## Chapter 229 – What I Desire (2)
“Metallic compound experiment number 691…
Success…!! It’s a success!!”
How many more experiments did I conduct after that?
The ratio of compounds I had to change to complete the experimental material that met the conditions was 294 times.
Changing the raw materials required a relatively small number of changes, only 19 times.
The only consolation was that Haeling had already equipped the workshop with the necessary conditions for metallic compound experiments when she first built it for me.
Otherwise, it would have cost a considerable amount of money.
“Where should I put this?”
“Ahaha… Could you possibly bring it here…?”
I wrestled with the same or new materials that came in every day, and I even almost strained my back at my age while trying to lift the lumps of metal myself.
If it weren’t for the dedicated delivery people, I would have definitely ended up living with a back bent like a bow.
In the midst of all that, Carla’s voice finally rang out, announcing success, but unfortunately, no one was there to hear it.
“Liquid metal compound… experiment successful…!!
Hmm… Compound number 691 maintains a liquid state at room temperature while…
Mimicking a molecular structure similar to starch as much as possible…
So… it has a structure that can undergo impact-activated solidification…!!”
It was already evening.
Yui had left somewhere, saying she had something to do, and Lucas was out of school.
The others said they were participating in an academic conference.
Carla, who was conducting research alone in the workshop, chuckled at herself for forgetting that and shouting, but she couldn’t erase the smile from her face.
The experiment and research she had been envisioning was finally at the starting point.
In fact, creating such a material itself wasn’t difficult.
The most important thing from now on was how to utilize this material.
In a way, that was the real task that Carla had to solve.
“The difficulty in processing and utilizing liquid metal is…
Because its shape isn’t fixed…
If I can only fix it…”
Her thoughtful light brown eyes were fixed on the compound in the flask, and the light from the magic lamp reflected in the flask twinkled.
“Hmm… The best thing would be… magnetism, right…?
If I can fix the liquid metal with the power of a magnetic field…”
With such a fluttering feeling, she was walking briskly towards the drawer containing the reaction magnets.
But then, at the sudden sound of a knock, Carla’s gaze turned towards the door.
“Are you doing well with your research…?”
“Professor Eloise!!
You know what?! I found the perfect material…!!”
Eloise, who occasionally visited the workshop so suddenly, had come again today, and Carla ran towards her with a delighted face, holding out the magnet.
“Oh, are you talking about what you mentioned last time?”
“Yes!! I’m going to try to create a mechanical lifeform using organic biometal…
Usually, the body is constructed with a steel frame first, and the mind is programmed…!!
But this time, I have to implement everything from the body composition to the mind with programming…”
Eloise smiled gently at Carla’s lead, looked around for a moment as if searching for something, and then held out both hands as if she had remembered something.
“Wouldn’t that be simple?
I received advice from Antonio, a graduate, about his mechanical bird…”
“My brother…?
So we were connected even before?”
“I guess so. Like your brother, you have a deep sense of inquiry?
Anyway, at that time, we used a pseudo-space compression array to drastically reduce the size of the body.
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but that mechanical bird is treated with magic, so the body is very small compared to the parts that actually went into it.”
I understood that part to some extent.
That’s because, although I don’t usually use it, Reguluse, which is about the size of a doll that I can hold in my arms, can be unfolded into a large heavy armor that can completely cover my upper body like a suit of armor.
The types of weapons that go into it are also very diverse, so Carla, who had seen him use it to check Arachnella in the special evaluation, had no choice but to nod at his words.
And at Eloise’s next words, Carla’s eyes sparkled.
“If you use the magic array imprinting maintenance technique developed by the Department of Fusion Magic in recent years…
Then, even if the element that makes up the body is liquid, you can maintain that state to some extent…”
“Have you ever experimented with liquid metal?”
“No? As you know, most liquid metals belong to heavy metals…
And since they maintain a liquid state at room temperature, the molecular structure is also unstable.
So, instead of using liquid metal, I’d rather use solid iron plates… Ah…!! Wait a minute…!!”
Of course, the Department of Fusion Magic also conducts various experiments, so the magic array imprinting maintenance technique has also undergone various experiments.
However, the magic array imprinting maintenance technique, as the name suggests, is to maintain the function by directly engraving an imprint made of magic, rather than a medium such as a metallic circular array, on the object itself so that the imprint can be maintained for a long time.
The act of engraving magic into each molecule to maintain its function is generally effective for solids, but it is very difficult to apply to liquids, which is why Eloise is trailing off.
“Liquids basically have an unstable molecular structure.
