Volume 10 - Chapter 17 – Side Story- Hourai Island’s secret and Topaz’s job (2/2)
Although, this has been proven to a certain extent.
It can be understood by looking at the grand spiders and grand caterpillars, which live off of ether, living and prospering underground.
All that’s left is to wait till the investigation result supports that.
Incidentally, the discovery that pelshka seed holds magical power became the indicator which lead to a ground-breaking preservation method.
[The peach, apple and citran inserted into the ‘ether stocker’ do not deteriorate.]
It was completed on 11th of April but Laojun had already experimentally stored fruits at that time.
According to that, the fruits which would normally drop in quality inside a normal refrigerator, do not deteriorate at all inside an ‘ether stocker’.
After finding out that things which do not have magical power are not harmed at all when put inside an ether stocker, all the refrigerators/freezers at the research institute were remodelled.
“We can stop the fruits, which master does not eat, from rotting with this.”
And that was right – the fruits they diligently stocked up for Jin always rot after being in the refrigerator for about a month.
It would be a waste so they had been dehydrating the rotten fruits and putting it to use as fish food at the Tatsumi bay.
However, after the ether stocker was completed, they were able to store it without it rotting.
This extremely small portion was being used by the Quinta scattered about at different places.
“Ooh, it is really rare for pelshka to be available in this season! It would make tons of money!”
There are plenty of nobles who say that. By gifting such nobles these pelshkas, they create a connection and are able to gather various information.
[Maybe, it is also possible to replenish the magical power.]
Having speculated as such, Laojun used the Quinta and was also performing experiments on a living person in secret.
Even though I say experiments on a living person, they only measured the magical power amount on a person before and after eating the pelshka.
Using a device Jin had planned after experiencing the magical power affinity measurement of the Egelia kingdom’s guild.
The principle was simple. By making use of the phenomenon of magical power resonance, it would measure the amount of magical power the subject possesses.
Most of the nobles who have eaten the pelshka also have magical power. And therefore, it was possible to secretly measure and gather the data.
And according to that data, as Laojun had speculated, the effect of magical power recovery from intaking the pelshka was certainly high.
At that time, Laojun had contacted Topaz informing that some interesting information had been reported to Jin by the SP.
[It seems that pelshka had reached the dining tables in Krain kingdom.]
Thinking about it logically, there was no way for the fruit to have travelled that far so quick. It was quite unlikely that pelshka would appear in Krain kingdom, which was further north of the Hourai island. Thinking it to be strange, Topaz asked,
“Where was that pelshka harvested?”
[I am making the Quinta do follow-up survey on it.]
Laojun answered immediately.
Spika-7 and Regrus-2 had been dispatched to the vicinity of Krain kingdom’s capital, Alban. He added that the adult among the two, Regrus-2, was doing the investigation.
The result was brought about the following day.
Krain kingdom was undeveloped in terms of magical techniques but inversely, they were quite ahead other countries in agriculture.
In fact, there was even a greenhouse there.
By using the fire magi stone inside to keep it warm even at night, they were able to harvest it even in Spring.
“After exposing it to the cold in November, they start the heating process in December. The flowers bloom by January and the fruit is ready to be harvested by April.”
[But, the amount would not be much, right?]
“Yes, at most, it would be around a hundred. And the majority of that is supplied to the royal castle.”
Regrus-2 ended the report.
“If they are being treated with such precious food, master and the others are really being warmly welcomed, aren’t they?”
Topaz asked to Laojun.
[That is true. For the time being, Hourai island won’t be needing a greenhouse but preparing one wouldn’t be bad, I suppose.]
And just like this, for the betterment of Jin’s eating habits, Topaz and Laojun were cooperating day and night with all their energy.
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Ether’s route’s, namely ‘Magic pulses’, existence would come to be known 2 days after this — just about when Jin would return.