Volume 2 - Chapter 6 – THERE’S NO RESPONSE. IT’S JUST… (1/2)

「Do you understand? Then this is called a defective product」

「T-Then what do I do?」

「In this case you should determine how long the barrier lasts beforehand, or at least weaken the strength against air a little bit」

Beana was puzzled by the explanation.

「I understand about designating the time, but what about the strength against air?」

「You know how you release a voice? Your voice is the vibrations of air. Therefore your voice won’t reach if it passes through weak air」

Beana remained puzzled by the explanation.

「Your voice the vibration of air? What is that about?」

Jin heaved a sigh. He didn’t feel like doing a science class.

「Well, it’ll be fine if we leave that be. The last thing, the strength of the created barrier, I believe it will exhaust the magic power of the 《Magic Stone》 within a minute. Is there a reason for the barrier to last for such a short time?」

「Ahh」

「Hey, not just the efficiency but the usability, it’s no good if you don’t think about the balance of these things」

「Balance?」

「Aa, to do in moderation and not focus on one side, that’s what I mean」

「Un, I see…」

Although only given advice twice, Beana already seemed to be aware of the defects of her works and began to ponder with her arms folded.

There Reiko returned.

「Father, I have returned」

「Aa, good job」

「FATHER!? JUST NOW, DID SHE SAY FATHER?」

The word 『Father』 which Jin was called shocked Beana.

「A-re, I haven’t told you about it? It’s because Reiko is my… well, an 《Automata》 I made」

「《AU-AU-AUTOMATA》!?」

Beana’s eyes opened up and she froze . Jin didn’t notice that Beana, turning towards Reiko,

「So, the 《Magic Stone》?」

「Since the disposal location is deep underground, I collected only this much and returned for now」

Saying that, 10 《Magic Stones》 the size of the ones they saw at the stalls before were handed over to Jin.

「Oh, if it’s this much it’ll be fine. You did well. And did you bring back the peaches?」

「Yes, I put them in the basket outside」

When he looked outside Beana’s workshop, there was about 20 peaches put inside the large basket.

「Good, nice work」

And Jin then looked back to Beana who was still frozen.

「Oiii, Beana」

She remained frozen.

「There’s no response. It’s just a corpse」 ⚑

「But Father, she is still alive」

Reiko came in with a merciless tsukkomi.

「I know, I just wanted to try saying it once」

Saying that, Jin tried to lightly hit Beana’s cheeks.

「Ah, wh-what, it hurts!」

It seems she rebooted.

「I didn’t want to do it, that’s why I called out to you before but you didn’t answer」

Jin said to Beana who was flustered,

「Haha… that’s right, DID YOU SAY《A-AUTOMATA》!? ISN’T THAT 《ARTIFACT》 CLASS! WHERE DID YOU OBTAIN IT?」

Upon hearing that, ahh, another bothersome thing was what he sensed and decided to lie.