Magicraft Meister Part 1

When Jin heard that Meane and Erza were going to hold a study session, he jumped to Horai Island that night. This time he takes Erza with him. Not to mention Reiko.

A small warp gate was installed in the basement of their new house, so they did not have to go to the shelter.

"Welcome home, Master."

The warp gate room is managed by a butler golem, <>, who was commissioned just yesterday.

It is based on the adult male golem of the Covert Maneuver Unit (SP), but has a little more power than the SP because it also serves as a security force.

He will also perform various other administrative tasks in Horai Island.

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The brain of Horai Island, the old man also welcomed Jin.

"Ah, I'm back. My Lord, please prepare a cloth woven from the threads of a ground spider.

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"Well, I would need a piece of woven cloth one meter wide and five meters long.

When Jin goes to the workshop, Perid 17, the golem maid in charge of household chores, has already brought in the cloth.

"Oh, thank you."

When Jin thanked her, Perid 17 bowed and left.

"Father, what are you going to make with the Grand Spider cloth?

Reiko, Jin's best assistant, asked.

"Hmm?　A whiteboard, utilizing the characteristics of the cloth woven with the Grand Spider's threads.

Jin answered.

"A whiteboard...... I see."

Reiko seemed to understand at once, but Elsa was >on her face. Jin sensed this and began to explain.

"Erza, a whiteboard is a board on which teachers write explanations and such when they teach students at school in the world I was in.

The blackboard is originally used, but it would get complicated if I start talking about it, so I'm going to use the whiteboard for now.

"So, the threads of the ground spider are stain-resistant," he says, "and Reiko's clothes are all made of it. Reiko's clothes are all made of it.

Elsa seemed to understand and nodded her head broadly as I explained this to her.

"Okay. I'll write on it and explain. And if you say it won't get dirty, just wipe it lightly and the writing will disappear.

"Correct."

Elsa seemed to understand immediately.

"That's right. If we put this on the board, we can make a whiteboard for the teachers. Cut it into small pieces for the children to practice their writing."

"I see what you mean. Very useful.

"Elsa can't do the processing yet, so you'll have to watch us do it. ...... Reiko, let's get started."

"Okay."

So, Jin and Reiko work together to make it. The threads of the ground spider cannot be processed with ordinary tools. It is necessary to use tools made of adamantite or engineering magic.

Jin and Reiko worked on them with engineering magic, and made one blackboard-sized piece and 27 30-centimeter-square pieces.

"That's amazing. Can I be like that?"

Erza asked Jin as she watched with a twinkle in her eye. Hitoshi obliged.

"Yeah, I can teach you."

"Yeah. "Yeah, I'll teach you." "Hmm...that'd be fun."

All that remained was a pen and ink.

There are pens in this world, but they are quill pens. I would have thought that it should be made of metal, but since mere iron will wear out quickly against a cloth woven with the threads of a ground spider, I made it out of 64 light silver, taking its lightness into consideration.

The shaft is also made of the same material so that it can be repaired by engineering magic when it wears out. This is a hardened pen called a "Kabura-pen". It is easy to make because of its relatively simple shape.

"Try this one, Elsa."

Jin gave her a sample pen along with the required amount of 64 light silver, and asked her to try it.

"Hmm. <"

The 64LB changed its shape and ......

"...... difficult."

It stops in a funny way.

"As I said before, it's all in the image. Maybe you should close your eyes and try to picture the shape of the object you want to make."

"Hmm. I understand. "

Now it looks much better. It is not symmetrical yet.

"Oh, it's much better. We're almost there."

"Hmm. I'll work on it."

Elsa practices again and again, and after the tenth time or so, she has finally succeeded in making a pen that is usable.

"Oh, this will work. You did a good job."

Jin praised her and Erza smiled happily. Her expression seems to be getting more expressive these days.

