Magicraft Meister Part 1

After dinner, Jin went to the rubble yard again.

He was surprised when he told the superintendent that he had separated the materials into individual pieces, and in a great hurry he told his boss, who was already there with the magic minister, Kelihidole, and another high ranking nobleman.

"Oh, you must be Jin-dono. I heard from the person in charge that you separated this from the others, didn't you?

The nobleman, whose name I did not know, approached Jin. He was a tall, thin man in his 40s with thinning hair pulled back in an all-back. He said to Jin

I am William, the minister of the interior of this country.

I am the minister of the interior of this country.

"Yes, yes. I have to say something to Minister Kerichdole about that."

"Yes?"

So Jin pulled an Eladrite out of his pocket,

"This is the Elradorite that Dominic gave me. In fact, it was with the help of this that we were able to make this separation.

Both of them scowled a little, but quickly recovered,

"I see, so you used Elradorite to amplify the engineering magic to perform this feat.

It seemed that they had successfully misunderstood what Jin had thought.

"So, I have to give this back to you."

With that, he handed the Eladrite to Kelliherdre.

"Well, I certainly received it. A little delay is nothing when you look at this separated pile of material, right, Sir?

"That's right. The material will not be wasted, it will be reused. The Lord Treasurer will be pleased as well, even though he is not here. Jin-sama said you wanted something from the materials, didn't you?"

William asks what Jin wants. Jin told him honestly that he wanted mithril and a few other materials.

"Well, in that case, you can have as much as you need right here. After that, I will bring out the materials myself.

The Minister of the Interior said so, and Jin was delighted to secure the materials.

Mithril. Enough to make a dagger and a brooch.

Light silver, copper, zinc and a little tin.

Various pieces of magecrystal.

Magi crystals are worthless if they are shattered. Even if they are fused with engineering magic, their magic power cannot be extracted.

Imagine a magnet. Magnets have N and S poles, which attract and repel each other.

Magecrystals (magicrystals) also emit lines of magic force, but by themselves they generate almost no force. Therefore, when we collect broken magic crystals (magicrystals), the direction of the lines of magic becomes random, and they interfere with each other and cancel each other out, resulting in a weakening of the magic power that can be extracted (this does not happen with magnets).

"Hmm, is that all you need?　If you need anything else, just let me know. Prince Ernest has asked me to make some arrangements for you.

"What? His Highness?

He likes you because of Lotte.

"Thank you. But this is all I need.

I see. Then I'll take the rest of the materials away.

Yes, thank you very much.

Jin thanked her and left. The materials were heavy, but when they were out of sight of the two Ministers of Magic and Home Affairs, Reiko came out of her stealth and carried them for Jin.

"Well..."

He piled up the materials in his room and was about to start building when there was a knock at the door.

"Yes, who is it?"

Reiko answered on behalf of Jin,

"Good evening, is Jin there?"

It was Stellina.

"Oh, Mr. Stearina."

Jin stood up to greet her.

"Is this a good time?"

"Yes, come in."

"Well, I'll leave you alone for a while."

Stearina got permission from Jin and entered the room.

No one who was watching her ...... noticed anything, except Reiko. And even Reiko decided that it was nothing to report.

To report every little thing in daily life to Jin would be to disturb him. Therefore, the fact that her friend Erza was across the hall was not something that should be reported.

If Erza had something to do with Jin, she would have come to his room. That's what Reiko judged.

* * * *

"Is that ...... Stearina?"

Erza went out into the hallway to visit Jin's room to ask him a question, and she saw Stearina just entering Jin's room.

"Jin, you, with Mr. Stearina?"

Erza returned to her room, but she felt something hazy in her heart and went out into the corridor again.

Then she went to Jin's room, trying not to make a sound with her footsteps,

（I know I shouldn't do this, but...)

After a struggle in her heart, she puts her ear to the door.

"......Yes, yes, I can't believe it's your first time."

"Don't flatter me."

"I'm not trying to flatter you. Jin, you're really good. I can't beat you."

"......!"

Erza backed away involuntarily.

（What was that?)

And again, timidly, she put her ear close to the door.

"That's amazing, you're getting so hard, I've never done that before either."

"Isn't it normal?"

"Jin-kun, you are just as I predicted. I'm sure any girl would be pleased with this.

I hope so.

I'll make sure of it.

I don't know why I couldn't listen to her anymore.

Elsa walked away and went back to her room and threw herself on the bed.

"Miss?　What's wrong?

Meine, the maid of honor, called out to Erza in concern, but she did not reply and remained prone on the bed.

The woman did not reply, but remained prone.

"Mithril silver doesn't usually get this hard, does it?"

Stearina said in surprise,

"Oh, it's mixed with a little bit of copper.

Stearina replied.

"What?　Really?"

"Yes. Silver becomes harder when mixed with a little copper.

It is called 925 silver, and it hardens when heated to about 500 degrees Celsius and kept at 25 It hardens when heated to about 500 degrees Celsius and kept at 25 degrees Celsius for a while, and becomes even harder when left at room temperature. It is also harder to darken than pure silver.

Jin knows about the properties of metals since he learned all about them during his training as a newcomer, but apparently they were not yet known in this world. It seems that even when they make alloys, they do not control the composition ratio strictly.

"And then you have to do , and then . It's kind of amazing, isn't it?"

The finished dagger is a shiny silver color, about 40 cm long. It is slender and light. Moreover, because it has been finished with Jin's all his strength, it is stronger than most steel swords.

"But this shape, size, and lightness. Even a girl can handle it. They'll be happy."

I hope so. Now all we need is a scabbard and a handle.

Jin takes a piece of light silver in his hand and transforms it.

The size and shape are just right for the sword, and the sheath is finished with pieces of Magi Crystal.

The hilt is finely engraved to prevent slipping, and the end of the grip is inlaid with magi crystals as well.

"Now it is finished."

A magnificent dagger has been created. The scabbard is light silver, the color soft gold, and sprinkled with small magi crystals. When pulled out, a sword of limpid silver is revealed.

"I wouldn't mind paying a million dollars for it," said Stearena.

was Stearina's comment.