My First Trip was to Another World

Work begins at dawn. We haven't decided on a room yet, so we're gathered in the room where we're based.

This time I came to this Elf country to do a metamagic investigation with McHaela. To do this, we need to make a ring of translation first.

I throw this round to Luna and Mr. Lily, so I'm free. Leeds was also driven out to help with that, and Claire seems to want to do research on the potion. I'm the only one who's free.

I don't have anything to do, so I guess I'll even make it smoked. Thanks to the ice room, the meat is ageing well. Let's make bacon.

Luna, I need some ingredients.

I spoke to Luna and began work.

Bacon can be salted, but it will take more than a week. Let's make some somule liquid this time. Well, even soaked in somule liquid is better for about seven days, but I don't care.

I miss the lack of garlic and soy sauce a little, but with the right spices, salt and sugar I can handle it.

Place the onions, appropriate spices, seasonings and water in an iron pan and leave them on fire. You should simmer for about half an hour.

"Hey, what are you doing?

Leeds seemed concerned and came here.

"I told you before, I'm ready to smoke. Tools and time made it difficult."

Even simple ingredients need at least a day to make smoked. Bacon to make this time takes about five days to include time to leave. Three days soaked in somule solution, half a day without salt, one night wind dry, half a day smoked, etc.

It was difficult without an ice room. Since it is hot and humid here, the material is likely to rot between marination and wind drying. Or so I said, there's not enough time to make it anywhere but here. Very good this time.

"Heh, smoked! I've never eaten."

"Hmm? Isn't that common? You could have bought a smoker for less, huh?

"Two gold coins aren't cheap... Besides, they sell smoke, but it's expensive."

The sense of money in this world is bad. I'm not sure. Two gold coins for one smoker, expensive if you ask me. But it's not an amount I can't buy.

However, smoking cannot be easily made without a refrigerator, so I can somehow understand that the product is expensive. If you add more salt, you can make it without a fridge, but the condiments are expensive. Maybe it's a rich hobby in this country.

"I see.

By the way, is the work good?

Leeds should have been helping make the ring. I wonder if I could be chatting here.

"It's okay. It's designed by Luna. I'm not good at it, so I'm free now."

Leeds says it's obvious. Leeds' main task is to create a base after the design is finished. We'll have to wait until the design is finished.

"Right. Okay, I need to ask you something, okay?

"Fine. What, three sizes?

Leeds holds his chest with both hands and says. I'm not interested...... nothing, but I'm not.

"No, look at this first"

I showed Leeds the gold I refined. It weighs about two large silver coins, but it's only about the size of a beeball. It's a small chunk of gold.

I don't want to make my magic bag fat, so I want to make something. Besides, it's too small for me to lose it.

"Clear! This is the one Konjo made last time."

"Right. Because I refined it, I want to make something. Any good ideas?

I have never dealt with gold materials, so I don't know how to use them. Honestly, I'm overwhelmed.

"Er... I'm not good at that. You're better at Kon or Lily, aren't you?

Speaking of which, I've never seen Leeds come up with a new proposal or anything. She's a weird kid, so I was hoping an idea wouldn't pop up without a thump.

Let's think while we chat. Work on bacon will also proceed.

Remove the meat from the ice chamber and cut about 2 kg. The meat I have now is green bull and regular bore meat. It's supposed to be made of pork belly, but Boa is good because it's like a boar. Almost a pig. No, it's no exaggeration to say it's a pig.

"Then I'll change the question. What's the use of money?

"Hmmm...... I've never used it either, but it looks like I'll stick it on top of silver and use it. And then stretch it thin and line it up."

Because it's a luxury material, or Leeds has never used it either. That's gold plating for a purpose. Or a gold wire.

Given the technical standards of this world, is it gold amalgam plated with mercury? I'm afraid of mercury poison, so I don't really want to do it.

"I see. As a magic trick, it's the same thing as silver."

"That's right. It's going to be better."

Will it just be more effective and efficient...... That's subtle material. I would have liked a more unique effect on gold.

I don't know if it's gold or something, but it's not an easy material to use.

I can't think of any use at all. I just want to avoid spoilage, but I don't know how to use it.

Luna sees me holding my head seriously.

"Mr. Coe, if you haven't decided on a use, could you let me use it for the ring?

Say it like Luna cut the numbness.

I wouldn't have a problem with it if I were to use it for a ring. Something went wrong originally. This might improve a little.

"Oh, I'll take care of it. I couldn't think of a use for it.

But is that all you need?

"It's not just... With this, you can make about 20 rings."

The ring was such a light object... No, I've never had a gold ring. Probably a light object.

And I realized that the problem had not been solved. Even if I give it to Luna now, there's still more than 70% left.

"It's time to go back to making magic props."

