Magicraft Meister Part 1

After lunch, Jin, Reinhard, and Saki went back to the workshop, but Bertsche stayed behind.

Reinhardt said that he felt sorry to keep Bertsch company.

Bertsche wanted to stay with them even though she was bored,

"At tea time at 3 o'clock, please treat me to the food Belle made for the first time in a long time," said Reinhardt.

Reinhardt said to her, and she made something called and waited for it.

"Now all we need is skin, face, hair, and so on.

Reinhardt said as he carried the materials from the shelf.

"Saki, do you have any requests?

Saki thought about it.

"Well, nothing in particular. ...... If I had to guess, I'd say light blue for the eyes. I would like her hair to be a light blonde, and short.

The first thing that came to Jin's mind when he heard that was Erza's face. He immediately set to work.

Then, without thinking of anything in particular, he starts to make the face more neutral, using Elsa as a model.

Reinhardt is his assistant. He is trying hard to learn the technique while watching Jin's skill up close.

It took about an hour of careful work, but the exterior of the automaton was completed.

"Hmmm, that's good, that's good, that's good. It's quite nice. Jin, that's brilliant!"

The remaining work is the detailing.

Adjustment of the vocal apparatus (voice quality), visual adjustment, auditory adjustment, etc.

"Jin, what about the control core?　Also, like <>, do you copy someone's behavior pattern or something?"

Lotte is a maid golem that Jin made at the request of his friend Count Kuzma when he visited the Kingdom of Egelea.

At that time, I was allowed to copy the knowledge and movements of the chief chambermaid of Count Kuzma's family.

"Oh, I already prepared it this time."

Jin took out the Magi Crystal from his pocket to record the master information.

This is the same as the five-colored golem maids working on Horai Island.

"<>Level 6".

This enables them to do the highest level of housework, just like on Horaijima. In other words, they can cook Jin's favorite dishes. Actually, this is the more important reason.

And the power source is the same as Elena used to have, an ether tank and an ether driver.

"Jin, what is this?"

Reinhardt had never seen a magi device before. Jin explained.

"Well, this is the ....... of that automata called Elena. So, if we equip it with this, it will work semi-permanently?

"Yes, as long as it has free magic element (ether)."

This was the technology that existed at the time of the Great Magic War, and Anne, Tia, and others had ether converters and mana drivers.

They are backward-compatible devices with the Horai Island Golem automata, but they are practical enough.

"Hmmm, it stores free magic element (ether) in the ether tank and converts it into magic power with the free magic power furnace (ether driver)? Interesting."

Saki watched them working, muttering to herself.

It was just before tea time when they finished.

"Okay, let's activate it. Reiko, can you give me some of your free ether?"

"Yes, Father."

The Aether Converter in Reiko's body has an additional function to collect Aether. In other words, there is a considerable amount of free magic element (ether) in Reiko's body.

Engineering magic <<. It is rarely used, but it is used to activate an ether converter instead of a mana driver.

The automata I made this time are not for combat use, so their ether tanks are small. Therefore, the tank fills up quickly, and the ether driver can be activated.

"<>"

Jin spoke the key word, and the automata opened its eyes.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Creator.

Since Jin was the main person in charge of making the control core this time, the creator was him.

"Okay, your master is this Saki Eschenbach.

"Yes, I am Saki Eschenbach. Saki Eschenbach, please take care of me.

The voice had been adjusted to be neutral, and Jin secretly thought that she sounded like a male Takarazuka actor.

The automaton bowed to Saki.

"Saki, will you give him a name?

Jin asked, and Saki, who had been so nervous about being master of an automaton for the first time, came to her senses and began to think.

"A name, ......, I guess. ......."

Eventually, Saki looked up and uttered a name.

"Okay, let's call him .

"Yes, master. My name is .

"Aal?"

It was an unfamiliar name.

"Oh, I read in a book once that 1,2,3,4...... are called Yi, Aal, Zan, Suu... I remember that it was written that 1,2,3,4 is the world's second. I chose Aal, which means 2, because it's the second largest in the world."

"I see."

Reinhardt was impressed, but that was not enough for Jin.

"Well, Saki, what's the book?　...... I also know how to count e,r,sun,su,wu,lu,chi,per,chu,shi."

"Wow, you look like him. But I'm sorry, Jin. It's just that I found it in an ancient document, or rather, in a book written about the past, but it only goes up to four, and it's not a book that explains numbers or anything like that."

Saki's explanation made Jin relax.

"...... Well, I'm sorry about that. That's a strange thing to ask. Let's focus on Aaru for now.

"Okay, Aal, try to stand up."

Saki motioned to Aal.

"Yes, sir."

Aalu stood up ...... and the table fell with a loud crash. Aalu stumbled to his feet and clung to it, knocking it over with him.

"Are you okay?

"Yes, master. Yes, master.

He tried to stand up, but Aalu fell down again. To Jin's eyes, the control system did not seem to be working properly.

"Okay, Aalu, sit down for now.

After making him sit on a chair, Jin gives Aalu a task to check the condition of his control system.

For this, Jin asked Saki to prepare clay.

"Okay, Aal, try to make dumplings out of this clay.

Yes," said Aalu, reaching for the clay and crushing it .......

Reinhardt saw this and said in disappointment.

Jin, you failed. You have no control over your power ......."

But Jin disagreed.

"Aal, it doesn't matter how long it takes. Try again and again."

"Yes, my creator."

Following the instructions, Aalu reached for the clay again and again. Each time he crushes it.

"...... Jin, it's no good. What did I do wrong?"

Despite Reinhardt's disappointment, Jin was watching Aalu's actions with his eyes.

"Jin, is it my imagination?　I think Aaru is getting more and more dexterous ......."

As he said, little by little, Aal seemed to learn how to grip the clay with more and more strength.

Ten minutes later. Aalu succeeded in rounding the clay into a circle.

"I knew it. ......"

"Jin, don't be alone in your convinced, please explain it to me."

Reinhardt was still struggling to understand. So was Saki. Jin explained his theory to them.

"Perhaps the signal from the tactile sensor is not in agreement with the control formula I prepared.

Jin prepared a control formula that has been accumulated, including information handed down from previous generations. Naturally, the sense of touch was not taken into consideration.

The control system was initially confused because it did not know how to handle the unknown information of tactile sensation.

But over time, they got < to it and were able to roll the clay.

"Well, that makes sense.

"I don't know about that part, but are you sure that Aaru is not used to using his body yet?

Jin affirmed what Saki had said.

"Something like that. That's why I think it's a good idea to let Aalu learn the movements little by little, like a baby."

"Mr. Reinhardt!　It's time for tea!　It's late, I've come to get you."

Bertsch called for them, so Aal continued with the clay work while Jin and the others went to the main house for tea.

（Reiko, watch over Aal just in case.)

(Reiko, watch Aal just in case) Jin did not forget to whisper instructions to Reiko.