Chapter 68
The first place I was assigned to was where they prepared simple meals for the volunteers.
It was a bit ambiguous to call it a kitchen; it was more like a large tent, if I had to describe it.
Quite a few people were sweating profusely there.
They were putting something into a large pot and boiling it vigorously, and the heat was intense.
Everyone was too busy to pay attention to me.
‘Hmm…… I feel like a fifth wheel.’
I felt like a spare part.
However, I could quickly figure out what I had to do.
“It’s very hot, isn’t it?”
I took out the Siberun Mana Stone.
“I can cool you down.”
I didn’t think it would be very meaningful to help with the work here.
Instead, I thought it would be nice to increase the efficiency of others.
“Cool air is coming out.”
The Siberun Mana Stone absorbs hot energy and transforms it into cold energy.
Honey Badger liked it very much, and thanks to the inverter system, the mana consumption was very low.
‘I can handle this size.’
I don’t know exactly how much mana I have, but I could maintain the coolness of this tent.
Actually, it wasn’t just a level I could maintain, I had plenty to spare.
If I was just fed and given a place to sleep, I could do it non-stop for the rest of my life.
Foreman Hector-ajusshi approached me.
“Are you really a mage?”
“Of course. I learned magic. Not that great, though.”
“Not that great?”
“No. It’s nothing special.”
I honestly don’t think I’m that great.
Because the mathematical knowledge I have is from modern society, and it was created by countless geniuses.
I just learned it.
“This is not great, you say.”
“Yes. My teachers are much better than me.”
I only borrowed mathematical knowledge from the modern era, and Viaton-gyeong or Karin were far superior in understanding and utilizing magic.
Compared to the two of them, my magic control ability was crude.
I knew my place well.
“It seems pretty great to me, though……”
That’s because there’s no air conditioning in this world. It’s not that great, really.
“Anyway, ahem, I didn’t recognize you. If you don’t mind, could you help out somewhere else?”
I suddenly felt better.
You mean there’s a place that needs me? Where is it?
What should I do?
Do you need me that much?
I hid my desire to be nosy and asked as calmly as possible.
“Somewhere else?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Phew, you need me, right?
I suppressed my joy and spoke gracefully.
“Anywhere that needs me.”
“I’ll guide you.”
“Oh, wait a minute.”
If I’m not here, the cool air from these Siberun Mana Stones will turn off.
I decided to give a small gift to the volunteers who are working hard in this hot place.
I opened a subspace and took out a mana stone as big as my face.
“……What are you doing?”
“Oh, this is called a Mana Storage Stone.”
In Korean terms, it was a battery.
I didn’t have much engineering knowledge about batteries, but in this world, mana stones that store ‘mana’ had already been developed and commercialized.
They were much more effective than batteries in modern society.
“I’ll charge my mana into this.”
I closed my eyes.
I drew out as much mana as I could and stored it in the Mana Storage Stone.
A very big advantage of this battery was that it charged very quickly.
It took less than 10 seconds to fully charge, absorbing all the mana I emitted.
“Done. This should be enough to operate for a day. Volunteers, you’re working so hard in this hot weather. Everyone, fighting!”
The volunteers working in the tent, which we’ll call the ‘kitchen’ for convenience, were dumbfounded.
“Is she really a mage?”
“You mean a mage came to volunteer?”
Mages are a privileged class.
Not only do they not do these chores, but even if they do, they don’t use magic like this.
“She just left those precious things behind? For us?”
Mages are secretive beings.
They are extremely reluctant to have their magical knowledge and products spread to the outside world.
A social atmosphere has been created where it is right to be careful because someone might steal or copy their products.
Because magic in this era was a means of war, and that means of war had to be kept secret.
“Is she a mage dispatched from the Magic Federation?”
“No, it must be the Magic Tower.”
Opinions differed among the people.
“But she looked very young……”
“She must have used magic to hide her age. Magic is a very difficult subject to learn, and to use this kind of magic naturally, you’d have to be over 40, right?”
But someone who was stirring a large spatula spoke.
“No. She’s a mage from the Empire. A very beautiful and kind person.”
It was a handsome man with green eyes.
