CH 19

Manpower Agency 19

Chapter 19 – The Third Son’s Tricks on Using Slaves

Weird….

This is weird…..

What’s weird is that I was in the lab studying magic construct and before I knew it, I’m already 13 years old.

It was as if I had been swallowed up by a mysterious time-space creature and in the blink of an eye, time just flew by.

In the past two years, the results of the research on the creation of magic crystal(battery) replaceable type have reached the point of creating dragon species. Chris-senpai, the person in charge, was invited to the Magic Academy in the royal capital.

After that, a flirtatious young man from a count’s family, who I had never seen in the laboratory before, became a consignee and was also invited to the royal capital recently.

I wonder what they are going to do with someone who doesn’t even know the word “research”…..

Well, when that guy was gone, the research of the magic crystal(battery) replaceable construct research came to an end.

There are no more consignees. And since it seems that the laboratory in the royal capital is going to proceed researching it vigorously from now on, it is no longer in the category of student research.

Frankly speaking, I was relieved.

I’m finally free.

I was supposed to enjoy my after-school life for a while, watching plays, going out to eat, etc….

However, being super talented, I won’t be allowed to.

「I’ve made it…..」

「That is another innovation. Being able to create construct that doesn’t use magic crystals…..」

I was doing some casual research, thinking that the next step after rechargeable magic crystals would be to reduce the overall cost when I came up with something ordinary.

The result was a magic construct that works without the use of magic crystals(batteries).

This went unexpectedly beyond low cost.

If a magic construct was a smartphone, the performance of this device would be like a crystal radio. My genius….it’s frightening.

「I can’t publicize this, can’t I….」

When I asked Professor Marino, he shook his head.

「There is no such thing as taboo in learning.」

「But there’s no one who can take credit for it anymore, right?」

「If there’s no one, I’ll just pick up one or two. Don’t worry, I know what you want. I won’t throw you out in the royal capital.」

「T-thank you.」

I was so relieved to hear Professor Marino’s words that I slumped on the floor of the lab.

This kind of technology is a great achievement no matter how anyone looks at it.

Achievement is not important but who receives it is.

It was a commoner like me, it would poke the nobles unnecessarily especially if the achievement reached an unallowable level….or rather, beyond their tolerance.

Unfortunately, there aren’t many nobles who tolerate this aside from educators.

This is the reason why commoners avoid mages as much as possible.

Human ethics don’t apply to monsters after all.

Leaving the laboratory matters to Professor Marino, I thought of making money.

It has been my dream to build my own theater.

It will require a tremendous budget or perhaps because I had gone overboard on the details.

Then, even I, a cautious man, had to take a few risks.

「Make sure to keep an eye out and go in and out of the building without being seen by anyone outside.」

「Mince-san, soil has already accumulated.」

「The soil will be dumped outside by the adventurers team little by little. Take your time and make sure to do it without being noticed.」

The base of M.S.G.(Magical Schenker Group) is a former pickle factory.

Inside the factory was a secret construction project.

If it is possible to create a working artificial construct without magic crystals…..

That means we can also make magic crystals by absorbing the surrounding magical elements, right?

In other words, what we are making now is a magic crystal plant.

Yes, it will be similar to the mechanism of a dungeon that absorbs magical elements to create monsters so I guess you could also call this a man-made dungeon.

It might even be a true dungeon since I am planning to draw magical elements that create monsters from the dungeon across the river but that doesn’t really matter.

Anyway, what’s important is that we can get an inexhaustible supply of magic crystals, which are expensive to buy and hard to get.

I can’t stop laughing.

I’m going to build a whole stage set of expensive magic equipment for my theater too.

Ah, I’m going to add it to the budget.

This means I’ll have to put my slaves to work even harder.

「Young master, we’re out of magic.」

「Ah, okay.」

I’m going to cast physical enhancement spell on Roast, a fishkin who’s wearing a helmet and is covered in dirt.

The slaves who are behind Roast look the same and I’ll need to cast magic to them too.

I found a method of healing and strengthening multiple people by myself.

I think it’s uncommon because it wasn’t even taught in school.

I thought it would be a hassle to heal them one by one so I filled the room with steam and that steam is something I casted. I turned my magic power into steam and it just happened to work.

Now, I can freely shape my magic power.

If I turned it into steam, it would be inefficient so now, I turn it onto a net and cover all the slaves with it.

I’m a genius after all.

「Alright! I’m getting stronger!」

「Oohh!」

「Let’s go!」

These slaves are now digging a horizontal tunnel from around 20 meters below the factory toward the dungeon.

The ventilation problem was solved by the recently invented magic crystal-free magic construct.

I made a large number of propellers and placed them in bamboo ducts in large numbers.

I really wanted to create an artificial digger to dig the tunnel but if the tunnel collapsed because of it, all my slaves inside would die.

Safety first. Let’s just do it manually.

「I brought you some sake so keep up the good work today!」

「Oh, sake! Thank you very much.」

「Sake!」

「Let’s go!」

Even though the slaves were absolutely obedient, we still have to be very careful in keeping them motivated….

In my previous life, there was a company executive that was pushed off a platform just before the train because he was too bossy and overbearing…..

Now that I’m on the top side, who knows if it will be me tomorrow?

I did not spare a little pocket money and offered the slaves sake.

I spent a lot of money to set up a coffee shop the other day and it seemed to be well received.

I’ll have to think more to get more of their favor and have them work voluntarily….

It’s not easy to be on the side that uses people.