CH 61.2

「Look, this locomotive is equipped with six thousand perpetual motion magic constructs No. 3, which is around the size of a human’s arm, per carriage.」

「Haa」

「The “Great Whale” you made was tuned to perfect precision and even synchronized with natural magic element absorption. The power is also detuned to be as strong as a normal man. The natural magic element absorption limit has been tuned per magic construct level too.」

「I see」

「Of course, that doesn’t mean that it’s not making use of the full capability of the perpetual motion magic construct, though it is also the reason why there is a need for 12 locomotives to run this train.」

「Heh」

The long, machine gun talk did not show a hint when it would stop.

I’m really not interested in the perpetual motion trains when I was the one who built the prototype.

So at first, I was a little fed up with this conversation and I guess it showed up with my reply and my eyes….

Surprisingly, Tassel-shi is much better at conversation than I had imagined and from the halfway point on, I was somewhat absorbed in our conversation.

In particular, his talk about the control of the combination of infinite magic and magic tools, which is also my field of expertise, was so interesting that we even stopped walking just to continue talking.

「Hee, you mean, it is normal to detune the absorption of magic elements?」

「Of course. Otherwise, there’s a possibility that the magic tool you made will explode.」

「But, won’t that just supercharge the tool with magic element?」

「Oh? You mean feeding it with concentrated magic elements? I never thought of that.」

After all, it is interesting to talk with people of the same specialty.

We were completely hooked on our conversation and kept on walking toward the school without getting on the prepared horse-drawn carriage.

「Hey, Sawadi, what’s that?」

「Ah, that’s a coffee shop.」

Tassel-shi pointed to the open seating area of the coffee shop I run, Astrobucks.

I guess it was unusual because there were a bunch of young people dressed up in crazy clothes and drinking tea.

「A coffee shop, just what I was looking for. I’m thirsty.」

「It’s a place for commoners though.」

「What? You mean there are stores dedicated to commoners or nobles? What a strange city. We don’t have anything like this in Sanardi.」

「I heard that Sanardi is an open-minded city and it seems to be true. Well, if you’re in Torquiva, it will be fine if it’s that coffee shop, let’s go in.」

I told my escorts to have things ready for us and we took a seat at the back of the coffee shop.

I took off my jacket before entering the coffee shop and Tussel-shi was in his jumpsuit so there was no problem.

「You say it’s okay if it’s this shop. Are you acquainted with it?」

「Yeah, I’m the owner.」

「What! You do business with commoners?」

「Well, yeah. The people around are already used to seeing me so….」

「That’s not what I mean. Are you even making money?」

「Not that much but yes.」

He nodded as if he was not interested in the question and then, opened the menu.

「You can order anything you like.」

「I’m not familiar with the food in this place….whoa! This is hot water food, right?」

Tassel-shi pointed to the spaghetti with meat sauce.

「What do you mean by hot water food?」

「Isn’t it Torquiva’s specialty? You pour hot water over the hardened brown stuff and it will become food….it’s kind of fluffy and comes out looking like flavored strings.」

「Ah, you mean fried noodles.」

So, it was called hot water food because it can be eaten after you pour hot water into it?

I should have given it some kind of product name before putting it in circulation.

「Is that what you call it here? A professor who loves new things bought it. It’s not easy to eat but it’s surprisingly delicious.」

「Fried noodles are this dish deep fried in oil to make it into a preserved food.」

「What! I didn’t know that! I’ll have this then, and some ale, and.…」

「These doughnuts are a popular snack.」

「Then, that one.」

「I’ll have the same.」

The waitress next to our table recited the order and then, went back to the kitchen.

Poor thing. She’s so nervous.

「Mince, make sure everyone has something to eat.」

I said that and the group of guards around us hurriedly began to open their menus.

Well, this is our base.

If the need arises, everyone in the restaurant will be a shield to protect me and Tassle-shi, so it’s okay for them to relax.