Magicraft Meister Part 3

And the Knights, who were searching the underground facilities of the Aegila mine, said.

"Hey, I can't find him anywhere.

"Well, then, is there a hidden room or a passage downstairs somewhere?"

......, still frantically searching.

But in the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Knights, there was one of the , Regulus 25 a.k.a. , whom the old man had sent. .

By the way, his rank is a common soldier.

"Message!　...... where is the 1st battalion commander!"

The 2nd Battalion was a ranger unit, and he took advantage of his position to act as a messenger.

"The battalion commander went back to the ground to report. What a waste of time."

"Yeah. ......"

Scratching his head, he turns back. But this is just as planned.

Unseen, he sprints back to the first basement floor at a speed no human could match.

In fact, to get to the floor where Garrison Yak Arks and the other masterminds of this incident were hiding, they had to go through the hidden door on the first basement floor.

The old man had long been aware of this, but the members of the 2nd Knights only thought of going to the lower levels, and decided that they would never get anywhere if they did nothing.

Returning to the first basement floor, Gallus pretended to take a wrong turn on purpose and headed for the passage with the hidden door.

It was a dead end, and the hidden door was not at the end of the passage, but on the wall slightly back.

"Oh, no, I made a mistake.

Gals says out loud on purpose, in case someone might be watching.

Then he turns around and stumbles intentionally.

The hidden door is at the end of his stumble.

Gallus had the hidden door with his hand.

"Oh?　Oh?　There's a hidden passageway here!

He shouts deliberately and calls out to his colleague in the first basement level.

"I'm going to report something, so please keep an eye on the area around the hidden door!

And without hearing any reply, Gallus rushes out.

"Report!　...... found a hidden door in basement 1!　No passageway found on B4 yet!　Repeat. Hidden door in B1!　No passage yet to basement 4!"

Gallus reported to the Knight Commander who was waiting for him on the ground.

"...... hmm?　What?

"We found a hidden door in the first basement!　Still no passageway on the fourth basement!"

Gallus repeated his report.

"...... hmm, that hidden door on B1 smells bad. ......Good, the 3rd battalion on standby is to go to the basement floor. ...... of the ...... messenger."

Gallus, sir.

"Okay, Gallus. You will lead the 3rd battalion to the hidden door on the basement floor. If you want to go to ......, I can go with you to the end. What do you say?"

I'd like to go in there!

I see. That's the spirit. ...... Captain of the 3rd Battalion, you can temporarily add this Gallus to your ranks.

"Yes!"

As a reward for finding the passage, the commander of the 2nd Knights, upon hearing the report, temporarily added Gallus to the 3rd Battalion. This was just what Gallus and the old man wanted.

* * * * * * * * *

Now, the village of Toka was holding a race.

"It's very crowded, Grandmother.

"Yes, it is. If I had known such an event was going to be held in the neighboring village of Toka, I would have come back earlier.

Freddy Nido and Elise Nido, descendants of Jin and current lords of the village of Kaina, are conversing.

They were on a trip to the Kingdom of Egelea at Freddy's suggestion to enjoy the summer sea.

Elise, who has been in good health since her heart condition was cured, is traveling around with Freddy to make up for the time she has spent away from home.

"I heard this was Gin-sama's idea, too.

Yes. I heard that she couldn't ...... bear to see the village of Toka, which used to be the domain of the Farheit family, who were friends of the previous generation of Magecraft Meisters, fall into disrepair. It's just like Jin-sama, isn't it?

"That sounds like Jin-sama."

Yes, Grandmother.

Miss Ellis, Miss Freddie, would you like something to drink?

Oh, thank you. Yes, thank you.

They were accompanied by a blue-haired automaton, Anne, who had been dispatched by Jin on short notice.

"Oh, it's delicious!"

"It's a juice made from ice goat's fruit, a specialty of Toka Village."

* * * *

The aisugo is a close relative of the blueberry, but the fresh berries are too astringent to be edible. However, when they are made into juice and precipitated, the supernatant is used as a dye and the pulp is made into juice, it becomes a drink with a noble taste.

Icego berries can be harvested in large quantities for dyes, and the supernatant is sufficient for dyeing, so it can be used for both juicing and dyeing, killing two birds with one stone.

This way of eating them was discovered by Saki just four days ago.

In order to make icego dye, the fruits were blended in a blender and precipitated, and it was found that the supernatant was blue and the precipitate contained a large amount of purple pigment.

The blue supernatant is used for the dye.

The precipitates can be used to make pulpy juice.

The recipe is 50 % pulp. It can be diluted with water and a little sugar to make it drinkable. Honey can also be used.

After this tournament, it will become a new specialty of Toka village.

"Thank you, Saki-san!

Licia thanked Saki.

"Kuhu, it was just a coincidence.

Both of them were drinking iced juice while watching the race through the magic screen.

* * * *

"Well, we are now in the 8th lap of the race, and there are only a few laps left!

The crowd was in high spirits.

The leader is the unmistakable number 9, with number 2 in second place, but number 1 has moved up to third!

"Number 1, you have an outstanding performance. You can't increase your pace just by turning in a small circle.

As Makina explained, it seems that Rhodes' Number 1 had the power to make the most of the moment.

However, Makina added that since the aircraft was small, the load on the propulsors and ether converters would have been high, so they probably saved their power until the latter half of the race.

The leader who was piloting Makina and his boss, the old man, seemed to feel that <<>>.

"Number 9 is leading the race from start to finish, isn't it, Makina-san?

"That's right. It is probably due to the extraordinary power of that aircraft. The design of the aircraft, which is thoroughly focused on speed, is also paying off."

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The "Mere Old Man" was imagining such a thing.

"Oh!　But the second place number 2 is not losing any ground!　He has made a spurt!　The distance from the number 9 in front is gradually closing!

"It's a thoroughly lightweight aircraft. It is a thoroughly lightweight aircraft, so it can probably reach a high speed if it wanted to. However, there are some concerns about its strength, so we have been taking a wait-and-see approach.

Moreover, the machine is controlled by an automaton. Makina explained that they were probably flying the aircraft while sensing and analyzing its behavior.

"But number 9 also increased its speed!　The battle for the lead is between numbers 9 and 2!

The air race was now in its final stages and the battle for the lead was now between numbers 9, 2 and 1.