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 .