Chapter 243: One More Tool Creation
Nagini’s current training was under me…more accurately my golems for the past few days.
Nagini’s schedule was to be nicely taken care of by the golems in the morning while getting sent flying and in the evening she practiced magic handling next to me. The next morning she would challenge the golems again.
At first she could only hold out for a few seconds before being sent flying and passing out. However now she could last for a few minutes, but even so…
「Ugugu….today was, no good as well Master…..」
She was unable to win against the golem and was laid out on the bench.
「Good effort. Well, just relax and take a break like usual.」
「Slow and steady, slow and steady.」
As Nagini rested I had lunch with Hesty who was watching over her. We were eating a lunchbox that Sakura made and I was doing some maintenance on the golem that had been moving since early this morning.
Though I say maintenance, I was simply repairing a few chips and sanding down some rough patches, but it seemed that was enough to make it give a happy guts pose.
Upon seeing the repaired golem Nagini let out a big sigh.
「As usual Master’s magic is smooth….it’s great ssu…It’s admirable no matter how many times I see it.」
「Is that so? I think the reason it’s so smooth is because of how often I’ve done it.」
「No no I don’t think creating a high performance, powerful, and detailed golem this fast is just possible by doing it a lot….actually I have to wonder ssu, does Master have any magic that takes a long time to cast ssu?」
Is there any? Even if you ask me I don’t think I’ve learned any that would take a long time to cast.
The only magics that Hesty and Sakura taught me were ones that could be cast within a few seconds.
「Things that take some time huh…well this might be a bit different from spells, but I remember when I was making a tool with a really hard magic stone that took quite some time.」
「Ohh, there was something that even Master had some trouble with ssu! It kind of relieves me ssu…!!」
I don’t really understand why she’s letting out a sigh of relief. Hesty was nodding as if she understood as well.
I’m no magic pro so of course there’ll be things I struggle with. Well, since Hesty was my magic tool making senpai so she might be nodding in that capacity. Or so I was thinking…
「Uumu, I want to see Master making something difficult like that too ssu….!」
Nagini said looking at me with some excitement.
「Ahh, that, might be good. She could learn, by example if, she were to see you controlling your magic to make, a tool. This can, link to her, studies, and has plenty, of merit.」
Hesty added on.
「Is that so? But even if you say all that, the magic stone I used that time was a special thing and….wait I’ve got it. Wait a second.」
I had just recalled something thanks to this conversation. I headed off to a corner of my garden.
There I spotted a white and black large round crystal.
….this was the perfect opportunity to put the magic crystal I’d gotten from the lake to good use.
In the first place I hadn’t decided what to do with it and simply stored it away.
Seemingly it would be far harder than that magic stone I had worked on before. I should be able to demonstrate my crafting for them with this.
Rather than going out to search for new teaching materials I felt no hesitation about making use of this.
With these thoughts I carried the magic crystal back but…
「W-what is this crazy magic stone…it’s shining so ominously ssu…….」
The moment Nagini saw the magic crystal her face paled and she stepped back.
「Well…this is the materials for today.」
「Materials….what are you making using such a dangerous thing ssu?」
「Well…I was planning on making a spare tool.」
That’s right. What I was going to make this time was another pestle/mallet. I had made one before using that hard magic stone, but after I used it I had no spares to use afterwards.
This idea came to me because Hesty always had me carry a spare wand/staff with me.
In that case I thought carrying another one of those might be useful.
If I had two and I swapped out their usage then they would last longer.
Maybe this was also an opportunity to fuse it together with some of the magic stones I had been keeping in storage.
I ordered the golems to grab the magic stones out of my storage and for some reason Nagini started flapping her mouth open and shut then Hesty spoke up.
「Uhh uhh….I feel like he’s gathering a ton of really dangerous materials ssu. Well I expected this crazy amount of magic crystals from Master ssu….but is it really alright for Master to use this crystal thing Hesty-san ssu…..?」
「n….for us it’s material we shouldn’t, use. Our fangs, claws, and magic can’t, penetrate it. If we tried too hard, we’d get pressured by the, magic power, and if it went poorly we might, pass out….but if it’s Daichi then, it’ll be fine.」
Nagini looked on dumbfounded as she gazed at me and the magic crystal in turn.
「Master if you’re feeling bad then…..」
「I’m fine.」
Actually I had no idea that this thing would cause them to react like that.
Well, certainly no one else including Dianeia had made any attempt to touch this crystal. Well, I’m fine as long as it doesn’t cause trouble.
「Anyways, since Hesty-sensei said it should be fine for me to work with it.」
「n, do your best. I’ll help if you need anything. Also, I’ll explain, to Nagini what’s, happening.」
「Oh, thanks for that.」
「Th-thanks ssu Hesty-san.」
And so I began crafting my replacement tool in front of Hesty and Nagini to teach her a little something.