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The informal world meeting ended shortly before 4:00 p.m. The meeting was ended by the time the staff informed me that I was ready to take a bath.

I was informed that I was ready to take a bath.

"......... ah, it was a good time, wasn't it?"

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"Yes, it was. I wish we had this kind of opportunity more than once.

"I didn't realize how interesting it is to talk face to face. It's good to be able to talk with people by looking at their faces rather than just their voices.

The heads of state and other important figures scatter, murmuring their impressions of the conference.

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In the midst of all this, there was one who tried to stop Jin.

"...... Ji."

Jin-dono," he tried to continue, but a moment earlier, the wanted Jin had called out to someone else.

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"...... Your Royal Highness, I don't mean to be rude, but may I have a word with you?"

"Hmmm, what does the Prince of Kunlun want to see me about?"

Yes. Of all things, it's about the girl in your custody.

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"Oh?　I see. ...... I see. You heard about it from Fritz?

The crown prince, Cesar, looks at Erza beside Jin and nods in understanding.

"Very well. I heard it from Fritz-dono. Erza Ehime is an excellent healer.

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Saying this, Cesar turned his head and beckoned.

Jin and Elsa followed the Dauphin as he left the guest house and headed for the detached palace next door. They are accompanied by Reiko and Edgar.

After passing through the gate of the palace with a pass, the group was invited into the Dauphin's apartment at the back of the second floor.

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There was an elderly lady-in-waiting and Cesar gave her some instructions.

She went to a room in the back and came out accompanied by a girl.

This is the girl I protected. She seems to have lost her memory and can't even remember her name.

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Elsa stepped forward.

"Your Highness, may I examine her?"

"Yes, please."

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Elsa then slowly approached the girl. Her body stiffens and a look of fear comes over her face.

"...... It's all right. Don't worry."

Elsa whispered softly, squatting down to look at the girl and gently patting her head.

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This is what Jin had taught Erza before in the village of Mohut.
That is, to be at eye level with the child and to stand on the child's side.

If you are looking down at them, you will feel oppressed.

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Elsa, who had always loved children, remembered what Jin had said to her.

"......<>"

After reassuring her in this way, the examination is carried out.

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"......? ......<>"

Elsa, who is a little concerned about something, not only performs the magic of the medical examination but also analyzes it.

"<>"

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She casts the highest level of surgical healing magic. But the girl's expression does not change.

"<
Then, the highest level of internal medicine healing magic is also used, and the patient is examined again.

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He examined and pondered for a while, and then turned around with a disappointed look on his face.

"......I am sorry. I am not good enough."

But the Dauphin gently offered words of comfort to Elsa.

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"No, Erza Ehime, thank you for your hard work. Even though I am an amateur, I can see that you did your best. If Ehime can't do it, I guess no one can."

"......"

The girl was also drooping.

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She knew how much the crown prince had cared for her and how much Erza had done for her, and she felt unworthy of not being able to respond to them.

Cesar, sensing the subtleties of her heart, walked up to the girl and gently patted her on the shoulder.

"It's not your fault. ......Someday your memory will come back to you. I'll have faith in that. Okay?"

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"......Yes, thank you, Your Highness."

With that Jin and Erza left the Dauphin's presence.

"......I'm sorry, Erza."

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"......Yes."

Jin consoles Erza, who is feeling a little down.

"Don't be discouraged," she said. "Fields like neurosurgery are still in their infancy, even in the world I lived in.

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Even as Jin says this, Erza remains downcast.

When Jin and the others returned to the guest house, someone was waiting for them. The two people they had failed to call out to earlier.

"Jin-dono, Erza-dono, long time no see.

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"It's been a long time.

They were Gloria and Boulton Allstadt, father and daughter.

"Gloria-san, Boulton-san, it's been a long time.

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"You too, I hope you are well."

We exchanged brief greetings again.

Then we went to visit them in their room which was closer to ours. Reiko and Edgar were also with us.

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"I heard that you healed my daughter's injury the other day, and I wanted to thank you as a father," he said.

Boulton bowed first. He must have been happy to have his daughter's fatal injury healed without a trace.

"I have not yet thanked Jin-dono for mending my melted sword, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you.

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Gloria bowed her head.

"No, I'm glad that the sword was useful."

"Indeed. By the way, Jin-dono, could you take a look at this sword?

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Saying this, Gloria held out a short sword to Jin. Jin took it,

"Hmm?　It's heavy."

was his first impression. It was so heavy that he could tell just by holding it.

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Right?　I bought this sword here in Dali, but I don't know what it is made of. Do you know what it's made of?

Jin asks Gloria if he can pull it out.

"Of course. "Of course. Please check.

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After receiving her approval, Jin gently pulled out a shortsword.

"This is ......."

"It's an unknown metal, isn't it?　Even my ...... father's < could not discern it."

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A silvery-white material. At first glance it appears to be silver, but it seems to be much harder and would be useful enough to be used as a sword.

"...... I thought it was for ceremonial use, but the arrangement is practical. I had said 18,000 Tolle, but I got him to reduce the price to 12,000."

Jin guessed the material of the sword, thinking in a corner of his mind that Gloria was indeed a sword fetishist. And then...

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"<>"

Elsa is also beside Jin and is curious.

"......I knew it. This is ......<>."

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Iridosmin is an alloy of iridium and osmium, metallic elements of the platinum group. It is very hard and heavy. Its melting point is so high that it cannot be melted in an ordinary furnace.

An alloy containing about 50 percent osmium is called osmiridium.

Platinum--Similar to platinum, but much harder and impossible to cold work.

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It sometimes occurs naturally with platinum, but it is so hard that it has been discarded in the past.

Do you understand, Jin-dono?

Yes. This is a member of the platinum family. It is very heavy and hard. It's probably insoluble in demon acid, like that of giant ants.

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Gloria's face twisted slightly at the mention of the demon's acid. It seems that she has been slightly traumatized. No wonder. Her face and shoulders had been burned by the bodily fluids of the monster.

Boulton, on the other hand, was frankly impressed.

"Hmmm, I didn't know there was such a metal. You are indeed a magecraft master.

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Even if you try to magically investigate, you still do not know what you do not know.

In Jin's case, he knows the periodic table of elements by referring to the number of electrons an atom has, so he can identify an atom he has never seen before.

However, lanthanides and actinides were vague. I barely remember 92 for uranium and 60 for neodymium (a material used in strong magnets).

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On the other hand, I knew everything else by heart up to the atomic number 86, radon. Sailor Liebe, my ship.

But that's beside the point.

Iridosmin seems to have been partially replaced by magical isotopes (magiisotopes), which are even stronger than the equivalent material on Earth.

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"But it's heavy, so it's not very practical, is it?"

With a specific gravity of about 22, it is heavier than adamantite. The specific gravity of iron is 7.86, so it is almost three times heavier than iron, and it is a problem that the short sword cannot be wielded with one hand.

"Still, I'm happy to have a rare sword in my possession."

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Gloria seemed to have achieved a sense of satisfaction as a collector.