Magicraft Meister Part 1

Jin and Erza gasped at the devastation of <>. It's even worse than I thought.

Erza stopped Jin, who was about to run to Akitsu.

"Brother Jin, be careful!"

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, I understand, Erza. ...... Reiko, can you take a look at him?"

First of all, we decided to let Reiko diagnose the problem.

"Excuse me."

Reiko examines Akitsu's motionless body. Akitsu called out to her.

"You ...... are also an automata. You look a little ...... like Mags, don't you?

"Similar?"

"......Yes. Mags also had ...... dark eyes and black hair. ......"

The thinness of his speech bothered Jin.

"Reiko, what do you think?"

"...... Yes, I think it would be better to repair it in the laboratory if possible."

The materials were ready, but Akitzu's whole body was quite damaged, and it was clear that it would be easier to do it at the institute, where all kinds of materials were available, than here at the site.

"But ......"

Reiko is hesitant because of the danger of having Akitsu fixed.

"Hmmm... ......"

At this point, Jin came up with a plan.

"Akitsu, in order to fix you, I have to stop you once, but can you tell me the key word for stop and start?　Can you tell me the key word for stop and start?

The authentication key (password) is a key that is needed when the device is deactivated by someone other than the creator, and is set when it is not possible for anyone to deactivate the device, as is the case with ordinary magic tools.　

"......Yes......Stop is <>......Start is <>. ......Authentication key (password) is ......<>."

The fact that Akitsu was able to tell us this in a straightforward manner indicates that he is not belligerent.

And, after all, it was a very old model.

"All right, let's stop for a moment then. <>.

Thus Akitsu stopped.

"Father, what are you going to do now?"

Reiko asked, sensing that Jin had an idea.

"Yes, we will take Akitsu to Horai Island. We will repair Akitsu there and copy the control core at the same time. If we analyze it, we will know if Akitsu will become an enemy or not, won't we?

Both Reiko and Erza nodded at these words.

"As expected of your father."

"...... all my preparation has been in vain, but I'm glad."

Erza, who had prepared carefully for the trip, was a little distracted by the prospect of taking them back to Horai Island.

"Yeah, that was just for safety. Let's hurry back."

Reiko cast a gravity spell on Akitsu, which looked like it was about to break at any moment, to make it a little less fragile, and lifted it up.

They moved gently and used the warp gate in Pegasus 1, where they had landed, to move to Horai Island.

John is the only one who stays behind to guard the inside of the dome in case of emergency.

Jin returned to the laboratory on Horai Island and immediately started repairs.

"Brother Jin, how can you repair such a badly deteriorated automata?

Looking at it in a bright place, you can clearly see the extent of its deterioration.

"Well, just take a look."

"Hmm."

Meanwhile, Reiko, Jin's assistant, is silent.

"......"

Reiko was remembering the old days.

She, too, had been on a mission to find a successor for about 1,000 years, ever since she was created by the previous Magecraft Meister, Adriana Barbora Zetsi.

(I wonder if this automata (automata) has also spent ...... lonely years. ......)

We know that Akitsu, the automata lying in front of us, is in a similar situation.

Jin guessed that the reason why it was less damaged than Reiko, even though it was less perfect, was because it had hardly moved from the dome and had continued its role of education.

The first step is to dismantle it once.

"This is ......"

There are quite a few similarities with the Adriana type of automata. However, there are also many old-fashioned structures, indicating that Akitsu is older.

"This is the control core.

Magi crystals of all attributes. These are also somewhat deteriorated.

Prepare new Magi Crystals and perform <>. I will also make copies and ask you to analyze one of them.

Please do so. Before verifying the knowledge, check if there is a possibility of hostility.

When a new control core is made in this way, Jin's magic power pattern is used as a standard, and thus, like Anne and Elena, he is often recognized as the creator.

However, Akitsu is an old type of automata, older than his predecessors, so it is unclear what will happen to him.

