Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 46: Mutual-Evit 6 of 10 “White filler flows” (Part 05)

From that answer was Odo from the base used by the Miquator witches in applying magic and its use. It tends to use the Theological approach rather than the Science approach. Indeed there is no wrong from such an understanding, there are even some philosophers who believe it is true even though in the end many are corrected by his students.

Putting on a slightly astonished face, Odo lazily said, “Ah, it turned out from there yes ...”

“Hmm?” The white-haired woman was astonished to see Odo's expression.

“Canna, it is not entirely wrong, but something is not right.”

“EH!? Was my answer wrong?!” Canna panicked, got up from her seat and hit the table. The cup jumped and almost spilled.

“Not wrong,” says Odo. “Sit, don't babar ...”

“Eng ...” The woman sat down, rethinking her answer and looking for what was wrong.

Looking at Canna very seriously and thinking hard, Odo smiled lightly and explained what was wrong, “Canna, listen to me! In the understanding of magic, the Four Main Elements, also known as the Four Base Elements, are the builders of the world, the foundation of the world. But ... basically the meter is not completely composed of it, there are still smaller things. After all, of the four there are those that are not elements but are instead categorized elements.”

“A-What is it?” Canna was hooked, staring curiously and arguing, “This is the common understanding all Miquator wizards hold, youh!”

“Obviously you guys weren't to the conclusion.” Odo smiled slightly, flipped the empty cup over the saucer cup and said, “Will I correct, first Fire is not an element.”

“A—! Fire element, loh!” refute Canna. He woke up and threw a rebuttal, “If it wasn't, magic couldn't possibly be active!”

“Listen first .... I'll explain those four basic elements, sit down.”

“Iya.” Canna sat back down, staring excitedly and waiting for an explanation.

Gaining such an enthusiastic gaze slightly troubled Odo. Taking a light breath, he ignored such a thing and explained, “First, Water consists of Hydrogen and Oxygen. Second, soil is made up of minerals and organic compounds. Third, Air or Wind consists of various Gas content. However, for fire does not enter into matter. Fire is the result of a reaction, something that arises due to changes.”

“Why is it like that?” ask Canna wonder. He held his own chin, then expressed his opinion, “Api .. instead of composed of heat and energy? Energy that causes light .... That has become the basis of the relationship between elements. If Fire comes out of that arrangement, it means that light must be removed as well and everything else must be removed. Finally not all in!”

Hearing that, Odo added, “That light is also not actually included in the element, but pure energy. Therefore light magic can be in the nature of purifying something. Fire ..., to make a fire requires three main things, gas in the form of oxygen, fuel that can be carbon, then the last one is heat. From the reaction caused by these three things, fire can be formed. So, fire is the result of chemical reaction.”

From that explanation Canna imagined the combustion process. In combustion in general, indeed the three things mentioned Odo are very necessary. On the other hand, in the use of fire magic the fuel used was replaced with Mana.

“In retrospect, true also .... Fire is different from the other three Base Elements, fire cannot last long, in contrast to water, land, and air that are fixed in number. Amount change is the principle of a reaction, mass change—”

“Fire actually has no time,” cut Odo. “That has mass is its oxygen or fuel.”

“Ah, true too!” Highlight Canna's eyes immediately beamed when he knew it, really understand that such a thing is also the right answer and he loudly said, “I just realized it! So all this time the Miquator witches used the wrong basis in researching! Obviously—!”

“Not wrong, it's just that your approach is different,” said Odo.

“But the father's explanation made a lot of sense! Why even argue with yourself?”

“This world is indeed formed by the Four Base Elements. The witches take a different approach, what I understand is likely to be .. similar to the Moloia people, to be exact maybe researchers there. Proof of that is the presence of firearms.”

“What is the difference?”

A moment Odo was silent, it was quite difficult to find the difference. From the approach of the Miquators and the Moloians there are indeed some differences, but their roots and purpose are the same.

From that, Odo took one distinction and said, “Imaginary element .... You guys are more likely to use that to research.”

Canna's expression instantly turned irritated, sitting turning her face and folding both of her hands forward. He also began to grumble, “What Father is mocking us witches? We are not imagers!”

“Not so ...” Odo smiled lightly, held his chin and slightly looked away he said, “As far as you know, research also requires that element. If you don't use it, how could you possibly use magic. The magicians could draw their Personal Reality to reality and create magic using the Mana from within the body, using the magic structure as a medium or formula as a catalyst. Such a thing is different with the people of Moloia.”

