Chapter 53 - 53: Definitely Sigrún’s disciple
The director shifted his gaze to the list Erik had handed him. The list was filled with a bunch of resource names, none too expensive, though a couple were quite useless and, therefore, hard to come by in the university market, especially one in particular. Out of curiosity, he decided to ask the star-haired young man.
"Mmmm, I could get you everything on the list, they're fairly easy to find. Just, why do you need the petroleum?"
"A little idea I have. If it works, I'll show you." Erik smiled mysteriously, giving a vague response, clearly not willing to talk much about his research.
"You remind me a lot of your Master." With an ironic smile, the director shook his head at Erik's answer, who only offered a diplomatic smile, unwilling to delve further into the matter.
"Are you sure this is all you want?" After a moment, the director confirmed as he looked at the boy in front of him, who had clearly been influenced by those two troublemakers.
"Mmmm."
For his part, Erik thought for a bit as he looked at everything he had in the garden, soon focusing on a curious artifact he had made himself. This led him to comment in a thoughtful tone.
"An industrial mana condenser would be nice. The one I made is pretty basic."
"You made a mana condenser on your own?"
A little surprised, the director asked curiously as he looked at Erik, who nodded and then pointed to one of the artifacts in the garden. It had a spherical shape and appeared to be made from a black metal, adorned with various carved runes all over its surface.
"Yeah, that one. And although it's quite basic, it works. The problem is that it's very slow and leaves a lot of impurities, so I waste a lot of time and effort working with it."