Chapter 369

Elsa is also Obsessed

“…Brother Jin, that’s amazing . Thank you . ”

While it was only the beginner’s level, Elsa had absorbed Jin’s knowledge and was now uncharacteristically excited .

“…The structure of matter, the reason that things fall, how planes fly . I finally understand it . ”

Elsa had acquired an elementary to junior high school level of knowledge in science . So many things she had wondered about before were now known to her, and she was so happy and excited .

“And with that, you are officially my apprentice . But I must warn you, don’t go around announcing it, alright? You must be cautious . ”

“Cautious… Should you really be telling anyone to be cautious?”

Elsa joked, which was also unusual for her .

Jin laughed and scratched his head with embarra.s.sment before returning to the matter at hand .

“Now, the bed and blankets are ready . But we can’t carry them…”

They were too big to go through the carriage warp gate .

“Father, I think we have no choice but to wrap it up and smuggle it in quietly . ”

Reiko, who had been silent up until now, said .

“Hmm, I see . I suppose there is no other way…”

And so he decided to carry it at night with an invisible aircraft .

“I might have to make a floating base near Lake Tosumo…”

Laojun heard Jin’s muttering and would later go on to make it, but that would happen later on .

“So, is this alright?”

Jin said as he looked at the blankets and bed that were to be a gift to Reinhart . Elsa looked at him and decided to ask him a favor .

“…Jin, I too want to give a present to Reinhart . ”

“Yes, I see . Of course, you would, Elsa . So, what will you give?”

Elsa answered immediately .

“A mascot . ”

“Mascot?”

Jin asked, and so Elsa explained .

Apparently, there was a custom where dolls were given as gifts . They were meant to protect the houses of newlyweds . Reinhart’s mother had sent one when her brother, Moritz Randol von Amber had gotten married .

“I want to make a doll like Non and give it to them . ”

Non was the j.a.panese doll that Jin had given to Elsa on her birthday . Elsa liked it very much and still kept it in her room in Kaina village .

“I understand . You should do it then . You can use any materials that you like . ”

Not that it would require that much .

“I will help you if there is anything you want to know . ”

“Yes . I will try it . ”

And so Jin left it to Elsa to do it on her own, and he finally went to work on the other thing he needed to do . Modifying Reiko .

“Reiko . You were watching Ehr, weren’t you? I would like to add that same ‘sense of touch’ to you . What do you think?”

Reiko nodded .

“Yes . I have no objections to what you believe is good for me, father . ”

“Great . ”

And so Jin informed Elsa, who was busy at work, and then headed to his laboratory on the second floor with Reiko .

The materials he would use for the sensors was the flying membrane of a sea dragon .

What moved the flying membranes of dragons was not muscle, but magic . In other words, you could freely control them with mana .

Once the flying membrane was spread open, it was no thicker than one millimeter, and yet it was stronger than steel . But on the other hand, it was soft and could be easily folded without resistance .

He could use this characteristic to make Reiko’s skin harder than steel and yet as soft as a baby .

Furthermore, it was known that the stretching and bending of the material caused magical energy to be released .

This was not only true of dragons, but any monster or beast that had wings .

However, the material that was available at the time was much worse than the wings of a sham dragon or sea dragon, and so the magic that came from it was weak . And so his predecessor had not thought to use it for anything .

But Jin believed that this skin could be used as sensors .

“Hmm . In that case, it will be necessary to differentiate between the magic from the wings and magic from Reiko . ”

Jin thought about it for a while, before wondering if the pattern for the magic from Reiko and the skin might be different .

“Alright, Reiko . Sit over there…yes, try opening and closing your hands . ”

“Yes, father . ”

At the same time, Jin used ‘Trace’ and ‘Inspection to chase after the flow of magical energy .

“I see…”

Jin saw the very weak flow of magic that emitted from Reiko’s skin and a.n.a.lyzed it .

She repeated this for fifteen minutes .

“Alright, I understand it now . ”

Through this inspection, he realized that the difference was apparent not in the ‘flow’ but in the ‘potential . ’

The larger the ‘forming,’ the higher the magical potential . If he could read the magical potential, he would know the ‘forming’ amount, and he could calculate the power in it . That’s what it meant .

Jin imagined thermographic footage . It separated things by color depending on its temperature, but here, it appeared depending on how high or low the magic potential was .

“In that case, I will need a Magi Device to read the distribution…”

Up until now, he only needed to read the ‘forming’ of the body .

He was able to do it by imagining the ‘forming’ of the magic current in reverse, but there had never been a machine that read the distribution of magic potential .

It was something that Jin would take on for the first time, and it would bring a revolution to the automatas .

He carefully considered the Magi Sequence and constructed the Magi Formula .

“Trace and Inspection are the basics . After using them, and incorporating them once, add weight and location and calculate backwards…”

Jin muttered to himself as he slowly completed the new Magi Device .

It was a Magi Device that came from a Magi Formula that was about as complicated as a Control Core .

“…It’s complete . ”

As if very tired, Jin muttered to himself before leaning heavily back into his chair .

“Father, you must be tired . …Um, it is already night time . I think you should go to bed now . ”

Jin was surprised at her words and quickly looked out of the window . It was very dark .

“It is already seven o’clock . ”

Thank to the AL that emitted light automatically, he had not realized that it was dark outside .

“Alright . But let me put this on you first . ”

“Yes, I understand . ”

It took about one minute to integrate it .

“It’s not linked to your movements yet, so it should not be difficult to move in . In any case, I want you to gather some data for me . ”

“I understand . ”

Reiko nodded modestly . Then Jin remember the time .

“Oh, right . Where’s Elsa?!”

He rushed down the stairs and saw the Elsa was continuing to work obsessively on her doll .

“Hey, Elsa . ”

Jin called to her rather loudly . Elsa stopped as if she had suddenly returned to herself, and she raised her head .

“Oh, brother Jin . ”

“I just realized it now, but it’s already seven o’clock . You should stop for today and have dinner . ”

“Yes . …I am hungry . ”

Elsa said with a slightly reddened face . She brushed the dust off of her hands and body and got up from her chair .

“…I feel like I understand you and Reinhart a little better now . ”

She muttered, and then her face became even more flushed .

“Haha . That’s great… I think it is, anyway . ”

She was saying that Jin and Reinhart often became so engrossed in what they were making that they forgot to eat dinner . And it had not been very long ago that Elsa had admonished them for this…

Jin and Elsa used the warp gate to return to Kaina village .

There was about a two hour time difference between Kaina village and Hourai Island . And so it was just nearing dinner time in Kaina village .

“Welcome back, Master Jin . Welcome back, Elsa . We have just finished with the preparations . ”

It was Mine who came out to greet them .

“…Ah, I understand . This is time difference . ”

Elsa was able to understand it now that she had the basic principles of science down .

Jin was sure that Elsa would be able to make use of this new knowledge, and he looked forward to seeing it .

“Brother, welcome back . ”

Hanna also greeted them with a smile .

While it was a little different than Reinharts, there was also a ‘family’ waiting for him here . And thinking about it made Jin’s heart feel warm .