Leeds left that behind and went back with Luna. Seems like you've guessed it's time.

I'll concentrate on making bacon.

Next, the meat shall be treated under. I poked a metal fork in a chunk of meat and drilled a small hole. Next, slip in salt and spices.

Well, it's about time the somule fluid got cold. Before soaking, it must be replaced with another container. If you soak it in an iron pan and leave it alone, it will rust and become absurd.

By the way, did you buy pottery utensils? That's awkward... I don't remember buying it. There's nothing but iron pots and wooden vessels. I've prepared this far......

Arming himself in front of the pan, Luna brought the extra gold.

"Thank you for sharing"

When I saw the gold given to me by Luna, the gold balls were crushed and plated, with some cut off. It's the sex of a man that makes me think "it looks painful” or something.

Speaking of which, gold doesn't oxidize... And extends well. Could it be rust proof if it sticks to the inside of an iron pan?

"Oh, tell me whenever you need me"

"Thank you," Luna says, looking at the chunks of meat placed on the cooking table.

"... Smoking does that, doesn't it? Tell me more later."

Maybe Luna, who likes to cook, has pottery utensils. I guess I'll ask him no before I try plating.

"Oh, I'll tell you later. By the way, do you have any pottery utensils?

"No... you haven't bought it.

Doesn't Mr. Claire have it?

I knew it wasn't there.

Luna asks Claire. Claire had traveled alone for a while, so it's no surprise she had it.

"It's stained with the taste and smell of potion, okay?

Not good!

You're not going anywhere. It smells like fucking unsavory potion and nauseating grass. There's no way I can use it for food.

"That's not going to work anymore. Make it potion only."

"Do you really need it?

Luna asks worried.

The golden leaf paste is becoming more realistic. But I can't do amalgam plating. I wonder if I can do something with magic......

"No, I have an alternative.

I just want to ask you, what do you do when you paste the money?

"I have a special magic prop, so I'll use it. Mr. Lily has it."

Mercury, don't you need it? I'm worried about how it works, but if it's not chemical processing, it's safe. Let's sacrifice one skillet and get gold-plated.

"Well, can you lend me the ring when you're done"

"No, I'm not using it now, so it's okay."

"Aren't you going to use it for a ring?

"Gold is used mixed with silver. The magic props are different..."

The ring seems to be an alloy. And the alloy also seems to have a special magic prop. That's a pretty convenient world.

Rent magic props for plating and plating the inside of the skillet. It's a strange mechanism, but just roll something like a roller around and it gets thinly plated. I wonder if I can make this skillet into a demon prop like this. Sounds like you could do it. Let's add some features to the ice room.

That's about all I can do. Just a round copy from the running ice chamber. Temperature adjustment was applied to the handle of the skillet and the refrigeration skillet was completed. It's a grey thing that can be frozen. It also consumes less magic because of its low capacity.

It would be perfect if the magic bag functionality were attached to this, but this functionality is not yet attached to the ice chamber either. When the ice room is finished, we'll improve it.

By the way, I consumed about 30g of gold. About eight rings. I still have nearly half of it left.

The somule solution was transferred to the skillet and the meat was packed. I have quite a bit of extra somule liquid, but if I transfer it to a glass bottle, it will be fine.

When I realized, at some point, Luna and Lily watched the work from behind. Looks like Luna and Mr. Lily are free this time. Instead, Leeds seems busy working.

"Ko, what is this?

Lily looked at the lid (lid) of her golden skillet and said as she rounded her eyes.

"It rusts when it's iron, so I put gold on the iron to protect it. Then we added the function of the ice chamber."

"Isn't that too extravagant?

"It's a bit of a waste...... Was it supposed to be money?

Don't say that like, "Can't you take second place?" Gold was the best material in my hand.

"Even so, I can't believe there are other membranes that protect iron..."

Ah... Diamond (D) Lyke (L) Carbon (C)... Material used inside the pet bottle. This would have been enough if only to protect it. The ingredients are hydrogen and carbon, so you could have gotten the hang of it.

But that doesn't make it a magic prop. I guess that means O'Rei. I'll just strip the money off the skillet if I have to.

Leave the bacon for about three days and move on to the next process, which needs to be flipped about twice a day, but the basics are left alone. There is nothing in particular until the salt is drained. I wonder if I can smoke after that in about four days.

Finish making the ring and discuss room splitting. "We have a lot of rooms, so let's use them," he suggested, resulting in a division between the dining room, the bedroom and the working room. After all, I haven't assigned a personal room. I had trouble getting dressed, so I only made the bedroom the same as when I was in the inn.

Full investigation is after tomorrow. Bacon making also proceeds in parallel. When I'm done with bacon, I guess the ham's next. Let's look at Bacon's reputation before we think about it.