Magi Craft Meister

December 2.

Jen asked Christoph what he was going to do about getting on and off.

"Well, as far as I'm concerned, I was hoping I could use the ladder."

After all, Jen thought. Then, loading and unloading of luggage is a hassle.

"I think we should get some tarrap."

"Tallap?"

"Oh, Tallap is..."

And Jen explained Tallap.

"I see, the port where the luggage is handled has sturdy things to prepare and cross over to the ship. Have a foldable item on the ship for personnel to use?"

This was immediately authorised at Christoph's discretion for those preparing for the port.

Those loaded on the ship will be considered at the time of confirmation of the final outfit.

The remaining problem is navigation.

Jen decided to discuss this with Christoph as well.

"Hmm, so how do we know where we are?"

On the sea with no landmarks or anything, how do I do it? Christophe could have imagined too.

"... that's hard"

In the meantime, I'm not going to be offshore enough to lose sight of land for the time being, Christoph said.

In other words, they intend to constantly see land and navigate along the coastline.

"That would be nice, but what if they flushed it, fogged it out, and at night you couldn't see the land?

"Uhm......"

Christophe got stuck with Jen's question.

"Okay. Let's have a meeting first thing this afternoon."

In the morning, the ship should finish 90% of the time, so we're going to get some time in the afternoon, Christoph said.

Jen also said that he would put his thoughts together by then, and left the place behind.

"Well, a prototype of an azimuthal magnet..."

Jen decided to go with the simplest experiment and instructed the old man to prepare for it.

As planned, 90% of the ship's work proceeded, and the faces after lunch were summoned to the conference room at the beginning of the afternoon.

On that occasion, Christoph explained what Jen had proposed in the morning.

"I see, Tarap..."

"You need to install it in the harbor. It would be convenient to have it on board."

All of these people recognized the need right away, so they decided to add it unanimously.

The problem is navigation.

"… first, think about what to do if it's all around the ocean and you don't know which way to go"

Jen made such a suggestion to arouse the imagination.

"Hmmm..."

"I can see the sun during the day..."

Claire blocked the words of Magic Engineer Zeneros.

"You're an idiot. What if it's cloudy or foggy?

"Gu, mu..."

"Do you see the stars at night?

The Claire said something quite sharp.

"I heard there's a star in the northern sky that doesn't reposition all night, and it's called the North Star."

Even in this world, there are people interested in the stars, and they seem to be finding the North Star.

"If I could figure that out, it would be a guide to knowing the direction. If you're on the south coast, head north and you'll hit land."

To Christoph's words, they all nodded.

"But if it's cloudy at night, you can't see the stars, so what if it does?

"Sure.... Anytime, anywhere, I wonder if there's any kind of magic gear that would give us directions?

Jen reacted quickly when she heard the words.

"Yes, I do."

"Huh?"

Everyone... Elsa and Reinhardt would know... but they stared at Jen at the same time.

"Orientation magnet,"

"What the hell is that?

"Magnets? Stick to iron, is that it?

Claire, Rodrigo and Couvert don't seem to know the magnets. Meanwhile, Christoph and Zenellos seem to know about it as much as it exists.

"Anything, I hear there's a stone trying to stick only to the iron."

What Christoph is talking about is probably a magnet mine. It is a type of iron ore produced as a natural magnet.

"That's it. Here's a powerful magnet."

From his pocket, Jen took out a rod-shaped magnet made in Penglai. Made from the addition of nickel, aluminium and copper to iron, of a material close to MK magnet steel.

This is the only magnetic steel Jen knew, not even Arnico magnets and rare earth magnets, but this is powerful enough.

"Now you rub a steel needle and stab it in the leaves and float it in the water."

It is a magnet experiment, sometimes done in elementary schools. Originally, the sewing needle was stabbed on a piece of paper and floated in the water, but since there was no paper, it was stabbed in the dead leaves.

"Hmm...... ho!

The floating needle stopped pointing north and south. Even if you change your orientation, you always end up referring to the North and the South.

"I didn't know this nature was in magnets... Lord Jin, how do you know this?

Christophe looks surprised.

If he does, he probably doesn't get much science education from the mentor. Probably because the practice is busy.

"This is science. I was taught by my teacher. Let me keep your teacher's name."

Since it was a hassle later, Jen accompanied him with a word not to be pursued.

"Ugh, if you apply this, you mean you'll know the direction, anytime, anywhere!

A delightful colour shot into Christoph's face. You must have noticed that this can be used not only at sea, but also on land.

"But, as you know, you can be drawn to iron, so if you have iron nearby, it won't be accurate."

"Um, sure. But we don't use any iron parts for this new shipbuilding, so we're good."

Because iron is rust-prone, this time it used a lot of bronze and light silver. Of course, on the first day, Jen left it alone through Reinhardt.

"Float it in oil, not water, and the needle won't rust either"

"Keep it sealed with clear crystals or something, and you won't have to spill any oil if the ship shakes."

"I wish I could make it bigger and easier to see"

I got a lot of opinions, etc.

So Tarap was to be produced by Reinhardt and Elsa, and the azimuthal magnet by Jen, respectively, and the meeting ended.

We still have time, so we headed to finish the ship except Jen, Reinhardt and Elsa.

"Reiko, help me"

"Yes, Father."

Reiko, who looked sideways at Elsa staring at Jen like she said something, quickly followed Jen out of the room.

……

Reinhardt comforts Elsa, who has no heart or grump.

"Elsa, don't bake rice cakes on Laeko."

"No, I'm not baking..."

Elsa hurries to put her hand on her cheek.

"It's not convincing to deny it while blushing."

"Ah, uh..."

Reinhardt hangs words of comfort smiling at Elsa like that.

"If you try gin, you're indulging in work because you can't even stick around because you're in an environment like this."

"Beh, it's sticky..."

But it's getting more and more red, Elsa.

"Ha, bad. What I'm trying to say is that Jin will miss you, too. It's about time we took our time to talk. Besides, Jin wouldn't do that in public, would he?

"... yeah, sure"

"I know you want to finish the ship early and be released. I haven't even seen Belle in a while."

"... Brother Rai, ruined at the end"