Published at 25th of March 2019 9:39 pm

Chapter 132: [Hangar], and frame gear

I entered the black building as I was guided by Monica, and more than anything else, I was surprised by how spacious it was. What’s going on here? It’s clearly much broader than what it looks like from outside.

Exactly as the name [Hangar] implies, its interior is like a warehouse district. Many huge sturdy-looking shutters that are closed were lined up on the left and the right. But how far does this hall go? I can’t even see the distant end of it.

[What’s going on here?]

[Surprised? Space magic was used inside the [Hangar]. It’s also far more spacious than how it appears from outside. Though even if I say that, it’s insignificant since the garage is not filled to the brim]

Is it similar to my [Storage]? Although time seems to stop for [Storage] since I can take out a hot soup I have stored inside as if I have just placed it inside no matter how much time passes by. If I am to describe the benefits of which magic system it incorporates, I say it is either space magic, time magic, or maybe both in the form of a space-time magic.

However, you can store anything if it’s that vast. Oops, there is something more important than that!

[That’s right! Frame Gear! Do you have a Frame Gear here!?] [Ha? Frame Gear? There is. This way]

I nervously follow behind Monica who is striding crankily. When Monica arrive at one of the hangers that was lined up, she stretches herself out and tries to push something that looks like a button on the side, but she slightly doesn’t reach it.

When I approached to push it instead of her…

[BASTARD!]

Monica hit the button with the pipe wrench she had in her hand with all her power. OOOoi!? You lose your temper way too fast!!

The button was totally destroyed, but the heavy shutter made a ‘GAGON’, ‘GAGON’ sound and slowly opened up. Monica has a triumphant face, but how are you going to close this afterwards?

When I peeped inside the dim interior, an enormous knight can be seen standing there. I wonder, is it 10 meters high? It’s a western gray colored knight. It’s not flashy, but I can feel its reliable roughness. Its overpowering atmosphere similar to that of a heavy cavalry is quite strong.

[Is this a Frame Gear… !]

[However, this is an old model of the early Frame Gear. 5000 years ago, there was a plan to mass produce it if the war continued]

Is this a mass produced machine? I can surely feel that this unit is stable. They probably have given up on its peak configuration, and went for raising the operability of the frame. There is no meaning for a mass produced machine if there is no one that can move it.

[Are there others beside this one?]

[There are several units of different types. There is a Land Combat type, an Assault type, a High Mobility type and other more ~na. There is also type for a higher rank, but it has not been made. The blueprint should be in [Warehouse]]

[Warehouse]? Let’s hope it is still safe. And even If those blueprints did fall to the ground, let’s hope there were not yet discovered too.

[This, can I get in?] [If you only want to ride it then you can? Well, it will not move though] [… … … … … … … Huh?]

Wait a minute. It won’t move? OioiOioi, after coming this far, it won’t move!? What is the meaning of this!?

[… … Why won’t it move?] [Because there is no fuel]

Aramaa, it’s a simple answer! Fuel! You said fuel! Does something like fuel exist!? Somehow I thought that it would move by magical power.

[What fuel does this fellow use? Gasoline?] [Gasoline? What is that? This guy’s fuel is [Ether Liquid]] [Ether Liquid?] [It’s a fuel extracted by adding magic power to a specially treated ether ore. It will link this fellow with the pilot’s magic power to operate it]

Ether Ore. I haven’t heard of it. Is it some kind of unique special mineral? Whatever it is, that just means that this guy won’t move without this fuel, right? After coming all the way here, what the hell?

[Does Monica know how to make that fuel?] [I don’t. I am not specialized in the field of magic]

Wah~. In the end, is this just a big robot ornament that I have obtained? Looking at me who dropped my shoulders in disappointment, this girl says something in panic.

[Don’t be discouraged, Master. There are plenty of things here beside Frame Gears. There are also things like a small flying boats or automatic carriages for the transportation of the Frame Gears]

Carriages for automatic transportation? Is she talking about cars? Though I was thinking of making one on one occasion, I had given up. Even just for a while, it attracted my interest. Hm? Wait a second…

[Incidentally, what kind of fuel those vehicles use?] [… … Ether Liquid… ]

It is no good! In the end, it still won’t move! Damn that erotic professor! Why didn’t she leave the fuel tanks filled up!?

When I listen to the Monica’s detailed story, the magic power in Ether Liquid apparently diminishes and its effect completely disappears with time. From what I heard, Is it something like soda? Is it the same as how the carbonic acid comes out once the lid is opened once? Nevertheless, it seems it’s something that can last many years. But, unfortunately, 5000 years is too long.

