Otherworld Adventure 206 Two Months

2 months had pa.s.sed since Cecil began helping out the Kingdom's Magi-tech Artificers. Spring had long since ended and it was already mid-summer now. At least, it would be if he was still back on Earth.

It was the 7th month of the Year, Solen; the Month of the Sun. And just like its name...the days during the Month of Solen was hot, extremely hot. Cecil wasn't sure what temperature it was like outside, but luckily for him, he was still working on another magi-tech device inside of the Magnum Artifex workshop.

Oddly enough, despite being a much larger size than Earth, Alterna still had 12 months a year, 30 days a month, 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. Cecil didn't bother trying to find the reasoning behind this since it was much too complicated.

The months of Alterna began on the Month of Beginnings, Sartuar. On Earth, Sartuar would be January. The 2nd month Vealen, 3rd month Blumen, 4th month Fluar, 5th month Livven, 6th month Rahen, 7th month Solen, 8th month Altuar, 9th month Freyen, 10th month Hautuar, 11th month Winden, and finally the 12th month Enduar.

During the past two months, Cecil and the kingdom's artificers had been constantly churning out new and unique magi-tech.

Most of the new magi-techs were tools or appliances that Cecil replicated from Earth. For instance, the current temperature inside of the room was much cooler than what it was outside.

This was because of the 3 unique, rectangular box-like magi-techs hanging up above on the room's ceiling. A cold and refres.h.i.+ng breeze was constantly flowing out from the openings on the bottom face of the devices.

They were magi-tech that copied the conveniences of Earth's Air Conditioner. When last month began, the month of Rahen, the temperatures on Alterna suddenly spiked up. It turned extremely hot to the point where most of the kingdom's citizens would be walking out of their homes while constantly casting water-element spells to cool down their bodies.

When Cecil had first arrived here on Alterna, it was during the third month, Blumen. Since Fauxe Village was located on the north-eastern part of the Urrugdrasil Continent, during his journey towards the center regions of the continent, Cecil hadn't felt much change in the temperatures. When he finally arrived at Angla City, it was already the 11th month, Winden and the temperatures were cool.

It was his second time experiencing summer on Alterna, but his second experience was one of literal h.e.l.l. The lizardkin, dragonkin and other beastkin didn't seem too affected by the heat. As for the people with fire elemental affinity, they found the days quite refres.h.i.+ng and lax.

But for those that weren't of fire elemental affinity, it was a little bit unbearable. Fina who was from the Oceanic Kingdom was practically like a roasting fish whenever she walked outside. She walked like a drunkard with her face being always red.

It was a good thing that Ainz and Lucia were always there beside her. Along with herself, the 3 provided a triple-layered cooling spell on her and she found the days much more bearable.

Everyone was bearing the heat in their own ways, but for Cecil, despite looking like a foxkin, he was still a human underneath all that. No matter what kind of body enhancing skill he used, he was dying from the heat and thought, 'Man...If only I had an AC...'

That thought alone immediately gave birth to the first Air Conditioner on Alterna. Using his frenzied and cornered mind, Cecil, with the help of numerous artificers, was able to put out the first prototype in just a week's time. The final, tested version came out another week later, when they added a heating function so that the magi-tech could double as both an AC and a heater. This way it could be used during the summer and winter season of Urrugdrasil.

Cecil first put the magi-tech to use when he installed a couple of them to cool down his mansion. When Fina saw the magi-tech that was cooling down Cecil's house, she was immediately enamored. She asked him where he got it and the girl quickly went over to the Magnum Artifex to buy a couple of them for her own residence.

At first it wasn't very popular since there were many people who could cope with the heat. Not to mention it was a little bit expensive, but it was still affordable even by the common people if they sc.r.a.ped enough money together. It wasn't until the cla.s.srooms of the Academy began using the magi-tech AC/Heaters that it soon became popular.

The students of the Academy would of course tell their parents, and then their parents would go to the Magnum Artifex to see what it was all about. The parents bought it out of curiosity and personally experienced the convenience it provided. Then they would begin talking to people from their social circles and the news just kept spreading.

Soon, merchants got ahold of the news and they quickly went over as well. Then by word of mouth, the new magi-tech was spread and it soon became popular to the general populace.

And not long after, the production was no longer able to keep up with the demand with every newly stocked magi-tech AC/Heaters being bought off the shelves just as they were put out on display, but by the end of the two months, at least two-thirds of the households in Angla City had one or two of the magi-techs.

Once the situation stabilized, the Arks royal family even opted to trade the new magi-tech with their allies, the Elfenheim Kingdom and the Neftersea Oceanic Empire. Even the Neftersea Oceanic Empire was subjected to the summer heat, and it was all the more popular for their people.

In fact, the temperatures in the Neftersea Empire were much higher than the temperatures at the center regions of Urrugdrasil. This was because the Empire was located on a vast, tropical archipelago. It was only natural that the temperatures were much higher over there.

