1981 - - 52-53 Suspicious Person



Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com




  is currently located on the west side of the Elias Peninsula at 50 degrees west longitude and 7 degrees north latitude.

 The capital of the Kingdom of Elias, Borgia, is about 200 km away in a straight line.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 Two aircraft, Jin's and Tomax Bartmann's airship , reached the sky over Borgia in about two hours. The time was 5:00 p.m. The sky was still bright in Hinaga in spring.



 The airship squadron of the Kingdom of Elias came up to greet Jin and his airship, as they had been notified in advance.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 <. Ten of them.

 Jin thought it was cool to see them flying in formation in the evening sky, with the flag of the Elias Kingdom waving in the air.

<

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 A loud voice, perhaps using a magic tool, rang out.

 The first plane was an instantly recognizable airship with <<1>> written on its air sac.

 Jin ordered Hope to follow the first plane. <

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com




 The <> and the <> landed on the airfield at dusk.

"Welcome aboard, sir."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 Vasco de Gino, the Prime Minister, greets Jin and Tomax Bartmann. His white hair and white beard are impressive. He was quite thin due to his hard work, and his complexion did not look good.

"High Superintendent of Avalon, Tomax Bartmann, and Magecraft Meister, Jin Nido. Welcome."

 After shaking hands with Tomax and Jin in turn, Vasco de Gino invited them to the car that had been prepared for them.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 Of course, Reiko was with Jin. Manon, the secretary automaton, also sat down beside Tomax.

 The other passengers are in other cars.

 Hope, by the way, is standing guard inside the as a precaution. As for Jin, the old man still does not trust the leaders of the Kingdom of Elias, rather than .......

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 Most of those who were under the influence of the <> have been removed, but the old man believes that there are still some potential panderers left.

 The 5th column (Quinta) has not been redeployed for a long time, and there is still a lack of information, which is why Hope was left behind. After all, there is a cargo of offerings inside the .


Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 And my fears are proven correct: .......



 It was already evening, and Jin and Tomax were being entertained at the guest house.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 Now Jin is a <, so he is free from intoxication by alcohol, but Tomax is not. He was not a drinker by nature, and after a few drinks of a pleasant cocktail, he was completely intoxicated.

 However, he is a serious person at heart, and he drinks up every drink that is poured for him, as it would be impolite not to drink in such an occasion.

 If not for the occasional light detoxification by Manon, his secretary-automata, he would have been drunk by now. Alcohol and the aldehydes formed from the decomposition of alcohol are toxins for the human body.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 However, it would be difficult, if not impossible, for those who do not know this to come up with the idea of using detoxification in order to sober up.

 The fact that detoxification is effective for < on <, which is a typical luxury item that has been consumed since ancient times, is like a proof that it is < for the human body.

"I see, that's why using cures hangovers, doesn't it?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 Since Jin did not get drunk, he decided that he could not drink and refused all alcoholic beverages except for one drink as a toast.

 Since the Prime Minister also did not seem to drink much, the non-drinkers naturally struck up a conversation with each other.

"...... Therefore, since human beings are dependent on this body, we cannot ignore matter. In this sense, it can be said that the claims of the <> are not for the benefit of >."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


"Hmmm... ...... what Mr. Jin said is very informative."

"I see, that's the logic. It is indeed very convincing.

 Now an elderly man named Irene de Deluca, the new king's former educator, joined Jin and the Prime Minister in their conversation.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 He, too, regrets that he could not stop the new king ...... from becoming infected with the <> ideology when he was a prince.

(It might have been a kind of chuunibi ...... or rebellion ......)

 As Jin listened to Ireneo's story, he began to think that the New King's thought might not have been the original one.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


(This might be the way Tomax wants things to go.)



 Just then, he heard the sound of an alarm bell being rung.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com




* * * * * *


Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 The time is back to the airfield just after Jin and the others drove to the guest house.

 < and were moving toward the visitors' hangar. The airfield control officer and a special golem are in charge of the move.

 Hope must remain behind for such an occasion.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 Unlike <> which is buoyed by helium, <> is a <>. In other words, it is <>.

 So, to avoid being noticed, they use a to lighten the load on the towing golem.


Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 The two Golems are then stored in a huge hangar. It is a kamaboko-shaped structure that looks a little like a plastic greenhouse.

 The material seems to be a thin bronze plate. Hope analyzed that it was probably covered by a steel framework.


Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 After the door is closed, it is quiet. Outside the door, two golems are seen by the magic detector.

 Hope stays alert and waits, using the sound collection sensor outside the <> to detect the sounds around her.

 Hope blocks out the visual sense and allocates the resources of the control core to the auditory sense via the sensors and the <>.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 And time passes. 1 hour, 2 hours .......

 At 9:00 p.m., the sound of approaching footsteps and a flicker of magical energy is detected. Hope shifts from standby to normal.


Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


(......<>)

 Hope hears the key word that stops the security golem.

"If you can use the magic key word, are you related to security ......?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 It was an inside job.

 Then, the door to the hangar is opened.

(...... Is this the airship of the Magecraft Meister?)

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com


 A man of advanced age enters. He is masked, so Hope cannot see what he looks like, but she has recorded his magical patterns.




 The suspicious person looks around at the < and occasionally touches it as if to check its material. But that's all he does, and he doesn't seem to intend to do anything.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com





 At that moment, an alarm bell rings. Is it set to go off when the security golem is stopped for a certain period of time, or when the hangar door is opened outside of the specified time?

(......, my country, you're so polite!)

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



 The suspicious person said and disappeared out of the hangar with a hurry.

 Of course, this fact was reported to the old man, who also informed Jin through Reiko.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



* * * * *



 At the guest house, he explained to Jin and Tomax Bartmann why the alarm bell had been rung.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



"I see, so someone opened the hangar door and broke in.

"Yes, that's what happened. Fortunately, we were fast enough to get to the hangar and the intruder escaped without being able to do anything. ......"

 Wiping sweat off his face, the airfield security commander explains. He still looks young, but his head is beginning to look lonely, which makes me wonder if it is because of his heartache .......

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com





 In the world of Ars, there is no tendency to avoid bald heads.

 There is a theory that the bald head is a remnant of a culture that used to wear a crown on the topknot. If a wrestler lost his hair, he could no longer wear the topknot and could not wear the crown, so he had to retire.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



 Incidentally, there is a theory in modern Japan that sumo wrestlers retire when they can no longer wear the topknot, but this theory seems to be mistaken.



 Aside from this, Jin and the others sent the head of the guard force back after hearing the report.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



 After that, the number of guards was to be increased.

 However, Jin and Reiko decided to check the hangar just in case.

 Tomax Bartman and Manon accompanied them.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



"There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary."

 Jin checked both planes. Jin checked both planes because it was faster.

 With this reassurance, Jin and the others returned to the guest house.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com





* * * *

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



 Jin was left alone with Reiko in the guest room he was given, and they immediately started discussing.

"What do you think, Reiko?

"Yes father, only one lie. The intruder did not escape without being able to do anything because you rushed to the scene so quickly. It would have been normal for you to run to the house, but the intruder got away before you could."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com



"I see."

 Hope recorded the magic patterns, so the culprit could be identified. That was enough for that day.

 As a side note, the <> was a human being who had deployed a <> inside the hangar.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com