The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1 Quotes

“My inspiration for this attack was a weapon that had been developed back in a country from my former world known as America. Commonly, they were called “rods from God.” Rods from God was an idea for a weapon that would drop metal rods from satellites orbiting in space. Upon impact, the rods would rival the power of nuclear weapons. There were problems with actually realizing this weapon, though. The cost of placing objects of that mass in space was prohibitive, and even if you did get the projectiles into space, keeping them from burning up in the atmosphere before they reached the ground was an issue as well.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“Bullets fired by Cannon Strike had an initial velocity of 1,650 meters per second, and they reached Mach 4.8. The bullet reached its destination in just 0.4 seconds, where it landed over six hundred and sixty meters away with a thunderous roar that kicked up a giant cloud of dirt.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“My store is going to be aimed at women. I’m going to primarily focus on cosmetics, and I also want to sell confections that are sweet and keep well. That said, if I introduce too many products at once, it may hurt my sales, so I think I’ll just focus on cosmetics at first.” The need to buy things was stronger in women than in men.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“When I’d first explained to Father that I was taking her in and raising her as my assistant, he’d made me promise two things. The first was that I had to take full responsibility for Tarte’s upbringing. My father was not going to involve himself in her education. The second was that because I was going to have to share top secret Tuatha Dé knowledge with Tarte, I’d have to be the one to kill her if she ever went rogue.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“A titanium alloy was a whole different story, however. It would allow you to keep all the strong points of titanium while increasing its hardness and sharpness. By adding vanadium and aluminum, you got the beta titanium alloy.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“Lead is 11.3, 327.5, 207.2. Iron is 7.8, 1,540, 55.8… This can’t be a coincidence.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“Well, you’re not going to get there easily. You’ll have to train for years to— Hey, wait! H-how have you improved that much already?!” Dia exclaimed.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“You might end up stuck with some unfortunate habits for life if you are led through your first conversion by an unskilled teacher.” “… You’re not an unskilled teacher, are you, Dia?” I asked.”
― Rui Tsukiyo, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, (Light Novel) Vol. 1