The Anglaria Kingdom also sold the manufacturing methods of the new magi-tech to the two superpowers at a high price, but they didn't explain about the origins or inventor of the new magi-tech.

It wasn't only the Magi-tech Air Conditioner that they made over the past 2 months. The cooling box or refrigerator was also completed. Although Alterna already had their own version of the refrigerator, it wasn't very optimal. The new Magi-tech refrigerator ran on monster cores to power them. Low-level monster cores at that; so now the saturated, useless low-level monster cores in the market finally found its place.

With new items being bought and sold, the economy of the Kingdom experienced a rise. They imported cheap monster cores from outside and sold it inside the kingdom for a price that gave merchants a pretty good profit. By word of mouth, merchants from all over began moving to the kingdom and conducting their trade there.

With more support from the Kingdom, the magi-tech artificers were able to develop and create more new magi-tech or improve on the older ones. The new MIDs that Cecil was able to create by simply improving the old, modern MIDs were also a hit.

He created them using the ancient's techniques while replacing some of the high quality materials with mid quality ones which essentially cut down the funds used to actually complete it by more than half. The new and improved MIDs were much cheaper and had better functionality than the older MIDs.

Presently, almost all of the mid-cla.s.s and high-cla.s.s citizens who were well off, had a MID in their possessions. The new Call Function was the highlight, and the original purpose of the MID, which was to access the Mana Integrated Network that spanned the continent, was now being accessed by more and more people. And with more and more people, new information, whether it was of any importance or not, began circulating.

The Adventurer Guild also saw the potential in this information sharing and had ordered a bunch of MIDs for their offices and branch offices. They began posting their quests on the Mana Integrated Network, and with adventurers now also possessing MIDs of their own, it became much easier for them to pick up work and quests.
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The offices of the Adventurer Guilds began losing more and more adventurers, but this was because most of them were currently outside doing quests! The ones that did drop by were only the adventurers that had come to pick up their rewards for finis.h.i.+ng their quests.

Slowly, but surely, Cecil was changing the society of Anglaria. The conveniences that he provided were beginning to turn Anglaria into a modern age city from Earth, but it wasn't like the boy knew of this because he hadn't once set foot into Earth's society so he didn't know what it was like.

With the changes happening to the Kingdom and the new magi-tech being brought to the people, the other Kingdoms began to get envious. Of course, this goes without saying that the Orca Empire and t.i.tanic Kingdom were without a doubt envious.

The Elfenheim Kingdom and the Neftersea Empire weren't however. They had an alliance with Anglaria and they were openly trading with one another. Some of the magi-techs' manufacturing plans have even been sold off to them. So there was no need for them to be envious of the Anglaria Kingdom since they were willing to share.

Of course, the Arks Royal Family said it was in the name of friends.h.i.+p and peace, but in Cecil's eyes it was more like a bribe so that the two superpowers would side with them and not the Orca Empire, who was practically demanding that they'd share the new magi-tech with them.

'Pfft...Wishful thinking... You think I'd bother staying on Urrugdrasil if you fools tried to take things from me?'

It was easy for him to sneak out of the continent, since all he had to do was go over to the Orca Empire's lands, dispel his foxkin transformation and blend in with the humans once he's found them. Then he'll just hitch a ride over to the Midgard Continent when he found the chance.

Presently, inside of the Magnum Artifex's fourth floor workshop, a large group of artificers were busy at work.

"Recently, I heard that the Orca Empire and t.i.tanic Kingdom wanted to open trade relations with us. Did you hear about that, Cecil?" Tars asked the young boy who was currently embedding runic circuits onto a processed magic ore piece.

"Really? I haven't heard anything about it," Cecil replied.

"I'm not sure if this is a good or bad development..."

"How so?"

"On the surface, it seems that we've been able to establish friendly relations with the two superpowers, but I think there's more to this than what's being let on..."

"..."

"Remember Cecil, you're the source of all these new magi-tech. With the power of the Orca Empire and the t.i.tanic Kingdom, I'm pretty sure they've already caught wind of you being the inventor who developed these magi-techs."

"Well, if f there's smoke then there's a fire...and if there's a fire, then there's bound to be a culprit who caused it..."

"Hmm...Something like that," Although it was an idiom from Earth, Tars was able to understand it. "Cecil, you should be more careful."

"Mhm."

Cecil didn't lift his head and only replied with a grunt. He played ignorant earlier however, Anna had already told him about the news of the two powers wanting to open trade relations with Anglaria. She also told him to stay on his toes. With the Beastman and Gigantes merchants coming in, there was no telling whether other 'people' would cross Anglaria's border along with them.

'Mother already told me that those people might try something...I also won't be getting any help if they do something covertly.'

Cecil clenched and unclenched his hands repeatedly. The golden sparks of mana that pulsated around his fist rea.s.sured of him a little.

'I'm stronger now. Hmph, whatever comes let them come. I'm not afraid."