At dawn, I roamed about the library of the Red Magic Tower excitedly, reading through research papers. Although the research papers were all written unnecessarily hard to read, the key points recorded the behavior of the chimeras, their mana frequency, etc.

Among them, there was a paper that attracted my interest. It was research to artificially create a  mana stone. If mana stones were to be artificially produced, then the price of items that are powered by magic stones would suddenly drop. That would only be after preparations for mass production were complete.

However, the research was still at a developmental stage with only hypotheses and no trials. So it seemed likely to take another 200 years for the research to be carried out in earnest.

Still, it was an interesting research topic, so I didn't think it would be a bad idea to try it myself. 

Notes, notes.

I took notes of the research papers, or if it was too much to take notes, then I just made a copy with magic.

After leaving the library, I headed to the equipment room where only high-ranking magicians of the magic tower...