Chapter 430 (1/2)

418 Magi Craft Meister

13 Stronghold Enhancement Arc

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June 25th.

First thing in the morning, Elsa cast Genesis on her father, Georg.

Still, his condition did not seem to improve.

“I-I’m so-sorry.”

Seeing her father’s arrogance suddenly disappeared while struggling with his speech, Elsa was unable to endure it and rushed out of the room.

She bumped into Jin outside.

“Oh, Brother Jin!”

“… Was it no good after all?”

Seeing the tears rolled down Elsa’s cheeks, Jin realized that the treatment did not go well.

“It seems that brain damage should be treated patiently. First, we need to deal with the Marquess.”

“… Yeah.”

After breakfast, Jin and his friends excused themselves and left the Randol family in Exxi. They boarded Jin’s carriage and headed for the Eschenbach residence.

Through the Warp Gate hidden in the barn there, everyone traveled to Horai Island.

“Welcome home, My Lord. Welcome everyone.”

Jin and his friends were greeted by Laojun’s unchanging voice. Their first destination was the dining hall. The reason being there was no other suitable place available for a meeting room.

“Ah, this was an unexpected problem.”

There was no such room because large group meetings were unthinkable in the predecessor era.

Jin re-discussed the concept of “Fuso Island” that was to be improved later.

“Basically, the Warp Gate will be installed in the kingdom’s capital, won’t it?”

Reinhardt interjected.

“Yeah, if possible. Installing it inside the royal castle would be desirable. It ensures safety or credibility since the people that have access inside the castle would be those recognized by the kingdom.”

At the very least, it would be the first level of security.

“I’m thinking of developing a research institute and a residential building. Here on Horai Island, the residence and the laboratory are inside the same building. But I’d like to separate them on Fuso Island.”

“I think it’s a good idea. Making a clear distinction between research and life is undoubtedly a good thing.”

Berthie commented then glanced at Reinhardt who was sitting next to her.

“Will there be a hot spring, a toilet, and a futon?”

Elsa inquired. She seemed not able to give up on those three.

“Yeah, I can do something about the hot spring and the toilet. But what shall we do with the futon? Since it needs special materials, I think maybe we should make something that uses more general materials. Let’s leave it aside for the time being. I have something to think about.”

“What’s that?”

“Yeah. If possible, I’d like to talk about it when Saki is around. Because it’s related to materials.”

She did not persist in asking further after Jin’s reply.

The topic shifted back to Fuso Island.

“I would like to set up a magic brain to manage the entire island, like a miniature version of Laojun. What do you think?’

“I think it’s a great idea. I think you should make a golem for the assistant, too.”

“If a lot of researchers came to visit, a maid golem would be necessary to do daily chores.”

Everyone expressed their various opinions. Jin decided to inquire about the progress of the development for the time being.

“Laojun, what’s the progress on the development?”

“Yes, it’s about 60% done. Specifically, the research institute building is completed. We have just begun construction of the residential building. The fields, harbors, and roads on the island are almost complete. Resources confirmation is incomplete.”

“Oh, it’s progressing quite fast. We were just discussing the management system. Please review it.”

“Received. I’ll prepare a miniature magic brain for management, a maid and a butler.”

After leaving the Fuso Island project to Laojun, Jin suggested Elsa to create the Automata.

“To give to the Marquess?”

“That’s right. Because he said that Reiko was cute. It’s for us to dodge the bullet, so to speak.”

Although the arsenic accumulated in the liver had been removed, the cirrhosis of Marquess Theodoric had not been cured completely. Magic could not regenerate dead cells.

His current condition was that the surviving liver cells were activated to the maximum extent until the liver could gradually heal.

It was said that a healthy liver could regenerate even after 70% of surgical removal was done. However, cirrhosis caused the entire liver to fail, so only a small number of cells survived. Moreover, it was hard to confirm whether those surviving cells were healthy or not.

Such a condition made the treatment time-consuming.

It was not because Jin wanted to thank the Marquess’ decision to give up on the marriage with Elsa, rather, he wanted to do something for him because he was Saki’s grandfather.

In addition, by having Elsa make a care-provider Automata for the Marquess, Jin was hoping that it would help alleviate some of her anguish regarding the fact that her father and his subordinates were behind the murder plot.

“The basics are the same as Edgar. However, since it’s for care providing purposes, it would be better to install Tactile Sense as well.”

“… Eh?”

Elsa was surprised when she suddenly had to overcome a higher hurdle. However, Jin reassured Elsa that he would teach her properly.

* * *

Meanwhile, Reinhardt was working on upgrading his Schwarz Ritter to be equipped with Tactile Sense.

No, to be exact, he was creating the remodeling plan, with occasional advice from Laojun.

“… I see, as expected. It’s difficult to equip Schwarz Ritter with Tactile Sense because it’s a golem rather than an Automata, correct?”

“Yes. It should work as long as the distortion of the exterior corresponding to the skin could be detected.”