[Is there anyone who can make [Ether Liquid]?] [Ah~… I think the [Laboratory] manager can make it, though it is hard for me to deal with her.]

Monica frowns as she is folding her arms and tilts her head.

Is it this pattern again…? Do I have to look for [Laboratory] this time…?

[Ah! But there is a chance Flora may know] [Eh?] [That’s because the [Alchemy Building] and the [Laboratory] have a close relationship. They have a “Give and Take” relationship, and they also seem to exchange necessary materials with each other. My [Hangar] and Rosetta’s [Workshop] are also similar. However, that fellow doesn’t come out from [Workshop]]

Certainly. It seems Rosetta stays in [Workshop] the whole time once she starts making something.

In any case, I will try asking Flora. Perhaps, I might be able to break through this situation.

I thought that way and opened [Gate] to welcome everyone.

Scene Change

[Ether Liquid, you say?]

Flora tilts her head as she looks at me. The [Alchemy Building] is a facility specialized in producing chemicals and entirely new materials. I thought it would be possible for her to make Ether Liquid there.

[I think it can be done] [Yosshaa!] [However, I think it will be more degraded since the one who makes it is not the manager of the [Laboratory], you see. Nevertheless, I can make the Ether Liquid if you still don’t mind it]

It wouldn’t be a problem if it’s deteriorated to some extent. If I can move the Frame Gear with this, then this much is nothing. Then, Flora pours cold water on me who is about to start dancing happily.

[And so, do you have Ether Ore ~no?]

Eh? Ether Ore? When I looked at Elsie and the rest they shook their heads.

[I have never heard of ether ore] [… It is an unusual ore, isn’t it?]

Oi-Oi, once again… Why can’t it go smoothly …?

[Ether Ore is soaked in a special magic liquid after it’s processed with carving magic. Then, the Ether Liquid will be completed by making it react to magic power. If you have Ether Ore about this size, you can do the engraving]

While Flora is saying this, she draws a shape the size of a rugby ball with her hands. Is it like making a tea by putting a teabag in hot water? Well before that, I don’t know yet what Ether Ore is.

[Ether Ore is a transparent ore with different colors. By its nature, it can amplify, store and release magic power. In fact, It was still possible to procure it 5000 years ago]

Shizuka gives an explanation, but I can’t quite understand it. Lindsey who heard that timidly raised her hand. Eh?

[… Excuse me, that’s [Magic Stone], isn’t it?]

Magic Stone? Ah, is it that pebble that I have used to check my attribute? It’s a jewel-like stone that decorates wizard’s staff.

After rummaging through her waist pouch, Lindsey takes out a few small magic stones and shows them. Flora picks up one of those multicolored stones with a tint of transparency and a size less than 1 cm with her fingers, and holds it up to the sun.

[There is no mistake. This is Ether Ore]

I see, its name must have changed from what it was 5000 years ago. Then, is the problem solved with this!? … And yet, why are the faces of everyone except for the Babylon managers got dark?

[What’s that matter everyone?] [Well, how to say it… Frankly speaking, there is no stone that big, I think?] [Eh?] [… Magic stones are quite precious, for sure. Acquiring small pieces like this is not problem, but when it comes to large ones… ]

Certainly, the largest Magic Stone I have seen is the wind-attribute magic stone that is attached to Rene’s pendant. The butler Lyme-san said that it has considerable value because it is the size of a walnut. Eh? By any chance, could it be that it’s rather difficult to obtain them?

[There is a water-attribute magic stone that is quite big in Belfast Kingdom’s Royal Treasury. But even so, it’s only about this big]

Yumina shows the size of a softball with her hands. Even if it belongs to the Royal family, is it only this much?

[By the way, how much does that size cost…?] [Who knows… But I don’t think a price for it can be placed.]

It’s totally not good. Engraving such expensive thing is impossible. Moreover, what if it gets completely useless after extracting it and squeezing it to the limits? Will we throw it away? The cost is way is too high!

My dream is collapsing. Yae, who saw me making that kind of face, began talking as if she came up with something.

[Can’t Touya-dono find such a big magic stone by using search magic?] [Eh?]

I wonder about that. Can I search for something that is buried underground? Ah, but I was able to find the ruin that was buried in the desert. Should I try it for now?

[Search. E~to, magic stones bigger than 30 centimeters]

Several pins that were projected in the air fell on the map of the western countries. … There are some. I was able to search for it.

Oh, isn’t there also some in our country? There is only one though, but that saves me. I am hesitant to dig what is buried in other countries without permission after all.

Alright, next is magic stone excavation! Let’s do it~!

… … Haaa~, honestly, I’m tired…

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