Chapter 107

Effective Use of Resources

โ€œElves are, to be honest, idiots, arenโ€™t they?โ€

ใ€ŽWhatโ€ฆ are you saying?ใ€

What, you askโ€ฆ? Iโ€™m just stating a fact.

โ€œI havenโ€™t fully grasped the entire root of this magicโ€ฆ the โ€˜Laws of the World,โ€™ but Iโ€™ve analyzed it, gained admin privileges, installed a hack called the M Language, created a backdoor, and made it possible to remotely access other entities. Oh, and Iโ€™m also freely using the computational resources.โ€

ใ€ŽWhatโ€ฆ? What are you talking aboutโ€ฆ?ใ€

Huh? You donโ€™t know this level of conversation?

Iโ€™m not some third-rate villain from a manga, so Iโ€™m not going to explain everything in detail.

But, if you donโ€™t react to these keywords, itโ€™s kind ofโ€ฆ underwhelming, you know?

โ€œWell, thereโ€™s no need for you to know this information anyway, is there? In any case, the fact that the elves havenโ€™t finished me off yet just proves how stupid they are. Ah, could it be that they lost their knowledge when they transitioned leadership?โ€

ใ€Žโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve heard that the first generation no longer remains, as the ancient ones transformed into elves and continued to breed. Lost knowledgeโ€ฆ Ah, I see, did you steal the wisdom of the elves? I seeโ€ฆ Ku ku kuโ€ฆ serves them rightโ€ฆใ€

Hmm.

Since elves have physical bodies, they would deteriorate or die in accidents, and a lot of time has passed. So, the superior knowledge they had as the truly transcendent โ€˜Ancient Onesโ€™ has dissipated.

Thereโ€™s a limit to how much data can be stored in a physical body, after all.

Maybe they could embed recording devices into their bodiesโ€ฆ Ah! Is that what the monstersโ€™ magic stones are for?

Huh? No, wait.

Humans donโ€™t have magic stones, do they?

I know this well from all the dissection and experimentation I did on Ada and those thieves.

Humans donโ€™t have magic stones. Not even wizards.

Iโ€™ve cracked open the skulls of wizards and dissected them. Whatโ€™s not there isnโ€™t there.

So why can humans use magic? Because the โ€˜Laws of the Worldโ€™ assist themโ€ฆ through โ€˜incantation.โ€™

Thatโ€™s why, even without a magic stone, they can control magic externallyโ€ฆ

โ€ฆ Huh?

Ah, I see now.

So, the ancient ones who became humans removed the โ€˜magicalโ€™ element from their bodies to gain reproductive capabilities, but not being able to wield magic would be inconvenient. So they set up laws in the world that allowed humans to use magic?

I see, itโ€™s the other way around.

Since they were reincarnated into lifeforms with physical bodies that made it hard to wield magic, they adjusted the world to make it easier to use magic despite the flesh.

Itโ€™s absurd, but clever. Not a bad way of thinking.

They named it โ€˜magic,โ€™ as in the laws of magic? I canโ€™t say I dislike the sense behind that.

โ€ฆ Well, Iโ€™m convinced for now.

That said, I donโ€™t intend to go around explaining this to everyone.

I wouldnโ€™t go as far as to call it need-to-know, but it seems like keeping this info under wraps works to my advantage.

Iโ€™ll keep quiet.

Now, as for you, Dragonโ€ฆ

โ€œThanks for talking so much! As a reward, Iโ€™ll consume you as one of my companyโ€™s โ€˜resources.'โ€

ใ€ŽW-whatโ€ฆ?ใ€

I restrained the dragon with magic and lifted it up with a force fieldโ€ฆ

โ€œDonโ€™t worry. Youโ€™ll just be livestock for extracting magic stones. Oh, how about dragon meat steaks? That sounds like a catchy phrase that could make a lot of money! Or maybe a sword made from a dragonโ€™s claw?โ€

ใ€ŽY-youโ€ฆ! How dare youโ€ฆ!ใ€

โ€œIt mustโ€™ve been tough being an experiment for the elves. I sympathize. But now youโ€™ll be my experiment, so live happily!โ€

ใ€ŽS-stop it! Kill me! Kill me right hereโ€ฆ!ใ€

โ€œMaybe Iโ€™ll make your broken mind serve meโ€ฆ Having a dragon as a servant would be quite the status symbol, not to mention good PR for the companyโ€ฆ Oh, should I share some with Alan? And thenโ€ฆโ€

ใ€ŽN-noโ€ฆ! Not againโ€ฆ! I donโ€™t want to go through experiments like that againโ€ฆ!!!ใ€

And so, I got myself the dragon, the lord of the mountain!

โ€œI caught it!โ€

โ€œโ€ฆ What?โ€

โ€œI caught it!โ€

โ€œNoโ€ฆ wait, huh? Whatโ€ฆ?!โ€

Fran-chan started losing it as usual.

Man, sheโ€™s always fun.

It was the right choice to show her first.

As I watched Fran-chan flailing about, shouting incoherently about common sense, I sipped the black coffee Iโ€™ve recently started enjoying.

Ahh, delicious.

Watching pathetic Fran-chan while drinking coffee is like sweet nectar, even though the coffeeโ€™s bitter.

I looked at Fran-chan with eyes full of tender affection, enjoying my coffee, and set down the cup.

โ€œAh, stop it with that look. When you get that look, nothing good ever comes of itโ€ฆโ€

โ€œFran-chan, can I keep this dragon as a pet?โ€

โ€œNooooo!!! Absolutely not!!!! Itโ€™ll cause a huge commotion!!!!โ€

Oh, there it is.

Fran-chan has already started proving her worth as a noisy toy!

Iโ€™m still a boy at heart, so I love fun, noisy toys.

โ€œThanks, Fran-chan. I knew youโ€™d say that. Thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m going to do it.โ€

โ€œThen why did you even ask?????โ€

โ€œTo an-noy youโ™กโ€

โ€œMoooomooooo!!!!โ€

With that settled, the soldiers from the Adon Magocracy were cleared from the mountain, the exercise finished, and we started heading backโ€ฆ

What a productive time!

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Demon Dragon Ishmart

Ishmart was an ancient dragon who had lived for over three thousand years and was once an experimental subject of the โ€œAncient Species.โ€ Captured by the Aurora Group, its entire body was exploited as material. Its magic stone was extracted, its scales peeled, and its fangs removedโ€”every part of it was mercilessly harvested. Even after its death, its body was regenerated, only to have its materials stripped again, in what was considered a highly inhumane practice. This dark aspect of the Aurora Group was heavily criticized in later generations.


Programmer Reincarnation: Magic in This World Seems Like Programming

Programmer Reincarnation: Magic in This World Seems Like Programming

ใƒ—ใƒญใ‚ฐใƒฉใƒž่ปข็”Ÿใ€œใ“ใฎไธ–็•Œใฎ้ญ”ๆณ•ใฏใƒ—ใƒญใ‚ฐใƒฉใƒ ใ‚‰ใ—ใ„ใ€œ
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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2023 Native Language: Japanese

A story in which the heroine begs for the enemy's life

Reincarnated into another world! A programmer who died on Earth wakes up to find himself a baby in a fantasy world! Though it may seem like a fantasy world, magic is processed in a computer-program-like manner for some reason! Being an Earth programmer, he can manipulate spells to wield powerful magic! It's cheating! Totally OP! I see, it's a common setup. ...But there's one problem. This guy is fatally unsuited to be the protagonist.

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