Volume 4 Chapter 3 Part5 (1/2)

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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!

Ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ　ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ！

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wrong.

Author:

Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

Editor:

So-Chintzy

Enlightenment Arc

Chapter 3: The Core of CoReform E

Ginya led us in front of a

medium-sized part.i.tion screen. Actually, this part.i.tion screen was so big that

you needed to look up to see the top of it, but then again, I was more curious

about the huge tent that occupied half of this room……. Would she let me see

what was inside it?  Just as I was

thinking about this……

「Come

out, Golem.」(Ginya)

Ginya said these words and then,

from a part of the floor, that was exposed bare ground, the soil rose up and before

long, it turned into a pair of 3 meter tall giant humanoid figures. Those soil giants

walked clumsily. Yeah, they surely looked like clay puppet golems.

「Is

that Ginya’s magic?」 (Souma)

「Un. My magic is to

create and manipulate golems from the soil. It can’t do difficult tasks, but it

has power. It’s really handy to move things.」(Ginya)

「Manipulating

clay dolls…… It’s similar to my ability. Is it Dark Attribute?」(Souma)

「 No,

it's Earth Attribute. Since it can’t manipulate things other than the earth.

Manipulating dolls also can be categorized as gravity manipulation. I think

that the categorization of the four major attributes, along with the light and

darkness attributes, is just something that had been created subjectively, so

people could understand it easily/ I believe that in reality, the categorization

isn’t that strict.」(Ginya)

「 So

they really do believe in just about anything……」(Souma)

Ever since I came to this world, my

view of this world kept swaying. Even though it was an unknown mysterious

phenomenon from an Earthling’s point of view, for the people of this world, it

was something normal. I had thought that this was normal, but actually this could

be said as not necessarily normal. One must know one’s ignorance in order to

know about the unknown. From now on, there might be the need for me to question

everything.

「Well,

rather than that, this is the thing that I wanted you to see.」 (Ginya)

Ginya said that and the golems began

to remove the part.i.tion screen. The object that we saw behind that part.i.tion

wall made Liscia and I freeze in surprise. It was a really ”incomprehensible

thing”. What appeared in front of us was an object that was about the size

of a two-storied building. If I had to describe its shape in an easy to

understand way, then it would be:

「A

ridiculously big Dyson Fan?」 (Souma)

「Hmm?

What’s that?」(Liscia)

「Ah,

no…… It’s nothing.」(Souma)

Well, I could only see it as a

huge Dyson Fan. Just from its silhouette, the main body was shaped like a short

kokes.h.i.+[1],

but the top part was shaped like a ring. From a glance, its purpose was unknown

and it also looked like some kind of abstract art sculpture. However, I was

curious as to why only the base part was firmly fixed into the floor…… I then asked

Ginya.

「What

is th-……」 (Souma)

「It’s

『Susumu-kun(Mr Go Forward) · Mark V』.」[2] (Ginya)

What a lame name! …… Wait, Mark

V!?

「So

there are four more like this!?」(Souma)

「Wh-why

are you paying attention to that!?」(Liscia)

Although Liscia retorted, Ginya was

laughing loudly.

「Well,

the previous models were either blown away or exploded, so all the ones up until

Mark V have died.」 (Ginya)

「Is

it such a dangerous object!?」(Souma)

「Mark

V is alright. This is…… the finished product.」(Ginya)

After she mentioned that, Ginya

began to explain 『Susumu-kun · Mark V』.

「I

think you already know this, but the large s.h.i.+ps in this world are moved either

by harnessing wind power with sails or by being drawn by a huge thala.s.saur, right?

This 『Susumu-kun · Mark V 』 is an object that can replace that huge thala.s.saur. One

object has a force comparable to a large thala.s.saur, so if you attach this to

the bottom of the s.h.i.+p, it is possible to propel it.」 (Ginya)

「……!

You mean a propulsion device!」 (Souma)

“Just like a screw or a motor!”,

when she heard my remark, Ginya placed her hand on 『Susumu-kun

· Mark V』’s body with a smile.

