As time passed, everyone gradually grew accustomed to one another, and the conversations began to flow more naturally than at the start. It had been the same when she first visited Lilia’s home, since Kuro was inherently sociable and kind, even those who at first seemed intimidated by her title as one of the Six Kings began to open up once they got to know her.
[So, by the way, Kuromueina-sama……]
[Ahh, you can just call me Kuromu. So, what’s the matter, Cornelia-chan?]
[Well then, Kuromu-sama…… this may not be the most fitting topic for a tea party, but since I have the chance to meet you, I wanted to offer my thanks…… Thanks to Kuromu-sama, and by extension the Seditch Magic Tools Trading pany, publishing educational materials for magic tool technicians, the Sharon Trading pany is now able to introduce a trainee-apprenticeship program.]
[Ohh, that’s wonderful. I had really hoped others would take it up, so hearing you’re actually implementing it makes me happy.]
What Cornelia-san brought up was the trainee–apprenticeship system that my parents had also made use of. I had thought it was an initiative exclusive to the Seditch pany, but it turned out Kuro had been sharing the educational curricula with other panies as well.
[So the system Mom and Dad used, that was made public?]
[Unn. Our original goal was to increase the number of human magic tool technicians after all. At first we just tried it out in our pany, but once we saw there weren’t any problems, we shared it with others. Instead of having the Seditch Magic Tool Trading pany monopolize all the technicians, I wanted as many panies as possible to adopt it and help grow the number of Human technicians. That way petition would arise, people would sharpen their skills against one another, and the overall technology of magic tools across the human world would advance.]
[I think it’s truly a wonderful initiative. In truth, when it es to crafting magic tools, the Human Realm is far behind the Demon Realm, and highly skilled Human technicians are extremely rare. To have educational methods and teaching materials made available is a huge boon. The Sharon Trading pany doesn’t have the capital that Seditch Magic Tool Trading pany does, but we plan to recruit a small number of apprentices in the near future.]
[Unn, unn. I’m really looking forward to seeing those kids grow and the number of technicians increase.]
Kuro really wished for the development of magic tool technology. She even opened up some patents free of charge, and since many different panies were making recording and projection magic tools, she must have been providing technical support too.
You could feel the authority of the parent of magic tools in her attitude.
[Speaking of which, I heard from them they’re doing fairly well, but how are Mom and Dad, really?]
[Akari-chan and Kazuya-kun are amazing. Especially with recording and projection magic tools, since those are based on the technology from your world, they need to be reproduced through magic formulas. But because those two know exactly what the finished product should look like, they’ve been a huge help. There’s even talk that, once they gain a bit more experience, they could each lead their own teams.]
When I asked Mom and Dad, they just humbly said things like "We’re working fortably in an ultra-white environment", but judging from Kuro’s words, they seemed to be doing very well. Hearing that kind of news made me really happy.
[Cornelia-sama’s Sharon Trading pany is already a major firm among those based in the Human Realm, since you also deal in teleportation magic tools. Seeing your number of technicians grow is something I look forward to as well.]
[Fumu fumu, among magic tools, the most expensive and difficult to handle are teleportation magic tools, right?]
[That’s correct. The formulas themselves are plex, and the magic crystals required must be of the highest quality, making teleportation magic tools absolutely top-class among magic tools. Even among the nobility, many Barony and Viscouncy don’t own one.]
Eris-sn gave me a clear explanation in response to my question. Indeed, teleportation magic tools were ultra-high-class items, worth billions to tens of billions in yen. Even for nobles, it was not something easily affordable.
[Our household doesn’t own a teleportation magic tool either. So just getting to the Capital is quite a struggle.]
[Yeah, having one or not makes a huge difference. By the way, Marie-san, how did you get here today?]
[Embarrassing as it is to admit, there’s no large city within the Ritch Barony’s territory that has a Teleportation Gate, and we don’t have the financial means to hire someone capable of Teleportation Magic, so normally, we take a carriage to a city that does have a Teleportation Gate, use the gate to reach the Capital, and then pay to rent a carriage again to travel from there. This time, however, Lady Eris-sama, kindly sent a carriage to the Capital’s Teleportation Gate to pick me up, so I came with that.]
Now that she said it, it made perfect sense. Teleportation Gates only existed in fairly large cities. If you didn’t own a teleportation magic tool, you had no choice but to travel to such a city first, then use the gate to reach the capital, and then continue on again from there.
Considering the costs and demand, teleportation services would only be run in big cities where they could expect enough customers. For people living out in the provinces without their own teleportation magic tools, travel really must have been quite a difficult ordeal.
Stomachache Power: ★★★
Draw Power: ★★★★★★
Endurance: ★★★★★★
Pitifulness: ★★★
Stomach Medicine Consumption: ★
Chance of Abdication: ★
The current King of Hydra Kingdom, she’s been facing a lot of troubles recently due to the actions of the problem child (lost child) and ultra-problem child (chivalrous thief) in the Hero Party.
She did encounter a massive stomachache incident when Shiro made her attack during the Founding Festival, bringing with her a stomachache of incredible magnitude, but it happened in a parallel world, and Laguna did not inherit the memory. In a sense, she avoided the worst stomachache case. Lilia, however, did inherit the memory and suffered the parallel-world body blow.
Laguna has a fairly level-headed personality, so she’s primed to be manipulated by Subject Ks…… but she also has enough cunning to dodge effectively. While she may experience minor stomachaches, the big ones are likely avoided. In that sense, she has high Draw Power but low actual Stomachache Power.
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