episode_0183

“Oooooh! Yunoa! you! What are you doing! I told you to do a test, but I didn’t tell you to destroy the converter that I just made!”

“I didn’t do anything! You just did what you were told?!”

“Ugh! Unbelievable! The most important part is broken!”

Mariel checked the inside of the broken magic vibration transducer and said with a despairing expression.

It’s strange, I didn’t do anything other than follow my intuition and incorporate the magic frequency into my magic, so why?

“Didn’t I make something wrong?”

When I asked, Mariel got angry and stamped her feet on the ground.

“What are you talking about! Mariel, this genius magic researcher, never makes anything wrong in the first place!”

“To say that, the condition of the various items made so far is a bit… … .”

“It may be a bit inferior in performance, but we don’t make something that doesn’t run at all! Are you trying to blame me for this situation?”

“No, what… It’s not like that though.”

“Ugh… … .”

Mariel disassembled the outside of the shattered magic vibration transducer and caressed what looked like a broken tombstone inside.

I was equally embarrassed.

I thought I would really be able to summon the demon king’s spirit now, but I never thought it would turn out like this.

“If the device is not made wrong and it is not my fault, then what is the problem?”

In times like this, it is better to look for the problem calmly first.

It’s just a hunch, but the way I channeled my magic was not wrong.

The way Mariel created the device was also correct.

So what’s the problem?

If the problem was not found and resolved quickly, there was no telling what the demon king’s spirit would do next.

“Umm… Ugh… Woooo!”

Instead of answering, Mariel cried out like a small animal.

I haven’t slept in days, so I’m sure my head won’t turn anymore.

Knowing that thinking about it in this situation would be ineffective anyway, I thought I should put Mariel to sleep first.

“Mariel, I’m saying my head isn’t working because I didn’t sleep while making this. First of all, let’s leave it like this and get some sleep first.”

“Huh? Huh?!”

“What’s wrong?”

“You! Are you taking advantage of this critical situation to sleep with me?”

“No, we’re not sleeping together.”

“Ugh! also… This is why! This is why they are male animals!”

This is a big deal, Mariel’s sleep deprivation symptoms are serious.

Seeing such crazy thoughts… No, I was a little crazy to begin with.

After a few pointless arguments with Mariel, I was able to get her to go to bed.

* * *

Immediately after Mariel went to bed, I investigated the broken magic vibration transducer by myself.

Just because I see it doesn’t mean anything changes.

This was because I had no knowledge about this area.

But for me, the narration was with me.

When a big problem like this arose, one option was to continue the investigation alone, hoping that the narration would help.

“Hmm… … .”

The outside of the broken magic vibration transducer had been dismantled and the tombstone-like stone inside was exposed.

The real magic derivative contained an unknown mass of energy inside the cylinder, but this one contained this stone.

From the looks of it, it looks like this broken stone is a key part that stores my magical power… … .

I slowly knelt down in front of the broken stone and slowly touched its surface.

“Ugh.”

Even though it was all broken, the magic power I had put into it was still there, so I flinched for a moment.

However, some of the properties of the magic power I poured into it had changed, as if it were not my magic power.

Does this mean that it was steadily converting magic power until it broke?

But even if I tried to rebuild it, it would be useless because it broke so quickly.

Is there any way to strengthen this part so it doesn’t break?

『The central part of the magic vibration converter uses magic stones of high purity so that they can withstand a large amount of powerful magic power.

The structure of the converter created by Mariel was excellent in this world, but as Yunoa felt, the problem was the storage of magical power.

Although Yunoa was not aware of it, the magic power he was channeling had a nature that was neither human nor demonic.

There would be no problem with half-human, half-demon magic in a small amount, but the purity of the magic stone as a material was important to store such unfamiliar magic power.』

At that time, the narration I had been waiting for finally flowed through my mind.

This broken tombstone-like chunk of stone was indeed made of magic stone.

… … It’s huge.

Normally, it would have taken a huge amount of money to obtain a magic stone of this size from the kingdom.

Since it is possible to communicate with the demon world through the magic circle, direct supply and demand became possible, making it possible to make things like this with magic stones.

