Magicraft Meister Part 1

"Welcome, Mister Jin."

Count Kuzma himself came out to greet us in the entrance hall. Well, maybe it's because Reinhardt and Erza are with him.

"I've been wanting to have a long talk with you."

He shook hands with them.

"Don't worry about Count Galana. That private army was dismissed for unjustly attacking the common people. The privateer is imprisoned.

The trouble with Count Galana's private army that caused Jin to leave the Blue Lands was apparently taken care of by Count Kuzma.

The private army had originally had many problems, and it seems that they had no difficulty in taking the blame for their crimes.

The Count then turned to Reinhardt,

"Reinhard, did you enjoy Jin-dono's base?　I wish I could have visited there too, if I had not been on official business."

Count Kuzma said this with a look of deep envy on his face. Then he turned to Bina,

"Beena, your younger siblings are worried about you. Go to them as soon as possible."

"Oh, yes!　I'll leave you now. Jin, see you later!

With that Bina ran into the courtyard.

"Well, come on inside."

Count Kuzma stood up first and led the way, but then Sevance took over as Jin and the others' guide, and the Count went into another room with Reinhardt and Erza.

"Please make yourselves at home here."

Jin and Reiko were allocated a room on the second floor of the Count's mansion. It is a rather luxurious room. Count Kuzma knew that Reiko was not human, so he did not prepare two rooms.

"You can see the courtyard from the window. It's quite a beautiful garden, isn't it?

Jin looks around the garden. Reiko is putting away her luggage.

When Jin was relaxing, a lady-in-waiting came to call him. She said that the Count wanted to talk to him.

Having no reason to refuse, Jin and Reiko went to the parlor with the maid.

The parlor was located in the center of the same second floor and had a large balcony.

The counts were sitting around a round table on the balcony, relaxing in the early spring sunlight and having tea.

"I have brought Master Jin."

The maid of honor who had led Jin to the balcony stepped back.

"Hello Jin, the sun is warm here.

Reinhardt beckoned to him. Jin sat down at the round table, right between Reinhardt and Erza. Or rather, he was made to sit.

Reiko stood silently diagonally behind Jin.

"Luis_...... Oh, Luis is Count Kuzma's name, Jin."

Reinhardt then explains the composition of the names of the nobility of the Kingdom of Egelea.

"There is a name, a pseudonym, a family name, and a title. So Count Louis Wurtz Kuzma is the official name of the Count.

And now for the main topic.

"So, Luis, will you tell Jin what you just said?

Count Kuzma looked at Jin,

"The king of Egelea has a prince named Ernesto. He is the third prince, and he likes golems and automata.

Then he glanced at Reiko,

"A Golem garden party will be held to coincide with Ernest-sama's birthday party in ten days' time.

"Golem garden party?"

Jin asked back unintentionally.

According to Count Kuzma's explanation, the use of golems is a popular practice in many countries to compensate for the chronic shortage of labor due to the small population, and the Kingdom of Egelea is no exception.

The 3rd Prince Ernest is also fond of golems, and it is said that one third of his guards are golem soldiers.

Against this background, they decided to hold a Golem garden party at the birthday party of the 3rd Prince Ernest this year, inviting excellent Golems and magical craftsmen (magi craftsmen) from inside and outside of the country.

Each country is looking for ways to make effective use of the golem.

"Reinhardt and his <> have also received invitations.

The Black Knight (Schwarzlitter) is apparently quite famous. Reinhardt looked a little reluctant,

"I'm glad that my Schwarzlitter has been accepted, but it's a pity that it's out of order right now."

"What? I'll get you as much material as I can, so you can fix it.

Reinhardt looked at Jin,

"That's what I'm saying. Don't you think this is interesting?

Reinhardt looked at Jin and said, "Don't you think it looks interesting? Jin had been interested in this project since he heard about it,

"Yeah, it sounds interesting. I'd like to see it.

He answered lightly, "Yeah, it looks interesting. Hearing this, Count Kuzma said,

"Well, if you say so, it will be easier for me to ask you."

"What?"

Actually," Count Kuzma said, "each nobleman above the rank of viscount in the kingdom is supposed to bring at least one golem with him.

"So, if possible, I would like you to make the golem for me. I will do my best to provide the materials and so on. Can you do that for me?"

The Count added regretfully that Beena was not yet capable of making the golem.

