Magicraft Meister Part 1

"Mmmm, now Lako is mine. "Oh, how wonderful!"

Reiko doesn't move.

"Dominique, you ......"

Stearina squeezes the words out with a look of surprise on her face.

"Yes, I'm a member of the Unification Party.

"Unification Party?　That group of fanatics!

Dominique refutes Stearina's statement.

"They're not fanatics. They are reformers and messiahs who will return this world to the way it was before the Great Magic War.

"So Dominic, you're the one responsible for the golem fiasco after all, aren't you?

Then Dominic smirked,

"Yes, I am. I had planted Eladrite and Magi Crystal inside my bird golem. It was easy because I couldn't examine the contents of the golem. There were red, blue, yellow, and white ones, and I activated them in the golem yard in the castle, and I think I hit the jackpot.

Dominique blurts out her victory. Dominique's smile is now one of superiority.

"So you were acting like you were about to be attacked!

Reinhardt says,

"Yes, that's right. But thank you for saving me, Mr. Reinhardt.

Dominique says so. Her smirk is so hateful.

"I'm stronger than all the golems in the castle, and if I bring back this Leco, I'm sure I'll be a top executive. Now, Leco, kill everyone here except Jin and Reinhardt.

Dominic gave a cruel order.

Stearena, Erza, and Reinhardt turned blue when they heard it.

If Reiko rebels, there is no one who can stop her. Except Jin.

And Jin was calm. Reiko is standing quietly at the corner of his eye.

"Reiko!　What are you doing?　Kill them all!"

Dominique shouted at Reiko, who didn't move. But Reiko kept her face blank and her voice cold,

"Why should I listen to you?"

"What?"

Dominic looked at her, not understanding what she meant.

"Only your father can give me orders."

Reiko said and walked slowly toward Jin. She then reached into her pocket and held out the Magi Crystal,

"Father, this is the MagiRecorder.

He handed it to Jin.

"Thank you, Reiko."

Reiko received the stone and gave instructions to Dominic. Dominic was indeed annoyed that Reiko, his , had been taken over by Dominic.

"Reiko, get Dominic!"

His words were strong.

"Yes, sir."

Reiko replies, and then turns behind Dominic and twists his arm up in a flash. She also takes the eladrite from his hand.

"Kyaaaah!　Why?　Why?"

She can't believe that the she performed at zero distance, even using Elradorite, had no effect on her.

"Kuuuh!　What the hell!"

Dominic is still yelling. Reiko frowning. And...

"You're so loud."

"Aaahhhh!"

There's a dull thud and Dominick's shoulder comes off.

"I'm sorry, I was a little overzealous. Please fix it, Miss Elsa."

"Ow!　It hurts!

Dominique screams, but her body doesn't move at all as Reiko holds her down.

"Leanna, Mary, whoever you are, tie him up!"

Yes, sir!

At Reinhardt's instruction, Lyanna, a member of the Royal Secret Maidens, rushed over and tied Dominique up.

"Elsa, heal him just in case."

"Nn. "

The fact that she said "painkiller" instead of "cure" shows how angry Elsa was. Jin didn't say anything either.

"Then I'll take him in."

"Yes, please."

Thus, the case of < was solved with the culprit caught.

* * * *

"Why did you think she was suspicious?

"The waveform of magic I felt when she held my hand was the same as the one I felt during the day.

Right now, Jin and the others are in Reinhardt's room, being interrogated, or rather, reporting on the incident.

They are Kelliherdt, the Minister of Magic, and Jüdl, the Minister of Defense.

"What?　So you, Mister Jin, can read the waveforms of magic power?

The one who was surprised to hear that was Kelihidole, the Minister of Magic.

"What?　Isn't it normal?

Jin thought that it was normal because the guild's automata could do it. As expected, quantification is impossible. This is like being able to memorize a person's face but not being able to draw a portrait of the person. To draw a picture requires a different talent.

No, no, it's not possible. I see... You are indeed a magecraftsman that His Majesty and His Highness would take a shine to..."

Kerichdole nodded her head in agreement.

"So, what was the method used to prevent that "rewrite slavery magic" at zero distance?

At that time, Jin, who sensed Dominic's intention to do something, used stealth to take Reiko with him and went outside for a while.

Then, after taking some countermeasures, he entered the room with Reiko, pretending that he had called her.

"That's this."

Jin pulled out the Magi Crystal that Reiko had given him from his pocket and showed it to her.

"Well, take a look."