But if it’s metal…!!”
Liquids tend to have molecules constantly moving due to convection.
“Although the melting point is low, it’s still metal…
The density is also very high, and the surface tension is strong…!!
It can maintain a more stable molecular structure compared to other liquids!!
Then the effect and validity of the imprinting maintenance technique will also increase…!!”
But what if the density of the molecules is high, requiring more energy for convection, and if you use liquid metal that can temporarily fix its position with a magnetic field?
“Professor…? Can you help me try it…?”
While Eloise, who was caught in an unexpected situation while taking a walk, was calculating the number of cases with a half-dazed face.
At Carla’s somewhat desperate voice, Eloise cleared her throat and sat down at the desk next to her, pulling out parchment and a pen.
“Of course? It’s a new attempt for me too, so there’s no reason to refuse.
If it goes as planned, it will be like discovering a new use for liquid metal, which has been useless for a while.
Depending on what you can do, there is a possibility that new technologies will emerge…”
Of course, the technology linked to the new latest research results of the Department of Fusion Magic could not be seen as original in itself, but in a sense, it could open a new horizon for the alchemy, smelting, and magic fields.
What kind of magician could refuse to leave such an achievement?
Eloise, who had come out for a walk and sightseeing and was about to achieve the greatest achievement of her life, was desperately rummaging through the memories in her head with a dazed expression, and was diligently drawing magic circles on the parchment.
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The events that followed were literally a race against time.
According to the magic circle she designed, she applied approximately 3 cm of magic lines per day to the liquid metal fixed in the magnetic field, and every day she maintained and repaired the magic lines she had drawn before.
Until the moment when the magic lines finally became a magic circle and could absorb magic from the air and circulate on their own, Eloise visited Carla’s laboratory every day without fail, squeezing out all the magic she could use and carefully engraving the magic circle.
Still, the moment the original circle was completed, the circulation of magic began to occur, so the work began to speed up from then on.
After a full three weeks, she was able to engrave a curved original circle on the surface of the liquid metal.
A metal sphere the size of a basketball, fixed to a fist-sized spherical neodymium magnet, with a perfect spherical shape.
After finishing the final work on the original circle on it, Eloise, who took a sigh of relief while looking down at the metal sphere with circuits that glowed faintly with magic, carefully took her hand away from it and turned to look at Carla.
“Now the fixed circuit is complete.
I heard that you have to put in an internal system…
Do you have anything prepared…?”
“I have it… Here, I made it with my brother…
If you need a separate explanation…”
Eloise, who received the parchment that Carla handed over, which was densely written with something, was looking down at it for a moment.
“No. I’ve done it before with that mechanical bird?
Then I’ll add this formula.
Can you step back for a moment?”
After she pushed Carla back, she stretched out her hand and began to create a complex formula, and soon the light of the metal sphere began to gradually intensify along the magic engraved on the surface.
“The light will be strong, so close your eyes…!”
While squinting her eyes at Eloise’s cry, Carla’s vision, who was forced to squint at the sphere, was dyed white.
“Wow…”
Eloise’s hand movements, which touched here and there on the formula for a long time.
The light that continued to pour out began to gradually subside as her hands became freer, and then finally her hands stopped and the light began to disappear completely.
“Ah… It’s… It’s over…”
Even after Eloise’s voice, who finally finished all the manufacturing processes, rang out, the two women were just staring at the finished product for a long time.
In the meantime, Carla, who was staggering forward with a dazed expression and staring at the sphere that was scattering a faint light, slowly began to raise her hand to the sphere.
“S… Stand up…”
– Chirrr!! Chiiiik!!
As the sphere swayed back and forth, and then the surface began to rise sharply with a strange friction-like sound, Carla smiled awkwardly and slowly held out her other hand.
“Ah… I guess the voice device wasn’t implemented properly…
Then this time… Hmm… Come down…!!”
In response to her command, the existence that had been stubbornly struggling from the magnet finally fell onto Carla’s outstretched hands.
The appearance of the appearance that had been fixed as a sphere gradually changing due to the strong magnetism of the magnet, Eloise’s eyes were also dyed with surprise as she watched it.
“Is that… a Stella Wolf…?”
It is a monster species closest to a kind of wild dog, but sometimes there were people who tamed them and used them like hunting dogs.
Eloise’s expression was filled with a bright smile at the sight of the liquid metal changing into the form of a Stella Wolf, which is the strongest among the monsters that can usually be seen in residential areas.
That’s because not being able to stand cute animals was an unavoidable characteristic of women.
“Kyaak!! Ahahaha!!
