Volume 1 - Chapter 24 – MAID (1/2)
The night of the next day, once again he transport to the research facility. Jin looked around the room,
「With this vast research facility, it’ll be inefficient with just Reiko」
When Jin said that, Reiko,
「There were Maid Golems when Mother was alive, but she suspended them because there was no use for them after dying」
「Ah, is it fine if I rebooted them?」
「That’s fine. Do you wish to check on them?」
Saying that, Reiko led Jin to a room underground.
「Here they are」
「Uwaa…」
There laid the body of about 20 female type Golems. But, the majority of them were decayed and damaged on some part of their bodies.
「These have been damaged quite a bit」
Different from the 《Automata》, if a Golem did not have magic power circulating inside its body to run, it would quickly deteriorate.
「Making new ones would be faster」
「That is right, I apologise for my negligence」
「It’s fine. Could you carry one of the bodies that isn’t damaged to use as a reference?」
「Yes, leave it to me」
Reiko has the 5 times the strength of a normal adult. Therefore she was easily able to lift the Golem and carry it to the workshop.
「You’ve really helped. For some reason I don’t even gain a single bit of muscle by training」
Jin casually uttered and Reiko,
「Father, have you not noticed it yet?」
Reiko asked him with a puzzled look on her face.
「Eh?」
「Because Father’s body was mostly supplemented with magic power, the current basic condition is maintained」
「So you’re saying that no matter how much I train, I won’t gain any muscles?」
「Yes」
「What a thing…」
Certainly, Jin was convinced by comparing it with his knowledge. Simply put, Jin’s body consists of chunks of magic elements.
「Hm? They why do I feel thirstiness?」
「Because the body’s functions remain intact, so water and nourishment are needed」
「Aa, I see… Hm? Then what about body enhancement type magic?」
In Engineering Magic, there is the body enhancement type. He might need it in the case he required strength for making something big.
「In the case for Father, there’s not much meaning to it」
「That’s true」
Certainly, he had tried using body enhancement magic before in Kaina Village, but there was no effect because it was not Jin’s original body, so Jin believed he could not use it on himself.
「Rather than enhancing the body with magic, I think that activating the magic power in the body would be far more efficient」
For such an idea, it was something difficult for Jin as he was still not familiar with the thing called magic.
「I see, activating the magic inside the body. Was there such a magic?」
「Yes. However, because Mother could create several new Engineering Magic, Father should also be able to」
「I… see. I’ll try it bit by bit. First of all though is this Golem」
In order to clear up what was before him, Jin returned his focus to the Golem.
「The material… is it perhaps brass?」
「Yes. Mother had already prepared a good amount to work with」
It was rusted and black, he could see that there was copper rust on some parts of the Golem, and so he decided without using 《Analyse》.
「Un, it’s brass. It would be better if it were cupronickel if I were to choose」
「Cupronickel? What kind of thing is that?」
Reiko asked about Jin’s words. When Jin transferred his knowledge to Reiko, he did not transfer everything so it was a natural question.
「Cupronickel is an alloy of of copper and nickel. It has a better corrosion resistance than brass and its movement is natural because it is soft」
The 50 yen coin and 100 yen coin are made of cupronickel. (The new 500 yen coin is made of nickel brass)
「Nickel? What kind of thing is that?」
Another thing that Reiko didn’t know. In other words, the predecessor did not know it either.
「Hm? There was a lot piled up in the storehouse the other day」
Jin said, taking Reiko along to the underground storehouse.
「It should be here」