The World I Was Supporting Was Real - Chapter 101



101. Woohoo……Plain facts are the best……!

The massive remodeling of the wood-attribute magic tower!

The most noticeable change was the spire, which looked like it was about to collapse.

Made with roughly tacked-on wooden planks, and covered in an ivy-climbed green roof, it looked quite antique at first glance, but-

Rainwater leaked in torrents every time it rained, so bad it was nearly impossible to stay there.

Even so, they couldn’t divert research funds, so it was left as part of the design, just sort of there, until now when they finally replaced it with a luxurious brick roof!

Sub-Tower Master Stella and Cohen, the wood-affinity mage of the Magic Tower, gazed at the roof, offering their thoughts.

“It’s… it’s somehow a bit disappointing. There was a certain charm to the wooden roof…”

“What are you talking about, Cohen? Watch your words. It was no charm, nothing of the sort. Just a symbol of a dilapidated building.”

“I agree it needed fixing, but wouldn’t it have been good to use sturdy wood? Now we can interact with the demons, we could’ve used that legendary Nytis tree that only grows on lands suffused with mana.”

“By the time that thing has grown enough to be used for planks, both you and I will be old geezers, Cohen.”

“I have no argument there…”

The two were having a very meaningless bit of small talk, their expressions completely out of sync with the content of their conversation, utterly cheerful.

After all, this was the moment they witnessed the wood-affinity Magic Tower, once abandoned and in ruins, come back to life right before their very eyes!

They were two of the four mages who had dedicated themselves to this place, so the emotion must have been particularly profound.

It wasn’t just the symbolic spire that had been fixed.

The tower itself, sticking up above the first floor, hadn’t changed much- the key was underground.

An enormous space, with a huge room usable as a laboratory, a full four underground levels, had been created anew!

Of course, there were two big reasons why such a large space could be built so quickly.

First off, the fire-affinity mages, usually so uncooperative, helped them by using explosive magic to easily break through the rock, that was the first reason.

Unlike in the past, they no longer had to compete over the budget, and with the added justification that spreading the word of God directly (including fertilizer) meant ‘helping the wood-affinity Magic Tower is helping God,’ Tower Master Ian of the fire-affinity tower had given his permission-

As a result, the time spent on digging the earth was drastically reduced.

Of course, if it had been about living in a cave that could collapse at any moment, they would have left it at just that-

But it was the demons who stepped up when that proved realistically impossible.

Purely in terms of physical strength, they were beings with bodies roughly ten times stronger than humans—

therefore, the speed at which they carried the pillars, ceilings, and floors that supported the underground cave, as well as the materials for their construction, was also significantly faster.

“●◎▲▼○□◇◆■…… (๑꒪﹏꒪๑)”

“You’ve worked hard. Of course, you’ll be compensated, and the magic tower lord will certainly not forget this favor.”

“▼○□▲▼○◇◆ ⸜( •ᴗ• )⸝”

Watching the demons cooperate, Yunus thought with a strange smile.

‘They’re definitely different from the demons I knew. Whether they were originally like this, or if it’s the effect of ‘God’s will,’ I don’t know…’

Still, well, if there’s a path where no one dies and no one is killed, then that’s the path we should take.

Since donning the green mantle, she too had gradually become conscious of the existence called Igwogweodon, and she was taking steps into the new world by considering what she could do.

Anyway—

Now, the first mission of the wood-element magic tower, which had become quite large, was about to begin.

* * *

A newly created, massive conference room on the 3rd basement level.

Here, where about ten mages who were said to have a knack at the wood-element magic tower had gathered, the magic tower lord Raina took out something with a strange smile and—

—thump!

Slammed it hard onto the table.

Its identity was a holy water that grew by consuming simple facts— Cola.

“Here. Have a glass each.”

Raina brought out several very small glasses, poured a little into each, and distributed them to the people gathered here.

“What is this? Is it alcohol?”

“I heard there’s a place that makes black beer…”

“Don’t you have any snacks?”

The mages gathered here each took a sip and then-

“Th, this is it!!”

“Kyah!”

“THIS IS IT-!!!”

After just one sip, their eyes turned square, and they were desperately calling out the name of ‘God’.

For a brief moment, Reyna felt a chill at this indescribable scene, but-

‘Well, the cola’s good…I guess this is normal?’

Having already tasted the divine flavor, she could easily brush it aside.

“L, Lord Tower Master! I don’t think this is alcohol?! It’s so delicious?!”

At Stella’s words, Reyna slowly nodded her head.

“That’s right. It’s not alcohol. It’s an innovative drink that can be drunk instead of alcohol – it’s cola.”

“Cola… It has such an impressive-sounding name!”

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“But how can it have such a sparkling sensation…? Truly amazing.”

“Where did you get it?”

“Okay. I’ll tell you slowly, so listen carefully.”

Reyna explained everything that had happened so far, from meeting the Saintess, adding God’s power to holy water to create cola, to the fact that she had the idea while eating chicken-

She organized and explained everything to everyone.

“I see… So, the Saintess’s request is to create something that’s as close to this as possible?”

