Chapter 412 (1/2)

403 Magi Craft Meister

12-53 Medical Examination, Finally

“Liver? What exactly is that?”

Marquess Theodoric inquired after hearing Jin’s explanation regarding the bad condition his liver was in. It was only natural for him to ask since he did not have any detailed knowledge regarding the internal organs.

“The liver is around here .…”

Jin pointed at his own body to describe the position of the liver.

“Also known as the hepar, its function is for metabolism, detoxification, and digestion ….”

Jin only knew that much, so he could not explain in more detail.

“Hmm, okay. I don’t understand.”

As expected, the Marquess could not understand with such a sloppy explanation.

“But I know there is a big organ around here. I see, so that organ is in bad condition, eh?”

The lonely smile the Marquess gave was as if he had given up all hope.

“I have retired, but I’d like? to work for the country a little more. Could this be a way for fate to prevent me from doing so?”

“What would you like to do after you retire?”

“Hmm, I wanted to build a school for the next generation.”

After hearing his response, Jin felt that the Marquess was not as bad a man as he had expected.

The airship had traveled around Lake Tosmo and was about time to slowly descend. Reiko was piloting.

Jin gave the Marquess a brief explanation on how to pilot the airship.

“Haha, Jin, thank you for the valuable experience. I want to give you a personal reward … no, I’d like to thank you ….”

Jin was thinking of saying that he did not want anything in return, but changed his mind.

“… It’s a bit difficult to say this, your Excellency.”

“Yes? What is it?”

After pausing for a beat, Jin finally asked the question.

“Would you give up on Elsa Randol …?”

“Sure, I don’t mind.”

“… She has more things in mind to do other than getting married …. Huh?!”

“That’s why I said I don’t mind.”

“O-okay.”

The Marquess agreement to give up on marrying Elsa had taken the wind out of Jin’s sails, but he listened to what the Marquess had to say and somehow grasped the situation.

“I can’t marry a young wife with this body anymore. I would bring her nothing but misfortune. I don’t want to cause her misfortune because I like her.”

It seemed that the Marquess had a virtue befitting of a marquess after all. Jin felt relieved.

So he decided to give the Marquess the same explanation he gave to her Majesty the Empress. He instructed Reiko to descend a little slower.

“… Hmm, I see. So Elsa didn’t want to marry me. Her father didn’t mention anything about that. All this time I was assuming it was according to her wish.”

Since the Marquess mentioned that, Jin thought that everything seemed to be the reckless actions of Elsa’s father.

“I think all my wives love me …. I won’t be able to face them if I marry someone who doesn’t wish to be my wife. I’ve done something terrible to Elsa. She was even caught by a member of the Unifiers. I have to apologize later.”

It was a gamble to bring up the conversation about Elsa, but Jin felt relieved that his judgment was correct.

Despite the fact that the Marquess loved young girls, he was a gentleman.

The airship landed at the center of the square.

“Jin, I had a lot of fun.”

After shaking hands with Jin, the Marquess disembarked from the airship. His strides were unsteady. His subordinates rushed toward him and assisted the Marquess to return to his seat.

The arena was filled with cheers and applause.

Jin thanked the audience and ordered Steward to move the airship to the corner of the plaza to be moored.

* * *

The excitement for other demonstration paled compared to Jin’s airship performance.

Two more people gave presentations of their work, but the reaction was unsatisfactory.

Jin called Elsa and Saki to the waiting room to talk.

“….”

“… Huh, my grandfather did that?”

Elsa fell silent after the talk. Saki seemed indifferent, but a worried look peered through her expression for an instant.

“So? After telling us that, what do you want to do, Jin?”