Volume 4 Chapter 3 Part3 (1/2)

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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!

Sorry for my long absence. The last few

months, the public health center where I work at was busy for the accreditation

process. There were missing doc.u.ments, unfinished paperwork, staffs training, on

top of that we still need to carry out normal duties, so I didn’t had much free

time (oh well…). But that is over now…… Yey for free time!

DISCLAIMER: There is no

guarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I was

wrong.

Author:

Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)

Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

Editor:

So-Chintzy

Enlightenment Arc

Chapter 3: The Core of CoReform C

Upon arriving at the lowest

level, I could see the entire room’s appearance. Up to that time, even though

the walls on the room’s side were glowing, the center of the room was dark, so I

couldn’t figure out what laid in it. However, when we arrived at the lowest

level, thanks to the floor that gave off the same pale light as the walls, I

could see that this room was part.i.tioned with walls of cloth, similar to the

kind that could be found on construction sites. First, half of the room was

occupied by a huge tent. For the rest of the room, it was divided by a part.i.tioning

screen, several cloth-covered box-shaped objects, and a house (2-story)

constructed out of logs.

I was curious about the huge part.i.tioning

screen, but the fact that there was a wooden house, like what you can find in

the forest, inside this metallic room, how should I put this, it was like a visual

gag. Perhaps this house was the living s.p.a.ce (also a laboratory?) of the

Maxwell house, the possessor of this dungeon. Ludwin moved ahead of us and

knocked at the door.

「Ginya,

it’s me. I brought guests, so please open it.」(Ludwin)

Ludwin shouted, and then I heard a

carefree voice from inside the house.

『Okey

dokey. I open it nouuu~』(Ginya)

And then, what came out from the

opened door was a white-coated woman in her early twenties. Although, she looked

a bit on the lean side, she had good looking facial features, which I believed would

be beautiful if she tidied herself. Even so, her shoulder length unkempt and

ruffled hair, that didn’t seem to be cared for at all, ruined her good looks. Perhaps,

she was Ginya Maxwell. Even the small round gla.s.ses that hung over her nose, were

researcher-ish.

「Yo, Lu-nii.

You have arrived…… Who’re these people?」(Ginya)

Ginya smiled when facing Ludwin,

but when she noticed us who stood behind him, she tilted her head. Seeing her

actions, Ludwin hurriedly bowed his head to me.

「H-how

impolite! I-I truly apologize, Your Majesty! Ginya! These people are His Majesty

Souma and Princess Liscia!」(Ludwin)

「Ah……

You’re right. If I look closely, it’s the face often appeared on the Royal

Voice Broadcast~」(Ginya)

In contrast with the panicked Ludwin,

Ginya looked untroubled. Then, Ginya lifted the hem of her white coat like a

dress and made a curtsy.

「This

is my honor to meet with you, Your Majesty. My(Boku) name is Ginya. Ginya Maxwell. I welcome

you to this humble sordid place.」[1]

Although she paid respects to me,

it was a greeting that was hard to judge whether or not it was sincere. Even so

for the time being, I didn’t feel that she was being unreceptive to us. It was

a bit ”sloppy”, but perhaps, she was doing her utmost best to show her

respects. I also introduced myself.

「I am

Soma-Kazuya, the acting King of Elfrieden Kingdom, and this is my fiancée, Liscia.」[2](Souma)

「I am

well aware. I bid Your Majesty good health and it’s my pleasure to……」(Ginya)

「Oh,

you don’t need to take such a ceremonious att.i.tude. It is us who intruded

suddenly to this place. Just choose a way of speaking that is easiest for Ginya

to speak.」(Souma)

「Really?

Then, I’ll do so.」(Ginya)

「Gi-Ginya.」(Ludwin)

Ludwin panicked at Ginya, who

immediately took a relaxed att.i.tude, but I stopped him with my hand.

「I won’t

mind, there is only us here.」(Souma)

「B-but……

considering the purpose of our visit here……」(Ludwin)

「Ah, “that”

could be left for later. After talking with her, I know that she isn’t someone

who invented something bad. Rather than that, perhaps, right now I am more

interested in the person herself.」(Souma)

「Y-yes,

Your Majesty……」(Ludwin)

When Ludwin replied with a dejected

expression, Ginya laughed, “Kukuku”.

「Well,

why we are talking while standing, let’s go into the house. Since even I could serve

something if it’s just coffee.」(Ginya)

◇　◇　◇

When we went inside the house, I sat

down at the wooden table with Liscia and Ludwin, and then Ginya brought coffee

for the four of us. When Ginya finished distributing the coffee and took her seat,

she once again introduced herself.

「Let

me do it once again. I am Ginya Maxwell. The Head of the Maxwell House that own

this dungeon, a researcher, a scientist, and an inventor. Ah, perhaps, a former

mage of the Royal Army. I was in the weapons research and development

department before, but I made many messes……」(Ginya)

Ginya turned her eyes as she said

this. Just what kind of messes had you created before?

「Well,

when a battle happened, then that location would becme devastated, right? So that

the battlefield would become greenery again, I made arrows that contained seeds

of fast-growing plants.」(Ginya)

「Afforestation

of the battlefield!? That’s quite an unusual idea!」[3](Souma)

Well, that was certainly not an idea

that suited ​​the weapons research and development department, but it was too weak

as a reason for her to be kicked out of it. So I had thought.

「So

ye~ah. I also thought that it was a good idea, and to stimulate the growth of the

contained plants, I strengthened them with light attribute support magic. However,

it turned out to be a bad idea. The plants propagated too quickly. Ahaha, I never

expected that with just one shot, the test training grounds and one of the

laboratories would be completely engulfed in a sea of trees.」(Ginya)

「…… It

was a huge problem at that time. In order to suppress the continuously growing

plants, everyone was desperately mowing them down. There were request for general

mobilization of Fire Magicians from the army. After three days, we were finally

able to exterminate them. If that situation continued, perhaps the whole country

could be engulfed by that sea of trees.」(Ludwin)

Although Ginya was laughing, Ludwin

made a terribly exhausted face…… Yeah, I think I understood the reason for her

being kicked out from the R&D. Wasn’t that something that could already be considered

as a biological weapon? The culprit herself, Ginya wasn’t bothered at all and continued

to sip her coffee while crossing her legs.

「Well,

I hated the atmosphere in the research and development department, so it was okay.

Each and every single of them were facing the same directions. Wouldn’t it be

better if they could think more freely?」(Ginya)

「No,

I think that in Ginya’s case, it was too much freedom.」(Ludwin)

「No,

no, I believe that great things are born from free thinking. How to say it, that’s

right, research is an explosion!」(Ginya)

「Things

that could explode are absolutely prohibited!」(Ludwin)

Please keep the explosion only in

the arts[4].

An explosion in a research lab, isn’t that the same as an accident? It wasn’t

just Ludwin, but even Liscia beside me made a worn-out expression.

「I

feel like there are three Soumas in this place.」(Liscia)