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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Silavin
Kousuke, as usual, had come to the relaxation area after getting stuck in researching magical tools.
As he lay. partially dozing off on the sofa, the door to the Transfer Gate was slammed open.
After a slight delay, he heard someone running.
When the sound reached the sofa, where Kousuke was lying, there was a thud. Something had landed on his chest.
“Hmm? Oh, it’s you, Nana. You came to visit me again.”
On top of Kousuke was the miniaturized Nana. He stroked her neck as usual, and she was wagging her tail happily.
As he turned his head towards the gate while watching Nana, he saw a maid golem standing there.
The golem noticed Nana’s inability to open the door and opened it for her. Incidentally, the maid golem had a function to recognize whether it should open the door for this person without asking for permission. It could recognize who it was interacting with and deal with the person accordingly.
“Oh. Thanks. You can go back to work.”
Kousuke called out to the golem standing there with the door open. The golem bowed before walking out of the room and closing the door.
It was a golem that was watching to see if anyone was using the Transfer Gate illegally, which was unlikely to happen.
If someone were to use the Transfer Gate illegally, Mitsuki or Kouhi would be notified immediately.
“Hmmm… this is soothing…”
Kousuke, who had been stroking Nana for a while, let out this verbal slip.
Since there was ‘no one’ but Kousuke in the relaxation area now, no one but Nana could hear his murmurs.
Nana, who was being petted by Kousuke, was flicking her tail to show that she enjoyed it. She currently looked like any ordinary dog. Because she had been miniaturized to get on top of Kousuke, she looked even more like a dog than a wolf.
No one would be able to tell at first sight that Nana was a Divine Beast from the way she played with Kousuke.
After about ten minutes of this, Collete came into the relaxation area.
“Oh, hey. Are you getting healed?”
“Yeah. I was sulking because I just couldn’t get it right. Nana came in at just the right time.”
“Wan!”
“Fufufu, Nana always comes at the right time, doesn’t she?”
Collete said so and reached for Nana’s neck just like Kousuke.
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“So? It’s still no good?”
“That’s right. No matter how hard I try to optimize it, it will still end up costing too much. I can’t use it for public use.”
From this morning, Kousuke was in the laboratory working on the development of a magic tool.
It was something that he had been working on since he started developing magic tools at Amamiya Tower.
If he ignored cost and location, he could develop communication devices that could be used in communicating over long distances.
These have already been handed over to Razequa Amamiya and the rulers of other countries, those they had a close relationship with.
However, the cost of these devices was such that they were almost a national treasure. It would be a dream come true to make it widely available to the public.
The development of inexpensive communication tools had been in the works since he started working on magic tools. However, as could be seen from Kousuke’s current situation, there had been no progress in this regard.
He occasionally thought about it in his spare time, but he still could not come up with a solution.
To begin with, Kousuke could only think of landline and cellular phones as the only forms of communication he knew of. He had developed a transceiver that could be used to communicate over a short distance, but he was unable to extend it over long distance.
The cost of installing a fixed antenna, as in the case of a cellular phone, would be prohibitive.
Furthermore, the materials required for long-distance communication were expensive.
There was a good reason for this: since it was necessary to use magic power proportionally to the distance, the tools to manipulate the magic power and the equipment to store the magic power became expensive.
On the other hand, physical connections such as landline telephones were also costly. It would be better if they could be installed inexpensively like electric wires, but the cost was inevitably high because electric wires were not widely used in the public.
Even if a relay base were to be placed in between, as was the case with cellular phones, the base cost would be high, making such arrangements meaningless.
Overall, none of the methods he had considered so far have been able to keep costs down.
“If we’ve already tried all of this, and it doesn’t work, I’m starting to think we should rethink this from the ground up.”
“Kuhn?”
In response to Kousuke’s words, Nana tilted her head while sniffling.
Kousuke, who was touched by her gesture, could not help but pat her head.
Collete, who had been watching him so relaxed, suddenly looked as if she had just remembered.
“Have you tried the power of the Spirits?”
“Ah~. I did use it for a bit. But, it was a long time ago.”
“From the looks of it, it didn’t work.”
“It did. But, well, to put it bluntly, the spirits are fickle. I couldn’t get a consistent output.”
Using the power of the spirits, it was possible to send their voices to remote locations at a somewhat lower cost. However, the spirits themselves were capricious, so they could not always produce the same level of output.
“Oh, I see. It is often said that spirit art is fickle.”
“And by the way, that capriciousness also depends on the person. There are those who can use them and those who can’t.”
“I see.”
Spirit art was classified as one of the special sacred arts. It was said that the ability to control spirits was divided according to the preference of each spirit. Therefore, if the individual who used spirit arts did not match the preferences of the spirit, it was said that no matter how much they hone their skills, they would not be able to use it.
The same was true even when using tools. It would be like a light bulb changing sporadically when the switch was turned on. As a tool, this was far too unreliable.
“Ahhhh. I wonder if we can find some kind of revolutionary material.”
Collete smiled at Kousuke, who was wishing something convenient truly existed.
“I’ve heard you say that many times already.”
“Yes, but it’s true. When there’s no progress like this, I feel like saying this over and over again.”
“Don’t be in a rush. We have plenty of time, so why don’t we take our time?”
Kousuke shifted his gaze from Nana to Collete.
“Well, that’s true. I still have the feelings I had before I became a living god. I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.”
“Oh, well. It’s fine, isn’t it? I’m sure everyone would point out if something changes in you. Especially Mitsuki.”
“Well, that’s true.”
Kousuke replied to Collete’s mischievous expression with a sly grin.
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Perhaps checking on the atmosphere of the room, Mitsuki came back from the kitchen just in time.
She was just preparing lunch.
“Oh, Nana, would you like to have lunch too?”
“Wan!”
Nana replied cheerfully. She loved Mitsuki’s food.
“Is it ready yet?”
“Almost. All that’s left is to wait for the others to arrive before making the final touches.”
“Thank you for everything you do for me.”
“Oh, what is this all of a sudden?”
“Well, you see…”
“No, I understand. Thanks to Mitsuki, we can always eat delicious food.”
Kousuke and Collete both praised her, and Mitsuki, on the contrary, had a quizzical look on her face.
“…Did you do something wrong?”
“No, of course not.”
For Kousuke, this was just something he said out of the blue. There was no profound meaning to it.
“Well, that’s fine then. Thanks. Anyway, if we’re going to have lunch, let’s go to the cafeteria, shall we?”
“Yeah, I guess so.”
“Seconded.”
Kousuke and Collete finally sat up at Mitsuki’s urging and headed for the cafeteria.
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