There was a boy, about a little smaller than Reiko, who was looking at us at a little distance from the excited children. When Jin beckoned to him, he walked over.
"Onii-chan, what is it?
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"Do you want to try frying this?"
Jin handed the child a kite with the word
"Oh, you don't mind?
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"Yes. But it might be dangerous to go alone. ...... Reiko!
"Yes."
Help her to fly her kite.
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I'll do it. ...... let's do it. What's your name? My name is Reiko.
Maybe because of her friendship with Hanna in the village of Kayna, Reiko became better with children.
"Reiko, my name is Kite!"
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Jin thought for a moment that "kite" means a kite in English.
"But still, a ball of string is hard to handle. ......."
There was one more kite left, but he put that on hold and looked at a dead log that was lying around.
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"Okay, I think I can use this one. ...... forming. Shaping. Finally, hardening."
Since wood does not deform plastically like clay, the magic used is shaping. The magic of shaping is to remove all but the necessary parts of the material.
The parts are made and put together to make an old-fashioned kite spool. With the logs that were there, five identical ones were made.
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He gave one of them to Reiko,
"When you get all the string out, wind it this way.
She gave her instructions. Jin took it to Erza.
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"Wow, it's so far!
Erza is also stretching the thread smoothly.
"Hey, hey, big brother, what's that written over there?
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"That, that means
Jin told him.
"Wow, a dragon! Sounds tough.
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"Right? That's a dragon.
"Ryu! <
Ryu is awesome!
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Ryu! Liu! Liu!
When the children learned how to read the Chinese character for dragon, they started calling out "Liu" in unison. Jin told Erza,
"It's fried just fine!"
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"It's not my skill. Jin's kite is amazing.
"Ha, thanks. We're almost out of string. Then tie the end to this.
What's this?
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A spool of string for the kite.
The balls of string we use in this village are made by tying a small piece of wood to the end and rolling the rest of the string up as needed. There is a big possibility that the ball of string will get mixed up.
"Did you do this, too?
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"Yes, I just made it."
Jin handed the spool of string to the surprised Erza and started to prepare to fly the last remaining kite himself.
"Oh, you're going to fly it too, brother?"
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"Ryu's brother!"
"Hey, my name is Jin.
"I see, you're Jin's brother."
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While they were talking, Jin was ready to go,
"All right, let's go!"
The kite flies up with the wind. It's a kite with black letters.
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"Oh!"
This kite has a string between Elsa's kite and the kite's kite.
"Wow, this is really impressive.
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Then the village headman arrived.
"Would you like to fly a kite, too?
Jin asked the village headman,
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"Yes, I used to do it a lot when I was a child.
Jin handed him a ball of string.
He handed him a ball of string and said, "Then, please try to fry it.
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"I'll take your word for it. ......Well, what's this stability?
The village chief, who had flown kites many times, was amazed at the stability of the flexible kites.
"Ordinary kites have to be adjusted and have tails to fly well!"
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Knowing how quickly Jin had made the kite made his surprise all the greater.
"Use this spool when you've finished the thread."
It's stable enough for him to use while looking away.
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"Well, this is the spool," he said. I see, this is a good one!
The village head is even more impressed. Jin left the black dragon kite to the chief and went to Reiko and the kite first.
"How do you like it, Kite?
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"Oh, big guy! Thanks, this kite is great!
The kite was so excited with a smile on his face that the ball of string in his hand was about to run out.
"Well, that's good. ...... Reiko, when you run out of string, will you take care of it?"
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Yes, sir.
Then he went to Elsa. She has already got all the thread out, and is winding it around the kite spool, and is holding the spool by the handle and giving it a good bite.
"You're doing great, Elsa.
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"Oh, Jin-kun. ......Yes, as you can see."
The red dragon kite is pulling its string at an angle of about 30 degrees and looks small. It looks like it flew pretty far.
"That's great, girl!"
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Elsa is surrounded by girls.
"...... want to hold it for a minute?"
"Yes!"
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A girl happily holds out her hand in response to Erza's question. Elsa puts the spool in her little hand.
"Wow!"
The girl is delighted to feel the pull of the kite in her hand for the first time. Elsa watched her with narrowed eyes.
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"Thank you, girl.
"Is that enough? Then you're next.
"Wow!"
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Elsa was also happy to be surrounded by happy children who let her fly the kite one after another.
Elsa was also happy to be surrounded by happy children who took turns flying the kite.
"Oh, my God, I'm so excited! As expected of a magecraftsman invited by a nobleman.
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said the village chief after we returned from flying the kite.
"That kite is easy to fly and stable. Even a small child wouldn't worry about dropping it.
The tanned leather kite was expensive, and he didn't want it to fall down.
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"So, Mister Jin, please give us permission to make that kite in our village. And that spool of string. How about 100,000 Tall Tolls for that and the kite as well?
About one million yen. Originally, there was no patent system, and anyone could imitate this kite if they saw it. It does not require any special technology.
Jin, who did not care much about money, agreed that it was fine, although he did not know how much profit it would make in the future.
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"Oh! Thank you very much. This will be a new specialty of this village.
After leaving the money with Reiko, Jin took another walk around the village.
"This reminds me of the village of Kaina.
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Jin still could not forget his life in Kaina village.