Volume 6 - Chapter 24 – The Unveiling (1/2)
06-24 The Unveiling
Next day, immediately after breakfast Jin got to improving Lotte. Of course, Earl Kuzuma was present.
The final adjustments and checking of the operations of the other participating golems was beginning.
Jin had the Magi Crystal on which he had yesterday copied the movement pattern of the head of the squad two of the Royal Secret Maids, Rianna, he transcribed the information from the crystal to Lotte’s Control Core.
If you need a mental image, it was close to a updating a computer’s OS, or maybe patching it.
“Is it done now?”
Earl who had come along with Jin asked.
“Yep. Earl, could you start it up, please?”
Accordingly, Earl Kuzuma said the Keyword [Activate]. Then to the Lotte who had risen up,
“Lotte, how’s the state of your body?”
Jin asked, and,
“Yes, Father. There are no problems.”
After hearing that, Jin moved to a wider location along with Lotte. He then turned to the Royal Secret Maid following him,
“Alright, now… Rianna-san, could you attack Lotte, just lightly will be fine, please?”
“Eh?”
Jin explained to the wondering Rianna that it’s because Lotte should be able to use the same martial art as her.
“Okay, then, here I go.”
Rianna took a short sword from under her skirt. Unlike Laila, she didn’t cut up her skirt.
Then she suddenly stabbed at Lotte.
Lotte repelled it with her left hand and took a step forward, aiming her right fist at Rianna’s solar plexus. But Rianna avoided it with a backwards somersault.
“Okay, that’s enough. Lotte too, stop.”
Since it wasn’t for combat training or anything, just to check the movements, Jin had the two people (one person and one golem) stop.
“Hmm, that’s great! Not just Lotte, but Rianna, you were splendid too.”
Earl Kuzuma who saw the brief attacks and defenses gave his praises.
“You flatter me greatly.”
Rianna said and bowed, then retired to the back.
“As expected of the leader.”
“If it was me, that fist would’ve probably hit.”
“Aww, how didn’t she cut her skirt…”
Et cetera, the other watching Royal Secret Maids admired Rianna’s moves. Although one of them had a bit off-point impression.
“Jin, amazing, you are! What a curious method! I want to try to do it like that too!”
Reinhardt said somewhat excitedly. Jin thought that with some training Reinhardt could probably do it.
“However,”
His tone of voice dropped, and Reinhardt continued with a whisper.
“Showing that in public isn’t good. Listen, what do you think would happen if it was known read the mind of a general or a cabinet minister just like that?
When he put it like that, Jin understood.
In practice, by resisting the reading could be prevented, but it’s impossible for people who don’t know that.
“If you don’t want it used on influential people, or used to pin false crimes on people you should be careful.”
Jin thanked Reinhardt for his advice.
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And in the afternoon, the golem party finally started.
“Take care.”
The Royal Secret Maids saw Jin and the others off the guest house. Knights came to pick them up and they were towards the inner royal palace.
Just like Earl Kuzuma explained, the cabinet ministers entered first. Then the nobles working in the castle, and afterwards Reinhardt and Elsa entered along with the invitees.
Next the outskirts’ nobles, then the nobles from far away entered, and finally among Magi Craftsmen, Jin and Beana.
Jin was looking at the people entering with them, but excluding the Magi Craftsman Bootes who built Earl Guarana’s golem Owl, they were all new faces.
At that moment,
“Oh, teacher!”
Beana said.
“Teacher?”
“Umm, that’s right. Jin, look, the person entering now. That person is Gladia Hampton-sensei, whom I studied under for two years.”
“Hmm.”