The Economics of Prophecy

"It's been tough. I like the dye though. I had to talk to the workshop where I was making ink and paint."

With all sorts of oils in his hands, "Good Morning," Vinaldia strained her chest. The twin tail of the blonde hair peels off. The cage placed next to her contains some dye-like objects.

"It'll help. I can't believe we got it, because it's like beeswax. After that, it's about the wool oil I asked Senior Dulgan for."

I can't use such high melting point oil that is solid at room temperature. And the wool oil Lanolin is another use. Maybe I can use edible oil, but I have no idea what it's like as a solvent. Alcohol is on top of the highest and also dissolves in water.

"So, which one do you use?

"I can't believe it, it's probably the cheapest thing"

"What are you doing?

"It feels like a test of how easy it is to dissolve in either water or oil..."

Since the impurities in the medium have been largely excluded, I would like to say that I have already dried them and finished them, but I have to examine one property in order to counteract the devil's guidance in my opinion.

I shaken a small glass bottle well with about 0.5cc of medium and 0.5cc of oil received from Vinaldia. And put it on the centrifuge. When the rotation stopped, the medium was separated into two layers below with oil on top. However, the oil, which was transparent, is stained green. Meanwhile, the heart green of the lower medium is diminishing.

"It's more inhibitory up there, more than double it."

"I knew it was fat-soluble..."

This means that the desired magic inhibitor [IG-1] is easier to dissolve in oil than water. I had some anticipation about this. It passes through the cell membrane and is secreted, so it can easily dissolve in oil.

Totally imaginary, but maybe it's a steroid-like substance.

"What do we do next?

"Dry this purified medium to drain water. And organic solvent.................. dissolve out with alcohol or oil"

Is what you're doing close to making lard oil? The red pigment capsaicin of chili pepper dissolves well in oil. So if you fry him in oil, capsaicin moves to oil. On the other hand, it hardly dissolves in water.

That's why I can't handle the spiciness of chili with water. To say it won't dissolve in water is to say it can't be washed away with water. Maybe, but if you drink distilled liquor straight or something, you can wash it away. Incidentally, whiskey and brandy amber are also easily soluble in alcohol, where the dye of the barrel tree is an organic solvent.

When part of the medium was placed in a test tube and water was flown over the fire, a green brown powder was obtained. I asked Fulsey to make sure she had a strong magic inhibitory effect on the powder. Naturally, a cup of coffee was concentrated in a small amount of powder.

Of course, this contains a large number of substances other than [IG-1]. For example, salt in a medium.

Until now, even amateurs have some idea. Simply because it's a physical operation of removing debris from the medium. But the next step is chemistry. Honestly, I'm not sure. For example, saying it is highly fat-soluble is preferentially extracted if the powder is dissolved in an organic solvent. In other words, it can be expected that [IG-1] can be separated from substances with low fat solubility for further purification.

But I don't see what kind of procedure would be good when I think about yield or anything else. But there are experts here.

"That's why I'd expect a dye expert..."

"It's a good policy to extract as much green as possible."

The boulder Vinaldia seems to understand. Whether the dye is soluble in water is a big problem. Or it doesn't dye when it's dissolved in water. When I wash it, the colors fall out, and it just rains and it's going to be a big deal.

"Yeah, maybe that green hit it. Even if not, if the curator measures it, he'll know."

"I adjust with wood ash liquid, depending on the color. Sometimes when you do something like that, the color changes?

Vinaldia said. Mmm, does the solubility change with a paher or something?

"No problem. That too..."

"If only I could measure it."

Fulsey said. Yes, we can test many conditions in parallel with the manipulation of trace samples by pipettes, and non-destructive measurements by magic can tell the dynamics of the target substance. Even in the past life, we have to use machines like Un Ten Million.

"Okay. I'll try."

Pass the powder and Noel's special pipette to Vinaldia. Vinaldia had a strange look when she heard how to use the pipette. The first thing she did was adjust the supernatant of the wood ash boiled water she brought with her with the blue dye she brought as well.

When Vinaldia manipulated the pipette several times, she saw the producer of the tool. Noel becomes a troubled face.

"... I think we should give up. I thought it was made of pure gold. The chip you just removed. Five gold coins at a time. Just the cost of materials."

"That's what Vinder's case is about."

Vinaldia cautiously re-held the pipette as she sighed.

"What are you talking about, Vinder?"

