Chapter 297 Because I like him (2/2)

Hanna said with wet eyes.

Afternoon of the same day, Jin was checking up on the magic eyes which were set up within last night.

“Hmm, hmm. With this, even if humans were to come attacking, we would have ample amount of time to prepare.”

They were able to monitor a maximum of 10 kilometers and at least 2 kilometers away from the Kaina village area.

“I guess I will make a support intellect exclusively for monitoring.”

Something like a small-scale Laojun. In terms of efficiency, it will be about a hundredth of Laojun but should have enough processing power to rival 100 men.

Since he had experience making Laojun, it only took him about 30 minutes to complete.

“Activate.”

[Pleased to meet you, master.]

“Alright, your name will be Koushin.”

These namings also have a complicated backstory.

In a manga Jin had read long ago,

–Insects within the human body leave the host on the “Kanoesaru’s” night and tell the Lord of their hosts’ evil deeds. The Lord would then reduce their lifespan depending on those deeds and so the humans would not sleep on the Kanoesaru’s night.–

Jin remembered reading such folklores there. It was a faint memory but from that one point of monitoring, Jin named it Koushin (Kanoesaru).

[Understood. I am Koushin from now on. I will do my utmost in monitoring work.]

“I leave it to you.”

Jin returned to Kaina village after 3 PM.

When he went to the library on the 2nd floor, he found Hanna there, waiting for him.

“Onii-chan, welcome back.”

“Mm? Did something happen, Hanna?”

She cast her eyes downwards and was being hesitant but after a while, looked up to face Jin, and said with a clear tone.

“Onii-chan, it is fine if you want to go travelling somewhere, okay?”

“Eh?”

Jin was confused by this sudden event.

“When we went out before, it was really fun. Onii-chan, you also have some place you want to visit, right? Then it is completely fine if you go visit. I will be a good kid and wait here.”

“Hanna…”

Certainly, his desire to go to Shouro empire swelled up after having that conversation with Reinhart.

But was it really so obvious that even Hanna realized it? — Jin thought, but soon understood that it was probably Elsa. After all, the only ones who knew of this were her and Mine.

But he didn’t say it out loud. Instead, he just stroked Hanna’s head.

“Thank you. Then, I might head out sometime soon. But I will return from time to time, I promise.”

“Okay!”

Jin promised to return. Hanna was happy with just that.

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That night, during Reinhart’s regular call.

[We finally reached Bololon.]

“Glad to hear that. I also might head there sometime around tomorrow.”

[What? Jin, you okay?]

“Ah, only me, though. It’s still impossible for Elsa, right?”

[Hmm. Fritz is back to normal but we don’t know about his home, after all. Ah, right. We also found Adburgh and Herman.]

“Adburgh was the butler and Herman was the guard, right? What about the other one?”

[We are unsure about the manservant, Otto. As far as I have heard from Herman, after the dismissal, he went away on his own. So he won’t probably be returning to Shouro empire.]

“I see. I guess we can’t help it.”

[Elsa is doing fine, right?]

“Yea. This time, I will be coming alone.”

[Got it. We will probably reach Ganiz by tomorrow and Toskoshia the day after. Catch up to us by Toskoshia, alright?]

“Yea, leave it to me.”

[Haha, I thought you would say that. Alright then, I will be looking forward to our reunion.]