The Frontier Alchemist ~ I Can't Go Back to That Job After You Made My Budget Zero

I carefully unfold the cloth of the loa's magical tool. Then the floor in front of me begins to rise, as if Rose had been paying attention to me. It seems that she has made a new worktable for me. Gently I put the cloth of the magic tool on the workbench.

Rose wraps ivy around the magic tester that was on the original workbench and brings it to me. This is a device to send out weak magical elements for testing.

I tap the ivy on Rose's ivy to express my gratitude. Rose responds with a squish. But it quickly retreats to a part of the floor.

Rose is as modest as ever.

Thinking about this, I check the condition of the set magic stone.

─ ─ Yes, everything is fine. Now for the source of the magical element.

I gently stroke the cloth with the palm of my hand. Then, in the center of the cloth, where the first pattern is drawn, I attach the cord of the magic element tester. When the cloth is covered, it is right in the middle of the eyebrows. This is a standard place for the supply of magic element for the magic tools worn on the face.

The pendulum is placed on the left hand. This is the same pendulum that I used when I tested the magical element in the investigation of endemic diseases. While operating the tester with my right hand, I slowly move my left hand over the cloth, just at the height where the pyramid at the tip of the pendulum does not touch the cloth.

─ ─ The structure of this magic tool is quite simple. Here is the buffer and here is the amplification. Noise cancellation is this way. Hmm. This is almost useless, isn't it?　Functionally, there is considerable room for improvement. Certainly the workmanship is very careful, and the magic circuits inside are baked with a good solution, but...

I finished my inspection so quickly that I am left wondering what to do.

It seems that the alchemist who made this magical tool is at best a second-rate alchemist. It seems that I can easily make a grimoire with a higher level of functionality just by combining several grimoire circuits I have on hand.

─ ─ Even so, he is doing such careful work. I can even feel the love you have for Roa. I wonder if the creator was a close friend of Ary and her sisters.

For a moment I wonder how much I should tell them. I glance behind me and see that Roa has already calmed down. Then it occurs to me.

I see... Maybe there is a strong psychological component to this. It is possible that the sense of security that this magical tool gives to Roa is more effective in controlling his powers than its actual function. Yes, it's possible.

I turn to the two of them.

"Well, may I examine Roa next? Ahri. Can you please put this magical tool on Roa again? I handed Ary the magic tool that I had finished examining.

Loa hides her face with a cloth again.

"Unseal," I stop the scroll from being activated.

Ary hands me the sealed scroll that has been removed from Loa's face.

I look at the scroll in my hand and glance at Ary.

It is a whim, you might say, but somehow I feel compelled to do so.

"Loa, give me your hand," I call to him.

"Yes."

I place the scroll that Ary handed me on Roa's hand and wrap my own hand over it.

"Common protocol activation" "Administrator authority activation" "Transfer" "Rust" "Subject" Roa. Delegation of Authority: The scroll of the seal. End of protocol."

I move my hand away and tell Roa.

"I have some of those scrolls if you want them.

Silent loa.

Suddenly, he turns over.

Oh, no, this is not good. ......

"Thank you," said Loa's voice. That tiny little murmur. Still, it reached my ears.