Chapter.9 Starfall (24)
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sleep, sleep
Kogok, Kogok!
Flap, flutter!
“Uh, how are you?”
“This… is an approach I’ve never thought of before. Amazing… really amazing!”
When I said, “I found a way to solve the airship’s balance problem,” Roman jumped out of the pile of luggage like a shelter and was observing the soul jar that was my hand, which was now moving around the floor with me.
The soul jar looks like a chicken, as seen by the way it pecks at the dirt with its head or the way it curls its little finger and thumb and flaps it.
“Using black magic to extract the soul of an animal and use its senses….”
“okay! To be honest, I don’t know how black magic works, but I’ve confirmed that the spirit of this cockatrice is keeping the head steady. Wouldn’t it be possible to synchronize this sense and the airship with a magic circuit?”
I don’t know the detailed principles or processes. What matters is the result. Right now, the Death Knight is a monster created by putting the soul of a dead knight into a body prepared by another great warlock, but it wields the aura of dark magic in the same way as when it was alive, right? Even if that cockatrice’s soul enters what used to be my ‘right hand’, is it also the behavior principle engraved in its soul that causes it to behave like a chicken? I thought it might be something like that, so it was quite possible.
“A magic circuit that responds to actions… No. During the delay, you will lose your balance and fall. Synchronization of the senses…. Lifespan of the soul…. Persistence…. When I was studying in the tower, an invited wizard gave a lecture on the form of the soul…. Data. “We need research for clearer data!”
Jump up!
“professor! Come to think of it, there is still one captured cockatrice left!”
“uh? “Right, right?”
“Then you can use it harshly! I’m going to use this!
Hurry up!
Roman seemed to have heard my words as permission to blow up the soul jar as an experiment and eat it. As soon as the words left my mouth, Roman grabbed the soul jar and started running.
Tuk!
“Oh my! Hey, be careful! “This is an expensive craft from a desert country-”
puck!
“You’re so busy, what are you doing, Roman? hey! “Look ahead!”
After a while, sparks from the magical iron connecting the circuits began to fly among the parts scattered like toys thrown on the floor by a child.
As I was about to get closer and take a look, someone grabbed my collar and stopped me.
“Shh! Leave that guy alone. “If you disturb me when something like that happens, I’ll get really angry!”
“hmm? Who are you?”
“Oh, come this way first!”
The person holding on to the collar was a short girl. A girl wearing top clothes and carrying a small baggage. She grabbed me by the collar and dragged me to the back of the cart, where she stuck her head out between the trade goods and began to observe Roman.
“Lucilla Aedran. “Please call me Lucille.”
“I see. Lucille? “Have you followed your parents to the top?”
“He may look small, but he is past working age. He has been recognized by the Lord of the Gold Geyser as an official member of the Gold Geyser, and has followed the leyline climb. He is also the gunner of our youngest member, Roman Gachia Menson, a trainee member of the Gold Geyser.”
“uh….”
“There is no need to be surprised. “Everyone who meets me asks this question, so the answer is just a familiar one.”
A child who answers before I can say anything. No, passing the working age means being an adult in this expression, so even if you look like that, it means you are over nineteen. Anyway, Lucille was a very smart girl. Unlike the merchants who kept a certain distance after seeing my fighting style, Lucilla climbed up her pile of luggage with agility and she whispered in a low voice right next to my face.
“Hero, you said you were Roman’s friend, right?”
“yes?”
Takkong!
“Aya!”
“Then I’ll be there for you when you’re having a hard time. What can you do if you just leave people like that?”
“Until it becomes like that. “It looks brighter than when I saw it before-”
Takkong!
“evil! this…!”
“It’s because the so-called hero of the church can’t even read his friend’s mind! How bright is that! “You’re just ‘pretending’ to be bright!”
scolded.
The girl caught a glimpse of Roman, who was struggling with the magic circuit and loudly calling for Notum and Aldrich, and began to push me fiercely.
“Roman Gachia Menson! Men-son! Don’t you know what this name means? You’re a noble, you’re a noble! It’s also a name that means he’s from the prestigious Menson family, the only wizard family in Roderick! Because such a person has no money, he goes to gambling dens and even steals with clumsy skills that he has never done before in his life! It’s natural that something happened in the meantime, right? If you’re a friend, you should find out that much right away! “You said you were my one and only friend!”
“No, not that much with that guy-”
“If you’re making excuses like an empty coin pocket, just look in the mirror! What kind of hero would it be to let such a lonely person wander the streets alone! He was disowned by his family! Not only did he suffer all kinds of humiliation for being a bastard, but he had no talent for magic and resorted to foolish trapping techniques that only goblins would use, and he was told that he was a disgrace to his family!”
