Eleas Morning
“I find the smartphone Silvia is holding more fascinating than a car that runs without any sound.”
“The smartphone is a collection of relatively cutting-edge science and technology, after all. On Earth, cars have been around for over a hundred years.”
“Is that so? It’s fascinating that such a small object can accomplish so many things.”
“It looks incredibly expensive, doesn’t it.”
“More expensive than a car?”
Leos and Reus were interested in cars but even more in smartphones.
Small enough to carry around, it could take photos or videos and play games.
Seeing Silvia play games, Liria wanted to try it herself too.
“The smartphone is really cheap. If you hear the price, you’ll be surprised?”
“Cheap? With about 1000 gold coins, I guess.”
“That would be cheaper than expected.”
Leos estimated the price in Earth money as about 100 million.
Reus agreed with Leos.
Then Silvia’s next words were shocking.
“This one. Actually, it only costs about two gold coins. Instead, the lifespan isn’t that long.”
“Two? So it’s that cheap?”
“If the lifespan is short, can I use it for about 10 years?”
“From an elf’s perspective, 10 years is quite short.”
“Even 10 years, with 1000 gold coins it would be worth it, but with 2, it’s unbelievably cheap.”
“No. I heard that usually they use it for about 3 years and then switch to new models.”
“3 years is quite short. Well, since the price is only 2 gold coins.”
“The smartphone Silvia can buy right away. Hehe.”
With the help of Kim Gayoung’s group, she could quickly buy smartphones for her family too.
Although Earth money is still very lacking, she thought she could soon gift smartphones to everyone.
“Thank you.”
“Thank you. Our daughter.”
“Really?”
“Thank you so much. Liria.”
“Yes. Hehe.”
Liria decided to buy for her family and Silvia’s family first, and for other dragons later.
Money was still insufficient to buy for everyone.
“The effort of collecting electricity stones has borne fruit.”
“From now on, I should buy all the mines. After all, we were buying them monthly, so we won’t be suspicious.”
“After all, without Liria, humans in Selenia can’t use electricity stones. Uncle.”
“That’s true. Without Liria selling electronic products in Selenia, there would be no way for them to use them.”
“But Aunt, what was the reason you started collecting electricity stones?”
“That’s it.”
Elia explained the reason she became interested in electricity stones.
On a day when it was raining heavily, while walking in the human village, Elia discovered lightning striking an electricity stone discarded on the ground.
Elia realized that electricity stones could absorb powerful electricity like lightning.
She experimented multiple times and learned that electricity stones definitely draw in all electricity.
It was possible because Elia is an elf, and there was no big human in Selenia who could stand outside in stormy weather with electricity stones to experiment.
Seeing that even a fist-sized electricity stone survived being hit by powerful lightning and absorbed everything, curiosity arose.
Moreover, the price was very low, so electricity stones were everywhere.
Even discarded on the ground.
If it were mana stones, they wouldn’t be discarded, and people would have searched for them long ago by making hydrogen bombs.
Because they were electricity stones, even if dropped by mistake, it was overlooked.
Thanks to that, Elia started collecting electricity stones, and later even bought mines.
There were tiny rare ores in the electricity stone mines, but since the mining labor cost was high, they could buy at a very cheap price.
“If such a thing happened, I should have said it earlier.”
“I did say it, but you didn’t listen.”
“Sorry.”
Renos honestly apologized.
Elia decided to forgive him, thinking that later Renos acknowledged his hobby and even bought the mines for him.
“But why do you walk on days when it’s pouring rain and lightning is striking?”
“It’s fun.”
It’s something humans could never do, but for high elf Elia, it was no problem.
Rain could be avoided with magic, not a drop hitting, and lightning blocked with defense magic.
Elia found it fun to walk on days with heavy rain and lightning.
That’s how she learned about electricity stones and became interested in them.
Elia now owns enormous mines across Selenia.
There were several reasons humans sold electricity stone mines to Elia’s group at very cheap prices.
