Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Volume 4 Chapter 3 Part5

Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Volume 4 Chapter 3 Part5

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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!



Ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ　ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ！



DISCLAIMER: There is no
guarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I was
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
kokeshi[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 ships 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 ship, 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 warship.」 (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
to understand even for the people of this world. Ginya then smiled wryly.



「Well
it’s enough if you can understand what I had said before, that one unit of this
could work like one thala.s.saur.」(Ginya)



「…… But,
isn’t this thing is unnecessary?」(Ludwin)



The one who asked this was Ludwin,
who was greatly confused.



「First
of all, in order to make one of this, don’t you need quite a lot of money?」 (Ludwin)



「Un ...... Yeah, at
least enough to care for ten thala.s.saurs for ten years……」(Ginya)



「Then,
if one unit only could do one thala.s.saur’s share of work, isn’t this just a
great waste of money? Furthermore, it looks like this can’t make tight turns like
the thala.s.saur can.」 (Ludwin)



「 Wh-what are you saying, Lu-nii! Don’t you understand
what this invention will bring?」(Ginya)



「 Bring? 」(Ludwin)



Ludwin tilted his neck in
confusion, but I was of the same opinion with Ginya in this matter.



「Indeed,
this is a great invention. Ludwin.」(Souma)



「Your
Majesty, too?」(Ludwin)



「Try
to think about it, if one unit has the same power as one thala.s.saur, then with a
simple calculation, if we could gather ten units, then they could give a power
equal to ten thala.s.saurs, right?」(Souma)



「!?
That is certainly……」 (Ludwin)



Ludwin didn’t seem to really understand
this invention, so I explained it in an easy to understand manner.



「Well
then, is it possible in reality to harness ten thala.s.saurs? Isn’t the case of
the battleship Alberto being drawn by two thala.s.saurs already a rare case?」(Souma)



「That
is .... Yes, indeed, that’s true. Even if we harnessed ten thala.s.saurs, it is
impossible for all of them to abide to the same order. Even in the whole world,
people can only harness three at best?」(Ludwin)



「In
other words, even if the turning radius of the ship is limited, this device is
able to move even larger ships than the present. For example…… Ah, that’s
right. Let’s try to construct a cargo ship with five of these installed on it.
There will be a revolution in the goods’ logistics.」 (Souma)



It would be possible to transport
a lot of goods on the sea at the same time. More than half of this country's
border faces the ocean. The construction of a new city as a hub for goods distribution
had also reached the final stage, and it would have a great impact if it could strengthen
our maritime transportation capacity.



「I-I
see……」(Ludwin)



Finally, it seemed that Ludwin
finally comprehended the amazingness of this invention. I then asked Ginya.



「You
said about sending energy a while ago, right? This is an amazing invention, but
what kind of the power source does it use?」(Souma)



Since I came to this world, not
to mention electricity, I had never even seen a single steam engine. A form of energy
that could move such a large mechanical device, was it magic power as I
expected?



「The
power source is built in, Your Majesty.」(Ginya)



Ginya said this as she took out a
lump-like thing from her white coat pocket and handed it to me. It was palm-sized,
but it felt a bit heavier than its appearance suggested (like when holding a
fishing sinker), and looked like a pure black cuboid crystal.



「This
is?」(Souma)



「A crystal
that is commonly called as a 『Curse Ore』.」 (Ginya)



「You
mean that Curse Ore?」(Liscia)



When Liscia heard Ginya’s answer,
she demonstrated a noticeably strong reaction to it.



「You
know about this, Lisden!?」[4](Souma)



「Who
are you calling Lisden? …… In this world, we also use magic for mining ores. The
mines are dug with Water Magic, the tunnels are hardened with Earth Magic, the stale
air is exchanged with Wind Magic, and the metals are dissolved with Fire Magic.
However, magic couldn’t be used in the area surrounding these Curse Ores for
some reason. Furthermore, if you keep using magic, then……」 (Liscia)



Liscia made a gesture of bringing
her hands together and then rapidly opening them while saying, 「Boom」.



「Explosion!?
Isn’t an explosion in a mine really bad?」(Souma)



「Enough
to make the miners weep. If they dug a mine and then struck upon this ore, they
couldn’t dig further anymore. In this world, magic is thought of as a blessing from
the G.o.ds and Spirits, so this ore that makes magic unusable is a "cursed stone"
that doesn’t receive the blessings from the G.o.ds and Spirits…… hence why this is
called a Curse Ore. What more troublesome, is that it can be taken in large
amounts from underneath Elfrieden Kingdom’s land.」(Liscia)



Liscia said this self-deprecatingly.
In the first place, Elfrieden Kingdom was a country with poor mineral
resources, but it looks like it wasn’t only due to its featureless terrain. So
there are still a lot of things that I don’t know…… While I was thinking about
such things, Ginya made a daring smile.



