Volume 3 - Chapter 9 – True Value (1/2)

Translated by Falinmer

03-09　True Value

The fire completely went out before long, and the area was filled with a burning smell.

「Reinhardt, thank you.」

Jin approached Reinhardt and expressed his gratitude.

「Hi Jin, was this your dock？」

「yes」

「Well. … … When I noticed the smoke, the fire had already broke out and I wasn’t able to do anything.」

「No, it was difficult to put out alone.」

Reinhardt seems disappointed when Jin says so,

「However, would there be your ship among them? At this rate it will have been reduced to ashes already…,….」

「Eh?」

「Eh?」

Reinhardt didn’t expect such a reaction of Jin with what he was saying.

「AAAAAAH! MY SHIP!」

Marcia’s cry rang out.

「Why, why such a thing. The ship that we expected to finally complete! Damn it!」

As Marcia shed large tears towards the ground, Jin approached Marcia.

「Marcia, you don’t have to cry.」

Jin patted her on her shoulders as he said so.

「Jin?」

While wiping up Marcia’s face with a handkerchief, which had become messy with tears and her runny nose, Jin,

「Arrow！」

He yelled out and

「Yes.」 (TL: I guess the automaton is named Arrow and speaks in katakana, this is annoying to translate.)

An answer is returned, but for some reason from the rear.

「Look!」

Jin points to the rear, there was “Cygnus” floating in the sea.

「W-What?」

Marcia is stunned, but Jin remains calm.

「Is that the autonomous golem, Arrow? Isn’t it natural to protect the ship?」

「Yes. We quickly evacuated from the ship into the sea since a fire occurred. The bow was slightly burnt.」

「I see, it must have been difficult.」

The burned bow can be repaired immediately, so that problem has passed. Marcia who saw the ship was safe was shedding tears of relief. Jin,

「Wow, Jin, you made that golem? Excellent! That a golem which can do self-controlled thought can be made, not even many in my country can make one!」

「……who？」

When Marcia sees Reinhard, her face shows suspicion, while Jin

「This is Reinhardt who I met yesterday, he’s a Magic Engineer in the Shyoro Kingdom. He helped me put the fire out. I didn’t put it out by myself.」

「Oh, I’m Marcia, a shipwright, nice to meet you.」

After Reinhardt makes a bow lightly to Marcia who said so,

「Well, well. As Jin introduced me, I am Reinhardt Randall, a magic engineer of the Shyoro Kingdom.」

Pushing aside the onlookers, 3 guards approach. (TL: I love how the word for onlookers/spectators can also be translated as rubberneck.)

「There appears to have been a fire, was anyone here involved?？」

The person who asked appeared to be the leader.

「I’m Marcia, who rented this dock.」

「Similarly, Jin.」