Volume 6 - Chapter 3 – Reinhardt, Beana and Elsa (1/2)

06-03 Reinhardt, Beana and Elsa

The lady addendant brought with her a young redhead girl who nervously bowed in front of Reinhardt and the others,

“M- my great, I mean, my greetings, my name is Beana.”

Earl Kazuma looked at the overly stiff Beana and said,

“Hey, no need to be so nervous. This is my friend, Reinhardt. She is Miss Elsa, Reinhardt’s cousin.

“I’m Reinhardt Randol.”

“Elza Randol.”

The two introduced themselves.

“N-nice to meet you.”

Beana’s stiffnes still hadn’d disappeared. Earl Kuzuma had Beana sit herself down at the table next to him and said,

“Beana’s a very excellent Magi Craftsman I got to know recently, and she’s got some ideas I’m interested in.”

“Earl, I- I’m not that skilled.

On the surface, Reinhardt appeared to be cordial to Beana who denied the compliments with a red face,

“No no, that’s not true at all. Refrigerator, was it? I’m not familiar with the structure, but the idea is magnificent. What with both being usable for preserving food and improving its’ texture.”

Beana cast her eyes down and looked ashamed,

“…No, I can’t call the refrigerator my invention.”

“Hm? What do you mean?”

Reinhardt was waiting for what on earth Beana would say next.

“Well… Even though it was only for a short while, another Magi Craftsman I asked for help did most of the development. I only helped with the assembly.”

After hearing that, Reinhardt’s impression of the girl in front of his eyes increased slightly.

“Was the name of that Magi Craftsman… Jin?”

After Reinhardt spoke, Beana’s eyes opened wide and she immediately leaned her body forwards.

“Jin! You know Jin!?”

Reinhardt felt her energetic reaction was a bit heartwarming and said,

“Yeah, I know him. He was the Magi Craftsman of the winning team of a golem boat competition in Port Rock a few days ago, you see.”

Earl and Beana responded respectively,

“Huh, as I thought. When I heard the name Jin, I thought there was a possibility it was him.”

“Eh, eh, eh? Jin won a competition like that!?”

It seemed like Earl Kuzuma had heard news of the competition. Beana, on the other hand, hadn’t.

“Earl-sama, why didn’t you tell me?”

The Earl responded to Beana pressing for an answer,

“Sorry, sorry. I wanted to confirm it before telling you. So, forgive me.”

After Earl had said all that, Beana had nothing to add and shut her mouth. The Earl resumed his conversation with Reinhardt.

“Was Jin’s craftsmanship amazing?”

“Yep. Thanks to him, my team finished second. Right, Elsa?”

Elsa was a bit surprised being brought up so suddenly, but still responded,

“Mm. Jin-kun’s golem and the propulsion device were both novel.”

Beana paid attention to the “kun” attached to the end of Jin’s name that came out of Elsa’s mouth.

“You call him Jin-kun?”,

Beana couldn’t resist asking Elsa.

“I do. He is a friend. I got this ring from him.”,

Elsa said somewhat proudly, smiled and displayed the ring on the middle finger of her right hand.

Beana’s mood deflated after having the ring shown to her alongside the explanation.

“Uh, is- is that so.

Beana stopped leaning forward and rested her body on the chair, this time leaning on the back of it, then stared at the ceiling.

(…Even though he helped me…And I didn’t even get to thank him properly…I wonder if I gave him a ring we could have a relationship…)

“Hm? Did you say something?”

“N-no, nothing.”

“Oh, as I thought, he turned out to be an excellent Magi Craftsman.”

Meanwhile Earl Kuzuma’s and Reinhardt’s conversation continued.

“I can’t say I didn’t hope that he settled permanently in this country, but regretfully he’s already had a dispute with one of the Earls.”

“Hm? What do you mean?”