Chapter 400 (2/2)
“… Yeah, I’ve been here before, once.”
She must have been here during her last travel. However, since both Elsa and Mine suddenly fell silent after saying that, Jin chose to not ask them anything about it.
A small trickle of tears fell from both Elsa and Mine’s eyes.
Elsa wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and said:
“Big brother Jin… thank… you…”
Her voice cracked due to being overcome with emotion.
“…Thank you very much, Master Jin.”
Mine also expressed her gratitude while moved to tears.
“No need to thank me.”
After saying that, Jin guided the two of them to his room at the hotel.
Out of Jin’s two bedrooms for two, one was for Elsa and Mine.
“Well, today is finally the day of the Technology Expo. I have something to do now, so please wait for me here. It won’t take long, so please bear with me, Elsa.”
“…Okay.”
“Understood.”
At that moment there was a knock at the door. Reiko walked over to it and opened it. Reinhardt was standing on the other side.
“Ah, so you brought them as planned, Jin.”
Then Reinhardt closed one eye as if winking and said:
“We have about 2 hours before we have to go to our place at the Expo. Let’s have breakfast first.”
“Sure.”
Since Elsa and Mine already had breakfast back on Kaina Village, only Jin left the room.
“It seems everything is going according to plan.”
“So today it should go like this then: First, the opening ceremony. Then, the introduction of the participants.”
“That’s right. They didn’t say anything about having the assistants come along, so Elsa should just stay on standby for now.”
They were going over their schedule while having breakfast.
“By the way, where’s Berthie?”
He hadn’t seen her together with Reinhardt as she always was, so Jin was curious.”
“Ah, she’s already had breakfast, so she’s greeting her acquaintances who are also staying at this hotel.”
“Shouldn’t you go as well then, Reinhardt?”
Hearing that, Reinhardt smiled bitterly and answered:
“Hey, hey! Don’t you know what is my role here? I’ve been your guide all this time, you know?”
Jin remembered, thinking, ‘Ah, that’s right’. He had forgotten since he had been coming and going from Kaina Village to Hourai Island as he pleased.
After their conversation, Jin and Reinhardt finished their breakfast, and each returned to their room to double-check if there was anything they might have forgotten before their meeting.
Out of boredom, Reinhardt went back to Jin’s bedroom and a trifling conversation took place.
“So where’s Saki?”
Elsa asked since he hadn’t seen Saki around.
“Ah, the alchemists seem to have gotten together about an hour ago. She had an early breakfast and left.”
“I see.”
Reinhardt stared fixedly at Elsa’s face. When she noticed, she lowered her head a bit and asked ‘What?’.
“It’s nothing, I was just thinking you look very fresh! If you hadn’t said anything I probably would have not recognized you.”
After all, Elsa’s hair was brown and at shoulder-length, and she was wearing protective glasses. She looked really different than usual.
“Ah, that’s right! You should wear protective glasses too, Reinhardt. That way, Elsa won’t stand out as much.”
Having said that, Jin took an extra pair of protective glasses out of his luggage and handed them to Reinhardt.
“Oh, sure. Though magic does most of the work for us, it doesn’t hurt to keep our eyes safe.”
Reinhardt laughed as he put on the glasses. All three of them, no, four if you count Saki, were wearing glasses now. Perhaps Elsa wouldn’t bring as much attention to her now.
Time went by and eventually a man who seemed to be an executive member of the Expo came calling for them.
“Alright then, let’s go.”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, we’re off.”
The two of them stood up as Elsa and Mine saw them off.
Reinhardt stopped by his room to get his hand luggage and to bring Schwartz Ritter Noir along.
It was finally time for the Technology Expo.
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