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The next day, in the morning, after training and breakfast, Aaron came to Balthazar's room.
«We need to talk,» he said, intriguing his brother.
— Is there anything important?
«I have a very lucrative offer for you,» Aaron replied with a conspiratorial smile, and continued. — This is related to what we talked about yesterday.
«War...» Balthazar sighed. «Okay, sit down and tell me what you want.
Even yesterday, the older brother would have laughed it off and not listened to Aaron, taking it as a stupid joke... A seven-year-old child, and suddenly talking about politics and war? Sounds absurd.
However, it is worth paying tribute to the younger brother, yesterday he made a very strong impression, on him personally, and on the rest of the family in particular.
«So, how do you feel about starting a business,» Aaron said, sitting across from his brother.
«I have nothing against it personally, but first I would like to know what kind of enterprise this is,» Balthazar answered vaguely. «Besides, it's not for me to decide such issues, this is the competence of my grandfather.
«No, we don't need the old man in this case, let him live in peace, he'll soon be retired,» the boy dismissed. «You're the next head of the clan, it's time to start taking charge of Balthazar.
The heir of the Bach clan tensed up after such words, at some point it even seemed to him that he was talking not with his younger brother, but with some kind of wise elder. It was a surreal experience.
«Okay, first explain what kind of enterprise you are going to open ...» Balthazar said with a sigh.
Aaron smirked in satisfaction and then began to explain:
«I need you to find the people, the space, and the necessary tools to start making some items...»
— Weapon? asked the older brother. «It will be difficult if the war starts soon, then all the masters are already working for the Moiser clan, and those who remain are most likely of low qualification.
«Wait, who said it was a weapon?» Aaron snorted. — What I want to produce is not a weapon, at least in the usual sense of it.
— And then what? — Balthazar decided to clarify, narrowing his eyes skeptically.
«It's a bit difficult to explain, the instrument is unusual,» Aaron waved it off, «It's better to show it clearly ...
Then he took out a bag with which he showed up in his brother's room, and pulled out a piece of wood that looked like a schematically made figure of a medium-sized bird.
— Bird?
In Balthazar's eyes, one could see frank distrust, mixed with nascent indignation.
«It's not a bird, it's a magical device, for exploring the area from the air, suitable for use in reconnaissance and surveillance ...» Aaron was indignant.
After that, the older brother took a closer look at the product in the hands of the younger, it really was different from an ordinary wooden bird, the entire surface was dotted with lines, together making up a pattern similar to a labyrinth. Instead of eyes, the bird had a rounded black crystal in its head, and apparently it is the most important detail in the whole structure.
"With this device, a knight, magician, or demigod, that is, anyone who is able to use magical energy, is able to observe what is happening below in real time from the air. In addition, this tool still has the function of recording information. Significant disadvantages include the fact that they need to be managed personally, and the memory to store the recorded information will be enough for about three hours, — Aaron explained with a pleased look, obviously he was proud that he was able to create something like this, relying on knowledge from another universe.
Even in a past life, Aaron was fond of creating magical devices, and he even did it quite well. Still, in order to solve his problems, he had to search for a variety of knowledge, in search of even the smallest clue ... Therefore, he understood all possible ways to use magical energy, in some better, and in others completely excellent.
Maybe now magic is not available to him, but this only applies to using it directly. Until the age of eleven, magical energy, even for a potential magician or demigod, is extremely small, and without experience, it is simply impossible to use it.
However, Aaron's situation is different... Because of his overly powerful divine spark, which was already comparable to an average demigod's divine spark when he awakened, he had to develop absolute control over magical energy in order to try to hold onto its growing power.
So, even though he had an extremely meager supply of magical energy, he was still able to use it, of course, in a very limited way. Basically, it was only enough to test the performance of the device that he designed.
In fact, the magic tool he created was not very difficult to manufacture, even people who do not have the ability to use magic energy are able to assemble it using instructions ...
You need to take a piece, in principle, of any tree, but preferably with good magical conductivity, cut out a bird-like figure, for masking and better aerodynamics, and then draw a magical circuit on the product. Then it remains only to build in a magic crystal, since it has an ideal conductivity of magical energy, acting as an information input device and at the same time the core of the entire structure. The presence of a user of magical energy is necessary only at the stage of testing the finished product.
The operation process is also not very complicated ...
A knight, mage, or demigod must direct the magical energy into the item, in the case of knights, this step must be done with direct contact with the device, as they are unable to manipulate magic outside of the body. And then, after putting the palms together, which is the command to start the device, the user's consciousness is connected to a magic crystal, with which he can supply magical energy to the device to perform its functions, control movement in the air, and perceive visual information, as well as give a command for its recording, saving, and deleting if necessary.
The speed of the device is approximately at the level of an ordinary bird, and its control does not impose special requirements, in addition to the presence of magical energy, on the user.
Even knights can use it, because when creating Aaron he used a completely different principle of creating a magical device, which is not in use on Aorzorun — instead of the process of manipulating magical energy being the responsibility of the user, this process is carried out by the device itself, thanks to the use of a more complex magical circuit.
Even an ordinary person can draw such a scheme on a product, but only such a brilliant sorcerer as Aaron is able to design it, and then only thanks to inspiration and knowledge received from another universe...