「Cursed
Ore? Don’t say such a foolish thing. Rather, the fact that there are tons of
this ore buried underground, this country can be said as truly blessed by the
G.o.ds! 」(Ginya)



Ginya said with an exaggerated
reaction.



「If
we see it without the veil of mystery of it, calling it cursed is a stupid
story. The Curse Ore doesn’t make it so that magic can’t be used, but it instead
absorbs that energy. Try to think about it. You can’t use magic near the Curse
Ore, and if you try to use it anyway, it will explode. Where did that explosion
energy come from? Wouldn’t you naturally think: “because the ore absorbed the
magic energy, if it pa.s.sed its tolerance levels, it will explode”?」(Ginya)



Umm…… So in other words, the
Curse Ore is like a rechargeable battery and absorbs magic energy. Then if it
is charged too much, it will explode…… Why I feel an uneasiness? I guessed that
perhaps this was because we were seeing such an unimaginable thing right now. Particularly,
something that could completely undermine the order of things in this world.



And then Ginya made an outrageous
remark.



「And so
I succeeded in extracting the absorbed magic energy from the Curse Ore and then
using it as a power source for this device.」 (Ginya)



「Wha-!?」 (Souma)



With just that one sentence, it
sent a chill down my spine. If this was true, then it was really similar to a
rechargeable battery! Although there were many things that I still couldn’t
understand, but I realized the importance of the Curse Ore and Ginya who uncovered
that secret. For this world that had neither electricity nor steam engines, if
we could acquire a technology that could "store energy" ahead of the other
countries, this country will make a great leap forward. Then being able to "surpa.s.s
the Empire” would no longer be a dream.



But, at the same time, I felt the
danger of this technology. First of all, the Curse Ore was wrapped in superst.i.tions.
If they knew about the research on the Cursed Ore that doesn’t receive the
blessing from the G.o.ds, the people of this superst.i.tion-infested world might end
up to harboring distrust towards us. If it was only domestic, then depending on
the citizens’ enlightenment in the future, we could do something about it.
However, for example, a religious state like the Lunaria Orthodox Empire would surely
turn into our enemy. For a country ruled by the religious doctrine, something
that destroys that doctrine, (even if it was just the superst.i.tions surrounding
it), would mean the decline of their authority and power. They surely wouldn’t
allow this to happen.



Also, even for a country with low
level of faith, if they knew about our possession of this technology, they
would certainly say 「hand over it」. From Liscia’s words, the Curse Ore itself seems to
be buried in substantial amounts underneath this country. In the worst case, all
the neighboring countries might commence a resource war. Even though I was finally
able to create a secret alliance with the Empire and got rid of the Amidonian
threat, this country will be destroyed if such a situation happens. While this
technology had the potential to make this country be the number one country on
this continent, it also had the danger of ruining this country completely.



「Ugh……」(Souma)



「H-hey,
Souma!? What happened!?」(Liscia)



I staggered and then Liscia
supported me.



「…… Sorry.
I felt unwell with my high risk, high return imagination.」 (Souma)



「Imagination?」(Liscia)



I then talked to Liscia and the
other two about what I had thought just now. Liscia and Ludwin’s faces went pale.
Just like me, they felt the same dread. However, only Ginya didn’t show any
concern at all.



「Why are
you so worried about that? Isn’t it fine if you completely research it before
being targeted by another country and then become strong enough, so that other
countries couldn’t interfere?」(Ginya)



「……
That’s too optimistic, but there is no other way than that. Even so, for this
matter, there is a need to make progress in absolute secrecy……」(Souma)



If that was the case, what became
the biggest problem was Ginya's personality. She was now this country’s top important
figure like Tomoe-chan. Even in the unlikely event that the imagined scenarios happened,
we needed to prevent her from escaping or from being kidnapped by another
country, And so, I wanted to entrust her with trustworthy people inside the
country. The person herself seems to have a one-track mind of researching, but
she is still a woman in her mid-twenties. I wanted to avoid the situation where
she was being courted by a n.o.bleman who knew her importance.



――― So, it came to
this. I looked at the ikemen Royal Knights Commander.



「……
Hey, Ludwin?」 (Souma)



「Yes?  What is it, Your Majesty?」(Ludwin)



「Do
you like Ginya?」 (Souma)



☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽






 
  
 









Souma’s imagined scenario reminded me of the
so called “Resource Curse” and the fact that most modern global conflict were
partly ‘fueled’ by the necessity for modern countries to secure enough resource
for their industrial and war machines.



NEXT: MECHAG.o.dZILLA!