Chapter 53: Hair Troubles

After getting out of the bath, it was time for dinner. We ate dinner in the smaller dining room for breakfast instead of the usual large dining table.

Here we could eat dinner side by side.

There is something lonely about two people eating across from each other. Rosalia seemed to think the same thing and was pleased.

Besides, Rosalia’s hair was wet because she had taken a bath before dinner. She seemed to have dried it with a towel and wind magic, but it still didn’t seem to be completely dry.

If we were to eat dinner in the dining room as usual, there might be stains on the expensive chairs. With that fear in mind, I chose this room.

“It’s hard to dry long hair, isn’t it?”

“It is, but I don’t want to shorten it.”

It is natural for women in this world to grow their hair long. They seem to treat it as a symbol of femininity.  For this reason, female knights also have long hair. Only a handful of them kept their hair short.

“If that’s the case, it can’t be helped. At the very least, it would be nice if there was some kind of magic that could dry your hair more quickly.”

“I have them dry my hair with wind magic, but it takes a long time. And it seems to be difficult to keep the weak wind going, so sometimes it comes with a whirr, a whirr.”

Apparently there are times when the wind is quite powerful. The fact that Rosalia says it twice must mean that she is quite uncomfortable. Does it make a mess in the room?

It takes a fairly advanced magic manipulation technique to keep emitting weakly powerful magic. As one would expect, even in the Margrave Heine household, there were no servants who possessed that skill.

I can do it, but if I were to do it, I’ll be drying Rosalia’s and my mother’s and grandmother’s hair every time. I’m kind of sorry about that. I don’t want to lose precious evening time.

“It can’t be helped. You should try it when you practice magic, Rosalia. You’ll soon see how difficult it is to use weak magic.”

“Can you do that, brother?”

Rosalia turned her bright, hopeful eyes toward me.

Ugh, I don’t want to betray my sister’s expectations. But I don’t want to say, “Of course I can do it.” If I said that, I would have to dry Rosalia’s hair every time. My becoming a siscon  will accelerate. Even though My parents already think so.

“I don’t know.　I might be able to do it with a lot of practice.”

“Then, brother, you need to practice really hard!”

“No, that’s a little …… rather than that, wouldn’t it be better to make a magic tool to dry your hair?”

“A magic tool for drying hair?　Oniisama, please make it immediately!”

Rosalia started to make a fuss. I warned her that she was misbehaving, but she wouldn’t listen to me.

I thought she wanted it very much. I had no choice but to make a hair dryer. The magic circle that sends out the wind and the magic circle that warms the air have already been used to set up the shower, so it’s not impossible to make one. However, it’s still not possible to make one that is large enough to be carried in one hand.

Because the size of the magic circle is too large. If we unveil a small magic circle here, it could cause a revolution in this world. I think that would indeed be a bad idea.

After we finished eating, I immediately started drawing a blueprint  for the hair dryer-like magic tool.  The square-shaped body of the hair dryer would generate wind and heat it. The wind would be blown out from a tube attached to the body.

If the metal could be made into a bellows shape, the tip of the tube could be moved freely, but unfortunately, we do not yet have the technology to do so. It is possible to make it by using the “Craft” skill, but then others can’t reproduce it.

No matter how  skilled I am, I think it would be tough  to hammer an iron plate into a bellows. Is there any other way?　Making a tube out of the monster’s tough hide …… it’s impossible. It would smell bad.

After thinking about it, I decided to make it in the shape of a fan without blades. The shape was also changed to a cylinder. At the bottom of the cylinder, I set up a magic circle to generate wind and heat so that the wind would go upward.

On the side of the top of the cylinder, there is a circular hole through which warm air is blown out.

If you attach a knob to adjust the strength of the wind and the temperature, you can use it as a fan in summer. It is truly a nice magic tool that kills two birds with one stone.

Oh, and let’s make sure it can also let out cold air. With this, we have created a revolutionary magical tool that kills three birds with one stone. My dreams are expanding.

“Brother, did something good happen?”

“I think I can make a good magic tool. The structure is a little complicated, but I think I can handle it. Oh, the consumption of the magic stone seems to be great, too. What should I do?

“Please tell me what kind of magic tool it is.”

Rosalia snuggled up to my back. After a pat on the head, I told Rosalia what kind of magical tool I was going to make.

Rosalia seemed to like it and was hopping around, flabbergasted.

Rosalia’s servant reprimanded her, but she didn’t listen at all. I’m not sure if this is the kind of thing that will be reported to mother later on. Would this make her angry too? I hope not.

The next day, I immediately started developing a new magic tool. However, I couldn’t just keep on doing that. I want to tour the territory with Gyre and Christopher, and I also need to improve the elementary stamina recovery medicine.

I also need to deepen my relationship with my friends. Fabienne and Edward, who have become a bit estranged recently. Friends are important. In the future, when I go to school in the capital, I must do everything I can to avoid a situation where “I have no friends at all!” I must do everything in my power to avoid such a situation.

The other thing I need to do is to expand the facilities of the training ground. Even though I’ve entrusted the Knights with the majority of the work, I can’t just sit back and do nothing. At the very least, I will have to check on them every day.

This is going to keep me busy. Still, it’s much better than having nothing at all.

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