Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 508: Presents and Coaching

On a table, I laid out Emilia-chans present, and she, Rod-kun, Kaede, and Lulu-chan played happily.

Ah! I encountered a poison slime, Ive been poisoned so I must rest for one turn.

Lulu encountered a horned rabbit, I will beat it and received 50 silver nya!

Ah! You set off a trap, return two spaces.

Yay! I discovered a treasure chest in the dungeon, I got 100 gold!

They enjoyed playing as they experienced a roller coaster of joy and sorrow was because of the Sugoroku, a dice board game. Among those, I tried to make a game similar to The Game of Life, which I had played a lot as a kid.

I was worried that it might have been a bit of a childish game to give to Emilia-chan, but Im relieved to see that she was happy about it.

As I watched Emilia-chan and the others play the dice board game, Earl Rockford talked to me..

Iruma-dono, what an interesting play equipment. Will you also be selling this to the Papeck Company?

No, I dont have any plans to do so yet.

Ohh, is that so!? Then would you mind selling it to my company?

Eh, your company, Earl Rockford?

Yes, our house operates a humble company, though it does not offer anything special. Was this called a Sugoroku? With this, I have no doubt that this would be well received by the children.

Huh, is that so?

I will set up a workshop to replicate the one Emilia had received. You shall not be inconvenienced at all, Iruma-dono. I would like to us to sign a patent monopoly contract.

I couldnt refuse when Earl Rockford said all that. It was only a matter of discussing patents after that. Charlotte and the others would scold me though

We stayed over at the Rockford estate, and after breakfast the next morning, we gathered at the courtyard within the grounds to coach Emilia-chan on magic and Rod on shield technique and swordsmanship.

Emilia-chan was taught by our partys rear guards Akane and Laeva, and Maria was there for complete support.

Rod-kun was taught swordsmanship and shield techniques by Sophia, who was a former knight of Yggurle Kingdom. There was no other knight here who knows about swordsmanship and shield techniques besides Sophia, so they were doing a one on one coaching.

Marnie, Kaede, Lulu-chan, and I were having a cup of tea with Madam Rose by a table a slight distance away.

Emilia-sama, do you know your magic attributes?

Akane-sama, please refer to me as Emilia. Akane-sama, you are my magic teacher and I am your pupil.

Then Ill call you Emilia-san. You dont need to use sama for me either.

Yes, then I shall refer to you as Akane-san.

Laeva doesnt mind if you use Laeva.

As I thought about how strange it was for Akane to act like a proper teacher, I had a chat with Madam Rose.

Did you inspect what Emilia-chans attributes are?

Yes, as soon as we found out that her magic power was above average when she recovered completely, we immediately had her examined. That childs attributes are fire and wind.

I see, so shes a double. The Fire and Wind are are very compatible as well.

Dear, you may have preferred Water and Earth attributes, but Emilia herself is happy about it.

W-well, Water an Earth would have been beneficial in the development of the fief.

Before, there had been a tendency of praising offensive magic, but that changed recently. In the past, Earth mages were rounded up to build the outer walls of cities and forts, but ever since a mage established roads, built fort walls, and even built a fortress city entirely with Earth magic, mages of the Earth attribute started becoming popular.

As for Earl Rockford, he must have wanted Emilia-chan to assist with the development of the territory.

Even Wind magic can be used to cut stone. But Emilia-chan seems to want to use for attack magic.

Thats right. That child has long admired Iruma-san, Sophia-san and the others, so she had said that she wanted to subjugate monsters

Ha, haha, well escort her at that time then.

Emilia-chan was apparently the aggressive type, despite appearances.

Listen well, whats important when using magic is sensing magic power and manipulate that magic power at will. Chants are not necessary when you have a proper image in mind.

Eh, is that so? The mages of House Rockford thought me that it was necessary to have the exact chant though

Its impossible to do long chants in actual battle unless you have plenty of time to spare. And not a single person in our party chants.

Thats right. Knowledge on various natural phenomenon is tied to the optimization of magic power, and so you must study it, but spell incantations are inhibit the growth of the Magic Perception and Magic Power Manipulation skills.

S-so thats how it is. Ill do my best.

Akane and Laeva were telling her the truth, but it was different from the common practices of this world. I wonder if thats alright?

Well, Emilia-chan was more of an attacker, so its better to not chant her spells.

If theres a problem, Maria would say something.

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