Ivy, who was washing my feet and wiping them with a cloth, was also surprised, stopped, and looked up.
“Like this, you can light it and make it into a lamp.”
“It’s like oil isn’t it,…… and, very long.”
“Yes, it’s much brighter and lasts much longer than wax or oil.”
“A-amazing. ……”
“Not only that–Apophis.”
I called out Apophis.
Calling Apophis in the form of a wand, and pouring Apophis poison on the candlestick, which had finally burned out.
Then, I put another drop of magic power on the candlestick.
After the Apophis poison and the magic drop were mixed, I stirred the mixture with a twig-sized stick.
Soon, a thin thread-like substance formed from the transparent drop of magic.
While stirring in a circular motion, I scooped up the thread.
I showed it to Peiyu and Ivy, who had completely stopped working.
“I can make something like this.”
“Is this ……?”
“It’s a kind of thread. It’s not flammable like regular yarn, and it’s impervious to water.”
“Haah, …….”
“So you can make clothes that don’t burn easily and don’t get wet in the rain.”
I explained the end of the thread to them, who didn’t seem to understand it at the moment.
“Wow, that’s amazing!
Can you make something like that?
They were amazed and marveled.
There are many other uses,” he said. We are still exploring them. For the time being, it will most likely be used to make potions.
‘Exploring …… is what your master is researching?
Yes.
“Wow, you do your own research.
I’m not a scholar or anything like that. ……
While receiving the goodwill of the two, I looked again at the drops of magic power I was holding.
The Dragon’s Vein activation was successful in condensing the drops of magic power.
Also, since Peiyu and Ivy were hit by it, it’s clear that the magic power output by Saraluria’s dragon vein is more highly concentrated and pure than that of Almeria’s.
The higher the purity, the better this drop of magic power.
Now that the trial extraction was successful, we need to think about a mass production system.
That would require a considerable investment.
Now, will the treasury have enough ……?
At worst, even if we have to requisition it, this is our priority.
{My Lord, an emergency has arisen.}
“Livyathan? What is this emergency?”
I raised my eyebrows and asked Livyathan.
It was unusual for Livyathan to say something like this.
{The dragon vein has burst.}
“What!?”
I stood up unintentionally at the unmitigated emergency.
Ivy, who was washing my feet, got splashed with water, but it wasn’t important.
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Leaving the two women behind, I returned to what should have been a successful activation.
As the full moon was sinking into the horizon, I saw the Dragon’s veins, broken here and there, leaking out a desperate light.
“What is the meaning of this, Leviathan?”
{May I deduce}
“Speak.”
{By Your Will ……, the dragon vein in this land has been cut off for many years, and no magic has passed through it.}
“Yeah.”
{The Lord reconnected it there. But the vein itself had already deteriorated because it had been without magic for so many years.}
“……, if a house is left unoccupied, it deteriorates at an accelerated rate, it is just like that, huh.”
{The essence is the same.}
“Hmm,…….”
I nodded.
“So you’re saying that you reconnected the battered pipes, but they were already unable to withstand the flow.”
{You got the point, as expected, my Lord.}
“It was fine in Almeria. …… Ah, no. The purity of the magic here is much better than in Almeria, and if anything, it’s more potent.”
{…….}
Livyathan didn’t answer, but the silent hints conveyed a feeling of agreement and admiration.
It’s giving a hint, so to speak. Then, unlike Almeria, it is possible to guess the reason why it happened.
“I understand the cause. So what should we do? Is it possible to reconnect them?”
{It needs a sacrifice– a human sacrifice.}
“I see.”
I thought about it for a while.
“Are there any requirements for a person to be sacrificed?”
{Only that the human being must be in good health at the moment of the sacrifice.}
“Then let’s use a death-row prisoner. There must have been a man who will be executed with his family in succession. In exchange for the family’s life, he would give his life.”
{Sasuga my Lord. A decision worthy of the Emperor.}
“Any other precautions?”
“There should be no impurity. For three days before the sacrifice, he must be cleansed and forbidden to eat. And then…”
Leviathan explained everything to me, but beyond that, it was all trivial.
A Sacrifice huh…….
I don’t care – I can’t say that.
Still, the activation of the Dragon’s vein, the magic power drops…
If one considers the development of the Empire of the Dawn, which mass-produced them.
Even if it was a sinful deed, I thought that the Emperor, I had no other choice but to bear it.