Volume 6 - Chapter 30 – Wrap-up (2/2)
A single person forced his way through. He was none other than Earl Kuzuma.
“As I already have planned to propose to Beana!”
“Eh…?”
“Ah…”
Right next to him, Beana heard the Earl’s vigorously stated words.
“Eeeeeeeeh!?”
She turned bright red and ran away from the place. Although, she couldn’t leave the hall so she simply went to the place where Elsa was treating the wounded.
“…”
“……”
“………”
Left behind were the Prince, the Earl, and Jin. The atmosphere turned vaguely awkward.
“Uh, let’s see, oh, this is indeed Lotte’s middle finger.”
Jin spoke forcedly while using the finger Beana found and brought to fix Lotte.
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The hall’s situation was like that, while the clean-up battle for the royal palace’s insides was about to begin.
“Alright, with this the preparations are complete.”
The treasured Imperial Guard knight golems of the Minister of Defense Judol. As they weren’t usually ever activated, their Magi Devices were removed to make them inert, and for that reason they were safe.
The Minister of Magic Kelhidore activated them, and they began their startup.
Five Imperial Guard knight golems had started up.
“Alright, you’re expected to defeat the golems who don’t obey our orders. Got it?”
“Yes, Sir.”
The five Imperial Guard knight golems who held shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands left the cellar of the Ministry of Defense.
“The first step should be fine now.”
“Onto the next then.”
Next they activated ten golems meant for emergency use. These ones were all-purpose types, and they were given orders to assemble and protect the wounded people inside the castle.
After that they activated ten spare security golems. They were made to assist in the defense of the castle’s insides.
Just then, the sound of a bird flapping wings could be heard. Judol looked out of the window, and saw a pigeon-like bird flying in the evening sky.
“A pigeon, huh. An enviable thing.”
The Minister of Defense Judol muttered and turned back to the business at hand, and resumed his discussion with the Minister of Magic Kelhidore.
As expected, it seemed the scope of the surbordination magic attack wasn’t centered in the castle but the hall area, and the golems in the royal palace’s second and third floors weren’t affected.
That is, the Queen, the second Prince, and the first Prince were safe.
“We can conjecture that the temporarily so-called [Subordination Rewriting Magic]’s effect’s radius is about 20 to 30 meters, having the strongest effect at around a 10 meter radius.”
Kelhidore guessed the effective range from the circumstances of the rampaging golems. From now on countermeasures had to be put to use and recorded, he said.
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There weren’t more than 30 remaining golems, and facing the Imperial Guard golems they were quickly neutralized.
Thus, the rampaging golems inside the castle were eradicated, and by nighttime the treatment of the wounded was over and order was restored in the castle.
The participants of the party who had the most severe wounds were sent into the sickbay, while the lightly wounded people returned to their allotted rooms after receiving medical care.
After collecting the usable parts of the destroyed golems, that is, the Magi Devices et cetera, the best materials were returned for reuse.
That meant the Magi Craftsmen who were able to were asked to assist in the task as necessary.
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“This time, thanks to your efforts the damage could be kept at a minimum, We are grateful.”
In his office, the King of Egelia, Harold Ruan Autocracy expressed his gratitude towards Jin and Reinhardt.
“In particular, Jin, We cannot thank you enough. Because there is no doubt that the golem you built, Lotte, saved Us and Our son.”
The King said, and continued,
“And so by all rights We would’ve liked to make you a noble and the Royal Magi Craftsman, but We hear you have already decided to go to Shouro Empire. It is unfortunate, but there is nothing We can do about it.”
There’s no question about Jin ‘going’ there. But the King interpreted the meaning of that word by his own accord. Jin felt relieved from the bottom of his heart along with gratitude for Reinhardt.
“However,”
The King’s speech still continued.
“We most certainly would like you to give Us the method of defending against that subordination magic attack. Naturally you will be recompensated. You can state your wish in advance. We will grant it to the best of Our abilities.”
The King told Jin, who was thinking about just what to request.