1306 - - the last years of 0009
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In 2404, at the age of 64, Adriana left Mitsho, where she had lived for 20 years, She left Mituho, the land of a foreign tribe where she had lived for 20 years.
Her destination is the Kingdom of Leonard on the eastern edge of the continent.
She is still in good health and hale and hearty, thanks to the scientific knowledge and healing magic inherited from her father Shuki, but recently she sometimes feels that the memory of her beloved father Shuki is fading.
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"In my later years, I want to ...... be near that land where my father rests ......."
With these thoughts in mind, I went to the Golem M-033,034, 035 and F-033,0 Adriana left one day in July with six golems, M-033,034,035 and F-033,0,035.
From the perspective of the Mitsukho people, this was Adriana going to a foreign land.
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She was accompanied by no one but the golem.
Even so, the people of Mitsuho gave her a warm send-off.
"Adriana, please come back sometime!
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We are always waiting for you!
"Thank you very much. Yes, I'm sure we'll see you again sometime."
By that time, one of the results of her research, the
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Adriana set out for the Kingdom of Leonard, having the Warp Gate installed in discreet places and by trusted friends.
But it seems that 20 years were enough time for the world to change.
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In the Kingdom of Galandora, the national power was growing, but the power of the church had become much stronger than that, and church-affiliated mages were prevailing.
The common people who cannot use magic are oppressed and exploited.
(......That's why I don't like religion. ......)
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Without saying it out loud, Adriana muttered in her mind as if she was going to spit it out.
"Are you staying with us? Are you, uh, with the church?"
The innkeeper looked somewhat sneaky and intimidated.
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"No, I'm just a traveler," Adriana told him.
Adriana tells him, and his face lights up a little.
(...... I can't believe a religion can make people look like this...)
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But Adriana no longer had the spirit to do anything about it.
She simply stayed, ate, and departed.
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And in the Kingdom of Galandia, which she passed through next.
"......What is this?"
The town was full of vagrants.
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I asked the owner of the inn where I stayed about it,
He told me that "the large number of cheap golems on the market had left many people unemployed."
He told me that the number of unemployed people had increased because of the large number of cheap golems on the market.
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"......!"
This came as a bolt out of the blue for Adriana.
(Golems are taking away jobs. ...... I didn't mean to do that.)
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"I don't ...... get it."
Zion muttered with a puffy face.
"It's not Adriana's fault.
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Jin agrees.
"Yes. "Yes. What should a person who has obtained cheap labor do next, what should he do next? I think that the leadership is to blame for not clearly setting such guidelines and only spreading them.
In fact, in Mitsuho, a society that did not rely too much on such golems was being created.
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Yes, that's right.
First of all, the golem doesn't pay taxes.
The cheap stone golem may have increased productivity in primary and secondary industries such as agriculture, mining, and industry.
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However, the tertiary industry did not benefit from the cheap stone golems, and the social structure became distorted.
"There's very little written about this," he says. I guess they were concerned about it."
"...... even though it wasn't his predecessor's fault."
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Jin smiled at Zion, who was still not convinced, and went on to tell the rest of the story.
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"It's sad. ......"
Old Adriana, realizing that she could no longer change the situation on her own, passed through the countries at a quick pace.
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Traveling is like a journey.
"Oh, here come the ducks! Hey, old lady, if you want to save your life, leave your money and baggage ...... here!
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Who's an old lady?
Adriana is perfectly protected by her six golems.
"Excuse me!"
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Once or twice after that, bandits attacked us, but we were able to fight them off without difficulty with our six golems.
"......"
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First, they inquired about villages in the northern part of the Kingdom of Leonard, but were unable to find the village where Krull and Marle had been.
We were told that a war had broken out more than a decade ago and the small village had been destroyed.
Even more discouraging to Adriana was the fact that a stone golem had been used in that war.
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"Golem in war ...... such ......"
Put a cheap stone golem on the front lines and let it march. That is all it takes for the human infantry to be overrun.
Unless you are a high ranking mage, you will not be able to stop the march of the stone golem.
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"I'm tired of ....... ......"
And it was late November, with winter just around the corner, that I arrived at Cape Magus, as it is now called, on the eastern edge of the Kingdom of Leonard, dragging my heavy feet and without knowing the whereabouts of my friends and acquaintances.
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"Father, ...... I have returned."
After greeting Shuki's monument, Adriana looked out over the sea from the top of what is now Cape Magus. There she could see the small island where Shuki was buried, now the island of Tsetsi.
"Maybe I should go to ...... and live on a small island somewhere away from here.
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Such thoughts came to my mind as I looked out over the ocean.
The warp gate is there, so coming to the continent is not a problem.
What was important was that they needed a quiet place to retreat.
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Adriana built a ship with the materials she had on hand and set out for the sea.
First she stops at the island where her father Shuki was buried.
"Oh, you guys, you're doing great!"
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The old woman is greeted by two automata.
They were made in the image of her father Shuki Tsetsi and the young Adriana herself.
"I'm getting old too. ......"
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Adriana smiled sadly, looking at the automata, which were the reflection of herself at the age of 18.
She then reconstructed it with all the technology she had at her disposal.
"Please protect this island after I'm gone. Please?
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Yes, Adriana.
I'm counting on you.
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Adriana then set up another warp gate here, and using the materials she had secured on the island, she strengthened the ship and took it out to sea again.
Whether by virtue of the currents or the power of the golem, the boat's journey went smoothly. The trip went smoothly, and after five days, they found an island.
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"That island looks nice.
That island is now the island of Horai.
"It's good enough to live alone. Besides, the free ether here seems to be a bit thicker for some reason.
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After landing on an isolated island with no name, Adriana finds a suitable flat area and first builds a hut and then sets up a warp gate.
"Now we can go back and forth to the continent as needed.
This is huge. Adriana decided to build a laboratory here.
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"Someday ...... we will be able to make this place a
Dreaming of such a day, she decides to build a big building.
Manpower is not a problem, for not only does she have the skills to build six golems, but she also has the skills to build a <
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After investigating the underground of the island and finding that it is rich in mineral resources, she decides to secure the resources at the same time as quarrying the stone.
"Oh, this is fun. It reminds me of the old days."
Building the laboratory reminded Adriana of the hopeful days of her youth.
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