Chapter 97 – Misunderstanding (5)

As I tried to get up, Fay urgently pressed my head.

“Ah! It’s a joke. A joke! You can be as comfortable as you like! Yes! So don’t get up and stay there, junior! Oh right! Look at this!”

Then, with a big smile, he lifted the knife he had brought with him to the tray.

… What? Are you threatening me with a knife and telling me not to get up?

By the time I reflexively felt the existence of the protective magic tool in my bosom with my fingertips.

Faye continued with a voice full of pride in the world.

“Ahem ahem. Junior, do you know what this knife is?”

“Could it be something like an anti-magic dagger that ignores shields? If you don’t want to be stabbed, stay calm… ?”

“What?! Why did I do that… Ah.”

Only then did Fei realize what she looked like and shook the knife again with a puzzled expression! Hid behind

“You must be wrong!”

“Indeed. Are you saying that my belief in Fei was a misunderstanding? Well sir.”

“No hey hey… Just threatening huh? You say it’s not like that….”

Fei’s languid tone, which seemed to be either angrier or grumbling.

Judging by the resentment dripping out of it, it seems that he is not really trying to threaten with a knife.

This time, he got up from Elisha’s thighs and shrugged her shoulders.

“If it’s not a threat, why are you suddenly pulling out a knife?”

“Of course it’s because of the bragging and reporting!”

“Boast? Report?”

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a simple kitchen knife. This?

As she tilted her head in wonder, Fay let out a sullen laugh and cautiously held out her sword.

This time, to avoid misunderstanding, I turned the handle toward me.

“Puhh… This. It was made with alchemy.”

“… Really?”

“Really? Would you like to try it? This is the Alchemy River.”

Alloys made by alchemy are called alchemy steel.

Of course, not all alchemy steels are the same… Anyway, there is one characteristic that all alchemy steels have in common.

It’s just that mana works well.

On the contrary, if you go through a special process, you can make mana almost invisible… It’s not that important right now.

I slowly poured mana on the kitchen knife I received from Fei.

Magic that permeates so naturally.

It’s not comparable to rare metals like mithril, but its conductivity is several times that of ordinary iron.

I can understand it when I pour my magic into it. This handle is one piece.

It is not a type where a groove is dug into the wooden handle and a blade is inserted there. The blade and the handle were connected as one.

As if it was like this from the beginning.

Thanks to this, magic power was injected evenly to the handle.

“Oh my gosh. This is real.”

“Is that so? How are you, junior? Doesn’t this just make you feel like sponsoring? Huh? Yes?”

Fey shrugged and boasted, as if her neck was strained.

Karla, who knows what Fei’s research purpose is, is also impressed by touching the kitchen knife together.

Elisha, who did not know what the current situation was, tilted her head.

“Something? Are knives made of alchemy steel that great? Although it’s a bit expensive, it’s not like you’re making such a fuss….”

“It’s not that Alchemy Steel is great, it’s that it’s made with alchemy alone without a separate process.”

“Yes? So… Are you saying that it was synthesized in the form of a kitchen knife? But the handle here is made of wood, right?”

“Wood must have been a soft material, too.”

“… Does that make sense?”

“But voila! It actually happened!”

“…….”

Elisha, who had been staring blankly at her kitchen knife, similarly shed her mana and nodded her head.

“This… Definitely great. Alchemy replaced the blacksmith’s work, right? Efficiency of mass production through process simplification and labor cost reduction….”

“Oh, this is a process, not a goal.”

“Yes?”

Kindly gave a supplementary explanation to Elisha, who was slightly out of focus.

“Think of the process for making this knife, not the knife itself.”

The process of melting iron, beating it, and sharpening it was considered part of the change and reproduced with alchemy.

What is it that other fields cannot do?

Rather, because the method is different, it is possible to realize a manufacturing method that is originally impossible.

Elisha, who had been thinking that far, made an admiring expression.

“You were looking at this vision?”

“I’m thinking of entrusting all the equipment and consumables for my party from now on to Fei-senpai.”

“Aha? You’re saying you’re going to have an all-around producer under your exclusive possession?”

When Elisha looked at her, Fay twisted her body as if she was embarrassed.

“Yes… However, this is still a bit lacking. If you look closely, the blade is not very sharp, and the weight balance is distorted.”