………… …………

Regardless of what my words only produced silence, after this it was the private altar of Vinaldia. The greenished powder is adjusted with wood ash and acid liquid to be judged by color, and the applied green liquid is tested by Fulsey. That repetition.

You should have asked for this from the medium stage. From what I've seen, it's probably adjusted to a paher where the greens dissolve well and neutralize after melting. And they do things like dissolve in solvents.

"... done."

The glass bottle offered by Vinaldia glowed in a beautiful emerald color. Fulsey nods.

"Then we'll do a rigorous measure of effectiveness."

Fulsey said by shaking the stock solution of [IG-1]. Incidentally, the definition of stock solution was that one litre of the culture solution was eventually dissolved in 10 cc.

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A 2x4 spot (black dot) appeared, except for the glass plate placed on the Sensory Demon paper. Four of the top rows diluted existing black magic inhibitors into stock solution, 10-fold, 100-fold, and 1000-fold. Below is the same dilution of the newly obtained green magic inhibitor [IG-1].

Of the eight spots, the rightmost row is black, both up and down. In other words, it completely inhibits the trace amount of magic that Fulsey poured. There is no difference in effect. But......

As it dilutes, I see the difference to cruelty. Existing magic inhibitors start to already diminish at 10x, and are gray at 100x and dark enough to manage to confirm at 100x, whereas [IG-1] is black even at 100x. 1000x dilutions also show as much concentration as 10x dilutions of existing magic inhibitors.

"You can't compare."

"It's nearly a hundred times more effective."

"Besides, you can make as much as you want... Now you're not a magician."

"Because you're a civilian. It's rarer for civilians to possess magical qualities."

"Not like the civilians I know."

"Until you graduate, keep the civilians close to each other."

I cut back on Noel's words. Originally it is decided to talk like an episcopal if you can take an apprenticeship from an aristocrat. In other words, in Noel's case, it would be the country that would have trouble if it were not tied to the country by the title anymore.

"I don't understand half of what just happened, though. This is a hell of a thing."

"Right. Let me tell you something, this recipe is not off-putting."

"I know. Even the extraction of new colors will be out of the door..."

Vinaldia trembled. This led to another increase in the number of officials of state secrets. I want you to resent the Empire.

"Why are you looking at me like everyone else? You're the most dangerous. If I were an empire, I'd be after you first."

I said that Vinaldia wasn't even on edge.

"[IG-1] borrowed what the bacteria had made of their own accord, and it would be impossible to experiment in the first place without the curator's sensory demon paper. Without Vinaldia's technology, you wouldn't have been able to take it out in a beautiful way so far. I can't do anything alone."

I just had a previous life's knowledge. I do feel a little overdone this time, but it's totally true that I can't help myself. Aside from the members here, everyone in the Central Garden is working together.

"I can't fit in. Now that the magic inhibitors are working, shall we put our hands on the red soil next? Surely the curator would have been more interested."

"That's right! I saw this and forgot."

"Oh, using [IG-1] will improve the sensitivity of the antenna."

"... that's not what I'm talking about"

"I expect that, too. Measurement is everything."

Measurement is, in short, information-gathering. Even if it looks plain, its accuracy changes the time, cost and effort to substantiate the hypothesis single-digit.

"If you forgot, this is a countermeasure to the Imperial guidance in the first place."

"Don't forget that."

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"Cohon. Do you paint this on your shield?

"... that's the simplest way to use it, though. I'm thinking a little more elaborate."

Fortunately [IG-1] is fat-soluble. Likely to be used for my intended purpose. However, a number of tests need to be performed in order to do this.

"Maybe it has something to do with something like that cream?

You noticed my gaze, and Vinaldia saw a bottle with a milky semi-solid. It's the oil I got from the wool I asked Dalgan to get.

"That's sharp. But this is an ointment material for the treatment of prisoners. You're going to have to help the prisoners who are suffering from the side effects of the magic guide carved into their bodies. It's cruel to cut off your arm."

Fats that could be removed from wool were also utilized for cosmetic creams and the like in previous life. Mix [IG-1] with this natural ointment and use. Without fear of misunderstandings, is it close to steroid treatment for skin diseases?

It's only a humanitarian measure. Let me check the concentration of [IG-1] I need at that time and so on, but I can't help it because it's only for treatment.

Whoa, we need to pre-test about a patch test (contact skin diagnosis). If you can't believe you used poison on a human opponent, your post-war relationship becomes more difficult.