Magicraft Meister Part 1

The impression I got when I peeked in through the open door was, in a word, . That was it.

It was white. The ceiling, the walls, the floor. Everything was white.

But it was not pure white like snow, but rather a very light gray or matte white.

It was a white that was not dazzling, and not too bright for the eyes.

There was a bed in the center of the room, and someone was lying on it.

"......What in the world is this place?"

"...... a sickroom, or a bedroom, perhaps?"

Alectus and Anne were asking questions and speculating, and Reiko was staring at something lying there.

The figure was covered by a white quilt and could not be seen clearly.

At that moment.

"What is it?"

Suddenly, he heard a voice.

I looked closer and saw a white - really white - girl standing on the other side of the bed.

She was about a little over a meter tall. Smaller than Reiko. Her hair was pure white. Her skin was as white as possible. Her clothes were also white. Only her eyes were black.

"Are you here to bully my father?"

The girl, or what appeared to be the girl, walked around the bed and stood in front of Reiko and the three others.

"I will protect you."

With these words, she opened her arms as if to block the way.

The three were puzzled, but Anne was the first to speak.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you. It's your father lying there, isn't it?"

Her tone was gentle, so as not to provoke the girl.

"Yes, he is."

What is your name?

"...... Neige."

Yes, Neige. I'm Anne. ...... Is your father sleeping?　Is he sick?"

"...... I don't know. He's been asleep for a long time and he won't wake up."

Neige looks down.

Hearing this, Anne bends down to look at Neige and talks to her more tenderly.

Hey Neige, would you let me check on your father?　If he is not well, maybe I can help him.

Neige's face lit up.

"Really?　If he gets well, will you get up, Father?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

Anne said, and Neige remained still and thoughtful for a moment, then moved to the side as if she had made up her mind.

"...... please. Please wake my father."

"Okay."

Anne slowly approached Neige's father.

Reiko spoke to Neige.

"That's you lying there ......, Neige's father, isn't it?"

"Yes. And who are you?

I'm Reiko. I have a father too.

You have one too?

Yes. The best father in the world, the one who made me.

Neige's face twisted as she said this.

"My father is the best in the world!"

Hearing this, Reiko giggled softly. She knew exactly how Neige felt.

"Yes, that's right. For Neige, her father is the best in the world, isn't he?"

"Yes!

But you know, my father is the best in the world to me too.

Both of you are the best in the world?

Yes, that's right.

Somehow, something akin to sympathy seemed to have developed between the two of them.

Reiko and Neige were getting along well, and Anne was examining Neige's << father>.

"This is ......"

She was about Reiko's height. And her appearance was very similar to the negative doll (negador) we had just met.

However, there are some differences.

First, the skin color. It was not an earthy color, but a warm brown. And he had a white head of hair.

"Pulse can be found at ......."

The first step in diagnosis is to check the pulse. But.

"No pulse?"

I couldn't feel a pulse in my wrist, in my armpit, or in what I thought was my carotid artery.

"But ......"

I could sense that this being lying before me was not yet dead.

There was a warmth, a life in the flesh. But I don't know how to wake it up.

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On Horai Island, Jin and the old man were twisting their necks (though the old man had no neck to twist).

"Anyway, I guess < and ......<>."

Maybe checking the flow of magic will tell us something.

"I'd like to get Erza's opinion too. ......Mr. Old man, where is Erza right now?"

"I'm sorry, but you'll have to call her for me."

"The old man contacted me. ...... Okay, let's give it a try. <>......"

First, we will check up the patient by the same procedure as we do with a human being.

"There are some biological reactions, but I am not sure about the organs and metabolism. I guess it is not human. Now one more thing: ."

Then I found out how the magic power in the body is circulating.

"So it is working with magical technology...... but what do we do now?"

At that time, the old man contacted me again. To be precise, Erza gave instructions through the old man.

"<><>......I see. ......"

Anne examined the flow of magical energy after applying an intermediate level of healing magic and reported it to the old man.

According to the report, the flow of magic power had improved slightly.

<><><>>"

Anne, who has an ether converter, does not need to worry about how many times she can use her magic.

In addition, in this land where the concentration of free magic element (ether) is high, its effect is also amplified.

"<>...... seems to be getting better little by little. As expected of Elsa-sama."

Anne then applies 5 consecutive <> and pauses for a moment.

"So this is where you apply the .

She took out a bottle of recovery medicine she carries for emergencies, cracked open an ampoule made of muscovite, and gave the contents to Neige's <> to drink.

In her initial condition she would not have been able to drink it, but after she had recovered somewhat, Neige's <> swallowed the restorative, albeit slowly.

"Then ......<><><>><>>"

Elsa had instructed me via the old man to try some surgical healing magic as well.

I thought that it might be more or less effective even if their bodies are not made in the same way.

And it seems that the prediction was correct, as Neige's <'s eyes were slightly opened.