Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki
Prologue: day before departure
At the end of the wedding, I was officially married to Lucier and Ku.
It's been a night but I have plenty of energy. I feel like I can do anything right now.
"Nevertheless, you had fun yesterday"
At the banquet after the ceremony, Yukinos performed songs and dances.
My cheeks naturally burst when I looked at the three of them very cute.
While the three of them were dancing, there were some happenings where reason blew up and seized the unreachable things they tried to intrude into, but in the midst of the grand festivities, the three "Yoko hooku" were over.
Ku Oh, my God, when I saw "Yoko Fuku," I blushed and leaned down, puffy trembling.
"I'm so glad you sang such an embarrassing song for me, those kids,...... But the old wounds hurt."
What a moving tear I was spilling. Next to that, me and Lucier were very pleased to be able to indulge in the swinging tails of the three sisters.
There were other performances by Elf's Connay, curvy shootings by the hunters, and for some reason, the jitters jumped in to show off their tricks, which continued to thrive until dawn.
"Dear Brother Cyril, you can do this"
A silver firefox Yukino asks me about yesterday.
Now we're on the opposite side of the blast furnace for iron production that Asur and the others showed us, another furnace... we were at the Cokes furnace.
I haven't shown this one to the Asurs, and I'm not going to show it again in the future.
If it were tomorrow, I would be leaving for Erin, so I was going to teach the answering machine how to handle this cokes furnace before I left.
"Yeah, that's just about as much fire. I hope you don't mind... Nair, make the wind a little stronger"
"Ha, yes, Master Cyril"
Nair, the elf girl, was surprised by my voice but strengthened by the wind.
This causes the wind to circulate to the cokes furnace. Only Conna's sister has a very similar personality.
"Brother Cyril, there's only coal, but what are you making?
Yukino asks without loosening the fire.
"This is a furnace for turning coal into something called a coke. When we make iron, when we use coal as it is, we lose our firepower, we lose a lot of waste, and we lose the iron quality. So coal has to be removed from impurities before it can be used. That's what I call a coke for removing impurities, and I make it."
Coal contains sulphur, coltar, pitch, etc., especially sulphur, which makes iron brittle.
That's why we have to get rid of it beforehand.
To this end, it shall be steamed for several tens of minutes at a high temperature of 1300°C or more.
That separates impurities from coal. Furthermore, following this process even has the effect of allowing combustion at higher temperatures than coal.
Normally, it would be stupid to use coal to process coal, which is fuel, but Elsier has a fire fox. With their help, the fuel issue is clear.
In addition, heat is evenly heated by blowing air with the help of an elf to obtain a strong coke.
"Brother Cyril, why are you making this? When we make iron, the Yukinos can make it without it."
"Right, we're not making this coke for our own use. I'll sell it to Erin. It's Elsier's specialty."
Even coal can make iron. However, it is more efficient to use cokes and still make high quality iron. Definitely the product Erin wants.
Moreover, it takes time to realize on its own the process of coking coal, and there will be no decades of equipment to coke it efficiently. In the meantime it will be an important source of funding for Elsier.
"There's more, look at this"
I removed the sulfur from the indentations I had made at the Cokes furnace.
This coke furnace has a trick and is designed to keep together impurities that occurred when the coke was made.
"Brother Cyril, what is this?
"Sulphur, gunpowder."
"Gunpowder is the same guy Brother Cyril used last time?
"Yes. As I make the cokes, there's plenty of this, I can take it. Weapons can be replenished as you make money. Wouldn't that be nice?
"Yeah, Yukino, too, I don't think there's any waste"
I've been making gunpowder from extraction from animal carcasses and sulfur for accessories I sell to Erin, but from now on I can secure more and more sulfur in this cokes furnace.
As for the procurement of coal, I consulted the five chiefs who are in Bel Elsier, and one of the five chiefs said that burning stones could be mined near the village where he was, so I asked the inhabitants of Bel Elsier to mine them.
