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Soon the fire was completely extinguished and the area was filled with the smell of burning embers.
"Thank you, Reinhard.
Jin approached Reinhardt and thanked him.
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"Hey, Jin. Was this your dock?
"Yeah."
"Well, by the time I ...... noticed the smoke, the fire had already started and there was nothing I could do."
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"No, I'm just glad you were able to put it out."
Reinhardt looked disappointed as he said this,
"But there was your ship inside, wasn't there? It's already been reduced to ashes. ......
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"What?"
What?
Jin's reaction, as if to say, "What are you talking about?" And Reinhardt, who did not expect such a reaction back.
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"Aaahhh! My ship!
Then Marcia's shout echoed through the room.
"Why ...... did this happen! What did I do? I finally finished my ship! d*mn it!"
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Marcia was crying and hitting the ground, and Jin approached her,
"Marcia, there's no need to cry."
He patted her on the shoulder and said, "Marcia, there's no need to cry.
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"...... Jin."
Jin wiped Marcia's tear-stained, snot-stained face with his handkerchief,
"Arrow!
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he called out loudly. "Alor!" she said,
"Hi!
came back. But for some reason, from behind him.
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Look."
Jin points behind him, and ahead of him is a
"Why ......?"
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Marcia is stunned, but Jin is unconcerned,
"The Arrow is an autonomous golem. It's only natural for it to protect the ship.
"Yes. Kasai ga hassei shita de isoi de uminifune wo taihisasemashita. Hesakigasukoshikogeteshimashimashitaiga.
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"I see, thank you."
A burnt hessaki can be fixed in no time. Marcia was now shedding tears of relief when she saw that the ship was safe. She then said to Hitoshi and the others,
"Oh, Jin, is that the golem you made? That's impressive! You can make a golem that can think autonomously! There aren't even many people in our country!"
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"...... who?"
Marcia looks at Reinhardt with a dubious look on her face,
"This is Reinhardt, whom I met yesterday. He says he's a magi engineer from the Shoro Kingdom. He helped me put out the fire. Or rather, he put it out by himself.
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"I see. I'm Marcia. I'm a shipwright. Nice to meet you."
Reinhardt bowed lightly to Marcia,
"Well, well. As Jin introduced, I am Reinhard Randall, a magi engineer of the Shoro Kingdom.
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Then, through the onlookers, three guards arrived.
The fire seems to be out. Is anyone involved?"
I was asked by what appeared to be the captain,
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"This is Marcia, the guy who rented the dock."
Same here, Jin.
"Reinhardt. I'm a magi engineer from the Shoro Kingdom.
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And the captain..,
"Hmm? I believe you are the guest of ......."
Reinhard smiles,
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"You know me? Yes, I am from the Shoro Kingdom, invited to the Golem boat competition.
The captain saluted,
"I beg your pardon! But isn't your dock in the middle of the harbor?"
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"Yeah. I happened to be passing by and noticed the fire, so I magically put it out."
The captain saluted again,
"Well, well, well! Thank you very much."
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Then he turned to Marcia and Jin,
"We'd like to ask you a few questions, so you'll have to accompany us to the guardroom."
She was obviously not the same as Reinhardt.
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Jin whispered to Reiko,
"Take care of the rest. Don't let anything more happen to the ship."
They leave the harbor and head for the packing house on the outskirts of the city.
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While the onlookers were dispersing, Reiko was paying attention to her surroundings. She was aware of an unknown magical force.
And Reiko was not the only one who sensed it.
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"What is it? This feeling."
Reinhardt of the Shoro Empire also felt the strange magical power.
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Meanwhile, at the guard station, an interview was being held.
"That's why I wasn't here in the morning to help with the fishing!
"I came to the harbor after having some fun and found it was on fire.
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Both Jin and Marcia were away when the fire broke out.
"Hmm, but I'm pretty sure the fire started at the dock you're renting.
"I told you, there is no fire in the dock!
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"That's for sure. I don't process with fire."
"Well, that would mean arson, wouldn't it?"
The captain of the security team was not at all convinced. Jin became more and more irritated.
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"Anyway, you wouldn't set fire to your own boat, so it's either arson or a fire accident, right?
Jin started to say something like that.
"Uh-huh. Well, yes.
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Jin took this opportunity,
"Since the other docks were safe, isn't it possible that the arson was aimed at us who were going to participate in the Golem boat competition?
Then,
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"Shut up! I have no right to be dictated to by you!"
The captain suddenly became angry. Jin thinks this is a little strange. The tax inspector who had come to investigate the rumor that the orphanage where Jin had lived had been evading taxes had given off a similar vibe.
So Jin said,
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The golem I built is an autonomous golem. If you ask him, you might get some useful information, right?
He says so. The captain is surprised,
"What? You can make such an advanced golem? ...... that would be worth checking out."
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So the captain of the guard says,
"Okay. You said Marcia, you stay. And you, Jin, you follow me."
With these words, he left Marcia in the hands of the others and headed with Jin toward the area where the rental dock was located once again.
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