While the old man is analyzing the control core, Jin is repairing the body.

"The skeleton is just ordinary steel.

Carbon steel. No special trace elements were added. Heat treatment was a bit lax.

"Magical Muscle is no more ....... Replace all of them."

Some of them shredded with a slight tug, and Jin decided to replace all of them.

"...... Then, it's the same as making a new one. I think it would be better not to raise the grade of the material too much.

"Father, I think that would be better."

Reiko insisted that it would be better to keep the performance low in case of hostility.

"I think you worry too much. ...... Elsa, can you get me a skeleton?　I have five and a half nickel steel to use.

Five and a half nickel steel is steel mixed with 5.5 percent nickel.

It is a general-purpose golem that Jin once made at the request of the Kingdom of Klein. The kingdom used it to secretly mine ore in a mine that was supposed to be a gift to Jin, and in the end, it was destroyed by a gigantopod that crawled out of the mine.

Jin had retrieved and stored the material.

"Hmm. Roger that."

In this field, Erza is already a first-rate magecraftsman. Although not as good as Jin, she finished making the skeleton in about 15 minutes.

"Brother Jin, I made the joints the way they are now, okay?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Thank you, it's a good job."

Jin had prepared low grade magical muscles and magical skin.

The standard ones for Horai Island had too high performance, so it took more time and effort.

"Okay, let's start the assembly. ...... Reiko, please prepare the magic nerve for wiring. Elsa, get the shield case.

Yes, sir.

Yes.

With Reiko and Erza as his assistants, Jin is assembling the device at his own pace. Just in case, I'll take measures against <>.

"Okay, the body is good. The head is left. Looking at the remaining eyes, ...... this is not obsidian. ......"

Analysis shows that it is tourmaline. It seems that the color of the eye was simply determined, and that the magic crystal (magi quartz) in the body of the eye is responsible for the vision.

"No wonder my eyesight is not as good as Reiko's."

Reiko smiles as she hears Jin muttering to himself.

"Father, instead of black tourmaline, why don't you use regular obsidian?

Black tourmaline is not transparent, but obsidian is a natural glass, so it is more suitable for eyes.

"Okay, let's do that."

And the face is restored. Jin works with Elsa to shape the face.

"Is this okay?"

"Yes, it's good. Even with ......, you still look Japanese. You have a very shallow face.

Before putting on the magical skin, Jin asks Laojun

"How is the analysis going?

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"I see. In short, it's like the <> we gave to the Shoro Empire before."

This eliminates the possibility of hostility. Jin is relieved and installs the control core.

Finally, he builds in the reworked ether converter and mana driver, and that's it.

Both of them were less efficient than the one Jin was using, but he managed to deal with them and made them into something of the same level. However, they were made to correspond to the current concentration of free magical element (ether).

"I didn't expect to have to work so hard on this part."

It was unexpected for Jin that he had to work hard to downgrade the performance of the system instead of upgrading it.

"Now it's fixed. Now we just need to put a magical skin on it.

Artificial skin. The color is paler than that of the people of the ...... different ethnic group Mitsuho.

"He looks like a Japanese after all."

"He looks a little like my brother Jin."

Jin's skin, after being burned in an electric furnace pot, was supplemented with magical elements, which were then replaced with living cells, or perhaps it is because he is from our world, that his skin color is a little similar to Erza and Reinhardt.

I have wondered if cells that contain a lot of free magic element (ether) would be like this, but I am not an expert in this field, so I cannot draw a conclusion.

Aside from that, Jin finished the appearance with the help of Elsa.

Judging from what little hair remained, the hair was black.

Then it occurred to Jin.

"My old man, didn't Akitsu's control core have any information about his appearance?

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"Okay. ...... Reiko, please put the final touches on the exterior. Elsa, get Akitsu's clothes.

Yes, father.

Yes, Father.

Thus, the repair of Akitsu, an automata that transmits ancient knowledge, is completed.