Still gripping Li’s shoulders, her mother smiled.

“Li-chan, how does this chair work?”

The force of her enthusiasm overwhelmed Li slightly.

“I am not sure if it should really be called a chair, but I incorporated a pseudo magical creature into it.”

“Wait a moment! Li-chan, did you just say pseudo magical creature?”

Her mother began shaking Li’s shoulders vigorously.

Pseudo magical creatures.

That was one of the technologies that had not been deciphered in this era.

Long ago there had existed a superpower called the Magitech Empire, a civilization where magical technology flourished.

Records from the Magitech Empire era state that pseudo magical creatures were used for simple labor.

However those records only appeared scattered throughout ancient texts.

The manufacturing methods were completely unknown.

But, Li had Trismegistus, the Omniversal Archive Heaven’s Library.

It allowed access to every record from the past, even those that had been lost.

So Li simply went ahead and did it.

She replaced the materials of a ‘sofa that ruins people’ with a magical creature.

Then she made it react when mana was supplied.

The result was a massage chair that ruins people.

“I did say that.”

Li answered solemnly.

Her mother’s eyes were firmly fixed on her.

But behind that gaze was not jealousy, it was delight.

To begin with, what exactly were magical creatures?

The term referred to things like slimes or golems.

Those existed naturally as monsters in the wild.

Creating such magical creatures artificially and controlling them was considered the philosopher’s stone for synthesis magicians of the modern era.

Of course Li also knew that.

She knew it, but because she had focused entirely on creating what she wanted, the significance had completely slipped her mind.

Li’s mother had once worked in the Royal Castle in the department responsible for developing magic tools.

In other words she was a professional who handled synthesis magic.

From her mother’s perspective, Li’s achievement was immeasurable.

However none of that was on her mother’s mind.

She simply wanted to play with it herself.

That was all.

“Li-chan!”

“Mother!”

Mother and daughter embraced.

“We did it! Now we can play with all sorts of things!”

Her mother was already completely eager to learn how to make it.

And she did not even consider the possibility that she might fail to master the technique.

Li felt the same way.

“By the way, Li-chan.”

“What is it, Mother?”

“Slan has ended up in quite a state.”

When they looked over, her father had completely melted.

The normally sharp-looking man was drooling from the corner of his mouth.

And he was snoring loudly.

Li had never seen her father make such a face before.

“Perhaps he was extremely tired.”

“That might be the case.”

“By the way Li-chan, I would like to try it too.”

That was after seeing their father’s completely slack expression.

Normally someone might hesitate in that situation.

But her mother was quite the challenger.

“Of course I prepared one. But are you sure?”

Li glanced sideways at her father.

In other words, are you sure you are fine ending up like that?

“It will probably be fine.”

Her mother’s eyes wavered slightly.

She was probably feeling a bit nervous.

Even so Li produced another massage chair that ruins people next to her father’s.

“Mertezio, Sonia. Let us go to the bedroom.”

It was Li’s small act of mercy.

She urged her younger siblings away from the game they were playing.

“Mother, please enjoy it to your heart’s content.”

Then Li and the others left the salon.

* * *

The next day Li heard the story from the servants.

Apparently her parents never left the salon that day.