Magicraft Meister Part 1

"Do you have a doll that works by magic?"

A few days after Shuki and Adriana came to live together, they were still debating today.

"Yes, there are. <. ......"

However, the reality of the doll was far from what Shuki had envisioned.

"No, no, no. What I'm talking about is a doll that looks just like a human being, thinks and moves just like a human being.

"You can't do that. ...... No, that's why it's so interesting."

Adriana was a precocious prodigy, possessing magical powers that surpassed her master's at the age of ten, and at the age of twelve she told her master that there was nothing more she could teach him.

She lived in her native town of Naminthe until she turned 15, when she was given a laboratory here at the foot of Mount Funisys and settled down.

She has two main research interests.

The systematization of known magic and the creation of new magic.

She has succeeded in creating some of the new magic and magical tools, and has built a laboratory here as a reward for her work.

They are working on and at the moment, but they will put it on hold for the time being, Adriana says.

"The new will be more useful!　...... Oh, and of course, we will continue our research on <> and <> so that Shuki can return to his original world."

Adriana smiled.

Adriana smiled.

"So, why are you doing this?

"I told you, to make it more like a human!"

For the first time, they began to argue.

In order to develop a new type of , Shuki and Adriana were making and breaking prototypes day after day.

In the process, they inevitably argued with each other, which had become a daily routine of late.

"Shuki, you said the day before yesterday that if we are going to make the prototype look like a human, we need to make its physical structure look like a human too, didn't you?"

"Yes, I did. But it doesn't make sense to make even the parts that have nothing to do with movement the same, does it?"

"So why do you need to keep the brain for control in your chest?"

It was common knowledge in this world that the brain that controls human thought is located in the head.

"It is true that the head is useful as a sensory organ, but having the brain that controls the body in a protruding part would be a weak point, wouldn't it?"

Shuki thinks that there is no room for the brain in the torso, or perhaps it had to be in that position in order to develop.

It's not because he saw that the electronic brain of the robot in the cartoon he was watching with his landlord's son was not in the head but in the torso ...... around the heart .......

"Well, I don't know if I don't understand it when you put it like that. ......"

The development of <> progressed little by little like this.

"The body structure is fine like this. But ......"

Adriana spun the words with a complicated expression of happiness, but also a little regret.

"Oh.... We'll start with the materials. ......"

In the process of shaping the skeleton, the problem of materials emerged.

The two had been working with common <, but they began to worry about its strength.

"Let's see, I think it's somewhere around here..."

Shuki flips through a technical book that came to this world with him.

The title of the book is .

"Let's see, secondary moment of section. ...... I remember, if the cross section is cylindrical, it is ......."

In short, Shuki was trying to find out what affects the bending strength of a beam ...... bar-shaped object the most.

"After all, it's better to make it as thick as possible. ......"

If the materials are the same and the amount used is the same, a thicker round pipe will have stronger bending strength than a thinner round bar.

However, in the case of the skeleton of <>, it was not possible to make it too thick.

"The exoskeleton ...... looks like an insect or a crab. ......"

"The book Shuki is reading, is it a reference book on <>?"

"Of course not. It contains basic knowledge about the strength of general structures."

For example, a bridge over a river?

"Oh, yes, that kind of thing."

A few days passed by, and the conversation between Shuki and Adriana became more intimate. This was mainly in the sense that Shuki's language had become more respectful.

"So, what about the bronze? ....... It's fine for prototypes, but I'm afraid it won't be strong enough for the real thing. ......

"Can't we strengthen it with magic?"

Adriana responded to Shuki's musings.

"Yes, we might be able to do that. We can do it this way: ....... Shuki, how much do you know about matter?

"What?　...... Well, first of all, there is a smallest unit of matter that, as you make it smaller and smaller, at some point, if you make it smaller and smaller, it ceases to be that matter."

"Is that so?"

"Is that so? Well, you should listen to me first as such. ......The smallest unit is called a . For example, water is called a water molecule. There are exceptions, but that's a discussion for another time.

Shuki explains atoms and molecules. Adriana seemed to understand half of it.

"Well, then, do you know what is the difference between the substances in this world that react to magic and those that do not?"

"Hmmm ......"

Shuki was at a loss for words at this question. Shuki had no knowledge of magic at all.

So, for the time being,

"If a substance is , it means that it is hard to deform. Deformation means that the distance between molecules changes, so if we can increase the bonding force between molecules, we can do something about it, right?

I could only give generalized advice.

But Adriana is a genius.

"Well, I think I have an idea.

and then she came up with the idea.

"......"

Shuki, not wanting to disturb Adriana, decided to take turns cooking and went to the kitchen.

Having lived alone in a boarding house, Shuki is a reasonably good cook. However, his repertoire was still limited in this world of Ars, where the ingredients and cooking utensils are very different.

First, the staple food is rice or barley.

Both are eaten as porridge. This is partly because it is difficult to cook them, but also because they want to increase (・・・・) the amount of water they eat in this land, which seems to be located in the north of the continent.

Shuki explained to me that it does not increase in quantity, but only blisters as it absorbs water.

The side dishes were dried meat and dried vegetables.

Shuki wanted to take in some more vitamins and minerals, but he gave up when he was told that it was now winter and that there was a freezing snowfield outside the institute.

However, he was determined to get such foodstuffs in the spring.

"The meal is ready!

After an hour of cooking, Adriana returned to the laboratory still thinking.

"Hey, Adriana."

There was no answer. She is so lost in her thoughts that she does not respond to the sounds around her.

"I guess I can't help it. ......"

Shuki slowly approaches Adriana and puts his mouth to her ear. Then he blows on her ear.

"Whew!

"Hyah!"

Literally, Adriana jumped up from her chair.

"Oh, wow, wow, Shuki!

"Yes!"

Adriana, holding her ears and staring at Shuki, tells him that the meal is ready slowly.

Adriana exhales in relief and her expression softens.

Adriana has sensitive ears. So when she does not respond to my voice, she allows me to blow into her ear.

"Oh, is it that time already?　I'm sorry, I've done it all again."

"No problem. Did ...... give you any ideas?"

"Yeah,......, I think I'm almost there. I'd like to hear what Shuki has to say after we eat dinner.

"Okay. Let's eat a proper meal first, okay?

She was one of those enthusiastic researchers who forgets to eat when she is absorbed in her work.