Magicraft Meister Part 4

"No, Jin-dono, thank you for your valuable information."

Opening his eyes, Rouzo Chioda thanked Jin.

Then he began to speak again.

"......Well, let's get back to our business."

"Yes."

"There was a time when the roads around the village of Kuento were paved with macadam pavement, but then a great storm hit the area, causing mudslides, and all these efforts came to naught.

Ah, that's why the village was once abandoned?

Yes. ...... Then we stopped trying to do too much.

"I understand most of what you mean."

Jin nodded broadly.

Then I'll do the talking now. Why did you come to this region?

"Yes.

"Actually, a friend of mine in obtained an excellent control core in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Celluloid. I wanted to find out where it came from.

A control core?

Yes.

Jin explained that the project started when he heard that Groma had heard that there was a researcher of magic brains in the city.

"The control core was not a sphere but a disk."

"Huh?　...... Indeed, we sometimes make such control cores."

Have you ever sold them?

No.

I see. ......

If so, Jin guessed that the control cores that Groma and his group had obtained were made and sold by the Tomoshide-Yoda group, and not by this company.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

<, Jin decided to ask Rouzou Chiyoda again.

"I'm going to ask you directly. ...... do you wish to back up the island of Horai?"

"No."

The answer was immediate.

Probably, he had been expecting this question since he found out Jin's true identity.

And Jin also knew that such an answer would come back to him, albeit dimly.

"We have gone the wrong way, and we will continue to go our own way.

"I see. ......

The techniques we have passed down and refined from generation to generation are probably nothing more than child's play to you, Jin-dono.

No, that's not true. ......

"No, that's not true,," he said. If you see ...... Miss Reiko, you will understand how great she is."

It seemed that Rouzou had seen through Reiko's act to her true nature.

* * * *

After the two parties had settled their positions, they had another round-table talk with Goh and the others.

"Oh.... Goh-kun and Rubina-san are apprentices of Jin-dono, huh? I'm honestly envious of you.

"Well, thank you very much."

"Rubina, you should say or at ......."

"Ugh, I know."

Gough and Rubina were talking to Leo de Simo.

And Melze was talking to Zinnia Ender.

"Well, you're a social learner, aren't you, Melze? ...... Well, I'm sure it's worthwhile to see and experience different places."

"Yes!

"Yes!" "Experience a lot and then find your own way. Good luck.

Thank you very much.

Guth is talking with Rouzou Chioda about the old days.

"You know something unusual, Mr. Goose.

"No, no, I heard Mr. Yozo say earlier that the village was once abandoned due to a natural disaster.

You did say that, didn't you?

"Then the original location of the village of Quent was a little further east, deep in the mountains?

Yes, that would be correct. Of course, there is some overlap with the current location of the village.

"And then the village was rebuilt a little lower down because it was buried by a mudslide.

"That's what you're saying, isn't it?"

I see... I see... that's very informative.

Saki was asking Sean Deniske about various things.

"Hmmm...so you can get rare materials further back in this base, is that right?"

"Yes, that's right. Yes, but not in large quantities.

Is it enough for experiments and prototypes?

Yes, well...

Then it fits the purpose of this place.

Well, I guess so.

Jin and Erza were talking with Maitei Kouno.

"...... so it was Jin-dono who drove the golem back yesterday?"

"Well, that's what I meant. I didn't do it too publicly.

Still, that's great.

...... How do you guys get knowledge of the outside world?

"We send out automata to the outside world to learn."

"Oh, I see."

We let them travel around the world for about six months, and when they return, we all listen to what they have to say.

It is accurate enough, and the information is not too bad.

But...

"I think we should at least have a manacam," Jin suggested.

Jin suggested.

Information is important. I don't think there is anything wrong with having at least some means of obtaining it.

"......Yes, that's right."

Mighty agreed.

"Well, we'll talk about that later," he said.

Just then, MS-081 announced to the group, "It's time for lunch.

It's time for lunch.

It's time for lunch.

Jin and the others thought how quickly time flies.