First, currently, there was no way for humans to utilize electricity stones as they were. Mana stones were more efficient in Selenia.
Second, except for electricity stones, rare minerals were to be returned to the original land owners.
Third, they might be able to obtain the right to buy mana herbs.
Fourth, the land of mines owned by high elf royalty might receive dragon protection.
There were no big humans who would invade and take over the land with high elf mines.
So, even weak countries happily sold the mines.
Of course, even strong countries were no exception.
Because building important facilities around the mines would greatly benefit the country.
So, wherever discovered, they were sold cheaply to the high elf family.
“Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a huge jackpot.”
“Really?”
“If you need electricity stones, just say so, our daughter.”
“Mom, I love you. Hehe.”
“I love you too. Our daughter.”
The utility of electricity stones on Earth is infinite, and the high elf family owning a large portion of the electricity stone mines will have happy worries about utilizing them.
After finishing breakfast, with time before cafe opening, Silvia started playing mobile games seriously.
Liria watched Silvia sitting on her lap playing games.
With Silvia’s immense physical ability and excellent brain, she adapted quickly.
Silvia found mobile games incredibly fun.
But hearing that online games are more fun than mobile games, she wanted to try those too.
“Even smartphone games are this fun, so there must be games even more fun than this, right?”
“It would be good to enjoy at the cafe.”
“Nami suggested that, right?”
“Yes. Sister Silvia. Hehe.”
Liria wasn’t particularly interested in games, but watching Silvia play was fun.
It’s said that games require considerable talent, and Silvia satisfied all conditions.
The talents needed for games include excellent brain for strategy, problem-solving ability, reaction speed, hand-eye coordination, dexterity, observation, memory, concentration, and many more.
Silvia, as a dragon, possessed all the talents needed for games, and no one on Earth would have more talent than her.
Liria tried playing games following Silvia, but her hands didn’t fit well.
First, her small hands were too small to hold the smartphone and play.
“Liria has too weak physical strength, so it’s difficult.”
“Can’t you use mana?”
“In games, if Liria uses mana, it’s considered cheating.”
Liria’s brain part is satisfied, but physical is lacking.
She thought mana could overcome it, but using mana would be cheating.
Of course, it’s not illegal programs, so no problem.
If she used mana herself, she would definitely do well, but she thought using mana would reduce the fun of the game.
Silvia, without using mana, has overwhelming physical abilities, so she meets the conditions to play games very well.
Liria was admiring Silvia’s game skills.
“Sister Silvia is really good.”
“Is that so? Is this level considered good?”
“Yes. Even if Sister Silvia is top ranker level, it’s not an exaggeration. Hehe.”
“What is ranker?”
“Ranker means a player with top-tier skill.”
“I see. From Liria’s perspective, I seem to be doing well?”
“Yes. Sister Silvia.”
Silvia had never played games before, so she didn’t know how good she was.
Liria had seen videos of gamers playing in her previous life.
Even though the game is mobile without internet, watching Silvia, who had just learned how to operate for the first time, smoothly progressing through stages, Liria thought she must be ranker level.
No, it might not be an exaggeration to say she’s beyond ranker and no one in the world could match her.
If someone could compete with Silvia, they wouldn’t be the same dragon.
Liria thought she would need to use mana to enhance her physical abilities to catch up.
“This is fun too, but how much more fun would playing together be?”
“Make a lot of money and turn the cafe into an entertainment space. Hehe.”
“I’m looking forward to it.”
Silvia gently stroked Liria’s head while answering.
In Silvia’s life, the times she was most excited were when she first met Liria, when she discovered Eleas coffee, and when she learned about Earth.
When she became an adventurer, she wasn’t that excited.
All the memories that made her excited were thanks to Liria.
Moreover, recent time on Earth is incredibly enjoyable.
Just looking at Liria, who is adorable, gives her more than enough happiness.
Thinking about the countless things on Earth with Liria, her heart was thrilled.