“what? What are you talking about. Disowning? “Menson was kicked out of the family?”
For me, who thought it was just a cute little merchant complaining, it was something I had never heard before. To my question, ‘What have you been doing the past few days?’ Lucilla, who was looking at me with the same pitiful eyes, pointed to Roman, who was embarrassing the two soul magicians.
“Roman Gachia Menson. The third son of the Menson family. As the illegitimate son of the head of the family, Gilder Gachia Menson, and his maid, Odette Soilin, his position within the family was quite weak. Although he realized magic early on, he lacked talent for magic and was limited to second-tier rank. Gilder Gachia Menson handed Roman over to Isaac Mandalius, a wizard with whom he was acquainted, and Isaac trained Roman through ‘education’ using somewhat experimental methods. “We made it possible to use magic that looks like these three levels.”
“Did you… investigate everything?”
“Even if there was permission from the owner of the business, not everyone can accept it. “When I gave him alcohol, he got drunk.”
I didn’t know. I had no idea Roman had such a backstory. In fact, it was also a hero unit where such aspects were not important. Unlike other hero units that require careful management of bonds and relationships, Roman was the easiest hero unit to recruit, requiring only research funds. Even after being recruited, he stayed in the lab, and the player went out and only reported the results, so there were no players who paid attention to his situation.
Weeeeeee-
At that time, I heard the sound of the magic circuit vibrating, which had been ringing in my ears every night for the past few days.
“It floated, it floated!”
“You are so unwavering! “It’s very stable!”
“Seo, success! Finally! “I succeeded!”
What was different from what I had seen over the past few days was that Roman’s airship was circling leisurely and smoothly, like an albatross crossing the ocean.
Roman, who was smiling so brightly that his mouth was splitting open, looked around, found me and Lucille hiding behind the cart, waved his hand and manipulated the small box in his arms.
Weeeing-
The model Airship 3, connected to the box with a silver thread, gently flew across the sky and landed in my hand.
“professor! Did you see it! I succeeded! really! “You created an airship!”
Roman’s face is filled with happiness. However, there was sadness in Lucilla’s eyes when she saw him like that.
“Hero, that airship. There will be a nameplate below the figurehead. Would you like to read what it says there?”
Following Lucilla’s words, I looked around the model airship and was able to feel the touch of metal plates on one part of the wooden hull.
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“Model airship… No. 723?”
“Hero, are you smart? It is absolutely not common for a nobleman, no matter how bastard he is, to be kicked out of his family. Do you know why?”
Seueuugh-
The professor ran his fingertips over the nameplate of the model airship. Unlike the smooth border, the inside feels very rough. Judging from the fact that gold leaf remains on the border, it must have been a luxurious nameplate with beautiful gold leaf at the time when it was ‘Model Aircraft No. 1’. Unlike the nameplate No. 723, which was erased and re-engraved hundreds of times with a stylus, and the gold leaf was peeled off and became rough.
The collapse of the magic tower. Roman wanders off alone. And, Airship No. 723 and the disowned family. The information that came to mind pointed to one fact.
“You went back to your family and received research funding. While making 723 expensive model airships, each containing a handful of small magic stones and empty magic stones. No matter how much material and money the wizard’s family had, there was no way they would have provided that much support to Roman, a bastard. They must have given something in return. “But I continued to fail, and eventually I ran out of support money and was kicked out.”
However, in front of Otman and I, this was introduced as ‘Model Airship No. 3’.
A magical engineer who abandoned the path of water-based magic presented his research results for the first time in front of a friend who had initiated him into the path of water-based magic and an old water wizard whom he regarded as a teacher at the magic tower. After abandoning everything and rushing in, all that was left in his hands was a toy that failed 723 times and couldn’t fly for even a minute. What was Roman thinking when he cut off the first two letters of 723? Feeling unqualified? shame?
I couldn’t figure it out. Because Roman was smiling the same way back then.
“Hot hot hot! I was wondering what you and Lucilla were talking about! “Were you just talking about that?”
Roman approached me before I knew it and smiled brightly as he took the model airship from my hand with a confused expression on his face.
“It’s hard to say something like that….”
“I know too! That’s a heavy story! Even now, when I think of my mother, I feel sorry. My mother lived a lonely life, locked in a corner room of the castle all her life, waiting for her father who would never return. I should have treated my country well too. In fact, not only did he give up his inheritance, but he even gave up his right to succession! Even my gentle and weak mother scolded me this time! She said, “How will she make a living from now on?” Hot hot hot hot! “Your brothers really like it!”