I can tell Erin that I was lucky to get coal without purchasing it at Erin because I am going to sell Cokes as a high quality coal, not a processed product of coal. Exactly, if you buy a lot of coal in Erin, you'll be suspicious.
"Dear Brother Cyril, it's sloppy. I promised Erin people I'd teach them about iron."
"I'm keeping my word. It's just that there was another way to make it better."
Even if it stays coal, things that perform better than those of the Empire can be made properly. It's not a lie there.
It just left room for us to make money there.
"Brother Cyril, I can do it"
"Which one, yeah, well done"
The work of the Yukinos had turned the coal into a black coke.
I try to touch the heat after it cools, but no impurities, it had a good finish.
"I'll leave this coke furnace to Yukino while I'm gone. From now on, more and more coal will be transported from Bel Elsier, so Yukino is to work with all of the elves to make it as coke as possible and keep the sulphur buildup. Can you do that?
"Yeah, Brother Cyril, I'll take care of it."
"Thank you Yukino. I'm sorry for asking Yukino to do so many things."
Training as a member of Iraqsa, housework and village chief's house, taking care of goats, plus this coke furnace job.
It's a lot of work to leave to a twelve-year-old girl. But we have to rely on the power of the silver fire fox, which has a special power among the fire foxes.
"I don't mind. Yukino is happy to count on Brother Cyril. I'll do a lot of good work, so praise me a lot when I get back. I'll be glad to hear Yukino's favor later."
"Of course, I'll do anything I can."
"Then let Brother Cyril, Yukino have Brother Cyril's child"
"... else"
"Brother Cyril's liar"
One day, I'll have to give Yukino a proper sex education. Ku and Lucier run away, so I guess I'll ask around Lela, Ku's master, and I'll have plenty of experience.
"Set that aside and give Yukino a gift before you leave. All this time, I haven't rewarded you for your hard work during the war against the Empire. I'm glad you like it."
I promised to give you a reward for Yukino, who put out the fever and worked hard until he fell.
I was asking Yukino what he wanted, but he didn't respond, so he was falling behind.
So I decided to give you a present in my presence.
Classy chic hued skin choker with ruby-like red gems on the front. Wrap it around Yukino's white, thin neck.
On silver hair and fox ears, the chic choker looked quite good.
"Thank you, Brother Cyril! Hey, can I go outside?
"How did you get outside?
"Yukino, it's wrapped around my neck, so I can't see it for myself. Get in the water and watch the choker."
"I guess I should just take it off."
"Brother Cyril put it on me, but I would never, ever take it off before I saw it"
Yukino is stubborn in weird places.
"I have a hand mirror, so use it"
I take the folding mirror out of my pocket.
I liked the mirror I had in my room the other day, so when it came to Erin, I was going to hand it to her as a gift for the other day.
Yukino lays his neck in the mirror with his eyes shining. When I saw the red gem, my silver ears pinned and my tail swayed.
"Beautiful. Brother Cyril, I will always, always take care of you"
"I'm glad you did."
Yukino lovingly stroked the choker, then put the mirror on his desk, and then he hugged me.
I'm glad my sister is happy for me.
"That choker has magic on him, and only once, no matter how far away he is, does he get Yukino's voice. I want Yukino to hold onto that neck jewel and call my name when he works hard, hard and really can't."
"Just once?
"Yeah, I can only use it once because if I use it once, I can crush the gem"
"Yukino, never use"
Yukino gets away from me and covers the choker with his hands to protect him from something he can't see. Are you on guard? My fox ear was moving tingly.
I smiled and my cheeks loosened.
"You have to use it when you need it. Call me when you really need me."
"... at all?
"Yeah, absolutely. Because I'll run for Yukino no matter how far away."
"Okay. When Yukino is really useless, I call him. Make Yukino stronger so he doesn't"
Yukino was burning his motivation thinking that if he was strong, he wouldn't have to call me, he wouldn't break the choker.
"... about Yukino. What worries me is trying too hard."
I laughed bitterly and blurred.
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The cokes furnace lecture ended in the morning.
And I walked into the old workshop. I was calling Ku, and there we were alone.