Jin had no choice but to refuse.

It would be interesting to see how advanced a golem could be made with ordinary materials, not the best materials available in Horai Island.

"It will be a great help to me, and I will accept your offer.

He replied.

"Oh, okay. Thank you. How do I get paid?"

Well, the Count will decide when he sees the finished golem.

"Well, he's very confident. I'm looking forward to it.

Reinhardt watched the exchange between the Count and Jin with an amused, yet slightly worried look on his face.

"Speaking of golems," said Count Kuzma.

Count Kuzma changed the subject slightly.

"I just received this information from Elias Kingdom yesterday afternoon, and it seems that it belongs to the Kingdom of Selroa.

He was referring to the golem the bandits had been using after crossing the pass.

What?

The Kingdom of Cerroa is the country that Reinhardt and his party must pass through in order to return to the Shoro Kingdom.

"No, well, it's just that some of the materials used were magi crystals from the Kingdom of Cerroa, though it doesn't necessarily mean that the Kingdom of Cerroa itself is making them."

The Count added to dispel Reinhardt's fears.

"And that golem you were attacked by.

This is the golem that the black knight (Schwarzritter) was attacked by.

"The Eladrite used for it was from the Kingdom of Leonard. Well, 80% of eladolite comes from that country, so it's not surprising.

"Hmm, it could be that the Kingdom of Selroa and the Kingdom of Leonard are connected in some way."

Reinhardt was not in his usual mood of tension, but was in a serious mode as he pondered.

"Originally, the Kingdom of Celuloa is proud of the fact that they are the heirs of the Kingdom of Dinar.

Reinhard said that the Kingdom of Cerroa is also a country that is eager to expand, having annexed , one of the small group of countries between the Shoro Empire and the Kingdom of Egelea, about 150 years ago.

"Well, there is no proof, and there is no way they can do anything to an individual like us.

With these words, Reinhardt returned to his usual face.

After that, the conversation was pleasant.

"I see that Miss Elsa has joined us.

The topic of conversation was the Golem boat competition in Potrock. When Count Kuzma heard that all the participating boat operators were women and were dressed in swimsuits, he said to her, "Ha-ha-ha, Elsa!

"I envy those who got to see Miss Erza in her swimsuit up close.

Erza blushed a little when she heard that Count Kuzma was wearing a bathing suit.

When she heard that Jin participated in the event with a golem that looked just like Marcia, the ship's helmsman, she said, "Hmmm..,

"Hmmm, then I'll ask you to make a female golem this time. The model is ......, how about Bina?

I don't know how serious they are.

Jin was not sure how serious he was, so he was just making some appropriate responses.

Jin was thinking that it would be uninteresting since neither of them had breasts.

"Jin-kun, are you thinking of something rude?"

Erza glared at Jin as if she had a woman's intuition.

Perhaps it was not a woman's intuition, but rather a glimpse of Erza's eyes on his chest that caught her attention.

"Well, I guess it's almost lunch time.

The conversation continued until lunch time, and when the sun was announcing noon, they moved to the cafeteria.

After lunch, Jin designs a golem and Reinhard starts repairing his black knight (Schwarzlitter).

The location is, of course, Bina's workshop.

"Ah, Jin, Mr. Reinhardt, come in. The Count told me about the golem.

Jin!

Jin!

Bina and her siblings greeted us. Nana and Lardo were looking much better than before, both in color and flesh.

"Hey, you two look good!"

"Yes!

"Well, you two, you've got work to do, so get out of my way."

"Okay, I'm off to clean up!"

Nana and Lardo were happy to see Jin again, but he had a job to do, so Bina told them to go out and clean the garden.

Jin looked around the workshop,

"Wow, this is Bina's workshop. It's a lot bigger than before, and you've got a lot of tools and materials. What are you making now?"

"Huh?　You know, a wind generator.

When the temperature rises in spring and summer, it will get hot around here.

The nobles have their servants fan the air to cool off, but he thought that if there was a magic tool that could create wind, the common people would be able to accept it.

"Hmm, that's good, isn't it?　So?　What's the idea?

Bina says with a proud smile,

"It's ready. All we have to do is to use the elementary wind magic <>.

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"Yeah, I think it's good."

"Yes, I've been working hard since Jin disappeared."

Erza was watching Bina from the shadows, who was a little proud of her, but no one noticed.