Canna understood a little what Odo said. In the magic that magicians use, especially Miquator magicians, it tends to be more powerful with the concept of imagining magic to strengthen the magic structure and generate power that can clearly affect reality. The imaginary factor is that.

“It's true too .... In using magic if reviewed it does need Imaginary Elements. But ... why can there be two such approaches?  Isn't the path to the Beginning of the Surface one?” ask Canna.

Odo suspected such a question would arise. Starting seriously, the young man asked back, “What do you imagine about the Beginning of Start?”

Canna was a little confused as to what it would look like. Looking at the ceiling of the room and imagining it, he hesitantly replied, “It .. a throne? Bright white peak?”

Odo did not dispute that. Nor did he approve of it, the young man gave his own opinion, “If in my opinion, the Beginning of Beginnings tends to look like a Tree with its roots being the knowledge that exists in this world.”

“Pohon ..?” Canna stared in trepidation, gulped heavily and asked, “Did any of you ever see her? How to talk Ayahanda as ..”

“Entah, that part is still secret.”

“Eeeh?” Canna looks disappointed, then starts sulking, “Not her Daddy came here to talk that?”

Odo sniffed lightly, with a look of disdain he said, “I changed my mind. You just don't understand completely. If I tell you about it, it could be dangerous later.”

“Why ... indeed?” ask Canna.

“If the person with insufficient knowledge knows what the Beginning is, it can be guaranteed that the person will go crazy and his personality is damaged. At least master 40% of the basic knowledge of this world, after that maybe you will definitely get a conclusion. Anyway ..., The Beginning of the Beginning was not something as beautiful as you imagined.”

“What .... Have you seen him?”

Odo fell silent without answering, looked away and put on a face full of burden. Canna did not understand what the young man was thinking, but clearly the face was not the face of a person who was satisfied because he had known something.

Looking back at Canna, the young man replied, “It was me climbing it, once standing at its peak and looking at the world as a whole. Just so you know, Canna. This world, this place is so small. Even if you make it to the top, it doesn't mean you're going to be big. Are you sure you want to keep chasing him?”

That does not make him at all daunted, as a learner should want to pursue knowledge. Enforcing a sitting position and staring straight, he replied, “Ayahanda knows, all witches are always looking for the truth. We witch Miquator want it no matter what shape it takes.”

“So, yes .... If it's like that, I'll give you some pointers. Next you must find out for yourself, it is not something that is given but must be obtained by yourself through effort. Well, this hint could also bring me an advantage.”

“Advantage?” Canna raised her eyebrows.

“That has something to do with my plan. Maybe this can also be a source of your funds in researching .... Ah, more precisely the source of funds Luna, yes.”

The white hair woman was amazed to hear it. Curiously he asked, “What does Ayahanda want to do?” He slightly looked away and thought. Unable to find a clear conclusion, he said, “To my knowledge, instead Father wants to create a shop to advance this city and create jobs for the unemployed, especially illegal immigrants ..”.

“You heard it from Luna? Yes, less is that. But, for that I need some things. One of them is Atelier's help.”

Canna fell silent again, thinking hard to find out what Odo wanted. Unable to find a suitable one in mind, in the end the white hair woman asked, “For what?”

“It .... “ Odo opened his mouth and was about to notify. But when remembering something that was missed, he immediately stopped and said, “Ah, wait! Before that there are some things I want to make sure of. You stayed at Miquator long enough, ‘kan? Can you tell me the development of magic there?”

“Eh?” Canna was confused. According to Odo's words, he remembered everything in the Miquator during his stay there. With a doubtful expression, he said, “Eng, his development, yes. Honestly there is already very advanced than this city.”

Odo doesn't really care about tools like that. Starting to enforce a sitting position, the young man asked, “Is there already paper? Not a shabby parchment paper, but a white paper made from fibers that have been treated with chemical substances.”

“Oh, if that's a lot. It was usually used to copy ancient books or curriculum books for the students. Maybe what you mean is definitely a paper printing machine, ‘kan?”

“Seriously? She there already has the machine too?” Odo was really surprised to hear such a device was in the Miquator.

“Hmm, already there.” Canna nodded, lifted her cup and drank Rosella tea until half she said, “Although I do not understand how it works because it entered the field of Crystal Magic Department, but more or less as far as I know it uses a mechanical piercing algorithm or something and is used to process wood fibers to make paper with the machine.”

