Chapter 100

I thought for a moment and said to Emma,

"Emma, can you collect the ores? With this, we can make tin without transforming into a dragon. I think it’s more efficient if I stay here."

"Understood! Leave it to me!!"

Emma, delighted, trotted off happily.

While she was gone, I checked the device at the starting point of the course, which is supposed to shoot out the ores. If this device works, it would definitely make it easier to create tin. I tried to figure it out, but...

"No good, I don’t understand."

I was at a loss. I don’t have the knowledge to understand such mechanisms, so I couldn’t even tell if it was broken or not.

While I was doing this, Emma brought the ores and placed them at my feet. After placing them, she immediately went back to mining. As I watched her go, I picked up a few Tutan and Naga and threw them to fuse them into tin.

"It’s faster to do it myself without being picky."

I chuckled to myself. With that decided, I started picking up Tutan and Naga one after another and using the course to fuse them into tin.

Without the course, I would have to transform into a dragon, but with it, I could easily make tin without transforming.

I wasn’t sure how much tin was needed, but I decided to make as much as possible and bring it back.

Emma would mine the ores, and I would process and fuse them.

As I got used to it, it became a kind of assembly line, and it was fun. Throw, fuse, throw, fuse, throw...

"Hey, Cyril, that last one didn’t fuse, right?"

Suddenly, Emma, who had just brought more ores, noticed and asked me.

"Yeah, I threw some scrap ore just now."

"Scrap ore?"

"See, it’s mixed in there."

I pointed to the pile of ores Emma had brought to my feet.

"Oh! I’m sorry! I’ll be more careful!"

"No, it’s fine. It would be a waste of time to try to sort it out. Besides—like this."

I picked up two pieces of scrap ore and threw them onto the course, just like I would with Tutan and Naga.

The scrap ore accelerated at the end of the course and collided, but it didn’t fuse; it just shattered.

"It’s good for a change of pace."

"Really?"

"Yeah, it’s like eating. Even if something is delicious, you get tired of it if you eat it all the time. But if you put something different in between, the taste comes back. It’s like that."

"Humans are mysterious."

Emma said this thoughtfully. Dragons, being a species that doesn’t get bored and can continue the same thing indefinitely, found this concept strange.

"So, don’t worry about the scrap ore. Just bring whatever you can get."

"Understood! I like you, Cyril!"

Emma smiled and went back to mining. It felt good to be liked by a dragon, and I returned to my work of fusing tin.

Emma would mine, and I would fuse.

This division of labor became unexpectedly enjoyable, and we could have continued indefinitely.

"Emma, I’ve collected all I can."

"Got it. Once I finish fusing the current batch, I’ll take the finished tin to the surface."

"Okay!"

Emma nodded vigorously. Under her watchful eye, I fused the remaining ores. Since I could do it without much effort, and with the end in sight, my enthusiasm grew. I threw Tutan and Naga with a bit more force.

After fusing the last Tutan and Naga into tin, I picked up the remaining scrap ore.

"That’s it, done."

If asked why, I could only say that the sense of completion at the end of the task made me put more effort into it. It wasn’t a feeling of anything special, but rather like a final fireworks display.

I threw the last piece of scrap ore a bit harder. It flew at the fastest speed yet and collided.

"Good work, Cyril."

"..."

"Is something wrong, Cyril?"

"Did you see that just now?"

"Huh? See what? I’m sorry, I didn’t see it."

Emma apologized with a guilty look. I patted her head to reassure her that there was no need to apologize.

While doing so, I replayed what I had seen in my mind. Was it an illusion? No, it wasn’t.

If it wasn’t...

I looked around. There were pieces of scrap ore that had scattered when Emma brought them. Since they weren’t needed, I hadn’t bothered to gather them like Tutan and Naga.

I picked up two pieces and turned back to the course.

"Emma?"

Then, in front of Emma’s curious gaze,

"Transform."

I muttered and threw the scrap ore onto the course in an instant. The scrap ore accelerated along the course at an incredibly fast speed, faster than ever before. And then—collision.

"Whaaat!?"

Emma was surprised.

At the end of the course, the scrap ore had fused!

The scrap ore, which should not have fused, had fused due to the strongest force and the fastest speed.

And the fusion—

"Amazing energy..."

It floated in the air, glowing for a while.

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