Chapter 34: The Grave Family
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After about ten minutes of following Holina, we finally arrived at our destination.
If I hadn't followed her to this side today, I wouldn't have known that there was a store outside the academy.
The location of the shop is opposite to the direction of the shopping street and people don't usually go this way.
However, the store's floor area was huge, and it had 8 floors.
The entire building was made of cast metal, and although the exterior walls were coated with paint to prevent sunlight reflections, the welding marks could still be seen where it was put together.
Furthermore, from the markings above the entrance, you could see that different floors corresponded to different goods, and that everything from ordinary ornamental figures to magic puppets and even fully automatic figures were available.
It feels like the level of this world has surpassed my original world to a certain extent, but aren't these automated humanoids AI robots?
"Please come in."
The door to the store opened automatically and cruised in, pushing Hollypaw in.
Sighing at the unscientific automatic doors, I followed them into the shop.
The shop still looked rather deserted, the first floor was huge, but looking over there was only one maid watching the shop.
Seeing us enter, the other one even saluted.
"Miss, young master welcome back, the master is already waiting upstairs."
"Hmm."
Nodding, we walked towards the metal doors next to us.
I shuddered, was there even an elevator? I can answer that one myself, what other door besides an elevator has a row of buttons with numbers on top of the wall next to it?
A microwave?
Sure enough, after cruising pressed the button, the doors automatically opened on behalf of the person. It was a complicated feeling to think that you could actually see an elevator in such a place.
"...You don't seem surprised at all?"
Finally, as the elevator doors closed, Hollypaw turned to me and asked.
"I'd be a little surprised if you didn't ask me that, but I don't need to be surprised about the device used to move objects up and down, do I?"
"Oh, have you seen it before?"
"Elevator."
I said so.
"I once had read about it from a book."
"The book... No, I'm sure such a device was the first to be installed here in the Western Continent."
Although she mouthed her disbelief, she had turned to look at me.
"Do I need to draw a picture of how this thing works before you believe it?"
"You can draw a diagram of the structure of this thing?"
"I can also tell you how that automatic door works, and even more things you don't have."
"That...how did you know that! This kind of thing is in the book?"
"I'm not sure, I just remember reading about it in a book a long time ago."
"A long time ago...are you telling me that book isn't here?"
"Sure, but I can tell you the name of that book, it's called 'Physics'."
O my physics teacher who does not know if he is still alive, do you know that we have carried your knowledge forward in the Otherworld?
Even in the world of magic?
"'Physics'...yeah, just like that guy said, this book is really something."
"Eh?"
This goes back to my surprise.
"That man...you mean there are other people who have also told you they've read the book?"
"Well, it was about half a month ago that a man named Lester, when he was taking some trade some material from us, used the sketches of the design of the 'Ottoman' and the 'Averett', as you call the elevator, as a trade for the The contents were given to us, and he said that he had also read it from the book on physics. But after we confirmed the feasibility of the sketch, the man disappeared. So we made both of them."
Surprisingly, it was that Reist guy....
"Lester, I do know him, but has he come to our academy as well?"
"No, it's in Mai, the border city of the Eli Empire, where we have a branch."
The guy had actually gone to the Eli Empire? That's a fast run, but I wonder if he found what he wanted from the underground maze.
"Well, next time you can meet him, tell him for me, 'Phil is angry and the consequences are serious'."
"Hahaha..."
Hollypaw puffed out a laugh.
"So you're a bit similar to him, that guy, like you, makes for strange ideas. But since you also know a little bit about that book called 'physics', I'll have to ask you for advice after that."
"...If you could give me some books on advanced lightning magic and how to make a human form."
The other party was stunned at those words.
"What is it? No?"
"No, no, no, why not, of course you can!"
By the sound of it, they're still happy?
Why do I feel like I'm at a disadvantage?
"We have plenty of books on lightning magic in our house, but about making a human form... while we can teach you, it's not an easy thing to learn."
"No problem, you can also give me some books on the subject. It might be more convenient for me to read them myself."
After all, with the assistance of the system, reading the books is certainly fast.
Although I can learn even if I'm taught in person, I've never really tried making items.
Is it hard to just press make and make it?
That would be absolutely terrifying, and I don't know how I succeeded in teaching Arlene magic before, but there was always something weird about it.
"There's definitely a book, but we're more interested in knowing which one is called 'physical' and what's more magical in it."
"Depends on what kind of stuff you guys want."
"Yeah..."
The elevator quickly reached the top floor, and the door slowly opened with a ding.
It seems that business is quite profitable in this world as well, this exaggerated decoration is really comparable to that villa that Faran bought with a hefty sum of money.
"Oh, you actually have a guest today... If I remember correctly, you must be Phil who had a contest with the little girl this morning."
In the middle of the room stood a middle-aged man wearing a tuxedo, not to mention the rest, the thing that made the most profound impact at first glance was the face with the scar.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Simeon."
I responded with a smile.