「This

machine can inhale things that are in the s.p.a.ce in front of the ring and then expel

them to out behind it. If you operate this in the sea, then it will inhale the

seawater and expel it out from behind. This water pressure has enough propulsion

force to move an iron wars.h.i.+p.」 (Ginya)

So that means, there was

something like a screw in the middle of the ring’s empty s.p.a.ce.

「Hmm?

If it inhales thing in front of it, then what will happen if we use it right

now?」 (Souma)

「Oh, a

sharp one. On land, it will inhale the air and then expel it. Shall we have an

experiment?」(Ginya)

After she said that, Ginya ordered

the golems to prepare a huge cloth. And then, at a position 20 meters away from

us, the two golems stood up and spread the cloth like a movie screen.

「Let's

experiment to see how strong its power is. 『Susumu-kun

Mark V』 will inhale the air from our side and expel it towards

that side. Please witness its power!」 (Ginya)

「Oh, wait

a mo-……」 (Ludwin)

It seemed that Ludwin was trying

to stop her in a hurry, but Ginya didn’t care and 「press♪」. She

then pushed something like a switch, and at the next moment,

BOWAAAAAAAA------! !

With that loud noise, “we”

got blown away by the sudden gust of wind.

「Whoaaa!?」 (Souma)

「Kyaa!」 (Liscia)

「Ubya‼」 (Ginya)

「Againnnnn!

」(Ludwin)

Shaken by the sudden wind, with a

*don*, our backs. .h.i.t the wall. C-can

this be said as a kabedon?[3]……

Or rather, the wind pressure made me stick to the wall and I couldn’t move any

part of my body at all! Liscia and Ginya were in the same situation. Until Ludwin

crawled to approach the machine and pushed the same switch to stop it, we were

stuck to the wall like insect specimens.

After being released, Ginya made

a dry laugh.

「Ahaha……

Sorry, sorry. It seems that I have made a mistake in recognizing which

direction it was facing. Since I made its form as minimalist as possible to not

waste any material, it has the drawback that it is difficult to tell which way

it’s pointing at.」(Ginya)

「 If you already noticed this, then fix it already…… 」 (Souma)

Or rather, if the front was this

strong, then wouldn’t if we stood in the back, we would have gotten sucked into

the machine and then expelled forward? Isn’t that a ‘human cannon’? How scary!

「So

sorry, Your Majesty. In any case, do you understand the power of this 『Susumu-kun

· Mark V 』?」(Ginya)

「…… Literally,

with my own body.」(Souma)

I sarcastically said so, but it was

certainly an amazing device. If it wasn’t fixed firmly to the floor, the device

itself might have been blown aw-…… Ah so, perhaps that’s why all the ones until

Mark Ⅳ had exploded or were

”blown away”? When I comprehended that curious tidbit, Ginya was in

high spirits and explained about the mechanisms of this device.

「This

ring part is made from a special metal inscribed with modified energy warding enchantments.

It has an interesting history, this enchantment was originally a failed product

based on the 『Magic Negating Enchantment』

used by the Imperial Magic Armored Corps. Since the 『Magic

Warding Enchantment』 only could ward off magic and couldn’t stop the

magic, even if the Magic Armor Corps were fine, the soldiers in the rear lines would

still be damaged, so that research was discontinued.

I then noticed this failed enchantment.

If it can ward off magic, then surely it must interfere with the movement of

mana. Then, since there is mana in the air and water, if we could give it a direction,

then we can make something to inhale and expel it out. If we could compress

that expelling power, then couldn’t we create a propulsion device? …… Or so I

thought.

To move the mana in the air and

water is almost synonymous with moving the air and water itself. And then, after

making so that device will inhale mana and expel it if the modified enchantment

inscribed into the metal ring was provided with energy, and thus, this 『Susumu-kun

· Mark V』 was completed.」 (Ginya)

「 ……」(Souma)

Ginya fluently explained it, but since

she mentioned enchantment magic, I couldn’t judge the veracity of her explanation.

Oh well, since the experiment happened like Ginya had explained, what she said

was correct……. perhaps.

「Do you

understand it, Liscia?」(Ginya)

「Not

at all.」(Liscia)

It appears that this is difficult