Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 92: Choosing a Team Name
Tauro applied the refrigerator’s technology to create an air conditioner as well.
Magic tools that blew cold air using processed magic stones had existed before, but only royalty, nobles, and the wealthy could afford them. They were entirely beyond the reach of ordinary people and were inefficient to operate.
By comparison, Tauro’s magic-circle system was superior to the processed magic stones made by magic-tool artisans.
Furthermore, the circle used in the air conditioner produced less intense cold, so even with the additional wind effect, it consumed less fuel than the refrigerator.
The design presented another problem, so Tauro once again decided to steal—no, pay homage to—something from his memories of his previous life.
As for sales, the right season and location would determine how well the product sold. After discussing the matter with Marches, Tauro decided to wait and observe the market for the time being.
Of course, they registered the invention with the Merchants’ Guild as soon as the prototype was complete.
The clerk was astonished again, but Tauro particularly remembered how moved the man had been as he said he was delighted to encounter such innovative technology.
Tauro had long wondered about the techniques used by magic-tool artisans. When he examined the work of an artisan introduced by the Garfish Company, he realized that their method was a simplified fragment of magic-circle technology.
Complete magic-circle techniques may have existed in the distant past. Over time, however, people had simplified them for particular applications until only the present methods remained. The craft had evolved, but in doing so had lost its original foundation.
People tended to dismiss an original form as obsolete, but it was foolish to discuss evolution without understanding the source.
Everything in its present form had developed from something that came before it.
Tauro might have taken that original foundation and developed it directly along a different path from modern magic-tool craftsmanship.
Neither approach was inherently better; both represented valid possibilities.
In that sense, Tauro had created a new branch of technology—one that might itself become the ancestor of future developments.
Aeris marveled at Tauro’s knowledge.
She had already known that he possessed extensive knowledge as an adventurer, but after spending more time with him, she realized that it extended across many fields and that his ideas differed greatly from those of ordinary people.
He was inventive in the kitchen as well, and, more importantly, his food tasted delicious.
She occasionally saw him carving something alone. His work was astonishingly delicate, but when she tried to examine it more closely, he quickly hid it in [Magic Storage].
Tauro claimed that he was embarrassed, but Aeris thought his skill was first-rate.
He was only eleven years old, so she couldn’t help wondering where he had learned so much. Whenever anyone asked, however, Tauro skillfully evaded the question.
Perhaps he didn’t want to talk about his past.
Everyone had memories they didn’t want others to pry into. Aeris certainly did.
She wanted to know more about Tauro, yet that understanding kept her from pressing him.
One afternoon, the four returned to the guild to report completing a quest. Kannes, the new receptionist, announced that they had been promoted to E-rank.
“Congratulations! You’ve been promoted to E-rank, so please choose and register a team name before your next quest. You still seem to be a nameless team.”
Teams had to register an official name upon entering the E-rank tier.
Up through F-rank, adventurers could call themselves whatever they liked, but the guild didn’t recognize the name officially until they reached E-rank.
Many teams broke apart after quarrels before advancing that far. Others, confronted by reality, became embarrassed by names they had once considered impressively dramatic and changed them.
Because this happened so often, the guild’s rule was to wait until a team had gained some experience before registering its name.
Except for Aeris, Tauro and the others had shown little interest in naming the team and had postponed the matter until now.
At last, the time had come to discuss it.
The four gathered at the Resting Pavilion (Ikoi-tei) and began considering names over a meal.
“See? I told you we should have thought of one sooner.”
Aeris pointed accusingly at the other three.
“That’s why we’re thinking of one now, isn’t it?”
Rumeya objected.
“You three have left it too late. Our team name represents all of us, so it’s important.”
“Then how about ‘The Four Heroes of Dansas’?”
Shin abruptly offered the strange suggestion.
“What?”
The other three stared at him, appalled by his naming sense.
No, surely he meant something else. There was no way that could be a team name.
“I mean it as the team name.”
Shin spoke as though it were obvious.
“You have zero sense for names!”
Rumeya shot back.
“Then you come up with something.”
Shin replied sulkily.
“Hmm… How about ‘The Professional Herb-Gathering Group’?”
“You too?!”
This time, Tauro delivered the retort.
This was bad. There was a real possibility that none of them had any naming sense.
Tauro began to feel a genuine sense of crisis.