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"Prime Minister! Why did you, a man of your stature, make such a request?
The voice came from a middle-aged man with a stout build.
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"Boulton, you are making too much noise!"
The prime minister rebuked him, but the man would not listen.
"Weapons must be forged! A sword made of beaten steel is unbreakable, and a shield made of iron is strong. You know that cast swords break easily and are useless. Cast shields break easily. They are useless for protection! The same is true of armor made by magecraftsmen. Don't you remember the year before last! Even if one were unbreakable it would bend. It will not break. Forcing soldiers to use such weapons is like asking them to die! That's insane! I'm against it!"
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He rants on at once. I felt a sense of déjà vu,
"...... father......"
Gloria muttered tiredly. It seems that the man called Boulton was Gloria's father. What a father-daughter resemblance! In the sense of disappointment.
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Hearing his daughter's muttering, Boulton recognized Gloria.
"Oh, Gloria. What are you doing here! And you, Princess Rieschen! You may be able to repair automata and create golems, but I, Boulton, will not accept your entrusting me with your armaments as well!
The voice was loud. Hannah covered her ears.
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"Father, ......"
"Yes, Gloria, now I have to give my opinion to the Prime Minister ......."
Boulton was about to say this when Gloria silently held out her shortsword.
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"Hmm? You said you broke your sword the other day. So this is your new sword. Hmm,............ what?
Boulton's eyes lit up when he saw Gloria's shortsword in his hand.
"Oh, a magnificent flow of steel! The blade is hard, the core is soft. The whole thing is strong! You've got a good sword! You must be a famous smith!"
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Yes, it was made by Jin-dono there.
"Yes, it was made by Lord Jin there." "Hmmm, Lord Jin? ...... There's only the Honorary Magical Craftsman of the Kingdom of Egelea, the Honorary Magical Craftsman of the Kingdom of Egelea. ...... No way!
No way, sir.
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Boulton finally learned that his daughter's shortsword had been made by a magecraftsman named Jin.
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Boulton is said to be an arms control officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and a baronet. He was once a knight in his youth.
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Boulton bowed so deeply that his head hit the floor and apologized to Jin.
"I am sorry! This Boulton, this is a lifetime mistake! I never thought there was a magecraftsman who could make such a great sword!"
"It doesn't matter."
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Jin really doesn't care. He was just dumbfounded from beginning to end.
Both the Prime Minister and the princess looked as if it was business as usual.
Erza thinks that Reinhardt is a more extreme version of him, but she doesn't show it, and Hannah just sees him as a funny old man.
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Hanna was playing fetch with the princess to relieve her boredom. No, she was playing something similar.
Jin overlooked Boulton's apology, thinking, "I didn't know they had that kind of game here.
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"So, there is a boundary inside the metal, and it breaks from that boundary. The larger the area surrounded by the boundary, the more brittle it is.
When they had finally calmed down, they sat down in a rest area in the corner of the workshop.
"Boulton, like me, has a magic eye. It's called the
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Princess!
Once again, the princess blurts out something important. She's even more honest than Jin. She's even more honest than Jin.
"Microscopic, that means you can see small things, right?
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When Jin said this, Boulton was astonished.
"What? You can tell what it is just by hearing its name! Who the hell are you ......?"
"So, I am the Honorary Magical Craftsman of the Kingdom of Egelea," he said, "the Honorary Magical Craftsman of the Kingdom of Egelea.
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Jin said and asked them to resume the interrupted conversation.
"Hmmm, I've heard that magecrafting (magecraft) is very popular in the Kingdom of Egelea, but I didn't know it was this much ......."
Saying this, Boulton began to explain.
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Jin understood that what he was talking about was what we call
Metals are made of fine crystals, and the denser and finer the crystals are, the tougher they are.
One of the purposes of forging is to make the metal particles finer, and this is the reason why forged aluminum wheels are stronger than cast ones.
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This was something that Jin, who used to work in the metal industry, had learned in his training.
"It was my opinion that swords and other weapons made by magic are not practical because the boundaries between them are so absurd. Your sword, however, is ......."
Boulton talks on and on, and I guess Gloria is the reason she was raised by her father.
