Hot air, tense atmosphere.

"Dang!"

The huge hammer slammed down from above, making a sound that caused everyone's hearts to stop instantly.

"When! While! When ......"

Thick anvils, thick iron arms, sparkling forging scenes, only one blacksmith fastened the red-hot iron with hanging chains and clips, and the giant hammer automatically hammered the red-hot iron into continuous deformation.

"This strength can be compared to a middle-level knight." Although Tessa still had her hands in her sleeves, she had secretly prepared a wind wall technique.

"That's the power of magic, Miss Tessa."

Wald stood beside him with his hands down, nervous. Miss Tessa has been a popular figure in Thunder City since she was a child, and everyone knows that Master Roman loves her very much, and she will be present on all important occasions, but the lord has always been very low-key.

He thought for a moment and felt that this statement seemed a bit pretentious, so he explained, "To be precise, this is the power generated by the latest magic energy generation device. ”

Tessa had heard Colin's introduction before, but the specific core principle was still not very clear.

"Mr. Wald, you guys are amazing."

"It's all the lord's guidance, and the other ......," Wald said, bowing his head, "My lord, let's remember a person's name." ”

"Who?"

"His name is Omar Hodge, and he is a faculty member of the Vicetl Junior School of Magic in the Duchy of Brighton."

"An instructor at a junior magic academy?"

"Yes, but my lord said that without this person, there would be no current magic energy device, and just one of his papers has increased the magic energy conversion rate of the magic energy device to 18%."

"That's really thanks to him." Tessa doesn't pay much attention to magic, but she knows what this number represents.

The most advanced magic pattern group, the energy conversion efficiency is not up to 1%, and 18% means that high-power mechanical power equipment can be researched, and large-scale popularization, such as the forging machine in front of you.

Wald sighed, "It's a pity, I heard that the paper not only did Mr. Hodge gain fame and fortune, but he even lost his only job, and finally had to return to his hometown junior magic academy to become an ordinary teacher." ”

"Fate is a trick on people." Tessa also sighed.

"We are still continuing to improve and research, and according to estimates, it is expected to increase the efficiency to 35% within five years."

"That's really nice."

……

……

Raff was already sweating profusely after a day's work.

Even so, he did not take off his thick coat in violation of the rules, and then he would be warned by the workshop, and after three warnings, his salary would be deducted.

He doesn't usually get so tired, but today he volunteered to be a tester for the latest forging machine in the workshop.

In fact, it wasn't the first forging machine in the workshop, but the first few were not as good as this one, and he almost made a fool of himself in front of Mr. Wald.

Raff was already familiar with the person in charge of the alchemy workshop, but the young lady standing next to him today was very unfamiliar, but judging by the movements and demeanors of the two, that young lady should still be above Mr. Wald-he had always thought that Mr. Wald was the second most powerful person in the fortress after the lord.

On the way home.

Raff would pass by the street-side shops as usual.

Each time he would take a few glances at the ornate decorations inside, but never went inside.

At first, he didn't think he was qualified to enter this kind of place, but then he saw that everyone else could come and go as he pleased, and he knew that it was just an ordinary shop, and he could buy things for money.

money, now the family has saved a lot.

His monthly salary has risen from 200 copper plants at the beginning to 10 silver dong now.

But he still rarely thinks about spending money.

Occasionally, he needed to buy some necessities such as salt, which his wife and son also bought, and he was only responsible for making money.

Every time his wife Leah came back from the store, she would babble and tell him about the products inside, but there weren't many, just a few things back and forth, and the most she could say was something called a "sound machine".

Of course, he knew that the little tin box that could make its own sound was made on the latest assembly line of the alchemy workshop, or strictly speaking, they only made the shell and parts, and it was said that it was a bunch of very complicated things that needed to be made by the hands of the magic apprentice - his son Henry was now a magic apprentice, but he still couldn't do that kind of work.

I don't know why, after a long day's work, Raff had the urge to go into the store and take a look.

Once this thought arises, it can no longer be suppressed.

Isn't it just a store?

Raff paused, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked towards the store.

Spacious, bright, cleaner than your own home, the floor is still cushioned, and it is very comfortable to walk on.

"Welcome."

The clerk behind the counter habitually shouted, but he was still serving a customer.

The man bought a bag of wheat flour.

At first, Raff had a hard time understanding why anyone would spend money on food, but since his salary had risen, he realized that all the money he earned from working in the alchemy workshop was used to buy food than his wife had worked hard for a year.

It is said that there are many people in Winterfell who have stopped farming at all, and rely on working in workshops, construction teams, logging teams, etc. to support their families.

For Raff, who was born as a serf, it was a very insecure thing for the family to be completely detached from the land.

After the clerk finished serving the last customer, he came to Raff.

"How can you help?"

"Uh......" Raff had no idea how to answer.

The clerk was obviously very experienced in this, and said with a smile: "You can take a look at it casually, and call me if you need it." ”

Seeing the clerk turn away, Raff breathed a sigh of relief.

He leaned down and looked at the various goods inside the counter.

Most of the shops still focus on the necessities of daily life, such as grain, salt, fabrics, garments, and farm tools, but there are three things in a glass-enclosed counter.

Raff recognized at first glance that one of them was the "sound machine".

He subconsciously walked over and looked through the glass at the small tin box.

And next to the sound player, there are two other things.

A stack of crisp white paper, and a charcoal pen with a wooden perimeter wrapped around it.

Raff knew that these two were also products of the Alchemy Workshop.

Henry, the son of Henry, who has become an apprentice in magic, once said that in school, he can use paper and pen for free, but he cannot take it home, and if he wants to use it at home, he needs to buy it himself.

For this, Henry never wrote at home.

Come to think of this.

Raff looked up at the clerk not far away.

"That...... I want to buy all three. ”

(End of chapter)