Chapter 431
13 Stronghold Enhancement Arc
13-07 Hot Cake
Jin took only Reiko and boarded Pegasus 1 . Both of them transported to the sky above the town of Taki through the “Warp Gate that does not require a receiver”, also known as the “Transporter”, which was installed in the plaza behind the research inst.i.tute on Horai Island .
As a precaution, they transported a small rubber ball through it, and had a Regulus 50 nearby the destination confirmed it . When no problems were confirmed, they transported Pegasus 1 .
This time, the coordinates of the Regulus 50 was used as a marker for their destination, which error resulted was almost negligible .
“Hmmm, if I put a marker in the known world … . ”
Jin’s murmur was transmitted to Laojun . However, marking various places in the known world would be for future discussions .
It was still bright, so they activated Invisible and landed on the outskirts of town . The Regulus 50 showed Jin and Reiko the way toward the sanatorium .
“He’s here . ”
It was a small sanatorium on the outskirts of Taki . Marcus Grinwald was resting in that one room .
“… He looks terrible . ”
It was debilitating to see . His consciousness had not returned . Reiko seemed to be indifferent . It was only natural for her to show the cold att.i.tude since Marcus was Jin’s enemy .
Meanwhile, Jin was talking to the Regulus 50 .
“This is most likely due to the strengthening and mobilizing the body by force . ”
Marcus was a human being . He was manipulated by a demon so that the extraordinary physical abilities beyond human capability could be demonstrated . His muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones were battered .
“The healer has finally able to recover him to this point . ”
“I see . I don’t have much time, so I’ll do it quickly . ”
Jin took the Magi Crystal that he had prepared out of his pocket and used Transinfo at level 8 . It was the normal highest level .
Above that level, there were only level 9 that could copy up to the personality, and level 10 that Jin’s predecessor used when pa.s.sing her knowledge to him .
Unlike level 9, level 10 could even add “annotations” to the knowledge being transferred . It would take more time to do that .
Setting that aside, Magi Formula surfaced from Marcus’ head and disappeared into the Magi Crystal as the level 8 Transinfo was utilized .
“That should do it . Let’s have Laojun do the a.n.a.lysis . ”
Jin left the treatment room and returned to Pegasus 1 .
He handed a bottle of recovery medicine available aboard Pegasus 1 to the Regulus 50 that was seeing them off .
“Administer this little by little . It should help speed up the recovery . ”
Then, Jin and Reiko returned to Horai Island through the Warp Gate installed aboard Pegasus 1 . Pegasus 1 would return to the island by autopilot .
“Welcome home, My Lord . ”
“Laojun, please a.n.a.lyze this . ”
Jin entrusted Laojun with the Magi Crystal that should contain all of Marcus’ memories, knowledge, and experience .
“Understood . I will do it right away . ”
At that time, someone came .
“Brother Jin brother, Edgar’s remodeling is completed,” Elsa reported .
When he heard her voice, Jin thought of an idea . But he held back in expressing it . He thought to talk about it after more careful consideration .
“Oh, I see . Have you tried activating him yet?”
Be that she was Jin’s disciple, Elsa was quite fast in working .
“Yup, I have just activated him . And I wanted Brother Jin to see it . ”
Jin had just finished talking to Laojun, and was about to return to the workshop anyway .
“Oh, looks good . ”
“Really?”
He tested Edgar’s activation . His operation seemed to be stable . It seemed that the data sent by Reiko to Laojun was also useful .
“Well, you’re ready to create an Automata . ”
“If Brother Jin says so, I’ll try it . ”
Finally, Elsa started working on creating the Automata to be given to the Marquess .
“So that it can provide healthcare, I think it should have about your physique, Elsa . ”
Jin was thinking about the possibility for the Marquess to carry the Automata on his back or hold her up in his arms .
“Yeah, I think so, too . ”
The skeleton used 64 aluminum . The muscle was from Magical Fiber produced on Horai Island . Magical Skin was also used to create the skin .
