I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 61

Chapter 61

Narmore said.

“First, we need to create and operate a small-scale TeyIsabel Transfer Gate as a pilot project.”

As Isabel presented the concept, Narmore materialized everything, drawing a roadmap in his mind.

“We don’t know what kind of tricks certain factions might pull. For instance, they could intentionally damage the gate or tamper with letters. So, we need to operate with minimal quantities to ensure thorough management. I’d like to install it directly in the slums for immediate use, but I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Why do you think so?”

“They’re in an environment where they’re too easily tempted by the bread in front of them. They’ll be easily bribed.”

Narmore didn’t intend to blame them. He simply pointed out that their unfortunate circumstances could easily sway them.

“If Your Highness entrusts it to me, I’ll demonstrate my flawless execution.”

Whoever controls the distribution network will rule the continent, and the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate will be the cornerstone of that.

But then Isabel asked,

“……Aren’t you bothered?”

“Huh?”

“You used to hate moving around, didn’t you? Weren’t you, Narmore-oppa, already lazy but wanting to be even more passionately lazy?”

“Making money isn’t bothersome.”

If it were in the novel, he would have said, ‘I’ll become rich and be an ardent lazybones,’ but Narmore had changed now.

“I’ll make you the richest person in the world.”

His goal wasn’t to become the richest person in the world.

It was to make Isabel the richest person in the world.

Narmore’s settings had changed.

Isabel had dinner with Karin for the first time in a while.

Karin took a spoonful of mushroom soup and then put down her spoon.

Isabel cautiously observed Karin’s expression.

“Why, why? Have you lost your appetite?”

“Your Highness. I’m aware that Your Highness’s understanding of the media is inexplicably high. Therefore, I shall ask. The mages are framing the Swordsmanship Empire as ‘trying to monopolize everything.’ Some are already afraid. Why would the Magic Federation frame the Swordsmanship Empire like this?”

Isabel put down her spoon as well.

Dinner with the final boss, Karin, wasn’t exactly comfortable after all.

“Because fear and hatred are the easiest ways to sway the public…… ?”

Isabel was slightly startled after giving her answer.

This method, the method of dividing and throwing the empire’s citizens into chaos with fear and hatred, was also a favorite tactic of the final boss, Karin, when dealing with the male lead, Arun.

Isabel became uneasy, unable to accurately discern Karin’s intentions.

Karin continued,

“Just devising a single Transfer Gate system has caused such an uproar. The path Your Highness intends to take will be very narrow and difficult.”

“……Will it?”

“Perhaps everyone will point fingers at you and hate you.”

Karin didn’t want that.

It was Karin’s selfish desire that the path Isabel walked would always be beautiful.

“People choose their beliefs based on their interests, or they choose to believe what they want to believe. Regardless of Your Highness’s intentions, a day may come when you’ll be deeply hurt. No, that day will definitely come. Many times.”

“……”

Isabel was certain.

‘As expected, Karin isn’t easy to fool!’

Showing a reaction like ‘Yes, I’m scared’ here would be revealing a weakness.

Karin had the ability to exploit and shake even the smallest weaknesses.

She wasn’t the final boss for nothing.

「The final boss is greatly interested in the ‘Mark of Narvidal.’ Therefore, she will try to create a weakness to shake Isabel somehow.」

……That proposition was quite plausible.

‘She’s definitely trying to see if I’m truly unaffected. In times like these, I need to show a resolute and determined attitude.’

So, she smiled brightly and said calmly,

“You said the path I’m going to take will be narrow and rough, right?”

“That’s right.”

“But that path isn’t long, is it?”

She revealed her right wrist.

The Mark of Narvidal.

The sand continued to fall.

Isabel had turned seven, and seven years’ worth of sand had accumulated at the bottom.

Isabel was still young, but she had already lived a third of her life.

“So, I’m okay. Even if it’s a narrow and rough path, I’ve decided to walk it. Because it will end soon.”

“……Again.”