And then there's the ink. Well, colored water would be fine, but the other day the Mermaid team had found a fish (or rather a mollusk) that looked just like a squid, so I decided to use its ink.

The ink may fade with time, but that's OK for practice.

And for Meine, or rather for the teacher, markers.

I made a pipe of light silver, tapered the tip, and inserted the tip of a brush made of felted threads of a ground spider. Fill the body with ink, close it with engineering magic, and you are done.

But then, the ink started to overflow from the tip of the brush. It seems that the ink must be impregnated in a cotton-like material.

Jin rebuilt it. He stuffed cottony threads of ground spider inside to prevent the ink from leaking out.

"Well, I guess I succeeded this time.

With his writing materials ready, he asks Reiko to pack them in one piece and carry them for him.

"Hmm, what is it?"

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"Oh, that's good."

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It is unusual in a sense that it took more than 10 days to build a floating base in one day, considering Horaijima's ability to build a floating base in one day.

It is always the case that there is no one who can say that it is abnormal in any case.

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Further explanation follows.

The structure has been put into practical use as an angled deck, but since Jin did not know this, the old man came to this conclusion on his own.

I understand. Thank you. Please continue."

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It was almost midnight when I was taking care of some things.

"Well, I'd better get some sleep so I don't lose too much sleep. Let's go back to Kaina village. I'll explain about the ...... aircraft carrier later.

"Hm, Brother Jin."

It is 9 p.m. in the village of Kaina when we exit the warp gate in the basement, and everyone is asleep.

Erza quietly returns home so as not to wake Martha, Meane, and Hannah, and Jin goes to his newly built bedroom.

Then he realizes.

There is no futon.

He had been careless.

"Father, I'll bring it from the guesthouse."

Reiko turns herself around... She jumped through the warp gate to Horai Island. She returned in a few minutes.

A new futon, a quilt, and a pillow. Now I can finally sleep.

Good night, Reiko.

"Good night."

And the night goes on.

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After Jin goes to sleep, Reiko, who doesn't need sleep, has a routine of discussing various matters with the old man using the built-in manacam.

"The Kingdom of Selroa was the country with the most brainwashed ministers, so it must be difficult for them to recover their functions.

Now that the Unifilers have virtually collapsed and their influence is gone, the countries are in disarray.

The most chaotic was the Kingdom of Cerroa, where as many as three-quarters of the cabinet members were Unifiler puppets.

The list of brainwashed personnel has been disseminated through the 5th column (Quinta), but the response varies from country to country.

The information is coming to you via the 5th column (Quinta).

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What about the Kingdom of Franz?

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"I know that much, old man. The Kingdom of Franz is relatively small, so I guess they can still manage.

"So that's why Mr. Reinhardt can't leave the office?"

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At the headquarters of the Unification Party (Unifiler), where Jin had sent the repaired and refurbished Elena, Jules, the leader, and Donald, the second in command, were working together on a plan to reorganize the organization.

"Hey Donald, what the hell have we been doing?

"You know Donald, what the hell were we doing? We've done some terrible things because we've been so caught up and bound by our longing for the past.

"It was a great relief when Elena told me that taking responsibility does not mean to die or to quit. It's a way out, for sure."

Then a voice joined in, like a tinkling bell.

"Yes, that's right, my lord. You have to clean up the mess and contribute to the world in order to take responsibility. I will do my best to help you.

"Oh, with Elena, we'll be a hundred strong."

The location of the headquarters of the Unification Party (Unifiler) is unknown except to Jin. So, for the time being, Jules and Donald can work in secret.

And they had made it their goal for the rest of their lives to reorganize the Unification Party (Unifiler) and make it into a group that could contribute to the world.

This information was conveyed to the old man through Elena, and the old man, with the permission of Jin, would assist the Unifiler to the extent he could.

"So, as a sign of our fresh start, I would like to change our name from the Unification Party to the Nostalgia Party.

"Nostalgia, that sounds good."

"Yes, I think it's nice."