Chapter 367

“Well then, Saki, I guess I will be troubling you for a while . ”

Jin told Saki with a smile .

“Kufufu, spending a few nights with a man under one roof, eh? I am looking forward to it . ”

“Wha…”

“I am not wrong, am I?”

Saki said with a impish smile . She had really opened her heart to Jin over these few days and showed this different face to him .

Jin, Reiko, Saki and Ehr were travelling on Jin’s carriage .

“Saki, actually, I might be outside until the actual wedding day . ”

“Hmm? Well, that’s fine too . Do you have something you want to do?”

Saki didn’t seem bothered by Jin’s words at all and just asked a question in turn .

“Yeah . I want to gift him something for the wedding . ”

“Hmm, hmm, I see, you will go around searching for a present… . that’s nice . I suppose I need to give him a present as well . ”

Saki also pondered . Thinking this as the right time, Jin asked .

“Hey, asking what will be a good present for the wedding seems like cheating a bit so I will ask this instead—what is bad as a wedding gift?”

“A bad wedding gift, eh? Something sharp, edgy . Blood relatives normally gift such things . ”

She said something similar to what Elsa said on her birthday . Saki continued .

“Clothes will also be hard . If you don’t know his likes, that is . ”

“… . That is true . Anything else?”

“Of course, rings are no good as well . I think something practical would be good… Ah, the topic changed to what will be good as a gift, eh?”

“No, thanks, that helped a lot . ”

Jin lightly expressed his thanks . And he thought to himself that he would ask Elsa about the rest .

While talking about such things, the carriage had reached the Eschenbach residence .

“Hmm, seems like father hasn’t yet returned . ”

There were no doors for a gate and so Saki said while opening the entrance with a key .

“Well, we have Ehr now so it will work out . Ehr, I will leave Saki to you . ”

Jin told Ehr .

“Yes, creator, I understand . ”

Ehr was already an all-purpose housekeeper by then, being able to do anything from cooking to laundry and daily necessities… he had become a automata housekeeper .

“Well then, I will return on the day before the wedding, in the evening . ”

“Yeah, got it . I will be waiting . I look forward to what gift you pick . ”

“Right, you can look forward to it . ”

After parting with Saki, Jin ordered Steward to bring the carriage to a deserted place .

In these areas near Reinhart’s house, there’s a city as well as forests—quite a nice environment . He made the carriage travel towards the forests .

“Master, I think this area should be fine . ”

He took the carriage deep into the forest—so much that the carriage couldn’t be moved any further in as there was long gra.s.s and bushes growing there .

“Alright, here should be fine . Alright then, Steward, wait here until 30th evening . I will camouflage the the carriage . Get rid of the golem horse’s footsteps and the wheel tracks . ”

“Understood . Take care . ”

After leaving the carriage to Steward, Jin leaped to Hourai island with Reiko .

They felt a weird sense of discomfort once they reached the middle point of teleportation .

“Mm?”

Having noticed this, in charge Butler 50 started explaining . The other in charge Butler 49 stood in silence .

“Master, this middle ground for teleportation we have reached has just been completed the other day and it’s called ‘s.h.i.+nkai’, used exclusively for teleportations . ”

“’s.h.i.+nkai’?”

“Yes . It’s a spherical structure manufactured in Hourai island, it is about 20 meters in diameter . It is in mid-air and is made with 18-12 stainless steel and aluminium . This is the inside, as you can see . ”

This time, Butler 49 started explaining .

“It has been set up in the middle of the continent and Kunlun island using the warpgate which doesn’t need a receiving end . In case of an emergency, one of us or Laojun will destroy the warpgate . ”

In other words, if something like that happens, they would be isolated in the sea . It has been quite thoroughly prepared .

“Got it . Good work . ”

Jin gave his thanks to Butler 49 and 50 for the explanation .

[Welcome back, my lord . ]

Laojun welcomed them to Hourai island .

“Laojun, how are you doing?”

A few days has pa.s.sed since he has been upgraded to multiprocessors and so Jin asked how he was doing .

[Yes, I am doing well . I adjusted myself constructed a model of the control system for optimized parallel processing for dealing with situations . ]

“Ohh, that’s amazing . ”

The previous Magi craft meister, Adriana, wasn’t able to create any further than a single core magic intellect . The multi-core version was Jin’s original .

As such, the OS—control system, still has lots of areas to improve on and Laojun came up with a model for that .

“Alright, show me . ”

Listening to Jin’s request, a magi formula appeared in front of him . A normal person can’t even begin to comprehend it but the magi craft meister Jin could easily read it .

“… . I see . You came up with structures about which core would be better for what kind of processing and order and sequence of it, eh . ”

Unfortunately, Jin wasn’t very knowledgeable in things related to the computer . He only knew how to increase the clocking speeds and how to increase the processors but couldn’t think of a way to upgrade the ability to properly process information . However, Laojun performed trial and error operations and was close to optimizing the process .

Jin also understood how that method was more efficient and so he checked to make sure there weren’t any bugs .

“I understand . So you’re saying it will be better to change to this control system, right?”

[Yes . Can I request it?]

Laojun doesn’t have the authority to change himself . That is because if Jin permits that, there’s a chance of him going out of control .

Jin prepared a new magi crystal and carefully wrote the control system on it . And then changed it with Laojun’s one .

“How is it?”

Laojun after confirming himself and the new control system for about 1 second .

[Yes, thank you very much . My processing speeds have increased by 30% . ]

“Ohh, I see . Well then, let me know if you find anything new again . I will head to Kaina village for the time being . ”

[Yes, take care . Reiko-san, you too . ]

Jin used the warpgate to go to the underground workshop . And when he went up to the workshop, he found Elsa there . Smith A was also with her .

“Ah, welcome back, Jin-nii . ”

“Good to be back, Elsa . What were you doing?”

Elsa showed Jin what was on her hand .

“Oh, that’s amazing . ”

It was a pen nib made of phosphor bronze . Elsa was now able to make 5 pens at once .

“I am still no closer to getting to your level, Jin-nii . ”

Although she says that, her face shows that she is happy .

“Ah, vig vrother, velcome back . Reko sis too . ”

It was afternoon there so Hanna had come to call Elsa . However, her speech seems weird . When Jin looked closer, he noticed two of her front teeth was gone . The baby teeth fell .

“Good to be back, Hanna . ”

“Ah, Jin, welcome back . ”

Martha also came to welcome him . Mine was preparing lunch inside .

“Welcome back, Jin-sama . I made your portion as well so please sit down . ”

It seems Butler A told them . He probably contacted them while Jin was upgrading Laojun at the Hourai island . As always, Laojun is quite considerate .

After finis.h.i.+ng lunch, Jin told Elsa that Belche and Reinhart would be getting married on the 1st of June .

“… . I see . Rai-nii and Belche-san . ”

Her expression displayed a mixture of envy and loneliness .

“Reinhart-sama and Belche-sama, eh? Yes, I do know of Belche-sama . I see, I see . So they are finally doing it . ”

Mine had a nostalgic expression .

“Waa, vride! I vanna chee!”

Hanna was just simply excited .

“And so, I would like to gift him something but, what do you think would be good?”

Mine was the first to answer .

“Right, I think it would be safe to go with essential living materials . ”

And Elsa also followed up .

“…That futon . It would be just perfect for a newly wed couple . ”