Volume 6, Chapter 25 – A Suitable Use

After collecting many clean slimes in the forest, Yisi returned to the inn and was now conducting an experiment in the largest room.

First, she cut the slime corpses into the desired shape, then used purification magic to clean the impurities from the rubber. Finally, she conducted a series of tests—hardness, wear resistance, whether it was prone to deformation, and whether it would produce any odor. After all these preparations were made, Yisi finally brought out the finished product. Of course, all of this was done with the help of the [Foundry Platform – Tier 4]. Even with the brute force to make a dragon submit, Yisi could not cut a perfect arc without the aid of a tool.

Controlling the temperature to the point where just one side of the rubber melted, Yisi bonded it with a pair of semi-finished long boots she had bought in the market beforehand. To prevent deformation and separation, Yisi used [Solidify] magic to fix it in place. The [Solidify] magic had a time limit, lasting only from an hour to a day, so to make the long boots and the rubber become one, she still had to rely on their own strength.

“Next, I just need to wait for them to fuse.”

Letting out a long breath, Yisi waved her hand, using wind magic to sweep the waste material on the workbench into her inventory, placing it together with the lava—that was the trash area.

“What is this?”

Edith, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, her fair palm pressed against the [Foundry Platform – Tier 4]. Startled, Yisi turned her head. She had been so engrossed that she had momentarily forgotten Pepe’s presence.

After calming down a bit, Yisi answered in a flat tone.

“This is a workbench for forging weapons.”

“It’s completely different from the tools those blacksmiths use. Although I can’t describe the feeling, its style is very similar to the Tower of Alexia.”

“Ah, I understand.”

It was the style of magitech. One of the biggest differences between this world and [Ragnarøk] was magitech. [Ragnarøk] was a world where magitech and magic technology coexisted, but in this other world, apart from the Tower of Alexia and the musket she had found in the church warehouse last night, she had not seen any other things that resembled magitech—magitech referred to items that did not require manual injection of magic power and could be operated even by ordinary people.

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“But this is different from the Tower of Alexia. It only looks similar. In reality, you still have to inject magic power to use it.”

“Can I use it too? The Gungnir in your hand must have been made by it, right?”

As she spoke, Edith placed her hand on a gun-shaped magic circle under the workbench. She had been observing how Yisi used it before and now knew the general usage.

Inject magic power, then wait for the magic circle to light up.

Soon, Edith felt something was wrong. At her current level of 22, she had a total of 176 mana points. But even after she had injected more than 100 mana points, the gun-shaped magic circle still showed no sign of activity, as if it were broken.

Edith frowned, her azure eyes filled with both dissatisfaction and confusion.

“Why is there no reaction?”

“You have to be at least level thirty to activate it.”

With an expression that said she knew this would happen, Yisi continued to fiddle with the cooled-down long boots. Her knowledge of rubber was only that natural rubber needed to be vulcanized to become a rubber that was not easily broken and had strong resilience. But she couldn’t remember the vulcanization process clearly. Moreover, the rubber collected from the black slimes seemed to be usable directly without any artificial processing. What Yisi was worried about was whether the rubber should be heated and directly attached to the sole of the shoe like this. If other processing was needed, she would really be at a loss as to where to start.

“Tsk, you have to be level thirty to activate it.”

With a look of unwillingness, Edith left the foundry platform. Yisi, on the other hand, placed the qualified finished product on the floor.

“If I had told you beforehand, Pepe, you would have definitely thought I was joking. So I thought I’d let you try it yourself first, and then tell you the answer.”

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Besides, even if Pepe reached level 30, she probably wouldn’t be able to use the [Foundry Platform – Tier 4]. The level 30 she mentioned was according to her own standards. Her level-to-mana ratio was one to ten, gaining 10 mana points for every level up, while Pepe’s was one to eight. Based on the requirement of three hundred mana points for activation, Pepe would have to reach level 38 to use it. And that was just for activation, not counting the extra mana for subsequent processing.

“Should I praise Yisi for being worthy of being my fiancée?”

“I am honored.”

Responding in a teasing tone, Yisi gestured with her chin towards the chair behind Edith.

“Do you want me to help you put them on?”

“No need. I have my own hands.”

“Hoh, didn’t you always have your servants help you change your clothes and shoes before?”

Edith, who had already put on the long boots and tied the laces, stiffened for a moment.

“That was before. I’ve changed my mind now.”

Standing up from the floor, Edith brushed the white hair that had fallen onto her forehead behind her, then stomped her foot. Her delicate face was filled with astonishment.

“The feeling is completely different from the previous pair of long boots. It’s as soft as stepping on the fur of a man-eating bear, and very elastic… Is this really made from slimes? Did Yisi not mix in any other monster materials?”

“Of course not. Weren’t you watching from the side, Pepe? This is made from the corpses of black slimes.”

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“Unbelievable.”

Her eyes widening slightly, Edith seemed to be happily pacing around the room. Of course, not in a bouncing way like Mary, but in a posture that was very befitting of a lady.

Edith’s happy expression brought a smile to Yisi’s face.

“I thought you didn’t like things made from monsters, Pepe.”

“What’s wrong with monsters? Weren’t the long boots I originally wore also made from monster materials? It’s just that compared to slimes, those were made from the hide of a wyvern.”

“As long as you’re satisfied, Pepe.”

It seems I can make a pair for each of my companions.

“Ah!”

Letting out a cry of surprise, Edith quickly steadied herself. Just now, she had almost fallen again.

Yisi asked with concern.

“Do they not fit well? The size can be adjusted.”

“I don’t think it’s a size problem,” Edith sat back down on the chair, took off the long boots, and after looking at the soles, had a very exaggerated expression on her face, as if questioning whether Yisi was an idiot. “I originally thought you were very smart, but I didn’t expect that you wouldn’t even know to carve treads on the bottom of the boots!? Anyone else would have slipped just now.”

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“Eh.”

Yisi averted her gaze.

She had indeed forgotten to carve anti-slip treads on the bottom of the boots.

My common sense of daily life still needs to be strengthened.

Somewhat embarrassed, Yisi took the long boots from Edith’s hands.

“Mm… let me modify them for now. I’ll make a pair for Camilla and the others as well.”

If used properly, she might be able to tell Shinku, Fran, and the others how to make the long boots, then expand production and sell them as a product.

They would probably be very popular in high society.

Yisi could imagine Fran’s face, so happy after seeing a large number of orders that she couldn’t close her mouth. She might even be able to help Fran get back her lost noble status.

I’ll make a trip to Margaret later.

Holding the wish to make everyone happy, Yisi felt her mood become much more cheerful.