Chapter 200 - Rune Research Center (1/2)

Chapter 200: Rune Research Center

In front of Gawain was the blueprint of a new type of processing facility that he was envisioning.

If it was a few months ago, Gawain would think that he was delusional for trying to design such a machine in a society that was so backward. He would have felt that he was not respecting reality and forcing the advancement. However, recent experiences made him understand one logic: he still had to further adjust his thoughts and to get rid of the experiences left behind by his previous life. It was to prevent him from making a wrong judgment due to those experiences.

It was a machining lathe that had various magical equipment: It used the Scorching Ray base plate that could constantly release a heat ray as a cutting head. It used the repulsion apparatus, which could conduct complicated quick activations and quick shutdowns, as the moving mechanism. It used the control cores of the magic puppets as the central control. —This operation was temporarily left out… Gawain had yet to design a simple rune trigger to fix on the complicated puppet core.

This was entirely a “blueprint machine”, and it was impossible to construct this at this juncture. However, Gawain was certain that the direction of the design was fine. He had temporarily drawn the impossible design on the blueprint. In recent days, he had been arranging the necessary actions and rewards that happened over the past few months and had developed some ideas that were uncontrollable during the process.

There were footsteps that could be heard from the hallway, and Gawain lifted his head to see the door being opened by someone. Rebecca made a ruckus as she ran inside. “Lord Ancestor, I heard from Betty that you are looking for me?”

After Rebecca ran in while making a ruckus, the white-haired Jenni then walked into the room carefully. The Runemaster had a helpless expression, and it was obvious that she was embarrassed by all the inevitable accidents and commotions whenever she moved together with Rebecca. She took a glance at the proud Viscountess and greeted Gawain with her head lowered. “Your Excellency, do you have instructions?”

Before Gawain had time to even speak, Rebecca had already noticed the blueprint on the table, and she yelled out, “Hey, Jenni! Look! My ancestor drew a new blueprint~!”

“Your Excellency, are you designing a new machine or weapon?” This time, even the respectful and well-behaved Jenni couldn’t hold back her curiosity and approached. She looked at the concept machine on the table with surprise. Looking at the distinct and prominent components’ designs that were beside the machine’s blueprint, she could vaguely guess the function of this machine. “This is… a kind of equipment to cut materials? No… it isn’t just meant for cutting. It seems like it can also mold or sculpt? It is using the Scorching Ray as a cutting tool?”

Jenni was looking at the blueprint on the table with fervor and curiosity. She had a peculiar feeling of reverence towards Gawain, and it wasn’t just because of Gawain’s social status or hero status. It was more so for his “concept of thinking” that was far beyond an ordinary person’s mind. Gawain would always be able to propose some bold yet feasible designs, and when those designs were made into reality, ordinary people like them would discover how deep his intentions were with each step of the design.

It was like this when he was governing the territory, and it was the same in the field of magic… Gawain might not be the inventor of rune logic, but he was able to find the proper method to use it. Those interchangeable base plates and ideas for mass production were things that a Runemaster like Jenni had never thought of.

This time though, Jenni felt that Gawain’s design for this equipment was truly… far too advanced.

“Your Excellency, please pardon me for speaking bluntly. Many structures on this machine… are probably unable to be produced in reality for now. Putting other things aside, just talking about the magic-puppet-core portion, we do not have any technical personnel for it. This is the profound technology that belongs to the northern Violet Kingdom…”

“I know. This machine isn’t a mission for you two.” Gawain knew that these two young ladies had already gotten the wrong idea, but he still allowed them to finish observing the blueprint before he broke his silence. “I am going to give the two of you a special and long-term task.”

“A special and long-term task?” Rebecca’s eyes widened before she got delighted and asked, “Ancestor, are you asking us to be in charge of another project?”

“This time, it isn’t as simple as a project.” Gawain smiled and said, “I want to establish a new department.”

Jenni asked cautiously, “Will it be… like that mechanical research station?”