Magi Craft Meister Vol 1 Chapter 20

「Okay, around here should be good」

「If it’s here, we should be able to divert the herd of mountain deer」

　It was about a two metre ramp. Though you could say it was a cliff that did not rise steeply, still it could not be called a slope.

「Listen, us four people will need to maintain a distance, we’ll successfully guide the deer by keeping in a line. Let’s go with some fighting spirit!」

　Jin and the others headed towards the cloud of dust in the distance with the Horse Golems. Their distance quickly shortened.

　Because he had wanted to be a knight, Rock’s instructions were precise.

「Alright, that’s it! Let’s keep this up!」

「As expected of Rock-san」

「We’ll push a little more to the right here!」

「Keep going and we’ll reach the place from before」

「That’s it! If it goes on like this they’ll be diverted」

「Alright, it’ll be good now. Let’s go back!」

「As expected of Rock-san」

「As expected of Aniki! Who would have thought it would go so well!」

　The other members also unanimously praised Rock.

　Seeming uncharacteristically embarrassed, Rock pushed on the Horse Golem accelerator, speeding up towards the village. Jin and the others followed after a little behind.

　In the end no further unusual events occurred, once again a lookout was placed and the day grew dark.

「W-What!?」

「I wonder what that was?」

「It couldn’t be the mountain collapsing could it?」

「Magic… Explosion…」

　A 《Core》 is something a demon possesses, it is the root of their magic. Because it controls all their magic, when that magic is destroyed and the magic power rampages, it causes an explosion.

　From what Jin had judged, though it wouldn’t be a Dragon, it would be a demon possessing an extremely close amount of magic power. The opponent to defeat such a demon… The current Jin would stand no chance against.

　Even if 《Water Jet》 is strong, only Jin could use it. For example if there were multiple enemies, it is unthinkable for him to be able to protect the entire village.

　But there was no option of escape for Jin. He did not want to throw away the village that was like a second home and escape.

　The conclusion Jin came to was a shelter. For an emergency, all the villagers could take refuge in the shelter he made.

　Jin began making the shelter without saying anything to anyone because he did not want them to worry. The location was a rock face in the village outskirts. Calling the Golems Gon and Gen, he issued them instructions.

「Acknowledged」

「That’s it, dig it more deeply」

　The dug out rock is compressed and hardened and used to reinforce the interior of the hole. With that, the rock around did not pile and the digging was done efficiently. Though it would take some time being dug diagonally, it would surely become easier to use.

　While reinforcing the walls, Jin continued issuing instructions. With such harsh work, even the Golems became damaged, and so as to not slow down the work, Jin immediately repaired them.

「Good morning」

　Seeing Jin, Hanna’s eyes rounded.

　He was told and Jin looked at the reflection of his face in the water, with bloodshot eyes, and dark circles under his eyes. Of course Hanna would be surprised.

　Then Martha came and the same as Hanna, she was surprised seeing Jin’s face.

「Eh…?」

「You, do you not understand it yourself? The scouting, the fences, and defending against the mountain deer yesterday, without you, would we have been able to do it? It is because you are here that everyone can feel at ease」

「Aa that’s right. You are already a splendid member of this village. It looks like you’re trying to do something yourself, am I right? In this village, we all share our hardships and joy」

「Thank you very much. I…」

「You look like you’re lacking sleep. Sa, hurry up and sleep. You’ll feel better with a little sleep」

「Thank you very much」

「Onii-chan…」

「Shh, let him get some sleep now. When he wakes up we’ll give him warm porridge to eat」

　said, and Martha led Hanna out of the room.

　5 hours, Jin soundly slept, he ate breakfast and lunch at the same time, then rushed back to the digging of the shelter. Half of this was to hide his embarrassment.

　The operation of Gon and Gen somewhat worsened with Jin gone. Jin immediately repaired them, then checked the inside. About 8% of the plan seems to be done.

　However, the time for this hard work to be in vain came.

　Rock came flying over out of breath.

「T-That is, from the north mountain…」

「…something unbelievable is coming… 」

　Was it a strange looking monster? Or was it a huge demon beast?

　So he stopped with the shelter for a moment, taking along Gon and Gen, Jin came to the protection fence at the north side of the village.

　There in the direction where the lookout Tom pointed…

　A girl wearing a blue one piece and a white apron dress. Her silk black hair fluttered.

　The girl finds Jin in the far distant, then in an instant the figure blurs and,

　The next moment Jin was embraced.

「Father!?」

　The voices of everyone faded away into the sky.\n