He handed it to Kelihidole. The minister looked at it with his eyes and examined it with his magic,

"I can see at once that this has a magic formula for absorbing magic power engraved on it. But what is the other one?　I have never seen it before. And there is also something else that is too detailed to read here.

He surrendered. While the Defense Minister stood beside him in amazement, Hitoshi said, "The other one is a record,

"The other one is a record (Magi formula). The detailed one is the command she tried to give to Reiko.

Jin explains to everyone. < is a magic that writes commands into the control core, the magi crystal.

This is the magic that makes the MagiRecorder absorb the magic power instead of the Control Core, thus making it impossible to achieve the goal.

"Reiko's control core (control core) is heavily shielded with magic power, but I didn't want to risk what would happen at zero distance, so I used this hastily prepared thing."

I didn't want to risk what would happen at zero distance, so I used this hastily made stuff.

"Hmmm, I see. That's instructive."

Minister of Defense Jude was inwardly astonished to hear this from Kelihidole, the minister of magic who oversees the country's magical technology.

He was still young, but he could see the unfathomable skill of the magecraftsman, Jin, in front of him.

"I hope you will teach me how to do that tomorrow.

Jin readily agreed to Kelihidole's request,

"Of course. makes a mockery of the golems and the magecraftsmen who created them. I would never leave them alone.

It's a shame that the works we put our hearts and souls into are used in such a way that they are disposable pawns. As a person involved in manufacturing, Jin was furious that he could never allow this to happen.

Stearina, a magecraftsman from the Kingdom of Celuloa, looked at Jin with kind eyes.

"Now, I would like you to listen to what I have to say.

The Minister of Defense, Jude, began.

"Dominic was talking about the Unified Party.

Elsa and Jin raise their hands.

"Well, Mister Reinhardt, and Mister Stearina, do you know them?"

Yes. As a matter of fact, I was once invited by the Unification Party.

"Well, that's a strange thing to hear. What kind of person was it?

The Minister of Defense, who was hoping for some clues, hurriedly asked,

"Before you answer me that, why don't you explain to Erza-san and Jin-kun what the Unification Party (Unifiler) is?

JUDOR sat back down and coughed once,

"Well, the <> is an underground organization that spans the Kingdoms of Cerroa, Egelea, Franz, Klein, and others, and is a group of people who are trying to return the small group of countries to the << Kingdom of Dinar>> that they were before the Great Magic War. It seems that the main group is the Kingdom of Cerroa. The capital of the ancient Kingdom of Dinar used to be in the vicinity of the current capital of the Kingdom of Selroa.

This is what Reinhardt had mentioned earlier at the restaurant in Potrock about the Kingdom of Celuloa's suspicious activities.

"At the moment, there are no territorial disputes because the population has been drastically reduced due to the magical wars, and it can be said that there is almost no friction between the small group of countries. Those who are willing to go to the trouble of unifying them and using military force are, I think, a destructive group."

The causes of conflicts between nations include territorial disputes over resources, economic disparity caused by industry, and religion.

In the case of the , it could be said that it is similar to religion. That is to say, it has members who are fanatics.

Jude said he did not want to do anything that would disrupt a world that is generally running well, albeit with some power struggles and corruption.

"I agree."

Reinhardt, who had remained silent until now, opened his mouth.

"Countries have been compensating for the lack of manpower due to population decline by developing golems. The "slave rewriting magic" that can control them in an instant is terrible and unforgivable. Countermeasures must be taken promptly and thoroughly in all countries.

"That is right. I would like to ask for the cooperation of Reinhardt, Jin, and Stearina.

Jin, Reinhard, and Stearina nodded their heads in agreement as Judele and Kerichdole bowed their heads in agreement,

"With pleasure."

I'll help you.

"Of course."

And with that, they shook hands.

* * * * * *

"But ...... you said that Jin, what a ...... surprise he is," he said.

I agree.

Conversation between Minister of Magic Kelihidole and Minister of Defense Judele.

"His identity is unknown. But he has gained the trust of Lord Reinhardt and is going to Shoro. If it were not for that, I would have put a noose around his neck and made him a follower of this country."

"So much for that?"

"Oh, Lord Juddles. Even I would not be able to do that.

The thought of a magecraftsman named Jin who had made Kelihidole, the top mage in the Kingdom of Egelea, say such a thing frightened Jude, the Minister of Defense.

"That automaton called Reiko that's attached to that side of the castle can probably take this castle down with just one of them."

"Not that much!"

"And he's sworn absolute obedience to Jin. I dread to think what would happen to Jin ...... if anything were to happen to him. Until we decide on a national policy, do not do anything unnecessary.