Does the fact that the device could not withstand my magic power and shatter mean that the purity of the magic stone is the problem?

『The purity of the magic stone is directly related to the efficiency of absorbing and receiving magic power.

The magic stones distributed in this world all had different purities.

However, in order to use Yunoa’s magic power as a converter, it was impossible to use a magic stone of average purity.』

Does that mean that in the end, neither Mariel nor I were at fault, but the ‘material’ was the problem?

At that time, there was one thing that passed through my mind.

What the narration clearly revealed was that there was a lump of magic stone that Mariel had made for fun in her laboratory in the Demon King’s Castle.

Could it be that that big lump of magic stone… … Is this a high-purity magic stone that can be used to make this converter?

When my thoughts reached this point, I could no longer hear the narration.

I’m saying it’s true, I’m saying it’s not.

Anyway, I needed to check.

When Mariel wakes up, ask her to show you the magic stone again.

* * *

The next day, I told Mariel that the reason for the converter explosion might have been a problem with the material.

And I asked if it would be okay to try using the large magic stone that was in Mariel’s lab near the Demon King’s Castle as a material.

Mariel shook her head after hearing what I said.

“What are you talking about? Definitely a question of materials… It may be possible, but the lump of magic stone in my lab is pure and all, but it’s just a bunch of magic stones that can be seen and increased in size.”

“Are you saying there is no possibility that it is a high purity magic stone?”

“Of course! It’s a tattered magic stone with different purity for each part. Is it worth discussing purity?”

this… Does that mean it wasn’t a high purity magic stone?

Well, Mariel definitely said that the magic stone was made by combining several magic stones into one.

Considering that high-purity magic stones were not that common, there was no way that random piles of magic stones seen in the demon world, like a bunch of eraser poop, could be a good material.

But then why did the narration mention Mariel’s tattered magic stone?

I couldn’t help but be concerned.

The narration is not something that fishes for information from me for no reason.

Even though he says strange things to me, he only gives me serious advice when it comes to important things.

That’s why that tattered magic stone in the corner of Mariel’s laboratory definitely has some use.

“But let me show you. Because you never know.”

“It doesn’t mean anything! Don’t try to solve anything based on intuition. Things in this world don’t happen without any logic! Especially when it comes to this magic research!”

Mariel spoke to me in a somewhat teacher-like manner.

I’m sorry, Mariel. But I’m a bad student with a bad mind.

“I’ll look at it first and think about it.”

“Ugh… … I can’t help it. really! Do whatever you want! That’s because the door there isn’t locked. I’ll be here fixing the converter again.”

* * *

Mariel’s laboratory inside the Demon King’s Castle.

As she said, the door was not particularly locked.

As soon as you enter the lab, it’s a hectic room where you can feel, ‘Ah, this is Mariel’s place.’

In the corner, as expected, there was a large lump of magic stone that Mariel had gathered into a large, meaningless bundle, like a lump of eraser poop.

“If this is not a highly pure magic stone, then why…? … .”

I approached the magic stone and quietly observed it.

On the outside, it looked like one large magic stone, but upon closer inspection, the joined parts looked like very thin threads.

Although it is said that they were put together for fun, it is a talent to put magic stones of different shapes and sizes together in such an elaborate manner.

But how can you find out the purity of magical power?

Is there a tool used to appraise magic stones in the kingdom?

『The method to determine the purity of the magic stone was simple.

You can look at the amount of magical power that decreases when you let the magic flow, let it stay inside the magic stone for a while, and then release it out of the magic stone again.

Like the magic stone parts used in the converter, unprocessed magic stones did not explode even when exposed to Yunoa’s magic power, so it was okay.』

It’s a surprisingly easy method to understand.

Then let’s go… … .

As a test, I poured my magic power into the magic stone, let it stay inside, and then released it again.

And we compared the amount of horsepower that was flowing in and the amount of horsepower that was coming out.

“… … It’s decreasing tremendously.”

As Mariel said, the purity of the magic stone was a mess.

but… … .

“How many magic stones are attached to this?”

I looked at the joints of the magic stone.

To properly determine the purity of the magic stone, it would be more accurate to dismantle the magic stone and examine it.

this… But can it be disassembled?

* * *