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Discussion About Earth Magic
「I’ll make the bread, can I leave the making of Dally to you? I’m going to stuff the Dally to the bread so please make it have less moisture」
「……leave it to me」
After Baghdad nodded, he took a pot from the kitchen’s shelf and continued to gather the necessary spices to make Dally. While giving a sidelong glance at him, I prepare the necessary ingredients to make bread such as bread flour, and pastry flour. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Taking out a bowl, I add the bread flour, pastry flour, sugar, natural yeast, and salt to the bowl, and mix them all up with a spatula.
Once all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, I add water to the eggs and mix it by cutting through the mixture to distribute the moisture evenly.
Once the dough is ready, I take it out onto the counter and start kneading it.
After kneading for about five minutes, I add unsalted butter and knead it again.
The butter makes it difficult to knead the dough but as it spreads and blends in, it gradually becomes easier to knead.
Once I confirmed the gluten film had formed properly, I rolled it up to a ball, pulling the surface tight.
After lightly smearing some oil on the bowl’s surface, I place the dough into the bowl and cover it with several layers of cloth so it won’t come into contact with air as much as possible. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’m going to adjust the room’s temperature so the bread will ferment」
After calling out Baghdad to tell him that, I cast Ice magic to lower the kitchen’s temperature.
The climate in Lazur makes the room temperature too hot, causing the preliminary process of fermentation to progress too quickly.
If the temperature is kept at 25 degrees Celcius the preliminary fermentation will moderately advance and it will probably be completed faster than when it is made in Koryatt village.
「……it’s cool. So this is the benefit of Ice magic」
Baghdad quietly muttered with an ecstatic look on his face.
「It’s nice, right?」
「Aah, I’m honestly jealous」
Baghdad took a deep breath as if to gather the cold air in the room.
The seriousness toward cold air is really different here.
「Now I’m just waiting for the fermentation, is there something else I can help with?」
「There is no need, I just need to simmer the ingredients now」
He had finished preparing the Dally with his bare hands, delicious Dally aroma wafted from the pot.
There’s no point in helping with the combining and simmering of ingredients so it seems like there’s nothing I can do.
I was tired from standing all this while so I used Earth magic to create a chair to sit on.
And as I continued to stare vacantly in the kitchen like that, Baghdad spoke to me while he continued working on the Dally. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「……this is a rare time I got to meet Al. There’s something I want to ask in regards to Earth magic」
「Oh, sure」
Baghdad suggested a very interesting topic so I turned around to face him.
The apron on his muscular back is quite charming on him.
「I’ve been using Earth magic for years now, but I never saw such a rock made with Earth magic changed to such a black color」
「Ahー, the rock will become like that once you increase the mana compression level」
「In other words, if you charge the magic with mana to its utmost limit, it will become like that?」
「I don’t know if there’s a ‘limit’, but it will change color to black once the mana compression surpasses a certain level」
I’ve hardly used mana compression to such a level before much less used it, so I don’t really understand it that much either.
「I’m curious about it, I’m going to try it for a bit」
As a test, I cast Earth magic and tried recreating the sand armor Baghdad used before only on my arm.
As I poured mana into it and continued to compress my mana inside and repeated it again, the hardness increased and it gradually changed color from light brown to brown, dark brown, reddish brown, and eventually turned into a blackened color. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「As expected, it looks like it changes depending on the mana compression level」
「So, does that mean that if I reach such a level, my Earth magic will also increase even more!?」
Baghdad - who had been simmering the Dally - suddenly came rushing at me.
「Wa, you’re in the middle of simmering the Dally, y’know!?」
「S, sorry! I ended up losing my composure!」
If we have a magic stove here it will be easy to just control and adjust the fire so it won’t be a problem, but if you don’t it will end up burnt if you’re not careful.
When I pointed that out, Baghdad hurriedly returned his focus to the pot.
Baghdad was usually calm, but when it came to Earth magic, he seemed to become excited.
Not only Gregor, Gideon, or Schugel, but all the older men around me are all like this.
「If you continue to improve your mana compression, I think at least the quality of your magic will improve far better than it currently is」
「Mu mu, mana compression.....」
「What kind of image does Baghdad have when it comes to compressing your mana?」
「……right. In the sand armor case, it would be the image of the mana converging at the central part of my body」
「That’s an easily understandable compression」
「How does Al do it?」
「In my case the first step is the same but, I guess I repeat it again and again to solidify it. Just like Baghdad’s multiple domes of sand barriers」
「So you are stacking something that has already been compressed in such a high density and in such a small form!? That will be quite difficult to manipulate magically」
「Well, the difficulty increases the more you stack but it’s a fun challenge to see how far you can go, you know?」
「’Fun’... I see. I guess I also have to work hard and improve myself」
The more you compress your mana, the more intense the mana consumption gets, but it’s a convenient method to exhaust your mana in order to increase the amount of mana.
Maybe it’s because of such a background that I’m confident that I’m especially skilled in mana compression. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Can I also ask Baghdad a question too?」
「Sure, ask me anything」
「Do you use Body Strengthening magic when wearing the Sand Armor?」
「No, I do not」
「So you are wearing such heavy sand with your own bare body?」
「Aah, that’s right. That’s why I’m training my body」
Ehー, even just having a small amount of sand wrapped around my right arm already makes it so heavy for me.
Wearing such a thing all over your whole body, isn’t that insane?
From my point of view, I think doing that is even more amazing than the mana compression.
「But when in a real battle, I use Body Strengthening magic as a support」
Meaning, that when he’s fighting for real, he’s moving around the battlefield while being covered with all that sand.
I truly felt it was a good thing that the condition to get the Dally recipe was just having a magic spar of shooting magic at him. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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