Magicraft Meister Part 1

As soon as they moved to the conference room, Jin made a request to Christophe.

"Mr. Christophe, do you have any magic resin?

"Hm?　I have some for the maintenance of ...... golem.

Magi Resin is the content of a common golem. It is a generic term for resins that can be easily deformed by magic power. In short, think of it as pine resin imbued with magic power.

I'd like to share some of it with you.

"Well, Jin-dono seems to have an idea. ...... Hey, somebody!

Christophe orders a soldier outside the room. In a few minutes, the soldier brought in enough magic resin to hold him in his arms.

"Thank you. ...... Jin-dono, is this correct?"

"Yes, thank you."

Jin thinks about something in front of the magic resin on the conference table. Everyone watching him was curious to know what he was going to do.

Eventually, Jin seems to have gathered his thoughts, and slowly uses his engineering magic.

"<><>>"

For a moment, a faint luminescence peculiar to engineering magic occurred, and then the mass of magic resin was torn off and changed its shape. It was ...... so, <>.

"Oh ......!"

"This is ......

"Amazing!"

The others are amazed at Jin's quick work. Only Reinhard and Erza are not surprised.

"Well, I made a model of it, roughly one hundredth of a scale. I thought it would be a good idea to have a discussion based on this model.

The model is about 40 centimeters long. The model is a monohull, of a very ordinary shape.

"Yes, I think the bottom of the boat should not be flat. Because when there are waves, the ship may be lifted up and then slammed into the surface of the water, and if it has a flat bottom, the force will be applied to the ship and it may be broken.

Surprised by Jin's machining precision and deformation speed, Reinhardt opened the discussion when no one else spoke up.

This is the advice that Jin had given to Eckart, a merchant in the southern part of the Kingdom of Celluloid. It is still valid here.

"The tip of the ship will be hit by waves, so I think it would be better to raise it a little higher.

Elsa also advises. As one would expect from someone who has raced in the Golem Boat Race in Potrock.

"Okay, like this?　."

Jin changes the details of the model according to his opinion.

By this time, the other participants, who had been surprised, came to their senses and seemed to be awakened to the fun of this method.

"Wouldn't it be better to make the bow a little thinner?

"I think the length and width should be about this ......"

"I think the sides should be curved instead of flat so the waves don't wash the deck."

The use of mock-ups, or , is a common practice in modern Japanese product development, but it seemed to be new to these people.

After about 30 minutes of discussion, the approximate shape of the hull was determined.

"But this is an interesting way of doing things," said Christophe after a pause.

After a pause, Christophe said in admiration, "If it weren't for Mr. Jin, we wouldn't be here.

"If it weren't for Mr. Jin, no one would have thought of this.

"You mean this kind of model?　They are much clearer than the drawings. Unfortunately, it is only possible if you are skilled in magical engineering.

Couwald says resignedly. Jin says admonishingly.

"No, no, even if it takes longer, we can make it out of wood or clay.

"That's true."

Rodrigo nodded in agreement.

As Jin made the model, the shape of the hull was rapidly refined.

They filled a large container with water and floated it, identifying various problems and making corrections.

Then, after that was over, the study moved on to the next stage.

"The next step is to install wind thrusters, isn't it?

"Yes, until we decide on that, there will be no point in further shaping the hull.

"That's right. Then let's move on to the consideration of the propulsor.

Christophe, the facilitator, suggested, and Jin nodded his head, and the others agreed.

At this point, Xenelos and Kreia again began to argue noisily.

"That's why we should put the propellers on both sides!"

"That would interfere with getting in and out of the boat, wouldn't it?　It's better to mount them on the center line of the ship!"

"Oh, so we're going to build a 40 meter long wind thruster?　Wouldn't that be a waste of time?"

"Ugh ....... No, no, the air intakes should be on both sides!"

"Oh, no, that would make the air paths crooked, wouldn't it?"

"Mm-hmm. ......"

（Are those two not getting along?)

(No, I'm sure they clash with each other because they are similar.)

Erza is secretly asking Reinhardt. It is probably a good thing that the person she is asking is not Jin.