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"All right, all right, that's enough. The point is that the sword you made, Jin-dono, is very practical, isn't it?"
Prime Minister Powell concluded, as if he had had enough.
Boulton, on the other hand, replied,
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"No, it is much more than that.
He said, "No, it is much more than that.
After the uproar, he had a trial cut of the scroll and confirmed that it was, in fact, a great sword.
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Since then, Boulton had kept a low profile.
Hitoshi was afraid, Elsa looked at him, Hannah smiled at him, and Reiko was proud of herself.
"I see."
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The Prime Minister closed his eyes, folded his arms, and thought about something,
He closed his eyes and folded his arms. I have to admit that I had my doubts about you. Although you say you are from the Kingdom of Egelea, I suspect that you are actually an agent of the Unified Party (Unifiler) or the Kingdom of Franz.
He bowed lightly.
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"Hey, Powell, that's ......."
The princess was about to say something, but the Prime Minister stopped her with his hand.
"Your Highness is right," said the Prime Minister. It is not possible for the enemy's agents to produce such weapons and golems.
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The reason why he knew about the golem was that he had secretly watched Jin's golem engage in a mock battle with Heinz.
The Prime Minister concluded that he would report to the King immediately and asked him to follow him.
He then asked the soldier who was accompanying him to request an audience with the king.
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Then, "Well, let's take it easy, shall we?
The group leaves the workshop.
In addition to Princess Rieschen, Prime Minister Powell, Chief of the Boulton Armed Forces, and Gloria, Vice Commander of the Kingsguard, Jin, Elsa, Hannah, and Reiko walk through the royal palace.
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The ladies-in-waiting and the soldiers on guard also seemed to be interested in them and were throwing glances at them.
"I would like you to wait here for my sister.
Erza and Hanna were led to a reception room near the office. Reiko nodded her head and held up four fingers after checking the infrared mode.
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This means that there are two SPs dedicated to Hanna and two SPs dedicated to Erza attached to her side. That makes Jin feel relieved.
Jin was relieved. He and Prime Minister Powell enter the King's office, which they had visited the day before. Reiko, of course, was with them.
The princess was with Jin, Gloria was with Hannah and the others, and Boulton had left.
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"You came, Jin."
King Alois III was waiting for Jin, as if he had been informed in advance.
"I heard. I heard you completed the sword and the golem in just one day. You did well. I thank you.
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Alois III clasped his hands together on his desk,
"Now, in addition to the promised sum, I would like to add something as a reward. Is there anything else you would like?
He looked Jin in the eye and asked, "What do you want? As expected, he seemed to offer some kind of reward for having made so much in such a short period of time.
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Jin had some thoughts about that,
"To be honest, I don't really know how much I have done," he replied.
He replied, "To be honest, I don't know how much I have done. The question is what the king will say in response.
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"Hmm, I see. I had hoped to take you on as a Royal Magi Craftsman of the Kingdom of Egelea, but that's not going to happen either.
The title of Honorary Magical Craftsman of the Kingdom of Egelea was quite useful to Jin.
"I would be happy if you would settle down in my country, since I will give you a fiefdom," the king said.
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the king said, and the prime minister made a proposal.
"There is also the possibility of giving them control or autonomy over a specific area of land, if not necessarily a fiefdom," he said.
Such a statement came out of his mouth. When Jin heard this, he said,
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"That's a good idea.
Jin said, "That's a good idea. Seeing his reaction, the Prime Minister jumped to his feet.
"Oh, yes! Jin-dono wants the land?"
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The Kingdom of Klein would rather give him a territory and bind him to it than just give him gold and say goodbye.
"No, it would be better to call it a leased land rather than a territory," replies Jin.
Jin replies, "No, it would be better to call it a leased land rather than a territory.
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A leased land is, for example, a land that Country A leases to Country B for a certain period of time under a treaty. The sovereignty is ostensibly held by country A, but the actual right to govern rests with country B, which has leased the land.
In this case, the Kingdom of Klein leases the land to Jin personally.
Although less binding than a fiefdom, it was a condition that the Kingdom of Klein could accept.
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"Hm, is there some land you would like?"
Alois III asked Jin with a look that said he was starting to get the picture. Jin's answer was already known.
"Yes, the village of Kaina.
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