“Yeah. They say it’s God’s will. Of course, it’s not impossible to make them, not as long as they’re in my hands, but as you guys know, the ‘plain facts,’ the necessary power to create fertilizer, gets I used up way too fast. I want to minimize that somehow.”

Since everyone gathered here was a fertilizer expedition member, they all understood without difficulty what he meant by the ‘plain facts’ getting depleted so quickly.

“But, if we reduce the usage of plain facts, then what way are we going to make them…?”

“It’s a simple problem, Isaac. Think about what our main job is.”

“Well, we’ve been dedicated to making fertilizer for the last few days, but we’re originally potion… Ah.”

Isaac clapped his hands as if he’d realized something.

That’s right.

Making something like this, it didn’t really feel like something a mage would do – but where were they anyway?

Wasn’t this the Wood Attribute Magic Tower, already far off the beaten path of mages due to its various potion-making exploits?

If not us, then who would do this work!

“Right. It’s something only we can do. You get it?”

“I understand.”

Rayna looked around at everyone’s faces and stretched her hand straight up.

It was a cute habit she had to gain attention, being quite short.

“So, everyone, please contribute ideas to recreate this unique ‘flavor’ and the ‘tingling’ sensation like drinking beer! Anything is fine. Just start with the context of ‘potion making.’”

“Even if you say that, I haven’t been assigned to the Wood Attribute Magic Tower for long, so I don’t have much experience with potion making…”

“Stella and I will quickly teach you the basics, so don’t worry. And there’s Isaac and Cohen too.”

“If that’s the case…”

After hearing a reply that sounded like they’d accepted the situation, Rayna lightly cleared her throat-

“Let’s do them one by one for now. Creating the flavor and creating the tingling sensation- let’s start with whichever is less difficult. And I think, the one that is much less difficult is—”

“Zap!”

The gathered mages, as one, uttered the same phrase.

“From a potion-making mage’s perspective, creating this zap, this feeling similar to beer, seems easier than trying to replicate this strangely profound flavor I’m tasting for the first time.”

“Isaac. Didn’t you say your family runs a brewery?”

“Well, yeah… but I don’t think we could apply that to making something like this cola.”

“Could you explain why?”

At Reina’s question, Isaac, who had been talking with Cohen, lowered his head and spoke.

“It’s simple. This is a sensation that comes from fermentation. But the cola you gave us has absolutely none of that yeasty, musty smell you get from fermented liquids… rather, it goes down clean and refreshing. And the Tower Lord said “It’s not alcohol, right?”

“Mm.”

“Even if there’s some method, if we try to replicate this using the same way we make beer at home, it’ll just end up as alcohol anyway…so I think it would be better to try a different approach.”

“Hmm…”

Just when everyone was racking their brains in thought.

“Hold on for a second.”

The one who raised their hand was Yunos, the genius mage who once led the demon lord subjugation team.

“Tower Lord. This zapping sensation… from a mage’s point of view, what kind of feeling would you say it is?”

“Huh?”

“I mean, from an elemental mage’s perspective.”

Elemental magic—

The most basic unit of magic. The very names ‘Fire Element Tower’ and ‘Water Element Tower’ were originally based on elemental magic.

It could be regarded as encompassing all kinds of things like spitting fire or creating ice.

“Huh? Well, what else would it be… brain-type magic, wouldn’t it?”

“Exactly. I was thinking, if you use a very weak lightning spell on water, and if you can effectively bind its after-effect to the water… it wouldn’t be exactly the same, but it could probably taste pretty close, right ?”

“…Yunos. Are you saying you want to zap someone’s mouth with lightning?”

“Of course not! Okay, Stella. Excuse me for a second.”

“Huh? Me…?”

Yunos strode up to Stella, then, he extended a finger slightly-

And placed it directly on Stella’s bare shoulder.

“Kya, you, wha, what…!”

—*Zzzzt*.

“Ah….”

“How was that? Did it hurt?”

Stella shook her head.

“No. Just a tiny, tiny little tingle…?”

“It’s just about this level of magic. Too weak to affect the human body. Even if you put your hand directly into water charged with this level of force, it wouldn’t hurt much. Would you like to try it, Lord Tower Master ?”

“…It’s alright. I’ll just highly appreciate Stella’s sacrifice.”

“More importantly, you can use brain-type magic as well?”

Unlike the old mage beside him, who was marveling, Yunos answered nonchalantly.

“I can handle all kinds of elemental magic.”

“Really?!”

“Yes. From the start, the reason all the magic towers were tripping over themselves to bring me in was because I could freely wield all types of elemental magic.”

“Remarkable talent… hoo.”

Tower Lord Reina already knew – though it was probably a surprise to the other mages.

Reina hadn’t been against the idea of ​​bringing her to the Wood Attribute magic tower, either. It was just that she didn’t have the budget to bring her in.

A talent that everyone coveted was now wearing a green cloak and calling me ‘Tower Lord’ under my command…

‘Uhehe… a plain, unadulterated fact is the best… !’

“Tower Lord.”

