Magicraft Meister Part 3

The next day, the 6th.

A fireworks display was scheduled for that night.

The town was more crowded than the previous day.

< restaurant seems to be almost fully booked.

"I wonder if they are well known."

Today, Jin had another question.

"Is there any other town that sets off fireworks?"

"...... sure."

Jin said he did not know where the fireworks came from, but there was no need for them to be set off only in outlying towns.

"Are the fireworks expensive?　Or is the process so special that they can't be made anywhere else?"

I tried several guesses, but could not come up with an answer.

"Do you have any idea about that?"

I asked Reiko, to which she replied in the affirmative, "Yes.

"I can explain it to you, but what do you want me to do?

"I guess so. ......"

Asking for a quick answer to everything depends on the situation.

"This time I'll ask after I've seen and heard a little more myself.

Jin looked at Erza, saying, "After all, we are here for a short trip, to have fun.

"Hmm, thank you."

Erza agreed with Jin, since she was also enjoying the trip.

"Well, let me ask you something."

Jin and Erza decided to avoid the tourists and asked around to the people who seemed to be locals.

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"......No, no..."

"No, no."

But the enquiries were in vain. No one knew why.

Everyone's reaction was that it was a good thing that the fireworks were increasing the number of tourists.

No, only one person, to be exact,

"I would like to know, but I don't know.

I would like to know, but I don't know.

That person said

"The fireworks are going off in the next country, and if we are making money by taking advantage of the fireworks, it could go wrong at any time. It is a fool's errand not to think about what to do when that happens.

He said.

It was the owner of a magic tool shop on the main street.

"All I can tell you is that the method of making fireworks is a secret and not something that can be easily learned.

"I see."

Jin left the magic tool shop and considered what he had just heard.

"It's not something you can make easily. ......"

Certainly, fireworks require gunpowder, which is made by mixing gunpowder with nitre, sulfur, and other combustion materials and coloring agents.

However, the fireworks developed by Jin and Saki were not like that. A large part of it was made up with magical materials.

"...... So, the so-called method has been lost."

So all that's left are fireworks using gunpowder, which may or may not be the original ...... originating from Mitsuho, but are the same as the old-fashioned ones anyway.

"Well, maybe because they use gunpowder, they are not in the city, but in the middle of nowhere."

At this point, Jin decided to ask the old man via Reiko to tell him the correct answer.

"Father, your guess so far is almost correct. I will explain to you what to do next, since you don't have enough information only in this town.

Yes, please.

"There was a pyrotechnician who lived on the outskirts of Nyse, a town on the side of the Kingdom of Klein. He was the only pyrotechnician in the Lesser Kingdom.

Oh, is that so?

"Oh, is that so?" "Yes. And he lived in such a remote place because he was afraid of gunpowder accidents. Also, we could get nitre from the nearby mountains.

Nitre is potassium nitrate KNO3.

It is a type of nitrogen compound formed by the decomposition of urea in organic matter in the soil and animal excrement, which is oxidized by bacteria during decomposition to form salts with potassium ions. ...... seems to be a good place to start.

Since it is water soluble, it diffuses into the deep layer when it rains. Potassium nitrate is also absorbed by plant roots as a nutrient. Therefore, potassium nitrate is difficult to obtain in regions with heavy rainfall.

Therefore, in Japan, human waste is fermented and aged to make nitrate.

"Nitre. That's rare in this world. ......"

As far as Jin knows ......, or rather as far as the old man has investigated, the places where nitre can be extracted are quite limited.

Since it is usually found at the back of caves, it is assumed that it is derived from the feces of animals living in caves, such as bats.

As for explosives, since there are explosives based on <>, difficult-to-handle explosives are only used as reagents on Horai Island.

However, it is difficult to make colorful flowers bloom in the night sky only with <>.

"Reiko, you just spoke in the past tense. That means ......

"Yes, father, the craftsmen have been around for 170 years."

"Then there must be someone else who has taken over his work."

"Yes, father."

"Well ...... I'm a little curious. I was thinking of taking a trip to the Kingdom of Franz, but now I'm wondering about that someone who's setting off the fireworks."

"Hmm, I know."

Erza seems to be curious too, and agrees with Jin. Elsa does not know all the details either.

Jin looks forward to the night, thinking that the old man probably knows the truth.

The long-awaited night arrived.

And the long-awaited night came.

Around 8:00 p.m., a large flower bloomed in the eastern sky.

"Oh, it's definitely fireworks.

It wasn't the showy kind you see in modern Japan, but a simple, old-fashioned firework display.

They were being shot off about once a minute.

Tourists' voices are heard here and there.

Indeed, they are beautiful in the dark night sky. Jin thought that it was understandable that people were rushing to see the fireworks.

I wonder how many shots will go up.

"Oh, it's changing color.

"It's true."

From the third shot, the whitish fireworks turned reddish, and from the fifth shot, they turned green. From the 7th shot, they turned blue, and from the 10th shot, they turned white again.

It was a dreamlike drama that lasted for about 10 minutes.

"If they are going to light up again tomorrow, we can find out where they are.

"I think you already have, but..."

"That's right. If you go to ......, you might even be able to find who is raising it."

"Hmm."

Jin thought about it. It's hard to go there by myself.

There is a possibility that the place where they are setting off the fireworks is in the mountains.

Maybe I should ask the old man.

I think that's a good idea.

"Okay."

Jin contacted the old man with the bracelet.

"Mr. Old, do you know who is setting off the fireworks now, where, and why?"

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Yes, please.

The old man started to explain to Jin. .......