I put down the transparent and shining magic stone and began to explain while The great and important people of the U.S. government keep looking at me.
"The magic stone is treated as a resource in Maldea, but let me put it simply. With this stone, you can handle simple magic with just a thought."
"Magic, you say?"
The bigwigs officials who were seated at this meeting very surprised at my explanation.
After all, that's what the people of Earth are interested in.
When I was living on Earth, there was a lot of magic in the fictional story, but not in reality.
It is something that we long for but never be achieved. Magic on earth.
"Yes, this is what I want you to try. Fly."
I hold the stone in my hand and mutter a word, then my body floats in the air.
"Whoa…"
"She is floating!"
As expected, even the government bigwigs seemed surprised by this.
"Excellent. I wonder if that's something we Earthlings can use."
"In Maldaea, even the little kids can do it, so I think it's possible to use it. But there is no precedent, so I won't know until we try."
"I see. Then may I try it out for myself?"
"Yes, please."
As I placed the stone on the table, the man with the glasses picked it up and uttered the word, "Fly".
Then his body floats up.
"Whoa, it really floats!"
"It's like a dream come true to see real magic with my own eyes."
"Oh, my God. …"
They look quite surprised.
"Oh, the stone is …."
The man with glasses who landed on the ground looked at the magic stone.
"The stone is smaller than before."
"Yes, magic stones are crystals of magical power and consumables. After a certain amount of magic power is consumed, they disappear."
"I see. …"
They seems estimating the value of the magic stone.
There are many other uses for magic stones if you collect enough of them.
It's not just a matter of being able to use simple magic.
If I explain it to them, they will see that it has more value.
This time, however, I brought another item with me. This one will convey the practicality more immediately.
"Next, I have this."
I pulled out a large storage box from my bag.
"Hey,… she took out something bigger than her bag."
When the bigwigs saw it, they were surprised
"You see what I mean? This bag, as well as this box, has been enchanted with the magic of shrinkage. You can put far more stuff in it than you actually see."
"Oh, that's great. How much can you fit in there?"
"This is about a hundred times larger. The weight shrinks at the same time as the volume, so it's about a hundred times the volume of what you put in here."
"A hundred times .... And it weighs one hundredth as it does."
"If this gets out, it's going to revolutionize logistics!"
This time, the bigwigs began to make noise.
Logistics is an important part to support the world.
Transporting food, products, and cargo by truck, ship, or plane.
I have no idea how much money is being spent to build roads to trasnport logistic work smoothly.
Also, how much space do we take up in warehouses to store our things? It would be a revolution for the earth if we could reduce that to one hundredth.
I think it would be good for the environment if we could reduce the amount of exhaust gas.
Well, I don't think it will be significant in the amount I can bring now.
(TLN: Please don't ask about logic when putting a shrinkbox into shrinkbox and put it again into shrinkbox… you know Lina put out a shrinkbox from his shrinkbag, well maybe there is explanation later )
"One of these. I guess it will fit two truckloads…"
"The scale of the transport is going to change dramatically."
"It's going to change the way we think about inventory management."
Men and women in suits flocking around the box.
After all, they are the high-ranking officials who run the country.
The reactions to something that seems to be very practical are good.
Well, I guess that's enough for this time.
"I will prepare this magic stone and storage box as a product here. Well, there is a limit to the amount I can procure at present."
"Excellent. The power of magical civilization is great."
The bigwigs praised me, but there are still many problems that need to be solved.
After all, this magic stone and the box were both bought with my salary…
With no government support, I' m on the edge over here.
Anyway, my presentation was done. Now it was their turn to present their trade goods.
I don't need weapons or technology or anything like that.
I don't think they can compete with the magical civilization of Mardea.
When I returned to my seat, the man with the glasses began to talk as if he had regained his composure.
"So, as for what we of Earth have to offer, according to Miss Marderita request in our recent communication, she is in need of an unusual entertainment item."
"Yes, I did."
Maldaea is an amazing magic world, but the entertainment is dull. I don't know what to call it, but it doesn't have much of a spirit of making entertainment.
"So, we have prepared a complete set of Earth's entertainment items. We have everything from movies that we are proud of in the U.S. to various toys from around the world. These are some of the proudest products of the earth's ingenuity. From among them, I would like to give you one that meets Miss Marderita's expectations. If it's something that requires electricity, we' ll have everything ready for you, even the environment you need."
I see. It's the same pattern as food. They don't know anything about aliens' hobbies, so they put everything. It's called "Take what you want".
I entered the prepared room and looked at the entertainment items inside.
There were some powerful images projected on the monitors and some futuristic-looking vehicles.
There are even toys for baby.
Among them, it was still the thing that caught my attention.
"… This is Play Static 5! And this is Nikkendo Swits? What's Xbax?"
Yes, a game console.
When I died in 1995, I knew that there was a PlayStatic model out there, but I didn't know that it had made it to the fifth generation.
Looking at the software, apparently Final Fantasia is now available from PlayStatic.
Oh no, Squier and Enix are merging …. But it looks like the number of western games has increased. There are a lot of realistically drawn, stern-looking packages.
Nikkendo seems to be doing well, and the Swits software looks Japanese, with colorful characters adorning the packaging.
And Xbax, an unfamiliar name. I guess there was a new entry.
This one has a completely Western feel to it. This sense of power must be American.
The designs of all of them are nothing like what they used to be. They all look like the latest game consoles.
(TLN: Guess which one the MC will bring to maldea? Hahaha )
A man near me called out.
"I hope you like video games."
"Yes, I'd love to try. Oh, Zeldo!"
Legend of Zeldo's is an action puzzle game that I used to play obsessively as a kid.
When I launched it on Nikkendo's latest model, I found myself in 3D, running around freely in Zeldo world.
I can climb walls. I can cut wood.
The distant view is very beautiful. And you can fly in a glider.
This is amazing.
But I stopped here.
Now we are negotiating.
Don't show the childish side too much.
I'm here to negotiate with the head of the United States on behalf of Maldaea.
"… We Maldea would like to have some of your video games to try. It's a very interesting entertainment."
I said, and stopped playing the game with trembling hands.
I wanted to do more here and now, but I'm patient.
If I get the gold, it won't be worth anything in Maldea, but I might be able to sell if it's a video game.
However, if it is to be marketed, it needs to be adapted to the specifications for the Maldea.
Earth households use electricity to power their devices, but Maldaea uses magic to power their devices.
I will have to think about this area once I return.
So, we have magic stones here, and they have video games there.
This time, an unfamiliar barter was established like this.
"I will bring the magic stone with me every time I come to Earth. Of course, I'm sure I'll be able to present something beneficial to Earth in the future."
"Thank you for that. I hope we can continue our relationship for a long time from here on."
"Yes, with pleasure."
Finally, I had a short chat with the diplomat and my first round of negotiations was over.
But tomorrow we'll finally have a press conference for the whole world to see.