Volume 6 - Chapter 14 – The Always Forgotten (1/2)
06-14 The Always Forgotten
After somehow calming Beana down, Earl Kuzuma summoned the head maid.
“You called, master?”
A lady attendant in her mid-30s with a composed air about her appeared. She was dressed in a dark blue dress with a white bib apron, and wore a maid headdress.
She had brunette hair, and eyes of the same color. Her body was slightly chubby, she was a maid that gave off a calm atmosphere.
“Yes, as a matter of fact, as this golem’s currently under production, I want you to share your knowledge with it, Malloum.”
“Come again?”
Either way, or rather because it didn’t seem like she could understand, Jin stepped forward.
“Malloum-san, please keep on thinking about the work you usually do.”
Jin explained, and as expected she seemed to not really understand but replied anyway,
“O- Okay.”
However, Jin wasn’t concerned,
“[Trans-info] level 3.”
“Eek!?”
Malloum was surprised when Magic Energy suddenly pierced her head. Jin explained that there would be no pain, after-effects, or any kind of real harm.
Even so, Malloum turned a bit pale.
“Master/Slave, rank one, blank; rank two, Earl Kuzuma; rank three, Beana; Rank four, Malloum.”
He planned to have the third prince be rank one.
After establishing the chain of command, all of the work had been completed. Incidentally, Jin’s rank was an exception as her Father.
“Huh, a method like that! I truly won’t get tired of being with Jin!”
It seemed like Reinhardt ‘saw’ the method Jin used, as expected of him.
“Well, now then, since the client is already here, [Activate].”
“Yes, Father.”
“Eeek!”
Malloum let out a small shriek when she saw the golem suddenly come to life.
“How is it, the condition of the body?”
Jin enquired, and after moving her body around a little the golem answered that there are no problems.
“This is your master, greet him.”
“Nice to meet you, My Master. I am in your care.”
The golem said and bowed to Earl Kuzuma. The movement was graceful and natural.
“Hmm, there’s certainly a resemblance to Malloum.”
Since the knowledge was transcribed from Malloum, the movements also resembled Malloum’s.
Jin asked the Earl to name her, and the Earl thought for a bit and said,
“Hmm, your name will be ‘Lotte’.”
“Understood, thank you very much. I am Lotte.”
Lotte said and bowed very deeply.
“Beana-sama, nice to meet you. Malloum-sama, nice to meet you.””
Lotte also greeted Beana and Malloum. Judging from how her eyes were darting around, this was Malloum’s first time seeing a golem this similar to a human.
“Hm, now then, Malloum, train Lotte for a while, or rather, see that there aren’t any problems.”
“Y-ye-yes, master.”
And thus Malloum left the workshop and took Lotte with her.
“Now, Jin, you’ve made a splendid golem indeed. What should I do about the reward?”
“I told you I’d leave it to you.”
After being told so, the Earl grinned broadly and said,
“How about one million Torr and the status of Egelia Kingdom’s Royal Magi Craftsman?”
“Wha-!”
Throwing a sidewards glance at the astonished Reinhardt and Elsa,
“I decline.”,
Jin resolutely shot down the offer. The Earl just shrugged his shoulders as if he had seen that coming and sighed,