Trapped in Another World With No Magic

Chapter 107: The Captured Queen

Daniel sits slumped and exhausted on his lounge sofa in the hangar, while Hekate sits on his chest, cuddling with him and sleeping on top of him. It has been about a week since he retrieved the scarf that Ryukana left behind, and he has learned a few things about the elementals that are spawned by it. They retain their memories when they switch out, but can't be taught to speak, and they will happily eat treats, but don't need sustenance. They also have a tendency to become envious and protective in regards to Daniel.

For now, the dark elemental, Luceniel is sleeping on Hekate's head, nestled conveniently in the feldrok empress's crown between her triangular ears. Occasionally, Luceniel shifts, which causes a disturbance on Hekate's ear, and her ear flicks, even with her fast asleep.

Daniel has been held hostage for the entire week by his various companions, and they haven't left him much private time -and certainly not without someone spying on him-.

Reignleif finally laid her second egg, while Geirahoel's and Ryuogriar's next ones are already starting to show. Treia and Gwenesphia, as well as Aoloan and Kera'tai, have spent the week 'trying to catch up', and Doephluev sneaks in every chance she gets.

And, on top of that, Aramellianna is attempting to conduct business as if her own territory isn't being invaded by Daniel's and Hekate's forces at present. She discovered the stash of anime Daniel has on his phone, and though she was off-put by the content of the specific one Thymeria stumbled across, she became almost obsessed. She grilled Daniel for hours on the various applications of both the animations and the indecent aspects, asking how and why Earth had such things to understand.

Her goal; to determine if she can make money off of either of them. Daniel knows that forms of entertainment in this world are comparatively limited to those of Earth. There are some plays, though only a few, and in most cases, most of the nobility have probably seen an enactment of the few that exist already. There are orchestras, but again, the variety is limited. And, it also requires the players or musicians to have travelled to a place nearby. There are court jesters, and magic performers. Daniel even watched a troubadour telling their story, which actually helped him learn the language by giving him catchy songs to sing to himself. Surprisingly, rumors from the castle had already turned into troubadour songs within the few weeks Daniel was learning the language and doing manual labor.

Brothels are also a thing in the human cities, at least, but they are a part of the dark underbelly of society, and not something that nobles would acknowledge. Daniel described the difference between artistic nudity and the more secular nudity shown in all forms, from drawings to pictures and videos.

And, for the videos, he had to show her the different types, such as documentary videos, animated videos, livestreams, and fictional movies and shows. He has quite a collection on his phone thanks to its one terabyte storage capacity,

Naturally, Daniel doesn't have the know-how to make the necessary components of computers. He might be able to make a film camera if he had someone to make the film itself, which he doesn't know enough about the composition of film.

But, magic opens doors Daniel might be able to work with. Using Wenlianna, Reignleif, and even Doephluev and Vaergraes, they may be able to make recordings on a magic device, similar to how the magic photo devices work. Daniel knows, having worked on Treia's and participated in Hekate's recording, that the devices can hold images and sound presumably indefinitely, so long as power is available. And, with what he knows, the 'memory' of those devices is little more than a simple river stone with some sort of magic glyphs. If Daniel could make a 'catalog' of memory stones, he might be able to make 'frames'. But, space constraints would make it tricky, and he would have to make some means of sequencing the individual frames.