Giving up succession rights and inheritance. For him, who lived as the illegitimate son of a useless family, it was the only link that allowed him to remain a member of the Menson family. Instead of receiving research funding, Roman had to abandon all of his faint remaining family connections.
A noble who is kicked out of a family can never set foot in that territory again. Roman, smiling broadly with eyes dripping with longing, will now never see his mother again.
‘Is this what it meant?’
I was able to understand what Lucilla meant by ‘until it becomes like that.’ His smile has increased significantly since the last time I saw him, and his personality has become strangely brighter. It was a psychological defense mechanism created by Roman. A person who has experienced a severe shock or loss may say, ‘It’s okay!’ As if encouraging yourself.
He laughed to overcome the frustration and fear that settled in his heart every time he scratched out the numbers on the back of the model airship with a stylus. The smile he used to fight alone against the 723 failures, until all the gold foil on the name plate peeled off, has now stuck to his face like skin.
After failing, he lost everything, was kicked out, wandered the streets, and faced a rough life he had never encountered since he was born as a nobleman, but he did not give up. He smiled as if he had lost his mind and became a gambler, a petty thief, and a top person, until he finally reached this point.
“Hey, Roman….”
“Hot hot hot! Don’t make that face! Hasn’t this happened already? You have to tear off the old scab and look at the wound to see if it gets worse. No need to worry at all! Now, take a look!”
Giggeek, Gikkigeek! Nope!
Roman took out a stylus from one of the dozens of pockets on his shabby clothes, drew over the scratched and worn name plate as if it represented his life, and then inscribed a new name.
[Prototype Airship No. 1]
“Now, what does it say here?”
“….”
“This friend, you talk as much as I do, but why did you become so dumb! hurry! “Read it to me!”
“Prototype, Airship No. 1.”
“hahahahahahahaha! Hot hot hot hot! okay! It’s not a model! Although it is small, it can only fly within the influence of the magician connected to this soul steering device! This is not a model, but a proper airship! Success! success! I mean success!!! Hahahahaha! Ha ha ha ha ha! Hot hot hot hot!”
Although he didn’t shed a single tear, the professor felt that the laughter represented all his emotions. Lucilla and Ottoman are holding on to the sleeves of his clothes. Even Aldrich and the people at the top who were standing next to him were sniffing his nose or turning their heads to look at the sky.
“Hot hot hot hot hot! Ha ha ha ha ha! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
Inventor, a class reserved only for geniuses created by an era.
Roman was not a genius. He just didn’t give up. He is a person who never gives up his will even after facing countless setbacks until he achieves achievements worthy of being called a genius by anyone in the world.
“Hot hot hot hot! Success! In the end, it was a success! I! hahahahahahahaha!!”
Roman Gachia Menson was that kind of person.
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Roman, who was celebrating with the people at the top under the airship circling in the sky as if announcing his birth, suddenly approached me and asked me to tell him his name.
“name! “Tell me your name!”
“name? “What name?”
“Of course, this is the name of this great technology, ‘Soul Balance Control Device Using Black Magic’! Don’t deny it! This is a technology you created, so you should name it! ruler! Even if it was temporary, the first invention is always valuable! “Engrave the name of the device on this empty space!”
“Why are you so burdened with names… Just you-”
“hurry!”
I thought about just passing it off, but I couldn’t ignore it because Roman’s eyes were shining and he was looking forward to it. After much deliberation, the professor accepted the magic tool that Roman held out and engraved the name of the device on a box full of magic circuits.
[Chicken Sensor]
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Shit! hey!
– professor: Sorry. That’s the best.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: No, in a world where the world is turned upside down by imagination, the name of the magical engineering device is Chicken Sensor! Are you scattering ashes on a finished invention?
“Chicken sensor… Chicken sensor! What a intuitive and good name! Thank you my friend! “Thanks to your chicken sensor, my dream can come true!”
– professor: Look! They say it’s good!
– Nutria Gena: f*ck it’s good. Ask for my inspiration!
– Highway Nacho Man: What kind of chicken is this sensor? Are you a hungry teenager?
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: I was wondering why such a talented friend couldn’t date until now. It was because I didn’t have as much sense as a dog’s snot!
– takealook: Woooo! Change it! Right Now! Just leave it to the gacha man!
Shit. I thought it was a pretty good name. It’s unfortunate, but since he’s a broadcaster, he can’t ignore public opinion.
“It will be okay if you change it, if you change it! Hey Roman! Speaking of that chicken sensor, it’s just that…”
Whoa!
Just as I was about to grumble and tell Roman to come up with a name for me, light suddenly began to emanate from Roman’s body. In a swarm of soft light, Roman smiled brightly as he watched the mana of the water-based magic he had once abandoned play between his fingers.