It tickles!! Ahat!! Ahahat!!”
Carla was laughing brightly as the guy in her arms licked her face with his silver-white tongue.
Moreover, the guy who escaped from her arms as if struggling ran towards Eloise and licked her face as well.
“Oh my…!! This guy…!! Ah…!!
Ahat!! Wait a minute!! Uhehehe!!”
Thanks to that, she fell to the floor of the workshop, but she still couldn’t stop laughing.
She was laughing uhehehe at the sensation of the tongue gently licking her face while still having the cool metallic temperature, and then she finally took a proper sigh of relief and smiled at Carla.
“You succeeded. You really succeeded…”
“I… I’m really grateful, Professor…!!
It’s all thanks to you…!!”
“No… Let’s say this discovery is Carla’s.
Maybe… this moment right now…
Might be a historical moment…?”
By processing and utilizing liquid metals, which had very few uses, she created this new concept of machine.
This guy was not a precise machine created through precise assembly processing and countless magic circle engravings like Antonio’s Reguluse.
Reguluse can be seen as the essence of smelting engineering and fusion magic, like a high-end magic clock made with various magic-mechanical calculations and precise adjustments of mechanical devices, but this guy was different.
Creating such an existence with liquid metal itself, not a mechanical device.
In a sense, it was an act of overturning the common sense of the alchemy world, which had been rigid, and the smelting world, which pursues precision.
Unlike mechanical devices that run with perfect design, a kind of… that moves with the power of magic…
“Golem… There have been sightings of guys made of rocks receiving natural magic…
But until now, the process of how they are made or the exact cause has never been revealed…
Maybe this guy is the first case of artificially creating a golem…
If this becomes a stepping stone to approach the primordial magic principle…
Rather, I might have to be more grateful…”
On top of Eloise, who was muttering explanations that were difficult to understand like a professor, the guy jumped down and wagged his tail at Carla again.
It looked like a puppy that had just been born and barely had fur, and Carla’s face was full of smiles.
“Then… let’s stop here for today…
Let’s do the remaining fine-tuning or additional improvements tomorrow…
I was so surprised… I lost my strength…
Now… I’m honestly a little tired…
I’m going back to rest now.”
“Ah…!! Thank you for your hard work, Professor!!
Take my hand…!!”
While Carla was picking up Eloise, who was sitting on the floor, the guy was also helping her stand up by pushing Eloise’s butt with his head.
At that action, which was just like copying a dog that is intimate with humans, Eloise, who no longer had the strength to be surprised, was slowly walking towards the door.
“But can I ask you one thing…?”
Just as Carla, who was seeing her off, was about to open the door and say goodbye.
Perhaps she had recalled the question when she read the parchment earlier, Eloise’s question with a question in her eyes was sharply stabbing Carla.
“Yes? Yes!! Of course? Of course!!”
“What is the command ‘Let’s eat’…?
Do mechanical lifeforms also eat?”
“Ah… That’s…”
Carla, who showed a troubled smile at the question, smiled brightly, and in the end, with her face turning red, she had no choice but to answer like this while trying to pretend to be calm.
“It’s a secret… Hehet…!!”
Behind Carla, behind the space covered by the door.
The appearance of something whose dog-like appearance was blurred and fluctuating like a water droplet, and then changing into the form of something with four pairs of legs, was being shown.
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Today, in the dark den located in the basement of the work area,
Eloise, who was having her magic sucked while holding Enic larvae in her vagina, was being shown…
It has become a daily routine to some extent now, but if she felt that she was not the same as before these days, was it just my delusion?
Should I say she has become somehow weak…
Perhaps this was the feeling of a girlfriend looking at her boyfriend who cannot stand tall.
‘It’s not like we have a slump in our relationship…
No, did I suck too much magic?
I don’t think so… I give her frequent breaks…’
She is not emitting the intense magic that was sparkling like carbonation like before, but only the magic that has been squeezed out and weakened.
Just like the day before yesterday, and the day before that, she was just rolling her eyes and twitching her pussy today as well.
At her magic amount, which is clearly different from before, my spider legs were trembling as I felt like I was looking down at a used battery.
‘I’m a little short on magic these days…
Where is she using her magic…?
Maybe…?’
I thought she was talking to Carla a lot these days…
And today, Eloise, who usually only looked scared and sad, was wearing a smile that looked quite happy…
‘Carlaaaa!!
It’s you again…!?
This time… This time again!!
What did you do againaaaaaack…!!’
While screams of joy were ringing out in other places, only my silent screams were ringing out in our den.