The volunteers were startled.
“Uh, when did you get here?”
“Huh? I’ve been stirring the ladle here the whole time.”
“I, is that so? I, I’ve never seen your face before.”
“I don’t have much of a presence.”
Several volunteers approached him and peeked at his face.
“He resembles someone……”
He definitely resembled someone.
“Ah, I’ve been told I look like Sir Viaton a lot.”
“Ah! That’s right! Sir Viaton! He looks so much like Sir Viaton, doesn’t he? How can he look so much like him?”
“It’s an honor for me. Haha!”
The name of the handsome man who was joking around was Viaton. Actually, it was Viaton himself.
There was a mole on Viaton’s cheek that wasn’t there before.
It was a mole made with magic.
“But you know what? The principle of the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate is applied there.”
“The TeyIsabel Transfer Gate?”
“I don’t know exactly, but it has something called an inverter system. Thanks to that, we can work comfortably like this. And the inverter system is a very excellent, outstanding, beautiful, and lovely technology created by Princess Isabel.”
“……Excuse me?”
The adjectives used to describe the ‘technology’ were overly grand.
“Huh?”
“Eh? What? Where did he go?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the handsome man who had been stirring the ladle disappeared.
I had to experience a bit of culture shock.
‘The gap between civilizations is no joke.’
Many people were busy working to recover from the earthquake damage, and the first thing that caught my eye was a large pulley.
It was something you would see in the Middle Ages.
‘They’re pulling the pulley by hand without a crane. With the technology of this era, they could easily make things like cranes.’
“Heave-ho! Heave-ho!”
I saw them pulling up a large stone.
About ten people were pulling the rope hard.
Foreman Hector-ajusshi cautiously said to me.
“It seems like it’s very hard to pull that.”
“It looks like it.”
“Is there…… no way?”
I thought for a moment.
“I think it would be good if I could fix it so that it rotates easily.”
“Oh, is that possible?”
“Of course.”
How advanced is magic in this era? No, but no matter how much I think about it, it’s so strange……
‘They fight wars with state-of-the-art fighter jets, but they still farm with just a hoe?’
I stood in front of the large pulley.
‘Hmm.’
As always, with magic, it was important to create an image in your mind.
I easily came up with an image.
‘It’s easy if you think of an electric bicycle.’
It was easier to think of it as being assisted by a motor.
Hector-ajusshi cautiously asked.
“If you don’t mind me asking, how is that possible?”
“Huh?”
The ajusshi waved his hands.
“Oh, no, I don’t have any other intentions. I don’t want to steal the technology. I’m just very interested in magic engineering, so I was just purely……”
The ajusshi was needlessly apologetic.
It’s okay, it’s okay. I like talking about these things.
“Of course. I’ll tell you everything.”
Hehe, I’ll be of help again, right? I guess I look like someone who can help?
“Didn’t Her Imperial Highness Isabel and Sir Teyselon publish the principles related to the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate when they created it? Do you know about it?”
“Yes, I’ve read it all. It was interesting.”
“Wow, are you usually interested in magic engineering knowledge?”
“Yes. I’m very interested.”
Hector-ajusshi’s eyes sparkled.
Seeing that made my heart flutter.
To meet someone I could communicate with here!
It was lucky.
“You know that a magic magnetic field is induced around a magic conductor through which magic flows, right?”
“……Yes.”
“So, if you apply an external magic magnetic field, the force and the induced magic magnetic field interact to generate force.”
“……Yes. I think I saw the principle mentioned in the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate.”
“I’m going to use that principle to convert magic power into rotational motion.”
Hector-ajusshi must have been very interested in magic engineering, as he said.
He listened to me very attentively, and I continued excitedly.
After listening to everything I said, the ajusshi said with a hesitant expression.
“I roughly understand the theory. But are you saying that really works? Engineering knowledge and the actual implementation of magic are clearly different areas……”
I smiled brightly, very pleased.
“I’ll show you! But it’s my first time actually doing this, so I might make a mistake. Don’t laugh at me.”
I lowered my voice and whispered.
“If I fail, it’s a secret. Okay?”
