Just A Reincarnation Story (Summoning Japan Edition)

Chapter 27: Rapid Rotation

Fundamens (Month 1) 16, 1615 Central Calendar, 19:00

Holy Milishial Empire

A room in the MOASEC Apartment Complex, San Redentore District, Runepolis

The sound of pencil scraping against paper echoed in a quiet office room. The wielder of the instrument, a lanky brown-haired teenager known as one of the youngest members of the Ministry of Ancient Sorcerous Empire Countermeasures, Walman Falkenhausen, continued to align his pencil with a triangular ruler held in his left hand with focused eyes and then, drew several other lines on the paper with a satisfying noise. After he was done with it, he let go of the drawing tools, took a step back, and looked at the paper with a small smile.

"Mastering the construction and configuration of its mechanism... so this is how this thing gets built, huh?"

As Walman sighed in satisfaction with the finished work, he heard the sound of the door being opened from behind him, and when he turned around, his childhood friend, Meteos Roguerider, entered the room carrying a tray with two plates, cups filled with water, and eating utensils.

"Hey, I just finished cooking. Let's take a break for now," the silverette called out to his friend's back just after he put the tray with the dinner on a table, waiting for the brunette to join him.

"Hm? Ahh... just in time. Actually, it's already finished. Take a look," Walman gestured.

"Oh?" Meteos hummed, "This marks the fifth day since we started the work. With the number of sketches for the general design drawing, the cross-section drawing, and the details of each part... I think that's impressive for a pair of kids, don't you think?"

"Hmph... yeah. It seems hard at the first glance, but fortunately there are a lot of reference materials for us to work with. I've reread all of them ever since yesterday morning. Thanks, Meteos, it's been a great help."

"Don't mention it, I just selected them for you. It's the Ancient Ministry that you must be grateful for keeping those books," he answered plainly. "Now that the side quest is already finished, shall we?"

Meteos gestured to a plate of what looked like a warm and thick omelet emitting a delicious smell that wafted inside the room, inviting the tired boy to come and take a bite of it. Walman chuckled, patting a pile of books beside the drawing table as he spoke before leaving the drawing table and sitting across from his friend to indulge in the supper that Meteos had prepared.

A few minutes later, the two friends finished dinner with smiles on their faces. After sitting and letting his stomach digest the meal for a moment, Walman excused himself and headed out of the office room to stretch his body and get some rest in the living room, leaving Meteos who decided to remain in the office for a bit longer. After setting the empty plates aside, he got up from the chair and walked toward the drawing table. He picked up a stack of drawings kept in the corner of the room along the way and shuffled through it.

"To think Walman was still a junior high schooler until last tenth month... he's really bright when he put his mind to it," he muttered as he traced his fingers over the paper, doing a check to try to find flaws in his friend's drawings and comparing its dimensions to the papers he spread out over the table. However, no matter where he looked, he found none, and thus his inspection ended as soon as he started it.

This so-called 'side quest' was started five days ago immediately after Meteos finished his shift working on the Alpha Edge Project, when he and the core members of the designing team have some breathing room. Although the team received a large increase in personnel, they still have to monitor the work of the personnel loaned from outside the Ancient Ministry so that there will be no mistakes that will be fatal to the Heavenly Vessel, in addition to their own duties. But now that several months have passed since the development was started, all involved personnel in the Alpha Edge Project are more or less capable of keeping up with the core members. In a way, it's like Meteos and Walman's own relationship in designing their inventions.