Kousuke decided to leave the big problems to the country and the Crown, and returned to the management layer once.
When he received two requests, he came up with several magic tools, so he decided to try making them.
“So? What are you going to make?”
Before heading to the laboratory, Shurein asked him that, but Kousuke smiled.
“That’s still a secret. I don’t even know if it will work well yet.”
“I see. Well, then, I’ll look forward to seeing what you can do.”
Shurein wasn’t particularly desperate to know, so she easily backed down.
“That’s right. Let’s leave it at that.”
Shurein, looking at Kousuke’s face as he said that, predicted with his confident expression that he would be able to see the finished product soon.
And his prediction was not wrong. Three days later, Kousuke was holding two magic tools with a smile on his face.
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“So? What kind of tools did you make this time?”
Shurein asked Kousuke, who immediately showed her the tools he had made.
In front of her were a ball-like object the size of a fist and a box with two strangely shaped boards attached.
“Well, I’ll explain this one first.”
Kousuke said so as he lifted the spherical object.
“Well, it’s not a difficult way to use it… Can you cover your ears for a moment?”
“My ears?”
Shurein tilted her head, but as Kousuke told her, she covered her ears with both hands.
Kouhi and Mitsuki, who were watching Kousuke, also covered their ears in the same way.
They had been made to repeat the same thing many times while Kousuke was making prototypes, so they understood what was about to happen.
Kousuke, confirming that Shurein had covered her ears, clicked a button on the sphere he was holding and tossed it a short distance away.
A few seconds later, a loud noise could be heard from the sphere.
The sound was so loud that even Shurein, who had covered her ears, winced.
“Is this… a wolf’s howl?”
As Shurein said, sounds of “wan wan” were repeating from the sphere for a certain period of time.
Kousuke nodded at Shurein’s words, went to the sphere, collected it, and immediately turned off the sound.
“That’s what it is.”
“…So? What is this used for?”
“Huh? You don’t know?”
Kousuke looked at Shurein, who was holding the sphere and tilting her head, with a genuinely puzzled expression.
Shurein thought for a moment, then shook her head left and right as if giving up.
“…I’m sorry, but I have no idea.”
“Is that so…”
At her answer, Kousuke’s shoulders slumped.
In fact, when he completed it in the laboratory, he had asked Kouhi and Mitsuki, but they both didn’t know.
Magic tools whose use is not immediately understood are difficult to sell, and are therefore not considered good items.
Of course, they can be sold if they become widespread.
However, this requires effort such as advertising, so tools that do not require such extra work are preferred.
Kousuke, his shoulders slumped, quickly pulled himself together and explained the use to Shurein.
“For example, what do you think would happen if you threw this into a Big Mouth’s nest?”
When explained like that, Shurein finally understood how to use this magic tool.
“…I see. You scare away monsters with sound.”
“Or, you can drive away approaching monsters with this sound. Well, conversely, it might attract them, so you have to be careful how you use it.”
“Indeed, that’s true.”
Some monsters attack based on sound, and if you misuse it, as Kousuke said, it could end up attracting them.
Since there are no such monsters on the fifth floor, he made it thinking it could be used as a pest control measure.
Shurein took the sphere from Kousuke and rolled it around in her hand, her expression becoming serious.
“Can you make a few of these? I want to take them to the village and investigate if they can be used effectively.”
“In the Vampire village? I’d be happy to, but is that okay?”
Kousuke was very grateful because if the subjects who investigated how to use it increased, he might discover other uses.
The mechanism itself is a simple magic tool, so making multiple items is not a big chore.
“Yes. It seems like someone will come up with an interesting way to use it, especially someone like Igirid.”
“Ah~, that might be true.”
Kousuke recalled Igirid, who had a distinctive appearance, and smiled happily.
They were impactful in many ways, but as Shurein said, he felt they might come up with uses that he himself could not imagine.
This was true not only for Igirid but also for the Vampires.
Kousuke quickly calculated in his mind how many of these magic tools he could make.
“…I think I can give you about five by tomorrow?”
“Hmm, that’s right. That should be enough for the initial investigation.”
Any more than that would be a number that would feel wrong to ask for free under the guise of “investigation purposes.”
Shurein nodded with satisfaction at the reasonable number.
Shurein, having promised Kousuke to borrow the magic tool, turned her gaze to the other magic tool.
“So, what is this box with the peculiar boards attached?”
“Peculiar boards… No, if you’ve never seen them before, I guess it’s understandable.”
Kousuke gave a bitter smile at Shurein’s words.
The boards she called peculiar had a shape similar to what Kousuke remembered as “skis.”
To someone who doesn’t know what it’s used for, the boards with their curved tips could be considered strange.
Furthermore, because of that, one could not imagine how to use the box with the boards attached.
It’s the same as someone seeing skis for the first time and not knowing they are tools for sliding down snowy mountains.
With this tool as well, if the magic tool is activated, its use will be understood immediately.
To Shurein, who was still tilting her head, Kousuke demonstrated its use with the magic tool.
That is, he simply placed the tool on the floor, activated it, and then pulled it.
“…So, like this, it’s a magic tool that can transport heavy objects by putting them in or on the box.”
“Ho! …I see. This board part becomes slippery?”
“Yes. It reduces friction with the ground, making it easier to carry.”
At first, he tried to make it so that it would float just a little, but since that didn’t seem easy, he chose a method to reduce resistance.
Specifically, he attached something like ice under the skis to make them slippery.
Using this magic tool, although there are limits, it can carry quite heavy objects.
Although it’s a simple magic tool, it would be useful for carrying luggage in narrow alleys.
This was also a magic tool he thought of when he received the request.
There were other magic tools he thought of while receiving requests, but only these two were practical.
Even if an idea seems good at the time of conception, it often doesn’t work out when trying to create it, so Kousuke considered this a sufficient result for this time.
I made two magic tools.
One is a bear-repellent bell, and the other is a sled lol.
The sound is intended to startle monsters with a loud noise, rather than drive them away with wolf howls.
The sled can be slid on the ground.
…I didn’t think of it when I was writing the text, but it seems like it could also be used as a child’s toy.
Although it’s expensive as a toy lol.
