Chapter 410 (1/2)
401 Magi Craft Meister
12-51 Jin’s Turn
Before the morning session was aBefore the morning session was about to end, Jin took Elsa to the waiting room. Saki came along as well.
“Elsa, are you okay?”
“… Yeah.”
Elsa’s reaction to seeing her father was not good.
She seemed to be confused about whether she was happy or scared to see him.
While clicking her tongue Saki nodded acknowledging Elsa’s feeling.
“Yeah, I know how you feel, Elsa. I’m in a similar position. I would have mixed feelings when asked if I wanted to see my grandfather.”
“… Sister Saki.”
Elsa still seemed to be anxious. Jin put his arm around her shoulders softly and whispered.
“It’s okay. I will never make you do anything that you don’t want to, Elsa. Her Majesty had acknowledged you as well. When push comes to shove, I’ll take you back with me to Horai Island.”
“… Brother Jin.”
“You wouldn’t be noticed since you’re currently in disguise. And I’ll surprise the guests first thing in the afternoon. Just watch.”
“… Yeah.”
Elsa felt a little more relaxed after hearing Jin’s confident reassurance.
* * *
The latter half of the session resumed at 1:30 pm after lunch. The giant golem was gone before anyone realized it. It was probably hauled out during the break.
Then the voice of the announcement echoed in the venue.
“Now, let us start the afternoon session. The first demonstration this afternoon is from Jin Nidou, an Honorary Magicraftsman of the Egelia Kingdom!”
Many people recognized Jin’s true strength from the mini golems demonstration the previous day and gave a big applause.
Empress Gelhart Hilde Von Rubies Shouro, Prime Minister Yung, Minister of Magical Technology Degauss, the 3rd prince of Egelia Kingdom Prince Ernest, the 3rd princess of Klein Kingdom Princess Lieschen, the 2nd rank Magi Craftsman of Celuroa Kingdom Steirleana Beta … everyone was curious in anticipation of what Jin brought in.
Jin had Steward and Reiko help him in installing something in the center of the square, they started preparing. Jin greeted the audience with an introduction.
“I’m Jin Nidou. Ladies and Gentlemen, this bag here was created from the Grand Spider threads.”
Astonished utterance came from several places amongst the audience, upon hearing the word “Grand Spider”. Those would be people who knew that the spider was a rare monster.
Steward and Reiko spread the bag open. When the edges were pulled open, the giant bag unfolded to about 40 meters long.
“I’ll inject it with a special gas here.”
The giant bag was connected to the magic contraption, which had been prepared the day before, and a nearby tank via a hose. The bag started to inflate.
The magic contraption was for collecting Helium from the air.
“Oh, ohhh?!”
“W-What is that?!”
The giant bag started to inflate in front of the audience. A long and narrow balloon started to take shape. Something that looked like a stabilizer wing was attached to one side.
“W-Why is it floating?”
When the long and narrow balloon was inflated to some extent, it gradually floated into the air from originally lying flat on the ground.
“… An airship ….”
Elsa muttered from the arena.
“Huh, what?”
“Do you know what that is, Miss Elsa?”
Reinhardt and Berthie, who were watching next to Elsa, asked.
“Yup. That is called an airship. A gasbag… the bag is filled with gas that is lighter than air, so it could float.”
During her explanation, the gasbag of the airship continued to inflate. The shape became clearer.
A basket that served as a passenger compartment was set up at the bottom part of the gasbag. It appeared to be able to accommodate 3 – 4 people.
The compartment was not attached by wires but was directly attached to the gasbag.
There were cylindrical parts attached to the basket that served a different purpose.
“This is a Magi Propulsion Device. The recoil from the wind created with Wind magic is used to drive the airship.”
It was not a Magi Jet Engine. A Magi Jet Engine absorbed the recoil from the original Magi Formula assembled by Jin, while this airship utilized magic as per usual.
In theory, the wind created by the “Blower” magic was squeezed into the cylinder to increase the pressure. It would resemble puckering the lips to blow out hard.
By doing so, more pressure was created than the absorbed recoil, and the movement would be driven by the pressure difference.
The efficiency is lower than that of the Magi Jet Engine, but sufficient driving force could be obtained.
And finally, the airship was floating completely off the ground.
The magic contraption that was supplying the Helium, a gas lighter than air …, was stopped. The hose was disconnected and the inlet was sealed with Magi Engineering.