Chapter 501: Prisoners of War (1/2)
“So, what are those two right now?”
After leaving Giebeck’s house, Jin (or rather, his double) searched around for Shion and Lucas, who would probably still be out on their walk around the village.
However, he was immediately informed of their location following a report made by the Land Units to Laojun.
They were currently by the northern edge of the village, apparently to gaze upon the wheat fields.
It took about 10 minutes of gentle-paced strolling for the substitute doll to follow the path they had taken and finally meet with them.
“Good morning.”
“Ah, Master Jin, good morning.”
“…Good morning.”
“Good morning, Lord Jin.”
Belle, then Lucas, and finally Shion greeted Jin back.
“You seem to be much better. I’m glad to see that.”
“Yes, thanks to you. Um, the wheat grows really nice here.”
“Oh, so you do have wheat in your territory?”
“Yes, we can somehow manage to grow some wheat for about four months a year.”
“Ah, so it’s like an oceanic climate…”
“Huh?”
Shion’s face had question marks written all over it.
“Umm, the oceanic climate is…”
Jin shared the general knowledge that regions near the sea are affected by the “hard to warm and hard to cool” nature of water. There is little change in temperature over the years, and the humidity is high, so the annual rainfall is also high.
“Oh, so that’s what it is? It’s true that many of us take up residence near the seashore. We’ve been unknowingly using this ‘oceanic… climate’?
Shion nodded as if astonished.
“Ah, I’ve read about that in one of the books in the library!”
“Huh, did you know about this too, Ms. Belle?”
Shion seemed a little shocked by Belle’s words.
“But you can’t be walking around too much or you’ll get tired, and we can’t have that, can we? Shall we go back to the castle?”
“…Yeah, you’re right…”
Shion’s lively spirit was instantly snuffed out.
“Do you know so much about this world because you are the Magi Craft Meister, Lord Jin?”
Shion asked such a question upon returning to Nidou Castle.
“Um, well, yeah, I think.”
His reply wasn’t exactly a lie. As the human Jin was summoned from another world as the second generation Magi Craft Meister, he had been given all of the knowledge he would need for his new role.
“I’m a bit jealous of you, Ms. Belle… After all, you’re able to receive so much knowledge from Lord Jin.”
“Huh?”
Since Shion seemed to have misunderstood, Jin explained to her that Belle’s knowledge came from reading books in the library.
“Books, huh? Can I see them?”
Shion seemed to be very interested in books, as her eyes were sparkling with excitement.
“Yeah, sure. Let’s go to the library on the 3rd floor.”
“Yes!”
Joined by Shion and Lucas, Jin went to the 3rd floor. Shion was rendered speechless by the sight of the library, which was next to Jin’s office.
“…”
Her eyes shimmered as she stared at the many books that filled the library’s shelves.
(This place is starting to get too filled up…)
Jin could feel Laojun’s obsession with books.
“Feel free to pick any book that catches your eye. You can just sit here and read to your heart’s content.”
“Thank you very much, Lord Jin!”
Right after thanking Jin, Shion took three books out of their shelves and quickly began reading one of them.
“The young lady really loves reading books…”
Lucas had an exasperated look on his face.
“Oh, but you can read anything you like as well.”
“…I’m the young lady’s guard.”