The goal was to have half of the specs the earliest version of Reiko possessed that Jin created . Of course, a measure against rewriting the magic for slavery purposes should be taken into account as well .
To improve Elsa’s skills, template references were kept to a minimum; it also served as OJT (on-the-job training, a method of teaching through hands-on experience) .
This was her second creation, so it took her about 3 hours to complete . Her skills had clearly improved since it took her 4 hours to create Edgar in the past .
She used Grand Caterpillar for the material of the clothes . She created a typical maid outfit for Lisa to wear .
“Well done . She has a bigger physique than Edgar, but she’ll be Edgar’s little sister . ”
It was not something strange, because Reiko was the eldest among all Jin’s golems and Automatas .
“Have you decided what to name her?”
“Yup . I think I’m going to name her Lisa . ”
In general, a maid would often have names with two syllables so that they could be easily called . Nicknames would usually be given for those possessing longer names .
Even though aristocrats might give their children short names, but ordinary people rarely gave theirs long names like aristocrats . That was the custom .
“Lisa? Sounds great and easy to be called . Please activate her . ”
“Okay . … ‘Activate’ . ”
Lisa had been activated . She got up slowly .
“Nice to meet you, Master Creator . ”
“Your name is ‘Lisa’ . How are you feeling?”
“Yes, I conclude that there is no problem, Master Creator . ”
Elsa’s second Automata, Lisa, was a girl with bobbed cut platinum blonde hair down to her shoulders and pale blue eyes .
Her face was similar to Edgar, probably because both were designed by Elsa .
“Okay, then let’s ask Peridot to check her housework skills . ”
As such, “Lisa” was born .
* * *
“This is quite difficult … . ”
Reinhardt had also managed to install Tactile Sense on Schwarz Ritter somehow, and was getting ready to have a test run .
“Noir, how are you doing?”
“Yes, I’m superb . ”
“Can you feel the Tactile Sense?”
“… Yes, it’s fine . ”
“Okay, then move slowly and try to acc.u.mulate data . Don’t suddenly move fast or lift heavy objects, okay?”
“Roger that . ”
While recalling the case with Aal, Reinhardt let Noir slowly get used to Tactile Sense .
After carefully checking every movement for about 30 minutes, Reinhardt decided to have Schwarz Ritter move on to the next step .
First of all, it was the stealthy feet movements .
“Walk slowly without making any noise . ”
That went well .
“Okay, a little faster . ”
That also went reasonably well .
“Yeah, that’s pretty good … . Here try to take this . ”
Reinhardt pointed to a hollow metal sphere made by Jin during Aal’s testing . It was extremely thin, so it would collapse immediately if held firmly .
“Yes . ”
Noir grabbed the sphere … and lifted it brilliantly .
“You did it! Well done, Noir . Please keep that condition . ”
“Ja, mein Schöpfer* . ”
Reinhardt was also growing .
Berthie and Mine came around that time .
“Shall we have lunch? We baked hot cakes . ”
Considering when they ate breakfast, it was considered a late lunch for them .
The time difference was about five and a half hours, so it was almost dusk on Horai Island .
“Oh, I see . ”
“Hot cakes?”
Jin immediately responded to the word, but Reinhardt was puzzled upon hearing something unfamiliar .
“Brother Rei, as the name suggests, hot cake is a cake that is served while warm . It’s delicious . I think . ”
Everyone enjoyed hot cakes in the dining hall . Peridot leader taught the recipe so it was very delicious .
Jin had made crepe for Saki in the past, because he did not use leavening agent . But they were enjoying the fluffy hot cakes this time .
“Hmm, this is delicious!”
Reinhardt loved b.u.t.ter .
“… Delicious . This is happiness . ”
“It’s sweet!”
Elsa and Berthie used plenty of honey .
“Yeah, it’s delicious . Thank you, Mine, Berthie . ”
“You’re welcome . ”
“No need to thank us . We’re just trying out a newly learned recipe . ”
Eating delicious food would give a content feeling at heart, and would put a smile on anyone’s face .
For a moment, everyone was smacking their lips, forgot about all the unpleasant things and concerns .