"Ku, I'm sorry. Call it in."
Cyril, you can't do this.
Ku revealed his vigilance and drew more distance from me than usual.
"I ask you once, what can't be done?
"Eh. This is an important time."
Kuw began to refuse to act at night after she became pregnant. You seem to be afraid of the negative effects on your child.
"... I don't mean to."
"Really? Because that's what you do when you're always called here"
"Sure it is, though."
I can't even motivate the couple with Ku in the house with Lucier, or the village chief's house where someone is at all times, or the workshop where the fire fox is.
So that's inevitably what I was doing in the old workshop I was using for storage.
"I care about my kids, too. I wouldn't force you to do that."
"Cyril, I'm sorry I doubted you"
"You don't have to apologize. My daily behavior is bad."
Ku has a lot of selfishness to ask. Stick around, Ku is often cute and runs wild.
"Why did you call me here?
"I thought I'd tell you about my two kids."
I stare at Ku's face with a serious look.
"Ku, I have the skill to use my hands before I'm born to turn a child into a genius."
In a fetal state, if you continue to give a specific wavelength, your indications regarding magic are increased.
Incorrect additions and subtractions can cause disability and lead to death, but I don't do that.
Magic is the power of thought. It fulfils some unconscious aspirations. Very slight, but I can't fool around with that pile.
Everyone instinctively wants to be beautiful, smart, strong. The wish is reflected only slightly.
Speaking of polarity, those with higher magic are superior in appearance, good head rotation, and superior in physical ability compared to others. I, Lucier, Ku, and Yukino don't leak into that example.
That's more effective the younger you are. As long as we increase our adaptation to magic at the fetal stage, we will have a genius child known as the public.
In my past, the country ordered me to do the research. I have established the method after decades and over a thousand sacrifices.
"Cyril, that's not a natural way, is it?
"That's right. It's a magical technique. You can twist and bend in magic and give birth in an unnatural way."
"... it's dangerous, isn't it?"
"I won't deny it's dangerous sorcery. Failure may result in disability or miscarriage. But I will never fail. I want you to believe me there."
"I don't like it. I can love a child born normal, no, even a child inferior to a person. I don't wanna do that."
"Right. I agree."
I'd love it if my kids were good. But it's not like I can't love you unless you're good. I would like it to be born in a natural way.
"Then how did you come up with this?
"To make our kids happy. Sure, we can love any child we have. But if a normal kid was born between us, I'm sure it would be hard. I can really compare you to us."
"Sure, it could be"
Me and Ku, we're both a race called geniuses, and we're celebrities. What's the matter? The baby will be compared to us.
Some of me in the past have had experience raising children, but there were also a few children who were squashed in the gap with too great a parent.
"There's more, it's our kid. You probably won't be able to live in peace."
My child, that's the only thing that always puts me in danger. They'll be targeted as hostages, and if they grow up, they could take it up as a new head.
"Well, why don't we protect you?"
"Of course, I'm going to. I'll protect the kid. It also creates an environment where you can grow up in peace. But, Ku. We protect our children, we die before they do."
"... eh"
Ku was stuck in words.
"Ku, I'll tell you what I think. It's unfortunate that our child can be born as a normal child, and it's dangerous that we don't have the power to protect ourselves. So I want to make sure that a strong child is born"
"... I, I, I, no"
Ku's heart is shaking.
I want to love a child who has but is born as it is. Mothers deserve emotions.
"Ku, it's Ku who gives birth to a stomachache. So, I don't impose. If you say you don't like Qu, stop. On top of that, what do you want to do with Ku?
"Wow, I..."
Kuw breathes heavily. And I opened my mouth ready.
"I give birth to a strong child. Like being able to protect ourselves even when we're gone. So, please cooperate. Cyril."
"Thank you for your decision. Use magic before you leave."
"It's okay, isn't it?
"Yeah, trust me"
I nodded and started getting ready for magic.
[Roundabout Regression] and call Shjina.
Without as much sorcery control as Szyna, this sorcery cannot be achieved.
With more concentration than usual, I was practicing my magic.