“Major Magic Crystals?” ask Odo.

“Yes, it's a new major in Miquator. There are also those who call it mechanical magic or Magic Toolcraft.”

“If you are, what majors?”

“If I get into the Alchemy magic department, it also tends to biotic than the mineral and metal manipulation.”

“In addition to printing tools, what other tools have been developed there?”

“There are so many ..., I am confused to explain what ....”

“That you see most often only.”

“Eng, the one I see most often .... Ah, in class often use magic projectors. That we wear when we are—”

“There is already a projector?!” sela Odo's. Although he had thought that such a thing could exist, but when making sure of it from people who had seen it immediately still made him surprised.

Canna was a little scared because Odo suddenly shouted. Putting down the cup, he slightly trembled asking, “A ..., yes. Do you know that?”

Odo calmed himself down, took a breath and said, “That's a tool to manipulate the intensity of light with a lens, more or less so, ‘kan?”

“Hmm ...” The white hair woman nodded.

The atmosphere of sekias became silent, without talking and turned quite awkward. They both realized that it was getting late. But because Odo felt there was still much to talk about, he again asked, “What ... it has spread to other countries? Paper and projector .... Almost nobody here uses white paper. Most are still old parchment.”

“For paper it is not sold to other countries because we the Miquators do not like the information about the paper spread. But ... magic projectors in some countries should have been circulating.”

“Eh?” That slightly astonished Odo, hesitatingly he asked, “Why hasn't the paper yet but the projector was instead spread?”

“I told you, paper is more valuable. If only the tool was made elsewhere, it could-can be the tree that is the main material used up and the Miquator will be difficult to import the material because it could be more expensive.”

“Ah, consumptive rate, yes.” Odo nodded lightly, understanding the desire of the Miquators witches to want to monopolize such a thing.

“Yes, we use paper very often. Although there is already a way of recycling, but for real archives usually still require paper to store information.”

Odo looked down and looked up alternately, thinking of something else that did not contradict the Miquator for his later sale. Taking one of the ideas he got, he asked, “If it's plastic, what's there?”

“Plastic?” Canna stared in confusion, completely ignorant of the matter.

Holding his own chin and crossing his right leg over his left leg, Odo explained, “That's, you see. Materials that are slightly similar to rubber, but not too flexible. Result of organic condensation, the main material is polymer.”

“Use of rubber is already a lot in Miqutaor, but ... plastic is what?” Canna really did not understand what Odo called. The magician began to get hooked, his curiosity started to rise as he faced off against something completely new to him.

“But rubber is already there but plastic is not yet, huh?”

“Ayahanda, plastic is what?” ask Canna.

“Hmm, it's polymer. Plastic is a similar material to rubber but its elasticity is very low. Has strong resistance, but not heat resistance. The result of organic condensation and also its main material is polymer.”

“Polymer?”

“One of the processed products of crude petroleum, precisely Ethane and Propane. Both processes are processed in a heat furnace to produce Ethylane and Propylene. The two materials will be reprocessed in a reactor, then combined and produce a flour-like substance. That's plastic polymer, still raw and will be processed again into liquid, then used as ores-oils plastic.”

“Eh? Eng's? What is ...?”

Canna really did not understand what Odo was talking about, she thought very hard and tried to catch his point. Although Canna is quite familiar with the changes in the substances in Alchemy, but she does not know much about such things and indeed it is something that has not been found in the Miquator.

Seeing the magician's curiosity before him, Odo smiled slightly as he found it interesting. In a friendly tone he said, “You try to make it? If it is not wrong here there are tools, ‘kan?”

“Really?! Can you try it here?!”

“Hmm, maybe ..... But you must meet some of my requirements ...”

“Sure!” canna answered without thinking twice.

It felt like a fish that easily became entangled to Odo, making him briefly grin and begin to influence women who innocently wanted only knowledge. Filled with the desire to know like children.

After that, Odo and Canna tried to make plastic with simple materials and transmutation assistance to facilitate the process. In addition to making polymerization products, Odo also tells several other things such as the manufacture of insecticides and how to make them simply. They also discuss some things about gases, especially related to the nature of hydrogen and its use.

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Note:

Closed with the chatter of Father and Daughter(?)

Eng's? Honestly still confused the relationship of the Korwa with Odo is what it looks like .... There is no blood relationship: v

But the basis of the Korwa is .... (The answer is in The Courtesan later, maybe)

See You!!