Volume 8 - Chapter 18 – From Now On (1/2)

08-18 From Now On

To Reinhardt who asked Elsa if she had no intention of going back or not,

“No. Sorry.”

She said with an apology. Reinhardt made a truly, truly lonely face but,

“Well, if that’s the decision you’ve come to after thinking about it, it’s fine. Or rather, it’s not for me to judge whether it’s good or bad.”

He said and turned to Jin,

“Jin, please take care of this inconsiderate cousin of mine.”

Reinhardt said and bowed.

Jin had also thought that for the next while he’d probably have to take care of her and so he nodded.

“I’m not much good at anything but.”

Even Elsa remarked something like that. It didn’t appear likely that Jin would say he knew, however ‘taking care of her’ seemed to have turned out to have a different meaning altogether.

“…However, you really weren’t born in this world, huh, Jin.”

Once while bathing in Kunlun Island’s hot springs Reinhardt had unintentionally spoken of that.

“Hmm, well, yeah.”

“And so naturally you’re ignorant of the world’s common sense.”

“But, I now know.”

Reinhardt and Elsa both appeared to have accepted Jin’s unreasonable existence.

And in the middle of such an atmosphere,

“What’s left is to think about what to do from now on.”

Jin spoke of his other objective in inviting Reinhardt.

“From now on?”

“Yeah. I gave the Unifilers an ultimatum. They probably won’t stop despite that.”

Jin folded his arms and said with a serious look on his face.

“Those guys have the catchphrase of ‘pre-Great Magic War’ or something like that, but in fact, I think they just want political power. At any rate, I can’t stomach their methods. However I can’t put together tactics or think of strategies, so.”

Jin said and Reinhardt nodded.

“I see, I get what you’re trying to say. You mean you a person who can grasp the big picture?”

“I suppose. More precisely, I need the knowledge of someone like that. Because I can get it by using [Transfer Info].”

When Jin said that Reinhardt smiled bitterly and,

“Right, you had that as an option.”

He said.

“Actually, it appears to have been a common technique during the predecessor’s era? Well, it has its flaws: if the person themself stubbornly resists the transfer can fail, and it’s impossible to transfer information to people. In addition, people without the aptitude can’t use it.”

“Hm? What about when you received the knowledge of your predecessor Adrianna?”

“Oh, that. It’s impossible because without having the same Magic Energy pattern as the person the information came from you cannot synchronize it. And for that reason even Reiko spent 1000 years looking for me.”

Hearing that Reinhardt felt discouraged.

“…Is that so. That’s a shame.”

“Can Rai-nii not learn [Transfer Info]?”

Then Elsa spoke out her mind.

“Indeed, if Reinhardt could use [Transfer Info] it would be good, but there’s the requirement of considerable aptitude.”

Despite that let’s try testing for it now, he said, and decided to see with Reiko’s help if it was possible to transfer information from one Magi Crystal to another.

During their talk about how to begin doing that, as peers Jin and Reinhardt sounded very similar.

“Look, the [Magi Formula] is like this and the [Keyword] is like that.”

“Hmm, hm. It looks as difficult as I thought.”

“Well, as we’re just seeing your aptitude it’s okay to not succeed in one go.”

“Got it. I’ll try. [Transfer Info].”

For an instant the Magi Crystal looked to shine off with a pale light. Reiko was continuously using [Trace] to display the Magic Energy’s flow but,

“It’s unfortunate but your aptitude looks to be low. But with training I’m sure you can use it up to level two.”

Jin spoke of his conclusion.

“Level two? How much is that?”

“Let’s see…”

Level one was the knowledge of language, two was movement and behavior patterns, general knowledge was from three to five, special knowledge was from three to seven, and subconscious information was from levels six to eight, Reiko explained. Because of the complex connections of information, the levels varied.

“So level two would be speech, movement, and behavioral patterns, huh…”

Reinhardt was disappointed. However,

“Even so, that means I can make more advanced golems than before!”

His recovery was quick.

“Rai-nii is indeed obsessed with craftsmanship.”

Elsa vacantly muttered from the side.

“…Do you want to try too, Elsa?”

Jin casually asked Elsa.

“Mm, let me.”