115 - - 06-02 The Lantern and the Blue Land





The first thing we did after flying to Kunlun Island was to set up a warp gate.

"Okay, now we have to set up a counterpart warp gate in the Blue Lands as well.

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"Father, I'll take care of that."

Before Jin could say whether or not she was okay, Reiko jumped into the warp gate and returned to Horai.

She then flies from Horai to Blue Land with the materials, sets up the Warp Gate that is the counterpart to Kunlun, and returns using the Warp Gate.

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It took about 15 minutes. Reiko was very efficient.

Now that he is ready to move, Jin can finally take his time to look around the Kunlun Island.

Soleil and Luna were his guides. These two were in charge of the development of the Kunlun Island.

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"First of all, the warp gate is located in the basement of the .

The stone basement looks reasonably old, and it is not surprising that there are artifacts in the basement.

"Open the door and climb the stairs to the first floor, the entrance hall.

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The bronze door was heavy and even had a greenish-blue patina, making it look like the door to a secret room. This area must be a fusion of Jin's knowledge and that of his predecessor.

The entrance hall is about 10 meters square and is also made of stone. The walls are decorated with murals and difficult-looking formulas.

Looking closely, one can see a picture of a five-colored golem and a simple magic formula (magi formula),

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"What is this?"

There was a poem written in Japanese. The lyrics, to be exact. It was a popular pops song from about five years ago, which remained in the corner of Jin's mind.

"Well, no one can read it, so it's OK.

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Without thinking too much, Jin moves on to the next room.

The back room is the workshop. I tried to make it look a certain way, but what do you think?

The iron floor, the fireplace, hammers and other metallurgical tools.

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Woodworking tools such as saws, chisels, chisels, knives, etc.

In the center of the room is a large, heavy-looking worktable.

All of them look old.

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On a shelf are a few magi crystals and colorful magi stones.

On another shelf are a few threads of ground spider.

In the adjacent warehouse are copper, bronze, white copper, nickel, iron, tin. And light silver, mithril and a small amount of adamantite.

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It looks like a smaller version of the workshop on Horai Island.

"Well, this is good enough, Soleil, Luna, thank you.

Jin then gave them the guard rings he had made for them as a reward.

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"Thank you very much. I will treasure it."

Both received it with joy.

On the first floor, there is a dining room, a toilet, and a bathroom, all of which have been recently remodeled. The toilets are western style, by the way.

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The excrement is magically decomposed into elements, so there is no smell and it is clean.

The bath is a hot spring. The water is pumped up from 50 meters underground. This is a great story for those who love to take a bath.

As a side note, a hot spring will be drilled on Horai Island in the near future.

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The dining room is spacious and can accommodate about 10 people, and there are four stoves made by Jin in the kitchen. Of course, there is also a refrigerator.

Water is pumped.

"Well, this seems to be all right.

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The living space seems to be on the second floor.

The living facilities are as follows.

There are eight rooms of about 10 tatami mats each. Two of the rooms are covered with tatami mats, and are supposed to be the rooms of Jin and his late master.

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To be exact, Jin's room has a closet, which takes up two tatami mats, making it eight tatami mats.

The rooms of Jin and his master (dummy) are next to each other, and the two rooms on the opposite side of the corridor are a study and a closet.

The remaining four rooms are Western-style rooms with wooden floors and stone walls. The windows are covered with white mica. There is a bed, a table, a chair, and a built-in closet, all of which are of period design.

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In fact, they are definitely antiques, as they were popular in the previous owner's time.

Three of them are guest rooms, and the last one is a waiting room for golem maids. There was also a toilet on the guest room side.

The third floor is an attic and a storage room.

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There are dozens of copies of grimoires that were common in the previous generation, as well as robes designed to look old-fashioned or even wizardly.

The most important thing is the parts of broken magic tools brought from Horai Island. It seems that they have chosen only those items that we don't even know what they were used for.

"Hmmm...it looks like a house where a mage has lived for a long time even to me..."

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Jin was also impressed.

"Now let's go outside. I've drawn a rough sketch of the house as a mural.

It was apparently in the entrance hall, but Jin had not noticed it.

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"Oh, this one...oh, this one..."

From Jin's point of view, Kunlun Island is about half the size of Oshima of the Izu Islands. It is enough for human habitation. It is roughly circular.

The center of the island is the Kunlun Mountains, and this is located at the southern foot of the mountain.

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"The east and north sides of the island are forested. The west side is grassland and wasteland, and the south side is grassland, sparse forest, and marshland.

So you can mine for resources in the west?

"Yes. I had Land 80 to 100 help dig some mining pits and actually dig out some mineral resources.

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That's pretty good.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you two to show the guests around, and I'll be counting on you then."

Copy that.

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* * *

What's it been, three months?

Reinhard and Erza were now at a friend's house in the Blue Lands.

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"Yeah, it's been about that long since I left here for the Kingdom of Elias at the end of last year.

"You've become more and more beautiful in the little time I've seen you, Miss Elsa.

Don't flatter yourself.

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No, I'm not flattered. She's become more mature or deepened in some way.

"Compliments don't get you anywhere."

My friend is Count Kuzma.

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They were from the same count's family and were close in age, so they had been friends since Reinhardt's first visit to Breuland as a diplomat two years ago.

"Will you be able to take your time this time?"

"Well, yes. Well, now that all my official work is done, I can just relax and go back to my home country.

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Then a maid of honor arrived with a bag of fruit.

"Oh, here they are. Here you are. Try some of this.

The Count offered them a plate of Persica.

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Reinhard and Elsa took a bite and were surprised.

"It's cold and delicious!

"Delicious!"

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Count Kuzma then looked very pleased,

"Isn't it? <
Reinhard said. Reinhardt reacted to the word "refrigerator".

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"What? <?

"Yes, it's a magical tool I acquired after you left here. It has only just been introduced here in the Blue Lands.

I saw one in Borgia the other day.

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I saw one in Borgia the other day. I wonder if there was a witty merchant."

Count Kuzma smiled mischievously,

"Actually, there is a magecraftsman who made that .

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Reinhard was surprised. When he had found the refrigerator in a magic tool store in Borgia, the capital of the Kingdom of Elias, Jin had said that he had made it. So..,

"Well, I'd like to meet him."

"I knew you'd say that. You're a magecraftsman too. Go get him.

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With these words, the Count sent his lady-in-waiting to fetch the Magi Craftsman.

Reinhardt was looking forward to seeing him.

It had been less than a month since he had met Jin, but he felt that he had a good understanding of the man's personality and talents.

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If Jin believed his words that he had created the magecraftsman, then the soon-to-come magecraftsman would be a cheater.

Reinhardt secretly thinks to himself, "I'm going to unmask him for the sake of Jin's honor.