Two months passed.

For Team Four, nothing crazy happened during that time.

No dangerous missions.

No unexpected monsters.

No life-threatening situations.

It was peaceful.

However, Qasim had been busy.

The camera project had slowly become the center of his attention.

The official paperwork had been handled by Melissa. Qasim didn’t have to deal with most of it. The only thing he really chose was the name of their unfinished product.

The Camera.

Simple.

As for their company, the three of them had eventually agreed on the name 2KM.

It came from the first letters of their names.

Qasim.

Kevin.

Melissa.

Since K and Q sounded almost the same when pronounced, they decided to settle on 2KM.

It was stupid.

But somehow, they liked it.

As for the camera itself, Kevin had come up with several ideas.

They tried them, and failed.

Changed them, tried again and still failed again.

Fortunately, most of their early attempts were relatively cheap, so they didn’t lose much money.

Instead, Kevin gained something far more valuable.

Experience.

Every mistake taught him something.

Every failed design gave him another idea.

And Qasim helped whenever he could.

The problem was that he didn’t actually know much about how cameras worked.

He only remembered the simplest principle from Earth.

A camera captures light coming from an object and records that light onto some kind of medium, creating an image.

That was about it.

But somehow, that tiny bit of knowledge was enough to give Kevin a direction.

And from that direction, Kevin kept building.

Their designs became better.

Then better again.

Until finally, they reached something that actually looked promising.

The latest design used a system that could analyze incoming light and the direction it came from, then reflect that information onto a special piece of paper.

It took several days.

But eventually, Kevin managed to make it, so they decided to test it.

Melissa stood in front of them.

Qasim held the artifact in his hands.

He carefully adjusted it toward her.

Then he used a small amount of light magic together with electric magic to activate the system.

The artifact hummed quietly.

Qasim carefully placed it against the special piece of paper.

Nothing happened.

Melissa sighed.

"Another failure..."

But then—

Something began appearing on the paper.

Slowly, a shape.... Then details.

The image became clearer.

It was Melissa.

Standing exactly as she had been when Qasim took the shot.

Black and white.

But unmistakably her.

Qasim’s eyes widened.

Kevin froze.

Melissa stared at the paper with her mouth open.

"It works!"

Kevin suddenly shouted.

"It finally works!"

Melissa jumped up.

"We did it!"

Qasim couldn’t stop himself from smiling.

They had actually done it.

They had created the first camera in this world.

Their happiness was immeasurable.

Of course, this wasn’t the end.

The current version still had several problems.

For one, only mages capable of using both light and electric magic could operate it.

That wasn’t exactly practical for something they wanted to sell to ordinary people.

Qasim thought for a moment.

Then an idea came to him.

"What about a battery?"

Kevin looked at him.

"A battery?"

"Something small that can store magic and release it when needed. Basically, something that contains the magic you need to operate the camera."

Kevin’s eyes immediately lit up.

"That’s actually a good idea."

He immediately began working on it.

Melissa liked the idea too.

Though for a completely different reason.

"So we sell the camera itself, then sell the paper and batteries separately. Meaning customers have to keep buying them whenever they run out."

Her eyes began sparkling.

"Oh my god, Qasim. That’s genius!"

"Uhhh..."

Qasim scratched his cheek.

"That’s not really what I was thinking about, but... yeah, sure, I guess."

Unlike the camera itself, the battery didn’t take nearly as long.

After only eight days, Kevin had his first design.

The design was based on an artifact that Melissa’s mother sold in her shop.

It produced a weak form of electric magic.

Normally, it was considered useless for battle.

But for the camera?

It was perfect.

The problem of producing light was solved as well.

They added a small mirror-like artifact that could generate light on its own.

It wasn’t perfect.

But it worked.

And after almost seventy days since the three of them first discussed the project...

The Camera was finally complete.

A real, functioning camera.

Unfortunately, Qasim wouldn’t get to see it being sold.

Because just as they were preparing to take the next step, new mission arrived.

And this one wasn’t small.

While Kevin was outside, Valen had gathered the rest of Team Four together.

Qasim sat with the others, waiting to hear what their next mission would be.

Valen looked at them.

"Boys and girls, I want you to get ready for~~~~"

He pauses before smiling.

"For a trip to the Goblin World."

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