“So you didn’t say that it came to fruition, but that it would come out soon?”

“Right. This is just a prototype level. Still, once we fix the problems we see now, we should be able to make mediocre equipment.”

“But we are wizards. I need more staff and wands than ordinary weapons.”

“Ugh… I have the theory in my head, but it will take some time to make it into practice. You will need a lot more expensive materials.”

What is it If it’s natural, then it’s natural. Originally, being a wizard is a job that requires a lot of money.

“In other words, do you need more research funds?”

Hehe….”

He lightly patted Faye’s shoulder, smiling awkwardly.

“Since you showed the results, I don’t mean to say no. I will give you an additional investment in the next donation. Instead… You know?”

“Hurray! Okay! My next research will focus on magic equipment!”

Fei jumps up and down excitedly. Every time that happens, the majestic chest oscillates.

A truly powerful look.

Carla and Elisha were also overwhelmed by this, and they changed the subject while giggling at the momentary pause on their faces.

“By the way, Senior Fay.”

“Yes? Why is that, junior?”

“Now tell me slowly. What the hell did you hear, did you shut me out at the door?”

“Ah… It… Umm….”

Fei, who mumbled for a moment, opened her mouth cautiously.

“The fact that the junior colleague likes to harass women of high status by making them her slaves, and that her taste is so extreme that she ends up ruining women who can’t stand it, and that’s why she’s always looking for new slaves… That was a rumor.”

“No, do you believe that?”

“Yeah, but you said it too well!”

According to Fay’s words,

My uncle saw… Whose father heard… My cousin said… Etc.

She is said to have elaborated on her circumstances, referring to her relatives.

In fact, since there are many children from high-ranking families at the academy who can access such information, it must have come quite realistically.

It’s also a problem that I don’t directly say how I am there, but only drift around the situation.

Yandel is enjoying his orphanage as a slave in the mansion! I’m not saying

She bought a house too big for Yandel to live on her own.

And everyone who went to and from the house had a slave stamp on their necks.

In this way, each one is not a big deal, but when combined, rumors are spreading that something plausible will come out.

Thanks to that, it must be distorted in such a rapid and provocative direction.

After hearing Fay’s story, Carla nodded her head.

She said, “I think I also know why Miss Fei misunderstood. Originally, even if a person doubts what she hears from someone, she tends to think that what she inferred herself is the correct answer.”

“Ah… !”

Fay, startled at the sudden mention of herself, picked up her excuse with a wandering gaze.

“Is that what you mean? Pigs are raised to be eaten, right? I also grow them to pick and eat fruits… Then sponsoring me is when I become a great alchemist one day….”

“I’m going to enslave Fei-senpai, who became a great alchemist? How?”

“Uh… Grab some kind of pod and tell them to vomit the donations they’ve received so far? I couldn’t find a place to support me while researching freely, so in the end I won’t be able to disobey my juniors.”

“The Alchemy Guild will take you to the Grand Alchemist….”

But Fay continued her words as if she couldn’t hear my retort.

“I won’t do anything too harsh at first. I’ll start with something very slightly embarrassing so that you don’t feel rejected. For example, to the extent of asking them to take off their gown or saying honorifics.”

“Huh.”

“But it gets progressively worse. If you go later, you will definitely be banned from wearing proper clothes and standing on your own two feet!”

“Why?”

Shouldn’t it be done right away?

“Ah… At that point, I’ll take it for granted that I follow my junior’s orders! Maybe they’ll be happy to follow orders! Because both body and mind have been completely enslaved!”

“…….”

“In the end, like the slaves that juniors are taking with them now…… Yes?”

Carla and Elisha look at each other as if they are fed up with their normal outfits.

Fey, feeling something out of place, hesitated.

She aimed at this time and lowered her voice.

“Senior Fay.”

“Yes… ?”

Then she put on a look of utmost contempt.

“You have a rich imagination.”

“What?!”

Was it only then that I realized that I was a bit delusional?

Fey flinched as if she had been pricked by a needle.

She hit Fay with the last blow.

“At this point, wouldn’t he rather want to be my slave?”

“Oh no! It’s not… I….”

“You liked this.”

“… Aaaaa!!”

Oh! I made Faye cry!