Karin bit her lip slightly.

Isabel’s composure saddened Karin.

It’s okay even if it’s hard. It’s okay because it’s short.

Karin felt like her heart was being torn apart by that indifferent answer.

She was a little angry.

Brrr- The dishes on the table vibrated slightly.

Isabel gulped.

‘She’s, she’s angry. Is she angry because she couldn’t find a weakness?’

Actually, Isabel had been thinking that Karin wasn’t entirely like the final boss, but she couldn’t accurately guess why Karin was angry now.

Because there was no reason for Karin to be angry now.

‘I don’t know. What does the reason matter?’

Anyway, the important thing was that the final boss was angry.

The final boss, Karin, said,

“How can you think like that?”

“I met the soldiers in the Elbe Mountains a few days ago.”

She told the story of meeting Sergeant Lucain and the soldiers in the Elbe Mountains.

“They thanked me. They said it wasn’t much, but they thanked me for giving them hope. What I gave them was just a little attention, but they said that little attention changes the world. So, I was happy.”

“……”

“My concern is hope to someone. That made me very happy.”

Someone’s concern was hope to someone else.

That was something Isabel from her previous life had experienced painfully. Now she could share that experience with others.

“I think that’s a really wonderful thing.”

She couldn’t show weakness to Karin.

Isabel smiled brightly, looking at Karin with an unwavering and firm attitude.

Karin continued to stare at Isabel with her lips tightly pursed, then finally opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind.

“I have some urgent questions.”

Her expression was very serious and cold. It was like the expression of the final boss.

Therefore, Isabel listened to Karin’s words with a bit of tension.

“These are questions regarding the operating principles of the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate.”

Karin began to inquire in detail about the operating principles of the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate.

This was originally a taboo act among scholars. It was considered an attempt to steal someone else’s technology.

‘But I need to know.’

There was no one in Bilotian who knew more about the Mirotel Magic Federation and the Magic Tower than she did.

For Isabel’s sake, for Isabel’s technology to truly shine, she, a former member of the Mirotel Magic Federation, had to step up herself.

To do that, she had to know for sure about Teyselon and Isabel’s technology.

“Please elaborate on the inverter technology.”

Karin and Isabel had already discussed and exchanged ideas about the ‘inverter’ technology several times.

They had grasped the general content, but they needed a more concrete and accurate theory. That way, she could attend the academic conference and prove that Isabel’s theory was correct.

Isabel opened her mouth.

“Well…… so, in the end, the purpose of the inverter is to change the pressure and frequency of mana.”

“Wouldn’t it be necessary to define the speed of the mana induction motor that guides mana first?”

Isabel was slightly surprised.

It was such a basic concept that she had omitted it, but it was actually something that shouldn’t be missed.

‘Right. That’s right. Get a grip.’

“Let’s define the rotational speed of the mana induction motor as N, the number of poles as P, the frequency as F, and the slip as s.”

Isabel started writing in her notebook.

In Karin’s eyes, her hands looked very small and dainty. However, the content wasn’t dainty.

N=120 x f / p X（1 – s）『rpm』

Isabel continued,

“Since the number of poles in the induction motor is fixed, we can obtain an arbitrary rotational speed by varying the frequency.”

“We can obtain an arbitrary rotational speed……”

Karin’s eyes widened as she took in everything Isabel said and wrote.

She felt it constantly as she watched. This was definitely not something a seven-year-old child could come up with.

Karin barely managed to swallow her surprise and asked again,

“How would you express speed control using an inverter in an equation?”

Isabel lifted her pen and began writing the equation on the paper.

Ns=120f / p 『min－¹』

The conversation continued for a long time.

The theories applied to the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate either didn’t exist before, or if they did, they were thoroughly ignored by the established powers.

“I’ve heard you well. You’ve organized it quite systematically.”

“Did I…… do well?”

Isabel cautiously observed Karin’s expression.

But Karin started saying something Isabel hadn’t expected.