Jin, on the other hand, was looking at their exchange with a bit of a dazed look on his face.

"Of course, if you install it at such a low position, not only wind but also water will come in!

"According to the structure and principle of the propulsor, splashing water is not a problem. Dirt and algae, though, are not so good."

"...... but we don't want it to malfunction during a storm or when we need the propulsion, do we?"

"Well, you can make sand and pebbles fly with wind magic, so water should be no problem, right?"

"You can fly sand and pebbles with wind magic, can't you handle water?" "No!　The lives of the crew are at stake!

Since it seemed that they would continue to argue endlessly again if I left them alone, Jin decided to offer his help on the current topic.

"...... you can try that too with a model ......, or rather, a prototype."

"I see!"

"I see!" "Yes, that's right!"

Jin asked Christophe to arrange for bronze and magi crystals.

With these materials, he now creates a wind magic propulsion device (wind thruster) about 50 centimeters in length.

For the second time, I was not surprised at Jin's production speed ......, and all but Elsa and Reinhardt were still rolling their eyes.

"Well, this one is not 1/100th. It is a wind thruster that can move a hot air balloon. We can experiment to see if it moves properly when filled with water.

This time, it was Christophe who came to his senses the quickest.

"Well, yes. "Well, yes. Let's have a generic golem do the experiment.

And so, the group set out for the shores of Lake Wass in droves.

The golem to be experimented on is a general-purpose golem of the Shoro Empire's style. It is, after all, an autonomous golem.

"Let's get going!"

Kristoff activates the wind thruster. The wind blows out, and the general-purpose golem holds it back.

"Hmmm... As one would expect from the wind magic propulsion device (wind thruster) created by Master Jin, it is quite powerful..."

Couwald, who was looking at them, said in admiration.

"Well, try soaking it in water.

Jin said,

"Are you sure?"

Christophe hesitated. But he smiled and nodded.

"Okay, okay. Soak it in water.

Christophe ordered the general-purpose golem to immerse its wind thruster in the waters of Lake Wass. Immediately.

"Oh!

The 200-plus-kilogram general-purpose golem was dragged down and pulled directly into the lake.

The golem was about to submerge itself in the water, gouging out gravel from the shore, when...

"Quick, get the wind thrusters above the water!　No, let me point it up!

"Golem!　Stand up what you've got!

At Jin's command, Christophe hurriedly gives the order.

The general-purpose Golem finally stops being dragged by the wind thrusters.

It does not have enough power to lift 200 kilograms into the air. The general-purpose golem walked back with water dripping from its body.

"Jin-dono, what is this?　Can you explain it to me?"

"Of course. Let's go back inside.

So we all went back to the conference room. Naturally, the wind thrusters were turned off.

"Now, about that phenomenon you just saw..."

Looking at the faces of those who were itching to know the reason, Jin slowly began to speak.

By the way, Elsa and Reinhard knew the reason.

"Wind magic propulsion (wind thruster) is an application of wind magic, <>. This <> is the magic of air molecules ......."

Jin was about to say that much, when he suddenly became at a loss for an explanation.

"Well, air is a collection of particles so small that you can't even see them. I'm sure you may have ...... questions, but first, please understand that that's the way it is."

He barely hushed those who were about to open their mouths, and continued his explanation.

"The is what moves the particles of air. And anything within the range of its effect can be moved even if it is not a particle of air.

I heard a small voice say, "Oh, I see. Jin continued.

"Even if it contains, for example, a grain of sand. For example, dust and smoke from a fire can be blown away by a , right?　That's an example."

This time, everyone just nodded, not saying it out loud.

"So, water is also made up of tiny particles of water molecules ....... Therefore, it can be moved by <>."

At this point Jin broke off and looked around at all the ...... faces except those of Erza and Reinhardt.

"Water is much heavier than air, so the golem was dragged down. But that doesn't mean we should always try to use wind magic propulsion (wind thrusters) underwater."

"Why is that?"

Christophe opened his mouth as the representative. Jin answered immediately.

"That's because it's less efficient than water magic<>."