CHAPTER 496: THE CORRECT METHOD OF USING A VOICE RECORDER (1/2)
The night sky was overcast and dreary, just like my heart. From within my dimensional ring, I pulled out a ruby-red crystal the size of a small apple and began channeling my mana into it. A while later, I sang into it and it started glowing in response. Having done that, I channelled a little more mana into it, causing it to shake, after which it began playing the exact same song I sang…
“I have a pen, I have an apple, ah apple pen. I have a pen, I have pineapple, ah pineapple pen…”
(TL: original lyrics were taken from a Vietnamese song/cover? called Thêm Một Lần Đau. That’s out of my expertise so Pineapple Pen is all you’re getting.)
Oh crap! This recording crystal actually works! A fantasy world version of a voice recorder… I’m leaving it a five-star review! Still… it seems rather rare, given that I only had this single crystal inside. Also… how do I erase that part… someone, tell me quick!
A time of crisis and yet Ferti’nier is nowhere to be found… guess it’s all up to me then…
Without my knowledge, half an hour had passed and I still had no idea how to erase a previous record in the crystal. It was then that Regine popped up, thin nightwear clinging to her toned, beautiful body, golden hair dripping with water…
“Master.”
“Regine… it’s late, don’t you want to get some sleep?”
“I want to accompany Master.”
Regine gently slid herself beside me, her distinct fragrance wafting into my nose, mixed with the refreshing smell of a recent bath.
“Oh, in that case, just give me a second while I settle this…” I continued fiddling with the recording crystal. Unfortunately, no matter how I tugged, scratched, bit or knocked, I couldn’t figure out how to use the crystal.
Seeing me struggle a good while without result, Regine leaned in with both her hands wrapped around my own and whispered, “Master, is that a voice recorder?”
“Mhm.” I gave the crystal a quick spin before saying, “I know what it is, but I just can’t figure out how to work it and it’s giving me a headache.”
“Master, you need to infuse your mana into it.”
“I know, I’ve already tried it.” She seemed to have misunderstood my question, so I decided to infuse my mana into the crystal once more to show her. “I vaguely know how to record, but…”
A second later, I began to regret my choice of actions…
“I have a pen, I have an apple, ah apple pen…”
“…”
“…”
Awkward…
Finally, after an excruciating few seconds, Regine broke the silence. “Mas-ter, I’m assuming you wish to erase that recording?”
I nodded woodenly. “Mhm.”
Hmmm… sounds simple enough. Extract and infuse again.
In a lot of ways, the magical tools in this world were rather simple to operate, they just required Mages to do so. That was one of the main reasons why magical technology wasn’t able to prosper. Take this recording crystal, in order to erase the recording, it not only required a Mage to do so, but that Mage had to have a fine degree of control as well. In other words, not every Mage could afford to use it if they wished to reuse it.
Either way, I was able to erase the song within the crystal under Regine’s guidance. From now on, there would be no talk of pineapples or pens…
“Master, you wish to sing with this?”
“That’s right. I know. How about I let you hear it first?”
“Sure.”
“Here goes nothing then…”