Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 512: Immersing myself in work

The day after inviting the kids over for dinner, I left Elizabeth to Charlotte, who was staying at my home instead of in the lodging, and I came to the workshop to make the indoor toys the kids asked me to.

We decided that Earl Rockfords company would sell the dice board game, so I chose not to think too much about the rights to it.

Moreover, I dont necessarily have to hold myself back with making all sorts of toys and games for the Sanctuary children. Thats what Charlotte and the others are here for.

First, lets make the template Jenga and Reversi in isekai light novels. The rules are simple, and its easy to make.

Next, we should consider chess and shogi a bit more carefully.

Wars in this world dont seem to use strategies and tactics as done prior to ancient China.

When Triaria Kingdom tried invading the Sanctuary with the Divine Empire of Sydnia, their armies and the Trinations combined army only fought in direct combat formations.

Still, I did all sorts of thing, like providing support by making golems, making forts and the barrier, but aside from siege weapons, everything else is the same for these countries.

There were several reasons to this.

Due to the concept of levels, there was no uniformity in the soldiers abilities.

It was jumble of knights, soldiers, adventurers, mercenaries, and other people that cant take command.

Whether or not its a good idea to introduce a game that trains strategic thinking in this world needs much consideration.

But chess and shogi would be the perfect game to train the kids critical thinking. Would it be okay if it can only be played in the Sanctuary, I wonder. I was more of a go player than a shogi one.

When I was a kid, I played with my grandfather on the porch a lot. Good times.

Alright, lets get to making things already. The rest can be whatever I want.

I took out dark colored wood from my Item Box, kept a very strong image in mind and activated my spell.

Fifty four blocks appeared on the workshop table.

Without delay, I stacked them into three towers, each one eighteen blocks high, and checked their balance.

Mhmm, that looks good. its also got the Sanctuary engraving too. Okay, lets make 100 sets for the time being.

I took out more wood, and transmuted it in one go.

I also made a box that each set can be placed in. It took more time to set them one by one.

It needs a box to be stored in after being played, after all.

Next is Reversi. Hmm, should I use stone or bone?

I took out several material types that could be used.

Lets make some to test out.

I tried making a piece made out of stone, monster bone, dragon scale, dragon bone, dragon fang, and a regular bone.

I had a lot of dragon materials stocked up from hunting in the dungeons the Demon Continent, so I just tried making it for fun.

There was no problem with the feel of the stone piece, but seems weak to several heavy impacts.

The monster bone feels nice. It was also durable.

The dragon scale was very light and strong so it seems fine. Thats a given though.

The dragon fang, bone, and even scales werent that light, but that white brilliance felt high class, and of course, there was no problem with their durability.

Hmm, are stones a no go? I could use monster bone to make the pieces for the general public, and dragon bone for the high class one, I guess? ha! Before I even knew it, I was already thinking about selling it.

I even suddenly made 100 sets of Jenga, and I was already thinking about how to mass produce Reversi.

Its a black and white pieces on an 88 grid board, so is this Othello instead of Reversi?

I brought out a lot of monster bones from my inventory. I have an enormous stock of monster bone, if I felt like it, I could even make tens of thousand sets.

I brought out a black dye to color half of the pieces using transmutation.

500 common sets made of monster bone, and 100 high class sets made of dragon bone were completed.

I prepared paper boxes with the common sets and wooden boxes for the high class sets.

I should make a chess set too while Im at it.

I didnt intend to make more than a few of them, so I transmuted it using dragon fangs.

I conjured image of the King, Queen, Bishops, Knights, Rooks, Pawn.

The chess pieces were cool because of their elaborate shapes. Making sure to have a strong mental picture, I casted Transmute.

Ohh! This is nice!

I cant help but toot my own horn with how well the craftsmanship turned out.

The chessboard storage box was transmuted from wood.

I had a heap of dragon fangs, but Ill start out with just 5 sets.

This is getting kinda fun.

Oh, right. I should make that.

Wappa and the others would definitely be happy about that.

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Footnotes:

1. I dont know the difference between othello and reversi, never played either game.