Volume 8 - Chapter 25 – Good Mood (1/2)
08-25 Good Mood
“Invitation, then abduction, huh.”
Jin was thinking after hearing Reinhardt’s story.
“Master? Reinhardt-san is the person who we travelled with until recently, right?”
Ann asked about that to confirm.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Master, are you close with him?”
“Hmm, I suppose.”
“In that case, is it not risky to not have him and your other friends guarded?”
Ann described the possibility of a so-called ‘backdoor attack’ situation.
“There’s no doubt that Hourai Island’s offensive capabilities are the best in the world. Defensive abilities too. But master is different.”
“Eh?”
“What would happen if master’s own weakness was attacked? How to deal with it must be thought out.”
It was a fair argument. This time he had been able to save Elsa, but what about for example Hanna from Kaina Village? Or Marcia from Port Rock? Beana or Earl Kuzuma from Blue Land? Prince Ernest from Egelia Kingdom’s royal castle?
Or Reinhardt?
If they were kidnapped and made hostage, what would Jin do? It wasn’t known if it would be possible to simply cut them down.
“You’re right. The SP must be augmented, and those people protected from the Unifilers.”
And in this manner Jin decided to augment the number of the SP. It was already late that day so he decided to leave it for the next day, then returned to his mansion and fell asleep.
Jin obediently going to sleep was also because Reiko was being scary.
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After having breakfast, Jin decided to promptly increase the SP’s numbers.
He decided to permanently station some in Kaina Village, Port Rock, Blue Land, and Egelia Kingdom’s royal castle. Two would secretly guard Reinhardt.
Thinking of their general purpose, he decided to go with all adult female types. As he already had a template 10 copies were soon complete.
“Your names are, let’s see, ‘Iris’, ‘Azalea’, ‘Cattleya’, ‘Lotus’, ‘Cherry’, ‘Camellia’, ‘Erica’, ‘Lobelia’, ‘Sage’, and ‘Cosmos’.”
To keep the theme of flower names, Jin feverishly came up with names.
They were immediately dispatched to places where there were Warp Gates, but the ones headed to Egelia Kingdom’s royal castle ended up waiting for the rollout of the VTOLs and would be dispatched together with the Quinta.
“Now then, next is…”
“There’s just one matter, master.”
Lately Ann had become like a staff officer. He was worried whether or not Reiko would be jealous, but mysteriously they seemed to be able to share roles, so Jin was relieved.
“Master is a human. Therefore let’s consider something for master’s safety.”
Jin also agreed with that.
“Golem suit, night vision goggles, helmet, and a battle suit.”
While thinking of ideas one thing sprung to his mind.
“No wait, the drugbase we prepared yesterday should be complete by now.”
Medicine that could heal Jin’s body was of maximum priority.
“Oh, that’s right.”
And so Jin went to open the Ether Box and retrieved the drugbase.
It emitted a faint light while in a vessel made out of crystal.
“It’s magnificent. I’ve never seen a drugbase that contains this much Magic Energy.”
“Alright, what’s left is only to load this with magic and it should be good.”
There was a trick to it like when inscribing a Magi Crystal with a Magi Formula.
“Father, please leave that to me.”
Here’s where Reiko volunteered.
“The other day I had a chance to learn healing magic at the healer Sally’s place. She was able to use magic up to the high-level spell [Medicare].”
“Hm, [Medicare]? If I recall correctly, wasn’t that the spell I thought was Shouro Empire-style?”
Jin posed a question.
“That place is near Shouro Empire, and because of that closeness I suppose both sides have dealings?”
Reiko stated her conjecture. Well, even if Jin disputed that no conclusion could come out of it, so that talk was over for now.
“In that case, I’ll leave it to you Reiko.”
“Yes.”