1. "Simply put, we want to turn magic crystals into something as convenient as batteries."
2. "Um... How to describe batteries..."
3. "I'm not sure. Help me out here, elsa."
4. "Okay! We can explain it like this: we'll turn the magic crystal into a container for mana that can be repeatedly refilled. Let's call it a "Mana battery"."
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1. "The purer a magic crystal, the more expensive it is. Low-power magical tools can use low-purity magic crystals, lowering their costs."
3. "When the mana battery runs out of power, a magician can refill it with mana or simply replace the magic crystal, eliminating the need to buy a new tool."
4. "Wait. Mana crystals are very fragile. As soon as their mana runs out, they will crumble into dust. This is common knowledge."
5. "Can this reuse you speak of really be done?"
1. "That's the challenge we need to solve. All we need is an appropriate way to re-stabilize it once mana has been spent."
2. "As it turns out, evie found this lost technique while reading an ancient tome."
3. "-right, evie?"
4. "...ah ...right. I read about it in an ancient tome."
1. "It sounds unbelievable, but since you're suggesting it, we can give it a try."
2. "Follow me. I'll take you to my private magic workshop."
1. "I've moved over all the high-purity magic crystals from the royal stores for this "Mana battery" you speak of."
2. "You both had better not disappoint me."
3. "Wow... They're all so pure!"
1. "But your highness, we don't need these at all."
2. "Huh? Aren't these the best raw materials?"
3. "If these tools are supposed to be affordable for commoners, the costs must be kept to a minimum."
4. "I'd like to use those lower-purity crystals rejected by the magicians."
5. "Commoners don't need a crystal's additional attributes required for illusions or weapons. Only the price-to-performance ratio matters here."
1. "A different perspective of utility... I get it."
2. "Hehe, I'll show you!"
3. "These runes are for guiding the mana's flow, right?"
1. "Yeah! Just like digging channels for water, letting mana loop along this rune's channels will prevent it from scattering."
2. "Something feels off? My mana seems stuck..."
3. "Crap! It's going to explode! Get down!"
1. "Cough cough. This is the technique you're talking about? You basically made a bomb!"
2. "That was a failure..."
3. "Where did it go wrong?"
4. "I carved the rune's mana channels very precisely."
5. "Could it be that the impurities in the mana crystal are causing the mana flow to be stuck?"
6. "Yes! That's it!"
7. "These impurities are just like rocks on a road. Once a carriage hits one, it'll crash."
1. "So we need to find the best route that avoids all the rocks."
2. "But the impurities in each low-purity magic crystal are different, and we can't feasibly research them one by one, right?"
3. "Oh... Yeah, right."
4. "If we can find a sample medium where magic flows very well, test the best diagram for the mana channels on it, and then carve it onto the crystal,"
5. "We should be able to avoid most of the impurities, right?"
1. "In theory, yes... But how can we find a medium like that?"
2. "Of course it'd be you, evie!"
3. "Wait... What are you planning on doing?"
4. "I'd like to paint some mana channels on your body as a test, evie!"
5. "Your body is extremely suitable for mana. If we can discover how mana flows best on your body,"
6. "I can replicate those ideal routes as a carving on the crystals!"
1. "Ugh, it's so cold..."
2. "Bear with it for a bit. This ink is very sensitive to mana."
3. "It tickles a bit... Down there..."
4. "Elsa, are you done yet? Huff..."