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Chapter 382 Creation of an Unknown Plant
After Tauro’s meeting with his father, Count Graunute, he decided to borrow the garden of the mayor’s residence to conduct his experiment.
My father, Count Graunewald, seemed disappointed that he couldn’t be present because he was busy with his work, but I could see him peeking at me from the window of his office from time to time.
On the other hand, it seems like my work isn’t progressing ……
Tauro began the experiment, feeling his father’s eyes on him.
“First, let’s bring out all the materials…”
Tauro took out a number of materials needed to prepare for the experiment from the magic storage.
“Does the experiment involve the use of ‘creation magic’?”
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Ankh asked, looking at the materials Tauro had prepared.
“Yeah. Ah, Zion, would you be prepared to replenish my magic in case something happens to me?”
“Eh? Y-Yes! Tauro-sama, you can always count on me!”
Zion, flushed from being called upon, came over to Tauro’s side and braced herself.
“Okay, I’ll do it.”
What Tauro was trying to do was to see if he could create a seed of a plant that does not exist in this world.
“‘Creation magic’!”
Holding up several materials in his arms, Tauro cast a spell.
A light more dazzling than usual emanated from Tauro’s hand, and in Tauro’s hand were a number of seed-like grains.
“…… done!”
Tauro said excitedly, spilling a number of finished seeds from the side of his arms.
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“Tauro, what kind of seeds are those?”
Ragune looked at Tauro’s hands and picked up one of the seeds with her fingers and looked at it.
“What are these seeds? If it is as I imagined, they’re the seeds that’ll produce soy sauce.”
“Soy sauce?”
“Yes, it’s an original plant species I came up with that doesn’t exist in this world.”
Tauro explains so, while recovering his magic power with a magic recovery potion.
“From scratch, just based on your imagination?! …… Leader, are you sure that’s okay?”
Ankh hesitantly picked up a seed and examined it.
“Let’s try growing one for a test. ─ ─ ‘Plant Growth Promoting Magic’!”
When Tauro chants a spell, the soy sauce seeds buried in the ground grow larger, and when they sprout, they begin to grow.
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As the vine grows and spreads to crawl on the ground, fruits are formed at equal intervals.
Finally, Tauro stopped the magic.
“…Whew. I think I used quite a bit of magical power…”
Tauro immediately uses a magic recovery potion to restore his magic power.
In the meantime, Zion remains on edge and poised the whole time, ready in case anything happens to Tauro.
“oh, Zion. I’m all right now, okay? Thank you.”
When Tauro noticed such a Zion, he laughed and sympathized with her.*
“…Now, If we can get soy sauce out of these berries with this, then it will be a success…”
Tauro plucked one of the fist-sized, egg-shaped brown berries from the vine and held it in his hand.
“Oh, it’s hard. It’s just like I imagined. Now, let’s cut off the tip and ……. ─ ─ Oh! I can smell the soy sauce! Success!”
Tauro was convinced of success when he smelled the aroma of soy sauce wafting from inside the fruit.
When I tasted it, it tasted just like soy sauce.
“…Let’s see. This is very salty. But it has depth and feels a bit sweet. What are you going to use this for, Leader?”
“It’s for cooking. I don’t think you’ll be interested, Ankh, but soy sauce can be used as a seasoning for many things. I think a lot of people would enjoy it. And the good thing about this species is that it only grows here in this salt lake area.”
“I thought the sea breezes were too strong around the salt lakes to grow much of any crop.”
Having stayed in the city of Caxat for several days now, Ragune has become quite familiar with it. It was a sharp observation.
“Exactly, the salt damage makes it difficult for crops to grow, so I thought it would be great to create an original plant that is resistant to it. Soy sauce contains a lot of salt, after all. I thought that if the plant could absorb salt from the ground and turn it into fruit, it could work.”
Tauro was pleased with the quality of the soy sauce.
“It’s a crazy idea, but the fact that it actually works is incredible!”
Ankh is impressed with Tauro’s creativity.
“That’s Tauro-sama for you!”*
It was doubtful whether Zion fully understood, but she praised Tauro, perhaps because she thought he had accomplished a great feat.
“A new specialty for the city of Caxart.”
After hearing Tauro’s explanation, Ragune seemed to understand the importance of this soy sauce ingredient.
“Then I’d like to conduct further new experiments based on this success. ……”
Tauro once again began taking out materials from his magic storage to use for “Creation Magic.”
“Leader, what are you going to try this time?”
Ankh peered at Tauro’s hands.
There was only one piece of what appeared to be metal and a single seed that would serve as the medium.
“I was wondering if I could use the metal, a small piece of Orichalcum I got from the Dragon People’s village, and some soy sauce seeds to make seeds for a plant that would bear the metal.”
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“What?! Are you serious, Leader?”
Ankh asked back at Tauro’s next outlandish idea.
“Yes, crystals are formed when silicon dioxide that can no longer dissolve in water crystallizes. Well, there are many other things that happen as crystals grow and become larger, and I thought it would be great to create a plant that was similar to that.”
“So, a seed that will bear metal?”
Ragune asks calmly in response to Tauro’s bold idea.
“Wouldn’t this be amazing when it’s completed?”
“I think it would be very awesome!”
Zion had already started showering him with compliments even before he had succeeded.
“Well, let’s give it a try. This time, I’ll try making just one seed. Even a small seed would use a lot of magical power.”
Tauro also seems aware that this is a somewhat reckless challenge.
But now that the soy sauce fruit has been produced, the possibility is much higher.
“Then I’ll get started. Zion, be prepared for any eventuality, okay?”
“Y-Yes!”
Zion braces herself again as she went to Tauro’s side.
After confirming this, Tauro chanted 『Creation Magic』
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TL Note:
Orifalcon is a pun-based portmanteau of “Orichalcum” (Japanese: オリハルコン, Oriharukon), a rare type of metal mentioned in antiquity within the Mediterranean; and “Falcon” (Japanese: ファルコン, Farukon); Orichalcum is a legendary precious metal that was mentioned by Plato as used in Atlantis. It has since been commonly used in fantasy literature and games as a type of Unobtainium. The term is Greek for “golden stone” and originally meant “mountain copper” or “mountain metal”, though nobody is sure exactly what it was supposed to be. Possibilities range from an alloy of normal metals to a completely fantastic material, though the most common perception is that it is brass.