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Well, thank you very much for your help.

"Yes, you're good."

Eckart Tekles, a wealthy merchant in Qupu, a town at the southern tip of the Kingdom of Selroa, has just fired one of his magecraftsmen.

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"From the ...... beginning again, huh?"

Eckert's dream is to visit countries by ship.

And not just any ship. It is the largest ocean-going ship in the world.

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His dream was to build such a ship, board it, and travel the world. At the age of 30, he was said to be a business genius, and he had amassed a fortune for this purpose.

However, his dreams have come to naught.

The business rival had surrounded the site supervisor whom Eckert had hired, and planned to sabotage him. The information, which was supposed to be kept secret, leaked out from somewhere, and they must have thought that it would be unbearable to do business with such a big ship.

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However, the attempt was only half successful. The reason for this was for the sake of Jin and the others who had been visiting from time to time.

The crews and technicians who were supposed to be involved in the operation did not suffer a single casualty. On the contrary, the site foreman was caught on the spot when he was caught tampering with the ship.

The names of his business opponents began to emerge, and the rest was a long drawn-out chain of events.

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Fortunately or unfortunately, no one was killed or injured thanks to the rescue efforts of Jin and his colleagues, so the punishment for the culprits was somewhat light.

The ringleader, a business rival, had his property confiscated, and was expelled from Kupu.

The chief magecraftsman, who was the head of the site, was given a considerably reduced sentence after it was found out that he was forced to sabotage the site after his family was taken hostage.

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However, since he had received some money and goods, he was also exiled. It is probably a good thing that his property was not confiscated.

Being exiled meant that they had to go to a place where they had no livelihood. It is quite difficult because you cannot stay within 100 kilometers of Kupu.

Roughly speaking, you have to go further north than Mount Lawei, which rises to the north of Kupu.

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"Well, he can make it anywhere."

A magecraftsman can get a good job wherever he goes. But his business rival was no longer interested in the ...... ecarte.

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"......"

The shipbuilding dock built in the house.

It is empty now, but until recently, a half-finished giant ship was sitting there.

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The money was reimbursed from the property of the confiscated business rival, but that is not the point.

The problem is that the ship, which was almost completed in six months, was completely destroyed.

Reiko was the one who finally destroyed the ship beyond repair, but Eckert did not blame her. She was working on the ship with the priority of human lives, and above all, Jin and the others had saved those lives.

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"He was working on a project that was in danger, and even his own life was in danger. If you blame them, you will be punished.

Talking to himself, Eckart left the dock.

"Sir?"

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"Yes?　What is it?"

When Écarte returned to the house, the butler hurried over.

"Yes, two men claiming to be magecraftsmen want to hire you."

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"What!　Send them to the parlor at once!

Eckart's face showed his joy. Now that they had fired the foreman, they were in desperate need of a good magecraftsman.

The butler quickly escorted them to the small parlor where Eckart was waiting.

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"My name is Altaf.

"My name is Gjenner."

One was a strong man about 30, the other a woman in her 20s.

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I am Eckert. What can you two do for us?"

Altaf answered on behalf of the couple.

"Well, we can do just about anything, but I am good at making big things and my wife is good at making small things.

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"Oh, that's reassuring.

Eckart had a feeling that the two of them were a bit out of this world, or rather out of touch with human beings, but Altaf's next words made him forget all about it.

"We have an assistant golem, so we can work quickly.

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"What!"

There are very few magecraftsmen who have a golem as an assistant. And they are exceptionally good.

"Let's be honest. I came here because I heard that Mr. Eckert was building a big ship.

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Rumors of accidents and business rivalries have already spread throughout Kupu, so much so that there is no denying it now. On the other hand, it would be welcome to have a skilled magecraftsman come to Kupu.

"Then, may I see the golem?

Eckert said, "Then I will make the final decision. In response, Gjenner got up from his seat and went to get the golem that was waiting out front.

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"We can't have a golem with you out of the blue," said Altaf.

Altaf said. Eckhart agreed with him.

"Thank you for your patience.

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Soon after, Gjenner returned with the golem.

"Oh ......"

Eckert gasps. The golem was only about six feet tall, but it was matte silver-gray in color and had human-like proportions.

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Usually, the size and proportions of a golem are determined according to its purpose. For combat use, the golem would be made stout all over, and for boat racing, its arms would be strengthened.

But the golem standing in front of Eckert's eyes could easily pass for human if he dressed it up and put something on its face.

"No, I think I know what you are capable of when I see it. No, I can tell how good you are when I see it. Please cooperate with us.

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And so the contract was signed, and Altaf, Gjenner, and a golem became the new staff of ECARTO.

"Well, I'm a little worried about its strength. ......"

Altaf and Gjenner were now being shown the blueprints of the ship.

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"...... you still think so?"

"Yes. Especially the bottom.

Eckert remembered what a client named Jin had said the other day about the bottom of the ship. He decided that since two magecraftsmen of different backgrounds were pointing it out, it would be better to reflect their opinions.

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"Let's review it a little bit. Do you have any suggestions?

"Yes, we will add structural members here and add a partition. This partition will also help to increase the strength. ......"

I also recall that another magecraftsman named Reinhard had suggested that the interior of the ship should be divided into smaller sections.

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"Yes, I'll leave that to you, too.

The result of the redesign was that the exterior remained the same, but the expected weight increased slightly, from the original 240 tons to 300 tons. The result was that the external shape remained the same, but the expected weight increased slightly, from the original 240 tons to 300 tons.

"Well, it's going to be a little heavier, isn't it?

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"Well, it's going to be a little heavier," he said, "but that's no substitute for safety.

"That's true, but ......

"I think we can manage that with propulsion. What are you planning to use?"

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"Yes, a combination of wind and magic."

This is a method that the magecraftsman before me came up with," Eckert began to explain to them.

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"I see!　I hadn't thought of that idea!"

Jin uttered a phrase that sounded like something he had heard somewhere before.

In fact, Altaf and Gjenner were the fifth row (quinta) sent by Jin.

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Altaf had Regulus 50 and Gjenner had Deneb 30. The golem they were carrying was naturally one of the artisan golems, Artisan (Smith) 40. 40.

They decided to support him in secret, considering the fact that he had destroyed a ship that Eckert had put his heart and soul into building, that they liked his personality, and what he was going to do in the future.

Aside from that, Jin was impressed by the change of mindset, or rather, the novelty of the promotion method.

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Wind magic has no recoil. That means we can go forward by blowing on the taut sails. ......"

As Jin once verified, normal magic has an effect to counteract recoil.

To use a simple analogy, if you board a ship with sails and fan the sails with a fan, the ship will not move forward.

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This is because the recoil caused by the wind generated by the fan and the force that propels the sail cancel each other out.

However, according to Jin's verification, wind and water magic have a counteracting effect attached to them so that they do not cause recoil.

The magical jet propulsion engine (magijet engine) was created by removing only this part of the effect.

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However, such a thing is not generally possible. Paradoxically, the only way is to use ordinary magic without recoil.

The engineers who designed this ship took advantage of this and tried to propel the ship by blowing on the sails.

It's a pity that a man with such skill and brains should have helped the fraud.

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Jin and Reinhardt had never thought of such a method. They speculated that a fish-tail fin-shaped propulsion engine could be attached to a step in the stern of the ship.


"Yes, I agree. I'll give you some suggestions as I go along."

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With Jin's support, Eckert completed the ship four months later.