Look at this guy. I playfully hit Hadel’s shoulder with a chuckle.

“And I found a useful place for your ability.”

“Where?”

“To make Hui-Nari Tan.”

“Hui-Nari Tan?”

Hadel had a completely puzzled expression. I smiled mischievously.

“Perhaps Hui-Nari Tan will become the representative product exported from the North to other regions.”

Hui-Nari Tan is an invention created while experimenting on how to quickly dry firewood during the war. When a person with the fire attribute manipulates mana flames to burn firewood, the firewood turns white. Surprisingly, Hui-Nari Tan maintains its heat for over ten days longer than when using other dry firewood. It’s not as reliant on firewood.

When I first invented this on the battlefield, I was delighted to have a workforce to supply firewood to the battlefield and carry more provisions. After that, I spread the method so that it could be used outside the battlefield.

‘I thought it would naturally become commercialized, but it was surprising that no one is using it.’

Living in a place where warm water comes out even if you turn on the faucet in the room, it was surprising to hear that firewood is still being chopped in rural areas using labor.

‘Even though magic tools have developed so much, why hasn’t Hui-Nari Tan spread? Is it related to the contempt for the fire attribute?’

There is no one with the fire attribute within the country except for Hadel. With the news of Hui-Nari Tan becoming known, I thought it would be nice if mana possessors with the fire attribute came to the North.

‘Then Hadel’s burden will also be reduced.’

Anyway, making Hui-Nari Tan while practicing Hadel’s mana manipulation was a great success.

Everyone who saw the Hui-Nari Tan brought by Hadel admired it.

“I didn’t know that mana flames could make wood turn white.”

“And it lasts this long.”

“Now we don’t need to go chop firewood anymore.”

I expected such reactions. When I first made it, Hadel also held Marian’s hand and marveled at it.

He casually asked the people below as if glancing at them.

“Will it help survive the winter?”

“It’s not just a little help. This is a revolution. There’s no need to cut down many trees. It means the reason to enter the forest, risking meeting monsters, has disappeared.”

“I see.”

Since they even mentioned a revolution, there’s no way to oppose the following story. Hadel snapped his fingers. This was the main point.

“Marian suggested selling this in other territories. What do you think?”

“Miss?”

Everyone was surprised when they heard that Marian discovered Hui-Nari Tan and persuaded for sales.

Then, a serious discussion about Hui-Nari Tan followed.

“Other territories might not suffer as much as us, but they also hate the harsh winter. They’ll probably love it. Since the main customers are commoners, we need to set the price well, but…”

Price is important. If it’s too cheap, people will buy a lot and hoard it, and it will only sell well in the beginning. If it’s too expensive, they might as well go to cut wood.

The selling price is crucial, but how to promote this rare item called Hui-Nari Tan is also an important issue. There were various discussions about it.

“It would be good to distribute it for free to village leaders. They’ll believe it once they try it.”

“After using it once, they’ll undoubtedly be obsessed with wanting to buy this item.”

“The North’s biggest drawback was that there was nothing to sell to other territories, but this seems to be doing well. It would be great if it becomes a representative item this time.”

Everyone praised it. Hadel nodded proudly as if he had discovered it himself.

The last question that came up at the meeting was this.

“But what should we call this product?”

The name had already been decided. Hadel answered in a concise tone.

“Marian called it Hui-Nari Tan.”

“It’s a cute name.”

The sound of the word ‘Hui-Nari’ had a cute feel to it, despite its actual purpose as fuel.

Then, an aide said, as if it were curious.

“Hui-Nari is gore for less dry firewood… To know gore, you’re quite knowledgeable.”

Hadel’s face stiffened at those words.

‘How does Marian know gore? Originally, as a jokjebi, she shouldn’t have been able to learn it.’

She even said yesterday while crying that she was originally a princess. Hadel tried to comfort her by saying she was a jokjebi princess, but upon deeper reflection, it wasn’t such a strange thing to say.

Even though her original form was a jokjebi, she knows letters, knows gore, understands the social system, and claims to be of a higher rank as a jokjebi.

‘Could it be that she has been living for an incredibly long time that I can’t comprehend?’

This was the extent of what Hadel could speculate about Marian’s true identity.