“Kyaa!”

Because Yunus suddenly encroached on her personal space, Reina let out a rather melodious moan.

Without meeting the face that had come so close, she sharply turned her head away.

She definitely, even though she was the same s*x… gave the impression of being quite handsome.

If it wasn’t for the large breasts that asserted their presence even now, she’d be more than qualified to be called a pretty boy.

“What do you think? Can you bind it? Up until now, applying elemental magic to a liquid state was an impossible task, but… with mana plus the power of a plain, unadulterated fact, I think it might be possible.”

“Ah…”

Reina quietly closed her eyes and sensed the plain, unadulterated fact.

And then she realizes once again.

With this power, nothing is impossible.

Furthermore, if it’s just that level of task, she instinctively knows there’s no need to spend time on it like when making fertilizer.

“I think so. Let’s do it.”

* * *

“Then, here I go!”

*Tingle!*

Yunos let a bolt of lightning magic flow into the basin filled with clear water.

At the same moment, Reina’s eyes sparkled—

“Hah!”

Using a miniscule amount of the ‘plain facts’ in the air, she used a technique to bind them together into one.

But—

—*Glug, glug*

“… It’s the same. It won’t bind.”

No matter how many times she tried, she couldn’t catch the timing to capture both the water and the lightning at the same time.

“The technique is perfect…”

“It seems… the lightning disappears too quickly in the water. But if I increase the intensity here, it will only become more dangerous… I guess it’s a failure after all.”

“If the lightning didn’t disappear, it feels like it would be possible though?”

“Since lightning magic’s effect is immediate upon use, that’s impossible.”

Yunos sighed in disappointment, but then laughed heartily—

“What can you do! Unless we have a tool to hold the lightning in place, we’ll have to think of another method. I must have been wrong. Sorry.”

‘Huh…?’

Hearing Yunos’ words, Reina nodded as if something had struck her.

“Wait a second. How about coating a sword with aura?”

“Huh?”

“No, if you use aura to coat a sword, that magic stays there, right? If we use that, wouldn’t we be able to bind it?”

“……Ah!”

Though the intensity was weak, not enough to create something truly valuable, worthy of being called an ‘Aura Weapon’-

It was okay anyway, as long as the lightning magic kept swirling around it.

“Here’s a long sword!”

“Oh! Then let’s try it right away-“

Then.

“……Hold on a second!”

“Stella?”

“Aura Weapons are weapons that only the most skilled and talented knights can wield! Even if mages like us hold an Aura Weapon, we can’t maintain it.”

“……Is that so?”

“Even the Tower Lord didn’t know?”

“Well, I never had any intention of becoming a knight… I just thought Aura Weapons were powerful, that’s all.”

“If that were the case, we’d all be using Aura Weapons by now….”

Yunos wordlessly and slowly used lightning magic on the weapon.

The small sparks of lightning lightly wrapped around the blade of the long sword-

Then, *pop*, they vanished.

“……You’re right. Something about trying to move it makes the reaction disappear.”

“So, we just need to call a skilled knight, then?”

“Huh? I guess so, but….”

At Stella’s words, Raina snapped her fingers, a confident look on her face.

“Just wait a second. I think I know *just* the right person.”

* * *

“Uh…”

The person Reina brought.

It was that holy knight, a plateful of them—Luca—the one who’d told her at the cathedral not too long ago to “ask anytime if you need help.”

“So, you called me here to ask me to use an aura weapon?”

“Y-yeah… I, uh, was hoping you’d help.”

She’d gone to call him confidently, and she’d actually managed to get him here somehow –

But, being Reina, who is basically shy unless it’s with someone she knows or in front of mages from the Magic Tower, she was, in a way, awkwardly stammering her answers.

Having heard the general situation, Luca, true to his diligent nature, replied in a very earnest tone.

“Aura weapon… I’ve never handled one before, but I’ll give it a try…”

“Here, take it.”

Yunohs, handing the sword over to Luca, again swirled the slightest of lightning magic over it.

And, Luca…

“…!”

The instant he took it, he was able to wield it freely, back and forth, like it was an extension of his own body.

The aura was also being maintained without failure.

“As expected of a holy knight, a plateful of them…! You’re handling an aura weapon without any trouble!”

“Well, it’s not really that big of a deal… So, should I put this in the water now?”

“Yes! Please do!”

Whether Stella’s boost had made him uncomfortable, Luca, with a slightly awkward look, plunged his lightning-wreathed sword into the water.

Then, at the same moment Reina’s eyes lit up—

――*FWOOMPH!*

A tiny explosion reverberated from below the surface.

“Done…!”

Luca, hearing the voice, slowly drew the sword.

Reina, carefully scooping a cup of the water, poured it straight down… her throat.

—*Zzzt!*

“…Kyah!”

The instant Reina’s shout echoed, voices of relief erupted from all around.

Though, not perfect, by any means—

By searing the inside of her mouth with a ‘tasty-fact-force-bound-faint-residual-lightning-magic’ that wouldn’t disperse from the water, the moment of this world’s “pseudo-soda” was born.