“okay. Now I understand. I had a lack of qualifications for magic. Since I couldn’t keep up with my brothers using magic, I wanted to show my family that I was a useful person by succeeding in magic engineering, a completely different field of study. Why didn’t I know? Magic engineering is also a branch of magic. Magic and magical engineering… these are the two legs that will move humanity forward. Make good use of both without distinguishing between them. That’s magic engineering. “Now… I understand a little bit.”
Tiring-! Tiring tiring tiring tiring!
[Information update: A scene from history! congratulations! You succeeded in making a hugely positive impact on one of the most important moments of our time!]
“Uh… huh?”
Light suddenly erupted from Roman’s body, and the system beeping began to sound like a slot machine that had hit a jackpot. A scene from history. And that light. that….
“The wizard’s… enlightenment?”
Tiring-!
[Information update: Hero unit ‘Roman Gachia Menson’ has found his calling and succeeded in mastering its essence! – A new school of magic, ‘Magic Engineers’, has been launched in the world! The world will be filled with curiosity, and sometimes even disapproval and anger, at the appearance of a completely new type of wizard! If you want to grow them, be careful! Currently, there is only one true magic engineer in the world, Roman Gachia Menson!]
[Great invention! We witnessed the birth of ‘Prototype Aircraft’ with ‘Chicken Sensor’! – The unfortunate genius who never gave up even in the face of adversity took over your inspiration, the ‘Chicken Sensor’, and finally succeeded in producing the ‘Prototype Aircraft’. This is an important technological invention that could advance humanity to the next level, and your name will be engraved in history for having had a significant impact on it.””’]
“Uh oh, oh oh! Uhhhhhh!!!”
no way. It was a message I had only heard through rumors, so it was my first time seeing it with my own eyes! no way! No way!!!!
– Noru Drug: The stomach has exploded! Rats! I believed it, Gacha Man!
– Jokass: Hey! Airship appeared in March World! Ciba Now you can taste machine mulberry at GG!
-GOLDMAN SUCKS: That’s ridiculous! Why does he always fail when I push him like that?
– Holly: You didn’t have a chicken sensor!
– Noroo Drug: Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk high school girl hitting on the richest man in the wasteland kkkkk
I checked the chat room to see if I was mistaken, and judging by the fact that both the first and second messages were going crazy, it seemed like the message I knew was correct.
– Heungan Mandu: Please just clear it safely, please! I was an Air Force ace! If you just put an airplane, at least a flying machine, in April World, I can become a ranker!
-Speed Wagon: Please put an embargo on this. I think it’s okay to sell non-process information.
I don’t know, I can’t hear you! I can’t hear anything!
Wow!
“Roman you damn idiot! “You really did it!!!”
“Hot hot hot! Everyone thanks to you – hehehe! Let it go, let it go! “Breath, breath!!!”
No, I can’t let you go! You have no idea how big of a deal you have done this time!
“Hahaha! You prevented destruction! Roman! Are you listening! “I heard you saved about 20% of the world!”
“Ugh! Let go, let go! Let go! “I’m going to die like this!”
“Let go, boss! “People are going to die!”
“I heard it’s true that this guy has bipolar disorder! Notum! “Professor, please do something!”
“Gwook. “A human man bursts out laughing.”
I can’t believe it even when I see it with my own eyes. A notification that is so important that the unfriendly system message emphasizes it strongly.
””’Your name will be engraved in history.””’
This message is the system’s official declaration that the effects of what happened now will continue to the next world after clearing!
You may be wondering if I’m making such a fuss about it, but the fact that this message appeared for the first time during play is significant.
The system is starting to talk about what will lead to the next world. That means that GG’s insanely and horribly accurate system recognized my possibility of clearing to some extent.
GG’s system, which causes players to become frustrated by throwing out all kinds of bad news, has finally acknowledged that I, [Player professor], have taken one step closer to ‘clearing World 3’! This guy can really clear it, right? This means that it has been recognized by the best AI since the birth of Homo sapiens!!!
“Thank you, Roman Gacha Man! Thank you for not giving up! “Thank you!”
“Haha-cough! haha! You are stating the obvious! I am Roman Gachia Menson, a magic engineer! Unlike magic that uses imagery, magic engineering is something that anyone can understand and inherit if they understand mana! The failure of a magic engineer is just a trace left behind for countless generations of students who will follow him! There is no way that frustration would follow an engineer’s failure! under! hahahahahahahaha!”
Roman, who had completely returned to his usual self, said this and picked up the airship that had fallen with all its magical power.
Cheesy!
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if savoring this moment, and lowered the iron without hesitation. Above the spot where the iron passed without hesitation, the number ‘1’ was shining clearly.
Roman was smiling.
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