Volume 6 - Chapter 2 – Kunlun and Blue Land (1/2)

06-02 Kunlun and Blue Land

The first thing to do after going to Kunlun Island was setting up the Warp Gate.

“Alright, next is setting up and pairing the Warp Gate at Blue Land.”

“I’ll handle it, Father.”

Before Jin could even say yes, Reiko had jumped into the Warp Gate and returned to Hourai Island.

She then warped to Blue Land carrying the materials, set up the Warp Gate and linked it to Hourai Island, and came back.

It took about 15 minutes for her to get back. Reiko’s handiwork was good, as usual.

Now that the Warp Gate preparations were in order, Jin finally got time to look around Kunlun Island.

Soleil and Luna were the guides. The two were in charge of the development of Kunlun Island.

“First is this basement of the mansion where the Warp Gate resides.”

The stone basement looked very old and gave off an atmosphere that it wouldn’t be strange to find an Artifact here.

“After opening the door and going up the stairs to the first floor, we arrive at the entrance hall.”

The bronze door looked heavy and was coated in a verdigris patina, really making it seem like the door to a secret room. Both Jin’s and the precedessor’s knowledge agreed on this.

The entrance hall was of course also of stone and spanned 10 meters in every direction. The walls had frescoes painted and complicated formulas engraved on them.

If you looked closely, you could see there were paintings of the five-colored golems and Magi Formulas for security, and…

“What’s this?”

A certain poem was written in Japanese on the wall. To be exact, they were lyrics. It was a pop song that was popular some five years ago that had stayed in the back of Jin’s mind.

“Well, there’s no one who can read it so I suppose it’s fine.”

Jin moved on without thinking about it too deeply.

“The next room is the workshop. Please see that it is to your liking.”

There were metallurgy tools like anvils, a forge, hammers, et cetera.

For woodworking there were saws, chisels, planes and such.

In the middle of the room there was a large heavy-looking workbench.

Everything had seen years of use (or so it seemed).

On one shelf there were a few Magi Crystals and various Magi Stones.

On another shelf there was a bit of silk from a Ground Spider.

In the adjanced storeroom there was copper, bronze, cupronickel, nickel, iron, tin, and also Light Silver, Mithril, and a small amount of Adamantite.

It felt like it was imitating the workshop at Hourai Island, except at a smaller scale.

“Hmm, this should be enough. Soleil, Luna, good work.”

Jin then gave the two Guard Rings he made as a reward for their efforts.

“Thank you very much. I will take good care of this.”

The two accepted the rings with pleasure.

On the first floor there was also a dining room, toilet, and a bathroom. They gave off the impression that they had been recently renovated. Incidentally, the toilet is Western-style.

Because the waste is disassembled to its chemical elements using magic, it’s both sanitary and odorless.

The bath was made into a hot spring by drawing water from 50 meters undergound. It was pleasant news to bath-loving Jin.

It’s a bit of a digression, but after this a hot spring was made in the same way in Hourai Island.

The dining room was wide. It was large enough to fit at least ten people. In the kitchen four gas stoves Jin had built were installed. Of course, there was also a refrigerator.

Water could be drawn with a pump.

“Hmm, there seems to be no problems here.”

The second floor seemed to have the living spaces.

“The living quarters are set up as follows.”

There were eight rooms, each around ten tatami mats in size. Two of them had been taken, seemingly one for Jin and one for his late teacher.

To be precise, since Jin’s room had a two tatami mat closet his living space was only eight tatami mats.

Jin’s and his (dummy) teacher’s room were side by side, and on the opposite side of the hallway there was the library and a storage room.

The remaining four rooms were Western-style, and had wooden floors and stone walls. Muscovite was fitted in the windows. There were beds, tables, chairs, and fixed closets, all with an antiquated design.

Because the designs were those that were popular during Jin’s predecessor’s era, they were without doubt actual (fake) antiques.

Three of those rooms were for guests, and the final room was the waiting room of the golem maids. Near the guest rooms there was also a toilet.

The third floor was more of an attic, and was used as a storeroom.

There were dozens of copies of common grimoires from Jin’s predecessor’s times, and robes that looked like those of a very old-fashioned magus lying around.