them plant seeds or water the ground . ” [Ryouma]
“If they were just doing normal farm work, they would have probably learned the ‘Farming’ skill instead . ” [Elize]
“Yes . It’s for the same reason that the sticky slimes learned the ‘planting’ skill . ” [Ryouma]
I took out dante seeds from my Item Box and had the sticky slimes distribute them . They turned their upper body into a bowl to receive the seeds, then they brought them to the ridges cultivated by the scavenger slimes .
A slime per ridge . The sticky slimes lined up like the scavenger slimes and extended a tentacle to pick up a seed and plant them one at a time .